Craig Morrison, an ethnomusicologist, musician and Concordia University teacher, says rock ’n’ roll comes from a different place than genres like folk and blues.
“Rock music, although it absorbed those traditions, was always presented as commercial music,” Morrison said. “And with commercial music, as the Rolling Stones sang, who wants yesterday’s papers? It’s supposed to be hot this week and crap two months from now.”
“In popular consciousness, rock ’n’ roll has always been the music of rebellion and youth and sex,” said Dan Seligman, director of the youth-targeted Pop Montreal festival. “It’s more about a lifestyle, an attitude and the culture surrounding it, as opposed to the pure music.”
“Rock ’n’ roll was music made by young people for young people in its inception,” said Warren Spicer, 34, leader of the acclaimed indie group Plants and Animals. “Rock ’n’ roll has so much more to do with image than content, whereas jazz, for example, has more to do with composition and notes. It’s the music selling the music, but rock ’n’ roll had a lot more to do with young, skinny men.”
When rock ’n’ roll first came into mainstream public consciousness in the mid-1950s, longevity was not on the agenda. There were no career plans, and no one expected Heartbreak Hotel to be remembered more than half a century after its release. Nor did anyone figure Chuck Berry would still be playing live at 86.
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