By Will Wright
-Second world war influenced music across Britain.
- The war influenced fast and often frantic music. From this
dances such as the boogie-woogie and the jitter bug were born.
- Lots of dances were held in church halls and village halls.
Fashion
The fashion back in the
40s was very much all
smart and buttoned up.
Women wore dresses and
men wore suits. Music at
the time was very much
classical and didn’t have
much influence on the
fashion of the time.
Instead they showed off
their money through the
clothes they wore
-Rock
and roll was extremely popular
in this decade.
- American rock, such as Elvis Presley
was a huge influence in bringing this
rock and roll theme to the 1950’s.
Fashion
Music in the 1950’s
significantly influenced
the way people
dressed. For example
both Cliff Richard and
Elvis Presley
influenced both male
and female fashion.
From this the idea of
rebellious and
stereotypical
teenagers were born.
- Music of the United Kingdom developed in the 1960s into one of the
leading forms of popular music in the modern world. By the early 1960s the
British had developed a viable national music industry and began to
produce adapted forms of American music in Beat music and British blues
which would be re-exported to America by bands such as The Beatles and
Rolling Stones
-At this stage British youth were becoming more and more
known for the rebellious antics, such as being different to
their parents. Influenced by bands such as the Beatles.
Fashion
In the 60’s fashion was completely
influenced by music. Leading bands such
as the Beatles set a new fashion in which
many wore extremely bizarre clothing to
set them out of the crowd and from their
parents.
The diverse change in fashion mirrored
the social movement in the time period.
For example many people could afford
more diverse clothing due to the
economic boom in 1966. also known as
the ‘swinging sixties’.
-The 70’s brought a diversity of different types of music. For instance Britain was
developing on its electric folk, glam rock and even heavy metal music.
- Britain was also influenced by ‘world music’ such as Jamaican music and Indian
music. This opened up many different doors and created a whole variety of subgenres.
- in the middle of this decade Britain was influenced by ‘pub rock’ and ‘American
punk rock’. From this a whole new wave of music was born. British punk rock.
- British punk rock was influenced by the political changes at the time. From this the
music was very ‘anti society’.
fashion
The 1970’s fashion was influenced by the music at the
time. Throughout the 70’s more varieties of music were
born. The main one being ‘world music’. Fashion was
very much influenced by exotic countries such as
Jamaica but at the same time was influenced by political
and social change.
- The 1980s saw the emergence of pop, dance music and New Wave. As the term
disco fell out of fashion in the decade's early years, genres such as post-disco,
Italy disco, Euro disco and dance-pop became more popular. Rock music
continued to enjoy a wide audience; sub-genres such as New Wave, soft rock, and
glam metal emerged and developed a significant following. Adult contemporary,
quiet storm, and smooth jazz gained popularity
- Throughout the decade, R&B, hip hop and urban music in general were
becoming commonplace, particularly in the inner-city areas of large,
metropolitan cities; rap was especially successful in the latter part of the decade,
with the advent of the golden age of hip hop. These urban genres, rap and hip
hop particularly, would continue their rise in popularity through the 1990s and
2000s.
Fashion
Fashion in the 80’s where
influenced from Rap,
punk and Michael
Jackson. All very key in
this decade.
Britpop was a new name given to a whole new
wave of successful British bands that made a
great impact in the United States and Britain.
The most successful of these British bands being
Oasis, Radiohead, Pulp, Blur and the spice girls.
Fashion