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Rock N' Roll Should Be Named The Offical Music Of The United States
Rock n' Roll was invented in America and has influenced and inspired generations of Americans. Most people who grew up listening to rock stars such as Elvis Presly, The Beatles,Jimi Hendrix,Chuck Berry, Bill Halle & The Comets, Tom Petty & the Heartbrakers remeber there songs that they listened to. Despite other genres getting in the way of it's popularity it's still popular and is the American Music that will never die.
 JoeCool  22 Feb 2008 18:15
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I agree rock has impacted our lives the most!!
 
 n-stein8_  24 Oct 2008 06:27
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Mmm. Rock and roll. America rocks. America rolls. =D
 
 imright20  03 Oct 2008 21:30
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With the name Rock ‘n’ Roll there are a few names that automatically come to our mind. Names like Elvis Presley, who has achieved a considerable fame of being the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll of America. Bands have also been very famous like The Beatles, with this name we remember songs like “Come together”, “Hard day’s night” and a many more. Most of these bands and solo singers brought in a revolution in the history of music in the United States. Basically Rock ‘n’ Roll was discovered in the United States and this music came into the fore front with the help of these revolutionary movements. So the United States also underwent through a very different kind of musical scenario where Rock ‘n’ Roll came into the spotlight. Thus it can be said that Rock ‘n’ Roll can be the official music of the United States.
 
 sudipa  16 Mar 2008 05:51
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 Thank you for agreeing with me on this debate.
by  JoeCool
 03 Apr 2008 21:46
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Rock N Roll is and will always be British. Ozzy, Def Leppard... The list goes on
 
 ac_dc  05 Nov 2008 03:50
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 Rock N Roll started in Britian when they got hold of the blues and jazz from America. Then you can start your list.
by  justsumguy
 05 Nov 2008 03:55
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Jazz and the Blues are the true American forms of music, along with American folk music.

Rock belongs to the world. It was dead in the U.S. When the British Invasion hit.
 
 OzzieMan  02 Jun 2008 02:29
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Attempts to make something "official" suggests that it is permanent and will never change. It is a position of fearful ignorance, not of moral or factual rightness. The question is as juvenile and intellectually weak as asking for English to be the US's "official language".

And by the way, gospel, jazz and country music have been the "official music" of the US for longer than rock music. How ignorant of music history must someone be to even ask the "question"?

Then again...rock and roll is as dead stylistically as the US is morally, so maybe you're right. It would be appropriate.
 
 K9  19 Apr 2008 09:16
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Many of you people might be forgetting that the British have greatly influenced rock music as we know it today... I bring to point such influential bands such as The Beatles, Yes, Supertramp, The Moody Blues... The list goes on. No country should have an official national genre of music, because music belongs to the world, and everyone perceives it differently.
 
 Roundabout  28 Mar 2008 04:19
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 Country music tells stories and shows patriotism and people don't seem to notice that.
by  JoeCool
 03 Apr 2008 21:46
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I can't see the point in naming an "official music" in the United States or anywhere else. Rock n' roll was born in a spirit of rebellion so to make it official would almost be an insult to those who pioneered it.

Besides, although it has undoubtedly been greatly influential, rock n' roll has almost died out now. Jazz deserves more respect as a uniquely American musical style which has endured the test of time.
 
 Hidell  25 Feb 2008 11:28
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Haha....HELL NO!!!!!That is inaccurate...because not everyone in America likes that type of music. And it's not even the most popular at that.
 
 pride135  22 Feb 2008 20:23
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 I absolutely HATE rock and roll... yuck.
by  -125_
 22 Feb 2008 20:27
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