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Rapper’s delight
most important hip hop song
hip hop clothes in the 70s
sportswear
hip hop clothes in the 80s
bright name brand sneakers and track suits
hip hop culture
music: DJ, turntables, record scratches
rapping: distinct from DJs
dancing: break dancing
art: graffiti
bronx
toasting, illegal
mother of hip hop
sylvia robinson
sylvia robinson
love is strange mother of hip hop went to a bronx party and liked it nobody in hip hop trusted the music business she wanted to put out a record
what song was used for rappers delight
good times by chiq
more about rapper’s delight
interpolated good times by chiq
not original
dorian chord progression
copyrighted from nile rodgers
what kind of music was hip hop
novelty music
“the breaks”
kurtis blow first hip hop artist on a major label all of the music is original simplistic DIY B side AABB
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force
started with gang but turned it positive interpolation "planet rock" Roland TR 808 drum machine molestation accusations black electronic music Featured Krautrock interpolation and melody electronic sounding voice
Fairlight CMI digital synth
sampler
digital audio workstation
1979
“the message”
grandmaster flash and the furious five
ed fletcher and mc melle mel
produced by sylvia robinson
“the adventures of grandmaster flash’
fun
mash-up
mixing and mashing of different records with two turntables and a stack of records
“rapture”
blondie
homage to grandmaster flash
“king of rock”
run dmc
john lennon assassination
dec 8, 1980
led zeppelin breaks up
dec 4, 1980
devo
de-evolution
“jocko homo”
mark mothersbaugh
the police
message in a bottle
message in a bottle
the police
reggae influence
drumkit and drum overdubs
laurie anderson
friday show
mach 20
big science
“from the air” laurie anderson
from big science
drums playing james brown drum beat
about blindly following the government
eurythmics
“sweet dreams (are made of this)”
yaz/yazoo
androgynous female singer
in my room
“in my room”
yaz/yazoo I, IV, V looping blue-eyed soul 12/8 and 6/4
spinal tap
fake band for a movie
music was good so they thought it was a “real” band
“im the one”
van halen
metal
barber shop quartet
underground punk
rise of diy and indies
important indies
alternative tentacle
sst records
dischord
epitaph
who was on alternative tentacle
dead kennedys
flipper
doa
who was on SST records
black flag
minutemen
meat puppets
who was on dischord records
minor threat
fugazi
scream
rites of spring
who was on epitaph records
bad religion
NOFX
Rancid
the offspring
the dead kennedys
holiday in cambodia
jello biaftra
incongruous juxtaposition
“dido’s lament”
“holiday in cambodia”
about the cambodian genocide
descending chromatic to repreesent death
“dido’s lament”
reference to classical music
underoworld
descending chromatic
“dazed and confused”
led zeppelin
underworld
descending chromatic
stolen from jake holmes
bad brains
“pay to cum”
all black punk rock band
Would have been great, but singer would just stand there and stare because undiagnosed bipolar and possibly schizophrenia
minutemen
“viet nam”
“history lesson, pt II”
two nickels on the dime - made to mock
inspired grunge
“history lesson, Pt II”
reverse doo wop progression
love letter to punk rock
minutemen
about their influences
what is punk about?
defying expectations
“I can’t drive 55”
sammy hagar
not cool
ralph nader
advocate for safety
the big 6 record labels
2002
BMG, EMI, Warner-elektra-atlantic, Sony, Universal
accused of price fixing
MTV
music television
institutionalized racism at the beginning
parental advisory sticker
PMRC - parental music resource center
the filfthy fifteen
dee snyder from twisted sister testified against them
PMRC cost Al gore the election because of his wife Tipper Gore
Inherently gets albums banned in stores because of morality clauses in malls, bordering on censorship
zappa made a warning label as well
PMRC
a bunch of washington wives and moms
tipper gore
dee snyder testifyig against PMRC
“im a dirtbag and im proud”
live aid
made to help ethiopian refugees
but the ethiopian army took most of the money
thrash metal
metallica
what song started thrash metal
stone cold crazy by queen`
“one” by metallica
about johnny got his gun
more sophisticated
“follow the leader”
eric b and rakim
all samples
what does hip hop become
lyrically and musically complex
“fuck tha police”
nwa
queen latifa and monie love
ladies first
Paul’s Boutique
beastie boys sgt pepper of hip hop well over 200 documented samples beasties payed for every sample est today for over 1/4 a million one of the first albums made on a computer lots of tiny samples pasticche
1984
drinking age back up to 21
may have been causaity to downfall of rock
AIDS/HIV virus
eazy e
freddie mercury
grunge
nihilism pearl jam ani difranco nirvana down and bored/sad, drab
alt rock
college rock
punk minimalism
college rock was huge and popular
math rock
math rock
Progressive punk rock
Called math rock because it’s more complex
semi-pompous
tunic
sonic youth
song about karen carpenters anorexia
most high-profileanorexia death
what was different about sonic youth
they tuned their guitars differently
primus
jerry was a race car driver
living colour
all black band
“time’s up”
metamodernism
all things are equal
alternative becomes mainstream
lollapalooza
movement and then getting signed and becoming mainstream
who performed at lollapalooza
ice-t NIN H. Rollins band janes addiction butthole surfers living colour siouxsie and the banshees
gunge
nevermind - nirvana
pop punk
ramones descendents bad religion green day the offspring blink-182`
riot grrrrl
a movement
philosophy
madonna and alanis morrisette held this philosophy, but didn’t make this music
riot grrrl manifesto - kathleen hanna from bikini kill
precedent for riot grrrrl
the slits
ani difranco
not a pretty girl
little plastic castle
bjork’s movie
dancer in the dark
formative vs originality
contrivance vs authenticity
one group
KLF
the jams
the timelords
the k foundation
klf
bill drummond and jimmy cauty started mashups book guaranteeing a hit or your money back released 3am abandon all art now burned a million quid
what did bill drummond and jimmy cauty want to make a pyramid out of?
human remains
no music day
november 21st
started in 2005, ipod just came out
$20,000 book
bill drummond
cut it into 20,000 pieces and tried to sell each piece for $1
what lead to the death of rock
Kurt cobain suicide - april 5, 1994
The k foundation burns a million - 1994
The rock hall of fame opens - 1995
Time/life releases the 10-hour The History of Rock and Roll documentary, 1995
The dot com bubble, roughly 1995-97 - 2001
brian eno
Something will always replace other things
why hasn’t rock evolved in the last 20 years?
Care about making money, not creating and making new ideas
Musicians have to do everything themselves
Shows that celebrate the singer, not the musicians
Lack of paid, live performance opportunities for musicians
Rock and roll is a young person’s game, and not a lot of young people are interested in rock and roll anymore
Diminishing generation gap - less interesting art, better world (Rock band and guitar hero, “Freedom of choice” Devo 2.0, Listen to a lot of what their parents listen to)
Napster
ASCAP and BMI and the Major Label (NOT performing rights organization, they’re a corporate rights organization)
Fans/audience
possible future or rock and roll/new music
MAYA - most advanced, yet acceptable
Musicians, study, experiment, and create
Audience, encourage and support
