... was presented to Jackson and Quincy Jones, his producer, with a title called "Starlight Love." In itself, the concept brought forward was touted as an "amazing" song. Disco music was what topped the charts during the 80s. In order to overcome this predominant culture wave, Quincy had strongly suggested creating a new balance between R&B and pop ... of all time (4). Thriller was created and recorded in 1982, which was a very strange time to release a Disco/Funk song because during the late 1970's, there was a decline in the entire Disco genre of music. This was caused by a strong anti-di...

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... 'cool, restrained and understated' (1978 :19). Basing many of their observations on the disco movie Saturday Night Fever, they wrote of the social relations of disco as 'traditional' – girls dreaming of 'disco romance' and boys dreaming of quick and easy sex (1978: 19). Yet disco music, far from being associated simply with traditional heterosexual conventions, is a genre that has frequently been ... of many of the assumptions that have been made about gay preferences in music (e.g. who says that gay men prefer opera, show tunes and disco?). Gill is particularly critica...

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... changed to electric guitar and bass, amplified drums and other electronic devices. Not only did the instruments change but so did the ideas behind the music. For example, "to the lyrics of teenage love and adolescent concerns were added social commentary, glorification of drugs and free-association poetry" (Groliers ... electronic distortion. Most music of this decade was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced to. This intention wasn't kept by Disco music that arose in 1977, whose sole purpose was to be danced to. One great Disco Group were the Bee Gees. The music for the dis...

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Disco Crowd I would have belonged to the "disco crowd", because the rhythm is energizing and simply ear friendly. The environment in which disco is played is unreal with its disco balls and lights like an outer space feeling. Disco has a magical way to make you feel good about yourself. It can make you feel sexy, when wearing those totally sparkly and flashy colors with ridiculous high boots that adds a little color to life; the kind of clothes and free attitude that I don't wear in my everyday life. Disco is easy to listen to. It is not a music that makes you reflect on life's struggles or th...

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... of the next, Rock n' Roll started to decline because it was formula ridden and it was too sentimental. Teenage audiences transferred their allegiance to Folk music. In 1963 the renewal of Rock n' Roll came when The Beatles started to play. The Beatles, for some the best rock group ever, were ... was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced. But this intention wasn't kept by Disco music that arose in 1977 and was especially for dancing. One great group of Disco music were the Bee Gees. Disco music was described by rock fans as mechanical, commercial and unlyrical (which is true)...

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... with both genres can be greatly attributed to the elements of sex, gambling, and drinking which are commonly associated with rap and blues. Blues music is very structured in its form. Songs are usually 12bars, 16 bars, or 8 bars. Each has a very specific set of rhyme schemes ... Los Angeles, California. Rap music is influenced by many genres, including rock and roll, disco, jazz, and of course blues. Like Blues, rap is usually spoken or chanted. Rap music is rebellious in nature, which makes sense, since rap was created out of rebellion to disco music. Rap developed from individuals ... ...

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... late-'80s alternative pop/rock, so alternative lost some of its quirkier tendencies in the '90s. Most experimental bands were relegated to indie rock. B. Criticism Almost since its birth, alternative music has been criticized. As with anything that is criticized, there are positive comments and negative comments. Unfortunately, many critics only had negative comments for alternative rock and its various subgenres ... Gore even interviewed soft rock legend John Denver on the subject. II. Subgenres A. Basics Dance music comes in many different forms, from disco to hip-hop. In the late '70...

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... sex, religion, racism, and drug addiction. Initially attracted by the catchy beats of gangsta" rap, youth start to listen to this music many times without knowing of the potential psychological damage it may cause. It misleads them to a distorted reality where morally wrong actions ... of clothing that are worn. As rap music has emerged from ghettos, it too has played an extremely important role in the lives of American youth today. Large numbers of "parental-advisory" and "explicit lyrics" CD's releases from disco-graphic companies are causing tremendous parental concerns ... because o...

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... the rather conservative Sunday Telegraph recognized her as the 'female icon of the age.' Madonna broke into the pop music scene with Holiday in 1983. She helped to link the gap between disco and new wave, and simply defined it as Dance. (Note: Everybody and Burning Up were the 2 initial ... Madonna is definitely a hugely influential artist. "Her ability to move with the times and the strength of her convictions is something unusual in pop music, where things are usually so transient," claims the Aussie Diva Kylie Minogue. "She mixes things that we know and understand and then completely ...

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... be influenced by the different views of the present teenage society. What I"m going to do is try and illustrate a short and accurate history of music and the influence each period has brought; weather it was political, social, psychological or physical , I"m going to try to equally show the positive ... incredibly positive influence. Shortly after this people started feeling the need for something else; something that came into the shape of Disco Music. A simple kind of music that made people want to dance without thinking on the multi-layered lyrical content of the songs. The 80's Unfor...

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... later actions. Then Abba came with their disco tunes and had everyone dancing in disco's until the early hours of the morning. Easy, no-worries music that was there just to make you feel good for a while and forget your problems. Their music still keeps us moving well into the year ... 2002. I think people still need that feeling. The 1980's have been described in a very precise way in Roy Shuker's book "Understanding popular music ... made her debut: Madonna. In 1981, MTV made their first appearance on the television screens of the world and changed the way we see music. The station pr...

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... along with their beliefs. (Nuzum 10) Similarly, in California, probation officers from Orange County asked two professors at California State University to research whether there was a link between heavy metal music and juvenile crime. The professors asked a group of high school students to identify the lyrical themes of their favorite songs. Of the 662 songs the students listed, the students said ... restricted. There is no parental advisory sticker on the bible, torah, or any other religious book. Neglecting to censor aspects of a person's life that are much more influential than the ...

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... pen to paper. I vividly remember watching an interview with the late Jeff Buckley on the now-cancelled music show "No Disco." It had always been my dream to be a music journalist but he said things that made me seriously question the whole practice. He criticised the whole notion ... of reviews. "I don't really understand why they even exist. What purpose do they serve? I don't get why someone can sit in an office and listen to this music ... about his feelings on the matter. "When I started writing about albums and gigs I definitely had weird feelings about it. I was such a huge music...

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... and engineers; they were movable nightclubs or discos that were set up in order to meet the needs of the people. Along with "toasting", Dub music was just as important. Dub musicians such as King Tubby isolated percussion breaks because dancers at sound systems preferred the energetic rhythms of the short breaks ( ... became one of the most popular DJ's and played at many neighborhood block parties. He switched over from reggae to funk, rock, and disco because the New York audience did not like reggae. Here and other DJ's began to extend the percussive breaks using an audio mixer and tw...

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... for trained voices that could fill large halls. The ability of radio broadcasting to reach rural communities aided the dissemination of new styles, notably country music, and to a lesser extent blues. By the 1950s, the migration of Amer. blacks to cities in the North had resulted in the cross- ... 1960s black pop gained a huge white audience. The history of pop through the 1990s was basically that of rock and its variants, incl. disco, heavy metal, punk rock, and rap, which have spread throughout the world and become the standard musical idiom for young people in many ... Ambrosian, Gal...

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... popular all in due time. Once a similar band goes mainstream or is seen on MTV, people will start to dress and act like them. Music has had a profound impact on history. Teenagers all around the world are constantly looking for new material and experimenting with different styles of ... music. By going to local concerts, you will see how teens react by just being there with other people just like themselves. Once they find ... to play sold out shows and venues. Its effect on American history is seen by looking back on the music each decade. In the "70's it was disco. Everybody was danc...

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... of this seemingly lewd, loud, and obnoxious music were teenagers who wished to upset their parents, others were individuals who sincerely felt passionate for rock. Either way, Rock became a culture, one that was not afraid to express every feeling, thought, and emotion. Musical culture is an evolutional process. Spirituals, Blues, Swing, Rock n Roll, disco, and other genres have matured over time, while ... still maintaining at least a touch of their roots. In the 1970s, a new sort of music was born in The Bronx, New York City. A Jamaican immigrant by the name of DJ Kool Herc developed ...

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Roy Eldridge was born on January 30, 1911, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He lived with his mother, father, and brother in a building his father converted into a restaurant and an inn for railroad workers. During the summer time, he made money working for his father's construction business. At an early age, Roy possessed a natural music talent, but he had no desire to become a musician. Roy's mother was a piano player, and she taught her son to play by ear. By the time he was five years old, his brother, who played alto-sax; clarinet; drums; and violin, had started to bring him around to being a ...

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... is to try to forget about what worries you. One of the ways to forget the problems, and probably the best way, is to give yourself to music. Yup, to music. Some good and relaxing one. Or the type you like or even love. What you have to listen is something that can make you think you are somewhere ... and try following your favourite lyrics word by word. It does help. But beware of sad or obscene or others which can only deepen your depression. Bulgarian music and especially "Rap" is full of such lyrics now, so just run away from such songs in such moments. What else you can do is to go t...

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Introduction Can you think of a pop culture that has contributed more to our society in any other way than music genre? What about a pop culture that have a positive influence on some parts of the country and yet be portrayed as a negative influence among the rest of America? What about a culture ... a frenzy? This culture can take on many different art forms that allow several different types of people to participate in regardless of ethnicity: whether it is the highly scrutinized rap music, the beautiful art form of graffiti, the creative art of break dancing, or the ever so complicated ar...

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... political expression. It has influenced the styles, language and ideals of America especially the younger generation. (2, 7, 8) Rock and Roll is a direct descendent of the blues. The blues is a form of music invented by blacks in the southern United States as a reaction to the harsh racial discrimination imposed upon them. It is a musical form based on alienation, depression and suffering. Centuries of ... and cynical, the Seventies is sometimes called the "me" decade, because the ideals and action of the Sixties turned inward. Disco certainly reflected the materialistic aspect. Disco wan...

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... late 1960's and early 1970s, many nightclubs in America shut down, or replaced DJs with live bands (Wegner). The disc jockey's popularity would not rise again until the emergence of disco music in the mid to late 70s. During this downtime, there was a plethora of advances in the field of DJing. Most notable is the introduction of the direct drive turntable by ... Wizard Theodore who was trying to listen to his mother while keeping the record he was listening to in the same place (Frick). Around the same time turntablism takes off, disco music begins to emerge as the pop music of the lat...

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... popular Motown artists The Jackson Five. While Glam Rock and Punk music took very little from R&B music, Disco borrowed some of the fast up-tempo dance beats. It was the teenybopper sound however that really took its roots from R&B music (Gregory 181-182). The reason for R&B's heavy influence into pop/teeny-bopper and disco music was mainly technology. The rhythmic dance beats that once characterized ... R&B music was available to virtually anyone in the seventies due to technological advances. Bayles explicates this point in her book ... was not the same R&B of the 50's and 60's. The w...

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... of the next, Rock n' Roll started to decline because it was formula ridden and it was too sentimental. Teenage audiences transferred their allegiance to Folk music. In 1963 the renewal of Rock n' Roll came when The Beatles started to play. The Beatles, for some the best rock group ever, were ... was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced. But this intention wasn't kept by Disco music that arose in 1977 and was especially for dancing. One great group of Disco music were the Bee Gees. Disco music was described by rock fans as mechanical, commercial and unlyrical (which is true)...

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... 70"S New musicians such as Kate Bush and Mike Oldfold opened the road to a more abstract type of music towards the late 70's. Mid-70's were largely a time of consolidation, rather than innovation, however 2 new styles of music emerged - these being disco music and punk rock. Disco music was the first to use electronic instruments on a mass scale - orchestral arrangements became as ordinary as a guitar solo ... . Punk rock had an even greater impact because it came with a unique new style and thousands of independent record labels promoting underground artists. The music scene was split b...

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