Music and Ideology

An ideology is a beleif or ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture. Every music genre has this idea of an acompanying ideology. Often gneres divide along binary oppositions or a dichotomy. A dichotomy meaning a procedure that is a whole whole split into two parts for example two different music genres.

Here is an exampe of a dichotomy in pop and rock.

                                                 Pop                     Rock  

                  

                                                Clean                                    Dirty                                                           

Calmer                               Agressive

Euphemistic                       Literal

Non-Sexual                        Sexual

No drugs                             Drugs

Happy                                Angry

Dream                                Realistic

Professional/Rehearsed      Less Competent

Generic                               Individual

Low pitched                       High Pitched

Apolitcal                           Policical