MUS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Art Rock, Canadian Content, Rastafari
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Explain the influences of commerce and technology on the music of the 1970s. Record companies used tours to help promote record sales. Acts drew set list from current or recent albums. Advantages: smaller units & playback devices / portable and in car consoles / boom boxes. Free form radio disappeared, station program directors select ltd. number of songs to attract broad audience / offend few people. Explain how artists challenged traditional gender performance in the 1970s. Glam rock explored questions of art, artifice, gender. David bowie: ziggy stardust male or female or in between, flamboyant costumes, heavy makeup, voice changes. Tunefulness, willingness to address social issues, complex rhythms, extensive use of electronics. Funk: motown black pop, came into popular music thru jazz. James brown father of funk, godfather of soul: sly and family stone played key role in transition from soul to funk. Identify key artists and their unique contributions to their genre.
