Rock Music Exam 2

joan baez

"babe, i'm gonna leave you"; female vioce of folk

the mamas and the papas

"monday, monday" (1966); musicians in the background is the wrecking crew; wrecking crew was on majority of music coming out of california; has distinctive echo and thick instrumentation

sam and dave

"soul man"; recorded for stax

Sam Cooke

(1931-1964); very important and influential soul singer; showed he was a crooner with his clear sounding pop ballad "you send me" in 1957; personified a lot of black music at the time; showed hokum blues with "little red rooster" in 1963; his song "a change is gonna come" in 1964 became the anthem for the emerging civil rights movement; "Jesus gave me water" in 1957 is where he got his start in gospel music; very diverse singer; showed that black musical styles were changing

bringing it all back home

1965 bob dylan album where side a is electric and side b is acoustic; plays electric at newport folk festival; folk purists thought rock was opposite of them; dylan was trying to say that you can have meaningful lyrics with electric music

like a rolling stone

1965 bob dylan song where he called out haters in folk music for being too narrow minded; played this after he was called Judas; dylan is combining meaningful lyrics with rock and roll; on album positively fourth street that attacked the purist folk community

heart full of soul

1965 by the yardbirds with beck on guitar; contrasting verse chorus; beck uses a distortion unit (fuzz-box); exotic sounding (guitar sounded like sitar)-eastern influence; instrumentalists become more featured

mr. tambourine man

1965 the byrds; they were inspired by dylan so they did a cover of one of his songs; used folk song lyric type and rock and electricity=folk rock; a lot of folk rock was coming out of california; used a 12 string guitar

purple haze

1967 the jimi hendrix experience; are you experienced?

sweet home alabama

1974 lynryd skynyrd; was anthem for ideals of the south; mentions muscle shoals (home of southern soul); george wallace was gov. of alabama famous for promoting segregation; reference to Neil Youngs song that dissed the south

yardbirds

a training ground band for other UK blues guitarists; where Eric Clapton started; did a cover of too much monkey business in 1964

whipping post

allman brothers band 1969; band was more jazz like in that it took songs to improv off of; dwayne allman: prominent jazz blues guitarist who died before album eat a peach was released

death of psychadelia

altamont music festival; 3 rock star deaths from drugs and the manson murders

respect

aretha franklin 1965; frantic; audience came on the stage during performance; had lots of energy; known as the queen of southern soul

the doors

band centers around joe morrison influenced by poets; the scene in los angeles is a lot darker; more cynical interpretation; strange days 1967 that sounds more slicker than san fran; move away from guitar towards lyrics

genesis

band with phil collins that played songs that juxtapose certain bits of music to explain the character that the lead singer gabriel would become and show how the character feels

stadium rock

bands that had songs that were written to be performed at huge stadiums: not at small clubs

woody guthrie

became model for folk music; "this land is your land"; talks about abolishment of private property; actually not a positive American song; not afraid to speak his mind and opened doors for other folk music

Bob dylan

becomes folk music royalty after Guthrie; rough road worn image; comes across as authentic and real; when first comes to NY plays blues; 1st full self titled album in 1962

paranoid

black sabbath 1970; contrasting verse chorus; emphasis on instrumentation and lyricsozzy osbourne was the lead singer; forefathers of hard rock and heavy metal; associated with demonic spirituality: opposite of psycahdelia; came out in the beginnin of the 70s; scary album covers

blowin in the wind

bob dylan 1963; on the free wheelin bob dylan album; associated with his younger image; fits in protest genre; less harmony and more sincere so listen to more to message than performance; less polished than peter, paul and mary

laurel canyon

breeding ground/microcosm of influences of singer songwriter genre

woodstock film

directed by michael wadleigh; featured country joe macdonald

bob dylan

embraced the new country vocal style with nashville skyline in 1969 with songs lay lady lay and girl from the north country; backed up by The Band

lucky man

emerson, lake and palmer 1970; came out of london psychadelia/experimental group; 1st prominent songs using synthesizer; also did pictures at an exhibition

progressive rock

emphasis on musicality/virtuosity: know way around their instrument; ambitious topics for song lyrics; extended and unique musical forms; blending of rock/psychadelia/classical; music for deep listening; lots of concept albums and rock

return to simplicity

emphasis on vocals, intstrumens support vocal delivery; lyrical topics address relationships; introspective; therapeutic; conventional music forms; form shound not get in the way of the lyrics; roots in the folk movement, honesty and sincerity are key values; autobiogrphical songs; autheticity (kind of); both genders

singer songwriters

factors shaping the style: folk tradition, migration to california, life after 1969

folk rock

first wave of teenagers that listened to rock in the 50s were in college in the 60s and wanted to listen to something new; music tends to deal with more social issues and more liberalism; some people associated this liberalism with communism

altamont

grateful dead wanted to make a woodstock for cali, but they got the hells angels biker gang as secrity; not hippies but junkies that were getting high and starting fights; hells angels were starting to beat the crap out of people; someone pulled out a gun and was stabbed to death; end of the hippie movement and psychadelia

southern chic

growing conservative (white) constituency; mainstreaming of country music (nashville and hee-haw); reclaiming redneck as a more positive thing

The rolling stones

had more distorted timber, grittier vocals and more influence from US rhythm and blues; 1st few albums had lots of covers and were mainly of R&B tunes; popularity stagnated for awhile since they weren't writing their own songs

atlantic records

home of southern soul; owned by jerry wesler and ertegun brothers who were white (jewish?)

funk brothers

house band for motown; robert white, dan turner, earl van dyke; played for motown; similar to the wrecking crew

booker t and the MGs

house band for stax records in memphis that recorded for atlantic; donald "duck" dunn, booker t jones, steve cropper, alan jackson jr; did song "green onions" 1962 that was more laid back than motown

the weavers

huge/influential on college campuses; targeted by sen. joseph mcCarthy for being a communist band and they were black listed; unable to buy their songs from 1955-1961, couldnt listen to them on the radio and they couldnt perform live

fame studios

in muscle shoals, alabama; shed on the side of the building is actually an echo chamber; a lot of records recorded here were released by atlantic records; likes percy sledges anthem of southern soul: "when a man loves a woman"

bob moog

invented and designed the synthesizer; emerson used these a lot

papas got a brand new bag

james brown 1965; has R&B roots from southern gospel; horns play significant role; call and response between singer and horns; emphasis on rhythmic drive; black power movement associated with funk; performed on soul train which showcased black artists

fire and rain

james taylor 1970; one of his friends from the inpatient care commited suicide; signed onto beatles record and beatles layering info is seen; he switches to new label in LA and plays at the troubador for 6 nights

big brother and the holding company

janis joplin had a huge voice range; more blues sound; ball and chain; performed at monterey; 2nd full album: cheap thrills in 1968 featured joplin on all tracks

white rabbit

jefferson airplane 1967; aaba form; drug references in alice in wonderland

wild thing

jimi hendrix performance at monterey; experimental free form of san fran psychadelia; virtuostic focused guitar playing; crazy performance that some people didn't know how to react to

hello vietnam

johnny wright 1965; country singer; about protecting our freedom; supported the vietnam war

big yellow taxi

joni mitchell 1970; proenvironment; inspired by trip to hawaii, simple verse, sung like if you were right there with her; links singer/songwriter genre to folk music; album Blue in 1971 was kind of autobiographical after she broke up with graham nash and took a personal trip; the album was used for people to figure out her ife

monterey pop festival

june 1967: 1st big outdoor rock concert festival; made into a movie so people could see what was coming out of san fran;

whole lotta love

led zepellin 1969

concept album

mainly a UK thing; that captures big ideas of messages trying to make a statement; artistry-influence from classical music; literature and philosophy ex. dark side of the moon and the wall by pink floyd

whats going on

marvin gaye 1971; only him and stevie wonder were writing their own songs at motown; they had complete productional control; concept album

Carole King

moved to LA, split with husband, then went to Laurel Canyon; Tapestry 1971-"youve got a friend"-feels like youre having a convo with her which won 4 grammys; also did will you still love me tomorrow in AABA form that she wrote at the brill building which had a serious theme and instrumentation that was all in the background behind the lead vocals.

love

multi racial band that didn't have overdriven guitar; more vocals and horns; part of los angeles psychadelia; gold star recording company with the wrecking crew

wattstax

music festival at watts put on by stax records; watts was a really poor area; the black woodstock; different ideals in the black community were represented

sweet soul

music for black audiences; like motown; the drifters, Ben E. King, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Mathis

country rock

new rock that celebrated the south with bands like crosby, stills, nash and young; gram parsons; zz top; marshall tucker band and charlie daniels band; artist attention towards the south or sunbelt because lots of government money is moving to south to help build industries like RTP, NASA, oil and agribusiness; migration south; social securith and no taxes in florida; fewer unions

monophonic

not more than one tone at a time on the moog synthesizer; can not play chords

the troubador

owned by doug weston; central to starting singer/songwriter genre and country rock; really famous people hung out there

if i had a hammer

peter, paul and mary 1962; acoustic; lots of rehearsed harmonies; hammer of justice for civil right movement

bike

pink floyd 1967; the piper at the gates of dawn; their first few singles didn't do extremely well because their lyrics were more strange

comfortably numb

pink floyd 1979; on the album the wall that was turned into a movie examining horrifying things in society; tried to philosphize with its lyrics; pink floyd was interested in social critique that was harsh and biting

elton john

premiers at the troubador; your song 1970 on his self titled 2nd album

folk movement

protesting the vietnam was; pete seeger-where have all the flowers gone; folk rock emerged with continuing violence of vietnam; dylan and joan also did songs about it

Haight/ashbury street

psychadelia in san fran; drugs and hippies; 1967 summer of love; the grateful dead; country joe and the fish; not a lot of activism: decided to turn inward with drugs; jefferson airplane, big brother and the holding company

country joe macdonald

psychadelia was about drugs but he used it for activism; performed i feel like im fixin to die rag(1965) at woodstock about vietnam

what'd i say

ray charles 1959; 1st crossover hit of R&B and pop; record goes gold; best selling record for Atlantic; controversey b/c one side was clean and the other side was sexually suggestive; birth of soul?- new to blend gospel sound with secularism and raciness

stax records

recorded many records for atlantic records; published souther soul with a delayed drum/back beat usually because they recorded in the same room and it took awhile for the drum beat to carry to the microphone; has a more loose sound (bar music)

the rolling stones

released their satanic majesties request with the song shes a rainbow in 1967; had strings, picollo, trumpet, a fluid sense of time (not blues like); hazy background vocals

Jeff Beck

replaces eric clapton in the yardbirds

Lester Bangs

rock critic; wrote article about james taylor marked for death; angry at feminization of rock and roll and the elite pampered singer songwriters

early 70s

rock is starting to diversify and these new styles emerged out of more white culture

the last time

rolling stones 1965; 1st song that Jagger/Richards wrote; the band's 3rd #1 hit single in the UK; contrasting verse chorus

led zeppelin

roots in blues and rock and roll; ist called the new yardbirds because they took over for the yardbirds; ist album led zeppelin in 1969 released by atlantic records; known for their blues; led zeppelin: II (1969); led zeppelin: III (1970)

the fourth album

seen as the best album of zeppelins career because it had so many different styles; battle of evermore had acoustic, mandolin, sounds more eerie and fantasy like; when the levee breaks had a more blues emphasis, electric; stairway to heaven starts off quiet and acoustic and just builds up louder and louder with more electric imstruments

the sounds of silence

simon and garfunkel 1965; originally aired and was a miss but years later put electric music behind it and released it and it was a hit

thank you (falletinme be mice elf agin)

sly and the family stone 1970; in funk music the emphasis is on the rhythm not necessarily the harmony and melody; influenced prince

holland, dozier, holland

songwriting trio that wrote for the supremes and other artists on the motown label

otis redding

soul singer (sounds more authentic than motown); original writer of "respect"; did cover of "satisfaction"; song "ive been loving you too long had lots of space-free floating; most successful album was otis blue in 1966

the ballad of the green berets

ssgt barry sadler 1966; he had actually gone to vietnam; supported the war; promoted american duty with a song that has a patriotic feel

Eric Clapton

started in the yardbirds and went onto become UK guitar expert on all things blues; left the yardbirds because he didnt think the band was pure blues enough

superstition

stevie wonder; 1972; first succesful single was fingertips; had creative production freedom; with age his songs became more mature and had more influence from singer/songwriter genre

motown records

studio in detroit, michigan; songs tended to not suggest race or political situation or sexually suggestive content to appeal to a white teenager audience with extra money; had dancing and manner lessons for the artists

the byrds

switched from folk to psychadelia to country rock; "the christian life" released 2 years after 8 miles high was released

the night they drove old dixie down

the band 1969; real americano; not associated with song; just telling a story; country/southern rock

pet sounds

the beach boys 1966; album that has more mature sound led by Brian Wilson; created in the studio; took parts of the music and tried to put them together

good vibrations

the beach boys 1966; not on pet sound records but exemplifies change in sound; changed order of sound around; artsy; psychadelia experiences with musical form

tomorrow never knows

the beatles 1966; revolver; beatles are moving into more serious, psychadelic music; something the bealtes have never done before; a studio creation made out of small tape loops; lennon is singing lines from tibetan book of the dead; at this point the band is no longer performing live but are a studio band

sgt peppers lonely hearts club band

the beatles 1967; confirms that the beatles are in psychadelia movement; 1st concept album; lucy in the sky with diamonds; a day in the life

strawberry fields forever

the beatles 1967; uses sitar; penny lane on the other side of the record; has instrumental outro with weird sounds and noises that seemed to have little to do with the song; lennon recorded part of the record in spain; part in surrey and the full band records it in london a few months later

eight miles high

the byrds have moved from folk rock to psychadelia 1966; explicit drug reference; free jazz seen with electric guitar

take it easy

the eagles 1972; very influential in singer/songwriter movement; at the Troubador; had western/country rock spirit as well; not as agressive as the south; sounded more clean like california; album hotel california in 1976

thats it for the other one

the grateful dead 1968; anthem of the sun; earlier album; experimental nature in songs; made in the studio; represents an acid trip

tom dooley

the kingston trio 1958; banjo, guitar, double bass-all acoustic; was a confederate soldier that finds wife with another guy and kills them both; very articulate, sounds very rehearsed, polished and clean; songs is rooted in a real story

you really got me

the kinks 1964; stones type band; Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Pete Quaife, Ray Davis; band was doing mainly covers but more popular when released own music; riff based; frantic, not a clean sound

i can hear the grass grow

the move 1967; also associated with UK psychadelia

jackson 5

the pop side of motown with clear cut choruses; younger target audience; the love you save

baby love

the supremes 1965; had precision of vocal parts and clarity of instruments; very articulate; written by HDH; on the motown label

my girl

the temptaions 1965; written by smokey robinson on motown label

my girl

the temptations 1965; motown

war

the temptations release album psychadelic shack 1969 with this single that is not very motown like: the times must be changing; use of psychadelia was becoming more common

my generation

the who 1965; pete townsend, roger daltry, keith moon, john entwistle; proto punk rock?; agressive and frantic instrument playing; forefathers of UK punk; riff bases; vocal timbres; bass solo; song doesn't it-collapses; "hope I die before I get old"

lyndon johnson told a nation

tom paxton 1965 about lies johnson told about the stance of was; part of the folk movement

my white bicycle

tomorrow 1968; experimental rock group; guitarist moved on to the band yes

broadside

very hippie like periodical/journal/magazine that gave voice to folk music and would publish folk song sheet music for people to play like Bob dylan

Berry Gordy

wanted to create a company with formulai organizaion for producing records like the Brill building; also wanted to appeal to white audiences with extra money

albert hoffman

was trying to find a cure for migraines but instead invented LSD and noticed LSD effects while riding his bike

in the midnight hour

wilson pickett 1965; more of an emphasis on guitar than motown-dirtier lyrics; played for stax records

whitfiled and strong

wrote songs for motown that addressed more serious issues; ball of confusion addressed issues in black america; no chord changes; people are listening to the groove

roundabout

yes 1792; no longer psychadelia; a 10 minute song that covers a lot of ground; different types of musical units that are put all together in one song