History of Rock & Roll Quiz #2 – Flashcards
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The British Invasion
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British resurrected the music we ignored "Teddy Boys" were the English version of James dean style
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Skiffle Music
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-Tame brand of pop folk music & trad. Jazz (taken from New Orleans style Popular in the mid 50's England
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King of Skiffle
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Lonnie Donegan
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Beatles: Early Period
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-Pop Style -Love songs -Driving Beat/Up tempo
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Music from Beatles Early period
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"Please Please Me" "Twist & Shout" (Both written by Lennon) "All My Loving" (Paul McCartney)
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Beatles Early Period Albums (4)
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1) Please Please Me 2) With the Beatles 3) Hard Days Night 4) Beatles for Sale
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Beatles Middle Period Music
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"You've got to Hide Your love Away" First time they brought outside musicians to play instruments that they couldn't "We can work it out" Profits split 30%-70% between McCartney and Lennon
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Beatles Late Period
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- Use of studio techniques - music more individualized - artistic composition - added instrumentation - Drug influences - "The White Album" is ironically the least collaborative album they made - 7 albums were released during this period
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John Mayall & the Blues Breakers
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Known as the elder statesman of British Blues Player's in the band overshadowed Mayall's abilities Adequate singer with multi-instrumental talent
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The Yardbirds
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-Began as an R&B blues cover band - Starting point for Clapton, Beck, & Jimmy Page - Pioneers of psychedelic music - Known for ad hoc jams (raves)
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Raves:
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mix of R&B with extended guitar/harmonica passages. Blues with a fierce drive to the music
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The Animals (Eric Burton)
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2nd only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B based bands "House of the rising Sun"
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Facts about the Beatles
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- Lennon & McCartney composed many songs for other performers - Many "firsts" happened in the Beatles studio -George Martin is referred to as the Fifth Beatle
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Them (Van Morrison)
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-Led by Van & ranked as one of the best British Invasion bands - Considered the most critically acclaimed pop music songwriter of the 60's Composer of the rock classic "Gloria"
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The Kinks
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- The most staunchly English group of them all -Known as the precursors of heavy metal & punk rock - Later known as "power chord" playing
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The Rolling Stones
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Worlds greatest rock & roll band Portrayed a vulgar look (no uniforms) Considered the dangerous alternative to Beatles Jagger & Keith Richards are core group Rougher & sexier than Beatles
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Andrew Oldham
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Rolling Stones tour manager
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Mick Jagger
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His drawl was similar to blues singer Howlin' Wolf Attracted to rough eloquent directness of black music He is a white singing black songs and flaunted it
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Motown
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Almost entirely attributed to one person: Berry Gordy R&B music that passed for black & white in sound Perfected a gospel-pop fusion
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Motown Formula:
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- Repeated use of a catchy hook phrase - Repititon of melodic hooks resulted in familiarity to mass public -Produced the "sound of young America"
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The Funk Brothers
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Studio musicians who shaped the Motown sound Played on more #1 hits than Beatles, Rolling Stones & Elvis combined Documented in movie "Standing in the Shadows of Mowtown"
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Holland-Dozier-Holland
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Leading writing team of Motown
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Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
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-Known for Robinson's falsetto voice -Ballads became the Miracle's forte
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Marvin Gaye
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one of Motowns most enigmatic and consistent acts career broken into 2 parts 1: Worked with Motown production staff, found med. tempo shouters successful 2: -Became composer himself. -liberated from Gordy's studio system -Pensive and introspective style -returned to erotic love songs -Shot by father in 1984
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The Temptations
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-finest vocal group of the 60's SOUL MUSIC -closest to church & gospel roots
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Diana Roos & the Supremes
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-one of most important female rock groups in history -the Supreme's music is the purist expression of the Motown sound
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The Jackson 5
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-Motown's last great act -Fronted by Michael jackson -he danced like a mini James Brown -transcended all ages & races
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Rare Earth
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-Mowtown's premeir white rock and soul band -M-town's experimental assault on rock market -Labeled "blue eyed soul"
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Stevie Wonder
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-Most successful artist of Mowtown -1st big hit was "fingertips" (age 12) -had first live recording to hit #1 in charts -13 million dollar, 120 page contract made history
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Bob Dylan
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-Most important American contrib. to rock -1st poet in mass media - 2 periods (acoustic & electric) -Dylan shows that folk IS rock -His music was fusion of country, blues, folk, R&R, and poetry
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Bob Dylan Acoustic Period
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First album: Times they are A-Changin His most over protest album (youth anthem) gives a feeling of "dust bowl" era -Grapes of Wrath
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Bob Dylan Electric Period
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-Illustrates wit -catalyst for drug culture & Vietnam war -Set the scene for Folk Rock -"like a rolling stone" considered his best work
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"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
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-Bob Dylan's first top 40 hit -Possible references to Chuck Berry, Kerouac, and Guthrie
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The Byrds
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-Group that synthesized Dylan & Beatles -Mr. Tambourine Man was first folk rock hit in rock history -Beatles "Ticket to ride" inspired the sound
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Byrds: "8 miles high"
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considered the first drug tune. Led to acid rock.
