MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Swinging Blue Jeans, Thirty-Two-Bar Form, 6 Years

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSIC140
• Professor: Simon Wood

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12 songs in the billboard top 100 pop: including positions 1 to 5. 3 weeks in april they held 60% of all record sales. 1965 - end of their 4th us tour. Shea stadium performance twist and shout. Beatles changed the economy of scale for live performances. O(cid:374)ly i(cid:373)ages people (cid:449)ould"(cid:448)e see(cid:374) of the beatles (cid:271)a(cid:272)k the(cid:374) (cid:449)as i(cid:374) photographs compared to now where we can see most things in a click of a button. They brought back the golden age of rock and roll again. They become the template of english bands: (cid:862)mer(cid:272)y beat(cid:863) emulate the beatles. Gerry and the pacemakers, the searchers, the swinging blue. Beatles are evolving moving away from pop song writing. The album should be part of the aesthetic experience of the music. Additionally, they are starting to experimenting with songs (cid:862)to(cid:373)orro(cid:449) (cid:374)e(cid:448)er k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s(cid:863) from revolver, composed by john lennon.