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This 5 page paper looks at the origins of rock and roll and how it affected culture. Changes during the 1950s is the focus of this paper but future generations are referenced as well. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of war, and death. As Bob Dylan sang, the times were changing. And rock and roll would be something to accompany the changes. In some way, one can think of
rock as a catalyst as music does turn a nation into zombies of sorts. Indeed, if rock were not so powerful, Ozzy Osbourne would not have been charged with putting
ideas in a teens head that purportedly caused his suicide. Ozzys song Suicide Solution, he claims, is not about suicide at all. Also, when the Columbine incident occurred, some analysts
blamed it all on rock music. Rock is something of a dividing line between generations still, it was a trend that started in the 1950s. The year 1951 was
when the term "rock and roll" was coined (Goode 8). It was a new type of music and little did those jamming on drums and electric guitars know that it
would be a trend that would continue for decades. A half century later, there are a variety of rock genres but it is still all rock and roll, or at
least it emanated from the old fashioned variety. There is a bit of a discrepancy in how it came about, something important to understanding the cultural changes it brought. The
1960s was a decade defined by race relations. Thus, it is interesting to note that some contend rock came from African American culture. Chappell claims: "The music of the Black
Church and the music of the blues are the bedrock of what became known as rock n roll " (145). Many people however associate the origins of rock with white
boys, who would by the 1960s grow their hair long, much to the dismay of the older generation. While the debate continues in respect to rock being a
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