MUS 109 Lecture 19: Metal/Hardcore
Document Summary
Glam rock - spectacle, narrative structure with eclectic music, new technologies, presented with a story behind it. New wave - reactionary but more complex; complex irony; new technologies. Disco - club and dance music; new technologies, samplers. Early hip hop/rap - community music (nyc), new technologies, more sampling. Metals - extend and transform blues- based and virtuosic guitar music of the 60sl cultural commentary, spectacle; new technologies. Megastars - extend and transform pop characteristics of 60s rock. Band formed in la 1981 with punk inspired culture and clothing. The song takes up the issue of suicide and desperation. Some people criticize the purpose of this song. Some say it encourages suicide and some people say the song helps people contemplating about suicide relieve some of their tensions. Many people debated whether music can have negative consequences and this goes back even to jazz. Long instrumental introduction: low humming, acoustic guitar arpeggios, electric guitar solo, the acoustic guitar to front.
