A Comparison Of Popular Music In The 1980s

Playing the guitar in ways never seen before, Clapton was hailed as a god, and the genre of blues was re-instated into the music industry. Clapton then went on to form the first ‘super group’. In 1966, Cream were formed, and by combining Clapton’s bluesy styles with the more rocky style of Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, Cream created a new genre of blues rock. Zepplin could also be credited for pioneering this genre. It was this genre that got Cream and Zeppelin noticed in the US.

Some social factors that influenced music in the 1970s was mainly clothing, television, rebellion, love, vehicle's, fashion, religion and racism which were what was mainly happening in society. Clothing worn by men were tight fitted clothing such as what Michael Jackson wore in “Blame it on the Boogie”, and many songs had to do with mainly love that the song artists have had such as the song I Feel For You made by prince saying that he has a feeling for a person he might like because in the line where he says “ I feel for you - I think I love you” saying that he loves someone. These are many of the things that were happening socially in society in the 1970’s which could have caused the creation of many songs. Many political factors in the

    The 1980’s was a time of prosperity throughout America. From the Calendar that went from January 1st to December 31st to the increase of jobs. This decade was full of good changes socially, economically, and politically.

The 1980’s marked a period of great strength and ideology for the modern Republican Party and Conservative movement still revered in the 21st century. This period is marked by a man that represented and embodied the goals of their party, Ronal Reagan, who was elected to the office of President of the United States of America in 1981. His economic policies, communications strategies, and personality are traits that conservatives strive to emulate looking to him as the model Republican.

Hopkins, A. (2012). Protest and Rock n' Roll During the Vietnam War. Student Pulse, 4(11).

(2) Between the early nineteenth and mid-twentieth century, sociological changes helped create and popularize rock music. A major example of a sociological change is the transition of the African American status from slave to citizen.

Youth means the period between childhood and adulthood. Whereas, liberation means the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release. So if the words are put together it basically means the freemen of youth.

Jazz which had been prominent during and after the war was suited to the new music rhythms so it flourished. Old top picks like the Waltz and Foxtrot remained popular. The move that everyone was doing in the 1920's is the Charleston. The Charleston was acquainted with general society in the Ziegfield Follies of 1923 by the all dark cast Afro-American Broadway musical. These were most prominent moves during the decade with the foxtrot, waltz, and American tango. From the mid 1920s, other dances like the Lindy Hop was introduced as well.

This essay will examine the main trends and ideologies associated with the 1980’s era and explore how these trends are reflected in one piece of music from the chosen time period. To accomplish this task, this essay will firstly analyse the prominent trends, ideologies and beliefs associated with the 1980’s era in America as this is the time period in which N.W.A rose to fame as a rap group. This essay will then introduce the rap group N.W.A and analyse their popular recording “Straight Outta Compton”, identifying and explaining the music style of the chosen song, paramusical elements and how these style elements are related to the ideologies of the particular style. This essay will then conclude by demonstrating how the chosen recording is

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Music is an outlet to all aspects of life and culture is a significant way of forming people and the way they live. Although not always seen directly culture has an overbearing influence on the music that is produced and made popular. The political Climate of the early seventies was full of fire with issues such as Vietnam and constant protest throughout the county. Later in the 70’s the end of the Vietnamese conflict brought the rise of the Watergate scandal and Iran Contra. These issues swept headlines and ingrained people’s thoughts. Social issues also played a big role in the developing culture of the seventies. Protests and constant outbreaks about gay rights and women’s rights seemed to

Music of the 1970s The 1970s brought along an unforgettable era of music. It brought to light many new types of music and artists that are now looked back on as being ‘classics.’ Women's role in the music industry, disco, and The Beatles’ breakup, and their further careers were all major music movements of the 1970s. In this decade, records were broken boundaries were crossed, and tons of new music was made.

Music of the 1990’s The beginning of the 1990’s music had changed the course of music history more than we acknowledge. This was the start of countless amounts of CD’s albums releases because of their low cost of productions. “Basically, anyone could make a CD and count on at least ten critics writing a good review of it; which was good enough to sell enough copies to break even (Scaruffi, The History of Rock Music).” The 1990’s was filled with world music, varying from many diversify types of genres.

Dr Warburton also points out that the continued rise in popularity of rap, hip hop and heavy metal music is of concern as the lyrics often glorify aggression (especially against women), violent sexual acts (rather than sentiments about someone you care about), anti social themes, murder and thoughts of suicide. In 2005 90% of the most popular rap songs spoke about alcohol and drug use, content has progressed to a disturbing level since then with lyrics now describing rape and

Hello folks, if you can still hear me, I was a bit lazy finishing this blog up, so in the bottom part will be links to part 1 and part 2. However, life commitments and and “diabetes” (I reversed it in 3 months) can interrupt anyone’s life. Without further ado, part 3 of A Retrospect in Popular Music for 1996