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Lecture 9: The 1970s: Rock, Disco, Punk, Funk, Hip Hop Flashcards

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Music for listening vs music for dancing

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Disco challenges rock

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Existing interest in black music- motown, soul, funk

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Reasons for the rise of disco

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Movie, Saturday Night Fever

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Reasons for the rise of disco

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Increased interest in social dancing among middle class

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Reasons for the rise of disco

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New technology: synthesizers, drum machines, synchronized turntables

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Reasons for the rise of disco

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For clubs, DJS are cheaper than live music

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Reasons for the rise of disco

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Upward and mobility aspirations: glamorous dressing after rock’s jeans and t shirts

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Reasons for the rise of disco

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Pounding beat

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Discos musical features

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Medium-fast tempo

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Discos musical features

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Straightforward, repetitive song form (verse-chorus)

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Discos musical features

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Straightforward subject matter and lyrics

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Discos musical features

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Limited harmonic vocabulary

Eg Bad Girls

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Discos musical features

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Disenfranchisement (elitism of the scene)

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Reasons for disco backlash

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Politics: escapism of the lyrics

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Reasons for disco backlash

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White male disinclination to dance

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Reasons for disco backlash

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Live vs dj

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Reasons for disco backlash

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Class: blue collar rock vs beautiful people disco

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Reasons for disco backlash

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Racism: disco invented by black and latino musicians

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Reasons for disco backlash

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Homophobia: disco was popularized in NY gay dance clubs

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Reasons for disco backlash

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British movement with complicated US roots and branches

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1970s punk

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Golden age from 1975 to 1978

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1970s punk

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Musically, a reaction to the excesses of rock: artistic aspirations, corporate backing, meticulous studio production, musician’s distance from audience

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1970s punk

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Politically, a reaction to high unemployment and inflation in the UK

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1970s punk

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Punk ethos was DIY, simplified, rebellious

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1970s punk

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Garage bands (amateurish, energetic, fun, not career-oriented).
Three us proto-punk bands: Velvet underground, Stooges, New York Dolls
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US predecessors

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Chaotic
Loud
Experimental
Connected to Andy Warhol’s art scene
Most notable member: Lou Reed
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Velvet Underground

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Working class, leather jacket-wearing: “raw energy and abandon”
Most notable member: Iggy Pop

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Stooges

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Anti-fashion
Gender-bending
Managed briefly by Malcom McLaren

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New York Dolls

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NY club, ground zero for American punk

Featured bands like NY Dolls, Patti Smith, Ramones

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CBGB’s

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Arguably first punk band
Blue jeans and leather jackets
Barely competent musicians
Short, simple songs
Sneering, rebellious ethos of 1950s rock n rollers
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Ramones

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First uk punk band, formed and managed by media savvy Malcolm Mclaren

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British Punk: Sex pistols

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Early performances prompted others to form bands (the clash, siouxie and the banshees)

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British Punk: Sex pistols

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Recorded one song “anarchy in the uk” before EMI terminated their contract

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British Punk: Sex pistols

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Sparked a movement in britain among working class youth due to unemployment and generally poor economic conditions

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British Punk: Sex pistols

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Inspired by James Brown (groove) and Sly and the Family Stone (1967-1983) (mix of psychedelic rock, soul, jazz, socially engaged folk music)

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Funk Music

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A major inspiration for disco

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Funk Music

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Strong, dance-oriented rhythms

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Funk music attributes

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Catchy melodies

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Funk music attributes

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Call and response between voices and instruments

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Funk music attributes

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Repeated, interlocking rhythmic patterns

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Funk music attributes

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Loose aggregate of 40 musicians

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Parliament funkadelic

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Led by george clinton, including bootsy collins and maceo parker from james brown’s band

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Parliament funkadelic

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Live band with big stage show-costumes, elaborate sets

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Parliament funkadelic

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Full of socially conscious and humorous, often science-fiction-based, concept albums

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Parliament funkadelic

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In the 1970s in the Bronx, NYC’s most economically devastated borough, African American, Puerto Rican, and Caribbean American youth respond to oppression and racism in creative ways

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Origins of hip hop

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An emphasis on rhythmic momentum and creativity (rapping, mixing, creating rhythmic patterns from samples)

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African American music continues in hip hop

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Timbral complexity (new sounds like scratching, electronics, sampling from various sources)

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African American music continues in hip hop

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Improvisation (in words and music) like rapping, looping, breakbeats

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African American music continues in hip hop

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Incorporative, innovative approach to musical technology

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African American music continues in hip hop

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Starts sound system parties

Discovers basic techniques like mixing

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DJs:
Kool Here (Clive Campbell)
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Advances equipment and techniques

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DJs:

Grand Master Flash

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Wide, eclectic music collection

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DJs:

Afrika Bambaata

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The documentary style wars 1983 produced by chalfant and silver

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Cooptation of hip hop culture

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Rapture (Blondie) music video is an early depiction of hip hop culture

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Cooptation of hip hop culture

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Malcolm McLaren, ex-sex pistols manager also attempted to popularize hip hop culture “Buffalo Gals”

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Cooptation of hip hop culture

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