Final Flashcards
“My Boy Lollipop”
Millie (1950s)
Allowed for crossing over from Jamaica
Influence of RB in Jamaica
“Guns of Navarrone”
Skalites
Off beat punches like RB
Early version of `Reggae
“The Harder They Come”
Jimmy Cliff
One drop rhythm
Helped popularize Reggae in America
From Movie in 1972
“YMCA”
Village People
4 on the Floor
Disco
Elaborate production
“Love to Love You Baby”
Donna Summer
Produced by Giorgio Moroder
Prominant high-hat
“Good Times”
Chic (1979)
Very Mainstream
“Night Fever”
Bee Gees
From Saturday Night Fever
Brought Disco to mainstream
***“Wake the Town”
U-Roy (1970)
Toasting, sound systems
Reggae beat
Different from Rap
“Rapper’s Delight” (Hippity Hop)
Sugar Hill Gang
Latin Percussion
Commercial Genre
Bass Line from “Good Time’s”
“The Message”(Spaceshippy)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Social Commentary
More Intricate
“I Shot the Sheriff”
Eric Clapton
Jamaican sound
“Sweet Dreams”
The Eurythmics
Annie Lennox
Electronic Music
“Johnny B. Goode”
Judas Priest
Hard Rock
Epic
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
1
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
Paul Simon
“Smoke on the Water”
Deep Purple
Heavy Metal
Power Chords
“Jump”
Van Halen
Pop style with shredding guitar
“Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Nirvana
Grunge
More crafty than punk
Fuck the Police
NWA
Gangster Rap
Before Riots
Inner city violence
UNITY
Queen Latifah
Misogyny and women in hip hop
Rock and Roll
Mos Def
Socially conscious rap
Challenge music and black stereoypes
Wicked inna bed
Jamacian Dance Hall
Shabba Ranks
(WOAH WOAH WOAH) “Vamo’ a portarnos mal”
Calle Trece
Reggaeton
Dem Bow Rhythm
“La Raza”
Kid Frost
Spanish Rap
Bass line from Viva Tirada
“Gasolina”
Daddy Yankee
Reggaeton
Dem Bow Rhythm
“King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown”
King Tubby and Augustus Pablo
Jamaican dub
Echo and synth
Hai Lachea
Punjabi
Bhangra
Indian Club Music
Reggae
Sound System made way for halls
R&B in Jamaica
Bob Marley- Counter Culture
Disco Style
High Hat ELaborate Bass 4 on the floor Sensual 120 bpm
Disco History
Dance music in European
Subculture/ Gay
Mainstream via Saturday Night Fever
Jimmy Cliff
In movie The Harder They Come
Gives exposure to Jamaican artists
Bob Marley
Counter Culture
Reggae
The VIllage People
YMCA
Extravagent Video
Donna Summer
Love to Love You Baby
Eurotech music
Giorgio Moroder produced
Bee Gees
Album for Saturday Night Fever
Chic
Sampled in Rapper’s Delight
Good Times
Afrika Bambaata
Community Disco/ South Bronx style
Science Fiction environment
Judas Priest
Cover CHuck Berry
Eddie Van Halen
1
Metalica
1
David Bowie
Popular in England in 60s
Glam Rock
Ziggy Stardust
Qbert
Turntable
NWA
Fuck the POLICE
Based in LA
4 years before Rodney King Riots
Hip Hop
Street Culture in Bronx, Carribean/ Puerto Rican
DJ, MC, Grafitti, Break Dance
Break Beats
MTV
80s
Before, Soundies,
Europe ahead in the 70s
White suburban audience
