MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: W. M. Keck Observatory, Pete Seeger, New York Post
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Decline in popularity through late 1960s - why: brian wilson"s mental illness, changes in approach to popular music (1960s) 2: folk music- emerges as an important style for baby boomers, pre wwii: folk music, political left - union movement, folk music was defined with the political left, folk music was aligned with labour unions. Woody guthrie: this machine kills fascious , woody sees himself as one of the working men, calls his guitar a machine. Pre war- ww2 folk music: the weavers: pete seeger produced by woody guthrie, this land is your land (woody guthrie. Be declared a patriot, give a list of others: mccarthyism: to find evil where there is no evil. He went after the army, people in the film industry, and people in the folk music: folk music drops out of sight because no one wants to be accused of being a communist. Similar to earlier music but more produced - smoother sounding, more arranged .
