50 YEARS OF ROCK AND ROLL

50 YEARS OF ROCK AND ROLL.A MUSIC STYLE, A MOVEMENT-THE FOOD THAT FEEDS OUR SOULS-IT WAS CONSTITUTED NOT SIMPLY AS MUSIC BUT ALSO AS KNOWLEDGE.

BORN IN MEMPHIS, U.S.A., ROCK AND ROLL IS A MUSIC STYLE THAT MIXES POPULAR BLACK MUSIC [GOSPEL, BLUES AND RHYTHM AND BLUES] WITH ELEMENTS FROM WESTERN AND COUNTRY (FROM WHITE CULTURE). IN 1954, BILL HALLEY AND HIS COMETS, WITH “ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK” FINALLY OFFICIALIZED THE RISING OF ROCK AND ROLL, FOLLOWED BY ELVIS PRESLEY [IN 1954, HE RECORDED A TUNE CALLED “THAT´S ALL RIGHT”], BUDDY HOLLY, LITTLE RICHARD, CHUCK BERRY AND OTHERS.

ROCK AND ROLL RAPIDLY SPREAD ALL OVER EUROPE, SPECIALLY GREAT BRITAIN, AND ITS GREAT TIME CAME IN THE SIXTIES, WITH PAUL, JOHN,RINGO AND GEORGE-THE BEATLES-ON OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROCK BANDS IN THE WORLD, AND ROLLING STONES, THE ONLY BAND OF THAT TIME STILL ON THE ROAD.

SINCE THEN, ROCK AND ROLL NEVER STOPPED: YES, PINK FLOYD, DAVID BOWIE, JANIS JOPLIN, JIMY HENDRIX, U2, THE WHO, LENNY KRAVITZ ARE SOME OF ITS FOLLOWERS.IN BRAZIL, MUTANTES [RITA LEE, THE GRANDMA], SEPULTURA, LEGIÃO URBANA, TITÃS, RATOS DE PORÃO, O RAPPA...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROCK AND ROLL. GOOD OLD DAYS THAT ARE GONE, AND GOOD DAYS TO COME.

 

EXERCISES:

 

1-       RETIRE OS VERBOS DO TEXTO:

 2-    CLASSIFIQUE OS TEMPOS VERBAIS:

3-      FAÇA UMA CÓPIA DO TEXTO:

                                                  4- FAÇA A LEITURA E A TRADUÇÃO