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C O U R S E L E C T U R E Continuity Bands in the 1970s Notes taken on October 6, 2015 by Edward Tanguay |
bands from who continued what they were doing in the first half of 1970s also in the second half
they outlasted disco and punk
by far the most commercially successful
Paul McCartney and Wings
1976 Wings at the Speed of Sound
good first half of the 1970s
raising his son and being a house husband
murdered in December 1980
"Just Like Starting Over"
1972: Listen to the Music
1973: Long Train Running
not so much blues but more jazzy like Steely Dan
1976: Taking it to the Streets
Michael McDonald goes onto solo career after that
most astoundingly successful debut albums
symphonic, instrumental
harmony guitars, as if drawn from Brian May of Queen
similar to Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer
1977: "Feels like the First Time"
hard driving blues rock approach with progressive rock
emphasis on instrumentals
becomes a different band with him
marketing of Journey and Foreigner was different
Foreigner was marketed to guys
Feels Like the First Time
not a lot of sensitivity there
Journey marketed to women
Steve Perry's job was to emote a kind of sensitivity
so you would never find Foreigner doing a song like lovin', touchin' squeezin'
but from Steve Perry somehow it seemed entirely natural
Robin Zander, nice voice
first big album was a live album
like Kiss and Peter Frampton
1979: Cheap Trick at Budokan
"I Want You to Want Me"
went to work with George Martin from the Beatles
arises in this context in the end of the 1970s
blues driven rock with David Lee Roth with a certain amount of charisma that you didn't find in a lot of other groups
"Runnin' with the Devil"
people tend to focus on the guitars
but these were great pop tunes with a catchy voice, a pop sensibility
a radio friendliness which enabled it to get played over and over