Timing was important (1964) Kennedy was shot

The British resurrected the music we ignored

Englands James Dean counterpart was The Teddy Boys

A tame brand of pop folk music and traditional jazz taken from New Orleans Style

Music was popular in England int he mid 1950's

Lonnie Donegan "King of Skiffle"

Changed social behavior, brought change in the music

British Bands turned to Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry Etc.

Leading group of pop history

Able to change music history through all facets, musical style, fashion, and social behavior

Early Influences: Skiffle Music

Can be broken into 3 distinctive periods

Pop Style

Love Songs

Driving up beat tempo

Hambury, Germany became their training ground

The first album (Please Please Me) was recorded in only 13 hours

Four Ablbums fall into the early period

From the beginning Lennon, McCartney, were not equal in writing their songs

American Releases are different than British Releases

More acoustic/folk elements (Dylan Influence)

Introspective style emerges

Individuality more evident

Social statement in songs

Next 2 Albums Help! (Aug 65) and Rubber Soul (Dec. 65)

You've got to hide your love away

Bigger than jesus Controversey (March 1966)

Use of studio techniques

music more individualized

more artisitic composition

Added insturmentation

Drug Influenced

tyhe Whiel album titled The Beatles is ironically the least collaboratvie album the group made

7 Album releases

Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, The Beatles (White Album) Let it Be, Abbey Road

Lennon and McCartney composed many songs that provided other performers with many hits

Many firsts happened with the Beatles in the studio

Use of recorded feedback sitar mellotron, fuzz bass effect studio manipulation, backward tape loops

The starting point for Clapton/Beck/Page

Early pioneers of psychedelic music

Kown for ad hoc jams (called Raves)

Fierce drive to the music

I'm a Man, Got love if you want it, Smoke Stack lightning

Jeff Beck Jimmy Page

The Animals

Eric Burdon

Second only to the rolling stones in influencing among R&B based bands

Led by Van Morrison rank them among the best of the British Invasion bands

Considered the most critically acclaimed pop music songwriter of the 1960's

Composer of rock classic "Gloria"

almost entirely attributed to one man Berry Goudy

R&B music that passed for black and white in sound

Perfected Gospel pop fusion

Produced a unique blend of stock rock chord progressions

Gospel Feel

Doo Wop male Vocals

Solid instrumental back up

repeated use of a catchy hook phrase

repitition of melodic hooks resulted in familiarity to the public

produced the sound of Young America

Studio Musicians were known as the Funk Brothers

The studio musicians who shaped the Motown Sound

Played on more number one hits than the beatles, the rolling stones, the beach boys, and elvis combined

The funk Brothers are documented in the movie "standing in the shadows of motown"

Known for Robinsons beautiful falsetto voice

Ballads become the Miracles Forte

became one of Motowns most enigmatic and consistently popular acts

Music built around lead singer Levi Stubbs

"Baby I need your loving" and "I cant help Myslef"

The Finest vocal group in the 60's soul music

The closest to church and gospel roots

"My Girl"

One of the most important female groups in rock history

The Supremes music is the purest expression of the Motown Sound

Fronted by the 10yr old Michael Jackson

He danced like a mini james brown

 transcended all races and age barriers

Motown's premier white rock and soul band

Motowns experimental assult on the rock market

Labeled " Blue eyed soul"

"Get Ready" and " I just want to celebrate"

Most succesful artists in Motown's history

First big hit was "Fingertips" part 2 age 12

First live recording to hit #1 in rock history "Little"

120 page contract with motown made business history

by the 70's he was playing most of the instruments on his album

Most important American contributor to rock music

First Poet of the mass media

two distinctive time periods 1) Acoustic 2) Electric

This implues folk and rock are seperate---dyan shows that is rock

Fusion of country, folk, bliues, rock n roll, and poetry both ancient and new

His lyrics have been discussed in english classes

First album "times they are a changing"

was his most overt protest album

Gives the feeling of the dust bowl era

Grapes of Wrath

Times they are a changing

Became an anthem for a frusterated youth

with god on our side (1964)

Illustrates wit

Music was a catalyst for the drug culture and the Vietnam War

Dylan's Electric band went on to form the band (Robbie Robertson)

Set the scene for folk rock

Dylans first top 40 hit

One of dyland first electric pieces

Groups that synthesized Dylan and the Beatles

Dylans Composition: Mr Tamborine Man (65)

Declared to be the first folk rock hit in rock history

beatles tick to ride inspired the sound and feel

One of the most representative sounds of the 1960's

written by stephen stils during the aftermath of the infamous sunset strips riots of 66-67

Commonley labeled a protest song

Most successful artist in motown history

first big hit was fingertips part 2 age 12

first live recording to hit #1 in rock history was "Little"

120 page contract with motown made business history 

by the 70's he was playing most of the instruments on his album

Brought Country influence into R/B

Burke never celebrate a number one hit on the pop charts but enjoyed many hits in the R/B charts

Atlantics best selling southern soul performer

in the midnight hour most successful soul song of the era

Formed Booker T and the MG's

"Green Onions"

Skillful at delivering ballads with passion

earned a reputation as leading performer of soul ballads 

his performance at the monteray pop festival gained him a wider audience 

Haight Ashbury

large community of folk musicians 

The acid test by Ken Keesy became known as the happening

Estimated there were 500-1500 bands in the area

became entrenched in the university curriculum by the early 1960's

Gave students a language to question complacent assumptions of American Society 

Floating to the music

eastern indian influence (sitar) 

one of the best san Francisco bands on the 60's

most versatile other than Sg bands

combinations of folk blues country and Classic R/R

Early airplane played some of Moby's compositions 

Most popular of the san francisco bands

leaders of the protest movement and supporters of free love

Great Females Rock voice

Represented the love hate relationship of the 60's

considered to be the ultimate cult band

never really part of the mainstream music scene

House band for Keesey's Acid Test "happenings"

music is an electric blend of folk country and blues

Fans known as the Deadheads

a representation of a culture and a generation (like Dylan)

Broke barriers for women in music industry 

overall her performances were fresh and sincere

sang the blues to transcend pain

Gained National Fame at Monteray Pop Festival

considered to be his finest work 

Are you experienced and Axis bold as love

redefined the guitar and guitar performance 

able to explore and master all the sonic force of the instrument 

had the gift and ability to harness the distortions 

distortion and feedback were not for gimmick 

later albums starting with Led Zeppelin 3 moved more to folk-derived material and Celtic mythology

considered to be the first heavy metal band in history 

blending of classical music with rock

references to mythology 

use of odd meters and frequent mood/tempo changes

large % of art rock were british bands

art rock was influenced by classical music 

progressive rock music influenced by Jazz styles

attempt to legitimize rock music

aimed to broaden the market of listeners of rock music 

punk music was a revolt of Art Rock music 

Leading british art rock bands of the 60/70's: Moody Blues and Pink Floyd

Days of the future passed

concept album

Programmatic music 

paved the way for other art rock bands

experimental space rock band 

inclusion of concrete music 

creation of themes result in concepts of massive scale

syd barret an important founding member

Barrett played a major role in the musical and stylistic direction of the bands early work 

Music combines an understanding of and appreciation of 20th century composers Stravinsky Stockhausen and Edgard Varese

music was combined doo wop and rock and roll

social satire and stinging wit

avant garde jazz

guitar heavy rock and r/b

collages of many styles

satrist with a wicked sense of humor and absurdity 

his band the mothers of invention formed in 1966

British artist of theatre rock 

cross dressing resulted in Ziggy Stardust (1972)

Ziggy Sold in Britain not in the US (too mainstream)

Set the stage for glam rock (Lou Reed, Kiss, Ny Dolls)

Space oddity 1969

never quite fit into mainstream rock and roll of the late 60's early 70's

early punk bands from Detroit

MC-5, The Stooges(Iggy Pop), Alice Cooper

father of shock rock

influenced by comic book stories and RKO horror movie shows

essentially laid the foundations for the emergence of punk 

Led by John Sinclair (leader of the infamous white panther party)

Godfather of punk music

carried on the stage the drama of Jim Morrison 

early group the stooges 

NY proto punk

known as the key touchstone to punk and new wave combination of music and art 

Improvised lyrics that reflected the NY lifestyle

combines 60;s garage rock with the literary writing styles of Rimbaud, Burroughs and Ginsberg

Referred to as the godmother of punk 

anticipates new wave of music

a hybrid of classical rock and pose beat poetry 

most popular of the punk bands 

crystallized the musical ideals of the genre 

cut rock and roll down to its bare essentials

1. Four chords

2.simple catchy

3. irresistibly insane lyrics

4.very fast tempos

created something that was rooted in the early 60's pre beatles rock and roll and pop but sounded revolutionary.

Labeled by some as bubble gum punk

Blitzkrieg Bop

Pinhead

I wanna be Sedated 

brought to the UK by Malcolm Mclaren

Mclaren became the sex pistols manager