Final Exam Flashcards
10 pan alley was …… in the 60s
still alive and well
brill building
home to several music publishers
Brill building songwriting team
Hal David and Burt Bacharach
Main vocalist of Brill Building
Dionne Warwick
characteristics of Hal David and Burt Bacharach
- wide melodic leaps
- unusual chords and chord progressions
- irregular rhythms
- unconventional forms
What years were an artistic commercial high point for broadway
1955-1965
most of pre rock musicals were about what?
long ago/ far away
rock era musicals were about what?
present/ recent past
most revolutionary musical
Hair
Hair Musical
embodies countercultural attitudes in almost every aspect
Andrew Loyd Webber
- most commercially successful musical theater composer of rock era
- musical theaters British Invasion
Stephen Sondheim
- most versatile composer of this generation
- total integration of song and story was his trade mark
2 reaction to be-bop
1) cool jazz
2) avant-guarde/ free jazz
Avant-Guarde
- more complex than be-bop
- sometimes no chordal instrument
John Coltrane
“chasing the Trane”
Jazz Rock
- Miles Davis
- Put out 2 albums in 1969
- 1st called “in silent way”
- 2nd called “bitches brew”
- right of passage to be in his band
Instrumentation for jazz rock
piano, guitar, electric bass, drums, extra percussion
Fusion
Weather report: Jaco Pastirous
- electric bass virtuoso
- “bird lana”
Wynton Marsalis
started a neotraditional movement in jazz in the 80s
“cherokee”
Latin Jazz person
chick corea
“So in love”
Rock music in 1970s
- became an industry
- both broadcast and recording industries were structured to ensure maximum profitability
Stadiums and large arena concerts…
become common place
AOR
Album Oriented Radio
Biggest star of 70s
Elton John
- Bernie Topin was primary lyricist
- likes to use huge ensemble
Led Zeppelin
- most successful, innovating, influential rock bands in history
- Robert Plant was lead singer
Van Halen
took guitar to a new level in late 70s and 80s
Bruce Springstein
- heavily in debt to both bob Dylan and Rolling Stones
- music reworked and expanded on music of the 60s
Punk rock
emerged in London and New York in mid 70s
-Remones
musical characteristics of punk rock
-fast, loud, unvarying
Southern Rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Singer songwriters
- most of these songs retained tin pan alleys characteristics
1) James Taylor
2) Joni Mitchel
3) Paul Simone
4) Carole King
Carole King
- “you’ve got a friend”
- most frequently recorded songs of rock era
Nashville sound
- Was a marriage of country and pop
Nashville
Nashville also becomes the recording center for country music
During the 70s and 80s country music….
made substantial inroads into the pop charts
Two main reasons for country music making substantial inroads into the pop charts
1) Election of Jimmy Carter as president
2) Radio stations began to devote their format entirely to country music
What happened while Carter was in White House
White house became a major venue for country performers
The Traditionalists
reacted against Nashville sound
The Traditionalists mid 60s
- Bakersfield, California
- Buck Owens
The Traditionalists 70s
- Austin, Texas
- Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings: 1976 album, “Wanted: Outlaws” was the first million selling country album
George Jones
- His career began in the 50’s and resurged in the 70’s
- His wife’s name was Tammy Wynette
“The Grand Tour”
Kenny Rogers
Nashville sound artist
Who led a neo-traditional movement in country music in 80s
Ricky Skaggs
Dolly Parton
She has become country music’s biggest celebrity
What kind of songs are most common in country music
story telling songs
Early 70s rock split into what
1) Rock
2) Funk (16 beat)
what genre does not use 16 beat
country music
James brown
conception was his emphasis on rhythm with out the addition of extra rhythm instruments
earth wind and fire
-founded by Maurice White
“shining star”
Sly and the family stone
-sly stone is leader
-music is extension of James browns music
“Africa talks to you”
George Clinton
-mastermind between 2 important bands
1) parlament
2) funkadelic
-recruited 3 key personnel from James brown band
“give up the funk”
both sly stone and George Clinton listened seriously to
James Browns music
Stevie Wonder
-of all African American pop artists I the 70s, no one ensued more commercial success
1977
- disco went mainstream with Saturday night fever
- disco is 120 beats per minute
in the early 80s the makes stars were
Michael jackson and Prince
Michael Jackson
- thriller came out in 1982
- Quincy jones was producer of thriller
- Requests of videos from thriller caused MTV to integrate playlists
Prince
- often only musical source of his recordings
- draws on the full range of Rock era styles
Madona
- rely on team
- been known as queen of pop since 80s
- popularity was second to Michael jackson
Rap
- the voice becomes a percussion instrument
- most distinctive style to emerge since rock and roll
