Friendly Warning :Test # 3

Thursday, 26 July 2012

Covers “1960s”Chapters 4 & 5

Review sheets and PowerPoints to be posted on course web this afternoon

Chapter 5: American Responses

• Folk Music meets Rock- Dylan, plain & amplified- The Byrds, etc.

• American Pop- Studio sounds (Beach Boys & others)

• Garage Bands (“do it yourself”)• TV shows

- The Mod look- The Monkees (& others)

The Mamas and The Papas• John Phillips founded 1965

• Folksingers who “leave the folk songs behind”

• The Mamas & the Papas - California Dreamin' – YouTube

(1965 US #4, UK # 23)

• “close harmony” pop

• YouTube - The Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday

(1966 US # 1, UK # 3)

• The Mamas and The Papas - Creeque Alley (Ed Sullivan Show) – YouTube

• Internal Dissention (& sex…)- Michelle booted from group- Jill Gibson sings (maybe?)

• 1967-68 – group falls apart/disbands

John Phillips

Denny Doherty

Michelle Phillips

Cass Elliot

The Lovin’ Spoonful• NYC folksingers

- John B. Sebastian- Zal Yanovsky (Mugwumps)

• “jug band” roots• “good time music”• “Mississippi John hurt meets

Chuck Berry”• Lovin' Spoonful on SHINDI

G! (1965) - YouTube

(1965 debut, # 9)• Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In

The City (1966) – YouTube

(# 1 pop hit 1966)• 1967 turn to pop (& decline)

The Beach Boys• Increasing use of studio sounds

• The Beach Boys- California Girls (with lyrics) - YouTube (1965)

• Brian Wilson stops touring to be “producer/composer”

• Pet Sounds (1966 album)- 6 band members- 5 engineers- 62 studio musicians

• Examples- YouTube - The Beach Boys - Sloop John B- The Beach Boys God Only Knows (Lyrics via Description) (HQ) - YouTube

• Greatest Album of all time (maybe?)

Brian Wilson

The (Young) Rascals

• NJ / NYC based• R&B / Soul / Blues• Hammond organ &

Blues vocals• High energy stage show• Examples

- Young Rascals - Good Lovin' (Live in studio, 1966) – YouTube

- The Rascals People-Got to be Free (Original) - YouTube

“Garage Bands”• The Kingsmen (Portland, OR)• “Louie, Louie”

- 1950s tune (Jamaican story)• YouTube - The True Lyrics toLouie L

ouie (Kingsmen 1963, # 2)

• Paul Revere & the Raiders(Boise, ID)

• YouTube - Louie Louie - Paul Revere & The Raiders (1963, # 1 regionally)

• Dick Clark’s Where the Action is!(1965-67)

• Paul Revere & The Raiders - Kicks (HQ) – YouTube (1966, # 3)

TV Shows• Hootenanny (ABC, 1963-64) - folk• Shindig (ABC, 1964-66) - musical “variety” (pop)• Hullabaloo (NBC, 1965-66) - same• Where the Action Is (ABC, 1965-67)

- spinoff of Dick Clark’s American Bandstand• The Archies (1968-73)

- The Archies Opening Theme and "Sugar, Sugar" 1968 - 1973 - YouTube

• The Banana Splits (1968-70)- Ex. the banana splits adventure hour (original intro) - YouTube

• Scooby Doo (1969-present)- Ex. YouTube - Scooby Doo Theme Song

• The Partridge Family (1970-74)- Ex. YouTube - The Partridge Family Opening TV Theme Song 1970- Ex. YouTube - I Think I Love You - Partridge Family- Complete Episodes at: The Partridge Family Episodes - Season 1-4

The Monkees

• 1966-68 US TV Show- inspired by A Hard Day’s Night

• Fictional Rock ‘n Roll Band- “4 insane boys”- 400 auditioned

• 4 musician-actors- Mickey Dolenz (drums)- Davy Jones (vocals)- Mike Nesmith (guitar)- Peter Tork (bass)

• “Brill Building” Approach- Don Kirschner, producer- Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

The Monkees

• 1st recordings by studio musicians (Monkees sing only)• Gradual control to Monkees as performers, writers, producers• Monkees Theme - Pilot - Intro – YouTube• The Monkees TV show [episode：Here Come the Monke

es] part1 - YouTube• YouTube - The Monkees - I'm a Believer [official music video]• The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville – YouTube

(goes to # 1, fall 1966, see textbook, 216-7).

The “Mods”• London youth subculture• Short for “modern”• Music interests

- Mersey Beat- R & B, Soul- Jamaican Ska

• Dance clubs (& drugs)• Vespa scooters• Contrast w/ “Rockers”• Worked, but

disinterested in traditional advancement

(See textbook, pp. 187 & 190)

Carnaby Street

• Fashion center for the “Mod” look in 1960s

• Bright colors• Miniskirts• Beatles haircuts• Anything from Britain

Mid-1960s Fashions

Sonny & Cher costumes

Sonny & Cher• Sonny – Spector protégé• Cher – girlfriend/singer• 1964 as “Sonny & Cher”• Pop sound (Spector’s

“Wall of Sound”) • YouTube - SONNY &

CHER - I Got You Babe (rare clip)

• TV Show (1971-74)• YouTube - Sonny & Cher

Comedy Hour #5

No Materials for Test # 3 after this point.

Anything after this slide ison Test # 4

(to be scheduled 30/31 July 2012)

Black Music in 1960s-70s• Motown Records (Detroit)

- Berry Gordy, Jr.- R & B for White Audiences

• Stax Records (Memphis)- “Southern Soul”- gospel influence (= authenticity)

• Atlantic Records (NYC)- 1950s Sweet Soul (Lieber & Stoller)- Jerry Wexler (leads label in 1960s)

Motown

Berry Gordy (b. 1929)• Boxer, military, songwriter, etc.• 1959 – borrows $ 800 to start

R&B label, UA distributes• 1960 – merges into MOTOWN

- Mary Wells (1st star)- Smokey Robinson (songwriter)

• Mary Wells - You Beat Me To The Punch – YouTube (1962)

• Mary Wells - My Guy [Very Good(+) quality (Live, 1964) – YouTube (1964 #1 R& B of year)

Motown• Producer oriented (Gordy)• Detroit Session Musicians• Holland-Dozier-Holland• “Funk” Brothers (band)• Head Arrangements• Choreography• “Charm School”• “…buy this record or buy a

sandwich?”