Ever since the 20's, and the introduction of Jazz, young people became interested in different types of music. A different type of music came around in the 50's, rock "n" roll. A new style of music for a new generation. The style of rock "n" roll was a mix of two older forms of music, Jazz and Blues. A type of style that you could get up and dance too. It was a type of music listened to by both "preps" and "greasers". A style also enjoyed as much by females as males. This was the style that brought appeal to the young generations for years to come. It is still listened to today, and I guarantee it will be listened to tomorrow. With new types of music you need more spectacular, brilliant, and young artists. You need a singer with a sense of style and originality that can affect th

If anything pushed the limits to the line halfway through the 21'st century it was rock "n" roll. With its new sound and new lyrics, adults couldn't take it. In fact in many music stores the manager would band any rock "n" roll music. It was destroying America's youth by giving them bad ideas. It's not like sending our young men over seas to fight in a war could make them rebel, it was that rock "n" roll. If it took courage to bring the sounds of rock "n" roll out it the open, it took guts, and a willingness, to sing it. Even though it is hard to believe it, but at one time Elvis was considered the Devil. It was hard for the adults to listen to it, but seeing Elvis sing was ghastly. The way he gyrated his hips and made young girls pass out was disgusting to the older folks, but the teens dug it. It was "cool". Elvis once said that when you love rock "n" roll as much as he did you can't help but move to it. To the older generation hearing and seeing rock "n" roll in the 50's and early 60's was taking it to the line, but what they were about to see would push all of it across the line and down a cliff.

In the year 1965 the United States of America was thrown right in the middle of Vietnam, which would soon become a tragic lose of life. While young men where fighting for our country in a different land, a battle was going on right here in the states. During the time of war a group of people that believed in love not war immerged. These people would be given the name "hippies". "Hippies" would practice free love and experiment with drugs, and right in the middle was the music. All these things the youth was practicing was definitely going over the line, what could be worse.

Rock "n" roll was big when it started and it will remain big. As it did in the 60's rock "n" roll has changed, but it still remains. Traces of rock can be found in every type of music: Pop Rock, Alternative, and even Rap. Rock had to struggle and break through boundaries but it's here to stay. Music will continue to change, and it will continue to upset people who don't understand it. New types of music will continue to come and find its place in the heart of America. The Kinks, a rock band in the 70's, once said, "Rock and Roll bands come and go, but Rock and Roll will go on forever."

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