MUCO 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pete Townshend, Floyd London, Astronomy Domine
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Early and very in uential member who set the stage as to what the band would be for a long time. Was not in the band by their stuff in the 70s. Abbey road studios piper at the gates of dawn. House band for freak outs - - aka acid testing parties. Fried his brain and could not perform anymore. Explores issues of insanity, time, and reality. One of big hits of the records. Use a cash register as an instrument. Band really pushed artistic edges in a lot of ways. One idea is letting go of attachments. Wanted to plug info about people and create a synthesized unique composition. Short melodic ideas from 45 seconds to 60 seconds each. Full song would be over an hour. Baba o" riley came directly from in uence of these two people hence the name. He used the minimalist synthesized pattern in this song (like what riley did)
