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MAINSTREAM ROCK OF THE 70’S & 80’S
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70’S MAINSTREAM ROCK
• Decade of Non-Direction • Beatles Disbanding • The Three J’s – Death’s • Altamont Festival
• Society Fragmented into hundreds of Self-Interest Groups. “Me-Decade” • TV expanded into over 40 channels • Radio discovered Formatting – Segregation of Music
• Included both American & British Influences
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6 MAJOR COMPANIES
• By the end of the 1970s, the Rock market would be controlled by just six major companies. • CBS • Warner Communications • Polygram • RCA • MCA • Capitol – EMI
• Negative Side-Effect: Music was not an Art, It was a Product.
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TWO SIDES OF BRITISH MAINSTREAM
HARDER SIDE • Cream (Eric Clapton) • Diraeli Gears (1967) • “Sunshine of Your Love”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt51rITH3EA
• Rod Stewart • Gasoline Alley (1970) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64aVDA-s3U Style Fragmented into Hard Rock – Heavy Metal – Punk-Rock
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SOFTER SIDE • Fleetwood Mac • “Go Your Own Way” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4
• Elton John • “Rocket Man” - • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LX7WrHCaUA
• There was NO ONE star who equaled the success of Elvis or the Beatles
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MAINSTREAM ROCK IN THE STATES
• For Each British Mainstream Fragment, There was an American Parallel. • Usually Less Hard than the British Counterpart
• Creedence Clearwater Revival • San Francisco Based Group • “Suzie Q” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mxaA-bJ35s • “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93S_l0qZrXA
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• CCR’s southern sound was closer to Rockabilly and sometimes to Original Blues. • The group broke up due to a sibling rivalry between
Tom and John Fogerty. • Doobie Brothers • The Captain and Me (1973) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8kJq4QAPxE
• Good Vocals & Harmonies • Clean Playing with Sophisticated Recording Prodution
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• Steve Miller Band • Steve Miller, originally from Dallas, TX • Achieved some success during the late-1960s but it wasn’t
until the 1970s that he reach his greatest success. • “The Joker” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSC2__LXk4
• Steve Miller’s Style • - Blues Roots, colored by touches of Country and the Old San
Francisco sound.
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• Journey • San Francisco Based • Began in the 1970’s but didn’t reach success until the 1980’s
• Journey’s Style: • Early Mainstream material was more milder.
• Open Arms: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lLmYLw0WRI
• Later songs reflect a style closer to hard rock and heavy metal • “Edge of the Blade” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjk6HD0ZQEw
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SOUTHERN ROCK
• By the 1960s, most rock came from big cities: Detroit, LA, San Francisco, Philadelphia, • In the 1970s, there was an effort to get back to
basics of Southern Rock & Roll
• The Allman Brother’s Band • “Midnight Rider” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBf48xUIBLo
• Lynyrd Skynyrd • “Sweet Home Alabama” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o
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MAINSTREAM ROCK OF THE 1980’S
• Bruce Springsteen • One of the only iconic Rock & Roll stars of the 1980s • Not an overnight success (paid his dues during the 1970s) • Raw, Unsophisticated voice like Dylan, Joplin, Hendrix • Lyrics reference to the frustrations, confusions, dreams of the
average person.
• Born to Run (1975) – Showed a multi-faceted musicians • “Born to Run” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3t9SfrfDZM • Instrumental breaks – sax solo
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• Went through several albums with relative success: • The River (1980) • Nebraska (1982)
• Biggest Success came with Born in The U.S.A. (1984) • “Born In The U.S.A.” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD4ezDbbu4 • “Dancing in The Dark” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYtwQ7DCWAo
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U2
• Irish Rock Group formed in 1976 • Began by opening for several groups touring in
England and Ireland for four years. • Signed by Island Records in 1980 • Had several underwhelming albums for over 7 years.
• The Joshua Tree (1987) Grammy for AOY • “With or Without You” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSdTa9kaiQ • “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY75dw64sqI