ok this is a silly question i just want to know what everyones theory is
i can see how they got the rock cause u rock u head/body back and forth but what does the roll mean
just wonderin lol
2007-11-09 04:56:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
"Rock and Roll" originated back in the 50's when people thought it was a bad influence on their children (just like a lot of music today too!).
The term is actually a reference to sex.
2007-11-09 05:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by Chick-A- Deedle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a euphemism for sex (the connection should be obvious). It originated in the jazz and blues era, and was used in pop songs as early as the 1920s (I think Trixie Smith is noted as the first to use it, sometime in the early 20s). And The Boswell Sisters have a song called "Rock and Roll" from the 1930s. And all of this was actually an ironic twist at "rock and roll" in a religious context, notably for Shakers, Baptists, etc...
Anyway... in the early 1950s Alan Freed applied that term to a new wave of rhythm & blues music that combined Blues, Cabaret, Boogie Woogie, Western Swing, Gospel, and various other things and voila! Rock n Roll as we know it.
2007-11-09 05:37:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe a DJ Alan Freed came up with the term Rock n Roll
2007-11-09 06:47:25 · answer #3 · answered by Da'Nell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allan Freid came up with the expression a long time ago. I think he said Rock n Roll because the music back then had a louder, harsher, more aggitative sound that the music most people were listening to.
2007-11-09 05:22:30 · answer #4 · answered by Brad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im guessing it's because of the dancing people did when Rock & Roll first came about.
2007-11-09 05:05:26 · answer #5 · answered by Geo-Star 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that wiki link pretty much has the background on it. Alan Freed who was the DJ that coined the phrase as sarge said, made it popular but it was a term in use since the late 40s.
2007-11-09 05:18:56 · answer #6 · answered by sociald 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sometimes do when people don't notice or when nobodies around. :)
Rock is like any other music it effects people differently.
Dance to the music or Rock on!
2007-11-09 06:33:39 · answer #7 · answered by Jennifer S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just some term coined by a DJ in Cleveland...no idea where he came up with it.
2007-11-09 05:04:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
roll doesnt matter. That is just a term elvis used. bio tch
2007-11-09 05:27:10 · answer #9 · answered by 5han3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it means like roll your neck like u bang ur head and roll your neck
2007-11-09 06:27:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋