CMN 2180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Come Sail Away, Short Songs
20 Mar 2018
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Honeymoon suite big on much music in 1982. In the record book for gigs played every year. Record execs were looking for people who could write top 40 hits. Hit song writers with small prog like tendencies were the jackpot. Power chords, pyrotechnics, short songs, hooky songs. Prog lite not complex, no surprises, steady. Trademark prog lite song 1977 styx (canadian lead singer) Album oriented radio late 70s, radio friendly rock, not too abrasive or off the mainstream. Faceless bands does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)atter if you k(cid:374)ew their (cid:374)a(cid:373)e or a(cid:374)y details. Had to remember the groups name, and the hit song. Come sail away derivative of prog rock. Simple effective noise for the teenager in the search of progressive. Forget fm radio, wanted a format to fit the demographic of prog lite, white males between 13-25. Aor stations offered the kind of music that surveys told them appealed to their ideal listeners. Emphasized white musicians, prominent guitar hooks, more masculine.
