MUCO 120: Chapter 8
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Fragmentation of Rock
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the different style: folk rock, punk, funk, country rock, disco, new wave, singer songwriters, heavy metal, southern rock, hard rock, progressive rock
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The Rise of Corporate Rock
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Large corporate controlled the creative aspect of Rock.
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Blockbuster Album
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Was an aid to sell more albums
Changed how the record industry did business, focused it more,
if you didn’t they would kick you off your contract. People were concentrating on writing hits instead of focusing on the meaning behind their songs
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Studio Experimentation
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Created an atmosphere to spend large amounts in the studio (no limits)
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Rock n Roll Theatre and Merchandise
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Became Popular when Kiss grew
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Pink Floyd
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The band did not fit into a particular genre due to the extreme experimentation
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Psychedelic Rock
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Was associated with Pink Floyd
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What was the Art Rock
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Also associated with Pink Floyd.
Borrows heavily from classical music by
*utilizing orchestral instruments
*borrowing from song forms and how songs are put together,
*borrow from the emphasis on technical vertuallity-music that is difficult to play
*Idea of using noise, nonmu…
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Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, David Gilmour. where members of what band?
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Pink Floyd.
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Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, David Gilmour
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Syd Barrett was the early leader of Pink Floyd but left because he was not capable of staying in (band moved on without him). He set the tone for the band. David Gilmour replaced Barrett. Roger Waters wrote the lyrics and mirrored the struggles he was facing in life into the lyrics.
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Dark Side of the Moon
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Pink Floyd album
Utilizes consistent heartbeat
trend in art rock/progressive rock
unusual time signatures
Srgt. Peppers of the 70s
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The Wall
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Pink Floyds Blockbuster Album
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The Who was consider what Rock Genre?
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The first Rock Opera
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Pete Townshend
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Guitarist/singer of the who. Visits asia and changes the songwriting to be more enlightenment. Interested in The Budda which he gave up drugs for this life style
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Terry Riley and Minimalism
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repeated patterns that last for a long time that moved at a slow pace; minimalism has been really influential in the growing of contemporary music
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Meher Baba
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Pete Townshend’s guru and musical influence for using the synthesizer to input his life information
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Rock Opera- Tommy
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Concept album, “Pinball Wizard” Tommy tells a story of a deaf, dumb, and blind boy who gains spritual enlightenment through playing pinball. When tommy is cured of his handicaps, he is cast as a guru, possessing the great wisdom of the ages. the story is a parable about the superficiality…
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What did Led Zeppelin
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Biggest band at the time. had 8 number 1 its in the uk and 6 number 1 hits in the US.
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Yardbirds
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was the initial name of the band; Jimmy Page was the only member from the yardbirds that transitioned into th-e band named Led Zeppeli
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Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll was who's theme
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Zepplin lyrics focuses on sex themes
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Robert plants vocal style
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- had a distinctive high wailing vocals.
had the overwhelming power that reaches above -the excessive volume of the instruments.
-provide the lyrics to Page’s music.
-Led Zep.
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Jimmy Paige- guitar and Solo
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use of the violin bow to play his guitar during “Dazed and Confused” The purpose of this was to explore new and interesting timbres on the electric guitar. Played long virtuosic guitar solos. Picked up where Hendrix left off.
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Blues influence
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iN concert, aside from the guitar solos, improvisation also included full-out jams by the band on old blues and pop songs and musical ideas worked out on the spot.
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Willie Dixon
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Zepplin Sampled whole lotta love from Him.
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Experimentation
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Created a sonic palette by double tracking vocals, creating deep reverb layering electric guitars. Zeppelin took many musical risks
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Relationship to heavy metal for Zepplin?
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Zepplin played loud. While the band became legendary for the raw and excessive power and volume of their music (some have claimed them as the progenitors of heavy metal) they also produced a great deal of acoustic music.
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Black Sabbath
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began as a blues band, their music was based on blues riffs and common rock structures. HEavy metal
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Ozzy Osborn
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was black sabbath singer.when the band parted ways, and went to a solo career as one of the most prominent practitioners of heavy metal.
“doom” rock=heavy metal. their music caused parents to hate this music because parents thought it gave the image of suicide and caused people to comm…
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Alice Cooper
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first to really bring theater on stage through make up, live snakes etc.
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Aerosmith
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consider mainstream metal
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Van Halen
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Very fast guitar player
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What is the relationship to Southern Rock to Southern BLues
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Blues country music
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Allman Brothers
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Background: “created” Southern Rock although Rock was born out of the South
Dual guitars of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts: Duane Allman worked at Muscle Shoals where he met Dicky Betts; they had a jam band style playing with long solos and long duration songs; they experimented with ha…
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Lynnrd Skynyrd
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Southern Rock band.
Background - from Tallahassee, FL. band name came from their high school gym teacher who didn’t like guys with long hair. at height of career, a plane crash killed some members.
Southern Pride- a lot of what their songs were about
Meaning of “Sweet Home Alabama”…
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The Eagles
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Country Rock.
formed in 1971 one of the biggest selling American bands, Glenn Frey and Don Henley were Linda Ronstadts backup band, Jackson Browne wrote with the band, most famous country rock band but not the first
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Gram Parson
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was not afraid to bring country to rock
Byrds – Sweethearts of the Rodeo, first country rock album
Emmylou Harris: thought Gram was the person who convinced the rock world country music was okay; singing style with Gram was everywhere
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Dyland and the Band
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dylan plugged in and began creating gritty american music
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Who was a Folk Rock "Super Group"?
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Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. They had a broad mixture of everything.
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David Crosby
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was a part of the Byrd’s and left to do a solo thing he was replaced with Graham Parsons
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Stephen Stills
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Buffalo Springfield
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Graham Nash
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Left the Hollies to join
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Neil Young
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Has had a long solo career with his acoustic guitar, he plugs into an edgy sound that gave him the nickname “The godfather of grunge” (“Freebie Question”)
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****Who was the godfather of grunge
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Neil Young
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Lyrical Content
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lyrics were more personal and adult
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James Taylor
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First American artist that the Beatles signed to their apple record label
Went to rehab for heroin and wrote a song about it “Fire and Rain”
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Carol King
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former Brill Building songwriter, became solo act in the 70s, huge success with the album Tapestry
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Van Morrsion
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Came out of the British Blues Revival; Hated music industry
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Neil Young
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“Godfather of Grunge” Buffalo Springfield long solo career with acoustic guitar, more recent years he plugs in, toured with sonic youth & Pearl Jam, did tour called Live Rust with band Crazy Horse with half set by himself and other half with his band, folk rocker
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