Some of the artists that came out during this time that challenged the status quo were Little Richard, and Bob Dylan being two of the biggest. Little Richard songs tutti frutti. Some of the lyrics in this song are “I got a girl, named …show more content…
What these lyrics are getting at is that he is having open relations with more than one women at a time and instead of being married he is experimenting with the New thing of being a single belcher and being with multiple women at a time. Along with pushing the boundaries Bob Dylan’s song “the time are changing” helps push the barrier of civil rights in American culture. The lyrics in this song that are clear that he is talking about the American cultures need to change are “Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall for he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside and it is Ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls for the times they are a-changing'.” In this part of the song lyrics talks about the government need to realize that it times for changes and hear the peoples call for changes and equality in the United States. Form these two artist songs it's a major push against the status quo in the American culture. This music would end up influencing later songwriters in the 1970s like Neal young and his song Southern