midterm, test #2 Flashcards
what song did the beach boys copy with “surfin usa”
“sweet little sixteen” by chuck berry
the lonesome death of hattie carrol
bob dylan
true story
harmonica
began story-telling in music
how did the beatles know what they know
applied knowledge
why is please please me unique
emphasis on the eb
complicated, lots of harmonies
coda
what was the beatles first hit in the usa
i wanna hold your hand
it has a key change at the bridge
rock in the 60s paralleled what?
the space race
culturally, what was happening?
vietnam war
“you really got me” the kinks
rise of the power chord
power chord
root, III, V
5 chord
not major or minor
the who
used g mixolydian
first rock band of virtuosos
grows with their fans
i cant get no satisfaction - rolling stones version
distorted
g, c, f
g mixolydian
what were the rolling stones
trend hoppers, band wagon hoppers, posers
originally a blues band
covers for most of their first three albums
the animals
house of the rising sun
toured with chuck berry
arpeggio
“pretty woman”
roy orbinson riff/hook starts on 5 chord mixolydian doo-woop
“i get around”
the beach boys
key change - truck stop modualtion
tone painting
complex harmonies while playing
what beach boys life sucked?
brian wilson
the pleasure seekers
girl band
susie quatro - inspiration for joan jett
beatles recap
releaesed 7 albums between ‘63 and ‘66
“think for yourself”
beatles
lennon struggled with the harmonies
“norwegian wood”
claps are weird sitar lennon burning house down rubber soul g mixolydian
pet sounds
beach boys
hated by most, wilson says it is amazing
beatles loved it
lots of drugs
“who are the brain pollice”
zappa
disonant
“strawberry fields forever”
beatles like an acid trip verse - c mixolydian chorus - g mixolydian lennon wrote in 86hrs before sgt. peppers
“plastic people”
zappa
satire
who is very anti-drug
frank zappa
what type of school did a lot of rock and rollers go to?
art school
who has destroyed guitars on stage
pete townshend and jimi hendrix
acid tests
ken kesey parties spiked punch bowls acid was legal "expanding people's minds" busted for pot, said he'll stop the acid tests
music was no longer for dancing…
it was for istening
music was becoming
antisocial
timothy leary
acid to grad students at harvard
started to invite undergrads after he was told not to
“turn on, tune in, drop out”
when did beatles take lsd trip
‘65
big factor of summer of love
pill being approved in ‘60
monterey international pop festival
mamas and poppas simon and garfunkel janis joplin the who otis redding jefferson airplane buffalo springfield ravi shankar jimi hendrix
hendrix at monterey pop festival
sex with guitar no effects smashed guitar lit guitar on fire closing act "wild thing" was the closer
grace slick
singer of jefferson airplane
I chord
c major
VI
Am
sad/dark
V chord
g mixolydian
impish
III
em
phrygian
apanish influence
third stone from the sun
hendrix
noise becomes music
mixolydian
sex and aliens
interstellar overdrive
pink floyd
background music
set the controls for the heart of the sun
pink floyd
phrygian
culture of the time period
chaos civil rights assassinations drugs vietnam war strong counterculture
james brown
'58-'02 he released 63 studio albums and 15 live albums $5 per mistake. threw party at the end godfather of soul c9 chord "cold sweat" play a few seconds of a song then switch autobiography with influences "papas got a brand new bag"
velvet underground
lou reed, moe (girl)
lots of songs about s and m and trans/gay people
walk on the wild side
loud reed
trans people
velvet underground
two bass lines
ostrich tuning
all strings to same note
andy warhol
velvet underground manager artist "everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" had nico sing with velvet underground the exploding plastic inevitable conceptually similar to ken kesey and the acid trips agressive subversive
what album was nico on
velvet underground’s first album
velvet underground were…
godfathers of punk
muscle shoals
sweet home alabama refereces the swampers
house band was the swampers
a lot of wilson pickett
woodstock
way more than expected not enough toilets or med care US army had to bring supplies anti-war santana nakedness hendrix tone painted national anthem
the lows of the time
manson family murders kent state shooting my lai massacre altamont free concert - anti-woodstock beatles break up rock star deaths
altamont free concert
hells angels
guards beat people
guards kill man as stones play
beatles break up
1970
mccartney made an announcement on april 10
rock star deaths
brian jones - ‘69
jimi hendrix - ‘70
janis joplin - ‘70
jim morrison - ‘71
