Music of the 70’s

1. Music of the 70’s A Variety of Styles http://superseventies.com/seventiesalmanac.html http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade70.html

2. What do you think of when you think of the 70s? • At the top of your guided question sheet, write 3 things that come to mind when you think of the 70s.

3. 70s Listening Intro • Listen to all of the following songs from the 70s. (#1-10) • Have you ever heard this song before? • What stands out to you the most in this song?

4. 1970s

5. Funk • Blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. • Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAp7uqnUYSA&ob=av3n

6. Styles of Music Represented in the 1970’s - Funk • How is this music similar and different from Motown in the 60s? • James Brown • Sly and the Family Stone • George Clinton (Funkadelic) • Kool and the Gang • Earth, Wind and Fire (Pop-Funk) • Stevie Wonder

7. Jazz Rock • Rock rhythms and electric instruments mixed together with the melodies and harmonies of jazz • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntyxRhmFho

8. Music Styles of the 70s’ – Jazz-Rock • Joni Mitchell • Steely Dan • Doobie Brothers

9. Music Styles of the 70’s – Progressive Rock (Characteristics listed below) • Long songs that are structured, not improvised • Loud and soft passages with musical crescendos • The use of a live symphony orchestra or synthesizer that sounds like strings • Extended instrumental solos • Blending of acoustic, electric, and electronic elements to translate the emotion of a song with multiple moods • Multi-movement compositions

10. Progressive Rock Groups • Led Zepplin • Kansas • Styx • Yes • The Moody Blues • Emerson, Lake and Palmer • Genesis • Pink Floyd • Frank Zappa

11. Progressive Rock Examples • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZbM_MIz4RM • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0vOYwHj30&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL0B4C5C602F1DDE4D • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5MAg_yWsq8&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLZdZK565YUCk

12. Listening Micro-Assignment • How does this music reflect characteristics of progressive rock? Describe one characteristic from the list below that you hear displayed in this music? • #1-5

13. Experimental Rock • Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique.

14. Hard Rock/Metal of the 70s • Hard Rock - typified by a heavy use of distortedelectric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards. • Metal - roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness

15. Hard Rock/Metal • Led Zepplin • Kiss • Aerosmith • Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_SeaI2ALg4 • Bad Company • Blue Oyster Cult • Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath • Ted Nugent • Judas Priest • AC/DC • Van Halen

16. Hard Rock and Metal Examples • AC/DC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA • Black Sabbath - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_6jagv_D4

17. Cooperate Rock • a term used to describe rock music that utilised large arena venues, particularly sports venues, for concerts or series of concerts linked in tours. • often came from the hard rock, heavy metal and progressive rock genres, but utilised a more commercially oriented and radio-friendly sound

18. Cooperate Rock Cont. • highly-produced music that included both hard rock numbers and power ballads, both often employing anthemic choruses • Boston - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94 • Journey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjzHMhBtf0

19. Cooperate Rock • Boston • Foreigner • Peter Frampton • Heart • Journey • The Steve Miller Band • REO Speedwagon/Styx • Supertramp

20. Southern Rock/American Heartland • Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals.

21. American Heartland Rock/Southern • Lynyrd Skynyrd • Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band • The J. Geils Band • ZZ Top - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsnSQtsdMJI

22. The California Sound and Soft Rock • Catchy songs • Proficient musicianship • Great vocal harmonies • Pop, folk, country and blues influence

23. California Groups • Crosby, Stills and Nash • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pphVs8bF0 • http://www.crosbystillsnash.com/ • The Eagles • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea0CDieb4yM • http://www.eaglesband.com/ • Jackson Browne • Fleetwood Mac • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GN2kpBoFs4 • The Steve Miller Band

24. Country Rock from the 70s • country-rock is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s who began to record rock records using country themes, vocal styles and additional instrumentation, most characteristically pedal steel guitar.

25. Country Rock • America • The Marshall Tucker Band • The Charlie Daniels Band • On your guided question sheet, list at least 3 elements of Country Rock that you hear in “Devil Went Down To Georgia.”

26. British Pop Rock Popular music from England that contained: • A combination of rock elements with pop elements • Arena rock style • Blues influenced rock style • Some extra production in the songs like orchestra instruments and synthesizers

27. British Pop Rock • Paul McCartney and Wings • Elton John • Eric Clapton • Rod Stewart • The Bee Gees • Dire Straits

28. Compare the 60s and 70s • Listen to the following songs. Write/describe the difference you hear between the song from the 60s and the song from the 70s. • Rolling Stones Vs. Elton John

29. British Pop Rock Performances • Elton John • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7wwZVB4yMI • Paul McCartney • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWrGSa-Asdk • Bee Gees • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLJnG6-oC4sjU

30. What is a singer-songwriter? • Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. • Singer-songwriters often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano

31. Singer Songwriters • John Lennon • Carol King • Bob Dylan • John Denver • Paul Simon • Cat Stevens • James Taylor • Carly Simon • Billy Joel

32. Singer Songwriter Performances • Billy Joel • Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0 • John Denver • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_WyUwNPOzQ • James Taylor and Carol King • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RPCFfudmU

33. Punk Rock • Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. • Rooted in garage rock, punk rock bands avoided perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. • Punk bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics.

34. Punk Rock • The Ramones • The Dead Boys • The Dictators • The Cramps • The Sex Pistols • The Clash

35. New Wave • New Wave is a subgenre of rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. • Characteristics of New Wave: electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s pop music.

36. New Wave • The Cars • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW3rb5fZRb8 • Blondie • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXewIR7Y7cc • The B-52’s • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofkzvM7Skxg

37. Compare and contrast • Song #1 – The Ramones • Song #2 – B52s

38. Art Music • Devo • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw • Talking Heads

39. Rock Music in Film • Tommy 1975 • Grease 1978 • Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1978 • Saturday Night Fever, 1977

40. Disco • Disco is a genre of dance music. • Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. • It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

41. Disco Problems • Because disco used electronic drum machines, many live musicians could not get music jobs. • The rhythms were very repetitive.

42. Disco • Donna Summers • Gloria Gaynor • ABBA • Barry White • Chic • The Village People

43. Define/describe each style represented in the 70s. Funk, Pop-Funk, Funkadelic Jazz-Rock Progressive Rock Experimental Rock Hard Rock Metal Rock Cooperate Rock American Heartland Rock, Southern Rock The California Sound, Soft Rock Country Rock British Pop Rock Singer Songwriter Music Punk Rock New Wave Art Music Rock Music in Film and Concert Films Disco

44. Listen to the following music from the 70s and identify what sub-genre this music falls under. #1-20 Funk, Pop-Funk, Funkadelic Jazz-Rock Progressive Rock Experimental Rock Hard Rock Metal Rock Cooperate Rock American Heartland Rock, Southern Rock The California Sound, Soft Rock Country Rock British Pop Rock Singer Songwriter Music Punk Rock New Wave Art Music Rock Music in Film and Concert Films Disco Review of 70’s Music Styles