Subject Music

Topic     Mus 103- Week 1

Type      Essay

Level     High School

Style      APA

Sources                0

Language             English(U.S.)

Description

There are 3 Questions for Unit 1

 

#1

Select 3-5 pieces of music that John Lennon listened to and comment on. Please be sure to have read the assigned chapter from our texts before responding and include insights from the lecture and text.

 

 

Carl Perkins – Birth of Rock’n’Roll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG8pDnMEy1c (Links to an external site.)

 

 

 

Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRNyvO4QouY (Links to an external site.)

 

 

 

Carl Perkins: Rockabilly Session with a gang of great guitarists!

“That’s Alright Mama”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jF0tB88Ot0 (Links to an external site.)

 

 

Jerry Lee Lewis – whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On (1957)

https://youtu.be/1dC0DseCyYE (Links to an external site.)

 

 

 

Johnnie Ray “Just walking in the Rain (1956)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCjTWYoRTzM (Links to an external site.)

 

 

 

Frankie Laine “The Cry of the Wild Goose”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wjt4AoPLXQ (Links to an external site.)

 

 

 

John Lennon – ” Working Class Hero”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziwsjE1O4Ow (Links to an external site.)

 

 

 

 

#2. Watch the Video on “Radio Luxembourg” – John’s favorite radio station where he heard American rock n roll. Discuss the history of the station. How do you think listening to music was different for audiences in the 1950s & 1960s?

 

Part 1 (link works, but may need to cut and paste)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P3z0nSqGrc&feature=related (Links to an external site.)

 

(Links to an external site.)

 

 

#3. Read the Syllabus and rubrics for the class. Please write that you have indeed read and understood the course guidelines.

Spacing Double

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