MU121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: E Street Band, Billy Joel
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By mid 70s, singer songwriters were often fronting bands. Keep intimate bond created by soul searching lyrics. Incorporated piano and vocals as centre of attention. Glass houses engaged earlier rock and pop styles. Emerged in context of late 70s singer songwriter movement. Some late 70s mainstream rock streamlined musical elements. Combined them to create new forms of stylistic synthesis. One way to examine how bands of late 70s recast music from earlier in decade is through formal design: Verses, choruses, or bridges used in a sections. In second half of decade, there were several instances of aaba form that exhibit how groups compressed large scale forms associated with adventurous prog music in length of radio friendly single. More than a feeling squeezed level of organizational complexity comparsble to yes"s. Both boston and foreigner condense qualities of earlier rock and blended them together.
