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1960s

摘要

摇滚乐产生于美国，发展于1950年代，兴盛于1960年代。

二十世纪六十年代，美国特有的社会环境，文化和经济的发展为摇滚乐的产生及发展创造了条件，而摇滚乐在美国的出现和发展又对美国社会产生了重大影响。

本文将描述二十世纪六十年代的美国历史和文化，通过分析摇滚乐在1960年代的美国的发展，从而可以得出结论：

在1960年代，美国的社会背景为摇滚乐的形成及发展创造了条件。

然而，1960年代的摇滚乐在美国发展对美国社会也产生了重大影响。

大致来讲，摇滚乐不但影响了美国的传统价值观，而且还作用于美国的种族观和美国的时代精神。

关键字：

美国；

摇滚乐；

1960年代

Contents

1.Introduction………………………………………………………………………1

2.TheOriginofRock’n’Roll……………………………………………………...1

2.1BackgroundInformationofRock’n’Roll……………………………………..1

2.2TheEmergenceofRock'

n'

Roll………………………………………………...2

2.3TheOriginsofthePhrase……………………………………………………….2

3.Rock'

Rollin1960sinAmerica………………………………………………..2

3.1TheSocialBackgroundandSocialStatusinthe1960sinAmerica…………….2

3.1.1TheCivilRightsMovement…………………………………………………...3

3.1.2OppositiontotheVietnamWar………………………………………………..3

3.1.3CounterCultureMovement…………………………………………………….3

3.1.4FeministMovement……………………………………………………………4

3.2TheDevelopmentof“RockandRoll”inthe1960sinAmerica............................4

3.2.1TheMainFamousStylesinthe1960s………….................................................5

3.2.2TheMainFamousStarsandBandsinUnitedStatesinthe1960s……………..6

3.2.2.1BobDylan………………………………………….........................................6

3.2.2.2TheBeatles……………………………………………………………………7

3.2.2.3TheRollingStones……………………………………………………............9

4.TheImpactwhichBroughttoAmericaby“rockandroll”….................................10

4.1TheEffectsontheTraditionalValuesoftheUnitedStates……………………....10

4.1.1Rock:

RacialAdhesive………………………....................................................11

4.1.2SubversionoftheTraditionalValueofReconstruction……………………......11

4.2TheEffectsontheRacialOutlookandSpiritoftheAgeoftheUnitedStates…...12

4.2.1TheVanguardoftheTimes,theSpiritofIdol………………………………....12

5.Conclusion………………………………………………………………………...13

6.Bibliography……………………………………………………………………….14

TheDevelopmentandtheInfluenceofAmerican

Rock’n’Roll

1.Introduction:

RockandRollwasborninAmerica,whichdevelopedin1950s,andthrivedin1960s.However,inthe1960s,Americaenteredanewhistoricalperiod,theU.S.economywasturnedtoanewroundofcyclicaldownturnbythepostwarboom,andthensocialproblemsexacerbated.Thus,duringthisperiod,somecivilrightsandculturalmovementstookplace.Butrockmusicthrived;

what’smore,itproducedgreatinfluencesonAmericasociety.Therefore,itcanbesaidthattherewasacloselyrelationshipbetweenrockmusicandtheAmericansociety.

Inthisthesis,myattentionispaidtoanalyserockandrollin1960sinAmerica.Iwilldescribethehistoryandthecultureof1960s’inAmerica.Accordingtotheanalysisofthedevelopmentofrockmusicin1960sinAmerica,wecanconcludethatthedevelopmentofthespecialsocialenvironment,cultureandeconomyin1960sintheUnitedStatescreatedtheconditionsfortheformationanddevelopmentofrockandrollrockandroll,.TheemergenceanddevelopmentofrockandrollintheUnitedStatesproducedgreatinfluencesonAmericansociety.Generallyspeaking,therockmusicnotonlyimpactedonthetraditionalvaluesoftheUnitedStates,butalsoimpactedontheracialoutlookandspiritoftheageoftheUnitedStates.

2.TheOriginofRock’n’Roll

2.1BackgroundInformationofRock’n’Roll

Reviewingthefirsthalfofthe20thCenturyofthehistoryinUnitedStatesfrom1920sand1930s,therewasagreatdepressioninEuropeandtheUnitedStatesowingtotheeconomiccrisis.Attheendof30s,theSecondWorldWarbrokeout.In1941,JapanattackedPearlHarborledtotheUnitedStateswasinanti-fascistwar.Inthe1950s,theUnitedStateshadaperiodofrelativestabilityandprosperity,whichisoftenregardedastheAmericaneraofprosperity.

Lookingatthe1950s,afterEisenhowerbecamePresidentin1952,theAmericaneconomybegantobestable,andthesocietybeguntobecomeastateinwhichpeoplelivedandworkedinpeaceandmostofpeoplefeltcontent.Hence,middleclasswasswelling,andtheirownchildrenwereborninthebabyboomsothattheworldbecameayoungman’sworldbecauseoftheunprecedentedgrowthinthenumberofteenagers.Atthattime,theextracurricularlifeofchildrenwasstayingwiththeirfamilies.AndTVprogramswerealsohealthieratthattime,andthepeople’stasteofmusicisnotsomuchdifferent,sotwogenerationsusuallyenjoyedthesamemusic.Inthe1940sand1950s,therewasthe“bigband”playingmusic,andtheirlyricsoftenrepresentedpureloveandlastedfordecades.Duringthisperiod,themusicwasnotthreatening,ittriedtogivepeopleacomfortableandpeacefulfeeling.

Aslifeconditionsweresuperiorinthe1950s,thebatchofteenagersthatgrewupinthistime,whodidnotliketheirparents’lifestylewhichexperiencedsomewarsandmisery.Asaresult,theybegantomisunderstandtheirparents’thoughtandthewayoftheirlife,andtheywereunwillingtotravelthepathwhichtheirparentshadarrangedforhim.Theyhadtheirownpursuitandpassion.Therefore,theregraduallyformedapowerfulforcewiththelargenumberofyouth,whonolongerfollowedtheirparentstoadmirethesentimentalpopsongs.Atthispoint,theyjustfoundtheirownvoiceintherockandroll.However,rockmusicissimple,powerfulandstraightforward,especiallyitsstrongrhythmwasinconformitywiththecharacteristicsoftheadolescent’senergetic,active;

andthefreeperformancesituationofrockandrollwascorrespondingtotheirrebelliousattitude.Rocksongs’themewascloselyrelatedtotheirconcerns.Becauseoftheentireannouncement,therockandrollwouldgraduallycometothecenterofthebigstageoftheera.

2.2Theemergenceofrock'

roll

Intheearly1950s,Americanpopmusicmarketappearedaphenomenonofthethreepillars.BlackpeopleappreciatedthemusicwasbasicallyRhythmandBlues（R&

B）.AbovethemiddleclasswaswhitewholikedlisteningtotheTinPanAlley.Midwestruralaudiencelovedcountrymusicwhichrelatedtotherurallife.However,inthe1950smedium-term（1954~1956）,musicmarketappearedtwoobviousphenomena,namely“markets”and“coverversion”.“Markets”referredtotheoriginalissueofrecord,atthesametime,therewasamarketinanothercitywhichalsogotverygoodgrades.Therefore,somemajorrecordlabelssoonbecauseofthepopularR&

Bsongstoproducetheirownversion,resultingintheemergenceofalargenumberof“coverversions”.Thistime,therockandrollwasanewstyleofficiallyborn.

2.3TheOriginsofthePhrase

Rock'

Rollisformallyproducedinthe1950s,butthewordappearedasearlyastheearly1950s.In1951,thehostofClevelandradioshow,AlanFreed,tookanR&

Bsong“We'

reGoannaRock,We'

reGoannaRoll”.Andthenthephrase“Rock'

Roll”wascreated.In1955,themovieBlackboardJunglebroughtgreatinfluenceonrockmusic.Ittoldastorythatagroupofstudentswhowantedtorevolt.Thissongwastheepisodeofthefilm“Rockandrolldayandnight”（RockAroundTheClock）;

andthissongcausedagreatsensationintheadolescents.InJuly1955,DayandNightmadetherockmusicwonthefirstprizeinthelistofPOP,whichmarksthearrivaloftherockmusic’sage.Thesinger,BillHaley,thusbecamethefirstrockyouthidol.Sincethen,rockmusicbegantosweepthecountry.

Rollinthe1960sinAmerica

The1960sisoneoftheturbulenttimesinAmericanhistory.Andthen,howaboutthedevelopmentofrockandrollinthisperiod?

3.1Thesocialbackgroundandsocialstatusinthe1960sinAmerica

Inthe1960s,Americaenteredanewhistoricalperiod,andtheU.S.economywasturnedtoanewroundofcyclicaldownturnbythepostwarboom,andthensocialproblemsexacerbated.Racialdiscriminationwiththeblacksleadedto“thecivilrightsmovement”,ofwhichforracialequalityasthegoal.AfterWWII,womenmadelessmoneyandhadfeweropportunitiesthanmeninthesamejobs,ortheybecamehousewivescompletely.Sosomegroupsofwomenwereagainstgenderdiscriminationcalledthe“feminism”.Atthesametime,notonlymanyyoungpeopledetestedtraditionalwhitemalevaluesinUSsociety,butalsomanypeoplethoughttheVietnamWarwaswrong.AstherapiddevelopmentoftheNegromovementandthewoman'

smovement,theso-calledthegenerationofsilenceinthe1950shadbeenreplacedforthegenerationofprotestinthe1960s.

3.1.1TheCivilRightsMovement

ThecivilrightsmovementwasthestruggleofblacksinAmericaforequalrights.Itistheoneofmostimportantsocialmovementsinthe1960sinUnitedStateshistory.

In