MUAR 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Overdubbing, Sitar, Art Music
16 Aug 2016
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Lecture 11
The Beatles 1965–1967
Beatles: With a little help from friends
-Shift from rock n roll to rock music
-Disassociated from low brow cultural baggage of rock n roll
Dylan and the Beatles meet in NYC, August 1964
-Bob Dylan supposedly introduced weed to the Beatles for the first time
-Influenced each other greatly
-Impacted Bob Dylan as seen in Bringing it All Back Home (Folk Rock)
-Bob Dylan’s lyrics are becoming more surrealist, rather than the outwardly political that
was seen in idealist folk values
-Double avant-garde: union of experiments with images and experiments with new sounds
of electricity — art for arts sake
The Byrds — More Folk Rock
-Formed late 64’ by three LA folk singers
-Covered Mr. Tambourine Man — closed the gap between Dylan and the Beatles learning
toward each other in concept
-Beatlesque: instrumental sounds like Ticket to Ride
-Similar vocal style, use of various singers and vocal harmonies
-Similar guitar sound — electric 12-string guitar influenced by the Beatles (at the
beginning)
-Dylan influence: Dylan’s melody and lyrics
-The Byrds first single — record label wouldn’t let them all play on the record
1965 — 1966: Year of Folk Rock due to Dylan, Beatles and The Byrds
Rubber Soul (1965) — The Beatles
-A combination of subtle instrumentation with introspection of lyric content and an artsy record
cover
-Similar to Dylan — exhibits the influence Dylan had on the Beatles
-Studio possibilities: overdubbed — in the early 60s, all the recordings were live to take.
With A Hard Days Night there was an expansion into overdubbing, increasing the creativity
possibilities
“Norwegian Wood” — Rubber Soul
-What is the song about?
-A story about a singer and “she”
-Speaking about how beautiful her house is — Norwegian wood
-No sex or cuddling — disappointed
-Contrast between working class and artist — artist doesn’t have work in the morning but
the woman who has a solid job does
-Not about a lot, but the song requires interpretation to fully understand it
-What is the instrumentation?
-First use of sitar by the Beatles (indian classical instrument) — producing a twang sound
-Acoustic guitar, vocals
-What is the form? Verse/ chorus?
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Document Summary
Shift from rock n roll to rock music. Disassociated from low brow cultural baggage of rock n roll. Dylan and the beatles meet in nyc, august 1964. Bob dylan supposedly introduced weed to the beatles for the rst time. Impacted bob dylan as seen in bringing it all back home (folk rock) Bob dylan"s lyrics are becoming more surrealist, rather than the outwardly political that was seen in idealist folk values. Double avant-garde: union of experiments with images and experiments with new sounds of electricity art for arts sake. Formed late 64" by three la folk singers. Covered mr. tambourine man closed the gap between dylan and the beatles learning toward each other in concept. Beatlesque: instrumental sounds like ticket to ride. Similar vocal style, use of various singers and vocal harmonies. Similar guitar sound electric 12-string guitar in uenced by the beatles (at the beginning) The byrds rst single record label wouldn"t let them all play on the record.
