HIST105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Frank Zappa, Pickwick Records, Iggy Pop
11 Sep 2016
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Lecture 15 coming apart in the 70s: the example of glam. Lou reed (1942-2013) founder of the velvet underground. Born brooklyn and grew up in long island. Had bi-sexual feelings and was faced shock treatment. Music in the bones: influenced by many different styles from motown to british invasion. From syracuse to pickwick: syracuse university, thought about military but was anti-authoritarian kicked out, moved to nyc, got a job at pickwick records (k-tel, mini-pops ripping off original artists. Lou reed & john cale start velvet underground, 1965 nyc. A few words about nico (christa paffgen 1938-1988: nico was actress, artist, singer, and model, did create some friction within the band. An interesting failure: when released only sold thousands of copies, became a cult classic that had huge influence on future artists, now known as rolling stones top 20 albums. The end of the velvet underground: farwell nico ("67, band released four albums.
