MUSI 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Super Freak, King Tubby, Earth, Wind & Fire
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Godfather of soul, in mid 1960s he developed his signature group, the one. Songs: cold sweat (1967), mother popcorn (1969), sex machine (1970) James channelled the ecstatic ambiance of the black church. James performance was like a preacher [catchy vocals, extensive vamps (repeating cycle), used his voice as percussive instrument] Syncopation = rhythm & complexity or accent of the off beat. Bootsy = william collins, was in rock&roll hall of fame in 1997. Artists (sly & family stone, ohio players, parliament funkadelic, earth wind & fire, Parliament funkadelic was a category of its own. Ja(cid:373)es brow(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)a(cid:374)d left hi(cid:373) for parlia(cid:373)e(cid:374)t fu(cid:374)kadeli(cid:272) (george clinton was the leader) ^parliament fundadelic were highly influenced by jazz & psychedelic rock. ^the core elements of instruments were replaced by electronic. Lyrics changed to be graphic & sexually explicit. ^songs: (super freak, give it to me baby) ^mc ha(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:859)s (cid:858)ca(cid:374)(cid:859)t tou(cid:272)h this(cid:859) was (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) super freak.
