Blog 8

Last week and this week in class we watched two videos of two very different musical festivals. This first was a festival in the 60's that featured all the popular bands and solo artists from that time including The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Mamas and the Papas and others. The second was a jazz festival taking place in the 50's. It amazed me how much music had changed, and how much people's ideas of what was good music changed in such a short time. The 50's was such an innocent time, and the 60's was the complete opposite. Artists in the 60's were looking to shock people and there certainly was a lot of shock in the video we watched. It was an interesting contrast to see in the two videos, and shows how quickly things can change. I enjoyed watching both a lot, and it was fun to see the differences in people and music. The idea of popular music is always changing, and the world of music is a fast paced world. I felt I had a better understanding and appreciation of  both kinds of music after seeing just how different they are from each other, but also in a way the same. They both reached people in different ways, and caused different reactions. In the end music always brought people together.