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Country Music(乡村音乐)
Country Music in the 1990s has been fully integrated into the mainstream of popular music. It is the result of commercial speculation and people are willing to bow to reality. Country Music is no longer a U.S. patent, it can be heard in every corner of the world, but lack some of the original flavor, more contemporary.
American pop music
American popular music
“popular music” may be more reflect the American cultural and social characteristics. Mentioned above, "rock" is "worldwide", and the others were genuine "American." . In the discussion of American society and culture, these authentic American cultural products clearly should not be neglected. Here we will learn about the three American popular music
Country Music appeared in the 1920s, from the southern agricultural areas of the United States folk music. Melody is simple, steady rhythm, with a narrative. Singers can enjoy express the joy and sadness hearts with Hawaiian guitar, plus banjo and harmonica accompaniment of musical instruments.
Jazz (爵士乐)
Jazz appeared in the 1920s and Jazz fans believe that it is the only native American art form. “The blues” is the most influential in Jazz. The blues has multiple meanings, in addition to the type of music, it can also be used as an adjective is on the scene, people often think of depression and sadness, which is the basic characteristics of blues music. Its culture is that it can help people from feeling personal troubles and depression freed. This feature combined with the basic, simple form of jazz, so jazz is very easy to improvise.
The value of pop music
It is increasingly important for culture as a country and the nation's soft power . Pop promotes the globalization . While American pop music has become America's one of the most largest and the most profitable production. Different from other commodities, it is a cultural products, in addition to recreation, entertainment features, and allow consumers to promote acceptance of cultural products and ideologies of the American way of life.
Representative of pop music
Elvis - Presley (The Hillbilly Cat) (1935—1977) Michael Jackson (1958—2009) beatles (1958--)
Michael Jackson
In the history of music ,no one can do like Michael Jackson who shocks the whole world, making young people crazy. He is one of the few artists who have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. Cited as one of the world's most famous men, Jackson's highly publicized personal life, coupled with his successful career, has made him a part of popular culture for almost four decades. The world was shocked in June ,2009, with the unexpected death of Michael Jackson, the ‘King of Pop’ in the 1980s.源自Rock Music(摇滚乐)
In 1964, British "Beatles" band (which was also translated as "Beatles" band) hold a visiting performances for the first time in the United States, causing fever response. Their main contents of the concert included the love, anti-war, anti-violence and so on. It was in line with the anti-Vietnam War, anti-racist wave precisely. In this wave of rock music played an important role, For Americans growing up in the 1960s, little contact with the rock does not occur. Rock songs influenced modern American artistic taste.
Jazz
country music rock music
Jazz is highly dynamic rhythm, individual syllables and full of tricks and improvisation. After a whole century, it is still colorful and flourishing. To give an exact definition of jazz, Jazz is the new musical language hybriding from traditional African music and European classical music in the U.S soil . Lack of "Africa" ​and "United States" by a factor of two, jazz would be impossible.
The early 1950s, American popular music phenomenon of a tripod. The black ---- rhythm and blues-based Middle-class whites---Tin Pan Alley songs Rural ---- country music However, by the mid-1950s, has changed. Rapid growth of early rock.
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