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“You Can’t Hurry Love”

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-written by Holland-Dozier-Holland
-performed by the Supremes

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when was “you can’t Hurry love” released ?

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1960s

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“Good Vibrations”

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-written by Mike Love and Brian Wilson
-produced by Brian Wilson
-performed by the Beach Boy’s/studio musicians

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When was Good Vibrations released?

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1960s

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“A day in the life”

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-written by Lennon/McCartney
-recorded by The Beatles

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When was “A Day in the Life” released?

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1960s

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“Papa’s Got a brand new bag”

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-written and recorded by James Brown/Famous flames

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When was “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” released?

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1960s

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“Respect”

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  • written by Otis Redding
  • recorded by Aretha Franklin
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When was “Respect” released?

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1960s

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“Like a Rolling stone”

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-written and recorded by Bob Dylan/studio musicians

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When was “Like a Rolling Stone” released?

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1960s

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“Hotel California”

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-written and recorded by the Eagle’s

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When was “Hotel California” released?

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1970s

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“Good Times”

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-written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
-recorded by Chic

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When was “Good Times” released ?

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1970s

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“Blue eyes crying in the rain”

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-Written by Fred Rose
-Recorded by Willie Nelson

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When was “Blue eyes crying in the rain” ?

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1970s

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What genre is “You Can’t Hurry Love”?

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Motown

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What genre is “good vibrations” ?

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Rock

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What genre is “ a day in the life” ?

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Rock

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What genre is “papa’s got a brand new bag”?

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Funk

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What genre is “Respect”?

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Soul

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What genre is “Like a rolling stone” ?

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Urban folk/rock (folk rock)

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What genre is “Hotel California” ?

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Rock (album oriented rock)

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What genre is “Good Times” ?

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Disco

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What genre is “Blue eyes crying in the rain” ?

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Country (outlaw or progressive country)

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1960s:

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  • teenagers of rock ‘n’ roll era grew up
  • era of great social turmoil throughout the world
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Music in the 1960s:

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  • represented the zeitgeist American culture
  • rock ‘n’ roll became rock
    -producers became key player in the music industry
30
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What is the unusual form of “you can’t hurry love” ?

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-three sections (A,B,C) repeating unpredictably
- delay of gratification: you can’t hurry it

31
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“A day in the life” is the final song on what Beatle’s album ?

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Sgt. Pepper

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What is the form of “ A day in the life”?

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Experimental

33
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Funk

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-emphasized rhythm over harmony
- one or 2 chords in a song
- danceable

34
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Riffs

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short repeated melodies used in funk music

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Groove

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Danceable rhythmic base

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New Orleans R&B (1950s):

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  • Fat’s Domino (ain’t that a shame)
  • Professor Longhair (big chief)
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James Brown

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  • focus on live performance over recordings
  • band, dancing, songwriting,vocalist
  • influence of Black power movement (late 1960s)
38
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“Respect” was Aretha Franklin first …

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No. 1 pop hit

39
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“Respect” was a cover of whose original song ?

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Otis Redding’s 1965 version

40
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“Respect” was an expression of what ?

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1960s feminism

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Folk Music

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oral transmission, old songs, unknown authorship, an activity/not a commercial product, from regular working people

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What caused the folk revival in the 1950s?

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some college students reacted against rock ‘n’ roll

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Folk revival

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new popularity of older songs/artists, bluesmen like Mississippi John Hurt are “rediscovered”

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Urban Folk Music

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new music in older styles

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Urban Folk music (1960s):

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  • acoustic, strongly melodic, little studio production
  • often topical (dealing with current events)
    -sometimes explicitly political
  • centered in Greenwich Village, NYC
46
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Berry Gordy

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  • Founder of Motown Records
  • songwriter, then producer
  • use of studio musicians
47
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What form was “Good Vibrations” ?

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Innovative form

48
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Concept Album

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an album by a solo artist or group that contains related songs on a common theme or even a story, rather than a collection of unrelated hits or covers

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British Invasion

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period of near domination of British rock ‘n’ roll bands beginning in 1964

50
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The Beatle’s

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best selling recording group of all time

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Soul

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more “pop” oriented style of music

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“Vamp” Section

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an indefinitely repeated phrase (or chord pattern) that provides a foundation for solo improvisation

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What was controversial about Bob Dylan’s music career ?

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he continuously reinvented himself by changing musical styles

54
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What is the form of “Hotel California” ?

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like strophic

55
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Dolly Parton

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-one of the most popular and successful country music stars
- born in Tennesse
- “Jolene” and “I will always love you” were no. 1 hits

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Willie Nelson

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  • successful songwriter, Nashville 1960s
  • difficulties launching career in Nashville (seen as too weird)
  • reinvented in Austin, becomes figurehead of progressive/Outlaw Country
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John Denver

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-“Take me home, country roads”
- from New Mexico (not from south)
- extremely popular; yet seen as inauthentic by some

58
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Progressive Country/Outlaw Country

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-country music by those deemed as outsiders (people not actually from the south)
- operated outside the Nashville industry

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