[Elvis Presley: Searcher] tells the story of Elvis Presley's life.
▲ Sexy Elvis Presley
In the middle of the last century, Elvis Presley's single was a sensation.
Much depends on the fusion of black music in his music.
In the United States, you can't talk about music without mentioning black music. After all, a large part of modern music is closely related to black music.
▲ Waiting area for people of color
Victory in the Civil War could change the law, but it could not change the deep-seated racial discrimination in people's minds. In 1865, the United States abolished black slavery, the law changed, but discrimination is still there.
Black women were arrested for occupying bus seats, and black teenagers were executed for whistling at white women.
It was also in this era that black music quietly rose, and as black people's songs spread throughout the United States, music also became one of the driving forces to break racial discrimination.
Jazz that breaks the barrier
The birth of jazz was mainly influenced by two forms of music:
One was ragtime, a fusion of European folk songs, military marches, and bard music, founded by black pianists from the Midwest. It is very lively and suitable for dancing, so it is very popular.
The other was early blues music brought by exiles pouring into New Orleans from the Mississippi Delta, who arrived in a foreign land, toiled and sang their moods with music.
▲ Jazz players
Jazz thus born could not have been enjoyed by whites for the simple reason that it was black music. For whites, jazz was sung by lowly people and could not be made to the hall of elegance.
When blacks listen to jazz, middle-class and above whites listen to tinkle-down or classical art songs.
This is reflected in the film [Voice of New Orleans].
▲ [The Voice of New Orleans] In which the male and female protagonists sprout love in the wonderful jazz music
The heroine of the film is a singer who falls in love with jazz, but as a wealthy white person, she is strongly opposed by her family.
She could only sing art songs during the performance, and after the performance she plucked up the courage to sing a jazz song on the stage, but it caused the audience to leave the table in anger.
But how can music be easily blocked by the big wall of race? You think, if there is a wall between us, I can't see you, you can't see me, but I can still hear what you say and the songs you sing.
This is destined to be a useless wall, and good music will always have wings and fly in through the windows of every house. In [Voice of New Orleans], despite being almost cut off from black people, the heroine hears jazz on the street.
▲ [Philharmonic City] In the jazz playing The Sebastian is the most beautiful
Later, in [Philharmonic City], jazz became the beginning of the love story between Mia and Sebastian.
Elvis Presley and Rock 'n' Roll
Elvis Presley was born in Mississippi. In the American South, it is also where black music is popular.
As a teenager, he also lived in the black community, heard about it, and learned a lot about black culture. He was not at all opposed to such an influence, and he loved black music.
Discrimination against blacks is discrimination against blacks, but black people have many innate advantages that white people can't compare with anyway, such as their natural fast running, such as their sexy and thick voices.
Sam Philip and Elvis Presley
Sun Records man Sam Philip said, "If I could find a white guy with a black voice and a black feel, I could make a billion dollars." ”
And from the sky fell an Elvis Presley.
Sam Phillip is right, Elvis Presley dominates the charts with every single released, and the album sells out in an instant.
Elvis Presley's first self-titled album, released in March 1956
Even after his death, his records continued to sell well, and any republished record maintained very high sales. According to statistics, he is the highest-selling singer in the history of recording.
When people first heard Elvis Presley's song on radio, many people called the radio station to ask if it was sung by a black singer.
Elvis Presley once replied about musical style, "My music is a fusion of country music, gospel music, rhythm and blues, and so on, and I was influenced by all this music since I was a child. ”
▲ The dashing Elvis presley at the concert
Southern gospel music singer Jack Hess was one of his favorites and profoundly influenced his singing style.
He also listened to these "racial records" of black music such as spirit songs, blues, and rhythm blues on regional radio.
He also acknowledges that many of the songs were influenced by African-Americans such as Arthur Crudu and Rufus Thomas.
From the outset, Elvis Presley did not hesitate to express his respect for black singers and black music despite the segregation bias in the South.
Elvis went to what became known as the Night of Color in Memphis as an attitude to break apartheid.
This bold rhetoric and behavior made him popular among the black community at the beginning of his fame, and many whites considered him a depraved man.
The emergence of rock and roll is also the product of the fusion of black culture and white culture, and this fusion of black music and white music has promoted the disappearance of racial prejudice.
▲ The same wonderful black musical performance in [Legend of the Blues].
The same story comes up in [Legends of the Blues], where the radio anchor said during a song by Chuck Berry: "Some people will call this kind of music race music, and I'll call it rock 'n' roll." White or black people alike will be enchanted. ”
The U.S. has hip hop
Last year, "China Has Hip Hop" became the hottest variety show in China, and everyone was eager to say "yo" when they met and greeted.
Do you have freestyle?
Hip-hop originated in New York in the 1970s and is black music through and through.
Hip-hop from the beginning represented the voice and dream of poor black people, and was the street music of black people. They express their ideas directly with a fast pace and market language.
The 50 cents in [Ask for Money Don't Die] went from a drug dealer to a hip-hop superstar; Christopher Wallace in Gangster Rap Saga went from being a street jerk to rapper the notorious b.i.g.
▲ Rap guy the notorious b.i.g
None of these hip-hop artists grew up from the bottom of society.
This trait also brought hip-hop closer to life, so that it became not only the music of black people, but represented an era in the United States, allowing Americans to complete self-expression in this way.
As the documentary [The History of Hip Hop] says, "Hip hop doesn't just influence the mainstream, hip hop is the mainstream." ”
Now, hip-hop artists such as Kanye and Jay-z still dominate the top few of the various music charts.
In summary, whether it is jazz, rock and roll, or hip-hop, black music has played a pivotal role. These music express itself more spontaneously and is the language of human beings of our time.
Every pop song we sing now has the shadow of black music.