73-80 changing popular culture Flashcards
shows
-roots nc
-maude nc
-the jeffersons nc
-happy days c
-the waltons c
Tv in the 70s reflected the social change of the 60s and became less conformist in approach, although not everything was
non conformist
Roots
-based in colonial times, west africa and is about a young boy being sold into slavery
-recieved positive praise and many awards
-about the horrors and legacy of slavery
-centred around African Americans
Maude
-follows maude, an outspoken, middle aged, politically liberal women on her fourth husband
-advocates for gender and racial equality
-female lead, democrat feminist, talks openly about abortion
the Jeffersons
-follows an African American family and has an interracial couple
-African American middle class (successful businessmen) moving to suburban NY
Happy days
-young teenagers, youth culture
nostalgic reflection of the 1950s
the Waltons
family values
nostalgic look back
Popular genres of music
-heavy metal
-punk
-hip-hop
-singer-songwriters
Heavy metal examples
Grand Funk Railroad
Alice Cooper
Punk examples
the dead kennedys
The Ramones
Hip Hop examples
Sugar Hill Gang
Singer song writer examples
Bruce Springsteen
Carly Simon
Heavy Metal appeal
-ignored by the radio, which gave them an outsider status.
-often associated with the occult (alice cooper)
-the use of spandex and high heeled boots challenged gender norms
-no women artists in this genre often earning it the label “cock rock”
Punk appeal
-ignored by the radio giving it an outsider status
-belief that commercialisation had destroyed America and the biggest bands had sold out
-aimed to shock, even by using using Nazi symbolism
-Dead Kennedys name was chosen to reflect the death of America idealsim
Hip-Hop appeal
-popularised and created by young African Americans
-Started in NYC combining rapping, dj-ing, graffiti, beatboxing and breakdancing
-by the mid 70s it had spread to urban centres
SInger songwriter appeal
-considered authentic- they sang their own words, not someone elses
-Bruce Sprinsteen sang about the economic woes of the working class men in the rustbelt
-Carly Simon was influenced by feminism
what did music experience in the 70s
fragmentation
what could explain the increasing Fragmentation
-Racial changes in America
-changes in demographics
-generational changes
-political/economical context
Changes in demographics
African American music popularized= success in social civil rights
generational changes
young people growing up in a country that failed them, dead president, vietnam war, nixon etc.
political economical context
politics saw a rise in extremism. challenges conformity
There was more equality so people were eager to make music appeal to all sorts of audiences. people weren’t content with the state of politics and wanted this to be reflected in the what they listened to
what was disco
It was not initialy controlled by record labels, and focused on beat as opposed to lyrics, contrasting the 60s.
happened partially as a response to Stonewall riots, before stonewall it was illegal for 2 people of the same gender to dance together.
Some of the big singers were female and so their songs reflected feminism
moved into the mainstream by the mid 70s.
asspciated with cocaine use
studio 54 in new york
significance of disco
-happened without record companies or radio
-underground scene of black, and gay community which would grow to become a world wide phenomenen
-birth of modern club culture
-sexual liberation of the 60s was not liberating for everyone-homosexuals. (the death penalty was still in place in some states for being gay)
By the 1970s how many men preffered sports to anything else on TV
90%
special intrest in the National Football league
what became the national game
american footbal became the national game, replacing baseball
