Political Science 2142A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Vivienne Westwood, The Sugarhill Gang, Whole Lotta Love
19 Mar 2016
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Lecture the music of the 70s and 80s. Heavy metal: backlash to the music of the 1960s. Initial surge heavy metal may have been a short-lived phenomenon (what it initially appeared to be) Feminist dismissal misogynistic, fans to revaluate what the music is all about. Youth culture rebellious appeal: backlash to the sweetness of rock in the 1960s. Born to be wild quintessential american song: led zepplin, 1968. Black dog, whole lotta love, stairway to heaven . Blues tunes, but heavier and louder than people had heard. Modifying it and making it more accessible. Popularity for catchy tunes and stage shows grew: deep purple. Made it to the top 40: in da gadda da vidda 17-minute-long song translation in the garden of eden, black sabbath and ozzy osborne. British band, started out as a blues band. Originally called earth but changed their name in 1969 after a popular film (boris karloff) Purposefully darker side to topics in music.
