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C O U R S E
History of Rock, 1970-Present
John Covach, University of Rochester
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C O U R S E L E C T U R E 1970s Progressive Rock Adapts to the 80s Notes taken on August 14, 2016 by Edward Tanguay |
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many 70s bands continued to have great success into the 1980s
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it's typical of history of music to only follow the new innovations as they occur in time
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the music scene is more varied than just following the newest innovations
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in some cases they had more success in the 80s than in the 70s
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Genesis
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went from Genesis to corporation
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the band was down to three people
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Tony Banks on keyboards
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Phil Collins on drums and lead vocals
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Michael Rutherford on guitar and base
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had fantastic success in the 80s
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1986 Invisible Touch
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Phil Collins solo career
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1985 No Jacket Required
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Peter Gabriel
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1986 So
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#2 in the charts
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Sledgehammer
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video for this song is often thought of as a breakthrough video because of the kind of claymation stop-action animation that was used
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people were amazed that you could do such things
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new artistic horizons
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Big Time
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ambitious video
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Michael Rutherford had a group called Mike and the Mechanics
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had videos that were in heavy rotation on MTV
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1988 the Living Years
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Yes
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1983: the album 90125
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Owner of a Lonely Heart
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two of them came back with the group called Asia
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1982 Asia
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#1 on US charts for 9 weeks
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"Heat of the Moment"
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"Only Time Will Tell"
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turned to a more streamlined rock sound
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adapted their music to the times
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had their videos on MTV
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Foreigner
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1984 Agent Provocateur
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Styx
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1983 Kilroy Was Here
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Boston
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1986 Third Stage
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David Bowie
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1983 Let's Dance
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Billy Joel
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1983 An Innocent Man
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Paul McCartney
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1982 Tug of War
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twenty years after Love Me Do
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The Rolling Stones
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1989 Steel Wheels
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twenty five years after I Can't Get No Satisfaction
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MTV challenged some rock values through the rise of visuals
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some believe that the visuals overwhelmed the music
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but there was the question: should it matter?
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some would say that if the music doesn't stand on its own, then it is something else besides music
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some video extend the hippy aesthetic
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the hippy aesthetic to migrate to the videos and to the stage shows
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how old is too old?
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some are having the careers that span decades
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the hippy aesthetic used to include the notion not to trust anyone over 30
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now half of the artists were over 30
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it's not anymore the youth music of every generation
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it is more as if it is just stacking up
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an accumulation of historical rock more like a repertory than a hit parade