MUS1111: Rock Music History – Spring 2012 Mondays‚ Wednesdays‚ & Thursdays 10:30am-11:35 am Blackman Auditorium (Ell Hall) Professor: Junauro Landgrebe Office: 337 Ryder Phone: 617.373.7473 Email: J.Landgrebe@neu.edu (email is preferred) Office Hours: Wednesdays 12 PM – 1 PM or by appointment Teaching Assistant: Brian Bergeron Email: RockHistoryTA@gmail.com Course Objective: Survey rock music and it’s evolution from the 1920’s through current times. We will examine
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1950s till today‚ Rock music had made a powerful impact on American society and had greatly influenced our daily life‚ attitudes‚ and language. It had influenced generations of Americans and other genres of music often heard on the radio. Popular artists such as Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye used rock music as a form of expression. “They expressed their emotions and how Americans were feeling towards social events occurring in our nation and around the world” (Classic 1). Rock music has affected American
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ROCK MUSIC IN PROPAGANDA This essay will explore the claim that Rock music has a significant and big role in propaganda. The claim derives its sources from the history and today’s social events. The essay begins by summarizing the social situation of 1950s and how Rock music occured. Then‚ it continues with the usage of Rock music in forms of propaganda‚ which are black propaganda and white propaganda. In addition to this‚ the essay talks about in which fields Rock music is used for propaganda
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Week 5 Notes 1) The rock n roll party was: D: Alan Freed’s radio show in NY 2) All of the following affected the first wave of rock n roll except: B: The press discovered that Pat Boone married his 13 year old second cousin (That was Jerry Lee Lewis) 3) What was the focus of the congressional hearings regarding the payola scandal? C: The gifts received by disc jockeys to play rock n roll songs on their radio programs 4) The group most responsible for the British Invasion was: D: The Beatles
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Fashion plays a very important role in my life. It became apart of my life at a young age and has been apart if it every since then. Fashion to me is like Michael Jackson to pop music it’s the greatest thing ever. Every time I get a chance to read a fashion magazine I get so excited and my eyes light up as if it was christmas eve. Fashion is something that’s international it is all around the world just in different styles. It has in different looks‚ different genres‚ and different ways of representation
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U2 has been a staple in the rock and alternative rock industry since the 1980’s. Formed in 1976‚ the band started out with little music experience but blossomed into an international hit. Most of their songs contain a message or theme to a current event or an ongoing issue in the world of in one of their lives. The vocals of Bono are complimented nicely by the rest of the band. Their experimentation with new sounds and effects has created an almost sub-genre of rock. U2 is the greatest band of all
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Backmasking: Between the devil and the media Are you aware of the music nowadays? How does the band affect the lives of young people today? Well‚ different bands and songs had already flourished in the world. They had grown into new ideas and captured the hearts of the people‚ especially the teenagers. They sometimes play songs for dancing‚ singing‚ recreation or listening. People use them to express feelings and ideas and also a way for them to relax. It is an unavoidable element in everyone’s
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Review Questions 1. What is popular music? Music that is listened to by most people. 2.What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? Pop music theme in songs is usually dancing and partying and just having fun. 3.What is disco? What are the characteristics of this music? Disco is a type of music thats started in the 70s 4.What was the British Invasion? Which famous group was a part of this movement
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1. Discuss the impact of MTV on Rock Music and the American culture. In the 1980s‚ a commonly known television station called “MTV” was introduced to cable television. MTV‚ believe it or not‚ originally started out by playing solely music videos‚ typically dance oriented. MTV brought filmmaking and music together and created something entirely new‚ soon allowing artists to have artistic freedom with their music. MTV’s target audience was in the Midwest‚ which consisted of mostly white teenagers.
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was fifty years ago that a popular revolution began in humble settings which had a seismic global impact that still affect the world today. The Beatles music changed the way that people began to think and feel. Their music was catchy and irresistible‚ which defined that era at the time. The Beatles changed so much: the image of Britain‚ music‚ culture‚ fashion‚ and attitudes to class. It isn’t an accident that the sixties represented the cultural end of the shadow of World War Two hanging over
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