There's a very well-worn saying in America, 'why does the Devil have all the best tunes?' The answer is 1, because rock and roll has a beat - we know what that signifies, don't we :brow: - and 2 because it has ambiguous harmonic values, the 'blue notes' and chordal dissonances which 'proper' music would never consider (listen to Purple Haze!) — Wayfarer
The rebellion of youth certainly figures in the antagonism. I'm not happy with the designation 'naivety' to sum up the chafing of youth under the constraints of an oppressive regime. At the same time, the recklessness and irresponsibility of youth is also present in the music. I do also think you have to considers the historical context - what was going on in the world, in the political arena, in families.The conflict is basically one of moral highground against antagonistic naivety. — introbert
I'd think it largely depends on the race of the believers. It's said, that the most segregated time in America is Sunday mornings. So for white believers the answer might be, "Nothing much." — wonderer1
...the thing most notable about bigots is that they're never indifferent - even to things that have no affect whatever on them. — Vera Mont
I'd like to have it explained. — Vera Mont
Many fundamentalist Christians live in rural communities and are satisfied that Fox news is giving them an adequate view of the world, outside what they experience daily. — wonderer1
The irony there is, they saw grass-roots music as a slippery slope to communism. As soon as it started to catch on behind the iron curtain, the 'communist' regime condemned it just as stridently, as western degeneracy.https://daily.jstor.org/the-conservative-christian-war-on-rock-and-roll/Conservative religious leaders believed they were locked in a battle against music that “threatened the family, the church and the very integrity of the nation.”
Rock and roll was coming into the forefront of American culture, and every well rounded, wholesome mom and dad hated that devil's music their kids were listening to.
Let's be realistic here, rock and roll was white people stealing the blues from black people. Arguably taking what they were doing and watering it down in the typical fashion of those of European descent https://www.adamdouglass.com/guitar-blog/rock-n-roll-is-the-devils-music
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