bouche Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 - Ringo replaces Pete Best - Jerry Garcia gets a finger chopped off - Waylon Jennings gives up his seat on the plane to the Big Bopper - Paul McCartney DIES - BandAID forms and records Do they know it's Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Hall meets Oates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Just to aid in the degeneration of this topic: The US Festival(s) And, of course: I'll stop now, and return you to your regularly-scheduled actual content... Aloha, BradM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 haight-ashbury DARK SIDE OF THE MOON ACID TESTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Jaimoe: Hall meets Oateseven better...tony orlando hooks up w/ dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Leo Fender, invents the first solid-body electric guitar to be mass-produced: the Fender Broadcaster (1948) Alan Freed, concert promoter, influential DJ the first "rock and roll" concert (Cleveland, 195? - I'll find the date for you) movie: "Rock Around The Clock" yes, the Beatles on Ed Sullivan the establishment of the Billboard charts Bob Dylan introduces the Beatles to weed Dylan at Newport Folk Festival Monterey Pop Festival (far more important than Woodstock, in my opinion) Altamont (ditto) The Rolling Stones 1972 US tour Saturday Night Fever (a polarizing force) 1980's indie rock Run DMC + Aerosmith Nirvana Napster just a few off the top of my stoooopid head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Yo! Gotta go with 1951, Jackie Brenston and Ike Turner record the great Rocket 88, arguably the very first rock song. Everything since traces back to that, babies! Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 -Miles Davis' Kind of Blue -British Invasion -Electric Guitar -Long Hair -Drugs -more drugs -Jimi hendrix **if you want my opinion Chewie, #1 is appearance of Motown Records as the most influential time. It basically started pop music, IMO, as we know it today. And whether we like it or not it is the major form of music being produced today. This has been My Two Cents, by Shcwa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Schwa.: -Miles Davis' Kind of Blue Hmmm...I was thinking of listing "Bitches Brew" (or maybe "In A Silent Way"), for the way it bridged the gap between the electricity and power of rock and the improvisation and musicianship of jazz. I think BB and KoB were more significant in the jazz world than the rock world, though. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Oh ya, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie should be honourable mentions along with Miles. The whole jazz movement in the 40's started EVERYTHING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 29, 2002 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 I had a read on Rocket 88 and found an interesting little piece on it...a little info on "the first rock and roll song" dilemma. read me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 That may be true brad, but there was no rock before jazz, and rock grew out of jazz totally. The first electric guitars were used in jazz bands and of course blues artists, the other form of music that joined to create rock. What i'm trying to say is that if there was no jazz and blues, there would be no rock. maybe i'm ranting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 The first artist to be credited with creating jazz and exploring improve music: coronet player Buddy Bolden ( circa 1895 ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 quote: Originally posted by bouche: I had a read on Rocket 88 and found an interesting little piece on it...a little info on "the first rock and roll song" dilemma. read me Yeh, good points in there - that's the main reason I put that it was arguably the first! I guess it's always hard to say what's really the FIRST when you're talking about something like rock'n'roll which encompasses so many styles. But that was definitely an important moment nonetheless. Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 I've always thought of Rock'n'Roll as the bizarre love child of black R&B and white hillbilly/country (Elvis Presley being the prototype). R&B arose when delta blues, which was largely acoustic and utilized a single performer (e.g., Robert Johnson), came North (to places like Chicago), went electric, and started to utilize a full band. I wouldn't say that jazz led to Rock'n'Roll; I think Rock'n'Roll and jazz share some common roots (black music of the early 20th century, the blues in particular), but the split happened long before either of what we know of as "jazz" or "Rock'n'Roll" were recognized. But you're right about the guitars, though. Remember, Les Paul is a jazz guitarist, as well as an inventor. Aloha, BradM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Funny how nobody's mentioned the crumbling of the 9600 baud modem barrier, the inception of the World Wide Web, or the introduction of the dye-writable CD as a consumer product. You can have the greatest message in the world, but if you don't have a medium or a vehicle, ain't nobody gonna get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 MarcO--Yes, I saw your mention of Napster. A popular thing goes through (at least) three stages on its way to stardom--invention, implementation and commercialization (or commoditization). Napster fits into the last stage vis a vis the Internet as a vehicle for music. Good call. Love it or hate it: MTV. As long as I'm thinking electronically: The mass-market influx of cheap, solid-state radios from Japan (that was when, the mid-fifties?). Later, the popularity of the boom box. Yeah, tubes sound better, but solid state made things more portable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Gong back a bit further than what Arcane's mentioned: development of portable/pocket transitor radiorise in popularity of FM radioThe former helped make Rock'n'Roll a form of music that permeated all parts of society, since you could use a radio to listen anywhere, anytime. The latter, with its better sound quality, and positioning as an alternate to top-40 "singles" radio, helped make album-oriented music (e.g., Pink Floyd, Yes, etc.) viable. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 James Brown Motown Wolfman Jack Dick Clark Berry Gordy Stax - which has a real connection to white and black musicans and the music they produced together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 quote: Originally posted by bradm: Gong back a bit further than what Arcane's mentioned: This is what happens when I edit my posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 I think the defining issue isn't so much the band frequency as improvements in the technology behind it. "In the Shadow of the Shield" by Arthur Zimmerman is an account of the history of CFRC, the radio station at Queen's. In some form or other, CFRC goes back to the 1920s, making it one of the longest running radio stations in Canada. I haven't read the book(shame on me), but I'm willing to bet that it would have some mention of the technical reasons for the rise and fall of AM and FM radio throughout the decades. If I had to make a wild guess, I'd say that FM would have been a better choice for efforts in boosting power and delivering a clean signal. At the very least, AM is far too sensitive to the daily appearance and disappearance of the solar-ionized layer in the atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 K-Tel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 sex pistols, dwight yokam does suspicious minds, motown, ozzy, metallica, the cramps, the go gos, keith, bluegrass pickin, sammy davis, blue meanies what was the question? name some bands that have been cool ? dental fillings that draw alien communication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 BUddy Holly's 1st no. 1 ?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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