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6/9 |
Class Introduction: requirements & schedule |
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Background: Postwar Britain (economy, empire, and
class) |
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Postwar British Pop Music |
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Music Hall. George Formby: "When I'm Cleaning Windows" (June 1950) |
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Trad. Ken Colyer: "Sheik of Araby" (1953-54) &
Acker Bilk: "Sister Kate" (April 1960) |
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11/9 |
Skiffle. Lonnie Donegan: "Rock Island Line" (January 1956) & "Cumberland Gap" (March 1957) |
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Early British Rock and Pop: 1955-1963 |
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Tommy Steele and the Steelmen: "Rock with the Caveman"
(October 1956) |
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Cliff Richard and the Drifters: "Move It" (August 1958), "Living Doll" (July 1959), & "A Girl Like You" (June 1961) |
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Marty Wilde: "Bad Boy" (December 1959) |
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Billy Fury: "Maybe Tomorrow" (January 1959) & "Halfway to Paradise" (April 1961) |
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13/9 |
Adam Faith: "What Do You Want?" (October 1959) |
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Johnny Leyton: "Johnny, Remember Me" (July 1961) |
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Helen Shapiro: "Don't Treat Me Like a Child" (February 1961) & "Walking Back to Happiness" (September 1961) |
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Joe Brown and the Bruvvers: "Picture of You" (May 1962) |
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15/9 |
Contextualization 1: "Introduction: Approaches and Material" (Thompson, chapter 1) |
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18/9 |
Shadows: "Apache" (July 1960), "Kon-Tiki" (September 1961), & "Foot Tapper" (March 1963) |
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Tornados: "Telstar" (August 1962) |
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Johnny Kidd and the Pirates: "Shakin' All Over" (June 1960) |
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Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages: "Till the Following Night" (December 1961) |
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20/9 |
Quiz 1 |
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The Beatles |
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Background: Liverpool, Quarry Men, the Beatles, Brian Epstein, & George Martin |
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"Love Me Do" (October 1962), "Please Please Me" (January 1963) & "From Me to You" (April 1963) |
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25/9 |
Beatlemania, 1963-64 |
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"Twist and Shout" (March 1963), "She Loves You" (August 1963), "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (November 1963), "Can't Buy Me Love" (March 1964), & "A Hard Day's Night" (July 1964) |
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Northerners, 1963-65 |
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27/9 |
Merseyside, 1963-64 |
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Gerry and the Pacemakers: "How Do You Do It?" (March 1963), "I Like It" (May 1963), & "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (April 1964) |
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Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas: "Bad to Me" (July 1963), "I'll Keep You Satisfied" (November 1963), & "From a Window" (July 1964) |
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Cilla Black: "You're My World" (May 1964) |
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The Searchers: "Needles and Pins" (January 1964), "Don't Throw Your Love Away" (April 1964), &
"Love Potion Number Nine" (December 1964) |
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29/9 |
Contextualization 2: "The Velvet Glove: The Art of Production" (Thompson, chapter 2) |
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2/10 |
Freddie and the Dreamers: "I'm Telling You Now" (July 1963) |
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Herman's Hermits: "I'm into Something Good" (August 1964), "Silhouettes"/"Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" (February 1965), & "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" (June 1965) |
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Dave Berry: "The Crying Game" (August 1964) |
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The Hollies: "Here I Go Again" (May 1964), "I'm Alive" (May 1965), "Look through Any Window" (August 1965) |
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Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders: "Game of Love" (January 1965) |
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The Moody Blues: "Go Now" (November 1964) |
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The Fortunes: "You've Got Your Troubles" (June 1965) |
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Lulu: "Shout" (May 1964) |
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4/10 |
Quiz 2 |
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Londoners |
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The Dave Clark Five: "Glad All Over" (November 1963) |
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Dusty Springfield: "I Only Want to Be with You" (December 1963) |
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The Honeycombs: "Have I the Right" (May 1964) |
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Manfred Mann: "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" (July 1964) |
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Marianne Faithful: "As Tears Go By" (June 1964) |
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Petula Clark: "Downtown" (November 1964) |
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The Nashville Teens: "Tobacco Road" (June 1964) |
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Peter and Gordon: "World without Love" (February 1964) |
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9/10 |
The Ivy League: "Funny How Love Can Be" (January 1965) |
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The Zombies: "She's Not There" (July 1964) & "Tell Her No" (January 1965) |
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Tom Jones: "It's Not Unusual" (January 1965) |
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Unit 4+2: "Concrete and Clay" (February 1965) |
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Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames: "Yeh Yeh" (December 1964) |
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The Kinks: "You Really Got Me" (August 1964), "Tired of Waiting" (January 1965), "Set Me Free" (May 1965), & "See My Friends" (July 1965) |
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British Blues |
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11/10 |
Blues Incorporated: "Everything She Needs" (July 1962) |
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The Rolling Stones: "Come On" (June 1963), "I Wanna Be Your Man" (November 1963), "Not Fade Away" (February 1964), "Heart of Stone" (December 1964), "The Last Time" (February 1965), "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (May 1965), & "Get Off of My Cloud" (October 1965) |
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The Yardbirds: "Too Much Monkey Business" (March 1964), "I Ain't Got You" (October 1964), "For Your Love" (March 1965), "Heart Full of Soul" (May 1965), "Evil Hearted You" (September 1965), & "Shapes of Things" (February 1966) |
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13/10 |
Contextualization 3: "A Question of Balance: Engineering Art" (Thompson, chapter 3) |
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16/10 |
The Animals: "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (April 1964), "House of the Rising Sun" (June 1964), "I'm Crying" (September 1964), & "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (July 1965) |
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Them: "Baby Please Don't Go" / "Gloria" (November 1964) |
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The Spencer Davis Group: "I Can't Stand It" (October 1964), "Keep On Runnin'" (November 1965), & "Gimme Some Lovin'" (October 1966) |
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John Mayall and His Blues Breakers: "All Your Love" (July 1966) |
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Steampacket: "Can I Get a Witness" (1965) |
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Graham Bond: "Train Time" (1965) |
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18/10 |
Quiz 3 |
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Pop as Art |
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Mods |
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The Who: "Can't Explain" (January 1965), "My Generation" (October 1965), & "A Quick One While He's Away" (December 1966) |
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The Small Faces: "All or Nothing" (August 1966), "Itchycoo Park" (August 1967), & "Tin Soldier" (December 1967) |
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23/10 |
The Rolling Stones: "Play with Fire" (February 1965), "Paint It Black" (April 1966), & "Ruby Tuesday" (January 1967) |
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The Kinks: "Well Respected Man" (September 1965) & "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (February 1966) |
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The Who: "I Can See for Miles" (October 1967) |
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Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference (no class) |
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30/10 |
The Beatles: "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" (June 1966); "Tomorrow Never Knows" (August 1966); "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Within You without You," & "A Day in the Life" (June 1967) |
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Contextualization 4: "Mediating Change: Setting Musical Directions" (Thompson, chapter 4) |
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1/11 |
London Clubs |
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The Creation: "Painter Man" (October 1966) |
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The Move: "Fire Brigade" (January 1968) |
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Pink Floyd: "See Emily Play" (June 1967); Piper at the Gates of Dawn (August 1967): "Astronomy Domine" & "Interstellar Overdrive" |
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6/11 |
Quiz 4 |
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Fin de la Décennie |
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Art Rock |
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Procol Harum: "Whiter Shade of Pale" (May 1967) |
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The Nice: "Rondo" (December 1967) |
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The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (November 1967): "The Sunset," "Twilight Time," & "Nights in White Satin" |
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8/11 |
Folk |
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Davy Graham: "Anji" (1961) & "Majun" (1964) |
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The Seekers: "Another You" (1965) |
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Donovan: "Catch the Wind" (March 1965) |
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13/11 |
Donovan: "Sunshine Superman" (December 1965/December 1966) & "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (May 1968) |
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The BeeGees: "New York Mining Disaster, 1941" (April 1967) |
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Traffic: "Paper Sun" (May 1967) & "Feelin' Alright" (September 1968) |
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Led Zeppelin: "Black Mountain Side" (January 1969) |
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Contextualization 5: "The Write Stuff: Songwriting and the Articulation of Change" (Thompson, chapter 5) |
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15/11 |
Trans-Atlantic Psychedelic Blues |
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Cream: "Sunshine of Your Love" (November 1967 & September 1968) & "Crossroads" (August 1968) |
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Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Purple Haze" (March 1967) & "Are You Experienced?" (May 1967) |
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Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and the Trinity: "Season of the Witch" (May 1968) |
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Led Zeppelin: "Communication Breakdown" (January 1969) |
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20/11 |
Quiz 5 |
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Something Old, Something New |
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Deep Purple: "Hush" (June 1968) |
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King Crimson: "21st Century Schizoid Man" (October 1969) |
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Jethro Tull: "Living in the Past" (May 1969) |
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Fleetwood Mac: "Albatross" (November 1968) |
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Blind Faith: "Can't Find My Way Home" & "Presence of the Lord" (August 1969) |
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27/11 |
Thunderclap Newman: "Something in the Air" (May 1969) |
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Badfinger: "Come and Get It" (December 1969) |
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Jackie Lomax: "Sour Milk Sea" (September 1968) |
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Mary Hopkin: "Goodbye" (March 1968) |
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The Old Pros |
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29/11 |
The Kinks: "Waterloo Sunset" (May 1967), "We Are the Village Green Preservation Society" (November 1968), & "Victoria" (December 1969) |
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The Who: Tommy (May 1969): "Overture / It's a Boy," "1921," "Amazing Journey," "Sparks," & "Pinball Wizard" |
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Contextualization 6. "Red-light Fever: The Musician's Life" (Thompson, chapter 6) |
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4/12 |
The Rolling Stones: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (May 1968), "Street Fighting Man" (August 1968 / July 1971), & "Honky Tonk Women" (July 1969) |
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The Beatles: "Revolution" (August 1968), "Get Back" (April 1969), & "Something" (October 1969) |
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6/12 |
Quiz 6 & Evaluations |
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Final, Zankel 117 |
