Blog Post #1 assignment
members of nickelback An example I would use for something that originally started as subversive or dangerous would be the genre of rock music. First being coined as "rock and roll" with musical roots in various genres such as blues, rhythm and blues, and country music, it was viewed as music that could be considered as multi-racial. Because the majority of rock and roll was performed by African American individuals during the heavily racially charged 1940s, the subversiveness of the rock genre might have not come from the content of the music, but rather from the people who were playing it. Two decades after from the 50s to 60s, white musicians were at the forefront of rock and roll with such notable figures as Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and most notably the "King of Rock and Roll" Elvis Presley. The dangerousness of rock music to some degree could be attributed to how different it was to the predominant genre of music, crooning. Crooning was a soft and smooth s...