Popular music, television, and generational identity
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Demographic and technological changes are the main driving force behind the cult of the past which is currently developing in popular music in the US. The Baby Boom generation remains very strongly attached to the music of its youth, partly because of its clear sense of generational identity and partly because it is very unwilling to abandon childhood and youth. This generation is a key consumer group, and this is one of the reasons why the music of the 1960s, when the Baby Boomers were teenagers, is remembered so vividly. Baby Boomers seem to control significant parts of the television and music industries, but this relationship is reciprocal.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1996
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From folk to computer songs: the evolution of Malaysian popular music, 1930-1990
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There have been significant changes in Malaysian popular music over recent decades. Malaysia is a plural society, and this is reflected in its popular music and culture. The country has also been strongly influenced by western culture. Popular music is the most widely disseminated performing art in Malaysia, and attracts audiences which are very diverse in terms of ethnicity, age, class and gender. Popular music developments have been particularly influenced by singer, composer, actor, comedian and director P. Ramlee.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1996
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