MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Disco, Whole Lotta Love, Chess Records
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Sonic development from psychedelic blues (very strong blues influence) Lyrics are (in part) a response to the failure of counter culture. Black sabbath (band from england; lead singer ozzy) Most bands are named the [something]. (e. g. the beach boys, etc. ) Most companies don"t have a the [something]". Central to the sounds is the distorted electric guitar. Result of the failure of the counter culture. Genre associated with 1070s but started from 1960s. Sound (higher and more intense level of distortion in guitars and voice) Tempo [mid- range hard rock, heavy metal has extremes (both slow and fast)] Go back to the themes/lyrics of chuck berry: mostly about cars, girls, no school, heavy metal. Not much different from chuck berry song. You can dance to most. Deep purple (hard rock band) Black sabbath (heavy metal band) Madness / futility of war. Wanted to write songs about what they saw: a lot of young people saw no opportunity.
