One song that comes to mind when everyone hears the word ACDC is Back in Black. That is because it was the most listened to song on the album and everybody heard it. There first big break occurred when they released the song “It’s a long way to the top (if you wanna rock and roll) (ACDC). Since then rock and roll fans all over the world have herd the name ACDC. There most famous 5 albums are Back in Black, High Voltage, Highway to Hell, Powerage, and Let there be rock (Ken).
Armed with a desire to change the world, young people took to song lyrics and innovative sounds to communicate their ideas on how the world and society should be shaped. As a result of the baby boom of the 1940s to the 1950s, over half of the population in the sixties was under 30 years old (“The Counterculture”). The youth was apparent all over the country, as the need to rebel against the conservative beliefs of adults ignited a willingness to challenge authority, increased social tolerance, changed attitudes about gender roles, and increased political interest, thereby creating the counterculture. As the decade progressed, tensions grew within American society that only seemed to attract more and more followers to the movement (Law). The American civil rights movement, for example, became a key element of counterculture and seemed to represent exactly what these young Americans stood for.
The Beastie Boys The Beastie Boys are one of the greatest rap/hip-hop groups in the history of the genre. They mastered their own style and influenced many other groups throughout their history in the music industry. For more than 25 years they have been performing and putting out records. They are one of the longest lasting rap groups, continuing to be successful to this day. The group was nominated for the Rock and Roll hall of fame in 2007, for the year of 2008.
Led Zeppelin: The Band that Changed Rock Music What makes a band influential? Does it show in the lyrics or is it that feeling you get every time you hear one of their songs? For me, an influential band or music group has to be solid in all components of music and has to inspire people through their music. A band that was not only remarkable in their prime but continues to inspire people today. I don’t think any band fits this category better than Led Zeppelin.
The band developed a sound that relied on dynamic contrasts, often between quiet verses and loud, heavy choruses. The band went on to be discovered by DGC Records, a major label who recognized and appreciated the band’s unique sound. After signing with DGC Records, Nirvana found unexpected success with “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, the first single from the band’s second album Nevermind in 1991. There possibly isn’t an album in
After a few years later, the band became hugely popular. (Waters, 2005) Van Halen signed to Warner Bros in 1977, after releasing a self-titled debut a year later, starting off a string of multi-platinum albums and sold out tours. Eddie also began being recognized as one of the best rock guitarist, he won numerous poll awards from all the world’s guitar magazines. (Prato, 2009) In 1982, Eddie was invited by Quincy Jones to play the guitar solo on the song “Beat It”, from Michael Jackson’s 1982 album, “Thriller”. (Prato,
Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums, Vocals, and much more were all used and still is used today. Guitars may have approved a lot since the 1950 with guitars making tons of new sounds compared to 1950 guitars had one job, but today music guitars do a lot more. The drums are a huge hit all around, everybody loves the drums and the drums have not really changed. The only thing that might have changed is the drummer and his or hers talent to play them. These instruments all have one purpose and that is to help with the music.
Rock music was just in its early stage when the Rolling Stones got together, they were trying to figure out the perfect balance between rock, and the known R&B. In the 1960s life was much different from how it is today, racial segregation, sexual segregation, and much more. The beginning of rock and roll ties in with many other things that were a current issue and the Stones turned all of those problems in to lyrics that people could relate too. The 1960s was a very violent era; the Vietnam War was going on, and many other
Psychedelic Rock Psychedelic rock is a type of rock and roll music that is inspired by experience when taking drugs. It emerged in the 1960s within the folk rock and blues rock groups. It pushed the boundaries on the way of recording but also with the instruments used. Non-western instruments were often used such as sitars and ragas. This specific genre reached high popularity levels.
In this chapter the author’s purpose is to express how the sexuality in music affected Americans. This section of the book covers the 1950’s. The author does a great job of expressing how rock-n-roll was perceived by teenagers, their parents, disc jockeys, along with TV host and producers. The author also describes how the perception of the music, and the music itself, changed throughout the decade. The beginning of the chapter starts by describing how parents could no longer control the sexual behavior of their teenagers.