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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 1980s New Acts, Old Styles and Blue-Eyed Soul Notes taken on August 1, 2016 by Edward Tanguay |
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artists that came along in the 1980s but who based their sound on earlier styles
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AC/DC
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out of Australia
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if you had just discovered AC/DC, you would think that they would be best grouped with bands like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin from the first half of the seventies
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but AC/DC didn't have their first big hits in the United States until 1979, when groups like Led Zeppelin stopped recording
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1979 Highway to Hell
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Bon Scott dies
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replaced by Brian Johnson
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1981 Back in Black
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a look back or a continuation of the tradition of blues rock with the kind of Robert Plant vocals, maybe a little scratchier than Robert Plant's vocals
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the guitar hero at the center, Angus Young, who decided that his image would be of a school boy, so he's often wearing a schoolboy uniform, sometimes with a backpack, he's playing this Gibson SG guitar, he became a real Jimmy Page like figure
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they became one of the stable acts of rock radio in the 80s
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Huey Lewis and the News
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out of San Francisco
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they are different because they are easy rocking, sunny, and wholesome in terms of their approach
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1985 The Power of Love
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feature in Back to the Future
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1986 Hip to Be Square
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a return to an old-fashion good time
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nothing sexually aggressive or predatorys
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nothing that has to do with unhappiness or discomfort or protest or rebellion
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just fun, good-time music that should puts a smile on your face
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Hall and Oates
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from Philadelphia
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Hall had works with Gamble and Huff in the 1970s
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the 70s version of the Righteous Brothers
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1976 Sara Smile
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1977 Rich Girl
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more of an AM band than an FM band
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1981 Private Eyes
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Private Eyes
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I Can't Go for That
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makes them a stable
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white guys that is strongly influenced by black soul of the 60s
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George Michael
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from the UK
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originally from Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley
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Wham!
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1984 Make it Big
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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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Careless Whisper
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Everything She Wants
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1987 Faith
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blue-eyed soul
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had a lot of cross-over success
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popular with black listeners
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Michael Bolton
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from Connecticut
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strong debts to 1960s soul
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1988 Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
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1990 Soul Provider
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1991 When a Man Loves a Woman
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was on TV a lot, white listeners knew him well
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didn't have the cross-over success that George Michael had