A few days ago
Anonymous

How would you personally define Rock n’ Roll?

In the early days of Rock n’ Roll, the word meant a certain type of beat….you know, “Let Me Take You On A Sea Cruise”…that kind of stuff. That all changed in the 1960s, when so many styles came into being.

So, how would you define it? What is the essence?

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A few days ago
Twin momma as of 11/11

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Funny you should ask- earlier today I was at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland OH. And my definition was changed. It includes a wider variety of music. Heck at one point, I thought it meant having a guitar. But it’s more than that and less than that at the same time. It’s music that embodies the time, I think. It isn’t the fluff stuff you forget about, but the real riffs and beats and lyric that resonate to your core.
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4 years ago
vitello
properly. Punk and metallic are the two that stand out. They have been the 1st 2 important branches of rock and then those broke off into even smaller branches. i’d desire to flow on yet there are too many sub-genres to checklist.
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A few days ago
picador
I believe that the term was originally ghetto talk for copulation.

Personally, I find it puerile, overwrought and cacophonous. Let the “thumbs down” begin.

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