1. Transitional Tunes
HOW MUSIC REFLECTS GENERATIONAL IDENTITIES

2. How Music Reflects Generational
Identities
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Music is an highly expressive form of art
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Allows individuals to express there opinions in a more straightforeword manor then perhaps any other art form
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The Popularity of music allows a variety of people to be exposed to
an artists opinion or critique
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People who enjoy a certain band probably resonate with the
bands ideology

3. The 60’s Most
Prolific Bands
 The Beatles
 Elvis Presley
 The Rolling Stones
 The Doors
 Dion
 Beach Boys
 Righteous Brothers
 5th Dimension
 Herman’s Hermits
 Big Brothers

4. 60’s Counter-Culture
The Beatles
•
•
Came to be the Most
prominent band of the
“Psychedelic
Revolution”
Brought CounterCultural attitudes to a
wider audience
The Doors
•
Embodied generational
struggle
•
“We want the world
and we want it now”
•
Iconoclastic
•
Anti-Authoritarian
The Rolling Stones
•
Anti-Authoritarian
•
Iconoclastic
•
Personified the
rebelliousness of youth
•
Embodiment of 60’s
Counter-Cultural
experience

5. Music and the Counter-Cultural
Revolution
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Music expressed a unmistakable sense of Idealism
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Music was deeply connected to the anti-war movement
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Music expanded to form new genres that would come to
dominate popular music

This shows that listeners wanted to diverge from the culture of their
parents

6. The New
Millennia's Most
Prolific Bands
 50 Cent
 Usher
 Nickelback
 Maroon5
 Pink
 Eminem
 Beyonce
 Green Day
 Justin Timberlake
 Black Eyed Peas

7. The Peak of Rap, Hip-Hop, and Pop
Eminem
•
Voiced opposition to
the Bush administration
with the song Mosh
•
Satirical music, pokedfun at popular icons
•
Opinionated
50 Cent
•
“Get Rich or Die Tryin’”
•
Oblivious sense of
materialism in his music
Justin Timberlake
•
Changed musical style
based on already popular
music

8. Comparisons
1960’s
New Millennia

Generally a high degree of originality
and experimentation in popular music

General lack of distinction in popular
music, usually on/off trends
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Social and political issues intertwined
with popular music
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Built off of music genres already firmly
established
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Growing popularity of new genres

9. Conclusions
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New millennia's music may seem egocentric
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But the 60’s had music that wasn’t part of “Counter-Culture”
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Maybe these more egocentric musicians aren’t the true voice of
the Millennial’s
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Maybe our music will only be fully realized in retrospect