Week 1
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4 Sept
class 1 |
Introduction
- Requirements, grading, etc.
- Postwar Britain: war debt, infrastructure, teenagers, and the Establishment
- The British Song Tradition: Child ballads, broadside ballads, & music hall
- Musical vocabulary and approach: describing a song (song <> performance)
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Week 2
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9 Sept
class 2
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Early British Rock and Pop
- Lionel Bart, Tommy Steele, & Mike Pratt: "Rock with the Caveman" (October 1956)
- Ian Samwell: "Move It" (August 1958)
- Billy Fury: "Maybe Tomorrow" (January 1959)
- Les Vandyke: "What Do You Want?" (November 1959)
- Frederick Heath: "Shakin' All Over" (June 1960)
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11 Sept
class 3 |
- Jerry Lordan: “A Girl Like You” (June 1961)
- John Schroeder & Mike Hawker: "Don't Treat Me Like a Child" (February 1961)
- Geoff Goddard: "Johnny Remember Me" (August 1961)
- John Beveridge & Peter Oldman: "A Picture of You" (May 1962)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "Please Please Me" (January 1963)
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Week 3
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Quiz 1 |
16 Sept
class 4
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The Beat Boom
- Mitch Murray: "How Do You Do It?" (March 1963)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "From Me to You" (April 1963)
- Gordon Mills: "I'll Never Get Over You" (June 1963)
- Mitch Murray: "I'm Telling You Now" (August 1963)
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18 Sept
class 5
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- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: “Bad to Me” (July 1963)
- ——: "She Loves You" (August 1963)
- ——: "I Wanna Be Your Man" (November 1963)
- ——: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (November 1963)
- ——: "This Boy" (November 1963)
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Week 4
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23 Sept
class 6
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Beat Boom Pop
- Ivor Raymonde & Mike Hawker: "I Only Want to Be with You" (December 1963)
- Dave Clark & Mike Smith: "Glad All Over" (November 1963)
- Gerry Marsden: "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (April 1964)
- Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: "Tell Me (You're Coming Back to Me" (April 1964)
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25 Sept
class 7 |
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: “A World without Love” (February 1964)
- ——: "Can't Buy Me Love" (March 1964)
- ——: "You Can't Do That" (March 1964)
- Mort Shuman & Clive Westlake: "Here I Go Again" (May 1964)
- Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley: "Have I the Right" (June 1964)
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Week 5
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Quiz 2
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30 Sept
class 8 |
Early Britpop
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "A Hard Day's Night" (July 1964)
- ——: "If I Fell" (July 1964)
- Ray Davies: "You Really Got Me" (August 1964)
- Geoff Stephens: "The Crying Game" (July 1964)
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2 Oct
class 9
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- Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: “As Tears Go By” (June 1964)
- Rod Argent: "She's Not There" (July 1964)
- Eric Burdon & Alan Price: "I'm Crying" (September 1964)
- Van Morrison: "Gloria" (November 1964)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "I Feel Fine" (November 1964)
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Week 6
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7 Oct
class 10 |
- Tom Springfield: “I’ll Never Find another You” (December 1964)
- Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: "Heart of Stone" (December 1964)
- Tony Hatch: "Downtown" (November 1964)
- Pete Townshend: "I Can't Explain" (January 1965)
- Les Reed and Gordon Mills: "It's Not Unusual" (January 1965)
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| 9 Oct |
Yom Kippur
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Week 7
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14 Oct
class 11 |
- John Carter & Ken Lewis: “Funny How Love Can Be” (January 1965)
- ——: "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" (February 1965)
- Tom Moeller & Gregg Parker: "Concrete and Clay" (February 1965)
- Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: "The Last Time" (February 1965)
- ——: "Play with Fire" (February 1965)
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16 Oct
class 12
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Class Guest: Mitch Murray
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Week 8
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Quiz 3
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21 Oct
class 13 |
Mid-sixties Britpop
- Donovan: "Catch the Wind" (March 1965)
- Graham Gouldman: "For Your Love" (March 1965)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "Ticket to Ride" (April 1965)
- ——: "Yes It Is" (April 1965)
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23 Oct
class 14 |
- Ray Davies: "Set Me Free" (May 1965)
- Pete Townshend: "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (May 1965)
- Graham Gouldman: "Heart Full of Soul" (May 1965)
- Donovan: "Colours" (May 1965)
- Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway: "You've Got Your Troubles" (July 1965)
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Week 9
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28 Oct
class 15 |
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: “Help” (July 1965)
- ——: "Yesterday" (August 1965)
- Ray Davies: "See My Friends" (July 1965)
- Jonathan King: "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" ( July 1965)
- Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (August 1965)
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30 Oct
class 16 |
- Graham Gouldman & Charles Silverman: "Look through any Window" (August 1965)
- Ray Davies: "Well Respected Man" (August 1965)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (September 1965)
- Graham Gouldman: "Evil Hearted You" (September 1965)
- Mick Jagger & Keith Richards: "Get Off of My Cloud" (October 1965)
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| Week 10 |
Quiz 4 |
4 Nov
class 17 |
- Jackie Edwards: "Keep on Running" (November 1965)
- Pete Townshend: "My Generation" (October 1965)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "Day Tripper" (December 1965)
- ——: "We Can Work It Out" (December 1965)
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6 Nov
class 18 |
- George Harrison: "If I Needed Someone" (December 1965)
- Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, & Jim McCarty: "Shapes of Things" (February 1966)
- Ray Davies: "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (February 1966)
- Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: "Paint It Black" (May 1966)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "Paperback Writer" (June 1966)
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Week 11
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11 Nov
class 19 |
Psychedelipop
- Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane: "All or Nothing" (August 1966)
- Pete Townshend: "I'm a Boy" (August 1966)
- Geoff Stephens: "Winchester Cathedral" (September 1966)
- Steve Winwood: "Gimme Some Loving" (October 1966)
- Donovan: "Sunshine Superman" (December 1966)
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13 Nov
class 20 |
- Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: "Ruby Tuesday" (January 1967)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "Strawberry Fields Forever" (February 1967)
- Syd Barrett: "Arnold Layne" (March 1967)
- Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb: "New York Mining Disaster, 1941" (April 1967)
- Ray Davies: "Waterloo Sunset" (May 1967)
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| Week 12 |
Quiz 5 |
18 Nov
class 21 |
- Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, & Matthew Fisher: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (May 1967)
- John Lennon and Paul McCartney: "All You Need Is Love" (July 1967)
- Mick Jagger & Keith Richards: "We Love You" (August 1967)
- Dave Mason: "Hole in My Shoe" (August 1967)
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20 Nov
class 22 |
- Tony MacAuley & John MacLeod: "Baby, Now that I Have Found You" (October 1967)
- Peter Townshend: "I Can See for Miles" (October 1967)
- Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, & Danny McCulloch: "San Francisco Nights" (October 1967)
- Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane: "Tin Soldier" (December 1967)
- Peter Callander & Mitch Murray: "Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" (December 1967)
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Week 13
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25 Nov
class 23 |
The New Traditionalists
- Roy Wood: "Fire Brigade" (January 1968)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "Lady Madonna" (March 1968)
- Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (May 1968)
- ——: "Street Fighting Man" (May/December 1968)
- Donovan: "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (May 1968)
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| 27 Nov |
Thanksgiving |
Week 14
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2 Dec
class 24 |
- Justin Hayward: "Voices in the Sky" (June 1968)
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney: "Hey Jude" (August 1968)
- ——: "Revolution" (August 1968)
- Jack Bruce & Peter Brown: "Sunshine of Your Love" (May/September 1968)
- Roy Wood: "Blackberry Way" (November 1968)
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4 Dec
class 25 |
- Ian Anderson: "Living in the Past" (May 1969)
- George Harrison: "Something" (November 1969)
- John Lennon: "Come Together" (November 1969)
- Paul McCartney: “Come and Get It ” (December 1969)
- Ray Davies: "Victoria" (December 1969)
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Week 15
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9 Dec
class 24 |
Quiz 6
Song Comparisons Due |
| 17 Dec |
6:00 PM Final
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