1. Gender Themes in Rock Music
... and McRobbie declared that, in terms of 'control and production, rock is a male form' (1978: 5). This argument was illustrated with reference of two different types of music: cock rock and teenybop. Cock rock is a term that was coined by feminists during the early 1970s to refer to male performers such as Mick Jagger, Roger Daltrey and Robert Plant, who were &apos ... their songs and represented as sex objects on LP covers. The music was 'loud, rhythmically insistent, built around techniques of arousal and climax, the lyrics are assertive and arrogant...cock rockers' musical s...
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