Calypso strong ties to the traditional carnival celebration also provide a strong source of continuity for the musical genre along with folk song and African and Indian based classical forms, cross –cultural has so much closeness with calypso music calypso drew upon African and French influences and became the voice of the people. Calypso migrated into English and in so doing it attracted more attention from the government calypso continued to play an important role in political expression and also served to document the history of Trinidad so much of the outlook on calypso music .calyps...

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., rock, rock and roll, hip-hop, grunge, heavy metal, rhythm and blues, punk, soul, techno, funk, rap, house). ... The Tin Pan Alley era initially specialized in ballads and novelty songs but later began to incorporate popular styles of the period, including ragtime, jazz, and blues. ... Adorno contends that the standardization of popular songs leads to compliant consumers because songs are heard in accordance with other standardized popular songs. Essentially, popular songs do their listening for them. ... In the 1980's and 1990's, sampling technologies and digitization led to the e...

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