Celebration is specially remembered in Brazil and was born after one of the most important music festivals in 1985
This Sunday, 13, the World Rock Day. In addition to celebrating the beloved genre in the four corners of the planet, the date recalls one of the most iconic moments in the history of music.
THE World Rock Day It emerged because of the famous festival Live Aidcharity event with simultaneous shows in the United States and England. Held in 1985 with the objective of collecting donations to poor families of Ethiopia, the festival brought together over 70,000 people at Wembley Stadium in London and about 90,000 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Not to mention the more than 1 billion people who followed the shows at a distance.
The line-up of Live Aid It was also one of the most striking. Names such as U2, David Bowie, The Who, The Beach Boys, Mick Jagger and Queenwho made a remarkable show remembered to this day. PHill Collins He also participated in the festival, and in a somewhat bold way: he played in London and then took a flight to perform in the US. Was also from the former member of the Genesis That came the idea of turning the date into a milestone to celebrate rock n ‘roll.
The origins of rock n ‘roll
With a combination of various genres, such as blues and country, style has its origins in the United States in the second half of the 20th century, as the rock journalist and researcher explains Victor Ribeiro (via Brazil agency).
“In the mid -20th century we already had the styles that created rock well consolidated in both popular music, shows, such as in radio stations, especially in the United States, because rock came there. It was there that these styles, gospel music, blues and country have mixed.”
Eternalized by the powerful sound of the guitar and the battery beats, rock is marked by big national and international names, as Elvis Presley, Beatles, Queen, Raul Seixas and Rita Lee.
In Brazil, the style had a boom mainly in the 1980s, with the explosion of bands like Urban Legion, Initial capital, Titans, Red baron and Hawaii Engineers. Groups that follow in successful stops to this day.
The researcher Victor Ribeiro It points out that one of the secrets of the genre is also in the behavior and attitude that rockers and fans adopt.
“Nowadays when you talk about rock it’s inevitable right you talk about rock attitude. And inside rock you have the strands there. So there are punk attitude, the people of the attitude blues, who move the encounters of motorcyclists around the world. Brazil has great encounters of motorcyclists. You have this question of attitude, the style of dress.”
With so much history to tell, rock continues to pack crowds and leaving its mark every day, with poetry, melody, rhythm, and, above all, a lot of passion and desire for freedom.
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Source: Rollingstone
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