| Week
1 |
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| 4
Sept |
class
1 |
Introduction |
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Requirements, grading, etc. |
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Postwar Britain: war
debt, infrastructure, teenagers, and the Establishment |
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The British Song Tradition:
Child ballads, broadside ballads, & music hall |
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Musical vocabulary and
approach: describing a song (song <> performance) |
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| Week
2 |
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| 9
Sept |
class
2 |
Early British Rock and
Pop |
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Lionel Bart, Tommy Steele, &
Mike Pratt: "Rock with the Caveman" (October 1956) |
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Ian Samwell: "Move It" (August
1958) |
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Billy Fury: "Maybe Tomorrow" (January
1959) |
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Les Vandyke: "What Do You Want?"
(November 1959) |
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Frederick Heath: "Shakin' All
Over" (June 1960) |
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| 11
Sept |
class
3 |
Jerry Lordan: "A Girl
Like You" (June 1961) |
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John Schroeder & Mike Hawker:
"Don't Treat Me Like a Child" (February 1961) |
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Geoff Goddard: "Johnny Remember
Me" (August 1961) |
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John Beveridge &
Peter Oldman: "A Picture of You" (May 1962) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
"Please Please Me" (January 1963) |
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| Week
3 |
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Quiz 1 |
| 16
Sept |
class
4 |
The Beat Boom |
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Mitch Murray: "How Do You Do It?"
(March 1963) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
"From Me to You" (April 1963) |
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Gordon Mills: "I'll Never Get
Over You" (June 1963) |
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Mitch Murray: "I'm Telling You
Now" (August 1963) |
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| 18
Sept |
class
5 |
John Lennon & Paul
McCartney: "Bad to Me" (July 1963) |
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——: "She Loves You"
(August 1963) |
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——: "I Wanna Be Your
Man" (November 1963) |
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——: "I Want to Hold
Your Hand" (November 1963) |
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——: "This Boy" (November
1963) |
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| Week
4 |
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| 23
Sept |
class
6 |
Beat Boom Pop |
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Ivor Raymonde & Mike Hawker:
"I Only Want to Be with You" (December 1963) |
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Dave Clark & Mike Smith: "Glad
All Over" (November 1963) |
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Gerry Marsden: "Don't Let the
Sun Catch You Crying" (April 1964) |
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Keith Richards & Mick Jagger:
"Tell Me (You're Coming Back to Me" (April 1964) |
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| 25
Sept |
class
7 |
John Lennon & Paul
McCartney: "A World without Love" (February 1964) |
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——: "Can't Buy Me
Love" (March 1964) |
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——: "You Can't Do
That" (March 1964) |
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Mort Shuman & Clive Westlake:
"Here I Go Again" (May 1964) |
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Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley:
"Have I the Right" (June 1964) |
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| Week
5 |
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Quiz 2 |
| 30
Sept |
class
8 |
Early Britpop |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
"A Hard Day's Night" (July 1964) |
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——: "If I Fell" (July
1964) |
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Ray Davies: "You Really Got Me"
(August 1964) |
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Geoff Stephens: "The Crying Game"
(July 1964) |
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| 2
Oct |
class
9 |
Keith Richards &
Mick Jagger: "As Tears Go By" (June 1964) |
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Rod Argent: "She's Not There"
(July 1964) |
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Eric Burdon & Alan Price:
"I'm Crying" (September 1964) |
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Van Morrison: "Gloria" (November
1964) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
"I Feel Fine" (November 1964) |
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| Week
6 |
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| 7
Oct |
class
10 |
Tom Springfield: "I'll
Never Find another You" (December 1964) |
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Keith Richards & Mick Jagger:
"Heart of Stone" (December 1964) |
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Tony Hatch: "Downtown" (November
1964) |
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Pete Townshend: "I Can't Explain"
(January 1965) |
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Les Reed and Gordon Mills: "It's
Not Unusual" (January 1965) |
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| 9 Oct |
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Yom Kippur |
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| Week
7 |
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| 14
Oct |
class
11 |
John Carter & Ken
Lewis: "Funny How Love Can Be" (January 1965) |
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——: "Can't You
Hear My Heartbeat" (February 1965) |
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Tom Moeller & Gregg Parker:
"Concrete and Clay" (February 1965) |
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Keith Richards & Mick Jagger:
"The Last Time" (February 1965) |
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——: "Play with Fire"
(February 1965) |
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| 16
Oct |
class
12 |
Class Guest:
Mitch Murray |
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| Week
8 |
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Quiz 3 |
| 21
Oct |
class
13 |
Mid-sixties Britpop |
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Donovan: "Catch the Wind" (March
1965) |
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Graham Gouldman: "For Your Love"
(March 1965) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
"Ticket to Ride" (April 1965) |
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——: "Yes It Is" (April
1965) |
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| 23
Oct |
class
14 |
Ray Davies: "Set
Me Free" (May 1965) |
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Pete Townshend: "Anyway, Anyhow,
Anywhere" (May 1965) |
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Graham Gouldman: "Heart Full of
Soul" (May 1965) |
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Donovan: "Colours" (May 1965) |
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Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway:
"You've Got Your Troubles" (July 1965) |
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| Week
9 |
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| 28
Oct |
class
15 |
John Lennon & Paul
McCartney: "Help" (July 1965) |
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——: "Yesterday" (August
1965) |
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Ray Davies: "See My Friends" (July
1965) |
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Jonathan King: "Everyone's Gone
to the Moon" ( July 1965) |
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Keith Richards & Mick Jagger:
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (August 1965) |
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| 30
Oct |
class 16 |
Graham Gouldman & Charles Silverman: "Look
through any Window" (August 1965) |
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Ray Davies: "Well Respected Man" (August
1965) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "You've Got
to Hide Your Love Away" (September 1965) |
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Graham Gouldman: "Evil Hearted You" (September
1965) |
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Mick Jagger & Keith Richards: "Get Off of
My Cloud" (October 1965) |
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| Week
10 |
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Quiz 4 |
| 4
Nov |
class 17 |
Jackie Edwards: "Keep on Running" (November
1965) |
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Pete Townshend: "My Generation" (October
1965) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "Day Tripper"
(December 1965) |
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——: "We Can Work It Out" (December
1965) |
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| 6
Nov |
class
18 |
George Harrison: "If I Needed Someone" (December
1965) |
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Paul Samwell-Smith,
Keith Relf, & Jim McCarty: "Shapes of Things" (February
1966) |
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Ray Davies: "Dedicated Follower
of Fashion" (February 1966) |
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Keith Richards & Mick Jagger:
"Paint It Black" (May 1966) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
"Paperback Writer" (June 1966) |
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| Week
11 |
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| 11
Nov |
class
19 |
Psychedelipop |
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Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane:
"All or Nothing" (August 1966) |
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Pete Townshend: "I'm a Boy" (August
1966) |
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Geoff Stephens: "Winchester Cathedral"
(September 1966) |
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Steve Winwood: "Gimme Some Loving"
(October 1966) |
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Donovan: "Sunshine Superman" (December
1966) |
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| 13
Nov |
class
20 |
Keith Richards &
Mick Jagger: "Ruby Tuesday" (January 1967) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (February 1967) |
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Syd Barrett: "Arnold Layne"
(March 1967) |
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Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb: "New
York Mining Disaster, 1941" (April 1967) |
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Ray Davies: "Waterloo Sunset"
(May 1967) |
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| Week
12 |
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Quiz 5 |
| 18
Nov |
class
21 |
Gary Brooker, Keith
Reid, & Matthew Fisher: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (May 1967) |
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney: "All You Need Is Love" (July 1967) |
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Mick Jagger & Keith Richards:
"We Love You" (August 1967) |
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Dave Mason: "Hole in My Shoe"
(August 1967) |
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| 20
Nov |
class
22 |
Tony MacAuley &
John MacLeod: "Baby, Now that I Have Found You" (October 1967) |
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Peter Townshend: "I Can See for
Miles" (October 1967) |
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Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs,
John Weider, Barry Jenkins, & Danny McCulloch: "San Francisco
Nights" (October 1967) |
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Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane:
"Tin Soldier" (December 1967) |
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Peter Callander &
Mitch Murray: "Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" (December 1967) |
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| Week
13 |
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| 25
Nov |
class
23 |
The New
Traditionalists |
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Roy Wood: "Fire Brigade" (January
1968) |
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John Lennon & Paul
McCartney: "Lady Madonna" (March 1968) |
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Keith Richards & Mick Jagger:
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (May 1968) |
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——: "Street Fighting
Man" (May/December 1968) |
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Donovan: "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (May
1968) |
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| 27 Nov
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Thanksgiving |
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| Week
14 |
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| 2
Dec |
class
24 |
Justin Hayward: "Voices in the
Sky" (June 1968) |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
"Hey Jude" (August 1968) |
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——: "Revolution"
(August 1968) |
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Jack Bruce & Peter Brown:
"Sunshine of Your Love" (May/September 1968) |
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Roy Wood: "Blackberry Way" (November
1968) |
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| 4
Dec |
class
25 |
Ian Anderson: "Living in the Past"
(May 1969) |
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George Harrison: "Something" (November
1969) |
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John Lennon: "Come Together" (November
1969) |
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Paul McCartney: "Come and Get It "
(December 1969) |
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Ray Davies: "Victoria" (December
1969) |
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| Week
15 |
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| 9
Dec |
class
24 |
Quiz 6 |
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Song Comparisons Due |
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| 17 Dec
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6:00 PM |
Final |
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