“LIVE!” ROCK PERFORMANCE AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND IT

Text topic: Cultures of Rhythms and Spectacle

Text author: Зоран Косјерина

The article is focused on rock concerts and music events of popular music in general. It was inspired by the need to express thoughts and doubts arising from author’s personal experiences and reading of the available literature. It takes into consideration all the most important aspects of the topic: today’s importance and the role of rock concerts, issue of authenticity in rock performance, problems of audience-performer communication, similarities to the events in theater before and after the emergence of rock music…