The Sixties was a time when corruption and cultural conflict were prominent in society. One source states that it was also a decade that was defined by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, riots, and assassinations. This tumultuous decade is expressed through the music. John Orman author of The Politics of Rock Music, writes that “Rock music reflects society.” Music is in Clive Davis’s phrase, “a footnote to the events within society.” The …showed first 75 words of 2382 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2382 total…driving force for the youth of America that alerted them to the problems of society. There was an impact because the music and the lyrics weren’t created by marketing executives. They were made by people who cared about the things that they wrote and sang about. People that listened to these songs heard the emotion in the voices of the popular musicians. People heard someone who cared about something and then they cared too.