MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bill Haley, Falsetto, Teenage Life

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSIC103
• Professor: Brain Fauteux

Document Summary

The emergence of rock (cid:834)n(cid:835) roll in the. Today(cid:859)s topi(cid:272)s: guitar cultures, o(cid:272)k (cid:858)(cid:374)(cid:859) oll as a ge(cid:374)(cid:396)e, chuck berry. Guitars: becomes a central element, dominates youth culture for about 20 years, defi(cid:374)es (cid:396)o(cid:272)k (cid:858)(cid:374)(cid:859) (cid:396)oll, vibrations. The electric guitar: mobility, (cid:862)lead(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:373)elody a(cid:374)d solos(cid:895, (cid:862) hyth(cid:373)(cid:863) (cid:894)cho(cid:396)d se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:895, electrification. Rock around the clock (1954: lead solo breaks, youth anthem, popular music and film, rock around the clock (1956); don"t knock the rock (1957); columbia pictures. Rock n" roll: *anglo-american dominance, post-wwii popular music, *(cid:862)(cid:271)oogie woogie (cid:396)hyth(cid:373) with e(cid:373)phasis o(cid:374) (cid:271)a(cid:272)k(cid:271)eat(cid:863, *new opportunities for dancing (one-two-three-four, *language, rhythm, and ideology of a generation. *1960s: rock n" roll -> rock , *youth: a celebration of difference and pleasure, * rocking and rolling pseudonym for both dancing and sex in black culture, *development of a generation gap, parents vs. youth. Rock dominates popular music: *binary oppositions with pop, (ideological constructions)