Listening for Rock & Popular Music Spring 2015

A repository for the listening lists for each of our topics. Embedded spotify and youtube playlists appear below each list.

Topic 9: Anime Music
Topic 8: Broadway Musicals

• Cole Porter, Anything Goes, “I Get a Kick Out of You” (1934)
• Richard Rodgers (music)  and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics), Oklahoma!, “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” (1943)
• Meredith Willson, The Music Man, “Seventy-Six Trombones” (1957)
• Galt MacDermot (music), James Rado and Gerome Ragni (lyrics), Hair, “Aquarius” (1967)
• Stephen Sondheim, Company, “The Ladies Who Lunch” (1970)
• Charlie Smalls, The Wiz, “Ease on Down the Road” (1974)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phantom of the Opera, “The Music of the Night” (1986)
• Jonathan Larson, Rent, “Seasons of Love” (1996)
• Stephen Schwartz, Wicked, “Defying Gravity” (2003)
• Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots, “Sex Is in the Heel” (2012)

Topic 7: Video Game Music

Viewing

• Jeremy Soule, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, “Dragonborn”
• Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy X, “To Zanarkand”
• Richard Jacques, Sonic R, “Can You Feel the Sunshine?”
• Inon Zur, Fallout 3, “Main Title”
• Junichi Masuda, Pokémon X and Y, “Boutique”
• Koji Kondo, The Legend of Zelda, “Title Theme”
• Takashi Tateishi, Mega Man 2, “Dr. Wily’s Castle”
• Koji Kondo, Super Mario Bros. 2, “Overworld Theme”
• Yoko Shimomura, Kingdom Hearts, “Dearly Beloved”
• Ari Pulkkinen, Angry Birds, “Main Theme”

Topic 6: Movie Music

Viewing: Scenes from Beetlejuice, Apocalypse Now, The Lion King, Malcolm X, and Kill Bill Volume 1.

• Max Steiner, Gone with the Wind, “Tara’s Theme” (1939)
• Bernard Herrmann, Psycho, “Prelude” (1960)
• Elmer Bernstein, The Magnificent Seven, “Main Titles and Calvera’s Visit” (1960)
• Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia, “This Is the Desert” (1962)
• Henri Mancini, The Pink Panther, “The Pink Panther Theme” (1963)
• Nino Rota, The Godfather, “Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)” (1972)
• Jerry Goldsmith, Alien, “The Alien Planet” (1979)
• John Williams, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, “Flying Theme” (1982)
• Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, “Farewell” (2000)
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Finch, The Social Network, “Hand Covers Bruise” (2010)

Topic 5: Vocal Groups

Reading: None.

• The Chords, “Sh-Boom” (1954)
• The Coasters, “Yakety Yak” (1958)
• The Crystals, “Then He Kissed Me” (1963)
• The Supremes, “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965)
• The Temptations, “Get Ready” (1966)
• The Stylistics, “You Make Me Feel Brand New” (1974)
• New Edition, “Mr. Telephone Man” (1984)
• Boyz II Men, “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
• Spice Girls, “Wannabe” (1996)
• NSYNC, “It’s Gonna Be Me” (2000)

Topic 4: Sudden Deaths of Famous Musicians

Reading: Research a musician of your own choice and write up a 1-page obituary discussing the musician’s death, life, and music.

• Buddy Holly, “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” (1959) Plane crash in 1959
• Patsy Cline, “Sweet Dreams” (1963) Plane crash in 1963
• Janis Joplin, “Me and Bobby McGee” (1971) Heroin overdose in 1970
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Free Bird” (1974) Ronnie Van Zant, Plane crash in 1977
• John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” (1980) Assassinated in 1980
• Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Zion Train” (1980) Melanoma cancer in 1981
• Nirvana, “Heart-Shaped Box” (1993) Kurt Cobain, Suicide by shotgun in 1994
• Tupac, “2 of Americaz Most Wanted” (1996) Murdered in drive-by shooting in 1996
• The Notorious B.I.G., “Somebody’s Gotta Die” (1997) Murdered by single assailent in 1997
• Aaliyah, “Rock the Boat” (2002) Plane crash in 2001
• Amy Winehouse, “Me & Mr Jones” (2006) Alcohol overdose in 2011
• Jenni Rivera, “La Misma Gran Señora” (2012) Plane crash in 2012

Topic 3: Protest Music

Reading: Story behind the Protest Song by Hardeep Phull, Chapter 2: The Birth of a Nation (1939-1964).

• Pete Seeger, “We Shall Overcome” (1963)
• Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (1939)
• Woody Guthrie, “This Land Is Your Land” (1951)
• Bob Dylan, “Masters of War” (1963)
• Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddam” (1964)
• Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Ohio” (1970)
• Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On” (1971)
• The Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen” (1977)
• N. W. A., “Fuck tha Police” (1988)
• Rage Against the Machine, “Killing in the Name” (1993)
• Common and John Legend, “Glory” (2014)

Topic 2: History and Its Discontents

Reading: Each student reads and summarizes one chapter from our textbook, What’s That Sound?, 3rd Edition by John Covach and Andrew Flory.

• Chapter 1: Big Joe Turner, “Shake Rattle and Roll” (1954)
• Chapter 2: Elvis Presley, “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
• Chapter 3: The Everly Brothers, “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
• Chapter 4: The Beatles, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
• Chapter 5: The Beach Boys, “California Girls” (1965)
• Chapter 6: James Brown, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1” (1965)
• Chapter 7: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, “Purple Haze” (1967)
• Chapter 8: Santana, “Evil Ways” (1970)
• Chapter 9: Parliament, “Tear the Root Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)” (1976)
• Chapter 10: Boston, “More Than a Feeling” (1976)
• Chapter 11: Madonna, “Like a Virgin” (1985)
• Chapter 12: Public Enemy, “Don’t Believe the Hype” (1988)
• Chapter 13: Tori Amos, “Crucify” (1992)
• Chapter 14: OutKast, “Hey Ya” (2003)

Topic 1: The Problem of Genre(s)

Reading: “Genre busting: the origin of music categories” by Michaelangelo Matos, The Guardian,
8/25/2011.

• Mahalia Jackson, “Take My Hand, Precious Lord”: Gospel
• Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, “It’s Mighty Dark to Travel”: Bluegrass
• The Righteous Brothers, “Unchained Melody”: Blue-eyed soul
• Toots & the Maytals, “Do the Reggay”: Reggae
• The Turbans, “When You Dance”: Doo-wop
• Sugarhill Gang, “Rapper’s Delight”: Hip-hop
• Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, “Good Hearted Woman”: Outlaw country
• Model 500 [Juan Atkins], “No UFOs (Vocal)”: Techno
• The Raspberries, “Go All the Way”: Power-pop
• Aretha Franklin, “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)”: Rhythm & Blues, Soul
• Steppenwolf, “Born to Be Wild”: Heavy metal
• ? and the Mysterians, “96 Tears”: Punk rock
• Jimmie Rodgers, “The Soldier’s Sweetheart”: Hillbilly [Country]
• D’Angelo, “Brown Sugar”: Neo-soul
• Roy Brown, “Good Rockin’ Tonight”: Jump blues, (Rock ‘n’ Roll?)