MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Altamont Raceway Park, Heavy Metal Music, Yom Kippur War
30 Nov 2017
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Music 2ii3 fall 2016 dr. s. wood 1. Lecture 11: rolling stones & hard rock/heavy metal. The stones, inspired by the success of woodstock, hold a concert at the altamont speedway (california) This leaves many young people feeling like society does not care about them. The fall of counterculture is further reinforced by: the energy crisis ("73 - "74). Middle eastern countries cut oil supplies to the usa, resulting in a shortage and an economic recession: watergate ("74). After it came out that a democratic campaign office had been tapped by republicans, president nixon resigned: vietnam ("75). America lost the war - badly, causing a major blow to american pride: hard rock and heavy metal are on different ends of a spectrum. Led zeppelin was interested in a high level of musicianship and used a lot of blues and typical. the and become singular, essentially dropping the collective input that rock once was.
