Music Vs Pop Culture

Country and Pop music are both popular genres, but which one is better? This decision is tough to make since there are various similarities of to why both are great genres of music. There is also a variety of factors to show the differences between these two genres as well. Research has shown light to the conclusion of to which genre exceeds the other. The things that both genres can be judged on is how they came to be, their fanbase, and the top hits.

Music has been known throughout time. It can help us through everything. There are so many solutions with music to help a person go through so many situations. Music can affect many people in many different ways. Without music some people would be lost and would have no motivation. Music can provide inspiration and insight through education. Music has influence on suicides, killings and shootings, and provocative actions. It can also influence good morals, respect, allowing differences, health, and much more. Music can come in many forms and categories and music is very good for the world.

Popular music is often one of the best lenses we have through which to view our own cultural orientation. Many of the artistic and experimental shifts in popular music have mirrored changes in our own society. For instance, the emergence of Elvis Presley as a public figure would signal the start of a sexual revolution and the growth in visibility of a rebellious youth culture. Similarly, the folk and psychedelic music of the 1960s was closely entangled with the Civil Rights, anti-war and social protest movements. In this regard, we can view popular music as an artifact through which to better understand the time and place in which it is produced. In light of this, the state of popular music today may suggest troubling things about our society.

The change tearing through America in the 1950’s persists to this day. 2010 has brought a busier, more materialistic, culture than ever before. The trends of women working outside of the home and increasing teenage autonomy persists. American teenagers are given more discretionary time than ever before in history. Reed Larson studied this continuing trend and explains, “If we look back over the past 200 years, the most striking historic change in young people’s use of time is that youths spend much less time on labor activities today than they did in America’s agrarian past” (160). Some teenagers use

In the 1950s Rock’n’Roll was given its official name and was seen as a genre, Rock and Roll was originally born in the 1940, it was born out of the mix of music such as Blues, Jump Blues,Jazz and Baptist music which originated in the southern part of United States.

The evolution of musicals has grown and changed tremendously throughout history. They have developed into something that no one ever dreamed they would be while leaving a gigantic mark on society. Rock and roll was one of the biggest changes that happened to the musical theatre industry. Not only was this cultural change a huge impact for society but also in musicals resulting in a huge change of what the content of musicals were and will be in the future. Rock and roll began in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s and this is when it first left a lasting impression on the public and changed the musical style that was a part of the time era. Because of the rising of this popular new art form, the musical theatre industry was grabbing onto this

It is mainly teenagers who are involved in the emo subculture. Emo music is often dramatic and sad, and you might wonder why. It's made for the teenagers and being a teenager is a time to start discovering one's identity. Some teens use the emo music to explore their emotions and discovering themselves.

Throughout its history, music has permeated the significant events of American history. Its effect on American society and the way the American people cope with each event has only grown as popular music evolves and new genres reach more and more individuals. People can remember where they were and their exact surroundings to amazing detail when asked about life-changing events in history. Older generations will remember the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Their children will remember when Kennedy was assassinated and when man walked on the moon. Their grandchildren will remember much of the turmoil of the ‘70s and ‘80s and their great grandchildren grew up in the world impacted by the events of September 11, 2001. Even one’s surroundings during the start or end of a relationship or personal events such as graduation, getting a driver’s license, or getting married can all be paired with the music that was popular at the time.

Do you remember waking up on a Sunday to old school music? It was the kind of music that makes you step side to side while your mother cleaned the house. The words were filled with emotion, as if a story was being told with deep connections. The rhythm helped you through situations. But violence has taken over the music industry and corrupted the minds of the younger generation. The generations grow juvenile, music has lost it’s sense of style, meaning, and brotherhood.

Music: It surrounds the world, it’s life’s soundtrack. Music is everywhere: in the elevator, playing softly over a store’s speaker, at parties, studying, on a ride in the car, a jingle from a commercial; everyone has a genre, band, song, or artist that helps them pass time. For over 50,000 years, music has been around, lingering in the minds of people. Used in some of the toughest times in history, listening closely to past music can inform a general idea of the events and problems of the time frame it was constructed.

Rap vs. Rock maybe the most important topic of the century. Rap and rock and roll, though they are both types/genres of music are very different, in style, crowd, and the instruments that are used to record the music.

Music has described and impacted our culture as far back as we can record. From ballads to hip hop, music has not only told stories about the singer, but also, and perhaps more importantly, about the time as well. The 1960 's was a time known for it 's anti-war movement and it 's drive for sex, while the 1990 's became an era of nostalgia (especially for the current adult generation) and melancholy ballads only subdued by birth of "bubblegum pop." In our current century, music has become a forefront for young adult 's emotions. In this essay, I will contrast how young adult views on politics, sexuality, and the future impacted the music of the 1960 's and the 1990 's.

Rock and Roll has influenced many cultures across the world. Rock and Roll has taken on many different styles over the years which makes it appealing to a lot of people. There have been a lot of different bands that have come out of many different cultures. Many of the artists are known world wide. Rock and Roll has influenced clothing styles, and dancing in many parts of the world. There are a lot of different types of rock music, which draws more people to it. Rock and Roll wouldn’t be as famous if it hadn’t spread into Europe and many different countries. I think that the main reason the differences developed is just what that particular culture preferred. For example the British tended to accept more wild things

Do you ever wonder what is the meaning behind what you so proudly sing whenever you hear it? Music is an art form of culture which organizes sound with times It first came around in prehistoric times, however, as times passes, music is drastically changing. As a result, in the last decades music has experienced drastic changes in the themes they are talking about. These changes are due to the generations and what they are living, political and social actions of the time. For example, the decade of the 80s was the rise of hip-hop and rap music from a local phenomenon to a worldwide known genre of music. Previously, a crack cocaine epidemic had stroke major cities in the USA and it coincided with the rise of hip-hop in black communities as these

In 1973, exactly twenty-five years prior to my birth, my parents were just in elementary school. They told me stories about their lives back then but none contained any traces of music. The only stories about music back in those years were from my grandmother. Back then, my parents grew up in Viet Nam in a poor family with no televisions so they couldn’t really listen to any music growing up. Although my parents could not listen to music on television like how we can now; they were able to come to live performances by local artists held at the district’s performance center every other month because the shows were free. My grandmother told me that the music back then was really different than how it is now. The songs served many purposes to the citizens, it was an encouragement to soldiers at war, it was the rhythm that put kids to sleep, it was the comfort food for everyone who listen. Grandma told me the style