MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sound Poetry, Spiro Agnew, Bird Sound
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No more tours after the disastrous one in 1966. Hooks at the beginning: ideas from all those endearing young charms , pop tunes, what sticks in your head (george and his titles, writing with a formula, each song had a distinct sound. Basic instrumental setup (guitars, bass, drums piano, harmonica) Songs inspired by: wall of sound (phil spector same time river deep mountain high, psychedelic-sound, beginning to experiment with new instruments (e. g. citar) Emi (recording company): give us a radio-friendly songs, but do whatever you want. Calypso tune i"m in love with her and i feel fine (baby says) Romance ballad: latin-based sound, 4 part vocal harmony, string group no percussion (all the lonely people, slow dance song, added the citar indian instrument (paul shankar) teaching in. Ucla and crosby called george harrison, and he started to learn how to play it: first stirrings of world music, 4 beats, tambourine on the beats, don"t hear guitar until way.
