Elvis was given the name “Elvis Pelvis” because of his “vulgar” dance moves when he performed. He caught the attention of many teenagers and was known as the teenage heart-throb. Elvis could have any girl he desired, his obsession was with the more pure and innocent girls. Elvis did have a number of relationships with girls around the age of 14 and 15. A member of his entourage said “He was fascinated with the idea of real young teenage girls; it scared the Hell out of all of us.” (The King’s Troubled Obsession) Elvis’s childhood was an important part of his life because that was the start of his passion for music.
All of the Western culture experienced the changes in the cultural phenomenon. The music in the United Kingdom was leaving its own impact on British youth, with a similar popular explosion of immediate fans. The most popular British band to emerge was the Beetles.13 This band came on the scene in early 1960s and quickly developed a female fan base. Their music appeared to be a sexual-outlet for these obsessed female fans, more than their young male counterparts. Beetle-mania developed an almost cult-like following, and the band, consisting of four all-male members reached world-shattering popularity.
Parents, peers, and the entire media can be blamed too b. How we can help make it positive “Starships were meant to fly!” sung by Nicki Minaj, one of the most known music artists in the hip hop industry. What is a starship anyways? These days you can’t tell what artists are thinking when they wear the clothes they wear and say the things they say, but adolescents seem to love it, or even find it amusing. The hip hop culture started back more than a few decades ago, in the late 1960’s.
Elvis was drafted to the military Elvis launched his recording career two years later. Elvis is known as one of the most important figures of 20th-century culture. He had a versatile voice and unusually wide success in many genres. Another big influence to rock and roll is the Beatles probably the most well-known English rock band formed in Liverpool in the 1960s. They became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in the rock music era.
Music was changing in the sixties decade, in the fifties it was all about rock’n’roll, this changed when pop music and acid rock became popular. The music of the this decade promoted dropping out of society, doing drugs, and helped popularize the word “hip” (Miller 222). The Beatles were one of the most influential bands of their time and changed the way people listened to music forever (Miller 222). During the sixties teens were swept up by the Beatlemania. Another thing teens were crazy about were music festivals.
The popularity of television shows like American Idol, X Factor, and America Got talent revealed that Americans are infatuated with music icons. For example America is obsessed with Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Michael Jackson, The Beatles and Britney Spears. What these artists have in common is that they are wealthy, famous, and have amazing talent. This is what it takes for American’s to become interested in music icons. If you ask a young child who they want to be when they grow up they will say these following names; Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Michael Jackson, the Beatles and Britney Spears and not both senators Bachman and Obama.
He was the first artist to incorporate “inappropriate” dance moves into his routine, and would put on huge stage shows. The crowd would break out dancing. His lyricism attracted a lot of positive attention from teens, yet very negative attention from parents. It was because of this, and the popularity and fame of his music and him as a celebrity grew immensely, bringing Rock’N Roll with it. Though initially considered provocative, during his career he later appeared many times on television and his music became palatable to many older Americans.
When the Beatles were preparing for their greatly anticipated album, Sgt. Pepper’s, they had already made an incredible impact on American music culture, inspiring the people with trends and sounds they had never seen or heard of before. The year 1967 only led to more doors of opportunity and perception for them. The immense shadow of that the Beatles have created up this point left the public with high expectations; they were itching for more Beatlemania. They had begun working on two songs particularly for this new album in late 1966: Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever.
Berry wrote, "Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering 'who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?' After they laughed at me a few times they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it." 1 Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with lyrics successfully aimed to appeal to the early teenage market by using graphic and humorous descriptions of teen dances, fast cars, high-school life, and consumer culture. Like his song School Days: Up in the mornin' and out to school. The teacher is teachin' the Golden Rule.
It is recognized all over the world, and it has the ability to bring people together in times of joy, tragedy, war, and peace. As someone who understands both the simplicity and the complexity of music, I am very opinionated as to what makes music “good” or in better words, worth listening to. Composers such as Vivaldi, Mozart, and many others helped to define music of their generations. Everyone knew and appreciated the works they composed, and a great number of people still find the time to appreciate it. In the rock and roll era, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin started revolutions in their own ways.