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Ethical Dimension - Why was rock and roll a negative influence for teenagers?

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Ethical Dimension - Why was rock and roll a negative influence for teenagers?

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The loud and rowdy nature of the rock and roll music made teenagers arrogant. They became rebellious and wouldn't listen to anyone, not even their parents. Gradually, the teenagers caused trouble by abuse and violence. At times, teenagers forcing their parents to buy them new trendy stuff caused financial problems in a lot of families.

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http://www.last.fm/music/Elvis+Presley/_/Heartbreak+Hotel

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Historical Perspective - Why were parents and other seniors against rock and roll music in 1950?

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Historical Perspective - Why were parents and other seniors against rock and roll music in 1950?

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It was making teenagers rebellious.

Bad and corrupting influence

Time and money waste

A radical departure from the contemporary music of adults.

Crude, revolting, and vulgar.

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Historical Significance - How did rock and roll impact the economy? 

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Historical Significance - How did rock and roll impact the economy? 

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The rock and roll culture impacted the economy because it introduced a new fashion trend. This influenced the teenagers to force their parents into buying them latest, trendy, rock and roll fashioned accessories, clothings and shoes. It also caused the teenagers to get the latest hairstyles (which the rock stars had).

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Historical Significance - How did rock and roll impact the overall society?

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Historical Significance - How did rock and roll impact the overall society?

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Society was against rock and roll.

Americans who were living through the cold war even criticized rock-and-roll as being a 'communist plot to destroy the free world'.

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Cause & Effect - Why did rock and roll cause a generation gap?

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Cause & Effect - Why did rock and roll cause a generation gap?

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Cause: The adults were brought up in a certain way, which was being followed for many years. Plus, during their childhood they suffered a lot due to the wars. So, they weren't as affluent to waste money on buying new stuff of latest trends. They also had to join the workforce at a very young age, as they needed to support their families when their fathers were at wars. But the teenagers of the 1950s were brought up in a much affluent manner and could live their childhood for a longer time, instead of having to join the workforce for earning a living. In addition, they were said to be more arrogant, rebellious and violent than their adults were at their age.
Effect: So, the thought process, mentality and perspective of the adults and the teenagers of the 50s varied a lot. Neither the adults understood the teenagers' viewpoint, nor did the teenagers understand what the adults wanted. So, this created a generation gap.

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Continuity & Change - How did rock and roll changed the lifestyle of teenagers?

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Continuity & Change - How did rock and roll changed the lifestyle of teenagers?

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The rock and roll lifestyle was popularly associated with sex and drugs.

Teenagers wanted to look cool by involving in rock and roll.

They began to attend concerts of their rock and roll artists.

Fashion of teenagers was influenced by rock and roll artists.

Teenagers wanted to attend rich parties and live a lavish lifestyle.

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Historical Perspective - How was rock and roll and especially Elvis Presley responsible for the advancement of the "Fan" concept?

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Historical Perspective - How was rock and roll and especially Elvis Presley responsible for the advancement of the "Fan" concept?

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http://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Haley/_/Rock+Around+the+Clock

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH8IrcvdiD8

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http://www.last.fm/music/The+Crew+Cuts/_/Sh-Boom

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http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Anka/_/Diana

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http://www.last.fm/music/Buddy+Holly

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf55gHK48VQ

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Continuity & Change - Is rock and roll still as popular as the 1950s?

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Continuity & Change - Is rock and roll still as popular as the 1950s?

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No, because, during 1950s the rock and roll music had just arrived and had started developing. So, things were new, different or unique and original. This attracted more people and that's why rock and roll music became popular. Nowadays, rock and roll music has become old. The legends such as Elvis Presley, Crew Cuts and Bill Haley aren't there anymore, and a lot of other new genres are evolving such as Dubstep, Rap, Electronic etc. And as people are always looking for something new and interesting, their attention moved from rock and roll to the new music genres. Thus, rock and roll isn't as popular as 1950s.

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Ethical Dimension - How and why did rock and roll encourage racism?

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Ethical Dimension - How and why did rock and roll encourage racism?

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Rock-and-Roll music was greatly influenced by rhythm and blues, a sound associated with southern blacks as it evolved from the music created by African-American slaves in the rural South. For this reason, it was frowned upon by the conservative, white establishment . In fact, Elvis Presley got his recording
contract because he was white but sounded “black”.  The coming together of white youth audiences and black music in rock and roll, inevitably provoked strong white racist reactions within the US, with many whites condemning its breaking down of barriers based on color.

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Cause & Effect - Why did rock and roll cause teenagers to become rebellious and violent? 

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Cause & Effect - Why did rock and roll cause teenagers to become rebellious and violent? 

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Cause: Children of all ages were expected to be well behaved. They were expected to always be polite and be nicely and gently dressed. Before the 1950s, there was no such concept as "teenagers". Children would join the workforce at a young age to support their families when their fathers were at war. So, before the 50s, children would never question their adults, and would follow exactly as the adults said. As the 1950s approached, rock and roll music started gaining its popularity as a genre. This genre was very thunderous, roaring and loud.
Effect: Before the 50s, people were just listening to soothing country music, which obviously impacted the mindset and the behaviour of the youth. At the time rock and roll was the "new trend" in the market, so the young ones with less developed minds were quickly attracted towards it. During the 50s these children started listening to rock and roll music and started idolizing the singers and the artists. So, the children would try to imitate every thing that these rock starts did, without understanding the impacts of it. As the rock genre is pretty loud by nature, these children started getting influenced by the loud and rowdy mannerism, behaviour, fashion and attire of the rock stars. This influence led the children to start voicing their opinions, and this is when they were classified as "teenagers": young but not kids, old but not adults. These teenagers were soon getting spoilt by the rock culture as they were getting into things such as abuse, violence etc. So the adults tried to stop them. But they had already become highly influence by the rock stars so they started rebelling against the adults and the society.

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1950s, ROCK AND ROLL - the era, music and dancing

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I DON'T OWN ANY OF THIS FOOTAGE. Music: Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day Sherry - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley Blue Moon - The Marcels Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris