Musc 200 1st Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I Motown Introduction II Berry Gordy a Production Line Model b Integrated Production System III The Motown Production Process IV Motown Musical Arrangements Outline of Current Lecture II Motown cont a Diana Ross III Music and American Society in the Mid and Late 1960s a Vietnam b Civil Rights Movement c Economic Changes IV British Invasion a British Bands i Liverpool ii London b The Beatles Current Lecture Motown cont Listening Tracks of My Tears by The Miracles Bass and drums foundation with conga drums supplementing Snare has the backbeat with tambourine and staccato guitar supplementing Vocals are out in front Intro guitar piece continues throughout as an accompanying counter melody o Outlines the chords in an elaborate singable guitar part Backup vocals move when the accompanying guitar part is still o Weave in and out with each other These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o But not busy and distracting Brass fully completes the melody Baritone sax string section and more backup vocals are added in the 2 nd verse Listening My Smile is Just a Frown by Carolyn Crawford Snare has the backbeat with staccato guitar Vocals out front Piano in the background with chords Brass in the background Chorus piano vibraphone and brass come together with interlocking rhythms o Melodic and complicated but doesn t distract from the vocal hook Diana Ross Diana Ross and The Supremes 1963 67 had 10 Top 10 singles o On Ed Sullivan Show 20 times Known for matching outfits and careful choreography Persona of glamour and sophistication Could be compared as the Jackie Kennedy s of Motown None of the raspy R B blues notes or melismatic gospel sounds o Instead used lots of technique to create the image of control and glamour Listening Baby Love by Diana Ross and the Supremes Not powerful vocals but not weak or thin either o Uses wide vibrato and clear tone Bass and drum have the groove Vocals rhythmically sync up with the drums to give forward momentum o Other parts the vocals lightly float on top of the time like when singing about emotions o Sophisticated professional and glamorous sound Fragile and sof Careful controlled glides Controlled changes in timbre o Beginning sof and delicate o Builds and shifs at the end where its brighter with more edge o Controlled display of emotion and passion Music and American Society in the Mid and Late 1960s Early mid 60s time of social transformation in the U S o Vietnam widespread opposition to the Vietnam war began in 1965 o Tensions created due to the draf not applying to kids that could go to college Wealthy kids could go to college and not war Working class kids went to war Protests also due to the reason why we were fighting in the war Civil Rights Movement started seeing some success in the early 60s Federal government began looking at ending legal segregation o De facto segregation still existed Racial tensions for many minority groups Economic changes highway systems increased the size and number of suburbs Suburbs tended to be highly segregated Began to see the roots of the decline that happened in the 70s Investments made in production outside of the U S instead of inside o o Caused industrial decline in the 70s Assassination of JFK shocking event and when combined with all of the other social c changes had a huge impact The British Invasion 1964 British Invasion occurred and was the first time UK bands made it onto US pop charts American rock and roll was popular with British youth but music from the UK wasn t popular with Americans In the UK American music was hard to get due to the BBC not playing it o Had to listen to pirate radio or radio Belgium o Made the music even more exciting Skiffle was the first music to come out of the enthusiasm for American rock and roll o Drew loosely on American folk music o Hugely popular in the UK o Early 60s most Skiffle bands shifed over to playing rock and roll 1962 only 2 British acts charted on the U S pop charts and they were low 1964 Beatles came to the U S with huge marketing support by EMI 1964 1966 over 20 bands came from the UK and made it onto the U S pop charts British Bands Most came from either Liverpool in the north or London in the south Liverpool o Working class port city o Declined economically by the 60s o Seen as provincial and exotic by those from London o Beatles were from here and had the Liverpool accent o The Searchers and Jerry the Pacemakers were a couple of other bands from here London o Center of culture and prestige o Economic capital o The Rolling Stones from here Strongly influenced by Chicago blues Several well known bands also came out of other cities such as The Animals and The Who The Beatles 3 periods early boy band middle period steering towards more artsy late History of The Beatles o All born during WWII into low or working class families o Originally in a band called The Quarrymen Consisted of John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison and Stu Sutcliffe Skiffle group with no drummer Played around Liverpool Decided to change their name to the Beatles as a reference to Buddy Holly and the Crickets o Beat like a beat you can dance to New Name the Beatles Added a drummer Pete Best Played lots of local gigs Shifed away from Skiffle towards American styles Did a 4 month gig in the Red Light District in Hamburg Germany Stu Sutcliffe lef the band to go to art school Played at a lot of clubs and worked their way up to the top clubs This was when Paul McCartney shifed to playing bass Returned to England and began to make themselves known in Liverpool at a club called The Cavern o 1961 got the attention of a record store owner named Brian Epstein who later became their manager o The Beatles were looking for an American record contract but no one seemed interested o 1962 signed to Parlophone which was a small record label that was part of the major label EMI o George Martin was their producer and saw great potential but also said they needed a better drummer So the Beatles fired Pete Best and hired Richard Starkey stage name Ringo Starr Epstein pushed the Beatles first singles and albums and they sold well in Liverpool The first 2 albums included original songs and covers First singles in 1962 Love Me Do and PS I Love You o With Epstein s heavy promotion they began to tour a lot and gain popularity in the UK o Lennon and