Why are so many young people turning to rock music?

Here are five possible reasons: 1. More Involved Parenting. Today’s young people benefited, for the most part, from greater involvement by parents (and step parents) in the rearing of children. In all likelihood, these more involved parents played their music — classic rock —…

Why don’t older people like popular music?

Let’s face it; one of the reasons why older people don’t like a lot of popular music is that it is not written for them. In fact, it is often written for the explicit purpose of riling up older listeners.

Why do old songs sound so different to younger ears?

For starters, there is evidence that the brain’s ability to make subtle distinctions between different chords and other musical elements gets worse with age, so new, unfamiliar songs may in fact sound more alike to older ears than to younger ears.

Why do we prefer familiar music?

Consequently, we prefer familiar music, and it is the music that we hear when we are young that is most familiar to us. Let’s face it; one of the reasons why older people don’t like a lot of popular music is that it is not written for them.

What is the history of rock and roll?

Rock and Roll Timeline Rock and Roll Timeline 1877 Thomas Edison invents the phonograph for playing back stored sounds. The first recording he makes is “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” 1915 The Chicago Automatic Machine and Tool Company invents the jukebox that plays records (as

What is a rock history calendar?

A calendar of rock history including birthdays, deaths, milestones, chart toppers, concerts, record releases, and other important events in music history.

Why do millennials love classic rock so much?

This explanation has been mentioned to me by several millennials. They emphasize the quality of the music of the era, and the fact that most of these rock-and-rollers wrote their own songs and played the instruments. Perhaps the Classic Rock era is akin to the classical Baroque period of the mid-1700s.