MUSC 2018 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Keith Moon, The Who, You Really Got Me
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Would you let your sister go with a rolling stone? popular marketing campaign. Symbol on shirt from the air force. The who were one of the prime examples of a band to represent the culture. Teams against mod style were known as the rockers . Rockers were opposed to consuming drugs thought that people consuming drugs were copping out and being weak: they were a precursor to punk. Group of mods had gone to the beach to party and celebrate. But when they got there they realized a ton of rockers were there who had the same plans. They came into conflict and the brawls were chaotic. Pop song written entirely around power chords. Well known for destroying their instruments (smashing guitar, drumset etc. The who, i can"t explain 1964/1965: had visual aspects to performances. Flinging their hand to show that it was a big thing.