Americola

Search:

 

Biographies

Photos

Videos

Auctions

Shopping

  

Incredible offer on domain names with .coms starting at $6.95
www.T-Rex.net    Why Pay More?    Compare Us.    Free Hosting w/Site Builder & more!

Put your "Soft_rock" ad HERE.
Sign up for an account today and put your site HERE for only $.25 a click!    Get Started!
Soft rock biography, high resolution photos and videos by Americola

Soft rock

[edit] Americola's celebrity biographies are provided by AmericolaWiki, a celebrity wiki. You can help contribute to Americola and edit this article.

Soft rock, also referred to as light rock or easy rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work or when driving. Soft rock is usually sung with higher-pitched vocals, and the lyrics tend to be non-confrontational, focusing in very general language on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of pianos, synthesizers and sometimes saxophones.

US comedian George Carlin said: "Soft rock music isn't rock, and it ain't music. It's just soft."

Contents

  • 1 History
  • 2 Artists and songs
  • 3 Soft Rock Radio
  • 4 See also

History

Soft rock as a genre distinction has come to refer specifically to a style of rock that emerged in the early 70s, both as a reaction against the increasingly heavy music that dominated rock at the time, and also as a reflection of the changing priorities of the Baby Boom in the early 70s. What set 70s soft rock apart from its 60s' counterpart, which for lack of a better word is usually just called "pop", is that in the 60s pop existed for those who simply didn't like rock; the 60s' pop artists usually were vocalists who were stylistic throwbacks to the pre-rock era. Soft rock developed organically to suit the needs of those who did have rock listening experience; as such, it can be considered a bona fide rock genre.

Soft rock became hugely popular later in that decade. By 1977, some radio stations, like New York's WTFM and WYNY, had switched to an all-soft-rock format. [1] Around that same time, Chicago, which had previously been a jazz-rock band, switched to soft rock and reached their biggest commercial successes. Even Led Zeppelin, considered by some to be standard bearers of hard rock, flirted with the genre at the time in songs like 1979's "All My Love". By the 1980s, tastes had changed and radio formats reflected this change; the genre evolved into what became called "adult contemporary", a pop categorization that bore less overt rock influence than its forebear.

Artists and songs

Soft Rock Radio

  • MajikRadio.com Online music station featuring soft rock, lite pop, classic oldies, motown and love songs from the sixties through today.

See also

Rock music - Rock genres
v • d • e

Aboriginal rock - Alternative rock - Anatolian rock - Arena rock - Art rock - Beat - Blues-rock - Boogaloo - British Invasion - Canterbury sound - Cello rock - Chicano rock - Christian rock - Country rock - Detroit rock - Folk rock - Garage rock - Glam rock - Hard rock - Heartland rock - Heavy metal - Instrumental rock - Jam band - Jangle pop - Jrock- Krautrock - Latin rock - Math rock - Merseybeat - Piano rock - Post-rock - Power pop - Progressive rock - Psychedelic rock - Pub rock (Aussie) - Pub rock (UK) - Punk rock - Punta rock - Raga rock - Rap rock - Reggae rock - Rockabilly - Rock and roll - Samba-rock - Soft rock - Southern rock - Stoner rock - Surf rock - Swamp rock - Symphonic rock - Synth rock

et:Soft rock

he:רוק קל ja:ソフトロック pl:Soft rock pt:Soft rock simple:Soft rock


Wikipedia information about Soft rock
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Soft rock".
It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer). Help contribute to Americola and edit this article.
Sites
Searched sites for "Soft rock"

No sites found.

  
Sorry, no matching site records were found.
Want your site listed here?

Submit your sitehigh resolution|soft_rockAffiliatessoft_rock|soft_rockLogonsoft_rock|high resolutionPartnerssoft_rock|soft_rockLinksoft_rock|soft_rockToolsphotos|photosShop: - USphotos|photos- CANphotos|photos - UKphotos|photos - DEphotos|photos - FR
videosvideosvideosvideosvideosvideosvideosvideosvideosvideoscelebritiesbiographybiographybiographybiographybiographybiographybiographybiographybiographycelebritiescelebritiescelebritiescelebritiescelebritiescelebritiescelebritiescelebrities

Relevant quality search results and fast easy navigation throughout the different sections of the site, make Americola.com
a great entertainment search engine offering celebrity biographies, high resolution celebrity photos, videos and more.

Terms of usebiography|soft_rockPrivacy Policycelebrities|soft_rockContact Us
Copyright © 1998- Americola ® All Rights Reserved.