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fandomhigh2024-04-10 10:05 am
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Music, Wednesday
“And now we’re getting to the fun part,” Atton announced. “Rock and roll.” He was wearing a Ramones shirt for the occasion, yeah. “Like a lot of modern popular music, it was born out of genres of music invented by the Black community in the United States, and then traveled around the world. Most specifically, it had roots in rhythm and blues, a musical movement from the 40s that brought jazz and blues back together in new ways and with new rhythms.”
He shrugged. “Music’s all linear and loops back around on itself, what can I say,” he said. “When rhythms from even more subgenres were pulled in, and the post-World War II era brought a new wave of rebelliousness with it, the music got rowdier. The song ‘Rocket 88’, by the Kings of Rhythm, is generally considered the moment rhythm and blues turned into rock and roll.”
He started the music player. “Other musicians of the time started to iterate on this sound,” he said. “The electric guitar become more and more prominent, driven by artists like Chuck Berry. And yes, much like jazz, solos were a big part of it.” Another snippet of song burst from the speakers.
"It has largely centered around electric guitars," Lana continued. "Often with drums, electric bass guitar, one or more singers, and occasionally other instruments. And it's often been an instrument," ha, "for rebellion and cultures outside of the mainstream. Some of the things they did were apparently quite scandalous. Often due to sexual innuendo, such as the singer Elvis Presley's pelvic thrusts." You got a video to show that one. It was ridiculously tame, but Earth was weird.
"Rock spread around the world, and in the 1960s, some of it came back from elsewhere in the form of what was called the British Invasion - the famous band the Beatles were a large part of this." She pressed play for them. "Also bands such as the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and the Who. Also, over the decade they began focusing on entire albums rather than individual songs. Overall, rock became the dominant music genre."
She waved at the instruments. "So, let's listen to some rock and see what we can come up with. And don't worry; everything from horns to flutes to strings has been used in rock music, so it's quite inclusive, no matter what you play."
He shrugged. “Music’s all linear and loops back around on itself, what can I say,” he said. “When rhythms from even more subgenres were pulled in, and the post-World War II era brought a new wave of rebelliousness with it, the music got rowdier. The song ‘Rocket 88’, by the Kings of Rhythm, is generally considered the moment rhythm and blues turned into rock and roll.”
He started the music player. “Other musicians of the time started to iterate on this sound,” he said. “The electric guitar become more and more prominent, driven by artists like Chuck Berry. And yes, much like jazz, solos were a big part of it.” Another snippet of song burst from the speakers.
"It has largely centered around electric guitars," Lana continued. "Often with drums, electric bass guitar, one or more singers, and occasionally other instruments. And it's often been an instrument," ha, "for rebellion and cultures outside of the mainstream. Some of the things they did were apparently quite scandalous. Often due to sexual innuendo, such as the singer Elvis Presley's pelvic thrusts." You got a video to show that one. It was ridiculously tame, but Earth was weird.
"Rock spread around the world, and in the 1960s, some of it came back from elsewhere in the form of what was called the British Invasion - the famous band the Beatles were a large part of this." She pressed play for them. "Also bands such as the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and the Who. Also, over the decade they began focusing on entire albums rather than individual songs. Overall, rock became the dominant music genre."
She waved at the instruments. "So, let's listen to some rock and see what we can come up with. And don't worry; everything from horns to flutes to strings has been used in rock music, so it's quite inclusive, no matter what you play."