Lecture 12: American and the British Invasion

Question 1

brian wilson

Answer 1

• songwriter, arranger, producer, and performer and guiding spirit of the Beach Boys
• influenced by phil spector

Question 2

beach boys formula for success

Answer 2

1. imitation of early artists
2. emulation and extrapolation
3. experimentation

Question 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDb303T-B1w&ab_channel=beatlettese

Answer 3

• surfin USA by the beach boys
• borrowed chucl berry’s sweet little 16, stole the music and theme. Theme of fun thing that unifies the nation (everyone is rockin vs everyone is surfing)
• IMITATION phase

Question 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_o-N0fhZ0&ab_channel=TheBeachBoys-Topic

Answer 4

• fun, fun, fun by the beach boys
• opening guitar riff of johnny b good by chuck berry
• strophic, johnny b good is 12-bar blues
• EMULATION phase

Question 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wREBD2og5iY&ab_channel=DanielaPerez

Answer 5

• I get around by the beach boys
• first #1 record
• EXPERIMENTATION phase

Question 6

the beatles

Answer 6

• british invasion
• exoticism - youth needed something different after JFK assassination
• america became receptive to pop from around the world

Question 7

the beatles formula for success

Answer 7

• also imitation, emulation, and experimentation

Question 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czw8eqepir8&ab_channel=TheBeatles-Topic

Answer 8

• please please me by the beatles
• emulation phase - AABA
• personal touch: word play, harmony

Question 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMSiHdrHl0g&feature=youtu.be

Answer 9

a hard days night by the bealtes
- emulation phase - AABA. 12-bar blues verses
- personal touch: first 2 lines alternated bw tonic and subdominant… irregular
- harmonic changes, timbre of guitar, 12-string

Question 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgmdOz227I&ab_channel=TheBeatles-Topic

Answer 10

• yesterday by the beatles
• emulation phase - TPA form
• personal touch: traditional rock elements removed (no drums), AG, strings, no fade out

Question 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gluNoLVKiQ&ab_channel=TheBeatles-Topic

Answer 11

• eleanor rigby by the beatles
• experimentation phase
• innovative: strings as rhythmic elements, unconventional harmonies, tells a story (folk ballad), unusual lyrics, philosphical, no fade out

Question 12

the american response to the beatles

Answer 12

• the beach boys
• rubber soul inspires pet sounds inspires sgt peppers lonely hearts club band

Question 13

pet sounds

Answer 13

• The Beach Boys
• rocks first concept album, conceived as a collective whole
• pushed boundaries

Question 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab_beh07HU&ab_channel=StephenMcElvain

Answer 14

• good vibrations by the beach boys
• pocket symphony
• lyrics are secondary to instruments