exam 2 Flashcards
Positively 4th street
by: bob dylan
w/m: bob dylan
date: 1965
form: simple verse form
genre: folk
backlash from folk community, electric organ
Mr tambourine man
by: the byrds
w/m: bob dylan
date: 1965
form: verse chorus form
genre: folk
12 string guitar, about drugs
Louie, louie
by: the kingsman
w/m: richard berry
date: 1963
genre: garage band
$50, ambiguous lyrics, performance mistake
Last train to clarksville
by: the monkees
w/m: tommy boyce and bobby hart
date: 1966
form: simple verse form
beatles style
The way you do the things you do
by: the temptations
w/m: smokey robinson and robert rogers
date: 1964
form: simple verse form
genre: HDH
sunny happy lyrics
Baby love
by: the supremes
w/m: HDH
date: 1964
form: simple verse form
strong quadruple meter
Respect
by: arthena franklin
w/m: otis redding
date: 1967
form: simple verse form
genre: southern soul
answer song
White rabbit
by: jefferson airplane
w/m: grace slick
date: 1967
form: AABA
genre: southern soul
alice and wonder land references
Good vibrations
by: the beach boys
w/m: brian wilson and mike love
date: 1966
form: dissolution of form (F form)
genre: southern soul
use of theremin, synthesizers and cello
A day in the life
by: the beatles
w/m: john lennon and paul McCartney
date: 1967
stitched together 2 songs
Purple haze
by: jimi hendrix
w/m: jimi hendrix
date: 1967
form: simple verse form
genre: blues/ pop
instrumental bridge, and mondgreens
Whole lotta love
by: led zepplin
w/m: ed zeppelin and willie dixon
date: 1969
form: compound AABA form
genre: heavy metal
heavy use of panning, riff based
Whipping post
by: allan brothers band
w/m: gregg allman
date: 1969
use of organ, increases virtuosity, blues style vocal delivery
Roundabout
by: yes
w/m: jon anderson and steve howe
date: 1971
form: compound AABA form
genre: prog. rock
synthesizer, extended intro.
Ride a white swan
by: t.rex
w/m: mark nolan
date: 1970
form: simple verse form
electric guitar
Rock and roll all nite
by: kiss
w/m: gene Simmons and paul stanley
date: 1975
form: verse pre chorus chorus
genre: glam rock
guitar ostinato, metal glam
You’ve got a friend
by: carole king
date: 1971
w/m: carole king
form: verse chorus w/ bridge
voice and piano 1 performer, authentic connection with listener
Take it easy
by: the eagles
date: 1972
form: simple verse form
w/m: jackson browne and glenn frey
genre: country rock
electric guitar and banjo
Superstition
by: stevie wonder
date: 1972
w/m: stevie wonder
builds groove, funk bass line
Get up, stand up
by: bob marley and the wailers
date: 1973
form: verse chorus form
w/m: bob marley and peter tosh
emphasis on the upbeat
folk rock
- Combination of guitar-based rock bands from British Invasion and the aesthetic of folk
- Lyrics often provide social commentary
- Ballad style
- Connection to “roots” music
- 12-string guitar
- Nasal Singing Style
12 string guitar
main guitar the folk community likes
bob dylan
up and coming folk artist that received back lash from folk community over an electric guitar
newport folk festival
bob Dylan played folk song with an eleteric guitar and they didn’t like that so they basically excommunicated him
the byrds
- came on the folk scene after bob dylan
- British invasion -> folk rock -> country
- 12 string guitar (Rickenbacker)
- David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman, and Roger McGuinn
simon and farfunkel
- influenced by everly brothers
- commercial flop
tom wilson
producer for simon and garfunkel
beach boys
surf rock band that has changed a lot, released pet sounds
garage bands
- Sparked by the popularity of the Beatles
- More of an attitude than a style
- Inherently flawed
- One-hit wonders
- High energy
the kingsmen
- from portland, Oregon
- made song louie, louie
tv rock
- garage bands where put on t.v.
- industry tried to take control
Paul revere and the raider, the monkees, the archies, the banana splits, the partridge family
paul revere and the raiders/ the monkees
- tv rock band
- Michael Nesmith
- Peter Tork
- Davy Jones
- Mickey Dolenz
motown
- Native Detroit Singers
- R&B and Soul Vocals
- No swing beats
- Drums, percussion, electric bass, electric guitar, and keyboard
- Performance Art, a complete act
- Black owner, black songwriters, black artists, but geared toward white audiences with a refined, polished sound
berry gordy
- born in Detroit
- ceo of answer songs?
- owned a record shop/ songwriter
holland/ dozier/ holland
- Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland
- Defined Motown Sound
- Wrote 10/12 Supremes’ No. 1 hits
- Left Motown in 1972 after legal disputes
funk brothers
- Session musicians for Motown from 1959-72
the temptations
- Mash-up of two different doo-wop groups
- Athletic Choreography
- Lead Vocalist: David Ruffin
the supremes
- Most representative group of Motown
- Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard
- Holland/Dozier/Holland
- Hand claps/Marching
jerry wexler
gets tasked with sweet soul and harder edge sound
stax records
Jim STeward and Estelle AXton
fame records
- muscle shoals, al
- Became known for rhythm-heavy grooves
- The Swampers
muscle shoals
city in alabama
the swampers
- Muscle shoals, al
- fame records
- became known for rhythm heavy grooves
booker t and the mgs
house banks
otis redding
- macon, georgia
- Redding brings Stax sound to national stage
wilson pickett
- Detroit, MI
- 1964: Comes to Atlantic, signed by Wexler
- Sent to Memphis (Stax) to record
arthena franklin
- Born in Memphis, raised in Detroit
- Queen of Soul
- Fight with FAME records
- The Swampers come to NY
southern soul
White producer, white record owners, black artists, hard edged sound derived from R&B
james brown
- Godfather of Soul
- Hardest working man in show business
- Pioneer of Funk
- Began career as a stand-in for Little Richard
yes
hippie spirituality, instrumentally virtualisty, focus on cover art
progressive rock
Rock as art, from psychedelia, lyrics like psychedelic rock, quotations of classical music, instrumental experimentation, keyboard emphasis, longer tracks
lynyrd syknyrd
2nd gen. of blues based rock, focused on guitarist
allan brothers
duane (gtr), gregg allman (vocals/kb), blue, jazz, country, psychedelic, 69’ allman brothers band album
southern rock
2nd gen. of blues based rock, focused on guitarist
black sabbath
2nd gen. of blues based rock, focused on guitarist
deep purple
2nd gen. of blues based rock, focused on guitarist
compound form
panning
led zeppelin
- originally formed as the yardbirds
- jimmy page (gtr), john bonham (drums), robert plant (voc) john paul jones (bass)
- album oriented, jan. 1969 led zeppelin album,
- oct. led zeppelin 2,
- 1970 led zeppelin 3,
- 1971 led zeppelin 4 (best selling album),
jimmy page
eric clapton
woodstock
in NY 1969, 400,000+, nightmare, culturally rich (lots of diff people), financial disaster
concept album
theremin
electric current flows through you and adjust the pitch
“good vibrations”
jefferson airplane
grace slick and marty balin, human be-in, 1st psychedelic band in sf to land deal, defines sf sound
acid test
Timothy leary
ken kesey
haight ashbury
location of san fran. scene
psychedelic rock
- 2 fronts
- fusion and extended solos (played till they didn’t want to)
- sonic experimentation
- 2 purposes (enhance trip/ be trip)
sgt. pepper
- most important album in rock history
- 1st concept album (storyline), printed lyrics on the sleeve
- stylistically varied (diff, sounds)
- artsy, album over singles
hippie aesthetic
- influenced by psychedelic rock,
- wanted to get good, rock musicians as artist,
- wanted music to hold up (keep listening), meaningful lyrics,
- instrumental virtuosity (more intricate/professional), - – album> single
summer of love
- 1967
- hippie music
- hallucinogenic drugs
- free love and anti war flower power
- sgt. peppers band
psychedelia
- new may of seeing (drugs)
- alternate lifestyles
- suspicion of institutions
- influence of eastern philosophy and religion
groove
groups of instruments that play complementary musical figures that combine to make a musical idea
riff
repeated melodic segment from 1 instrument
glam rock
not defined by strict style, w/ visual effect, concise form and short, hook based (identifiable), hard rock sound, distorted guitar and heavy percussion
t. rex
marc bolan, formed in 67’ in psychedelic folk movement
david bowie
also known as ziggy stardust, was an androgynous, bisexual alien rock star
ziggy stardust
also known as david bowie, 72-73, androgynous, bisexual alien rock star
kiss
formed in NYC in 73’, glam rock
carole king
brill building, divorced gerry goffin and performs,
joni mithcell
singer song writer
stevie wonder
born in MI, originally recorded on gordy’s tamla label, pioneer in R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, jazz, (well rounded), 25 grammy awards
raggae
from jamaica in the 60’s, evolved from ska and rocksteady, news social gossip, political commentary, linked to rastafari, bass and drum grooves, emphasis upbeat
bob marley
pioneer of reggae made it global, born in jamaica,
upbeat
1 AND 2 AND 3
disco
dance club culture, dj/ producer based, synthetic, emphasis on the visual, four on the floor drum patterns (every beat is emphasized)
saturday night fever
famous dicso show
four on the floor
emphasis on upbeat 1 AND 2 AND 3
eurodisco
adds strings to disco
donna summer
queen of disco, originally a psychedelic rock singer, meets giorgio moroder and pete bellotte
