MUH 2019 Modern Popular Music Section 3 Study Guide Exam 3 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 These album focus on the imagination and creative appeal of the singer than the actual music like he was telling a story trough it o Tour for the album was considered theatrical tour de force with special lighting effects and spectacular costumes and set the standard for later rock stars Glam rock David Bowie is known as the pioneer of glam rock Glam rock is rock emphasizing the elaborate showy costumes and artistic designs of the performers Often seen as feminine o Showy personal appearance and costuming o Critique of norms of male sexuality o Marvin Gaye Album What s Going On Unifying concepts of the album o Theme social justice o Fused soul music and gospel influence with the political impetus of progressive rock o The title track is a plea for nonviolence released during the peak of antiwar protest in the United States o Ecology welfare of children suffering of poor Gaye co wrote the songs and produced the album himself o Art Rock Motivations for the genre Due to rock s commercial nature Auteur theory musicians to create a personal private universe in which to express him herself Concerned with experience rhythm and emotional intensity not structure or story Influence of British art schools bourgeois middle class values Influence of pop art Andy Warhol Emmerson Lake and Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition o Overall theme and connections to Mussorsky s conception of Considered Art Rock and collection of short pieces the piece 1 Some sections of the LP are orchestrations of the original score while others are improvisations on the borrowed materials and still others new songs by the band musing on ideas in the music Hard Rock Early Heavy Metal o Major influences on the genre and description of musical style Playing simple riff based songs at impossibly fast tempos and screaming nihilistic lyrics over a chaotic wall of guitar chords o Influenced by urban blues San Fran psychedelia Jimi Hendrix and folk music Celtic Led Zeppelin mysticism o Stairway to Heaven Basic Form Straightforward four and eight bar phrases the overall arrangement is quiet complex in formal terms Three main sections o Section one alternates two eight measure phrases which we are calling A and B The basic form of Section 1 is ABABAA the last section being an abridged version of A o Section two reverses the order of the phrases and inserts a brief one measure long linking phrase which we call X The form of this section is thus BAXBAXB o The third section which takes up most of the total 8 minutes of recording time introduces a new though closely related chord progression and melody which we call C The first part has the form CXBCX then followed by an instrumental fanfare that propels us into Jimmy Page s guitar solo The arrangement concludes with an instrumental phase which slows down and becomes much quieter in the last two measures Created to create a continuous escalation in density volume and speed Overall musical features Juxtaposes bone crushing rock English and Celtic mythology and folk inspired music 8 minutes long Influences on the text Text references mythological beings May Queen and the Piper and rural images path and roads rings of smoke trough a forest a songbird by a brook the whispering wind all helped to create a cumulative mood of mystery and enchantment Marketing strategy of the song and album 2 Although Stairway to Heaven was the most requested song it was never released as a single so you would have to buy the album to be able to listen to the song Stadium Rock o Goal was to create an exciting audiovisual experience for huge crowds o Kiss Known for circus like stage shows which included spitting fake blood and pyrotechnics Each band member had a stage persona wore elaborate stage costumes and makeup Gene Simmons bass The Demon Ace Frehley lead guitar The Spaceman Paul Stanley rhythm guitar The Star Child Peter Criss drums The Cat Sold action figures costumes and comic books about the band Country Rock Southern Boogie o Major influences on the genre and description of musical style Drew upon blues Louisiana Cajun music country swing boogie woogie piano Grew out of rockabilly Defined itself proudly and defiantly southern Southern rock is built almost entirely on a foundation of African American tradition from the blues and soul apparent in its leads vocal and music forms to the gospel influence on its backup vocals and the impact of jazz on its harmonized guitar lines and long improvised solos o Allman Brothers Reconnected blues to mainstream rock and the open ended instrumental improvisations of modern jazz and San Francisco jam bands such as the Grateful dead Blues R B jazz and country influences Statesboro Blues Musical and textural characteristics influences origin of the song o Compose by the Georgia born blues musician Blind Willie McTell o Often used to open up their concerts o Lynyrd Skynyrd Controversy over the band s persona confederate iconography Conflation of rock rebel and Southern rebel Presented a view intentionally or unintentionally of the south that was at best insensitive to African Americans and at worst simply racist Sweet Home Alabama Man General overview of the text controversy with Neil Young s Southern o Response to Neil young s criticism of the American South Southern Man 3 Punk rock o Description of sound musical characteristics and ideology of the genre Back to basics rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music A turn toward the authentic risk taking spirit of early rock n roll and away from the pomposity and self conscious artistry of album oriented rock Punk Rock turned progressive rock on its head Stripped down and often purposefully nonmusical version of rock music that was in some sense a return to the wildness of early rock n roll stars but with lyrics that stressed the ironic or dark dimensions of human existence drug addiction despair suicide lust and violence o Reasons for rebellion reaction against mainstream rock in the 1970s Return to energy of Rock n roll Rebellion against authority and deliberate rejection of middle class values o CBGBs what is it why is it significant to American punk rock The alternative Club Scene in New York City Converted from a folk music
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