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Rock Music
For many, Rock music started as a rebellious movement. People that saw rock music emerge never thought that it would create its own sense of awareness. Rock musicians have always had something to say about the environment they live in. During the 60's, rock music was transformed from a vague form of art to something that opened many people's eyes. The musicians of the sixties were influenced by the world around them. The musicians in the sixties made it possible for many others to come to have a great influence in society.(Rockwell,221) Present rock's biggest influence was probably folk rock. This was a form of art that gave the audience something important to listen for. A lot of this music dealt with things that were probably in everyone's mind. For example, it dealt with things like nuclear explosives, civil rights, and war. Among folk rockers, a very important figure was Bob Dylan. He was one of the few artists of the time that could truly describe how people felt. Big issues for him were that he believed in nuclear disarmament and civil rights. It would be hard to think of hippies and no to think on Bob Dylan's influence on them.(Miller,221) On the song "All Along the Watch Tower" Dylan wrote: "No reason to get excited the thief he kindly spoke There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I we've been through that and this is not our place So let us stop taking falsely now the hour's getting late." (http://www.ntr.net/~olga/OLGA/d/dylan_bob/all_along_the_watchtower.crd) On this verse we can see that Dylan was very into the ground. He was not like many other musicians that were living on a distant star. Dylan was one of the few that always said what he truly believed.(Santelli,159) Another type of rock was the San Francisco rock. This musicians were either suck up groups that became famous because of that or groups that never made it out of a garage. The suck up groups never influenced much ... Please login to view comments from other users.
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