MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Malcolm Mclaren, Talking Heads, Mclaren Technology Group
30 Nov 2017
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Music 2ii3 fall 2016 dr. s. wood 1. Punk: move away from hippie aesthetic, new york - popular in england but an american invention, 1967: lou reed/john cale form the velvet underground, witnessed the poverty that was occurring during the era of counter culture. Set up to be anti-musicians: this music was flowery and hippie, not singing about the real stuff. heroin (1967 - from the velvet underground and nico: amateur-sounding song; this was on purpose, very much a diy culture. Extremely influential: rarely performed other people"s songs, this was because they weren"t good enough to play other songs, they weren"t very good, diy. Stripped down all the extra part of music - played very simple songs: three chords/no solos, ramones more successful in england than north america. Economic recession - took much longer for england to rebuild than usa: never actually experienced any growth, ramones fit this new culture (punk) perfectly.
