Cite:History of Classic Rockers
Paraphrase: The article was about the beginning of Rock and Roll, and the people who started it. It gave mostly biographies on famous rockers like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.
Analyze: The article showed how much race effected popularity. I never knew that Rock and Roll was started by mostly african american artists. Although its disappointing, it makes sense that they wouldn't get the popularity or credit they deserved. Popular music now a days seems like its so much about image and advertising. It seems like if a song is played on the radio a lot of people are expecting to like it regardless of the actual quality, where as if a song is less known then it can't possibly be as good as the radio one. I'm referring more to the general public that doesnt seem to actually listen to too much music. I'm sure this was even more the case back in the 1950's. People had less access to music, so therefore advertising was an even bigger roll. The image was probably the most important thing. And the difference in popularity between Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley seems to prove it. I'm not too familiar with the talent of the artists but from what I read it seems that Chuck Berry was probably the more talented artist, but he didn't have the image and "swagger" that Elvis Presley did. I think its sort of ironic that music is to me basically all a auditory experience, yet whats popular may not sound the
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