MU 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cubism, Rastafari, Elvis Costello
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Unit 14: new trends of the late 1970"s. S&fs"s music: full of social commentary, powerful lyrics over infectious rhythms, the group became popular after the assassination of mlk jr and after the backlash from the civil rights movement had built up steam, musical ex. George clinton: the mastermind behind two important funk" bands, parliament" and. Sort of james brown and sly stone meet jimi hendrix: musical ex. Tear the roof off the sucker 1976 george clinton. Earth, wind & fire": melded funk grooves with more melodious material, they utilized the large group sound. Jimmy cliff, bob marley: two of reggaes early stars, musical ex. Reggae as an international music: its popularity outside of jamaica was due much to the heavy concentrations of. Discotheques: began to open in the u. s. in the early 1960"s, they were very popular in france during wwii, in search of new dance music in the mid 1970"s, disco" was born.
