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what song did the beach boys copy with “surfin usa”

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“sweet little sixteen” by chuck berry

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the lonesome death of hattie carrol

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bob dylan
true story
harmonica
began story-telling in music

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how did the beatles know what they know

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applied knowledge

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4
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why is please please me unique

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emphasis on the eb
complicated, lots of harmonies
coda

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5
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what was the beatles first hit in the usa

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i wanna hold your hand

it has a key change at the bridge

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6
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rock in the 60s paralleled what?

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the space race

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culturally, what was happening?

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vietnam war

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“you really got me” the kinks

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rise of the power chord

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power chord

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root, III, V
5 chord
not major or minor

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the who

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used g mixolydian
first rock band of virtuosos
grows with their fans

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i cant get no satisfaction - rolling stones version

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distorted
g, c, f
g mixolydian

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12
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what were the rolling stones

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trend hoppers, band wagon hoppers, posers
originally a blues band
covers for most of their first three albums

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the animals

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house of the rising sun
toured with chuck berry
arpeggio

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14
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“pretty woman”

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roy orbinson
riff/hook
starts on 5 chord
mixolydian
 doo-woop
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15
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“i get around”

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the beach boys
key change - truck stop modualtion
tone painting
complex harmonies while playing

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16
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what beach boys life sucked?

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brian wilson

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17
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the pleasure seekers

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girl band

susie quatro - inspiration for joan jett

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18
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beatles recap

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releaesed 7 albums between ‘63 and ‘66

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19
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“think for yourself”

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beatles

lennon struggled with the harmonies

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“norwegian wood”

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claps are weird
sitar
lennon
burning house down
rubber soul
g mixolydian
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pet sounds

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beach boys
hated by most, wilson says it is amazing
beatles loved it
lots of drugs

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22
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“who are the brain pollice”

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zappa

disonant

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“strawberry fields forever”

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beatles
like an acid trip
verse - c mixolydian
chorus - g mixolydian
lennon
wrote in 86hrs
before sgt. peppers
24
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“plastic people”

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zappa

satire

25
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who is very anti-drug

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frank zappa

26
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what type of school did a lot of rock and rollers go to?

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art school

27
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who has destroyed guitars on stage

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pete townshend and jimi hendrix

28
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acid tests

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ken kesey
parties
spiked punch bowls
acid was legal
"expanding people's minds"
busted for pot, said he'll stop the acid tests
29
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music was no longer for dancing…

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it was for istening

30
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music was becoming

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antisocial

31
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timothy leary

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acid to grad students at harvard
started to invite undergrads after he was told not to
“turn on, tune in, drop out”

32
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when did beatles take lsd trip

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‘65

33
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big factor of summer of love

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pill being approved in ‘60

34
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monterey international pop festival

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mamas and poppas
simon and garfunkel
janis joplin
the who
otis redding
jefferson airplane
buffalo springfield
ravi shankar
jimi hendrix
35
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hendrix at monterey pop festival

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sex with guitar
no effects
smashed guitar
lit guitar on fire
closing act
"wild thing" was the closer
36
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grace slick

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singer of jefferson airplane

37
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I chord

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c major

38
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VI

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Am

sad/dark

39
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V chord

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g mixolydian

impish

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III

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em
phrygian
apanish influence

41
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third stone from the sun

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hendrix
noise becomes music
mixolydian
sex and aliens

42
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interstellar overdrive

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pink floyd

background music

43
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set the controls for the heart of the sun

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pink floyd

phrygian

44
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culture of the time period

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chaos
civil rights
assassinations
drugs
vietnam war
strong counterculture
45
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james brown

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'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"
46
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velvet underground

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lou reed, moe (girl)

lots of songs about s and m and trans/gay people

47
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walk on the wild side

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loud reed
trans people
velvet underground
two bass lines

48
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ostrich tuning

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all strings to same note

49
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andy warhol

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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
50
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what album was nico on

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velvet underground’s first album

51
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velvet underground were…

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godfathers of punk

52
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muscle shoals

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sweet home alabama refereces the swampers
house band was the swampers
a lot of wilson pickett

53
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woodstock

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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
54
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the lows of the time

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manson family murders
kent state shooting
my lai massacre
altamont free concert - anti-woodstock
beatles break up
rock star deaths
55
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altamont free concert

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hells angels
guards beat people
guards kill man as stones play

56
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beatles break up

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1970

mccartney made an announcement on april 10

57
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rock star deaths

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brian jones - ‘69
jimi hendrix - ‘70
janis joplin - ‘70
jim morrison - ‘71

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