MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Rod Stewart, John Landis, Poodle Skirt
22 Jun 2012
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In 1985 there was a shift to compact discs. Synthesizers in the beginning were big and expensive; midi helped make them smaller and inexpensive. In the early 80"s synthesizers were hugely popular. Madonna and michael jackson were the head of mainstream music in the 80"s. New wave punk came from punk music, and became mainstream. +the police - don"t stand so close to me : song has a literary reference to lolita. Nabakov (kidnapped a girl and made her perform sexual favors for privileges) New wave in the 80s can be socially conscious and have meaningful lyrics. Police, prince, modonna, michael jackson are the most popular of the 80"s. Heavy metal has simple lyrics and virtuosic musicians. ( i. e motley crue) Metallica was the most popular band and tried to copyright the minor second interval, also had very intelligent lyrical content +metallica- one.
