History of Rock n Roll Final Exam Terms
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jump bands rhythm and blues
Chicago blues grittier, hotter sound, Muddy Waters, rough-edged, 1950s, Chess records
rockabilly Elvis Presley, becomes mainstream, expressive, conflation of rock and roll and
hillbilly
Sun Studios rockabilly sound produced by Elvis, white musicians, development, slap-back
echo
doo wop 'the forgotten third' of rock n roll, Sh'Boom, 1950s, wop expresses an unexpected
turn, express most vocality,
pointillism remarkably powerful aspect of modernism in 1950s and 1960s, means made
up of little points, points of sound, crisp, stripped-down points of sound, high modernism
, History of Rock n Roll Final Exam Terms
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ambient music music you don't listen to consciously, background music, 'easy listening',
'environment', make you feel good, sound of modern life, hi-fi
lounge music singers, fronting small combos in small clubs, Frank Sinatra
wall of sound Phil Spector, massiveness and complexity
garage bands garage-Link Wray, simple, loud, dirty, incompetent, DIY quality, Kingsmen,
Shadows of Knight
surfing music Opposite of girl groups, guitar based, bluesy but clean, fast and slow songs,
instrumental competence, Beach Boys, loose style, rock n roll but thin, twangy, influence of
Chuck Berry, rockabilly
psychedelic qualities dreamy pace, not fast but now slow, strange, floating, ecstatic sound,
like mist in the air, morning-after effect, world begins afresh, trippy, strange, raw or edgy trends