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Midterm 2 (Part 2) Flashcards

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Political & Economic Context of Late 60s

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Mistrust in government continues with ongoing Vietnam war + Civil Rights movement = counterculture

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Central Themes/Influences of Late 60s

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  1. Disillusionment (honest themes)
  2. Free Love (explicit lyrics)
  3. Drugs (hallucinogenins and Eastern culture)
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Album emblematic of counterculture; first album to be presented completely whole (no singles)
- Cover: many counterculture figures
- Unique instrumentation on every song
- Drug influences (A Day in the Life)
- “Be In” Audience (symbolic of communal living)

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Psychedelic Rock

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Emerged out of San Francisco, confluence of folk rock, hard rock, blues, Latin and Indian music

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Jefferson Airplane

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First band out of psychedelic scene to achieve national success (ACID ROCK)

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White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)

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Quintessential psychedelic rock; latin and bolero influence (one big crescendo)
- Theme: irony of parents condoning drug use, despite all the drug references in Alice in Wonderland
- 16:00!!!

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Janis Joplin + Big Brother and the Holding Company

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Psychedelic band which hopped on Jefferson Airplane bandwagon
- Album ‘Cheap Thrills’

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Summertime (Big Brother and the Holding Company)

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Cover of G.Gershwin TPA standard
- Distinct vocals by Joplin; raspy, multiphonics (2 notes produced at same time)

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The Grateful Dead

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Psychedelic band infamous for life performance
- ‘Live/Dead’ album recorded over many shows (songs like jam sessions)
- Counterculture community = Dead Heads

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Jim Morrison

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Lead singer of The Doors, famous for:
- Stage presence
- Outrageous lyrics

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The Doors

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Band name originates from “The Doors of Perception”, reference to a hallucinogenic trip
- Difference from other bands: no bass player!

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Light My Fire (The Doors)

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Quintessential psychedelic rock
- Theme: thinly veiled reference to all nighter of sex and drugs
- Changed radio consumption of rock (short version charted → long version played → increased record sales)

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Jimi Hendrix

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Most inventive guitar virtuoso of the guitar era
- Feedback, distortion, volume!

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Jimi Hendrix and the Experience

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Band formed in London, debuted in America and Monterey Pop Festival (Cali)
- Hendrix guitar tricks on display (with teeth, behind back, set on fire, made love to it!)

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Star-Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock)

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Unprecedented guitar playing (orchestra worth of timbre)
- Can hear the rockets and bombs
***Fine line between music and noise!

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Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)

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Quintessential Hendrix guitar
- Experimentation galore!
- Established the Hendrix chord (tritone)

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The End of Counterculture

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  1. 60s counterculture goes mainstream (centralized producers profiting)
  2. Deaths of Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison
  3. Dissolution of Beatles
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Conservative Approach (of 70s)

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New approach of the 70s involved:
- Mature themes (no more disillusionment, free love, drugs)
- Nostalgia for earlier age
- Reintroduction of the division between black and white music

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Emerging Technology of the 70s

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Magnetic tape → 8-track + cassettes

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The Illusion of Choice

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Pop music splinted into MANY genres with goal of increasing marketability

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Radio’s Album Oriented Rock (AOR)

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Effort to increase record sales by playing songs that could only acquired by buying full album
- Airtime given mostly to white artists (rock becoming more ‘white’)

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Carole King

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First a songwriter working in the Brill Building, then became singer

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Its Too Late (Carole King)

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Soft rock which emulated the 70s conservative approach
- Mature theme: end of relationship, acceptance of change and growing apart
- Instrumental variety

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Joni Mitchell

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Confessional singer-songwriter

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All I Want (Joni Mitchell)

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First track off album ‘Blue’, a highly confessional album
- Sparse instrumentation = focus on lyric
- Dulcimer = adds exotic flavor
- Form = unpredictable!

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Elton John

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Master of pop rock who capitalized on the nostalgia craze of the 70s conservative approach

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Crocodile Rock

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Song which capitalized on the nostalgia craze, based on a fictitious dance (recall dance craze of 60s!)
- Lyric: “I remember when rock was young”
- Music: Rock N Roll
- Arrangement: piano as percussion, whiny vocals in Beach Boys style

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Stevie Wonder

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Strived to connect African American traditions to rock (despite division in early 70s)
- Like Spector: multi-faceted producer
- Like Gordy: maintained full artistic control

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Superstition (Stevie Wonder)

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Highlight of many African American traditions
- Intensely syncopated riff
- Chord changes in verse reminiscent of blues
- Unchanging chord in hook (James Brown)
- Instrumental layering (James Brown)

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Introduction of Arena Rock (70s)

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Transition made from the festivals of the 60s (‘be in’ tradition) → marketability!

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Issue Posed to LPs by Concept Albums

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Artists need to fill 40 mins (20 mins each side) of meaningful, unified work!

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Concept Album Example: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie)

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Glam rock album, designed with stage production in mind
- Theme: alien (Ziggy Stardust) visits Earth, becomes a rockstar and dies under the pressures of fame

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Concept Album Example: Dark Side of the Moon

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Psychedelic/experimental rock album
- Theme: things that drive us to madness (time, work, money)
- Also unified by: sounds (heart beat, ticking clock, cash register), musical style/mood

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Led Zeppelin

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British Heavy Metal band (blues rock + psychedelic rock)
What set them apart?
- Guitar virtuoso: Jimmy Page
- Folk influences

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Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

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Juxtaposition of heavy metal and folk
- Music escalates like a stairway = MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT (rural acoustic → electric → sudden stop)
- AOR, but worse! (album had no title, labels)

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Cover Art of ‘Led Zeppelin 4’

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Rustic wallpaper shreds away to reveal cityscape
Natural (folk) → artificial (electric)

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Miles Davis

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Pioneer of jazz rock (rock instruments + virtuosic jazz performance)

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Bitches Brew

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Jazz rock album by Miles Davis
- Ostinato (repeated bass pattern) = flexibility
- Not tonal (no place of rest, such as tonic chord)
***All over the place!

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Reasons Why Disco Opposed Rock

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  1. No time for the thematic statements of concept albums → need to dance!
  2. Shift focus from performer to producer
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Creation of Disco

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Singles expanded to fill one side of LP → multiple turntables allowed one record to play into the next without interruption
- Segue mixes (sequence of songs one after another)

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Saturday Night Fever

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First instance of disco in the mainstream
- Working class Italian kid rises through the ranks to become a dance champ

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Love Unlimited Orchestra

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40 piece backup band for the Love Unlimited Vocal Trio

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Disco Pioneers

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Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Bee Gees, Village People

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Love’s Theme (Love Unlimited Orchestra)

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Disco instrumental with full danceability
- Syncopated grove, guitar scratches
- String-dominant melody reminiscent of 60s soul

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Good Times (CHIC)

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Disco with full danceability (constant tempo and beat, repetitive song form)
- Light, easy singalong lyrics
- Limited harmony (oscillates between 2 chords)

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Progressive Country (Genre)

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Rebellion against the Nashville Sound (distinguished country from rock)
- Pushed boundary of country towards rock

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Willie Nelson

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Pioneer of Progressive Country

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Outlaw

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Country performer who appealed to audiences of country and rock
- Ex. Willie Nelson

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Willie Nelson’s Style

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Country with rock (R&B) timbre; conversational voice

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Red Headed Stranger

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Concept album by Willie Nelson
- Lady cheats on man, man hunts her down and kills her

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Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Willie Nelson)

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Progressive country song containing both acoustic and electric instruments
- Vocals: dynamic, emotive

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Ska

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Genre resulting from the combination of Jamaican Folk and American R&B
- Result: addition of brass and woodwind instruments to R&B ensembles

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Thorough Fare (Don Drummand & The Skatalites)

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Quintessential ska; fast, steady rhythm which places trombone front and center

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Rastafarianism

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Reinterpretation of the bible by which all African diaspora will return to Africa to reclaim the holy land

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Rock Steady (Alton Ellis)

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Represents Ska + Rastafarian + Burru
- More mellow than Ska (sounds Reggae)

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Rude Boys

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Social category of individuals in Jamaica who embodied counterculture

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Reggae

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Rastafarianism + Rude Boys

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Characteristics of Reggae

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  1. Slow tempo
  2. Polyrhythms
  3. Emphasis on back beat
  4. Themes of counterculture (social injustice, racism, etc)
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The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff)

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Quintessential reggae (embodies all characteristics except slow tempo)
- Soundtrack to film of same name → begins reggae craze
***Identify using lyrics!

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Bob Marley

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Reggae artist and Rastafarian ambassador
- Formed Wailers in early 60s; success in early 70s

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I Shot the Sheriff (Eric Clapton)

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Mainstream rock sound
- No polyrhythms, weak back beat

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I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley)

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More reggae influenced then Clapton version
- Polyrhythms prominent, strong back beat (heavy bass and percussion), high singing voice

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