MU 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Stevie Wonder
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New sounds and rhythms: digital technology made replication of existing timbres and creation of new timbres easier. Mtv: this genre emerged in 1981 involving sound, image, and movement and profoundly affected the dissemination of music on a brand new medium cable. Helped to bring rap out of the inner city and into the suburbs and everywhere else in the country and across the world. The leading pop acts in the 1980"s were michael jackson, madonna and prince: after them it was no longer good enough to just be a good singer or musician. You had to move well and videos exhibiting skill and imagination were. Their contributions have been in the areas of reintegration of song and expressive dance, their sheer star power, and establishing the music video as a new expressive medium: musical example. Chapter 79: post-funk/post disco fusions the music of prince.
