Folk/Protest Flashcards
1
Q
30s style
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- lyrics are simple, repetitive, meaningful
- simple chords and consistent repetition
- not many dynamics
- consistent tempo
- singer with guitar
- songs passed down through oral tradition
2
Q
30s-50s political events
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- Great Depression
- WWII
- civil rights movement
- Vietnam war
3
Q
30s-50s notable composers
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- woody Guthrie
- Pete Seeger
4
Q
60s - style
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- very lyric focused
- someone singing and playing guitar
5
Q
60s - topics
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- Vietnam war
- civil rights movement
- labour conditions
- social unrest
- setting poetry to music
6
Q
Folk revival
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- end of 50s-1965
- reaction to Red Scare
- place for youth counterculture/politically aware youth
7
Q
Kingston trio
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- started folk revival
- defined pop-folk
- Tom Dooley
8
Q
Pete Seeger
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-organized Newport Folk Festival (very popular)
9
Q
-Joan Baez
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- sang protest songs everywhere
- made many musicians popular
10
Q
Peter, Paul, and Mary
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- most popular folk group
- made many artists famous with covers
11
Q
Bob Dylan
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- most influential musician of 60s
- made folk protest rock protest
- blowin’ in the wind
12
Q
Impact of blowin in the wind
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- asking questions instead of statements
- anthem of folk protest movement
- made bob Dylan famous
13
Q
Joni Mitchell
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- interesting harmonies
- folk breakthrough at end of 60s
14
Q
Rock protest
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- started with bob Dylan
- like a rolling stone at Newport 1965
- end of 60s: rock music replaces folk music as protest music hub
15
Q
90s - style
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- hard rock protest bands
- drifting away from folk sound
- more crude/uncensored/emo/raw lyrics
- more instrumentation (thicker)
