I’ve heard them being used interchangebly but I wanna know if there’s any social(what ppl think) or mechanical(how its played) differences
rock is simply the shortened version of rock and roll. about the early 70s the expression "rock" began to replace the term "rock and roll" in popular reference and some people may claim (mistakingly) that there is a difference, it’s all only rock and roll (but I like it !)
April 13th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
As far as I know Rock is just short for Rock & Roll.
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April 13th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
About the same as Country and Country & Western, not much really. Just what certain people refer to it as. Perhaps that it’s faster to say Rock and Country than to refer to the whole shebang.
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April 13th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
i agree, short for rock & roll.
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April 13th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Rock n Roll has the certain swing and groovy feature to it.
It is more funky.
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April 13th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Its the same exact thing…..
XD
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April 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
The difference is in how many syllables you feel like using at the moment
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April 13th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Nothing really. I have never used the term rock and roll when I talk about music. I simply call it rock.
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April 13th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
well i always associated rock & roll with more 50’s do-op kinda stuff, but who knows i could be wrong. i mean you might call elvis rock & roll, but would you call pink floyd rock & roll. i wouldn’t, but again just my opinion.
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April 13th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
R&R mite have been used when it first started like back in the days( 50s I think ) of Chuck Berry ,Chubby checker, Bo Diddly ect,etc because R&R was first started by African American and later caught on by Caucasians. Nowadays Rock & Roll music has evolved and is widely seen as " white" music and the name has kinda changed with the time too. Rock is just a modern day term for R&R and also I think it has to do with the tempo and lyrics because the music has gone from writing about love and all that to politics and other things.
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April 13th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
well, in my professional opinion, (LOL. yeah, right.), Rock & Roll is all that ancient stuff that sounds like crap, like the beatles, the who, the monkeys, temptations, and more. rock is modern stuff, which is the greatest type of music. this consists of the all american rejects, (best band ever) greenday, red hot chili peppers, and more. rock also includes 70’s and 80’s stuff too. such as rush, kansas, the police, boston, ect.
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i listen to ALOT of rock.
April 13th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
rock is simply the shortened version of rock and roll. about the early 70s the expression "rock" began to replace the term "rock and roll" in popular reference and some people may claim (mistakingly) that there is a difference, it’s all only rock and roll (but I like it !)
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April 13th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
i think rock n roll is more like classic rock, and rock is the more modern stuff.
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April 13th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
None. Rock is Rock.
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Keep on ROCKIN!!!
April 13th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
i think the difference is age. When people say rock ‘n’ roll i think of classic rock like Led Zeppelin, but when people say rock i think more of current rock bands.
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April 13th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
about 5 characters and two spaces.
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April 13th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
i think rock is the genre and rock & roll is the sub-genre of rock.
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April 13th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
None they both are the same!!!!
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KEEP ROCKIN YALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!