The Influence of Music in Vietnam-Progression of Rock n roll

The 1970s music was when The Vietnam War calmed down, and the hippy movement died down. America now turned to a new form of music, hard rock. Bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath filled arenas with screaming fans and played extra loud, extra hard, and extra fast. Many of these bands songs were amazingly expr

The Vietnam War created an era of music in itself. Music played such a large part in the lives of soldiers during that time. In most of any movies that have flashbacks to the Vietnam War, there is music playing all through the battle scenes, which fit in very well, such as the movie “Forrest Gump”. The troops during Vietnam would have tape players, which they listened to while even in battle, radio stations even being assembles in Vietnam. Music references were used on the battlefield. For example, when a soldier was set to fire, the soldiers would use the lingo, “We’re ready to rock n’ roll” and when a missile or gun shot from a helicopter they would say, “Puff the Magic Dragon” Surprisingly enough, even during combat in certain areas loud speakers would be blaring music like the Moody Blues, “Night in White Satin”.

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s song, “Ohio” was a call for action when four students died as a result of a peaceful protest which became violent and police open fired on the students in the late 1960s. The band Creedence Clearwater released, “Fortunate Son” in 1969 as a protest against those called off to war saying, “It ain’t me, I ain’t no senator’s son, I ain’t no fortunate one” later in the song saying, “When the band plays hail to the chief, they point the cannon at you” this was to show the cruelty of the military.” The music of the 1960s was a time of change as Jonathon Duffy of British Broadcasting Corporation says, “Music was more than a music festival, it represented a common cause for the disillusioned. Where politics had failed, music could triumph.”

The Beatles alone had an enormous impact on culture. During the mid to late 1960s it was called “Beatlemania.” They had an enormous impact on popularizing long hair for boys, as well as the heart of thousands of girls. The Beatles hadan amazing twenty-one number one hits during their career. No other band has come relatively near to foreclosing that record. It is unimaginable the popularity of The Beatles unless you were living during the time they were around. John Lennon, the guitar player for The Beatles even came to claim that The Beatles were, “more popular than Jesus”. Even though this caused many outcries from the public, the statement was not as far fetched as it sounds.

People who lived during the sixties and during the Vietnam War have said that if you wanted an idea of what it was like to be in war or to live around the war, listen to the music of that time. Listen to what the musicians were saying and listen to the meaning and depth in the songs. Included are many meaningful lyrics that are not found in most modern music: no active movement towards peace was going on by the people of the world as it was during the 60s.The 1960’s was a time of war, when most were ready for, and promoting peace. The music reflected the desire for peace in an uncertain world.

The 1960s was filled with mass gatherings of people for concerts, more than ever before. Even before the elusive gathering of young people at Woodstock, there was another huge concert. The Monterey Pop Festival, where 50,000 peaceful ga

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