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Timing was important (1964) Kennedy was shot
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The British resurrected the music we ignored
Englands James Dean counterpart was The Teddy Boys
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A tame brand of pop folk music and traditional jazz taken from New Orleans Style
Music was popular in England int he mid 1950’s
Lonnie Donegan “King of Skiffle”
Changed social behavior, brought change in the music
British Bands turned to Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry Etc.
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Initial Important Facts about the beatles |
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Leading group of pop history
Able to change music history through all facets, musical style, fashion, and social behavior
Early Influences: Skiffle Music
Can be broken into 3 distinctive periods
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Pop Style
Love Songs
Driving up beat tempo
Hambury, Germany became their training ground
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The Early Period Recordings |
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The first album (Please Please Me) was recorded in only 13 hours
Four Ablbums fall into the early period
From the beginning Lennon, McCartney, were not equal in writing their songs
American Releases are different than British Releases
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More acoustic/folk elements (Dylan Influence)
Introspective style emerges
Individuality more evident
Social statement in songs
Next 2 Albums Help! (Aug 65) and Rubber Soul (Dec. 65)
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Music Selections from the middle period |
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You’ve got to hide your love away
Bigger than jesus Controversey (March 1966)
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Use of studio techniques
music more individualized
more artisitic composition
Added insturmentation
Drug Influenced
tyhe Whiel album titled The Beatles is ironically the least collaboratvie album the group made
7 Album releases
Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, The Beatles (White Album) Let it Be, Abbey Road
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Music Selctions from the Late Period |
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Strawberry Fields Forever (Lennon 1.0) |
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Written in 1966 during the filming of “How i Won the War” strawberry fields was infact a salvation army house in the neighborhood where lennon grew up |
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More Interesting Facts about the Beatles |
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Lennon and McCartney composed many songs that provided other performers with many hits
Many firsts happened with the Beatles in the studio
Use of recorded feedback sitar mellotron, fuzz bass effect studio manipulation, backward tape loops
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Considered the 5th beatle |
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Respected by many drummers and musicians for his excellent time keeping |
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John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers |
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Known as the elder statesmen of British Blues music |
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The starting point for Clapton/Beck/Page
Early pioneers of psychedelic music
Kown for ad hoc jams (called Raves)
Fierce drive to the music
I’m a Man, Got love if you want it, Smoke Stack lightning
Jeff Beck Jimmy Page
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Mix of R;B with extended guitar/Harmonica Passages Blues with a fierce drive to the music |
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Eric Burdon
Second only to the rolling stones in influencing among R;B based bands
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Led by Van Morrison rank them among the best of the British Invasion bands
Considered the most critically acclaimed pop music songwriter of the 1960’s
Composer of rock classic “Gloria”
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almost entirely attributed to one man Berry Goudy
R&B music that passed for black and white in sound
Perfected Gospel pop fusion
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Produced a unique blend of stock rock chord progressions
Gospel Feel
Doo Wop male Vocals
Solid instrumental back up
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repeated use of a catchy hook phrase
repitition of melodic hooks resulted in familiarity to the public
produced the sound of Young America
Studio Musicians were known as the Funk Brothers
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The studio musicians who shaped the Motown Sound
Played on more number one hits than the beatles, the rolling stones, the beach boys, and elvis combined
The funk Brothers are documented in the movie “standing in the shadows of motown”
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Leading writing team of Motown |
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Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
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Known for Robinsons beautiful falsetto voice
Ballads become the Miracles Forte
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became one of Motowns most enigmatic and consistently popular acts
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Stage One Marvin Gaye (1963-1971) |
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worked with all the motown production staff and founded medium tempo shouters to be succesful |
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Stage Two Marvin Gaye (1971-1984) |
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Pensive and introspective style |
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Music built around lead singer Levi Stubbs
“Baby I need your loving” and “I cant help Myslef”
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The Finest vocal group in the 60’s soul music
The closest to church and gospel roots
“My Girl”
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Diana Ross and The Supremes |
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One of the most important female groups in rock history
The Supremes music is the purest expression of the Motown Sound
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Fronted by the 10yr old Michael Jackson
He danced like a mini james brown
;transcended all races and age barriers
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Motown’s premier white rock and soul band
Motowns experimental assult on the rock market
Labeled ” Blue eyed soul”
“Get Ready” and ” I just want to celebrate”
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Most succesful artists in Motown’s history
First big hit was “Fingertips” part 2 age 12
First live recording to hit #1 in rock history “Little”
120 page contract with motown made business history
by the 70’s he was playing most of the instruments on his album
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Most important American contributor to rock music
First Poet of the mass media
two distinctive time periods 1) Acoustic 2) Electric
This implues folk and rock are seperate—dyan shows that is rock
Fusion of country, folk, bliues, rock n roll, and poetry both ancient and new
His lyrics have been discussed in english classes
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Bob Dylan Acoustic Period |
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First album “times they are a changing”
was his most overt protest album
Gives the feeling of the dust bowl era
Grapes of Wrath
Times they are a changing
Became an anthem for a frusterated youth
with god on our side (1964)
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Illustrates wit
Music was a catalyst for the drug culture and the Vietnam War
Dylan’s Electric band went on to form the band (Robbie Robertson)
Set the scene for folk rock
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Subterranean Homesick Blues |
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Dylans first top 40 hit
One of dyland first electric pieces
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Critics considered it to be Dylan’s Magnum opus |
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Groups that synthesized Dylan and the Beatles
Dylans Composition: Mr Tamborine Man (65)
Declared to be the first folk rock hit in rock history
beatles tick to ride inspired the sound and feel
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Hearld as the first drug tune and led 60’s music to the psychedelic period aka acid rock |
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One of the most representative sounds of the 1960’s
written by stephen stils during the aftermath of the infamous sunset strips riots of 66-67
Commonley labeled a protest song
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Most successful artist in motown history
first big hit was fingertips part 2 age 12
first live recording to hit #1 in rock history was “Little”
120 page contract with motown made business history;
by the 70’s he was playing most of the instruments on his album
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Brought Country influence into R/B
Burke never celebrate a number one hit on the pop charts but enjoyed many hits in the R/B charts
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Atlantics best selling southern soul performer
in the midnight hour most successful soul song of the era
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Instrumental Soul Memphis |
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Formed Booker T and the MG’s
“Green Onions”
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Skillful at delivering ballads with passion
earned a reputation as leading performer of soul ballads;
his performance at the monteray pop festival gained him a wider audience;
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Haight Ashbury
large community of folk musicians;
The acid test by Ken Keesy became known as the happening
Estimated there were 500-1500 bands in the area
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became entrenched in the university curriculum by the early 1960’s
Gave students a language to question complacent assumptions of American Society
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Psychedelic Music/San Francisco Scene |
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Floating to the music
eastern indian influence (sitar)
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Considered to be the start of the Haight Ashbury scene |
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one of the best san Francisco bands on the 60’s
most versatile other than Sg bands
combinations of folk blues country and Classic R/R
Early airplane played some of Moby’s compositions
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Most popular of the san francisco bands
leaders of the protest movement and supporters of free love
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Great Females Rock voice
Represented the love hate relationship of the 60’s
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considered to be the ultimate cult band
never really part of the mainstream music scene
House band for Keesey’s Acid Test “happenings”
music is an electric blend of folk country and blues
Fans known as the Deadheads
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Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Van Morrison, janice joplin, Brian jones. all died at 27 yrs old |
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a representation of a culture and a generation (like Dylan)
Broke barriers for women in music industry
overall her performances were fresh and sincere
sang the blues to transcend pain
Gained National Fame at Monteray Pop Festival
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discovered by Chas Chandler (ex animal band member) |
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Jimi Hendrix Three Studio Albums |
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considered to be his finest work
Are you experienced and Axis bold as love
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redefined the guitar and guitar performance
able to explore and master all the sonic force of the instrument
had the gift and ability to harness the distortions
distortion and feedback were not for gimmick
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along with Hendrix expanded the sonic vocabulary of the electric guitar |
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later albums starting with Led Zeppelin 3 moved more to folk-derived material and Celtic mythology
considered to be the first heavy metal band in history
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Art Rock (Classical Rock) |
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blending of classical music with rock
references to mythology
use of odd meters and frequent mood/tempo changes
large % of art rock were british bands
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Art Rock Vs. Progressive Rock |
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art rock was influenced by classical music
progressive rock music influenced by Jazz styles
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Viewed by the Rock Purist |
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attempt to legitimize rock music
aimed to broaden the market of listeners of rock music
punk music was a revolt of Art Rock music
Leading british art rock bands of the 60/70’s: Moody Blues and Pink Floyd
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Days of the future passed
concept album
Programmatic music;
paved the way for other art rock bands
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experimental space rock band;
inclusion of concrete music;
creation of themes result in concepts of massive scale
syd barret an important founding member
Barrett played a major role in the musical and stylistic direction of the bands early work;
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The Piper at the gates of dawn |
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Pink Floyds debut album only one made under Syd Barrett leadership; |
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partly inspired by Syd Barrett’s deteriorating mental state |
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Music combines an understanding of and appreciation of 20th century composers Stravinsky Stockhausen and Edgard Varese
music was combined doo wop and rock and roll
social satire and stinging wit
avant garde jazz
guitar heavy rock and r/b
collages of many styles
satrist with a wicked sense of humor and absurdity
his band the mothers of invention formed in 1966
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British artist of theatre rock
cross dressing resulted in Ziggy Stardust (1972)
Ziggy Sold in Britain not in the US (too mainstream)
Set the stage for glam rock (Lou Reed, Kiss, Ny Dolls)
Space oddity 1969
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never quite fit into mainstream rock and roll of the late 60’s early 70’s
early punk bands from Detroit
MC-5, The Stooges(Iggy Pop), Alice Cooper
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father of shock rock
influenced by comic book stories and RKO horror movie shows
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essentially laid the foundations for the emergence of punk
Led by John Sinclair (leader of the infamous white panther party)
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Godfather of punk music
carried on the stage the drama of Jim Morrison
early group the stooges
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NY proto punk
known as the key touchstone to punk and new wave combination of music and art
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Improvised lyrics that reflected the NY lifestyle
combines 60;s garage rock with the literary writing styles of Rimbaud, Burroughs and Ginsberg
Referred to as the godmother of punk
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anticipates new wave of music
a hybrid of classical rock and pose beat poetry
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most popular of the punk bands
crystallized the musical ideals of the genre
cut rock and roll down to its bare essentials
1. Four chords
2.simple catchy
3. irresistibly insane lyrics
4.very fast tempos
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created something that was rooted in the early 60’s pre beatles rock and roll and pop but sounded revolutionary.
Labeled by some as bubble gum punk
Blitzkrieg Bop
Pinhead
I wanna be Sedated;
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Punk the british connection |
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brought to the UK by Malcolm Mclaren
Mclaren became the sex pistols manager;
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