"It was music that not only escaped but also robbed on the road bank. It was music with his sleeves rolled up and unbuttoned the collar, she smiled, raised his hat in greeting and steal your purse. It was the music that penetrate directly into the legs without doing his visit Mr. Brain. " So, in his novel "Soul Music" wrote about the amazing phenomenon of rock music by Terry Pratchett. A music dictionary defines it as a generalization of the names of many trends in modern music, existing since the mid 1950's.
(From the English. Rock – rock, shake and music – music). The beginning of rock music is the emergence of a genre of rock 'n' roll, has incorporated the features of blues, rhythm & blues, boogie-woogie, jazz and country. It can be love, but you can not love, to feel his whole body and soul or not understood completely. This music creates endless debates about what it actually is and what directions to it are, and what does not.
But can be clear boundaries? And if she rock music was born from the mixing of genres, it is unlikely to get to stuff it in the rigid framework. Rock music has a really large number of directions: from the lungs (rock 'n' Roll pop-rock, alternative rock) to heavy genres (metal, punk). On the content of songs can be easy and relaxed, lyrical, philosophical, gloomy, depressive, playful, satirical. Since its inception, rock music seamlessly absorbs all colors of the world of music – from folk to classical.