MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Higher Consciousness, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols
9 Jan 2018
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The fracturing of the american radio audience (p. 286-288) They popularized the incredible long slogan of, disco sucks. : no one is exactly sure why they were rioting about disco, but there are a few solid speculations, one of the best theories: it went against the hippie aesthetic. It also gave the creative elements back to the producer. They felt as though disco threatened everything they had managed to establish in music. The roots of punk in the united states / the rise of punk in the uk, 1974-1977 (p. 381: punk originally comes from the underground scene in the us. The emergence of rap (p. 448-453: dj kool herc: the merry-go-round technique was essentially his style. He would have two copies of the same record on his turntable, and would constantly be focusing on the break of that song. He would take a five second break-down and turn it into a five minute loops.
