Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from a combination of African-American genres such as blues, boogie woogie, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music, together with Western swing and country music. Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s, the genre did not acquire its name until the 1950s.

"Rock and roll" can refer either to the first wave of music that originated in the US in the 1950s prior to its development into "rock music", or more broadly to rock music and culture. For the purpose of differentiation, this article deals with the first definition.

In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum. Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. Beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and on television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. In addition, rock and roll may have contributed to the civil rights movement because both African-American and white American teens enjoyed the music. It went on to spawn various genres, often without the initially characteristic backbeat, that are now more commonly called simply "rock music" or "rock".

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SOCRATES - Baby I'm leaving (1983)

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Τους SOCRATES των 70's λίγο πολύ τους ξέρουμε όλοι, μερικά λόγια για το LP PLAZA του 1983 το οποίο (κατά την ταπεινή μου γνώμη) ήταν από τα καλύτερα άλμπουμ ελληνικού γκρουπ ever και την τότε πορεία τους είναι χρήσιμα! Με την σύνθεση Σπάθας - Τουρκογιώργης - Αντύπας το 1981 φεύγουν πάλι για την Αγγλία, αυτή τη φορά προσκεκλημένοι από τον γνωστό παραγωγό-μηχανικό ήχου Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. Εκεί παίζουν στο γνωστό Rock club "Dingwalls", club από το οποίο ξεκίνησαν την καριέρα τους γνωστοί μουσικοί όπως: Eric Clapton, Jimi Page, Who... και κάνουν μεγάλη εντύπωση με το καλοδουλεμένο Rock που παίζουν. Ιστορική είναι η άρνηση τους στην μεγάλη χρηματική πρόταση της δισκογραφικής εταιρίας Warner, αξίας 50.000 στερλινών, το οποίο συνεπαγόταν με μόνιμη εγκατάσταση στην Αμερική. Το 1983 τελικά δέχονται ένα παγκόσμιο συμβόλαιο από την Virgin, αξίας 15.000 στερλινών. Μπαίνουν στα studios (Town House, Jam Studios, PRT Studios, Chipping Norton Studios), ενώ κάποια μέρη του δίσκου ηχογραφούνται και στα Ελληνικά Sierra Studios. Κυκλοφορούν το album "Plaza", με την κάπως λουστραρισμένη παραγωγή από τον Vic Coppersmith-Heaven (Jam, Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, Joe Cocker, Black Sabbath κ.α.). Για να επιβληθούν στη διεθνή αγορά, αλλάζουν το όνομα τους από Socrates σε Plaza, (ο Τουρκογιώργης γίνεται...Tony George επειδή οι εγγλέζοι έχουν θέμα με το επίθετο του) αλλάζουν εμφάνιση καθώς και εταιρία. Για τις ανάγκες του album παίρνουν τον στιχουργό του Elton John, Gary Osborne, να βοηθήσει τον Αντώνη Τουρκογιώργη στο γράψιμο των στίχων, ενώ στα "Hot Town" και "Because Of You" συμμετέχει ο Γάλλος κιθαρίστας Louis Bertignac (των Telephone). Επίσης στα φωνητικά η στενή συνεργάτις του Elton John, Kiki Dee με τον Gary Osborne και την Suzy Coppersmith-Heaven. Ο μεγάλος και Grammy awarded Trevor Horn (Buggles, Yes, Art of Noise) βοηθάει στον μουσικό εξοπλισμό (CMI Fairlight Programme). Αυτός ο δίσκος έχει πιο στρογγυλεμένο light ήχο αν και πρωτοποριακός, σαν άκουσμα είναι διαφορετικός από αυτό που έχουμε συνηθίσει, με τραγούδια όπως "Baby I'm Leaving", "Stray Dogs", "Living In A Hot Town" κ.α. να αξίζουν προσοχή. Για την προώθηση του δίσκου περιοδεύουν σε Αγγλία και Σκωτία μαζί με το κορυφαίο Hard Rock σχήμα των UFO, σε 24 πόλεις, με αποκορύφωμα την εμφάνιση στο "Hammersmith Odeon" του Λονδίνου στις 14 & 15 Απριλίου 1983, όπου γίνεται κυριολεκτικά χαμός από κάτω, με τον κόσμο να ζητάει πένες και μπαγκέτες από τους Socrates. Μετά από αρκετό καιρό στην Αγγλία το 1984, νιώθουν υπερβολικά κουρασμένοι και νοσταλγοί της πατρίδας, επιπλέον και οι ίδιοι γνωρίζουν ότι οι εποχές έχουν αλλάξει και ότι είναι μεγάλοι πια (πάνω από τα 30), για να κολυμπήσουν στα βαθιά νερά, αν αυτό γινόταν 10 χρόνια πριν θα το επιχειρούσαν, να μείνουν και να το παλέψουν όσο μπορούσαν. Επιχείρησαν για μια ακόμη φορά να επιβληθούν στη διεθνή αγορά και κυρίως στην Αγγλία, αλλά και αυτή η προσπάθεια έμεινε χωρίς αποτέλεσμα. Έτσι επιστρέφουν πίσω στην Ελλάδα για μερικές συναυλίες και γύρω στο 1986 "διαλύονται", και τα μέλη του συγκροτήματος ακολουθούν ξεχωριστές επιτυχημένες καριέρες.

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