In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues and country music for a multi-racial audience. Freed is credited with first using the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the music he played. However, the term had already been introduced to US audiences, particularly in the lyrics of many rhythm and blues records. Three different songs with the title "Rock And Roll" were recorded in the late 1940s; one by Paul Bascomb in 1947, another by Wild Bill Moore in 1948, and yet another by Doles Dickens in 1949, and the phrase was in constant use in the lyrics of R&B songs of the time. One such record where the phrase was repeated throughout the song was "Rock And Roll Blues," recorded in 1949 by Erline "Rock And Roll" Harris. The phrase was also included in advertisements for the film Wabash Avenue, starring Betty Grable and Victor Mature. An ad for the movie that ran April 12, 1950 billed Ms. Grable as "...the first lady of rock and roll" and Wabash Avenue as "...the roaring street she rocked to fame".
Before then, the phrase "rocking and rolling", as secular black slang for dancing or sex, appeared on record for the first time in 1922 on Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll". Even earlier, in 1916, the term "rocking and rolling" was used with a religious connotation, on the phonograph record "The Camp Meeting Jubilee" by an unnamed male "quartette". The word "rock" had a long history in the English language as a metaphor for "to shake up, to disturb or to incite". In 1937, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald recorded "Rock It for Me," which included the lyric, "So won't you satisfy my soul with the rock and roll." "Rocking" was a term used by black gospel singers in the American South to mean something akin to spiritual rapture. By the 1940s, however, the term was used as a double entendre, ostensibly referring to dancing, but with the subtextual meaning of sex, as in Roy Brown's "Good Rocking Tonight." The verb "roll" was a medieval metaphor which meant "having sex". Writers for hundreds of years have used the phrases "They had a roll in the hay" or "I rolled her in the clover". The terms were often used together ("rocking and rolling") to describe the motion of a ship at sea, for example as used in 1934 by the Boswell Sisters in their song "Rock and Roll", which was featured in the 1934 film "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round",[5][6] and in Buddy Jones' "Rockin' Rollin' Mama" (1939). Country singer Tommy Scott was referring to the motion of a railroad train in the 1951 "Rockin and Rollin'".
An alternative claim is that the origins of "rocking and rolling" can be traced back to steel driving men working on the railroads in the Reconstruction South. These men would sing hammer songs to keep the pace of their hammer swings. At the end of each line in a song, the men would swing their hammers down to drill a hole into the rock. The shakers -- the men who held the steel spikes that the hammer men drilled -- would "rock" the spike back and forth to clear rock or "roll", twisting the spike to improve the "bite" of the drill.
Kamis, 13 November 2008
ORIGINS OF ROCK AND ROLL STLYE
The immediate origins of rock and roll lie in the late 1940s and early 1950s through a mixing together of various popular musical genres of the time. These included Blues, Country music, R&B, Folk music, and Gospel.
However, elements of rock and roll can be heard in many "hillbilly" and "race" music records of the 1920s and 1930s. Often "black" music was usually relegated to "race music" outlets (music industry code for rhythm and blues stations) and was rarely heard by mainstream white audiences. A few black rhythm and blues musicians, notably Louis Jordan, the Mills Brothers, and The Ink Spots, achieved crossover success; in some cases (such as Jordan's "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie") this success was achieved with songs written by white songwriters. The Western swing genre in the 1930s, generally played by white musicians, also drew heavily on the blues and in turn directly influenced rockabilly and rock and roll, as can be heard, for example, on Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" (1957).
Going back even further, rock and roll can trace one lineage to the old Five Points, Manhattan district of mid-19th century New York City, the scene of the first fusion of heavily rhythmic African shuffles and sand dances with melody-driven European genres, particularly the Irish jig[1].[citation needed]
The following is a table underlining some (but not all) of the main influences on Rock and roll. What should be noted is that prior to rock and roll, music was categorized based on race, nationality, location, style, instrumentation, vocal techniques, and even religion. However, with the immense popularity and commercial success of Elvis Presley in 1956, Rock and roll became cornerstone of the music industry in America. No more was music defined and categorized as it had been. Rather, it became inclusive of almost every genre of music that had gained a certain amount of popularity.
Country Influences
Rhythm & Blues Influences
Others
Hillbilly, Western Swing
Traditional Blues, Jazz
Traditional Folk, Gospel
Bluegrass, Honky Tonk
Boogie Woogie, Negro Spirituals
Pop Music, Big Bands
However, elements of rock and roll can be heard in many "hillbilly" and "race" music records of the 1920s and 1930s. Often "black" music was usually relegated to "race music" outlets (music industry code for rhythm and blues stations) and was rarely heard by mainstream white audiences. A few black rhythm and blues musicians, notably Louis Jordan, the Mills Brothers, and The Ink Spots, achieved crossover success; in some cases (such as Jordan's "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie") this success was achieved with songs written by white songwriters. The Western swing genre in the 1930s, generally played by white musicians, also drew heavily on the blues and in turn directly influenced rockabilly and rock and roll, as can be heard, for example, on Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" (1957).
Going back even further, rock and roll can trace one lineage to the old Five Points, Manhattan district of mid-19th century New York City, the scene of the first fusion of heavily rhythmic African shuffles and sand dances with melody-driven European genres, particularly the Irish jig[1].[citation needed]
The following is a table underlining some (but not all) of the main influences on Rock and roll. What should be noted is that prior to rock and roll, music was categorized based on race, nationality, location, style, instrumentation, vocal techniques, and even religion. However, with the immense popularity and commercial success of Elvis Presley in 1956, Rock and roll became cornerstone of the music industry in America. No more was music defined and categorized as it had been. Rather, it became inclusive of almost every genre of music that had gained a certain amount of popularity.
Country Influences
Rhythm & Blues Influences
Others
Hillbilly, Western Swing
Traditional Blues, Jazz
Traditional Folk, Gospel
Bluegrass, Honky Tonk
Boogie Woogie, Negro Spirituals
Pop Music, Big Bands
ALL ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL
Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, with roots in mainly Blues, Country, R&B, Folk and Gospel music, and quickly spread to the rest of the world.
Classic rock and roll is played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum.
The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it an unique social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and in the new medium of television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the characteristic backbeat, that are more properly called simply "rock music".
Classic rock and roll is played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum.
The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it an unique social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and in the new medium of television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the characteristic backbeat, that are more properly called simply "rock music".
Kamis, 16 Oktober 2008
SMA Pangudi Luhur
Sma PL Yogyakarta merupakan salah satu sekolah swasta katolik yang terdapat di yogyakarta yang terletak di Jl. P. Senopati 18. Di Sma Pl ini kegiata-kegiatan sekolah berlangsung dengan disiplin tinggi.
Bapak / Ibu guru yang mengajar disini memiliki standar yang bagus, lulusan dari berbagai perguruan tinggi ternama bahkan mendapatkan gelar. Guru-guru disini mempunyai sikap yang ramah, selalu menyapa murid, bahkan bisa diajak bercanda. Saat pelajaran mulai pun guru-guru disini selalu mengiringi dengan lelucon yang membuat para murid tertawa.
Saya sangat senang sekolah disini, disini saya mendapat banyak teman yang mungkin sebelumnya teman saya sedikit, disini seperti keluarga sendiri baik guru maupun para siswanya, teman teman saya memang aneh-aneh, radak gendeng, tapi itu yang membuat saya betah sekolah disini. Disini saya juga menemukan potensi saya dalam bermain musik, saya direkrut oleh "THE CANGKRANGEN" dengan kontrak kerja 10 tahun dan telah membuat lagu'" rock and roll.
Untuk Para karyawan dan pembantu umum, mereka juga sangat ramah dan berjasa, mereka membantu para siswa menjalni pendidikan di SMA PL ini, mereka pekerja-pekerja yang handal dan dapat dipercaya.
Fasilitas di SMA PL jangan ditanya lagi, menurut saya paling top lah, Setiap kelas ada AC dan 1 set komputer berserta OPH, perpustakaan yang ada 9 AC, coridor2 yang bisa dijadikan tempat belajar yang nyaman dan sejuk, adanya wii fi/hot spot yang menambah ke elitan sekolah ini, ruang kesenian yang ber ac, studio band dan rekaman, dan laboratorium2 yang tak kalah bagusnya dengan yang lain. Fasilitas ini digunkan untuk mendukun sistem pembelajaran di SMA PL, dan memberikan kenyamanan bagi setiap siswa.
Ya beginilah keadaan SMA PL, pokoknya gak bakal nyesel sekolah disini.
Bapak / Ibu guru yang mengajar disini memiliki standar yang bagus, lulusan dari berbagai perguruan tinggi ternama bahkan mendapatkan gelar. Guru-guru disini mempunyai sikap yang ramah, selalu menyapa murid, bahkan bisa diajak bercanda. Saat pelajaran mulai pun guru-guru disini selalu mengiringi dengan lelucon yang membuat para murid tertawa.
Saya sangat senang sekolah disini, disini saya mendapat banyak teman yang mungkin sebelumnya teman saya sedikit, disini seperti keluarga sendiri baik guru maupun para siswanya, teman teman saya memang aneh-aneh, radak gendeng, tapi itu yang membuat saya betah sekolah disini. Disini saya juga menemukan potensi saya dalam bermain musik, saya direkrut oleh "THE CANGKRANGEN" dengan kontrak kerja 10 tahun dan telah membuat lagu'" rock and roll.
Untuk Para karyawan dan pembantu umum, mereka juga sangat ramah dan berjasa, mereka membantu para siswa menjalni pendidikan di SMA PL ini, mereka pekerja-pekerja yang handal dan dapat dipercaya.
Fasilitas di SMA PL jangan ditanya lagi, menurut saya paling top lah, Setiap kelas ada AC dan 1 set komputer berserta OPH, perpustakaan yang ada 9 AC, coridor2 yang bisa dijadikan tempat belajar yang nyaman dan sejuk, adanya wii fi/hot spot yang menambah ke elitan sekolah ini, ruang kesenian yang ber ac, studio band dan rekaman, dan laboratorium2 yang tak kalah bagusnya dengan yang lain. Fasilitas ini digunkan untuk mendukun sistem pembelajaran di SMA PL, dan memberikan kenyamanan bagi setiap siswa.
Ya beginilah keadaan SMA PL, pokoknya gak bakal nyesel sekolah disini.
Minggu, 12 Oktober 2008
Mellow is Nothing
Wah jaman sekarang di indonesia tu jaman dimana musik rock gag kedengaran lagi. Di Industri musik cuma beberapa aja yang masih eksis, seperti GOD BLESS, SLANK, BOOMERANG, EDANE, JAMRUD. Entah kenapa Industri Musik Indonesia malah banyak yang lebih kePOP meLLow, Padahal mellow buat gag semangat, lagian lagunya cinta melulu, kalo ga lagi jatuh cinta, patah hati, ato malah tentang selingkuh-selingkuh.
Menurut aku kebanyakan band mellow di indonesia jadi band-band rock jarang kedengeran, ada juga band rock yang dibilang orang-orang ngerock tapi menurut aku lagunya biasa aja malah ngepop. Padahal musik rock itu menggugah hidup seseorang, karena namanya juga hidup harus lebih bisa benar-benar buat hidup itu berarti. Jangan yang cengeng-cengeng terus yang didengerin.
Mellow is Nothing? bener banget itu!...Ada juga beberapa personil band yang sok gaya rock lah tapi tetep aja cemen, gayanya celana ketat, pake sepatu boot, ato juga pake tindik ditelinga, tapi lagunya tetep mellow..Apa Gag Njijiki itu?
Sekarang ini ada band yang mungkin bisa mendobrak dunia musik rock yaitu THE CHANGCUTERS, dengan aksi manggung yang gokil, celana ketat, suara keras, dan spirit yang besar band ini pantas disebut band Yang T.O.P! Lagu-lagu mereka tu simple tapi punya arti dalam hidup ini, terbukti mereka hanya membuat beberapa lagu bertema cinta, yang lainnya tentang kehidupan di dunia ini. Justru itulah yang membuat band ini lebih mantap dan JANTAN daripada band-band cengeng!
Kenapa Sih Industri Musik Indonesia tidak mau mengeluarkan band-band yang rock?
Mau tau Jawabannya? Tunggu di Blog saya selanjutnya...!
Menurut aku kebanyakan band mellow di indonesia jadi band-band rock jarang kedengeran, ada juga band rock yang dibilang orang-orang ngerock tapi menurut aku lagunya biasa aja malah ngepop. Padahal musik rock itu menggugah hidup seseorang, karena namanya juga hidup harus lebih bisa benar-benar buat hidup itu berarti. Jangan yang cengeng-cengeng terus yang didengerin.
Mellow is Nothing? bener banget itu!...Ada juga beberapa personil band yang sok gaya rock lah tapi tetep aja cemen, gayanya celana ketat, pake sepatu boot, ato juga pake tindik ditelinga, tapi lagunya tetep mellow..Apa Gag Njijiki itu?
Sekarang ini ada band yang mungkin bisa mendobrak dunia musik rock yaitu THE CHANGCUTERS, dengan aksi manggung yang gokil, celana ketat, suara keras, dan spirit yang besar band ini pantas disebut band Yang T.O.P! Lagu-lagu mereka tu simple tapi punya arti dalam hidup ini, terbukti mereka hanya membuat beberapa lagu bertema cinta, yang lainnya tentang kehidupan di dunia ini. Justru itulah yang membuat band ini lebih mantap dan JANTAN daripada band-band cengeng!
Kenapa Sih Industri Musik Indonesia tidak mau mengeluarkan band-band yang rock?
Mau tau Jawabannya? Tunggu di Blog saya selanjutnya...!
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