music songs

the ronettes: be my baby 1963 prod. phil spector

tin pan alley aaba

multiple instruments in unison and the use of echo chambers- wall of sound associated with phil spector

cher as background vocalist!

phil spector- wall of sound

created echo chambers in the recording studio to make a layering affect: thick sounding texture that sounds good on AM radio

multiple instruments in unison and the use of echo chambers

dixie’s land 1916 Metropolitan Mixed Chorus featuring Ada Jones, Billy Murray

THE CORE FORMAL DEVICE: VERSE-CHORUS CONTRAST + TRANSFORMED OUTRO VERSE

verse chorus form

like in hello by adele

harlem congo chick webbs savory orchestra 1937

jump blues: swing band but cut down to a smaller size

tin pan alley aaba strophic

contender for the first rock and roll song

lois jordan gets his start in this band

hello adele 2015 prod greg kurstin

verse chorus bridge

the meaning is in textural verse chorus: adele as authentic due to acoustic sound which is contrasted with miley cyrus despite both artists being commerically driven- resistance ballad

hey good looking hank williams- 1951

stropic tin pan alley aaba

honky tonk which comes from dive bar their bands feature guitar bass drums and fiddle (western which comes from hillbilly)

ida red- bob willis and his texas playboys 1945

binary form (A 16 instrumental bars B 12 bars)

jazz + swing band music= western swing

jazz structure (repeating strophes) with the swing feel

first recorded in 1929

2 +2 frase pattern

maybelline chuck berry 1955

frase from ida red but with sonic and structural differences

transforms the 16 bar instrumentals from willis into rock choruses
verse chorus form

possible first rock n roll song

i fall to pieces patsy cline prod owen bradly 1961

aabc tin pan alley

example of nashville sound which is a sophisticated western

owen bradley uses the studio as an instrument, bc of the 3 track console we can now record multiple different tracks

no longer documentary recording: all of the band just playing instruments simultaniously

marks the importance of the producer

i feel good james brown 1965

masking tin pan alley (aaba) form by mixing with 12 bar blues

b is seperate making this rounded binary form

jumpin at the jubiliee 1944 louis jordan

AABA tin pan alley

and strophic

louis jordan gets his start in chick webbs jump blues band

rocket 88 1951 ike turner

some consider this the first rock song (phrase patterns also present in maybelline)

strophic blues: no chorus

rocket 88 1951 bill haley and the saddlemen

timbral difference to the original which released a few months earlier

basically cashing in on a black groups innovation which is seen across the genre

aaba 12 bar blues

livery stable blues- the original dixieland jass band 1917

strophic 12 bar

one of two songs on the first jazz recrording and the only one that was also blues

work rihanna 2016

dancehall/ hiphop influenced pop

additions carry into sections and substractions occur mid section

verse chorus divide with reocurring text/ melody

free form

pink raise your glass 2010 prod max martin

blurred sectionality contrasted with work

pro max martin who is a big producer

yes roundabout 1971

complex multi sectional form

prog rock looks down on less complex music. this was made possible by the invention of the LP

love sensation- loleatta holloway tim multon mix 1980

compound binary form

tim multon is the father of the remix

tapecollages create continuous flow

pony blues- charlie patton 1929

altered 12 bar blues

first sucessful delta blues but not the very first

prove it on me- ma rainey 1928

tin pan ally 16 bar

ma wrote it herself and also she is singing about homosexuality

saturday night fish fry- louis jordan

16 bar verse chorus

2+2phrasing

jordan starts out in chickwebbs orchcestra big band swing and moves to jump blues which is a smaller version of this

sweet rough man- ma rainey 1928

12 bar strophic blues

song about an abuser written by a man

where have you been- rihanna 2011 prod. dr like, cirkut, calvin harris, kuk harrell

verse chorus w tpa influence

drop

this song has famous producers