In the story, Dum Dum Boys written by Camden Joy depicts the lives of two friends who journey down entirely different paths from one another. It all began when Cameron and the Narrator first meet when they were 13 years old. They were great friends all the way through high school sharing experiences of their enjoyment of punk music, drugs and girls. When Cameron and the Narrator graduate they go their separate ways ultimately losing contact with each other. A few years later, the Narrator returns to his hometown to visit and discovers that Cameron had died.
In this extremely controversial work, Glenn C. Altschuler takes aim on the government’s accusations, the prejudice from the police, and the affect that rock ’n’ roll made in America through the late forties and fifties. Glenn makes many accusations of his own through the way he shifts the momentum of the story from time to time. Through the years back then and now, music has caused many racial and gender controversies. In this book, Glenn explains all these problems and what rock did to start or get of them.
The black community at that time had to follow set rules, and had different rights than white people. Even further, the white community was divided as well, by religion and place of birth. Only "true" white Americans could create, and distribute their music into the public. Because of that, music created by oppressed groups was rebellious, calling to arms, and denying the current system of racism. Even till now, there are rebellious messages hidden in the texts.
The first half of the book, Dr. Glenn Altschuler, largely focused on how rock ‘n’ roll and those who wrote and produced it stirred up topics such as race and sexuality. As with any new social or cultural shift, rock ‘n’ roll faced an almost immediate resistance from both religious and fundamentalist extremists. In most cases, it was the same types of people that opposed rock ‘n’ roll also opposed other major social reforms such as racial integration.
Early rock and roll artists like ‘Fats’ Domino, Little Richard, and Pat Boone began their musical careers as largely rhythm and blues artists, who soon developed their styles into a new sound much more appealing to the drastically changed youth culture of the 1950s. Alan Freed, a disc jockey, and the one who coined the term rock and roll, began playing their songs on his new radio show which he called Rock and Roll Party. The technology of radio is a huge reason why so many teenagers were exposed to this new sound, and contributed immensely to the growing popularity of rock and roll. At the time most people were skeptical, and criticized this idea and Freed’s radio show. However, Freed responded with, “I don’t give a shit” “That’s what I’m going to
Due to the emergent nature of social movements in these times, new kinds of social action were practiced in settings made possible by media, more specifically music. These social movements helped to change cultural traditions by fusing political and expressive tools. Examples of the Chicano Movement's songs of resistance include those that incorporated historical themes, liberation-related lyrics, and an increasingly globalized Chicano worldview (Azcona, 8). Furthermore, in the 60s, there were these musical groups, Cannibal and the Headhunters and Thee Midniters, who were very famous and played in venues that no Chicano entertainer had played before. Both of these groups were rock ‘n’ roll bands that swept the nation off of its feet.
Carter Wright Mrs. Roe English 6 February, 2023 Final Draft How 1930s Music Affected Political Discourse Imagine, if you will, a time where you have no money but you still want to spread your political beliefs. In the 1930s, the answer to this predicament was to listen to music and to make music. That is why, in this position, many people in the 1930s decided to turn towards music in order to spread their belief. Popular music in the 1930s was a cheap and effective way to share political and cultural views to a large audience of listeners.
This sensibility not only combats the accusations that disco is not a legitimate form of music, but also provides minorities and oppressed groups a safe space that differs from those that rock and punk may provide. These differences in how disco allows people to be fabulous come through in the aspects
Sean Weller COMM 3000 202761773 Critical Essay Punk: The edgy, fast paced, in your face, I don’t take no guff from no one music of the 80’s has become more relevant today than it was thirty years ago. Punks style of music is considered uneducated, raw, and rough because of the vessel in which it is administered. Kids with giant, dyed mohawks, leather jackets with studs, and screaming into a microphone was not the typical way to get your message out to the masses. However, their message of tolerance, police brutality, and corporate scams have all hit the headlines over the last decade which brings into question, is punk music uneducated, or was it considered uneducated because of the way the bands portrayed themselves?
What better way to vent dissatisfaction than through music! Also in addition to the frustrations described above, teen rebellion from the parental obligations was also in full swing. The result of this was 'free love' and experimenting with drugs.
In essence, ,,the 6 Gallery readings reveal how Beat and associated artists and audiences also tapped into this residual, insubordinate, and positive sense of jazz and expressed it through their art and lives.” (Whaley, 2004, p. 27) ,,The reading of Howl amplified vibrations sounding back to the jazz of renaissance Harlem, an era in which blues and jazz poets found themselves when much of the high culture’s generation.” (Whaley, 2004, p. 24) Besides the jazz and bebop music, the generation of “crazy, no-good kids” (Russel, 2002, p. 16), appeared to be influenced in style and fashion as well. The style was noticed as riotous hipsterism or the anti-patriotist zoot suits.
It all started in Liverpool in 1960 when four men came together to create the iconic band, The Beatles. The English rock band members consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They were able to create timeless music that still continues to influence artists even years after the end of the group’s time. Not only did they surpassed every limit that was reached before them, they left a mark on the music industry that most artist can only hope they achieve. They changed the way music itself was created and the way it was presented to people listening all over the world.
En Masse, Rock and Roll has influenced various areas of the youth culture amid the 1960’s, dominating many areas of the world. The popularity and international outlook for rock music resulted in a compelling impact on society as Rock and Roll influenced everyday fashions, attitudes, and behaviors. Drawing on many different styles, this genre of music excited a worldwide generation of young listeners, while, at the same time, distressing musical, cultural, and social authorities. Presently, it is tough to fully understand the bitter criticism the new music generated in its entirety. Rock music gave shape to many different counter-cultural movements which engulfed the world.
Rock fans were being outraged by their favorite bands jumping on the disco trend, and they decided something had to be done. Steve Dahl is a prime example of this hate, and even started the Disco Sucks campaign. The Disco Sucks campaign lead to violent riot and rallies against disco. While disco was blurring lines between blacks and white and gay and straight, the hatful environment against disco promoted segregation. This created a push to go back to the roots of rock and roll, but it also created a group angry rock super fans, this lead to the natural progression from disco to punk.
The Beatles were probably the most important trendsetters of the 1960s in Britain and for many people, the sixties mean the Beatles and vice versa (Hecl 36). The Beatles dominated pop music and become a part of the world’s cultural history (Hecl 5). They were not just a musical band but a cultural phenomenon as their music and their representations of musical artists had an immense impact on youth culture which they worked to capture the spirit of the sixties (Hecl 37). For this, the Beatles became a major symbol of cultural transformation and undoubtedly the leaders of the 1960s youth culture (Charness 10, Corry 1). As much as music is the reflections of the listeners and society, pop music both influenced and reflected the youth culture.
