1970s – Rock, Glam and Disco… and Really Big Flares!

1. 1970s – Rock, Glam and Disco… and Really Big Flares!

2. Technological Advances

3. Events in the 70s • Increasing political awareness • End of Vietnam war (1955 – 1975) • Oil crisis – economic recession • Increase in violence in the Middle East • Margaret Thatcher / Tories 1979 • Further space exploration • Pocket calculators • Technological innovation

4. Peace, Love & Flower Power

5. Peace, Love & Flower Power • At the end of the 60s pop was dominated by hippies and flower-power. • Rock music was also becoming established with advancements in the Electric Guitar.

7. Starter • You have 10 minutes to sort out which artists go with which styles of music from the 70s

8. Pink Floyd Genesis David Bowie. Queen Pink Floyd Genesis Sex Pistols The Jam Blondie The Cars Deep Purple Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Genesis

9. Rock • Grew out of rhythm and blues during the late 60s. • Rock developed with help from technological advancements in the electric guitar and better amplification. • Rock began to split into different styles in the 1970s with Heavy Rock and Glam Rock being two noticeable styles.

10. Hard / Heavy Rock • Bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple played heavy rock. • Listen to Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven Write the answers onto post it notes • Describe the music you hear. • How is it different from the 1960s music you have heard? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmKeIlJq4gM&ob=av3n

11. Glam Rock • This was another off-shoot of Rock music in the early 1970s. • Sometimes called ‘Glitter Rock’ because of the outfits that were worn.

12. Glam Rock • Watch ‘The Sweet’ performing their No.1 hit ‘Block Buster’ from 1973. • How is it different to the sound of Deep Purple in the song you have just listened to? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrYf7VWASE

13. Feedback - Research • Research the following styles: Prog rock (progressive rock), psychedelia, soul, Motown, folk rock • Research the main singers/bands of the 60s

14. Singer-songwriters • Elton John • Singer song-writer and pianist • He cultivated a TV persona that encouraged cameras to move around him as he was stuck behind the piano • Pop melody • Many ballads use a favourite texture of arpeggiated piano chords with orchestral strings playing sustained chords http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTa8U0Wa0q8

15. Disco It all started with…..

16. Disco • In the mid 70s dance clubs sprang up in Europe and USA • Clubs going from live bands to DJs playing records – funky dance pop • Spurred on by success of ‘Nightfever’ • The male macho image in the film helped to counter the prejudice associated with the underground gay nightclub dance scene

17. Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive 1978 • A rising/falling piano arpeggio holds the tension • Vocals – out of tempo – chord changes on 1st beat of the bar • Regular beat of 116bpm – 4 to the floor. Verse repeats 3 times – 24 bars • Instrumental of 8 bars – harp glissando/strings • 4 more verses (last sounds like a chorus) • Held pause • Tenor sax solo • 4 more verses • Tenor sax leads a fade-out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tth-8wA3PdY

18. Abba Abba were one of the most popular bands in the 1970s. They launched onto the scene in 1972 and in 1976 they had three number one hits, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Dancing Queen’ and ‘Fernando’. Play an excerpt from ‘Dancing Queen’

19. The Village People The village people were six men who dressed as a soldier, a biker, a cop, a builder, a cowboy and an indian. They sung the song, ‘YMCA’ which was one of the most famous songs of the 1970s and is still played at parties today. Play YMCA BACK

20. Bee Gees ‘Night Fever’ 1978 Put the cards in order of what you hear

21. Bee Gees ‘Night Fever’ 1978 • Solo wah-wah guitar – bass and highsynth strings – funky synth rhythms – 4 to the floor • High voice of Barry Gibb – verse 1 - 8 bars • 6 bars – other 2 Gibb brothers enter – el. Piano licks and glissandi – adding colour • Key change for chorus sung in octaves – sustained high synth strings • Bridge - builds over 8 bars – harmonic rhythm changing • Repeat of chorus • Verse 2 • Chorus and another bridge • Repeated chorus – fade-out

23. Cassettes and CDs • 70s saw compact cassettes widely available for home taping - particularly of radio - in-car radio/cassette players and hifidelity home stereos now easily affordable. Dolby enhanced appeal • By end of 80s cassettes outselling other formats three to one • Digital age and CDs from 1982. CD-Roms by 1990s. MP3s and Internet late by 1990s

24. The Walkman The walkman was invented in 1979 in Japan and hit the UK at the end of the 1970s. It was the item to have and hundreds of celebrities were seen out with their walkmans. Tapes were the new thing. Today we have the ‘walkman’ mobile phone and instead of tapes we have CDs and mp3s. BACK

25. Other developments in Technology • Polyphonic synthesisers – Korg PS-3100 • Minimoog – monophonic • Vocoder – Kraftwerk 1972 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bza0xjKBjcg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLx_x5Fuzp4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oTW_Jt0EVE

26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdOKbVIoam0 • Technics SL-1200 • 1976 – VHS video format – Japan • 1977 – Roland – MC-8 Microcomposer • Roland CR-78 – programmable drum machine – Blondie Heart of Glass • 1979 – Fairlight CMI digital sampler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0tdkP4GaGg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON8lVgJxMQA&feature=related