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| Beatles Members and positions |
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John Lennon-Singer, guitar
Paul McCartney-Singer, Bass
George Harrison-Guitar
Ringo Starr-drums |
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| Date of John Lennon Murder, murderer, and location |
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| December 8, 1980, Marc Chapman, in front of NY apartment |
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| What type of music style did The Beatles start off playing? |
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| Skiffle music(simple folk, bluesy music popularities in 1950's UK) |
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| Original drummer of The Beatles |
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| Pete Best-replaced by Ringo Star |
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| The Beatles famous producer |
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| George Martin "the 5th Beatle |
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| The Beatles famous manager |
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| When did "Beatlemania" begin? |
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| 1964 they came to USA greeted by 3000 fans |
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| Where are the Beatles from? |
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| First rock song to use a classical string quartet, Most covered song in history? |
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| Why did people burn Beatles albums |
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| John Lennon stated Beatles are more popular than Jesus |
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| Which album used George Harrison as songwriter? |
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| Which Beatles album was mostly experimental due to drug use? |
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| When did the Beatles breakup? |
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| What album was the Beatles biggest commercial/critical success, a concept album, and raked #1 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of all? |
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| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band |
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| 7 Reasons for Beatles importance |
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1. Superior melodies (tuneful, easy to remember) Lennon & McCartney.
2. Adventurous harmonies (see “Michelle”)
3. Avoided 12-bar blues.
4. Greater emphasis on recording studio.
5. Advanced lyrics later in career.
6. George Harrison – late bloomer in songwriting.
7. Desire to experiment at the height of fame. |
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| Rolling Stones members and positions |
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Mick Jagger - singer (b.1943) Keith Richard - guitar (b.1943) Bill Wyman - bass
Charlie Watts - drums |
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| Rolling Stones Playing style and reason for success |
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Simple blues based music
Riff based
1st to portray an overtly negative image |
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Anglo-British tradition by way of Appalachian Mountains
passed down generation by generation orally
eventually appears in cities by socially active folky singers |
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| Folk(singer songwriter) + Rock (electric) |
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| Famous Folk-Rock Groups (6) |
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| Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell |
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| Bob Dylans birth year and hometown |
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| Bob Dylans musical influence |
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| What year did Bob Dylan move to the big city and what city was it? |
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| What year was bob Dylans first album and what was the name of it |
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| Bob Dylans 2nd album and year |
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| What year did "go electric" at Newport Folk Festival, and start Folk-Rock |
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| How many concerts a year did Bob Dylan average throughout the 80's and 90's |
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| What year and at what age did Bob Dylan get inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Half of fame? |
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| What Year did Bob Dylan receive the Nobel Peace Prize? |
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| Bob Dylan Characteristics music |
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| Thoughtful Poetic lyrics, use of fragmentation |
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| Which one of Simon & Garfunkel's songs was the most performed songs of the 20th century, used in the film "The Graduate" and has greater success with rock influenced version? |
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| The Sound of Silence (1965) |
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| What city did Psychedelic Rock find refuge in? |
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| What neighborhood in San Francisco was home for hippie culture? |
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| Who were The Beats influenced by |
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| Who were the Beats and what were their names |
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| Writers and poets starting in NYC. Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac |
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| Characteristics of Psychedelic Rock |
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Coming out of San Francisco Loud
Improvisation
Electric guitar dominant
new sounds through electronics
hippie culture |
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| Famous Psychedelic Rock artists |
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| Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane |
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| What were the events that lead to the loss of hope era |
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1968: assassination of ML King, Attorney General Robert Kennedy,
1969: Woodstock (August), Altamont Festival (December), Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, 1970-71: d. Jimi Hendrix, d. Janis Joplin, d. Jim Morrison, The Beatles are over |
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| What were the "three hybrids"? |
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| Country Rock, Jazz Rock, Southern Rock |
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| Lyin eyes elements: rock and country |
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Rock elements: Back beat, marketed as pop
Country Elements: steel guitar fills, 12 string guitar, lyric content, bar room piano |
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| Country rock is an extension of_____and where did it come from |
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| Folk Rock, coming more from California than from south |
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| Notable Country Rock Performers |
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| Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, The Eagles |
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| Southern Rock characteristics |
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| Inspired more by the South - blues, soul, country music. More aggressive. |
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| Notable Southern Rock Performers |
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Notable Performers:
Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels |
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| Jazz Rock characteristics: Jazz and rock elements 5 of each |
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Jazz: improvising, mostly instrumental, acoustic, horn section, swing beat.
Rock: Song form, mostly vocal, amplified, guitar based, back beat |
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| Notable Jazz Rock Characteristics |
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Chicago 1967
Blood, sweat, tears 1968
Earth, Wind & Fire 1970-72 |
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| Hard Rock musical characteristics |
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| Distortion Feedback Loud Bass riffs |
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| Who used a speaker cone cut with a razor blade to create unique hard rock sound and in what song |
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| The Kinks-You really got me |
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| Heavy metal characteristics |
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1. Loud, powerful, aggressive
2. Blues & riff-based
3. Distortion guitar
4. Symbols & lyric content rooted in fantasy, horror, evil, death, occult. (nihilism)
5. Screaming vocal delivery
6. Power chords (root and fifth of triad) |
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| Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard |
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| Van Halen, Iron Butterfly, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith |
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| Glam(Glitter) Rock characteristics |
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| Flamboyant style of dressing. Androgynous image |
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| Notable Glam metal artists |
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| Kiss, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister |
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| Eddie Van Halen Birth year and home |
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| 1955, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| What age did Eddie Van Halen move to Pasadena, CA |
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| What age did Eddie Van Halen take Piano lessons |
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| What was Eddie Van Halen known for |
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| Progressive Rock (art rock) elements |
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Classical Music Elements + Rock = the “avante grade” of rock music First head among British bands
Diverse, hard to pin down Longer extended works
Tendency to be musically complex |
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| Notable British progressive rock artists |
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| Moody Blues, Genesis, ELO (Electric Light Orchestra), Pink Floyd |
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| Other notable Progressive rock artists |
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| Yes, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Frank Zappa, Rush |
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| Notable glam rock artists, not metal |
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