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History of Rock and Roll
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Undergraduate 1
03/08/2011

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Sex Pistols
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British Punk Band,Late 1970s,Political lyrics, "Save the Queen", Power Chords
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The Clash
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British Punk Band, Late 70's, "London Calling", Anti-Commercialism
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Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
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Progressive rock,Early 70's, first to use synthesizer in live performance, no guitar, "Karn Evil 9"
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Black Sabbath
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Heavy Metal, Ozzy Osbourne, Early 70's, "Iron Man",
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Judas Priest
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British Heavy Metal, Late 70's, virtuosity (vocals), "Exciter"
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Run-DMC
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Among First hardcore rap groups, first rap group to release album, early 80's, "Jammaster Jammin'"
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Public Enemy
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Rap, 80's and 90's, Very Popular among black communities, radical, "Fight the Power"
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Pink Floyd
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British Rock Band, 60's and 70's,Progessive Rock, "Comfortably Numb"
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Elvis Costello
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Late 70's,British New Wave Rock, "Less Than Zero"
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Devo
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New Wave Band, jerky robotic rythms, use of technology,late 70's early 80's, among first non-proggessive rock to use synthesizer "Whip it"
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Boston
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Arena Rock group, mid 70's, "More Than a Feeling," Lead Singer Tom Scholz went to MIT, created synthesizers
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Bruce Springsteen
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recorded live, working class, mid 70's, "Born to Run" New Jersey
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Progessive Rock
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ELP, Pink Floyd, rock that utilized new synthesizing technology, started in UK in late 60's
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Arena Rock
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more commercial and radio friendly, anthemic choruses, power ballads, Boston and Journey, bands played live to big arenas
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Punk
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Three chords and simple melody, loud and fast, Ramones and Sex Pistols, anyone can play in garage
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New Wave
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pop music, pure and simple,like punk with electronics, style and art, Elvis Costello and Devo
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Verse
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Two or more sections of a song have identical music and different lyrics
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Bridge
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contrasting section of song, neither verse nor chorus, Living on a Prayer "we've got to hold on ready or not, you live for the fight when its all that you've got"
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Scratching
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manipulating a vinyl record back and forth to produce a sound
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Sampling
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taking portoin of sound recording and reusing it as an instrument, Dr. Dre utilizes it
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DJ
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Disc Jockey, person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience, Run DMC first to use DJ as bandmember
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MC
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music artist who creates and performs vocals for his own original material
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  • Compare British punk to American punk in the 1970s. Your answer should make reference to the political outlook of each, and to at least one representative band or artist from each side of the Atlantic.
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On both sides of the Atlantic, young bands began forsaking the sonic excesses that distinguished mainstream hard rock and stripping the music down to its essentials. In New York, the first punk band was the Ramones; in London, the first punk band was the Sex Pistols. Although the bands had different agendas and sounds -- the Ramones were faster and indebted to bubblegum, while the Pistols played Faces riffs sloppier and louder than the Faces themselves -- the direct approach of the bands revolutionized music in both the U.K. and the U.S. In America, punk remained an underground sensation, eventually spawning the hardcore and indie-rock scenes of the '80s, but in the UK, it was a full-scale phenomenon. In the U.K., the Sex Pistols were thought of as a serious threat to the well-being of the government and monarchy, but more importantly, they caused countless bands to form. Some of the bands stuck close to the Pistols' original blueprint, but many found their own sound, whether it was the edgy pop of the Buzzcocks, the anthemic, reggae-informed rock of the Clash, or the arty experiments of Wire and Joy Division.
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  • The term “New Wave” was applied to many kinds of music that did not necessarily sound all that much alike. Compare the styles of two acts (individuals or bands) that have both been described as “New Wave,” but whose work is markedly different from one another. What seem the most crucial differences? What are the most crucial similarities?
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Devo: Their music echoed this view of society as rigid, repressive, and mechanical, with appropriate touches -- jerky, robotic rhythms; an obsession with technology and electronics (the group was among the first non-prog rock bands to make the synthesizer a core element); often atonal melodies and chord progressions -- all of which were filtered through the perspectives of geeky misfits

Costello: The sensitive issues he wrote about, combined with the structures in which he composed them, indicated a major talent that would survive and outgrow this musical generation

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  • Select two rap artists active before 1994 and compare their work.
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Run DMC:

                                As the first hardcore rap outfit, the trio set the sound and style for the next decade of rap. With their spare beats and excursions into heavy metal samples, the trio were tougher and more menacing than their predecessors, helped move rap from a singles-oriented genre to an album-oriented one -- they were the first hip-hop artist to construct full-fledged albums, not just collections with two singles and a bunch of filler

            Ice-T:

Has proven to be one of hip-hop's most articulate and intelligent stars, written some of the best portraits of ghetto life and gangsters, as well as some of the best social commentary hip-hop has produced, spare beats and samples that provided a backdrop for the rapper's charismatic rhymes, which were mainly party-oriented, matching excellent abrasive music with fierce, intelligent narratives, and political commentaries, especially about hip-hop censorship

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  • Based on the listening we have done in class, or any other listening you happen to have done, sketch out the career of a single “progressive rock” band active in the ‘seventies (album titles, dates, etc. come in handy here) and ponder the question: is this a rock band? What arguments can be put forth for their music fitting, or not fitting, into traditional notions of what rock is?
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Formed in 1970, released Pictures at an Exhibition in 1971, released their second album in 1971 also with their title track Tarkus, they further refined their approach, the title track being among the best the group ever produced. Brain Salad Surgery (Manticore, 1973) contains the band’s most ambitious track, After a two-year break (1975–7), the group released Works, Volume 1 (Atlantic, 1977) and began a tour accompanied by a full orchestra. Logistical and financial problems forced the group to drop the orchestra and continue the tour as a trio. Facing waning popularity, the group broke up in 1978, Emerson and Lake regrouped with drummer Cozy Powell in 1986 to release Emerson, Lake and Powell,    I do believe this group is a rock band because the group became notorious for their rock versions of classical masterpieces. Also, since they were considered a progressive rock group their introduction of the synthesizer fit perfectly, they also contained ‘rock instruments’ such as drums and bass, but did not have a guitar, also Emerson became to be known as a flamboyant performer, which is not a necessary part of rock but many bands do have these

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  • Compare two bands active in the ‘seventies and/or ‘eighties who fall at least casually under the umbrella of “heavy metal” but seem fundamentally different in their musical style, lyrical content, or self-presentation. What makes them both heavy metal bands? How do they differ?
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            Formed in 1970, released Pictures at an Exhibition in 1971, released their second album in 1971 also with their title track Tarkus, they further refined their approach, the title track being among the best the group ever produced. Brain Salad Surgery (Manticore, 1973) contains the band’s most ambitious track, After a two-year break (1975–7), the group released Works, Volume 1 (Atlantic, 1977) and began a tour accompanied by a full orchestra. Logistical and financial problems forced the group to drop the orchestra and continue the tour as a trio. Facing waning popularity, the group broke up in 1978, Emerson and Lake regrouped with drummer Cozy Powell in 1986 to release Emerson, Lake and Powell,    I do believe this group is a rock band because the group became notorious for their rock versions of classical masterpieces. Also, since they were considered a progressive rock group their introduction of the synthesizer fit perfectly, they also contained ‘rock instruments’ such as drums and bass, but did not have a guitar, also Emerson became to be known as a flamboyant performer, which is not a necessary part of rock but many bands do have these

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  • Highlighting the work of at least three bands, briefly discuss the role of technology—its conspicuous presence or absence—in rock from 1970 to 1985. You should try to pick three bands whose handling of technology seems to differ in some significant way.
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Heavy Metal:

                                more distorted guitar sound and heavier drums and bass, distorted guitar ‘power chords’, heavy riffs, wailing vocals and virtuosic solos by guitarists and drummers

                Led Zeppelin:

                                incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into their sound

                Black Sabbath:

                hinted at the heavy, doom-laden and ingenious rock music they produced, Recording classic albums,

                       

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