History of Rock & Roll Final

- Motown's premier white rock + soul band
- Motown's experimental assault on the rock market
- Labeled "blue-eyed" soul

- Most important contributor to rock music
- First poet of mass media
- Has 2 distinct periods (acoustic & electric)
- Shows rock IS folk
- Fusion of country, folk, blues, R&R and poetry
- His lyrics have been discussed in Engl classes

- Led by ______ (Considered the most critically acclaimed pop songwriter of the 1960's)
- Among the best of the British Invasion Bands
- Composer of rock classic "Gloria"

Changed traditions of...
- Musical style
- Fashion
- Social Behavior

Motown's only real girl group

Known as the elder statesman of British Blues

Critics considered it to be Dylan's "magnum opus"

- Dylan's first Top 40 hit
- One of Dylan's first electric pieces

- Known for lead singer's falsetto
- Ballads became the group's forte

- 1st album was The Times They Are A'Changin' ('63)
- Was the most overt protest album
- Seen as a "period word"
- Gives the feeling of dust bowl depression era
- Became an anthem for frustrated youth

- Use of studio techniques
- Music more individualized
- More artistic composition
- Added instrumentation
- Drug influenced
- The "White Album" was ironically the least collaborative album
- Last 7 releases (Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Let It Be, Abbey Rd., Yellow Submarine & The White Album)

- Tame brand of pop folk music and traditional jazz
- Taken from New Orleans' style
- Popular music in 1950's UK
- Lonnie Donegan -> King of _________

- One of the most representative sounds of 1960's
- Written by Stephen Stills during the aftermath of infamous Sunset Strip riots of 1966-67
- Commonly labeled as a protest song

- One of the most important female groups in rock history
- Music is the purest expression of Motown sound

Second only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B based bands