Listening Quiz 2 Song

Beatle-Mania

Coined by British news stations to show how crazy Beatle fans were at the performance Capital Records was reluctant to release the Beatles in the U.S because they were sure that they would fail. This was because no British artist ever had much success overseas. The Beatles original 3 British hits were released by indie producers ("love me do","Please Please Me", "From Me To You") in the U.S but they saw little success on the charts. Once the beatles started touring in the US they almost never had breaks on the road.

Respect

Who: Aretha Franklin Year: 1967 Form: Modified Simple Verse Info: This song was originally by Otis Redding and was a sexist song, however Aretha Franklin covered it and turned it into the feminist movement anthem. Pegged early in the church as having tons of potential, Aretha was exposed to exceptionally good gospel singers as a biproduct of her going to church, she attended New Bethel Baptist in Detroit

Sunshine of your love

Who: Cream Year: 1968 Form: 24 bar blues, simple verse (12 bar on acid) Info: If Blues had a child with acid, it would be the Band Cream. Known for using heavy distortions which allowed for a new form of expression in music. they are the first super group they utilized an original Blues Rock Patterns that build and expand traditional Blues Techniques

White Rabbit

Who: Jefferson Airplane Year: 1967 Form: AABA with the last verse expanded to create a musical climax at the end of the song -> quiet at the beginning, steady build to the end of the song. Info: This song is based off of Alice in Wonderland but with many drug references such as "Feed your head" this is the beginning of the hippie movement which tarted at Haight and Ashburry and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Jefferson Airplane was in San Francisco before the Greatful dead and the lead singer Grace Slick was the apart of another SF band.

Purple Haze

Who: Jimi Hendrix Year: 1967 Form: Simple Verse with contrasting instrumental bridge. Info: Seattle Born, Hendrix is one of the most influential Rock Guitarists of all time. He Used Blues Riffs with Jazz Chords to create unique sounds. Henrix Loved his drugs and died from an overdose was a studio guy for a while, and toured with Little Richard

Whole Lotta Love

Who: Led Zepplin Year: 1969 Form: Compound AABA Info: Led Zeppelin is a combination of blues, folk, and psychedelia. Their lyrics and performances are centered around sexual topics as a result of their hokum blues influences. Infact, this riff is modified, but stolen from Muddy Waters. This song features modified blues V/C sections with a psychedelic bridge section and the B sectioned is said to be representative of a sexual encounter

Evil Ways

Who: Santana Year: 1969 Form: Simple Verse Info: easy to characterize because of its Latin Drums, it is evident that Carlos Santana (a Mexican artist) had heavy electric blues influences. Santana is remembered for their legendary performance at Woodstock. Santana's smooth playing is often considered the Latino response to the electric blues explosion of the 1960s

Whipping post

Who: The Allman Brothers Year: 1969 Form: Contrasting Verse Chorus Info: The Allman Brothers are a southern rock band consisting of experienced studio musicians who were known for extended solos which was taken from the SF psychedelic movement. Like Led Zepplin and Cream, the Allman Brothers focused on developing new methods to further blend the line between rock and blues.

I want to hold your hand

Who: The Beatles Year: 1963 From: AABA with partial reprise Info: This Song launches international Beatle-mania. Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Reached #1 on UK charts in late 1963 and #1 on the "Hot 100" in 1964.

You Really got me

Who: The Kinks Year: 1964 Form: Simple Verse Chorus Info: Words and Music by Ray Daivs hit # 1 on record retailer and #7 on the Hot 100. The kinks came fro a blues backround but had an agressive pop approach that consisted of heavy distortion whih ment the guitar players didnt require as much technical skill. The Kinks also mirror the Beatles transition from a band to "artists"

Last Train to Clarksville

Who: The Monkees Year: 1966 Form: Simple Verse Chorus Info: The Monkees are the most commercially successful answer to the Beatles after the British invasion. Originally, the Monkees were cast as actors that could play instruments. This was an important differentiation between them and other Music Television Bands because many of those bands could not actually play instruments and it wasn't hard to tell. The monkees realized as they played more and more together that they had a real shot at becoming a real band.

Baby Love

Who: The Supremes Year: 1964 Form: Simple Verse with 12 bar verse structure Info: this song hit #1 at the height of Beatlemania in 1964. The Supremes were the flagship Motown girl group. Motown was owned and run by Barry Gorden and he was known for being very controlling. He made sure his artists never said anything to political to the media, dressed them etc.

My Generation

Who: The Who Year: 1965 Form: Simple Verse with odd key changes Info: The Who are neither stones type nor beatles type, they are somewhere in the middle. Characterized by each members distinctive dress, this band was known for breaking their instruments on stage at the end of their sets. The who are representative of the Mod sub culture and were very into the party/ dance seen and LOVED amphetamines. Their fans were also R&B snobs though The Who themselves were not.

In the Midnight Hour

Who: Wilson Pickett Year: 1965 Form: Simple Verse Info: Recorded at Fame studios this song was pruduced while Pickett was on the under Stax wing which made for a grittier blues sound. During the recording of this song they discovered a "delayed back beat" feel that later became a staple of southern soul sound.

Tomorrow Never Knows

Who: the Beatles Year: 1966 Form: Simple Verse Info: This song is off of the album revolver and is characterized by a wide variety of sounds and consists of drug trippy lyrics which came from the tibetan book of the dead. Many consider this to be the Beatles Best Album however, due to the many studio effects, were practically unable to preform this song live

Take it Easy

Who: the Eagles Year: 1972 Form: Modified Simple Verse Info: The Eagles lead the California Country Rock movement. and had 8 singles in the top 40 in the US by 1975. This song can be charcterized by its obvious influences from The Beatles (, Beach Boys, and the Everly Brothers.

Good Vibrations

Who: the beach Boys Year: 1966 form: Starts as contrasting verse chorus but becomes sectional. Info: Being dubbed as a "pocket Symphony" This song utilizes scores of different instruments and took up tons of studio time and came at a high price. during the production of this song Wilson experiments with cutting the track with scissors and re taping different sections together to produce new provoking sections of the song