The document discusses how music has influenced society from the 1950s to today. It describes several major genres that emerged and became popular in different decades, such as rock and roll in the 1950s, psychedelic rock and hippie culture in the 1960s, disco and punk rock in the 1970s, and the rise of MTV and popular artists in the 1980s and 1990s. The document concludes that while music styles have evolved greatly over the decades, music continues to bring people of all backgrounds together through shared enjoyment.

1. Music and Society
By: Alex Carlton

2. • The world of music has had a lasting change on
society dating back all the way to the 1950’s.
Different styles and genres have appeared from
the early 50’s to present day.
• Some of these included the original “Rock n’
Roll”, Country, R&B, Pop, Rap and Alternative
Rock music.
• Over the years while music styles have advanced
and changed society seems to evolve with it.
Some of these genres have even helped define an
era or generation of people in time.

3. The 1950’s
Leading off this wave was
the “King” Elvis Presley. His
mixed style of rhythm and
blues and country western
and guitar play seemed to
surprise people
everywhere.
A form of dance and swing
formed with this style and
“Rock n’ Roll” took off from
there.

4. The 1960’s
• The 1960’s and the way its • The biggest music festival of the
generation took to music was much time known as Woodstock was a
different than any other era in time. three day event bringing different
• High drug use and sexual styles of music and people
experiments among young teens and together.
adults during this time.
• Mostly experimenting with drugs
such as LSD and Marijuana, the
people that attended this event
were classed as “Hippies”

5. The 1970’s
• The start of the 1970’s was a much different scene for
people and the music that followed the culture change.
• Artists like The Bee Gees were some of the first to innovate this style and
it took off from there helping pave the way for disco.
• Bands like Pink Floyd, Rush and Led Zepplin were pioneers in the start of
progressive rock, The upcoming of punk rock with bands known as The
Ramones and The Sex Pistols which helped bring that edgy and rebellious
sound back onto the scene to United States teenagers.

6. The 1980’s
• This era of music is the most • MTV was a big factor in
important not only because helping advertise for
it just wasn’t the genre with such bands and gave an
popular bands but it has
helped shape and form opportunity to
bands in today’s society as musicians to put their
well. Music of the 80’s stuff out there and to
changed the world and the be heard. But music
way music is forever videos also helped give
people an image of
bands and their style
through looks.

7. The 90’s
• Early 90’s music included • Pop music on the other
hip-hop and techno which hand was the exact
would soon evolve into pop opposite. Artists like Britney
and rap. Spears and Christina
• The rise of grunge and Aguilera started their road
alternative rock was also to stardom early on.
very influential to the • Bands like N’Sync, The
nation’s younger crowd. Backstreet Boys and 98
degrees used their looks
and choreographed dances
to win the love of America’s
youth at this time.

8. Today
• In this last decade more tests and research
was done to help explain music and the way
we see and hear it and react to it.
• This study being done has shown all different
types of outcomes and results from
depression and anxiety to happiness.
Researchers have been quite pleased with
what they found.

9. Today
• The way people view music as ways of
escape, relaxation, motivation, dancing, or for
whatever reason their view is, it is still bringing
people of all races, age, and personalities
together to share a common love.
• The way music is seen and played today than
from music in the fifties is so much more complex
but people have to learn to just go with it, and
they have taken to it quite well.

10. Citations
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Elvis_Presley_promoting_Jail
house_Rock.jpg/220px-Elvis_Presley_promoting_Jailhouse_Rock.jpg
• http://thewoodstockexperience.webs.com/13005591.jpg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Woodstock_poster.jpg/250px-
Woodstock_poster.jpg
• http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pages/music.htm
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Ramones_-_Ramones_cover.jpg
• http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-7/mtv-logo.jpg