Rock and Roll

by Stuessy, Joe; Lipscomb, Scott David

• ISBN13: 9780136764953
• ISBN10: 0136764959
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This book presents not only an historical survey, but also an analytical insight into the various musical styles of rock. The emphasis on stylistic analysis presents musical concepts that apply to all styles of music. Coverage includes the roots of rock, the emergence of rock and roll, fifties style rock and roll, the transition into the early 1960s, the Beetles, the British invasion, folk music and folk rock, soul and motown, jazz rock., art rock., the seventies, and the eighties.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
1 INTRODUCTION	1	(5)
Why Study Rock?	1	(1)
Why This Book?	2	(2)
Before We Begin: A Liberal View of Rock History	4	(2)
2 THE ROOTS OF ROCK	6	(25)
Overview: The Early Fifties	6	(2)
Pop Music	8	(4)
Musical Close-Up: The Elements of Music	12	(7)
Country and Western	19	(1)
Musical Close-up: Instrumentation in Rock and Roll	20	(6)
Rhythm and Blues	26	(2)
Musical Close-up: The Twelve-Bar Blues	28	(3)
3 THE EMERGENCE OF ROCK AND ROLL	31	(15)
Overview: Crossovers and Covers	31	(2)
Bill Haley and the Comets	33	(1)
Elvis Presley	34	(8)
Musical Close-up: Rhythm in Early Rock and Roll	42	(4)
4 ROCK AND ROLL: FIFTIES STYLE	46	(37)
Overview: Three Basic Trends Emerge	46	(9)
Little Richard	55	(3)
Fats Domino	58	(2)
Chuck Berry	60	(3)
Jerry Lee Lewis	63	(3)
Buddy Holly	66	(3)
Others in the 1950s	69	(7)
The Industry	76	(3)
Musical Close-up: Is Soft Rock Really Rock?	79	(4)
5 TRANSITION: THE EARLY 1960S	83	(20)
Overview: The Fragmentation of the Market	83	(3)
The Beginnings of the Folk Music Trend	86	(6)
Surfing Music	92	(4)
The Dance Craze	96	(2)
Musical Close-up: Musical Texture and the Beach Boys	98	(5)
6 THE BEATLES	103	(52)
Overview: Revolution within a Revolution	103	(2)
The Early Beatles	105	(9)
Beatlemania--American Style	114	(4)
The Middle Period: Experimentation	118	(7)
The Later Beatles: Revolution	125	(16)
Musical Close-up: The Technical Side of the Beatles' Music	141	(14)
7 THE BRITISH INVASION	155	(30)
Overview: The British Are Coming!	155	(2)
The Rolling Stones	157	(17)
All the Others	174	(5)
Musical Close-up: The Musical Style of the Rolling Stones	179	(6)
8 FOLK MUSIC AND FOLK ROCK	185	(22)
Overview: The Youth Generation of the 1960s	185	(2)
Bob Dylan	187	(5)
The Byrds	192	(3)
The Mamas and the Papas	195	(2)
Simon and Garfunkel	197	(3)
Other Folk Rockers	200	(2)
Musical Close-up: The Song Style of Bob Dylan	202	(5)
9 SOUL AND MOTOWN	207	(28)
Overview: Soul Music: Its Definition and History	207	(4)
Atlantic and Stax	211	(2)
Aretha Franklin	213	(3)
James Brown	216	(5)
Motown	221	(8)
Diana Ross and the Supremes	229	(2)
Musical Close-up: Melody and the Soul Singer	231	(4)
10 SAN FRANCISCO	235	(22)
Overview: America Counters the British Invasion	235	(3)
The Jefferson Airplane	238	(3)
The Grateful Dead	241	(3)
Janis Joplin	244	(2)
Other San Francisco Groups	246	(1)
Acid Rock Outside San Francisco	247	(5)
Musical Close-up: The Art of Improvisation	252	(5)
11 JAZZ ROCK	257	(17)
Overview: A Tale of Sibling Rivalry and Its Resolution	257	(2)
Blood, Sweat, and Tears	259	(4)
Chicago	263	(4)
Other Jazz Rock Groups	267	(1)
Musical Close-up: An Analysis of Symphony for the Devil/Sympathy for the Devil (Blood, Sweat, and Tears)	268	(6)
12 ART ROCK	274	(27)
Overview: Rock as a "Legitimate" Musical Vocabulary	274	(2)
Rock with Orchestra	276	(3)
Rock Operas and Theatrical Works	279	(6)
Nontheatrical Art Rock by Unaccompanied Rock Groups	285	(9)
Musical Close-up: An Analysis of "Karn Evil 9," by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer	294	(7)
13 THE SEVENTIES	301	(66)
Overview: The Decade of Nondirection	301	(3)
Mainstream Trends of the 1970s	304	(25)
Art Rock of the 1970s	329	(4)
Jazz Rock of the 1970s	333	(3)
The Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s	336	(7)
Black Rock in the 1970s	343	(7)
Disco	350	(3)
Country Rock of the 1970s	353	(6)
Soft Rock of the 1970s	359	(5)
Musical Close-up: The Anatomy of Disco	364	(3)
14 THE EIGHTIES	367	(37)
Overview: An Early Assessment	367	(3)
Michael Jackson	370	(2)
Bruce Springsteen	372	(3)
Madonna	375	(1)
U2	376	(2)
Guns N'Roses	378	(2)
Heavy Metal of the 1980s	380	(1)
Van Halen	381	(1)
Queensryche	382	(1)
Metallica	383	(1)
Yngwie Malmsteen	384	(1)
Other Heavy Metal Bands	385	(1)
Rap	386	(4)
Others	390	(6)
Technology and Rock	396	(2)
Rock for Charity	398	(1)
Musical Close-up: A Look at Rock Lyrics	399	(5)
15 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS	404	(47)
Overview: Boomers and Post-Boomers	404	(3)
Music Videos "Rule"	407	(2)
Rock Music Soundtracks	409	(2)
Mainstream Styles	411	(2)
Dance Music	413	(7)
Country Rock	420	(2)
Country Enters the Mainstream	422	(7)
Alternative Styles	429	(3)
New Jack Swing--A Rap Hybrid	432	(3)
Post-Punk Hardcore	435	(2)
Thrash Metal	437	(1)
Grunge	437	(6)
Others	443	(1)
Musical Close-up: Country or Rock?	444	(7)
16 AN OVERVIEW AND AN EDITORIAL	451	(15)
Overview: Eight Basic Statements	451	(9)
Editorial	460	(2)
Can It Get Better?	462	(2)
Where To Now?	464	(2)
DISCOGRAPHY	466	(10)
A Basic Recorded Library of Rock and Roll	466	(1)
Selected Discography	467	(6)
Anthologies	473	(3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	476	(5)
INDEX	481