MUH 2019 Exam 3 Study Guide The concept album A studio album of which the musical and creative ideas contribute to an overall theme or story o David Bowie Album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Glam rock David Bowie is known as the pioneer of glam rock Glam rock rock emphasizing the elaborate showy costumes and artistic designs of the performers Often seen as feminine His album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars focuses on the imagination and creative appeal of the singer than the actual music like he was telling a story through it o Tour for the album was considered theatrical tour set stage for new wave bands o Marvin Gaye Album What s Going On Unifying concepts of the album o Fused soul and gospel o Album What s Going On had unifying theme for social justice Produced himself musical textures gave aesthetic effect o Art Rock Motivations for the genre Emmerson Lake and Palmer Album Pictures at an Exhibit o Overall theme and connections to Mussorgsky s conception of the piece Art Rock band Emmerson Lake and Palmer released Pictures at an Exhibit Took main theme and some structural elements from Russian compose Mussorgsky Short accessible songs Hard Rock Early Heavy Metal o Major influences on the genre and description of musical style o Social controversies surrounding the genre Major Influences Urban Blues San Francisco psychedelia Jimi Hendrix Music Style Aggressive vocals distorted instruments often keyboard or piano Led Zeppelin o Stairway to Heaven song that will be played in class Basic Form Three sections o Section 1 alternates two 8 measure phrases ABABAB o Section 2 X brief linking phrase BAXBAXB o Section 3 Almost half the song CXBCX o Then solo extended vocals conclusion Overall Musical Features Influences on the text Mixes powerful rock with English and Celtic influence Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had been exploring writings of English mystic Aleister Crowley and reading on magic in the Celtic culture Rural images paths and roads rings of smoke bird by a river whispering wind Marketing Strategy on Song and Album Album had no cover art no band name and no record company name Stairway to Heaven was massively popular but not released as a single so to own the song you had to buy the album Stadium Rock o Rock music using large arena venues often sports venues for concerts o Characterized by highly produced music often even vocals were modified live to produce edgy sound o KISS Hard Rock Stadium Rock band known for live performance dressed up and painted faces would often use pyrotechnics and visual effects Country Rock Southern Boogie o Major influences on the genre and description of musical style Influences Blues jazz San Francisco Jam Bands Musical Style Rooted in Southern Folk but drew from African American rhythms and musical technology o Allman Brothers Statesboro Blues will be played in class Musical and textural characteristics influences origin of song o Musical and textural characteristics Drew heavily from blues used harmonica and bottleneck guitar technique o Original song by blues artist Blind Willie McTell Punk Rock o Lynyrd Skynyrd Controversy over band s persona confederate iconography All white southern band had racial undertones Sweet Home Alabama General overview of the text controversy with Neil Young s Southern Man o Overview Text largely declared pride of the South old school conservative values o Neil Young s Southern Man emotionally depicts historically racist values of the south targeting the southern man Lynyrd Skynyrd responded in Sweet Home Alabama with southern pride Southern Rock s association with whiteness is contradictory in that the genre draws so heavily from African American music and rhythm o Description of sound musical characteristics and ideology of the genre Stripped down purposely non musical with a back to basics ideology o Reasons for rebellion reaction against mainstream rock in the 1970 s In response to excess and self conscious artistry of mainstream album oriented rock Wanted to get back to basics o CBGB s what is it why is it significant to American punk rock CBGB s converted folk music club Patti Smith began to perform punk there soon became beachhead temporary base for punk and new wave bands Gave stage and start to many starting bands such as the Ramones o New York Dolls musical and visual contribution to punk rock American response to English glam rock movement see David Bowie Dressed very feminine antifashion helped contribute to CBGB club scene o Patti Smith New York based poet journalist and singer Began to experiment with spoken word and rock music Began stint at CBGB and made it a punk beachhead o The Sex Pistols Their place in the UK punk scene Largely political rather than artsy were extremely controversial in their obscene behavior and lyrics Controversy surrounding release of God Save the Queen it s a Fascist Regime Title taken from English national anthem Though banned from airplay it reached number two on the charts Direct criticisms of English government and Queen Music Video and the music industry circa 1980 o Economic factors in the music industry during the early 1980 s the led to the increasing importance of the music video as a primary promotional tool 11 drop in annual record sales in 1979 Profit from 1978 1982 dropped half a billion dollars Possibly due to national recession competition in entertainment home video cable video games decline of disco increase in music pirating Boom boxes passed vinyl discs in sales Arrival of CD s began to make vinyl obsolete 1981 MTV Cable was huge and MTV became new way to promote stars Worked with radio and other media to boost sales o Classic Rock radio format and its relationship to AOR Album Oriented Rock Classic Rock radio format developed from AOR AOR radio stations began to play older familiar songs with some more modern songs The older songs began to dominate the stations which became very popular and turned into classic rock o Sweet Dreams Eurythmics Sweet Dreams was a number one single from the early 80 s Use of technology o Example of what post disco dance became paved way for o Labeled synth pop o Heavy reliance on synthesized sound and sequenced techno loops o Did use some natural noise such as milk bottles filled with water due to poor recording facilities Musical Characteristics Style of song o Built around hypnotic loop Booming steady pulse synthesized on drum machine underlies melody o Vocals
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