The rock revolution was often connected with male performers and masculine energy; as critics of gender and rock have noted, “rock’n’roll in excelsis… [is] male ferocity, resentment, [and] virulence” …as rock was the aesthetic of masculine energy in the 1960s, the French Revolution expressed its aesthetic energy in Romanticism, which dominated art, literature, and musicContinue reading ““Our Generation”: Gender, Regeneration and Women in Rock”
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An Open Letter to Aerosmith and Steve Tyler
Dear Steve Tyler: What? I mean… what? Country? http://abcnews.go.com/video/embed?id=32195621 You don’t know what this is doing to me. You need to understand that you were the guys who really introduced me to rock and roll. Yes, you were. Ever since I listened to Aerosmith’s Rocks when I was thirteen I’ve wanted to grow my hair long and playContinue reading “An Open Letter to Aerosmith and Steve Tyler”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 