MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Flattery, Cbgb
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Beatles changed the economies of scale with where concerts should take place. Jimmy page: playing the guitar with a bow; it a gesture (theatrical performance) Using white guitar picks so people would see the music being played. Concert is the only place to connect with the band. Becomes a focal point: form of worship, adulation of technical mastery, success of the individual/ corporation, fans as musicians - want to be the band, changing colour while pointing the bow; magic wand; theatrical performance. Failure of counter-culture; it"s all about the individual doing the performance. Missing the in band names; the beatle, the rolling stone: every instance there a plural in the band name; the beatles(s), the rolling stone(s, drop the the and plural. Bands that are labelled as single; coporations always present themselves as a singular identity; apple, sony, ford etc. Corporations have things bands took onstadium rock bands took on logos (band of the 70s)
