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American Popular Songs
Final Exam Listening Examples
15
Music
Undergraduate 2
03/13/2011

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Superstition
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Stevie Wonder, funk, instrumentation (including trumpet and clavinet)
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That black snake moan
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Blind Lemon Jefferson, 12-bar blues, sexual innuendo, rhythmic freedom
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I wanna be sedated
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Ramones, Punk, Parody of Beach Boys style, Sick bubblegum pop
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Maybellene
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Chuck Berry, based on an oldtime american melody, double stop guitar, early rock n roll
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April Showers
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Al Jolson, Tin Pan Alley music, featuring belting vocal style
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Smells like teen spirit
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Nirvana, Alternative rock, elements of punk & metal, Seattle sound
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Wrappin it up
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Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra, use of upbdeat, danceble rhthms, saxophone solo
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youve got another thing coming
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judas preist, metal, 2nd british invasion, MTC, not blues-based
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Blowin in the Wind
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Bob Dylan, compare style to peter, paul & Marys version, folk song, social/political
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Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
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Stephen Foster, Strophic form, 19th century sentimental ballad
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The Message
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Grandmaster Flash, rap by melle mel, portrayal of ghetto life, influence on later hip-hop
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Dont be cruel
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Elvis Presley, Verse-chorus form superimposed over 12-barblues, early rock n roll
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Get Up, Stand Up
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Bob Marley, example of reggae, rastifarian belief system, social/political commentary
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Good Vibrations
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The Beach Boys, Sectional form, use of the theremin, influenced Beatles' experiments
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Oye Como Va
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Santana, example of multifultural rock, mostly instrumental, melodic guitar solos, in spanish
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