MUS321H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Major Minor Records, Semitone, Vee-Jay Records
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Lecture 4: 1964: america & a hard day"s night. New instrumentation and arrangements: their music didn"t sound like anyone else"s. A rich blend of stylistic influences: rock & roll, doo-wop, motown, show tunes, ballads, etc. Their work was concise, effects were never overstated, variations appeared in repeated passages often repeat the word/arrangement; different colour in voices. They were well edited in studio by george martin. Strong personalities: john (aggressive, sharp intellect, caustic wit); paul (charm, tact, boy-next-door); george (quiet, lop-sided smile); ringo (funny name, comedian, lovable butt of the others" humour) Ensemble work of high level/quality (harrison, mccartney and starr were. Uncompromisingly working class and provincial (e. g. , a hard day"s night . Musical/textual formulas ( me-you ; ooooh ; subtle suggestiveness etc. ) British teenagers had been fed a sugary diet of innocent love songs. Harder edge and suggestiveness was new and exciting.
