Music is an International language. There are many kinds of music in America. Today, almost every student likes popular music in America. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers(喇叭) and play the music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult(成人) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio stations are playing music for everyone all the time.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes, and the radio stations use these CDs or tapes in every state(州). If young people all over the country hear the popular singers' music, they will buy those
CDs or tapes. Some of the money from these CDs or tapes comes to the singers. When the singers go outside, all the young people always want to meet them at any place. In this way, the singers become famous stars all over the country.
There are also other kinds of music, and they are important to Americans. The first one is folk(民谣) music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. The second one is western or country( 乡村 ) music. Western cowboys started this kind of music, and they would sing at night to the cows when they were watching the cows. Today, when Americans talk about western or country music, they mean any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl. The third one is classical music. People enjoy this kind of music in the concert halls, such as The Blue Danube and The Symphonies(交响乐) of Beethoven.
