Rock & Roll through history
Early Rock
YouTube video clip featuring
Johnny Cash performing Folsom Prison Blues
(1955).
YouTube video clip featuring
Elvis Presley performing Jailhouse Rock (1957).
YouTube video clip featuring
Cliff Richard performing Move it (1958).
British Invasion
YouTube video clip featuring The
Beatles performing All My Loving (1963).
Folk Rock
YouTube video clip featuring Bob
Dylan performing Blowin’ in the Wind.
Group Sounds
(Japanese Music Movement)
YouTube video clip featuring The
Tigers performing My Mary (1966).
Blues Rock
YouTube video clip featuring Jimi
Hendrix performing Purple Haze (1967).
YouTube video clip featuring
Derek and the Dominos (featuring Eric Clapton on guitar) performing Layla (1970).
Psychedelic Rock
YouTube video clip featuring The
Beatles performing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
(1968).
Glam Rock
YouTube video clip featuring
David Bowie performing Starman (1972).
YouTube video clip featuring Alice
Cooper performing School’s Out (1972).
Glam rock
provides a cultural development opportunity
through its impact on fashion at
this time.
Progressive Rock
YouTube video clip featuring Mike
Oldfield performing Tubular Bells (1973).
Punk Rock
YouTube video clip featuring The
Clash performing London Calling (1979).
YouTube video clip featuring
Boowy performing Honky Tonky Crazy (1987).
Icelandic Rock
YouTube video clip featuring The
Sugarcubes performing Deus (1987).
Thrash Metal –
Chinese Rock
YouTube video clip featuring
Overload performing The Shadow of Ancestor
(1993).
Australian Rock
YouTube video clip featuring AC/DC performing Back
in Black (1980).
Heartland Rock (USA
Music Movement)
YouTube video clip featuring
Bruce Springfield performing Born in the USA (1984).
Heavy Metal
YouTube video clip featuring Guns
N’ Roses performing Sweet Child o’Mine
(1988).
YouTube video clip featuring Tang
Dynasty performing Pathway (1992).
Grunge
YouTube video clip featuring
Nirvana performing Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991).
Britpop
YouTube video clip featuring
Oasis performing Wonderwall (1995).
YouTube video clip featuring Blur
performing Parklife (1994).
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The main similarities
and differences should occur around
the following:
• Singable or catchy
melodies
• Simple
accompaniment
• Guitar hooks and
riffs
• Strong rhythm in
percussion and bass line
• Rhythm – similar
beats in the rhythm sections
• Melody – unique to
each song
• Structure – all
rock songs contain verses and choruses
• Texture – the
number of instruments playing is similar due to the
traditional
instrumentation and size of a rock band
• Timbre – the
defining quality of a voice, noise or instrument,
sometimes described
as the tone colour
• Harmony – unique to
each song
• Dynamics – rock
music is usually loud (forte, mezzo forte, perhaps
fortissimo)
• Tempo – the
majority of (but not all) rock songs are usually played at a
fast tempo (allegro).
There are differences
(unique attributes to each song), but balance is maintained within rock music
through the similarities that all of these songs share. The way musical
elements are arranged within rock songs makes them recognisable as the rock
genre.
Songs that have been researched by:
Montie (Heavy Metal):
Tom & Ian (recent Rock 'n' Roll):
Josh & Thomas (British Rock 'n' Roll:
Akasha & Sophie Ch. (American Rock 'n' Roll):
Songs that have been researched by:
Montie (Heavy Metal):
Tom & Ian (recent Rock 'n' Roll):
Josh & Thomas (British Rock 'n' Roll:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riV77WoFCBw
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAud5O7Qqk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM (Queen)
Akasha & Sophie Ch. (American Rock 'n' Roll):
