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Class Introduction: requirements & schedule |
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Background: Postwar Britain (economy, empire, and
class) |
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The Musical Food Chain: Artist-and-repertoire
Managers, Recording Engineers, Music Directors, Songwriters, and Session Musicians |
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Materials of Popular Music: Structure, Harmony, and the Song-Recording |
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Technology: Musical instruments, amplification, recording equipment, and disk formats |
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Read: Thompson. Introduction: Approaches and Material (Chapter 1) |
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Postwar British Pop Music: Music Hall, Trad, and Skiffle. |
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George Formby: "When I'm Cleaning Windows" (1950)
Ken Colyer: "Sheik of Araby" (1953-54)
Acker Bilk: "Sister Kate" (1960)
Lonnie Donegan: "Rock Island Line" (1956)
——: "Cumberland Gap" (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"
(1956)
Cliff Richard and the Drifters: "Move It" (1958)
——: "Living Doll" (1959)
Billy Fury: "Maybe Tomorrow" (1959)
Helen Shapiro: "Walking Back to Happiness" (1961) |
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Read: Thompson. The Velvet Glove: The Art of Production (Chapter 2) |
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Early British Rock Groups |
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Shadows: "Apache" (1960)
Tornados: "Telstar" (1962)
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates: "Shakin' All Over" (1960)
Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages: "Till the Following Night" (1961) |
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Read: Thompson. A
Question of Balance: Engineering Art (Chapter 3) |
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Quiz 1 |
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The Beatles |
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Background: Liverpool, Quarry Men, the Beatles, Brian Epstein, and George Martin
"That'll Be the Day" (1958)
"My Bonnie" (1961)
"Sheik of Araby" (1962)
"Love Me Do" (1962) |
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Beatlemania, 1963-64 |
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"Please Please Me" (1963)
"From Me to You" (1963)
"Twist and Shout" (1963)
"She Loves You" (1963)
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963)
"Can't Buy Me Love" (1964)
"A Hard Day's Night" (1964) |
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Merseyside, 1963-64 |
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Gerry and the Pacemakers: "How Do You Do It?" (1963)
——: "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (1964)
Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas: "Bad to Me" (1963)
Cilla Black: "You're My World" (1964)
The Searchers: "Needles and Pins" (1964)
——: "Love Potion Number Nine" (1964) |
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Other Northerners, 1963-65 |
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Freddie and the Dreamers: "I'm Telling You Now" (1963)
Herman's Hermits: "I'm into Something Good" (1964)
The Hollies: "Look through Any Window" (1965)
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders: "Game of Love" (1965)
Dave Berry: "The Crying Game" (1964)
Lulu: "Shout" (1964) |
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Read: Thompson. Mediating
Change: Setting Musical Directions (Chapter 4) |
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Quiz 2 |
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Londoners |
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The Dave Clark Five: "Glad All Over" (1963)
Dusty Springfield: "I Only Want to Be with You" (1963)
The Honeycombs: "Have I the Right" (1964)
Manfred Mann: "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" (1964)
The Nashville Teens: "Tobacco Road" (1964) |
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Peter and Gordon: "World without Love" (1964)
The Kinks: "You Really Got Me" (1964)
——: "Tired of Waiting" (1965)
The Zombies: "She's Not There" (1964)
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames: "Yeh Yeh" (1964)
The Ivy League: "Funny How Love Can Be" (1965) |
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Read: Thompson. The Write Stuff: Songwriting and the Articulation of Change (Chapter 5). |
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British Blues |
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Blues Incorporated: "Everything She Needs" (1962)
Cyril Davies and the Rhythm and Blues All Stars: "Country Line Special" (1963)
The Rolling Stones: "Come On" (1963)
——: "Not Fade Away" (1964)
——: "It's All Over Now" (1964)
——: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965) |
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The Yardbirds: "I Ain't Got You" (1964)
——: "Too Much Monkey Business" (1965)
——: "For Your Love" (1965)
——: "Shapes of Things" (1966)
The Animals: "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (1964)
——: "House of the Rising Sun" (1964)
——: "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (1965)
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Read: Thompson. Red-light
Fever: The Musician's Life (Chapter 6). |
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Them: "Baby Please Don't Go" (1964)
——: "Gloria" (1964)
The Spencer Davis Group: "I Can't Stand It" (1964)
——: "Keep On Runnin'" (1965)
——: "Gimme Some Lovin'" (1966)
John Mayall and His Blues Breakers: "All Your Love" (1966) |
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Quiz 3 |
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Guest: Malcolm Addy (EMI balance engineer) |
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Spring Break |
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Mods |
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The Who: "Can't Explain" (1965)
——: "My Generation" (1965)
——: "A Quick One While He's Away" (1966)
The Small Faces: "All or Nothing" (1966)
——: "Itchycoo Park" (1967)
——: "Tin Soldier" (1967) |
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Pop as Art |
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The Rolling Stones: "Play with Fire" (1965)
——: "Paint It Black" (1966)
——: "Ruby Tuesday" (1967)
The Kinks: "Well Respected Man" (1965)
——: "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (1966)
The Who: "I Can See for Miles" (1967) |
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The Beatles: "Paperback Writer" (1966)
——: "Rain" (1966)
——: "Tomorrow Never Knows" (1966)
——: "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967)
——: "Within You without You" (1967)
——: "A Day in the Life" (1967) |
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London Clubs |
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The Creation: "Painter Man" (1966)
The Move: "Fire Brigade" (1968)
Pink Floyd: "See Emily Play" (1967)
——: "Astronomy Domine" (1967)
——: "Interstellar Overdrive" (1967) |
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Quiz 4 |
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Art Rock |
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Procol Harum: "Whiter Shade of Pale" (1967)
The Nice: "Rondo" (1967)
The Moody Blues: "The Sunset" (1967)
——: "Twilight Time" (1967)
——: "Nights in White Satin" (1967) |
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Folk Freaks |
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Donovan: "Catch the Wind " (1965)
——: "Sunshine Superman" (1966)
——: "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (1968)
The BeeGees: "New York Mining Disaster, 1941" (1967)
Traffic: "Paper Sun" (1967)
——: "Feelin' Alright" (1968) |
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Trans-Atlantic Psychedelic Blues |
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Cream: "Strange Brew" (1967)
——. "Sunshine of Your Love" (1968)
——: "Crossroads" (1968)
——: "Badge" (1969) |
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Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe" (1966)
——: "Purple Haze" (1967)
——: "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" (1967)
——: "All Along the Watchtower" (1968) |
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Led Zeppelin: "Operator" (1968)
——: "Your Time Is Gonna Come" (1969)
——: "Black Mountain Side" (1969)
——: "Communication Breakdown" (1969) |
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Song Web Essay Due |
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Quiz 5 |
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Something Old, Something New |
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Deep Purple: "Hush" (1968)
King Crimson: "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969)
Jethro Tull: "Living in the Past" (1969)
Fleetwood Mac: "Albatross" (1969) |
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Blind Faith: "Can't Find My Way Home" (1969)
——: "Presence of the Lord" (1969)
Thunderclap Newman: "Something in the Air" (1969)
Badfinger: "Come and Get It" (1969)
Jackie Lomax: "Sour Milk Sea" (1968)
Mary Hopkin: "Goodbye" (1968)
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The Old Pros |
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The Rolling Stones: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1968)
——: "Street Fighting Man" (1968)
——: "Honky Tonk Women" (1969)
The Kinks: "Waterloo Sunset" (1967)
——: "We Are the Village Green Preservation Society" (1968)
——: "Victoria" (1969) |
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The Who: "Overture / It's a Boy" (1969)
——: "Pinball Wizard" (1969)
The Beatles: "Revolution" (1968)
——: "Get Back" (1969)
——: "Something" (1969) |
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Quiz 6 |
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Final at 6:00 |
