Music in the 1970s

During the early 1970s there was a rise of popular soft rock music. Famous artists and bands like

Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Black Sabbath, Elton John and Pink floyd emerged during this decade. With these new bands came new lyrics and a new face of music and sex.

Beginning in the late 1970s, new bands like ACDC, the Sex Pistols and Van Halen began writing songs that included obscene lyrics and a new twist to the typical "love" tunes.

For example, ACDC's song "Whole Lotta Rosie":

Wanna tell you a story

'Bout a woman I know

When it comes to lovin'

Oh she steals the show

She ain't exactly pretty

Ain't exactly small

Forty-two, thirty-nine, fifty-six

You could say she's got it all

Never had a woman

Never had a woman like you

Doing all the things

Doing all the things you do

Ain't no fairy story

Ain't no skin and bone

But you give it all you got

Weighing in at nineteen stone

CHORUS:You're a whole lotta woman

A whole lotta womanWhole lotta

RosieAnd you're a whole lotta woman

Oh honey you can do it

Do it to me all night long

Only wanna turn

Only wanna turn me on

All through the night time

And right around the clock

To my surprise

Rosie never stops

(Click here to watch the video of this song)

Because rock was becoming popular during the 1970s, everyone was attracted and captured by its lyrics and power, therefore it helped sex become a symbol during this decade.