COMM 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nashville Sound, France 2, Outlaw Country
10 Dec 2020
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From records to tapes to cds: audiotape and tape players paved way for digital recording, 1950s: stereo sound developed, 1960s: portable cassette players replace reel-to-reel, 1970s: digital recording, 1980s: compact discs. Rock, racial politics, and censorship: white artists cover black music, transforms rb songs to hits on white charts, black artists receive little recognition or money, censorship. Turning point occurs when ray charles covers white musician, hits #1: 1950s: delinquency on the rise; rock blamed, clean-cut white singers promoted by music industry in response. Evolution of pop music: british invasion splits rock into two styles, gritty, high-volume rock, rolling stones, melodic, softer sound, beatles, motown, develops soul music. Folk and psychedelic: folk music, artists protest poverty, racism, and war, bob dylan, joan baez, psychedelic era, artists use drugs to enhance artistics prowess, defy government. Mainstream and punk: mainstream rock, faceless supergroups play to arenas, boston, reo speedwagon, punk rock, returns to roots of simple chords, catchy music, socially challenging lyrics.
