MUAR 392 Lecture Notes - Mick Jagger, You Really Got Me, Different Class
23 May 2012
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American tour who introduces them to marijuana; influence almost immediately apparent on lyrics. Beginnings of psychedlia: influence of psychelic drugs on music, arts, fashion, etc. Appeal to high arts: introspective lyrics; formal complexity; greater textural variety; instrumental expansion (sitar); influence of early electronic music. Last track of revolver (1966), strongly influenced by beatles experimentation with lsd. Leary and richard alpert who had led investigations of psychedelic drugs (psylocibin from magic mushrooms, What is the function of the reprise? (i. e. repetition of first song near end of album) Controversy over song lucy in the sky with diamonds acronym, for lsd. A day in the life (1967) last track of sgt. Too complicated for live performance; only possible in recording studio: use of orchestra, avante-garde music techniques (what does. Avant garde mean? ) such as cutting up of tape and randomly taping back together, directions to orchestra to start on lowest pitch and rise to highest in given time: musique concrete.
