The Stones, Joplin, Hendrix and Singer-Songwriters Flashcards
When did the “British Invasion” occur?
Mid-late sixties.
What is Merseybeat?
A style of music developed in Liverpool that blended rockabilly, pop, and R&B.
What are three examples of Merseybeat groups?
- Gerry and the Pacemakers.
- Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas.
- Peter and Gordon.
What is a song by Gerry and the Pacemakers?
“Ferry Cross the Mersey”.
What is London Blues and the British Art School Scene?
A style that blended rockabilly, pop, R&B, and blues, but each had recognizably unique styles within their hybrid forms.
What are four examples of British Art School Scene groups?
- The Kinks.
- The Who.
- The Yardbirds.
- The Rolling Stones.
What are some characteristic features of The Kinks’ music?
Incorporated proto-heavy metal in some of their music, and employed ironic and detached personae in their lyrical content.
What are some techniques that exemplify the use of proto-heavy metal incorporated in some of The Kinks’ music?
Primal riffs and highly distorted electric guitar.
What is the name of a song by The Kinks?
“All Day and All of the Night”.
Who was the leader of The Who?
Songwriter Pete Townshend.
The Who was closely associated with the ___.
Mods.
Mods was a…
London subculture with strong ties to American R&B, motor scooters, “smart clothes,” and amphetamines.
The Who can be considered one of the first bands to practice ___ ___.
Performing art.
The Who’s stage act often incorporated highly ___ violence, which often resulted in destroying their own equipment.
Theatricized.
What is a rock opera?
A theatrical performance of a plot with rock music.
What is the plot of Tommy?
Tommy’s dad goes off to war. When he comes back, he finds his wife with another man, and ends up killing that man. Tommy’s mom brainwashes Tommy into thinking that he heard or saw nothing, making him deaf, blind, and dumb. Tommy is teased, molested, and even given acid. One day, he realizes his potential as a leader when looking into a mirror smashed by his mother, he starts a religious movement. The movement fails, and Tommy retreats inwards again.
Give an example of a rock opera and its artist.
Tommy by The Who.
The Yardbirds are renowned for pumping out famous guitarists such as…
Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page.
Who was the most famous band to come out of the British Art School Scene?
The Rolling Stones.
How did the Beatles influence the music of The Rolling Stones?
The Rolling Stones incorporated the use of strings, use of the sitar, and the influence and allusion to psychedelia popularized by the Beatles.
After 1967, The Rolling Stones began to…
Develop their own unique brand of hard rock.
The Rolling Stones started out writing their own music. True or false?
False.
Who was the lead singer of The Rolling Stones?
Mick Jagger. `
What are some influenced to San Francisco and Psychedelic Rock?
- 20th Century Modernism.
- Freud.
- Symbolist Poetry.
- “Stream of Consciousness” Writing.
- Existentialist Philosophy.
- Surrealism and Expressionism (Salvador Dali).
- Eastern Philosophy.
The musical style of psychedelic rock was heavily influenced by the improvisations found in ___, ___, and ___ ___ ___ ___, particularly…
Jazz, blues, South Asian classical music. The Hindustani tradition.
What are the two examples of the earliest songs that were associated with psychedelic rock music?
“Eight Miles High” by The Byrds and “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles.
Techniques from ___ ___ and the ___ ___ scene both filtered into psychedelic rock.
Musique concrete, avant garde.
