Intro to Music 8
History of Rock &
Roll
Music of the
Mid to Late
1960s
THE EARLY 1960s—REVIEW
A. Popular music in the early 1960s was ________LESS ROCK-ORIENTED_______________ and very
________TAME____________.
B. _______ADULT-ORIENTED___________ music was also very popular as well as music aimed at the
__________YOUNGER GENERATION____________________.
1. Adults gravitated toward buying __________ALBUMS_______________.
a. Some of the top-selling albums in the early 1960s were from
___________BROADWAY MUSICALS________________, including:
1) ______THE SOUND OF MUSIC___________________
2) ______CAMELOT_____________________________
3) ______WEST SIDE STORY_______________________
4) ______MARY POPPINS_________________________
2. Teens gravitated toward buying _______SINGLES__________ and bought music in the styles of:
a. _________R&B / SOUL___________________________
b. _________SURF_________________________________
c. _________MOTOWN_____________________________
C. Many things in the US were changing and ____________INFLUENCING SOCIETY___________,
which then influenced the _______MUSIC________ of the decade:
1. ________VIETNAM WAR_______________________________
2. ________CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT______________________
3. Assassinations of ________LEADERS________________________________
a. _________PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY___________________________
b. _________MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.______________________________
4. Teenage _______REBELLION__________—Teens were becoming more rebellious than those of
previous generations
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D. As music revolutionized in the second half of the 60s, current styles ________CHANGED_________
and new styles ________EMERGED_________, creating a variety of musical choices for the listener.
1. _______BRITISH ROCK—“THE BRITISH INVASION”_________________
2. _______MOTOWN / R&B / SOUL_____________________________
3. _______FOLK /FOLK ROCK_________________________________
4. _______PROTEST MUSIC_____________________________
5. _______PSYCHEDELIC ROCK__________________________
E. Though there were many different styles of music under the category of pop music, many music
groups ________CROSSED OVER_________ between different styles depending what was popular.
THE BRITISH INVASION
A. Pop musicians from _____ENGLAND________ became successful in the
__________US MUSIC INDUSTRY____________ for the first time.
1. They had tried in the past ________WITH NO SUCCESS ___________
2. This has come to be known as _______”THE BRITISH INVASION”__________________________
B. Many of these bands first started by _________COVERING___________ existing American songs.
1. As they gained popularity, they started to write their own music and created their own
___________UNIQUE STYLES____________.
C. In 1964 the first British group had a hit on the US music charts—________THE BEATLES_________
1. This ______PAVED THE WAY________ for many other groups to have hits in America
a. Many that came after them tried to ___________PRODUCE THE SAME SOUND__________
2. We’ll get back to them later!
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Music Groups of the British Invasion
A. _______HERMAN’S HERMITS—“I’M INTO SOMETHING GOOD_____________
B. _______THE DAVE CLARK FIVE—“GLAD ALL OVER” ____________
C. _______THE HOLLIES____________________
1. Took their name from __________BUDDY HOLLY_______________
2. _______”CARRIE ANNE” (1967)____________________________________
3. _______”HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER” (1969)___________________
D. ________THE WHO_______
1. _____I CAN’T EXPLAIN (1964)_____________________
2. _____MY GENERATION (1965)____________________
E. ________THE ROLLING STONES________
1. Began as a _______BLUES_________ band in London
2. They are ____________STILL TOGETHER___________________
3. _____“SATISFACTION” (1965)____________________
4. _____“PAINT IT BLACK” (1966)____________________
MOTOWN, R&B, and SOUL
A. As the 1960s progressed, The Motown Sound, R&B, and Soul music continued to help black
musicians break the barriers of ________SEGREGATION___________
1. _______BLACK_______ musicians began having success much like _____WHITE_____ artists
2. This music’s significant was associated with the ________CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT_________:
a. It helped ______WHITES __________ to accept the music of _____BLACK ARTISTS_______
b. The music helped to __________ADVANCE THE CAUSE__________ of the movement
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Motown Records
A. _________”UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT)”—STEVIE WONDER (1966)___________________
B. _________”I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE HONEY BUNCH)”—THE FOUR TOPS (1965)_______
C. _________”I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU”—TEMPTATIONS (1969)___________________________
D. _________”ABC”—THE JACKSON 5” (1970)______________________________________________
Stax Records
A.
_________”SOUL MAN”—SAM & DAVE (1967)___________________________________
B.
_________”(SITTIN’ ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY”—OTIS REDDING (1968)______________
1. Recorded just _________2 DAYS__________ before his death
2. Killed in a _________PLANE CRASH_______________
Atlantic Records
A. ____________”RESPECT”—ARETHA FRANKLIN (1968)_________________
1. Known as _________”THE QUEEN OF SOUL”___________________________________
B. ____________”MUSTANG SALLY”—WILSON PICKETT (1966)___________________
Other Record Labels
A. ____________”I FEEL GOOD”—JAMES BROWN (1965)_________________
1. Known as _________”THE GODFATHER OF SOUL”___________________________________
2. Famous for his ________ENTHUSIASTIC DANCING___________________________________
60s FOLK, PROTEST, and FOLK ROCK
A. Folk musicians of the 1960s were influenced by folk musicians of the ________1930s_______.
1. Folk music did not always connect to the _____________PROTEST MOVEMENT_____________,
but sometimes it did have _____LYRICS______ with protest messages.
B. Protest music developed to give voice to the turbulent times of ______POLITICAL_________ and
__________SOCIAL___________ tension.
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C. Songwriters in the 60s moved beyond pop _______LOVE SONGS_________ and began to include
_______SOCIALLY CONSIOUS________ and _________POLITICAL________ statements.
D. Both folk and protest music were connected to the ___________”HIPPIE”___________ movement:
1. Characterized by feelings of ____FREEDOM_____, _____LOVE_____, and ______PEACE_____
2. Their experimentation with ___________DRUGS_______________
3. Disapproved of the _____________MAINSTREAM ESTABLISHMENT_______________ of society
4. Known for _______PROTESTING________, especially the _________VIETNAM WAR__________
Folk Music
A. Folk music was very ____SIMPLE______, very much like early American folk music.
1. Mostly _____ACOUSTIC—WITHOUT AMPLIFICATION/ELECTRICITY_____________________
a. _______GUITAR___________
b. _______BANJO____________
c. _______HARMONICA_______
2. Lyrics:
a. Were about the __________SIMPLE THINGS OF LIFE_______________
b. Included _______POETIC__________ messages about ________SOCIETY___________
B. One of the foremost folk musicians was _______BOB DYLAN_____________________________
1. Loved poetry and took his name from well-known English poet _____DYLAN THOMAS_____
2. Became known as a ______”MODERN-DAY POET”_______ by writing his song lyrics
like poetry, using the __________FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE___________ that poets did:
a. ________SYMBOLISM_________
b. ________PERSONIFICATION____________
c. ________SIMILE / METAPHOR__________
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3. Dylan transformed rock when he ____“PLUGGED IN”____ at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965:
a. He played the _________ELECTRIC GUITAR__________ and was backed by an
_________ELECTRIFIED ROCK BAND______________.
b. The audience _____BOOED_____ and the folk music world _______CRITICIZED_______
Dylan for moving away from his _____ACOUSTIC FOLK__________ roots.
c. This brought changes:
1) Folk musicians began using ___________ROCK ELEMENTS___________ in their music.
a) Became known as ___________”FOLK ROCK”____________
2) Rock singers began composing __________POETIC LYRICS___________ for their songs.
C. 60s Folk Music
1. ________”THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND”—WOODY GUTHRIE____________________
2. ________”IF I HAD A HAMMER”—PETE SEEGER____________________________
3. ________”MR. TAMBOURINE MAN”—BOB DYLAN ____________________________
4. ________”CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’”—THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS___________________
5. ________”WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE”—PETER, PAUL, and MARY__________
Protest Music
A. Messages of protest music were a reaction to issues in _____AMERICAN CULTURE_____________:
1. ________POLITICS AND WAR_________________
2. ________CIVIL RIGHTS_______________________
3. ________SOCIAL INJUSTICE (including poverty, equality of women)___________________
B. These messages brought _____AWARENESS_______ to the _______YOUNGER GENERATION_____,
who often _______JOINED________ the protest.
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C. Protest music was not specific to certain _____ARTISTS______ or _______MUSIC STYLES________.
1. Many mainstream musicians contributed to the musical protest movement:
a. ________ “BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND”—BOB DYLAN (FOLK ARTIST) (1963)_________________
b. ________”FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH”—BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD (ROCK GROUP) (1967)_______
c. ________ “WHAT’S GOIN’ ON”—MARVIN GAYE (R&B ARTIST) (1971)_____________
D. One of the biggest topics of protest was the ___________WAR IN VIETNAM______________.
1. ___________”EVE OF DESTRUCTION”—BARRY MCGUIRE (1965)___________________
2. ___________”FORTUNATE SON”—CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (1969)________
3. ___________”WAR (WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR)”—EDWIN STARR (1970)________________
E. A song with a different kind of protest message:
1. _______________”BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS”—SGT. BARRY SADLER_________
a. ___PRO-MILITARY_____ to support _____SOLDIERS______ (kind of a protest to protesting)
PSYCHEDELIC ROCK
A. Psychedelic rock had its origins in:
1. ______FOLK ROCK ________ and its use of __________DRUGS __________
a. Musicians began using ___________HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS_____________________
b. Musicians promoted drug use in their _______LYRICS_________, not realizing how
dangerous they were
2. It grew out of the ________HIPPIE__________ counterculture in San Francisco
a. Became associated with 1967—________”THE SUMMER OF LOVE”____________________
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B. Characteristics of psychedelic rock:
1. _____STRANGE LYRICS (dreamlike)________________________
2. _____UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS__________________ (odd for rock music):
a. ______SITAR___________ (Indian stringed instrument)
b. ______TABLA_________ (Indian percussion instrument)
c. ______HARPSICHORD_________ (18th century keyboard instrument)
d. ______ORGAN_______________
3. Heavy _______________EXPERIMENTATION_____________ in the recording studio:
a. ______ELECTRIC GUITAR EFFECTS_________________________________
1) ______FEEDBACK—AMPLIFIED SOUND PLAYS INTO THE MIC_____________________
2) ______WAH-WAH—ORIGINALLY TRIED TO MIMIC THE HUMAN VOICE_____________
3) ______FUZZ BOX—DISTORTS GUITAR TO SOUND “FUZZY” AND “WORN OUT”_______
b. ______STUDIO EFFECTS (AFTER RECORDING)_____________________________
1) ______BACKWARDS TAPES—PLAYING TAPED MUSIC/SOUND IN REVERSE____________
2) ______DELAY LOOPS—REPLAYING A SECION ONCE OR MULTIPLE TIMES_____________
3) ______REVERB—CREATING ECHOES THAT GRADUALLY FADE OR “DECAY”____________
c. ______EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS —“JAMMING”___________________
C. This harder rock sound sowed the seeds of future _______HEAVY METAL_______________.
D. Similar to protest music, psychedelic music was recorded by many
_________DIFFERENT TYPES___________ of popular artists
1. _______”I AM THE WALRUS”—THE BEATLES______________________________
2. _______”LIGHT MY FIRE”—THE DOORS______________________________________
3. _______”WHITE RABBIT”—JEFFERSON AIRPLANE________________________________
4. _______”FOR YOUR LOVE”—THE YARDBIRDS (Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page)___________________
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5. _______”SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE”—CREAM (Eric Clapton)____________________________
a. This group had a very big ______BLUES-INFLUENCED________________________ sound
6. ___________”I CAN SEE FOR MILES”—THE WHO_____________________________
7. _______”PURPLE HAZE”—JIMI HENDRIX____________________________
a. Was also very influenced by ______BLUES______
MUSIC FESTIVALS
A. At the end of the 1960s, ____________MUSIC FESTIVALS____________ became very popular
B. The two most well-known festivals were:
1. __________MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL_______ in ___1967_____
a. A ______3-DAY_______ concert festival in ________CALIFORNIA_____________
b. Attracted an average of_______55,000_______ fans each day
c. Was the ______FIRST MAJOR APPEARANCE__________ for many popular acts of the time
2. ___WOODSTOCK _____ in ___1969_____
a. A ______3-DAY_______ concert festival in rural ________NEW YORK_____________
b. _______FREE_______ concerts all day and night
c. An estimated ________500,000_______ people attended
d. It ______RAINED________ throughout the festival and created uncomfortable conditions
for the concert-goers, but no one seemed to care
e. Jimi Hendrix performed his version of _______”STAR-SPANGLED BANNER”______________
1) It was very ____________CONTROVERSIAL_____________________________________
2) It was at the height of the ____________VIETNAM WAR_________________________
3) Many believe that the song should be __________RESPECTED__________ for what it
stands for and that this type of performance is _______DISRESPECTFUL_______
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