Rock Superstars教学讲义.ppt

Lesson one;.; Reflections 1. Do you think it a good idea to have an idol? 2. Can you analyze the social background and reasons? ;I. Main idea;On the one hand, young people treat them as idols with continuous praises, on the other hand, the adults hold a negative view to the rock music stars, and they think that rock music is disgusting and they cannot stand it. This shows the opposite view towards the rock music between the young and the adults.;Then the author points out that rock music is a kind of showing of social mentality. It represents the era at the moment and is the front place of different thoughts. In this forum of debate, rock stars have expressed not only youngster’s attitude and stand towards various social issues, but also their feelings and wishes.;By doing so, it can help society explain its belief and attitude. In the end of the text, the problem given in the subtitle reappears, intending to encourage readers to consider the problem seriously.; II. Background knowledgeRock music: A form of popular music that is characterized by a pronounced, amplified beat. Electric guitars are almost always the main instrumental sound source. The modern rock band’s basic elements are one or more vocalists, an electric lead guitar and bass guitar and drums. ; A rhythm guitar is often included, and many bands also use keyboards. “Rock-and-roll” was coined in the mid-1950’s by a Cleveland broadcaster, Alan Freed, to replace “rhythm-and-blues”-a term that Freed thought had too many racial overtones. (It was being called “race music” in some quarters at the time.) ;Rhythm-and-blues was itself an urbanized stylization of the blues, which bad been developed mainly by rural or country-oriented black musicians. When the music was renamed rock-and-roll, it also underwent an elemental change, particularly when white performers saw how eagerly young audiences responded. ;“White” music-that is essentially conventional popular music with a decided country-and-wester