My first crazy rock experience was "I Wanna Hold Your Hand".... I banged the pots and pans while my mom sang into a mop handle as she played the 45 over and over and over. I was 4 years old...
Another great clip on a great topic from a great film maker. Anyway, unfortunately I won't be able to view, like & comment on your wonderful uploads & posts any longer. Your channel has been easing up my depression as much as it possibly could. Thank you. Best of luck to you & your loved ones good Sir & may you be filled with health & happiness.
I think Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard are the last men standing. I was little in the '60s but '50s music was my #1. Until Black Sabbath came out in '70. INTENSE! David, it's amazing the huge amount of docs you were involved in. What a great life!
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker '50s is still my "go to" music, though I can groove out to certain hip hop groups. It's disheartening when one generation slams the next. Some things never change!
Now, I'm a 90s kid, and the only "Boomer" I know who hated any genre music my generation has it was my Uncle saying he hated rap. Not a fan of it myself,but I still occasionally listen to it. I also remember a Great-Grandfather not being a huge fan of Queens "We Will Rock You" but I'm pretty sure jazz was labeled "Devil's Music" back in the 20s and 30s from the docs I've watched, or at least was treated the same way by generations born before 1900. So no, I don't think it was a unique thing for a genre a music to illicit a negative or even FEARFUL response from a previous generation.
@@daloin87061You'll get no arguement from me. I got a fair bit of 50s and 60s on my playlist, but when you pit it on shuffle you could listening to Bill Haley's Comets one minute then Imagine Dragons the next cuz I have no taste. XD
I remember the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of the National Anthem was in 1969 on an NYC FM radio channel in the living room of my childhood home. My parents were there relaxing after the family dinner. I give them a lot of credit for not saying a word, even though it must have sounded bizarre to them. (It blew me away!) I imagine they were willing to suffer such indignities as long as it meant that I was home ‘safe’ and not roaming the streets doing drugs and getting into mischief, which I was doing much of my teens.
I am a millenial but I cant get into modern music. I like classic rock and I appreciate that the singer is actually the musician who composes the music. There is a study by Joan Serra, a postdoctoral scholar at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the Spanish National Research Council in Barcelona, who showed that quality of music peaked in the 60s and has been on decline every since.
That's really interesting. The shift from Tin Pan Alley songwriting to singer/author hit big in the 60s, by my understanding also. In my opinion, it's a clearly important cultural indicator. Nice comment!
Well David, again, a lot to unpack here! If you think about it the initial dance craze began with the Big Band era in the forties. Young people were dancing the Fast Lindy and a number of other dances that caused their parents to look away in shame. Enter the fifties and sixties with Elvis the Pelvis and a steady stream of ever more aggressive displays of abhorrent behavior as far as “normal” society was concerned. The passive culture, especially in the late sixties was turned on its ear. I bought my first guitar at age fifteen, learned how to play “Wildwood Flower “ to please my parents but outside of their hearing I was playing barr chords, and progressively heading up the neck to unbelievable expressions. I ended up in a rock band that played at weekly engagements at dance events popular at the time. The smell of pot was constant as well as alcohol consumption and I was having the time of my life! Did I consider my activity to be rebellious? Not really. I was just doing what my generation did to have a good time. There was nothing nefarious about it. No underlying attempt to condemn the status quo. We were just having fun! I think that’s what most people in my generation were about.
I really enjoyed this! Music and its journey through time has always fascinated me and I think that rock n roll has been one of the most influential genres!
I'm 23 and rap has definitely been the rebellious music for more than 20 years now, but I feel like a lot of kids are wanting something more aggressive and deep these days. Check out Poppy.
Rap is cool, but have you listened to Heavy Metal? Some think it's just the plain sound of noise, but i strongly disagree. If you are a tolerant person, you might like the music. Look i know Metal isn't for everyone, but please, give your mind a chance to be a little more open to other music! ;)
A very short clip! I remember my husband who is now deceased he was 10 years older than me and had me sit down and listen to the whole album of Alice’s restaurant.
I’m 16 years old and I enjoy 50s, 60, 70s 80, 90s, 2000s music! I even like music much older then the 1900s. Music today I’d say is much different, but relatively the same in a sense. Where it sounds different, the style is different, but the lyrics display the same message and meaning. I’m not a fan of the mainstream music that sings about drugs, sexs, gangs, and sexualization of woman, but there is a stigma that millennials and the Gen Z are the first to come out with that kind of music. Which as you’ve shown in this video, thats not true. There has been songs about sex and drugs long before today’s music. The 60s were the time we’re drugs were glorified in music, take the Beatles and The Rolling Stones for example. And music about sex has always been a thing. I think it’s all about how it’s perceived by the older crowd now that there not young teens anymore, and how the music style is different conveying the lyrics in a different way. I can go on and on, but there is some amazing artists of today’s generation wether that be mainstream or underground that just aren’t shown enough on the radio to even be appreciated by older people that aren’t about money, sex, and drugs.
You Abby have an old soul. Be grateful for it as it allowed you to appreciate so much different music. My 19 yr old the same. Also at 48 I love lots of modern music she introduces my to, not mainstream stuff, better. Stuff like you said doesnt always get the airplay it deserves. Greetings from Scotland.👋
Angela Ortenzi-MacColl thank you so much!! And same with me, I’m always showing my mom modern underground music, and she always loves it. Often times she will randomly in the day ask me to play one of the songs I showed her.
@@AbbyMichal It sounds like you and your mum gotta a special bond through music. My daughter and I the same but also due to a shared sick sense of humour (That may be a Scottish thing tbh) Anyway glad you've got the gift of an old soul n love music. Stay safe now n always!
Same, the music all the way to the early 2000's music are what I listen to, not a fan of modern day music, can't stand the lyrics. But there are some good bands out there mostly in the indie scene.
50s 60s 70s Music is all i can listen to and im 19 Years Old Most my generation listens to Trap and Rap Music its just vulgar and not real music if u ask me boomers had it best i dont believe there will be another point in time where music was as influential and as good as it was im jealous of anyone who lived to see the Stones Or Zeppelin In Concert .
I must say though there are unique artists in this generation and quite honestly I feel like all that “trap” and rap music today will be looked upon greatly in the future as this generation looks back and
I agree with you. Anyone that got to see zeppelin is lucky. I got to see sabbath reunion in 99 but man to see Robert plant in his prime would have been great!
agree....I'm a 80's baby and I hate the 2010's trap music but I can relate to 2000's trap music because it made more sense. I still listen to 80's and 90's music.
Wow.......I just looked at the number of subscribers you have David (350k); how lucky are you???? A new viewing platform for your long-standing career.........and such interesting content. I bet you never expected this reaction, did you? Congratulations!!
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Hi David. Im 42. I've been a percussionist for 20 years. This stuff taught me how to play. And the generation before Rock n Roll. That big band sound. Jazz etc. Music to me is a direct link to God. It's interesting that Only 10 years before those young people would have gone to fight in world war 2. Rock n roll would have been the new threat on the world. It brought a change for sure. Lovely to see you. Great video thanks 💖🏵😊
I like a lot of old rock and roll music. Lyrics and vocals set aside, a lot of old songs even have less processed and more authentic instrumentation than a lot of music has today.
Rock music is one of the few things that makes sense. There are a few new bands that I enjoy. Music back in the 60's was a tribal call to the gathering of the tribe. Yes parents and I had our debates. The Squares didn't understand it then or now
Can we please watch the entire documentary? That would be cool (even if it were in segments)!! Thanks for pursuing your work through the years. You are a great scientist.
Would love to see more of these interviews. Very cool insight into the generation that witnessed rock & roll begin. Jack Van Impe recently passed away, many years after making those condemnations. I wonder what he thought about it in later years? Thanks for the upload, David. I have to mention that Buffy Sainte-Marie is Canadian. We're a proud bunch.
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Rock and Roll was huge milestone. I started buying records in 1975. That was 45 years ago. Now, subtract 45 years from 1975. That's 1930. You can very easily hear pop or rock music from the 1970's (or earlier) on your local classic rock station. There were no radio stations in 1975 playing music from 1930 or the 1920s! If there were oldies stations in the 1970s, they played music from the 50s and 60s.
Rock-n-Roll defines our generation and all those elements you named. It also influenced such genres as Rock-a-billy and other music. For me, it (like gansta' rap compared to original street rap) some music became "dangerous" when it in the 1980s "rock" bands promoted violence and hate. Like so many things, humans can take something new, good and enjoyable and evolve it into something threatening. But when you live in a free society (and I'm definitely a First Amendment defender) you better be prepared to live with the existence of something unappealing to you as well as that music or anything else you love. Remember, at one time Frank Sinatra (and I'm referring to is musical style) was considered dangerous by his previous generation.
Hello David. How interesting the reaction of teenagers in that decade concerning Vietnam. Did they really have enough knowledge about what was happening there? Why were we there? What our own government was doing there? How our own government made some bad decisions which involved the lives of so many young people. Such a waste of time, lives and tax money. And left, not accomplishing anything. There so much to learn from that experience.
As much as i'm embedded to rock n' roll now, i do still strongly feel that half of the bands from since the beginning, are definitely corrupt influences, and have had a major impact on today's world politics. I now see why boomers protested against the music, to forbid the future generations from being lured into darkness and corruption, but sadly or arguably fortunately, that failed. But, guys... Come on.... Music is just music, and should never cause any type of harmful motivation to anyone. Just don't take TOO seriously, because that's how your music ends up getting politicians involved.
Also 90s kid. As a white German I discovered reggae for myself. That lead to a misunderstanding with all my close people, who taught I would become a lazy pothead. To be honest not even my peers listened to reggae (of course only when the smoked). I was confused by this clishe, because reggae delivers so much more than a stoner vibe. It's about love, religion, unity and humbleness. Even now and bad, rainy days I embrace the songs (also by German, polish and Russian reggae artists).
Quite appropriate for me today, as Little Richard has died. He was really nice to me, and I learned a lot from him. I wish he had been able to stick around longer. He was a fascinating guy, and he had a profound influence on rock ‘n’ roll. I do wish you had more hippie videos!
Rock ‘n’ roll also affected the sexual revolution, the Viet Nam war, awareness of the ecology (“Big Yellow Taxi,” “What’s Goin’ On,” “Mother Nature’s Son,” “Signs” “Throwing Stones”) and it made people examine their view of religion and spirituality. “Imagine,” “My Sweet Lord,” “Jesus Christ Superstar”) and many others. It is a drag that the major record labels have been phasing it out. When I first started hearing the phrase “Back during the age of rock,“ it really bothered me. There are still people trying to keep both the music and its messages alive, but not nearly enough.
I loved Buffy Sainte Marie, too. I read that President Johnson had her banned from radio and she thought she had just lost her popularity... wrong! I was very upset when she seemed to disappear. I thought perhaps she wanted to have children and stay home! I think she remained or remains popular in Canada.. our loss!
I don't know why, but the first time I really appreciated the cultural shift brought by rock and roll was while watching an interview with Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead, where he said he grew up before rock and roll, and listed off some records of his mother's that he grew up listening to before Elvis came on the scene. That just blew my mind, because Lemmy is one of the undeniable pillars of rock music and speed metal, and for him to have grown up in a time where the concept of expressing yourself in that way was entirely alien really brought home how different the generations were to become. Probably because I'm 'only' in my 40's 😁
My mom loved Elvis- her favorite! Lamestream music is horrible, these days. Even country music is garbage. There's very little new music that I can stand..
For my generation, gen z, I'd say rap is the one that we love but the older generation hates. How rap haters perceive rap is that it promotes debauchery and glamorizes degeneracy, and unfortunately some of the racist sort join the band wagon to hate on black people (since rap originated from the black community). My personal opinion of rap is that it's a double edged sword, sometimes you get terrible talentless rap artists but on the other hand there are other rap artists who really prove it can be an amazing art form. I'd say rap is comparable to blues music, or even rock and roll; since they both originated from the black community and are both revolutionary to the world of music and both experience(d) the same controversies from the older generation of their time.
Boy, oh boy ,David, did you ever pick a heated-subject that was in our household when I was growing up. First off, I love the Robert Klein clip, my favorite comedian after Jonathan Winters. Here goes: My dad loved rock and my mother detested it like stepping in poo. She was a Letterman, Beach boys fan, which is fine. But my dad liked the Beatles and The Bee Gees. Now, all of that music seems so dull by today's standards. I absolutlely LOVED the rock group Kiss, Peter Frampton Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath (my mom's personal most-hated rock band), and Queen. I could go on forever with this list. I learned to play classical guitar beginning at five years old. When I was in middle school, I could play ANY hard- rock song or any song because of my difficult training. Needless to say, I was very popular and my dad bought me a $2,000.00 Gibson Les Paul electric. I still have it, I will never sell it. I could easily get about $18,000.00 for it now. Good guitars appreciate in value, but I don't need the money. Anyway, I played music LOUD, showing off for the neighborhood. I still do! I graduated high school when I was 15. They called me gifted, but I don't care about that. I was hardly ready for college, so I had my aunt, a concert pianist, teach me the piano for one year and I taught myself the remaining year until college would begin for me. I love playing piano, and I'll admit i'm pretty good at it. But I'm a much better guitar player. I would classify myself as a master virtuoso guitar player at the age of 14 or 15. It was an easy transition to the piano since the guitar is essentially a portable piano. But no matter how long or hard I play piano, I'm still a better guitarist and I can play it with either hand since my brain is wired cross-dominant dexterity. So, to get to the point, rock was frowned on by my mom, but everyone else loved it. My mother is Welsh. Rock wasn't so big over there at that time, but my dad was a musician, too. An Accordion polka player. We would play the two of them together (Accordion & Guitar) and she would get really peeved. It was great! I miss those days. Rock music was something fun for most everyone. Even rock/folk music I learned in 1969 and 1970 was fun, too. Yes! I remember Arlo Guthrie and about 25-30 minutes of "Alice's Restaurant" every Thanksgiving day. I HATED IT WITH A PASSION! That was mom's payback time for me ditching classical guitar in favor of rock. I even taught myself the Accordion and she hated that thing too. I probably have about 160 guitars. Acoustics, 12-strings, 7- strings, many 6-strings, ukelele's, banjo's and 2 mandolins. I'm crazy, I know. I have one beautiful full Steinway piano and a gazillion keytars and melodica's, you name it, I probably have it. 3 drum kits, congas, kettle drums, everything! Point being: I now appreciate all music. Even what I hated as a kid. Except country and western. I hate that music. Harmonica, too. I just don't like that kind of sound. In spite of all of these many instruments, I'M A WRITER! Go figure. Sheesh. But I still play with my friends. We have fun. One thing I've noticed in the past 15-20 years: Why is it that nobody hitch-hikes anymore? Ever notice that? Why? Good question. I haven't seen a thumb up in a long, long time. Thanks David.
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Great look back. My dad is at the very end of the silent gen. He hated me listening to Clarence Carter and made me throw my tape away. Mom went and bought me another. 🤭
It changed everything. For white American kids it paused them to think. For Black kids there was confirmation their art form was crossing boundaries. For British teenagers it caused a fire that burned brighter than their oppressive class system. Jimi Hendrix Woodstock performance confirmed a heaviness that most people black and white were FRIGHTENED OF. I was there to watch the transition of American inclusiveness to a outright music apartheid in the mid to late 70s because DISCO was bringing people together. The 80s music scene was one of the most racist things i have ever witnessed on the East Coast.
As you quoted Bob Dylan saying "Never trust anyone over thirty". Could it be because that 30 y.o. (possibly the parents) were able to discern what the youth could not? What each adult person eventually is able to discern is that the music was and continues to be self- centered, focus on me, me, me.
"Self Centered" Considering that we boomers financed the most generous retirement for our parents in the history of modern economies, you might want to add some scope to your thinking.
Your one of my favorite boomers🙂and I think that a lot of music now is normalizing sexual music and swearing etc. it’s adults rights to be able to make this kind of music ig, but younger people are listening to these songs and don’t even understand what they are listening too
I find it interesting that my generation (X) flipped the peace and love thing 180 degrees in the opposite direction. Our form of dancing was not dancing barefoot in the mud, it was pit dancing and moshing with steel toed boots on. There was blood on the floor every night at our concerts. Our generation carried a lot of hate and other mental health issues and the dark musical and lyrical content of the rock and metal we created was a reflection of that. I know you boomers take a lot of heat online, and some of it I agree with. Some of the "adults" I was around when I was a kid fit every "ok boomer" stereotype and I'm glad I will never have to see any of them ever again. But I was lucky enough to have a great father and uncle who to this day I respect and are still very close with. Every generation has good and bad apples. At least the bad apple boomers were fuel on the fire to create the dark, violent music I grew up with and still love. Speaking of "something new, powerful", I will never forget the days I first heard Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and Fear Factory. It changed my life forever. My "joy" was not taking drugs and sniffing flowers, it was the shear energy, excitement, that massive wall of sound, the adrenaline rush and the body to body contact. To scare all you Christians reading this, it literally felt like I was possessed by a legion of demons when the lights went down and the show started. "By Demons Be Driven" You bet your ass some of our music was satanic \m/ >;-) But as dark and violent as all this sounds, after those shows, I was left with a great sense of peace and inner calmness. I remember walking out of the arenas soaked in sweat with a smile on my face saying, man... that.. was... fkn... awesome.. When your a young testosterone filled man with a bad temper, it was just what the doctor ordered. And now I'm old enough to have a listen to the millennial and Z generations rock and metal, and I hate it lol. I'm now a typical old man that hates these kids damn music. Turn that shit off!!!!! ;)
AND YET we find that it is the rebels FROM ANY CENTURY that have always pushed humanity forward....the best songwriter and the best writers and artists DOCUMENT THE HUMAN CONDITION pull magic out of the sky..ignite the sentiments of the people and present the mystical....expose hypocricy and re frame eternal truths .....the true artist dance on the edge of the pit of madness....reach into the fire...and pull out the amrita ...to hold it up to the people as a mirror
I'm 61 and can't stand country or rap. Even remember all the talk about how rap would never make it, what's that been 35 yrs ago now. I do prefer what they refer to as Classic rock, must say I don't care for much of what is called rock n roll these days. Truly is hard to hear when a beloved artist passes, it was really hard when David Bowie left this world.
David, I appreciate you and your videos very much but the fact you are still wearing the same shirt 3 years in a row is starting to worry me... ;) but seriously i really like this channel
I've listened to thousands of rock songs from the 50's to the 00's, hardly any have sexist lyrics or anything sexist about them. You can find some sexism in any genre of music and in any field or facet of society really.
I'm a younger guy and I love older rock and pop music, mostly 70s, 80s, and 90s, but I don't really like some of the songs about women either that are really lustful like Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" or using strange analogies to describe them as cars or whatever that flies over most people's heads like Prince's "Little Red Corvette." Such lyrics can be found before the advent of rock and roll in "dirty blues" from the 1930s, like Bo Carter's "Banana in Your Fruit Basket." Some of it was more subtle compared to now, but one could say some of 80s pop metal is comparable to some of the excess in today's hip hop as well.
While the parents of boomers controlled all content on TV, they had no control on music, hence our ideas and voices were found there. The powers that be still put their faith in programming.
Definitely in the 80s and 90s "Satanic Panic" older generations were concerned about metal and hard rock. My parents not only disavowed and kept us from listening to that genre, but they even went as far as to say that "CHRISTIAN METAL" was heresy and disingenuous. They mellowed out years later of course I even got my mom into some metalcore but I will never forget how much they despised metal and hard rock back in the day (side note: "back in the day" is a great Megadeth tune). Throughout the 80s, 90s and 2000s I would say rap was the "culprit." Hell the NWA was on Tipper Gore's evil music list along with metal bands, I even think Madonna was on that list. These days I'm not sure what music would qualify for such an odd descriptor. I'm barely going to be 30, and I've never cared for dubstep or EDM, just a few songs here and there. Russian hardbass is fun club music and I'm not even a gopnyik. Even though I might not be fans of certain types of music, I wouldn't go so far as to say they are devil's music or communism or any other type of misrepresentation.
@@moreodat479 I never said "e v e r y" parent was like my parents. I never made any comparison to anyone else's parents. Chances are, however, if you lived in a religious household, which I would argue was the majority of Americans during the satanic Panic, then most parents were like my parents, duped by the fundamentalist Christian propagandists -- from the megachurch televangelists to the local non-denominational congregations -- that found demons around every corner and under every rock. It was taken so seriously that even the government got involved, and they won, insofar as the music industry had to label tapes and CDs with "parental advisory" warnings for "explicit content," which lasts to this day. And I also never claimed that those dance genres were "n e w" as you so condescendingly put. They were merely examples of genres that I either don't understand or that I don't care to understand. Even though those genres might be 30 years old, they have only been in the mainstream for the past 10 years, if that. Now every pop star is also a DJ with EDM etc in their repertoire. We cannot have a good faith argument if you're going to be misrepresenting my views. The last sentence in my post was specifically disavowing misrepresentation of any kind and the first paragraph in your reply you goes on to do exactly what I was disavowing in the first place.
What effect did rock have on the Boomers? Plenty. But the story not told is rock is actually Youth Music. Once the last teen holdouts in the USA were rounded up to mandate every teen must go to secondary school, imprisoned youth created its own culture separate from adults. A large part of the New Culture was Youth Music. This was before or immediately after World War II more or less. Immediately, big business swooped in to finance and promote the music, and it morphed through the decades of the 20th century. But most of Youth Music is Pid-Piper music, sending youth over the cliff of promiscuity and perpetual immaturity. Additionally, Youth Music (Jazz, Rock, Country-Rock, Rap) displaces the two genres that history- myopic Americans never liked much in the first place, Classical and Folk (and by Folk is not meant Peter, Paul, and Mary). All of which to this day is mostly down the memory hole. The worst of it is that Rock has maintained us Boomers and younger generations in perpetual immaturity ever since. Not good and even now we can't see ourselves clearly to break out of the hypnotic spell we continue to live out.
Both my Sisters experienced rock n roll from here in England. They were fans of Little Richard, Elvis, Chuck Berry , Buddy Holly & Bill Haley etc and Skiffle like Lonnie Donegan & Tommy Steele & our homegrown rock n roll like Cliff & The Shadows, Marty Wilde & Joe Brown. I think I picked up the music bug from them and my older brother because ,I was born '69 & frankly most of my generation's music sucks.
Well the American Boomers rebelling against their parents with it, sure didn't go the distance. The music stayed segregated, and they sure didnt heed their music anthems...John Fogerty's words in 'Fortunate Son' anyone?
Rap music is badly affecting today's youth. The violent lyrics and music videos inspire today's youth to do things that they hear in the "songs" of today.
When it comes to millenials and xnellias the genre that the older heads hate that the young heads love is hip hop. It kinda started with eminem people would protest him and then guys like tyler the creator and xxx and gangsta/drill rap in general has had a big negative response from the older generation like generation x and baby boomers.
My first crazy rock experience was "I Wanna Hold Your Hand".... I banged the pots and pans while my mom sang into a mop handle as she played the 45 over and over and over. I was 4 years old...
Pots and pans band hell yeah
I love all the music from the 50s,60s and 70s. If I had to choose to pick any music to listen to for the rest of my life if would be from those years.
The fact that Keith Rich and OZZY are alive is a mystery
Keith Richards, to get off drugs had a complete whole body blood transfusion.
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My dad's just turned 73 and
Smokes like a demon love u daddy smoke on tommy g
They are both dead, silly. Their images are holograms LOL
I was just contemplating this same exact question. Thanks for covering it!
Great thought provoking piece for this music lover. Thank you Filmmaker David Hoffman
Another great clip on a great topic from a great film maker. Anyway, unfortunately I won't be able to view, like & comment on your wonderful uploads & posts any longer. Your channel has been easing up my depression as much as it possibly could. Thank you. Best of luck to you & your loved ones good Sir & may you be filled with health & happiness.
I think Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard are the last men standing.
I was little in the '60s but '50s music was my #1. Until Black Sabbath came out in '70. INTENSE!
David, it's amazing the huge amount of docs you were involved in. What a great life!
I can't disagree. Thank you for the comment.
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@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker '50s is still my "go to" music, though I can groove out to certain hip hop groups. It's disheartening when one generation slams the next. Some things never change!
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Now, I'm a 90s kid, and the only "Boomer" I know who hated any genre music my generation has it was my Uncle saying he hated rap. Not a fan of it myself,but I still occasionally listen to it. I also remember a Great-Grandfather not being a huge fan of Queens "We Will Rock You" but I'm pretty sure jazz was labeled "Devil's Music" back in the 20s and 30s from the docs I've watched, or at least was treated the same way by generations born before 1900. So no, I don't think it was a unique thing for a genre a music to illicit a negative or even FEARFUL response from a previous generation.
I'm a 80's baby and I think the 50's rock n roll was the best.
@@daloin87061You'll get no arguement from me. I got a fair bit of 50s and 60s on my playlist, but when you pit it on shuffle you could listening to Bill Haley's Comets one minute then Imagine Dragons the next cuz I have no taste. XD
Guess Rock & Roll really did cause the apocalypse after all.
Guess you caused the apocalypse after all, eh? With all your silly millennial garbage comments.
@@ProjectCreativityGuy96 Is this how I die? Attacked by such a powerful wit?
I am personally a Satanist, had premarital sexual intercourse, and committed suicide 10 years ago!
I remember the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of the National Anthem was in 1969 on an NYC FM radio channel in the living room of my childhood home. My parents were there relaxing after the family dinner. I give them a lot of credit for not saying a word, even though it must have sounded bizarre to them. (It blew me away!) I imagine they were willing to suffer such indignities as long as it meant that I was home ‘safe’ and not roaming the streets doing drugs and getting into mischief, which I was doing much of my teens.
What a story! ❤
I am a millenial but I cant get into modern music. I like classic rock and I appreciate that the singer is actually the musician who composes the music. There is a study by Joan Serra, a postdoctoral scholar at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the Spanish National Research Council in Barcelona, who showed that quality of music peaked in the 60s and has been on decline every since.
That's really interesting. The shift from Tin Pan Alley songwriting to singer/author hit big in the 60s, by my understanding also. In my opinion, it's a clearly important cultural indicator. Nice comment!
Well David, again, a lot to unpack here! If you think about it the initial dance craze began with the Big Band era in the forties. Young people were dancing the Fast Lindy and a number of other dances that caused their parents to look away in shame. Enter the fifties and sixties with Elvis the Pelvis and a steady stream of ever more aggressive displays of abhorrent behavior as far as “normal” society was concerned. The passive culture, especially in the late sixties was turned on its ear. I bought my first guitar at age fifteen, learned how to play “Wildwood Flower “ to please my parents but outside of their hearing I was playing barr chords, and progressively heading up the neck to unbelievable expressions. I ended up in a rock band that played at weekly engagements at dance events popular at the time. The smell of pot was constant as well as alcohol consumption and I was having the time of my life! Did I consider my activity to be rebellious? Not really. I was just doing what my generation did to have a good time. There was nothing nefarious about it. No underlying attempt to condemn the status quo. We were just having fun! I think that’s what most people in my generation were about.
That's really interesting and very well said! ❤
I really enjoyed this! Music and its journey through time has always fascinated me and I think that rock n roll has been one of the most influential genres!
Thank you for your comment.
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@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker My pleasure! And thank you for providing such thought-provoking content.
I'm 23 and rap has definitely been the rebellious music for more than 20 years now, but I feel like a lot of kids are wanting something more aggressive and deep these days.
Check out Poppy.
Rap is cool, but have you listened to Heavy Metal? Some think it's just the plain sound of noise, but i strongly disagree. If you are a tolerant person, you might like the music. Look i know Metal isn't for everyone, but please, give your mind a chance to be a little more open to other music! ;)
@@ProjectCreativityGuy96 I was listening to Sepultura this morning :)
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I personally believe that today's music is teaching young people to be inconsiderate.
Joey Bada$$ is particularily relevant nowadays, as far as rap goes
David literally has the GREATEST HATS! 🧢
thank you.
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@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I definitely going to order a not normal shirt.
A very short clip! I remember my husband who is now deceased he was 10 years older than me and had me sit down and listen to the whole album of Alice’s restaurant.
I’m a Rocker but I’m open to all music. My grandchildren turn me on to new music and I love it.
I’m 16 years old and I enjoy 50s, 60, 70s 80, 90s, 2000s music! I even like music much older then the 1900s. Music today I’d say is much different, but relatively the same in a sense. Where it sounds different, the style is different, but the lyrics display the same message and meaning. I’m not a fan of the mainstream music that sings about drugs, sexs, gangs, and sexualization of woman, but there is a stigma that millennials and the Gen Z are the first to come out with that kind of music. Which as you’ve shown in this video, thats not true. There has been songs about sex and drugs long before today’s music. The 60s were the time we’re drugs were glorified in music, take the Beatles and The Rolling Stones for example. And music about sex has always been a thing. I think it’s all about how it’s perceived by the older crowd now that there not young teens anymore, and how the music style is different conveying the lyrics in a different way. I can go on and on, but there is some amazing artists of today’s generation wether that be mainstream or underground that just aren’t shown enough on the radio to even be appreciated by older people that aren’t about money, sex, and drugs.
You Abby have an old soul. Be grateful for it as it allowed you to appreciate so much different music. My 19 yr old the same. Also at 48 I love lots of modern music she introduces my to, not mainstream stuff, better. Stuff like you said doesnt always get the airplay it deserves. Greetings from Scotland.👋
Angela Ortenzi-MacColl thank you so much!! And same with me, I’m always showing my mom modern underground music, and she always loves it. Often times she will randomly in the day ask me to play one of the songs I showed her.
@@AbbyMichal It sounds like you and your mum gotta a special bond through music. My daughter and I the same but also due to a shared sick sense of humour (That may be a Scottish thing tbh) Anyway glad you've got the gift of an old soul n love music. Stay safe now n always!
Same, the music all the way to the early 2000's music are what I listen to, not a fan of modern day music, can't stand the lyrics. But there are some good bands out there mostly in the indie scene.
50s 60s 70s Music is all i can listen to and im 19 Years Old Most my generation listens to Trap and Rap Music its just vulgar and not real music if u ask me boomers had it best i dont believe there will be another point in time where music was as influential and as good as it was im jealous of anyone who lived to see the Stones Or Zeppelin In Concert .
I must say though there are unique artists in this generation and quite honestly I feel like all that “trap” and rap music today will be looked upon greatly in the future as this generation looks back and
I agree with you. Anyone that got to see zeppelin is lucky. I got to see sabbath reunion in 99 but man to see Robert plant in his prime would have been great!
agree....I'm a 80's baby and I hate the 2010's trap music but I can relate to 2000's trap music because it made more sense. I still listen to 80's and 90's music.
Wow.......I just looked at the number of subscribers you have David (350k); how lucky are you???? A new viewing platform for your long-standing career.........and such interesting content. I bet you never expected this reaction, did you? Congratulations!!
Jay Jay; I worked hard for a long period of time to get my style and approach right for my audience on UA-cam. I am enjoying it. I am hoping it grows more and more. Thank you for your comment.
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Not just rock & roll but everything else. It creates our moods & interests.
Thank you was always kind sir for the new content.. this was very interesting..
I really love these old clips 💖
Hi David. Im 42. I've been a percussionist for 20 years. This stuff taught me how to play. And the generation before Rock n Roll. That big band sound. Jazz etc. Music to me is a direct link to God. It's interesting that Only 10 years before those young people would have gone to fight in world war 2. Rock n roll would have been the new threat on the world. It brought a change for sure. Lovely to see you. Great video thanks 💖🏵😊
I like a lot of old rock and roll music. Lyrics and vocals set aside, a lot of old songs even have less processed and more authentic instrumentation than a lot of music has today.
Rock music is one of the few things that makes sense. There are a few new bands that I enjoy. Music back in the 60's was a tribal call to the gathering of the tribe. Yes parents and I had our debates. The Squares didn't understand it then or now
Can we please watch the entire documentary? That would be cool (even if it were in segments)!! Thanks for pursuing your work through the years. You are a great scientist.
Unfortunately unavailable in totality.
The only type of music that I can remember that was really crazy was punk rock there were some hard core bands rock to me is a lot of great memories
Would love to see more of these interviews. Very cool insight into the generation that witnessed rock & roll begin. Jack Van Impe recently passed away, many years after making those condemnations. I wonder what he thought about it in later years?
Thanks for the upload, David. I have to mention that Buffy Sainte-Marie is Canadian. We're a proud bunch.
Ben: I actually have hundreds of interviews done at this same time on my UA-cam channel. You could spend a year watching them. I am very proud of the variety of people I interviewed and the depth of those interviews. It was history when I recorded it. Now it seems like ancient history.
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Rock and Roll was huge milestone.
I started buying records in 1975. That was 45 years ago. Now, subtract 45 years from 1975. That's 1930. You can very easily hear pop or rock music from the 1970's (or earlier) on your local classic rock station. There were no radio stations in 1975 playing music from 1930 or the 1920s! If there were oldies stations in the 1970s, they played music from the 50s and 60s.
Maybe it's because audio and recording technology took quite a leap in the 60's.
Rock-n-Roll defines our generation and all those elements you named. It also influenced such genres as Rock-a-billy and other music. For me, it (like gansta' rap compared to original street rap) some music became "dangerous" when it in the 1980s "rock" bands promoted violence and hate. Like so many things, humans can take something new, good and enjoyable and evolve it into something threatening. But when you live in a free society (and I'm definitely a First Amendment defender) you better be prepared to live with the existence of something unappealing to you as well as that music or anything else you love. Remember, at one time Frank Sinatra (and I'm referring to is musical style) was considered dangerous by his previous generation.
Hello David. How interesting the reaction of teenagers in that decade concerning Vietnam. Did they really have enough knowledge about what was happening there? Why were we there? What our own government was doing there? How our own government made some bad decisions which involved the lives of so many young people. Such a waste of time, lives and tax money. And left, not accomplishing anything. There so much to learn from that experience.
As much as i'm embedded to rock n' roll now, i do still strongly feel that half of the bands from since the beginning, are definitely corrupt influences, and have had a major impact on today's world politics.
I now see why boomers protested against the music, to forbid the future generations from being lured into darkness and corruption, but sadly or arguably fortunately, that failed.
But, guys... Come on.... Music is just music, and should never cause any type of harmful motivation to anyone. Just don't take TOO seriously, because that's how your music ends up getting politicians involved.
Also 90s kid. As a white German I discovered reggae for myself. That lead to a misunderstanding with all my close people, who taught I would become a lazy pothead. To be honest not even my peers listened to reggae (of course only when the smoked). I was confused by this clishe, because reggae delivers so much more than a stoner vibe. It's about love, religion, unity and humbleness. Even now and bad, rainy days I embrace the songs (also by German, polish and Russian reggae artists).
Quite appropriate for me today, as Little Richard has died.
He was really nice to me, and I learned a lot from him.
I wish he had been able to stick around longer.
He was a fascinating guy, and he had a profound influence on rock ‘n’ roll.
I do wish you had more hippie videos!
You bet you were. Tell his story.
Rock ‘n’ roll also affected the sexual revolution, the Viet Nam war, awareness of the ecology (“Big Yellow Taxi,” “What’s Goin’ On,” “Mother Nature’s Son,” “Signs” “Throwing Stones”) and it made people examine their view of religion and spirituality. “Imagine,” “My Sweet Lord,” “Jesus Christ Superstar”) and many others.
It is a drag that the major record labels have been phasing it out.
When I first started hearing the phrase “Back during the age of rock,“ it really bothered me.
There are still people trying to keep both the music and its messages alive, but not nearly enough.
David Hoffman Do you mean in the comments?
I loved Buffy Sainte Marie, too. I read that President Johnson had her banned from radio and she thought she had just lost her popularity... wrong! I was very upset when she seemed to disappear. I thought perhaps she wanted to have children and stay home! I think she remained or remains popular in Canada.. our loss!
I still like Elvis,but my tastes in music has definitely changed ; - )
I don't know why, but the first time I really appreciated the cultural shift brought by rock and roll was while watching an interview with Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead, where he said he grew up before rock and roll, and listed off some records of his mother's that he grew up listening to before Elvis came on the scene. That just blew my mind, because Lemmy is one of the undeniable pillars of rock music and speed metal, and for him to have grown up in a time where the concept of expressing yourself in that way was entirely alien really brought home how different the generations were to become.
Probably because I'm 'only' in my 40's 😁
My mom loved Elvis- her favorite!
Lamestream music is horrible, these days. Even country music is garbage. There's very little new music that I can stand..
My mom, 76 now (so no babyboomer) still is an Elvis fan. My father had a quiff...and red hair. 😁
Wow, but you didn't check your "No one gives a shit about your opinions" list, did you?
ShortbusMooner Seems that this sentiment is a recurring theme through each generation...
@@ProjectCreativityGuy96 😂
I love chunk berry and little Richard. And I'm a millianial.
THANK YOU, MR. HOFFMAN!
For my generation, gen z, I'd say rap is the one that we love but the older generation hates. How rap haters perceive rap is that it promotes debauchery and glamorizes degeneracy, and unfortunately some of the racist sort join the band wagon to hate on black people (since rap originated from the black community).
My personal opinion of rap is that it's a double edged sword, sometimes you get terrible talentless rap artists but on the other hand there are other rap artists who really prove it can be an amazing art form.
I'd say rap is comparable to blues music, or even rock and roll; since they both originated from the black community and are both revolutionary to the world of music and both experience(d) the same controversies from the older generation of their time.
Also, rap is not singing! So it’s not music. it’s just speaking with a beat and occasionally rhyming
Boy, oh boy ,David, did you ever pick a heated-subject that was in our household when I was growing up. First off, I love the Robert Klein clip, my favorite comedian after Jonathan Winters. Here goes: My dad loved rock and my mother detested it like stepping in poo. She was a Letterman, Beach boys fan, which is fine. But my dad liked the Beatles and The Bee Gees. Now, all of that music seems so dull by today's standards. I absolutlely LOVED the rock group Kiss, Peter Frampton Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath (my mom's personal most-hated rock band), and Queen. I could go on forever with this list. I learned to play classical guitar beginning at five years old. When I was in middle school, I could play ANY hard- rock song or any song because of my difficult training. Needless to say, I was very popular and my dad bought me a $2,000.00 Gibson Les Paul electric. I still have it, I will never sell it. I could easily get about $18,000.00 for it now. Good guitars appreciate in value, but I don't need the money. Anyway, I played music LOUD, showing off for the neighborhood. I still do! I graduated high school when I was 15. They called me gifted, but I don't care about that. I was hardly ready for college, so I had my aunt, a concert pianist, teach me the piano for one year and I taught myself the remaining year until college would begin for me. I love playing piano, and I'll admit i'm pretty good at it. But I'm a much better guitar player. I would classify myself as a master virtuoso guitar player at the age of 14 or 15. It was an easy transition to the piano since the guitar is essentially a portable piano. But no matter how long or hard I play piano, I'm still a better guitarist and I can play it with either hand since my brain is wired cross-dominant dexterity. So, to get to the point, rock was frowned on by my mom, but everyone else loved it. My mother is Welsh. Rock wasn't so big over there at that time, but my dad was a musician, too. An Accordion polka player. We would play the two of them together (Accordion & Guitar) and she would get really peeved. It was great! I miss those days. Rock music was something fun for most everyone. Even rock/folk music I learned in 1969 and 1970 was fun, too. Yes! I remember Arlo Guthrie and about 25-30 minutes of "Alice's Restaurant" every Thanksgiving day. I HATED IT WITH A PASSION! That was mom's payback time for me ditching classical guitar in favor of rock. I even taught myself the Accordion and she hated that thing too. I probably have about 160 guitars. Acoustics, 12-strings, 7- strings, many 6-strings, ukelele's, banjo's and 2 mandolins. I'm crazy, I know. I have one beautiful full Steinway piano and a gazillion keytars and melodica's, you name it, I probably have it. 3 drum kits, congas, kettle drums, everything! Point being: I now appreciate all music. Even what I hated as a kid. Except country and western. I hate that music. Harmonica, too. I just don't like that kind of sound. In spite of all of these many instruments, I'M A WRITER! Go figure. Sheesh. But I still play with my friends. We have fun. One thing I've noticed in the past 15-20 years: Why is it that nobody hitch-hikes anymore? Ever notice that? Why? Good question. I haven't seen a thumb up in a long, long time. Thanks David.
Thank you for being a great storyteller.
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@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Sitmae Cymru. Have a great day David!
Is this series available somewhere? Thanks.
unfortunately not available anywhere on the web. But you can search the words “making sense of” on my UA-cam channel and you will see many clips from the series.
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@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker thank you
Great look back. My dad is at the very end of the silent gen. He hated me listening to Clarence Carter and made me throw my tape away. Mom went and bought me another. 🤭
Hands up if you like 1950s Rock&roll🤘
It changed everything. For white American kids it paused them to think. For Black kids there was confirmation their art form was crossing boundaries. For British teenagers it caused a fire that burned brighter than their oppressive class system. Jimi Hendrix Woodstock performance confirmed a heaviness that most people black and white were FRIGHTENED OF. I was there to watch the transition of American inclusiveness to a outright music apartheid in the mid to late 70s because DISCO was bringing people together. The 80s music scene was one of the most racist things i have ever witnessed on the East Coast.
Nowadays Rock and Roll - anything from the Beatles to Ozzy Osbourne, is played on the 'MUZAK' at Trader Joe's
As you quoted Bob Dylan saying "Never trust anyone over thirty". Could it be because that 30 y.o. (possibly the parents) were able to discern what the youth could not? What each adult person eventually is able to discern is that the music was and continues to be self- centered, focus on me, me, me.
Bob Dylan never said "Never trust anyone over 30". It was said by Jerry Rubin of the yippies, and it was meant as a joke
"Self Centered" Considering that we boomers financed the most generous retirement for our parents in the history of modern economies, you might want to add some scope to your thinking.
Your one of my favorite boomers🙂and I think that a lot of music now is normalizing sexual music and swearing etc. it’s adults rights to be able to make this kind of music ig, but younger people are listening to these songs and don’t even understand what they are listening too
I find it interesting that my generation (X) flipped the peace and love thing 180 degrees in the opposite direction. Our form of dancing was not dancing barefoot in the mud, it was pit dancing and moshing with steel toed boots on. There was blood on the floor every night at our concerts. Our generation carried a lot of hate and other mental health issues and the dark musical and lyrical content of the rock and metal we created was a reflection of that. I know you boomers take a lot of heat online, and some of it I agree with. Some of the "adults" I was around when I was a kid fit every "ok boomer" stereotype and I'm glad I will never have to see any of them ever again. But I was lucky enough to have a great father and uncle who to this day I respect and are still very close with.
Every generation has good and bad apples. At least the bad apple boomers were fuel on the fire to create the dark, violent music I grew up with and still love. Speaking of "something new, powerful", I will never forget the days I first heard Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and Fear Factory. It changed my life forever. My "joy" was not taking drugs and sniffing flowers, it was the shear energy, excitement, that massive wall of sound, the adrenaline rush and the body to body contact. To scare all you Christians reading this, it literally felt like I was possessed by a legion of demons when the lights went down and the show started. "By Demons Be Driven" You bet your ass some of our music was satanic \m/ >;-)
But as dark and violent as all this sounds, after those shows, I was left with a great sense of peace and inner calmness. I remember walking out of the arenas soaked in sweat with a smile on my face saying, man... that.. was... fkn... awesome.. When your a young testosterone filled man with a bad temper, it was just what the doctor ordered. And now I'm old enough to have a listen to the millennial and Z generations rock and metal, and I hate it lol. I'm now a typical old man that hates these kids damn music. Turn that shit off!!!!! ;)
And yet, it is still here...
Baby shark scares me...
In-Con-Theivable!
I know it sure is better than some of the filth I have been exposed to today!!
Punk Rock, made 50's Rock N Roll look tame.
I love long songs.
My first thought is that your question is akin to asking “What effect did air have on breathing?”.
AND YET we find that it is the rebels FROM ANY CENTURY that have always pushed humanity forward....the best songwriter and the best writers and artists DOCUMENT THE HUMAN CONDITION pull magic out of the sky..ignite the sentiments of the people and present the mystical....expose hypocricy and re frame eternal truths .....the true artist dance on the edge of the pit of madness....reach into the fire...and pull out the amrita ...to hold it up to the people as a mirror
It's only rock and roll but I like it
I'm 61 and can't stand country or rap. Even remember all the talk about how rap would never make it, what's that been 35 yrs ago now. I do prefer what they refer to as Classic rock, must say I don't care for much of what is called rock n roll these days. Truly is hard to hear when a beloved artist passes, it was really hard when David Bowie left this world.
Is it less of a rebellion when the rebels are unaware that they are rebelling?
Jack Weinburg said "Never trust anyone over 30".
David, I appreciate you and your videos very much but the fact you are still wearing the same shirt 3 years in a row is starting to worry me... ;)
but seriously i really like this channel
That sweater is a part of my brand. I only wear it when I make videos.
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Funny but I never and still don't like some of Rock and rolls lyrics about women. It made me more aware of how men view women as sex objects.
I've listened to thousands of rock songs from the 50's to the 00's, hardly any have sexist lyrics or anything sexist about them. You can find some sexism in any genre of music and in any field or facet of society really.
I'm a younger guy and I love older rock and pop music, mostly 70s, 80s, and 90s, but I don't really like some of the songs about women either that are really lustful like Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" or using strange analogies to describe them as cars or whatever that flies over most people's heads like Prince's "Little Red Corvette."
Such lyrics can be found before the advent of rock and roll in "dirty blues" from the 1930s, like Bo Carter's "Banana in Your Fruit Basket." Some of it was more subtle compared to now, but one could say some of 80s pop metal is comparable to some of the excess in today's hip hop as well.
While the parents of boomers controlled all content on TV, they had no control on music, hence our ideas and voices were found there. The powers that be still put their faith in programming.
Definitely in the 80s and 90s "Satanic Panic" older generations were concerned about metal and hard rock. My parents not only disavowed and kept us from listening to that genre, but they even went as far as to say that "CHRISTIAN METAL" was heresy and disingenuous. They mellowed out years later of course I even got my mom into some metalcore but I will never forget how much they despised metal and hard rock back in the day (side note: "back in the day" is a great Megadeth tune).
Throughout the 80s, 90s and 2000s I would say rap was the "culprit." Hell the NWA was on Tipper Gore's evil music list along with metal bands, I even think Madonna was on that list.
These days I'm not sure what music would qualify for such an odd descriptor. I'm barely going to be 30, and I've never cared for dubstep or EDM, just a few songs here and there. Russian hardbass is fun club music and I'm not even a gopnyik.
Even though I might not be fans of certain types of music, I wouldn't go so far as to say they are devil's music or communism or any other type of misrepresentation.
@@moreodat479 I never said "e v e r y" parent was like my parents. I never made any comparison to anyone else's parents. Chances are, however, if you lived in a religious household, which I would argue was the majority of Americans during the satanic Panic, then most parents were like my parents, duped by the fundamentalist Christian propagandists -- from the megachurch televangelists to the local non-denominational congregations -- that found demons around every corner and under every rock. It was taken so seriously that even the government got involved, and they won, insofar as the music industry had to label tapes and CDs with "parental advisory" warnings for "explicit content," which lasts to this day.
And I also never claimed that those dance genres were "n e w" as you so condescendingly put. They were merely examples of genres that I either don't understand or that I don't care to understand. Even though those genres might be 30 years old, they have only been in the mainstream for the past 10 years, if that. Now every pop star is also a DJ with EDM etc in their repertoire.
We cannot have a good faith argument if you're going to be misrepresenting my views. The last sentence in my post was specifically disavowing misrepresentation of any kind and the first paragraph in your reply you goes on to do exactly what I was disavowing in the first place.
What effect did rock have on the Boomers? Plenty. But the story not told is rock is actually Youth Music. Once the last teen holdouts in the USA were rounded up to mandate every teen must go to secondary school, imprisoned youth created its own culture separate from adults. A large part of the New Culture was Youth Music. This was before or immediately after World War II more or less. Immediately, big business swooped in to finance and promote the music, and it morphed through the decades of the 20th century. But most of Youth Music is Pid-Piper music, sending youth over the cliff of promiscuity and perpetual immaturity. Additionally, Youth Music (Jazz, Rock, Country-Rock, Rap) displaces the two genres that history- myopic Americans never liked much in the first place, Classical and Folk (and by Folk is not meant Peter, Paul, and Mary). All of which to this day is mostly down the memory hole. The worst of it is that Rock has maintained us Boomers and younger generations in perpetual immaturity ever since. Not good and even now we can't see ourselves clearly to break out of the hypnotic spell we continue to live out.
Both my Sisters experienced rock n roll from here in England. They were fans of Little Richard, Elvis, Chuck Berry , Buddy Holly & Bill Haley etc and Skiffle like Lonnie Donegan & Tommy Steele & our homegrown rock n roll like Cliff & The Shadows, Marty Wilde & Joe Brown. I think I picked up the music bug from them and my older brother because ,I was born '69 & frankly most of my generation's music sucks.
I have heard that Richard Nixon was terrified of Elvis.
Saint Marie isn’t or has never been a Native American. nice that she was concerned how the natives were affected, but she never experienced it
IM SO EARLY YES
It basically fuck them all up .
It definitely did destroy the nuclear family unit. So many souls lost and sold to the devil.
Well the American Boomers rebelling against their parents with it, sure didn't go the distance. The music stayed segregated, and they sure didnt heed their music anthems...John Fogerty's words in 'Fortunate Son' anyone?
History repeating itself
Love ciccio imperiale
Rap music is badly affecting today's youth. The violent lyrics and music videos inspire today's youth to do things that they hear in the "songs" of today.
The '40s generation said the same exact thing about the "evils" of rock n roll in the '50s.
It's all relative.
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When it comes to millenials and xnellias the genre that the older heads hate that the young heads love is hip hop. It kinda started with eminem people would protest him and then guys like tyler the creator and xxx and gangsta/drill rap in general has had a big negative response from the older generation like generation x and baby boomers.
David, look up juice wrld, this is the music I believe is having a negative impact on the youth
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Thank you Michael.
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There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Whit a lot ov ecstasy
Yes, think GaGa...
Your parents were right.
Rap music has destroyed the minds of the children and is no good it's poison. It's really not even considered music more Cadence than anything else.
ROCK AND ROLL So Why Is a BLACK GUY Next 2a a WHITE GUY??? 😵🤷♂️😆🍑💥😆😆👏👃🏾
Shows how dogmatic and conformist everyone was.
brain damage apparently
Rock and Roll and Communism yeah sure they are totally the same