MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Led Zeppelin Ii, You Really Got Me, Whole Lotta Love
24 Nov 2017
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Oct. 30th the early 1970s: singer-songwriters, funk, and heavy metal. Emerged from the fragmentation of blues-infused rock music. Band configuration continues the conventional rock formation with a drummer, bassist, rhythm guitarist, lead guitarist, and singer. Lead guitarist key to the genre intricate and complex solos a characteristic of most songs: bass player integral to the heaviness of the sound. Riff-oriented songs (cid:862)you eall(cid:455) got me(cid:863) the kinks (1964) (cid:862)i ca(cid:374)(cid:859)t e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)(cid:863) the who (1964/65) Key characteristics: extreme amplification (of guitars to match the heavy bass and drums) Speed and volume (virtuosity, solos, 8th/16th notes: *power chord, root and 5th of a chord, magnified by distortion. Was and is excessive loudest and most heteronormatively masculine, but conversely, the most performative. Darker visions/themes and expression of crude sexuality that spoke to another aspect of the countercultural experience . Less reverent attitude towards the blues vs. idealism of folk, psychedelia.
