Protest music of the 1950’s and 1960’s
Music of the 1950s and 1960s was often considered music of rebellion and protest because at this time, there were many groups of people that demanded either equality or putting a stop to awful things that were ruining the world. Whether it be racism or war, people wrote songs to either tell other people about it or to stop it in it’s tracks.
Rock and roll carried on the criticism of society and the cries for change that are evident in its musical roots. In the United States, rock and roll was one of the main ways in which teenagers distinguished themselves from their parents generations. In the 1920s and 1930s, rock and roll became blended with gospel, blues and jazz music. An example of this was Elvis Presley's hit song ‘Heartbreak Hotel’. It was a chart …show more content…
Before there were things like Youtube or iTunes that instantly gave you music, there was not so fast technology before hand. The technology that was used before were things like record players and cassette tapes. With today's technology, all you have to do is go on your IPhone or IPad, look up any song from any genre and listen to it.
When it came to things like record players, you had to use a big black plastic disc that you put on a spinning deck that played music by using a thin needle that was dragged across the disc as it was spinning. The needle spins while in little crevasses in the disc that created sound waves. You were lucky to have a properly functioning record player back then, let alone today. Another reason that record players were not the best way to play music was the cost of records. The average cost of an LP Record would’ve been up to $20 for each record. In today's world, an average song on iTunes costs $2.19. It makes it easier because you don’t have to buy an entire album just for maybe 1 or 2 songs that you
Music of the 1950s and 1960s was often considered music of rebellion and protest because at this time, there were many groups of people that demanded either equality or putting a stop to awful things that were ruining the world. Whether it be racism or war, people wrote songs to either tell other people about it or to stop it in it’s tracks.
Rock and roll carried on the criticism of society and the cries for change that are evident in its musical roots. In the United States, rock and roll was one of the main ways in which teenagers distinguished themselves from their parents generations. In the 1920s and 1930s, rock and roll became blended with gospel, blues and jazz music. An example of this was Elvis Presley's hit song ‘Heartbreak Hotel’. It was a chart …show more content…
Before there were things like Youtube or iTunes that instantly gave you music, there was not so fast technology before hand. The technology that was used before were things like record players and cassette tapes. With today's technology, all you have to do is go on your IPhone or IPad, look up any song from any genre and listen to it.
When it came to things like record players, you had to use a big black plastic disc that you put on a spinning deck that played music by using a thin needle that was dragged across the disc as it was spinning. The needle spins while in little crevasses in the disc that created sound waves. You were lucky to have a properly functioning record player back then, let alone today. Another reason that record players were not the best way to play music was the cost of records. The average cost of an LP Record would’ve been up to $20 for each record. In today's world, an average song on iTunes costs $2.19. It makes it easier because you don’t have to buy an entire album just for maybe 1 or 2 songs that you