The so-called "pop music" experienced a global revolution in the 1960s, and after the 1970s, it showed unprecedented prosperity. Rock music, electronic music, singing groups, jazz, blues and other rich forms. What we hear today is not what the bourgeoisie wants to hear. Following Martin Luther King's speech "I Have a Dream", Bob Dylan sang the world-famous "The Answer Gone with the Wind". Following this mass movement gathered by hundreds of thousands of people, Chairman Mao issued a "May 20" statement to support the liberation struggle of oppressed nations and people all over the world. These are like flat spring thunder, inspiring the fighting spirit of revolutionaries all over the world. The people's music liberation movement that followed impacted the rule of American reactionary groups like a flood. This liberation movement of people's music took rock music as the pioneer and stepped onto the stage. The artists of rock music sang the struggle between people's hearts and love according to the free and happy life rhythm with extremely simple band organization form. The main music sources of rock music are traditional European and American folk songs and African-American singing.

Therefore, it is a form of folk music. This form has withstood the baptism of the global revolution and developed into modern folk art in the industrial age and the information age through the processing of young artists. In the process of growing up, rock music also promoted the modernization of folk songs. Therefore, what is finally brought is the comprehensive liberation of various music forms that people love to see and hear. This music revolution in developed countries also involves many poor and backward developing countries at the end of this century, where people actively and effectively cooperate with this earth-shaking great cause in their own way.

"Pop music" originated from American jazz. At the beginning of the 20th century, a kind of jazz composed of multi-ethnic cultures appeared in America. This new music, with its unique way of playing (singing), refreshed the audience's eyes and ears, caused a sensation in the United States and soon spread all over Western Europe.

"Pop music" originated from American jazz, and then discussed the types of pop music in Europe and America, including:

Jazz

(2) Country music

(3) Rock music

④ Latin music

(5) Rap music

Cultural Functions of European and American Pop Music —— On the Characteristics and Influence of European and American Pop Music

(A), cognitive function

(B), the educational function

(3) Aesthetic function

(4) Entertainment function

(v) Consumption function

(6) Digestive function

(7) The function of "cultural feedback"

(viii) Low-cost educational functions outside the system.

(9), introduction and resistance function

(10), the "safety valve" function of society

(10), cultural symbol function

(12) The function of affirming self-worth and enhancing individual self-confidence.

(13), communication function

European and American pop music has played an irreplaceable role in the development of human civilization. While feeling its charm, we should also pay attention to taking its essence and discarding its dross, so as to enrich our life and cultivate our sentiment in music. Music is a part of human civilization, which needs us to develop through inheritance.