Suggested listening and viewing
What's musical urbanism? Why now?
September 5
Approaches to musical urbanism
September 12
Readings:
Mantle Hood, "Introduction." Pp. 1-23 in The Ethnomusicologist (Kent State University Press, 1971).
Charlie Gillett, "Blues-Based Styles: Dancehall Blues, Club Blues, Bar Blues." Pp. 121-51 in The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll (Da Capo, 1996 [1970]).
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Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson, "Roll 'Em Pete"
Big Joe Turner & his Blues Kings, "Shake Rattle & Roll"
Wynonie Harris, "Good Rockin' Tonight"
LaVern Baker, "Voodoo Voodoo"
Roy Brown & His Mighty Men, "Roy Brown's Boogie"
B.B. King, "Three O'Clock Blues" and "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer"
King Curtis saxophone on The Coasters, "Yakety Yak"
Louis Jordan, "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie"
T-Bone Walker, "Stormy Monday"
Amos Milburn, "Chicken Shack"
Jackie Brenston, "Rocket 88"
Rosco Gordon, "No More Doggin'"
Roy Byrd (a.k.a. Professor Longhair), "In The Night"
Fats Domino, "The Fat Man" and "Blueberry Hill"
Smiley Lewis, "I Hear You Knocking"
Lloyd Price, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
Jimmy Reed, "Big Boss Man"
Charles Brown (with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers), "Drifting Blues"
Percy Mayfield, "Please Send Me Someone to Love"
Muddy Waters, "I Can't Be Satisfied," "Rollin' Stone" and "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man"
Howlin' Wolf, "Smokestack Lightnin'"
John Lee Hooker, "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"
Sonny Boy Williamson, "Don't Start Me To Talkin'"
Adam Krims, chaps. 1-2.
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Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach, "Such Unlikely Lovers"
View on YouTube:
Petula Clark, "Downtown" [YouTube]
50 Cent, "In My Hood" [YouTube]
Chaka Khan, "I Feel For You" [YouTube]
Tina Turner, "What's Love Got To Do With It" [YouTube]
Geto Boys, "Geto Fantasy" [YouTube]
Kylie Minogue, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [YouTube]
Sarah McLachlan, "Adia" [YouTube]
Tumba music from Caracao's 2007 Festival di Tumba [YouTube]
September 19
Readings:
Harold B. Segel, "Paris: Black Cats and Reed Pipes." Pp. 1-84 in Turn-of-the-Century Cabaret (Columbia University Press, 1987).
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Yvette Guilbert avec Irène Aïtoff, "Le Fiacre" (Léon Xanrof)
Yvette Guilbert, "La Soularde" (Jules Jouy/Eugéne Poncin)
Aristide Bruant, "Dans La Rue" [French lyrics]
Aristide Bruant, "Au Bat. D'Af." [French lyrics]
Aristide Bruant, "Nini-Peau-d'Chien" [French lyrics]
Lisa Appignanesi, "The Roaring Twenties." Pp. 90-151 in The Cabaret (Universe Books, 1975).
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"The Ballad of Mack the Knife," from The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill).
Lotte Lenya, "Pirate Jenny," from The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill).
Ute Lemper, "Take It Off Petronella!" (Friedrich Hollaender/Kurt Tucholsky"
[lyrics also available on eReserve: liner notes to Ute Lemper, Berlin Cabaret Songs]Helen Schneider, "Surabaya Johnny," from Happy End (Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill).
Peter Jelavic, "Cosmopolitan Diversions, Metropolitan Identities," "The Weimar Revue," and "Political Cabaret at the End of the Republic." Pp. 85-117, 154-227 in Berlin Cabaret (Harvard University Press, 1993).
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Josephine Baker, "Ma Tonkinoise (La Petite Tonkinoise"
Ute Lemper, “When the Special Girlfriend” (Friedrich Hollaender/Marcellus Schiffer)
[lyrics also available on eReserve: liner notes to Ute Lemper, Berlin Cabaret Songs]Lotte Lenya, "Song of a German Mother” (Bertolt Brecht/Hanns Eisler)
Ute Lemper, “"Munchhausen"” (Friedrich Hollaender)
[lyrics also available on eReserve: liner notes to Ute Lemper, Berlin Cabaret Songs]Additional viewing:
"Die Freudlose Gasse" (1925, dir. G.W. Pabst). [Vassar library]
"Berlin: Symphony of a City" (1927, dir. Walter Ruttman). [Vassar library]
"The Blue Angel" (1929, dir. Josef von Sternberg). [Vassar library]
"Die 3 Groschen Oper" ("The Threepenny Opera": 1931, dir. G.W. Pabst). [Vassar library]
"Cabaret" (1972, dir. Bob Fosse). [Vassar library]
September 26
Readings:
Theodor Adorno, "On the Fetish-Character in Music and the Regression of Listening" (1938). Pp. 270-99 in The Essential Frankfurt School Reader, edited by A. Arato and E. Gebhardt (Urizen Books, 1978).
John Lovering, "The Global Music Industry: Contradictions in the Commodification of the Sublime." Pp. 31-56 in The Place of Music, edited by A. Leyshon, D. Matless and G. Revill (Guilford Press, 1998).
Adam Krims chaps. 4-5
Raekwon, "Can It Be All So Simple (Remix)." [YouTube]
A Tribe Called Quest, "1nce Again" [YouTube]
Mobb Deep feat. Nas, "It's Mine" [YouTube]
Black Star & Common, "Respiration" [YouTube]
trailer to "Singles" (1992, dir. Cameron Crowe). [YouTube]
Charlotte Church, Voice of an Angel (1998). [Vassar library]
Anonymous 4, An English Ladymass (1992). [Vassar library]
Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company (2004). [Vassar library]
Bjork, "Hunter" [YouTube]
Nas, "You Owe Me" [YouTube]
October 3
Readings:
Ken Emerson, Always Magic in the Air.
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Big Mama Thornton, "Hound Dog" (Lieber/Stoller).
The Robins (a.k.a. the Coasters), "Riot in Cell Block #9" (Lieber/Stoller).
Elvis Presley, "Jailhouse Rock" (Lieber/Stoller).
The Robins (a.k.a. the Coasters), "Smokey Joe's Cafe" (Lieber/Stoller).
The Coasters, "Searchin'" (Lieber/Stoller).
The Coasters, "Charlie Brown" (Lieber/Stoller).
The Shirelles, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (Goffin/King). [YouTube]
Little Eva, "The Loco-Motion" (Goffin/King). [YouTube]
The Drifters, "Save the Last Dance for Me" (Pomus/Shuman). [lyrics]
The Drifters, "Sweets For My Sweet" (Pomus/Shuman). [ YouTube ]
Ben E. King, "Spanish Harlem" (Spector/Lieber).
The Drifters, "Up On The Roof" (Goffin/King). [lyrics]
The Drifters, "On Broadway" (Mann/Weil).
The Crystals, "Uptown" (Mann/Weil). [ YouTube ]
The Crystals, "Da Doo Ron Ron" (Barry/Spector/Greenwich). [ YouTube ]
The Ronettes, "Be My Baby" (Barry/Spector/Greenwich). [YouTube] [lyrics]
Gene Pitney, "Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa" (Bacharach/David).
Dionne Warrick, "Don't Make Me Over" (Bacharach/David).
Dionne Warrick, "Anyone Who Had a Heart""(Bacharach/David).
Dionne Warrick, "Walk On By" (Bacharach/David). [lyrics]
The Righteous Brothers, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (Mann/Weil/Spector). [ YouTube ]
The Animals, "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" (Mann/Weil).
The Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack" (Morton/Greenwich/Barry). [lyrics]
The Shangri-Las, "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" (Morton). [lyrics]
The Shangri-Las, "Out In The Streets"(Greenwich/Barry).
Dusty Springfield, "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" (Bacharach/David).
Sandie Shaw, "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me" (Bacharach/David).
Dusty Springfield, "The Look Of Love" (Bacharach/David).
Jackie DeShannon, "What The World Needs Now Is Love" (Bacharach/David).
Aretha Franklin, "I Say A Little Prayer" (Bacharach/David).
Dionne Warrick, "Do You Know The Way to San Jose?" (Bacharach/David).
The Monkees, "I'm A Believer" (Diamond).
The Monkees, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Goffin/King).
Aretha Franklin, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Goffin/King).
Dusty Springfield, "No Easy Way Down" (Goffin/King).
Peggy Lee, "Is That All There Is?" (Lieber/Stoller).
Additional listening:
"Songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil" (Fresh Air, January 23, 2004).
Additional viewing:
"Grace of My Heart" (1996, dir. Alison Anders). [Vassar library]
October 10
Readings:
Shawn Levy, Ready, Steady, Go!
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The Small Faces, "Itchycoo Park."
The Small Faces, "Lazy Sunday."
The Zombies, "She's Not There."
The Zombies, Sticks and Stones."
The Zombies, "Care of Cell."
The Zombies, "Time of the Season."
The Yardbirds, "Shaps of Things."
The Yardbirds, "For Your Love."
The Pretty Things, "Rosalyn."
The Pretty Things, "Don't Bring Me Down."
Pink Floyd, "Astronomy Domine."
Pink Floyd, "Interstellar Overdrive."
Highlights from Ready Steady Go! [YouTube]
The Beatles on Ready Steady Go! (1964) [YouTube]
Additional viewing:
"A Hard Day's Night" (1964, dir. Richard Lester). [Vassar library]
"Blowup" (1966, dir. Michaelangelo Antonioni). [Vassar library]
"Pink Floyd: London '66-'67" (1967, dir. Peter Whitehead). [Vassar library]
"Performance" (1970, dir. Nicolas Roeg). [Vassar library]
"Quadrophenia" (1979, dir. Franc Roddam). [Vassar library]
"Scandal" (1989, dir. Michael Caton-Jones). [Vassar library]
Los Angeles and the singer-songwriter
October 24
Reading:
Barney Hoskyns, Hotel California.
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The Byrds, "Mr. Tamborine Man." [YouTube]
Buffalo Springfield, "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)." [YouTube]
Buffalo Springfield, "Mr. Soul." [YouTube]
The Byrds, "Set You Free This Time."
Nico, "These Days" (written by Jackson Browne).
The Mamas and the Papas, "12:30 (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon)." [YouTube]
Judy Collins, "Both Sides Now" (written by Joni Mitchell). [YouTube]
Randy Newman, "I Think It's Going to Rain Today." [YouTube]
Neil Young, "The Loner."
Laura Nyro, "Wedding Bell Blues."
The Byrds, "Time Between."
Bob Dylan, "Lay, Lady, Lay." [YouTube]
Buffalo Springfield, "Kind Woman."
The Byrds, "The Christian Life" (Gram Parsons vocal version).
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, "Cinnamon Girl."
The Flying Burrito Brothers, "Christine's Tune." [YouTube]
The Flying Burrito Brothers, "Hot Burrito No. 1."
The Flying Burrito Brothers, "Sin City."
The Byrds, "Sing Me Back Home" (live at the Fillmore).
Delaney & Bonnie, "All We Really Want To Do."
Tim Buckley, "Once I Was." [YouTube]
Crosby Stills and Nash, "Wooden Ships" (from Woodstock). [YouTube]
Joni Mitchell, "Chelsea Morning." [YouTube]
James Taylor, "Country Road." [YouTube]
James Taylor, "Fire and Rain." [YouTube]
Carole King, "It's Too Late."
Carole King, "I Feel The Earth Move."
Crosby Stills Nash & Young, "Our House."
Crosby Stills Nash & Young, "Ohio."
Neil Young, "After the Gold Rush."
Joni Mitchell, "Willy."
Joni Mitchell, "Ladies of the Canyon."
Joni Mitchell, "Woodstock."
Joni Mitchell, "California." [YouTube]
Joni Mitchell, "Blue." [YouTube]
Jackson Browne, "Doctor My Eyes."
Judee Sill, "Jesus Was a Cross Maker."
Judee Sill, "Ridge Rider."
David Crosby, "Laughing." [YouTube]
Neil Young, "Old Man." [YouTube]
Neil Young, "The Needle and the Damage Done."
The Eagles, "Take It Easy." [YouTube]
The Byrds, "Full Circle."
Randy Newman, "Political Science." [YouTube]
Randy Newman, "Sail Away." [YouTube]
Little Feat, "Willin'." [YouTube]
The Eagles, "Doolin Dalton/Desperado Reprise." [YouTube]
Jackson Browne, "For Everyman." [YouTube]
Neil Young, "Tired Eyes."
Gram Parsons w/Emmylou Harris, "Grievous Angel." [YouTube]
The Eagles, "Best of My Love." [YouTube]
Tom Waits, "Ol' 55." [YouTube]
Tom Waits, "Closing Time." [YouTube]
Tim Buckley, "Sweet Surrender." [YouTube]
Additional viewing:
Laurel Canyon Association, "20th Century Canyon History."
"Laurel Canyon and Sunset Boulevard" (YouTube)
"The Band: The Last Waltz" (1978, dir. Martin Scorsese). [Vassar library]
Special event:
1970s New York City: an extended investigation
October 31
Reading:
Peter Shapiro, Turn the Beat Around.
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War, "City Country City."
Eddie Kendricks, "Girl You Need a Change of Mind."
Manu Dibango, "Soul Makossa."
Double Exposure, "Ten Percent (Original Walter Gibbons 12" Mix)."
Loleatta Holloway, "Hit And Run (Original Walter Gibbons 12" Mix)."
Carl Douglas, "Kung Fu Fighting." [YouTube]
Love Unlimited Orchestra, "Love's Theme."
Kraftwerk, "Trans-Europe Express." [YouTube]
The Temptations, "Law of the Land."
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, "The Love I Lost."
Donna Summer, "Love To Love You Baby." [YouTube]
Donna Summer, "I Feel Love."
Giorgio Moroder, "Chase."
Labelle, "What Can I Do For You?"
MSFB, "Love Is The Message."
The Salsoul Orchestra, "You're Just The Right Size (Original Full Album Version)."
McFadden & Whitehead, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now."
Chic, "Dance, Dance, Dance."
YouTube: Chic, "Good Times." [YouTube]
Sister Sledge, "He's The Greatest Dancer."
Sister Sledge, "We Are Family." [YouTube]
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, "Cherchez La Femme."
Machine, "There But For the Grace of God Go I."
Van McCoy, "The Hustle." [YouTube]
George McCrae, "Rock Your Baby." [YouTube]
KC & The Sunshine Band, "That's The Way (I Like It)." [YouTube]
Vicki Sue Robinson, "Turn The Beat Around." [YouTube]
Gloria Gaynor, "I Will Survive." [YouTube]
Patrick Juvet, "I Love America."
Jah Wobble, "Snake Charmer."
The O'Jays, "I Love Music."
Phreek, "Weekend (12" Extended Version)."
Instant Funk, "I Got My Mind Made Up (Original Larry Levan 12" Remix)."
N.Y.C. Peech Boys, "Don't Make Me Wait."
Additional viewing:
"Saturday Night Fever" (1977, dir. John Badha). [Vassar library]
"Summer of Sam" (1999, dir. Spike Lee). [Vassar library]
Reading:
Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain, Please Kill Me.
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The Velvet Underground, "Waiting For My Man."
The Velvet Underground, "Heroin."
The Velvet Underground, "Femme Fatale."
The Velvet Underground, "Venus In Furs."
MC5, "Ramblin' Rose."
MC5, "Kick Out The Jams."
Stooges, "I Wanna Be Your Dog."
The Stooges, "TV Eye" and "1970" (live in Cincinatti, 1970). [hi-res mpg video] [YouTube]
The Stooges, "Down On The Street."
The Stooges, "Dirt."
The Stooges, "Search and Destroy."
Lou Reed, "Walk On The Wild Side."
New York Dolls, "Jet Boy."
New York Dolls, "Lookin' For a Kiss."
Patti Smith, "Gloria."
Patti Smith, "Land."
Patti Smith, "Ask The Angels."
The Ramones, "Blitzkrieg Bop."
The Ramones, "53rd & 3rd."
The Ramones, "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue."
The Ramones, "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World."
Television, "See No Evil."
Television, "Friction."
Dead Boys, "Sonic Reducer."
Dead Boys, "Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth."
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, "Chinese Rocks."
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, "Goin' Steady."
The Dictators, "(I Live for) Cars & Girls."
Wayne County & the Back Street Boys, "Max's Kansas City 1976."
Richard Hell & the Voidoids. "Love Comes in Spurts."
Richard Hell & the Voidoids. "Blank Generation."
Additional viewing:
"Punk: Attitude" (2005, dir. Don Letts). [Vassar library]
"End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones" (2005, dir. Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields). [Vassar library]
Reading:
Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop.
Various artists, Hip Hop Greats. [Vassar music library]
Various artists, Hip Hop Heritage, vol. 1 [Vassar music library]
Various artists, Tommy Boy Greatest Beats [Vassar music library]
"The History of Hip Hop" (NPR)
November 21
Reading:
David Grazian, Blue Chicago.
Various artists, Mojo Workin': Blues for the Next Generation. [Vassar music library]