Music 187 Unit 4

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Blood, Sweat, Tears

Back 1

Jazz-Rock
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Chicago

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Jazz-Rock

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Steely Dan

Back 3

Jazz-Rock

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Robert Lamm, lead songwriter/
 Keyboardist

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Chicago

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Pink Floyd

Back 5

Art Rock

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The Moody Blues

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Art Rock
"Tuesday Afternoon"

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Procol Harum

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Art Rock
"A whiter shade of Pale"

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Sly and The family stone

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Funk
"THANK YOU"
-Sly stone and his brother Freddie came together to form the group Sly and the family stone.
Larry graham Invented the slap bass style

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James Brown

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Funk
Developed funk
rhythm was vital to hip hop and rap

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George Clinton

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Funk
"I want to testify"

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Van Mcoy's Famous Disco Dance song

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"The Hustle"

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Barry White - Genre

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Disco

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Earth Wind and fire
KC and the sunshine band
Bee Gees
Village People

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Disco

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American Main Stream Rock
Artists

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Bruce Springsteen
John Cougar Mellencamp
Bob Segar

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Bruce Springsteen

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American Mainstream Rock
"Born in the USA"
songs gave a sense of pride to be an American.

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bob Seger

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American Mainstream Rock
"against the wind"

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American Mainstream Musical characteristics

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Combination of two factors the story songs of Chuck Berry and the social commentary of Bob Dylan.

Sraight rock style. High Level of musicianship

High quality production

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john cougar mellencamp

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American Mainstream rock
"jack and Diane"

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Mainstream/Corporate Rock
Characteristics

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Outgrowth of art rock
advanced production (midis/synth)
many bands were virtuosic - vocals
songs rarely exceeded 5 min

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eagles

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American Mainstream Rock

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The Police - Genre
and popular song

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Mainstream/corporate Rock
"Dont stand so close to me"
"Every Breath you take"
combined regae and punk influences and turned them into main stream
common use of literary references and double entendre

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Styx

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Mainstream Corporate rock

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Foreigner

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Mainstream Corporate Rock
NOt complicated music(not-virtuosos)

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Journey

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MAinstream corporate rock

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Prince

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R&B crossover to the mainstream
Produced his early records, everything
Was first african american to be aired on MTV
Purple Rain album huge crossover hit

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Lionel Richie

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Crossover Mainstream artists with the commadores
from motown as well
mega hit album "can't slow down"

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whitney houston

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Crossover mainstream artist.
First female artist to debut at #1
gospel lyrics
5 hit songs
"Didnt we almost have it all"
Involved power ballads and technology(midi sequencing)
dance hits - romantic overtones

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Artists for latin rock

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Tito Puente
richie Valens
Carlos Santana
War
Gloria Estefan
Sheila E
Ricky Martin

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carlos santana

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Played with Al kooper (blood sweat and tears founder) and Mike Bloomfield.
first top ten hit = evil ways

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War

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Racially integrated
Use of traditional percussion
Latin, blues, funk & reggae influences
“Slippin’ Into Darkness”
(‘71) Top 20 hit
Extended jamming

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Aerosmith

Back 31

Hard rock
Influenced a lot by rolling stones
"steve tylers look alike"

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ACDC

Back 32

Hard rock and Metal from austrailia
one of the most popular bands known to the world with 200 million records sold to date

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Heavy metal artists

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Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Def leppard
Metallica

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Van Halen

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Hard Rock. complete opposite to black sabbath.
Eddie Van Halen brought finger tapping to the mainstream
later in career they feature synths which pushes david lee roth out of the band and sammy hagar into the band.
"Jump"
"Dance the night away"

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Hard Rock and Metal:
Glam rock

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Quiet Riot
Very Poppy heavy metal band.
"mama weer all crazee now"

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Alice Cooper

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Glam rock &
Founder of shock rock
"Welcome to my nightmare"
"Schools out"
Uncharacteristic use of brass and keyboards,
Cynical images of horror

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Judas Priest

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Looked like heavy metal but sounded like a party hard rock band.
"You got another thing comin"
lead singer leaves in early 1991 and thus influences the movie Rock Star with mark walbherg

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Guns n Roses

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"The world's most dangerous band" a fusion of two bands from LA Hollywood Rose and LA guns.
"Welcome to the Jungle"
good example of screaming vocal style
cynical life view

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Iron Maiden

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most literate and intelectual music to be produced in this genre.
vocals tells talkes taken from sources as diverse as Edgar Allen Poe, Greek mythology.
operatic vocals
“Flight of Icarus” (1983)

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Rap

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Patterned, rhythmic, rhymed speech over
manipulated pre-recorded music tracks

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hip hop

Back 41

The general culture surrounding and
including rap

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Early figures of Hiphop/rap

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DJs in Jamaica “toast” over records, with 2 turntables
DJ Kool Herc brings
“toasting” to S. Bronx

Spoke over unique mixes

“Hosted” street parties

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artists who predated political rap in 1970

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The Last Poets
Spiel” - early form of protest rap, learned in prison

Laid groundwork for hip-hop (late ‘60s)

Politically charged spoken word and jazz drumming

Raise African-American consciousness

Themes: white oppression, black apathy
Gil Scott-Heron

Inspired by Harlem Renaissance
poets

Social & political messages

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spiel is

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a pre rap style

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West coast vs East coast rap

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East Coast:
More political, social message
Black empowerment
West Coast:
Descriptive, violent
Glorifying/depicting gang life
Dubbed “gangsta rap”

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Sugar hill gang

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produced raps first hit called "Rappers Delight." It was an overlay of a disco hit "Good times". I said a hip hop.....(hip hop you dont stop)
1st commercial rap record
Novelty, fad vehicle

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Grandmaster Flash

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Produced one of the first socially conscious rap songs:
"The message"
Flash was a protege of cool Herc's

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Run DMC

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played with areosmith "Walk this way" -creates a cross over rap hit
Set tone for hip hop in the 80's1st hard core rap group.
trio-Joseph simmons (Rev Run), Darryl Mcdaniels (DMC)
"rasing hell" first rap album to break into top 10

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easy coast rappers

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RUN DMC
public enemy
LL Cool J
Puff Daddy

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West coast rappers

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NWA
2pac
Dr. Dre,
ICE cube
Ice T

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Queen Latifah

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First female rapper to be described as a feminist
“Wrath of My Madness” and “U.N.I.T.Y.” are feminist response to hip hop mainstream

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Tupac Shakur (1971-96)
(2Pac)

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N.Y. born, son of revolutionary
parents, assoc. w/ Black Panthers

Debut 2Pacalypse Now (‘92)

Definitive rapper of the ‘90s

Martyr for thugs, killed in a drive by
“Keep Ya Head Up” (‘94)

Calls for respect for women

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Afrika Bambaataa

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Former gang lieutenant

Founded Zulu Nation as
positive alternative to
gangs

Soul Sonic Force record
“Planet Rock”
• First big techno-funk hit
• Electro-funk movement

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Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley (1945-1981)

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Perfects the reggae style and spreads
the Rastafari message around the world

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Rastafari

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An ideology growing out of the slums of Kingston
Followers of the Marcus Garvey “Back to Africa” movement
Revere Emperor Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari) of Ethipoia
as a new Messiah of God (Ja)
The outside world is referred to as “Babylon”
Marijuana (ganja) is considered a religious sacrament