In the 70’s we had a lot of changes in the music
context. We can say that the 70’s are remembered by the begining of the Punk
movement, the glam rock, the hard rock(some people say it is just a distorcion
of the blues and rock) and the disco music, the consolidation of progressive
rock and other very important facts.
Dividing it we can explain it better, let’s start
with the Punk movement!
PUNK MOVEMENT
In the punk movement we had some great bands like
“The Kinks”, “The Clash”, “Sex Pistols” and“Ramones”. The songs are usually
with just a few chords(most of them power chords), rebel lyrics and also very
short. The members of the band had the custom to wear torn clothes, boots,
black leather jackets which was a custom of every member of this movement.
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| The Ramones in Concert (São Paulo) |
GLAM ROCK
Some people might not know the term “glam rock”
but they know exactly what it is.
The “glam” comes from glamour. The artists used to
mix music and fashion to impress the public. A classic example is David Bowie
with his clothes and make up.
Another famous artist
associated with the “glam rock” is the singer and pianist Elton John.
HARD ROCK
Is a very famous
genre and with a very big list of bands. The main caracteristics are: A heavy
guitar with several riffs, complex solos, the formation with a drummer,
guitarrist, bassist and singer. Besides the fact that exists a heavy guitar in
this genre we can not confuse it with heavy metal because hard rock has several
conections with the blues and the swing music.
Of all the bands we
can list Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Kiss, Rush, AC/DC, Aerosmith and Van
Halen(with the monster skills of the master Eddie Van Halen!!!)
DISCO MUSIC
It started in dance
clubs, most of them fo the black, latin or gay community. But in a short time
it became so popular in the West of the world. In this genre there are some
bands that are very famous and some other bands with just one or two famous
singles.
We can list as famous
bands: ABBA, Bee Gees, The Jackson 5.
PROGRESSIVE ROCK
This genre became
very appreciated because it puts together some popular elements such as a
popular song structure and some very refined elements as instruments of
the classic music, blues and jazz. Besides the fact the the song structure was
popular, between the songs we had some songs with a very complex form and they
were all connected. Sometimes it is all so well bonded that we cannot say when
a music ends and the other one starts
One band that could
do this very well is Pink Floyd. Albuns like “The Dark Side of The Moon” had
one single story told in the whole album and it sounds like a 50 minute song.
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| Cover of The Dark Side Of The Moon |
After all this we can
say that the 70’s contribuited with a very rich addition to the music!
For those
about to rock (We salute You)
