How did the music of the Beatles, the rolling stones and the who reflect social cultures in 1960 ?
Contextually, they spoke to the social cultures in 1960 through current events and ideologies. The Beatles for example reflect the hippie, peaceful attitudes of the 60’s where the Rolling Stones reflect the rebellion, the grunge and absurd backlash of the 1950’s conservatism. I would do similarities and differences between Rolling Stones and the Beatles. Similarities: – Both speak of drugs and that social culture – Both are revoloutionary and speak of revoloutionary ideals of the 60’s – Both are rebellious and reflect backlash of 1950’s conservative ideals Differences: – The tone of the music to convey these social cultures – The way in which they portray the 60’s and rebellion (one through inspiration, one through hardcore rebellion) – The way they rebell against 1950’s ideals (one harder than the other) Hope I helped. And this is all of the top of my head, that’s what I’d right if I was to do an essay on this.
As others have mentioned already, the Beattles became the rage in the U.S. in 1964. The most significant issue concerned how quickly they became popular and how many young people wanted to be like them. Rock and roll was becoming a huge financial concern – suddenly teens were spending large amounts of money pursuing their music and Madison Avenue was trying to figure out new ways to corner the markets created by teen spending. Massive advertising campaigns were directed at teens for the first time and we were becoming a more “Youth Oriented Culture.” Most of the early Beattle and Stones music was about love, romance, and dealt with feelings and frustrations that teens could relate to. However, there was also a rebellious message: young people wanted to be free and independent – there was definately a major split created between teens and older adults. Older adults prided themselves in their general rejection of the new music, and teens found this rejection to be ample proof that older
