MUGN 212, Spring 2016 Schedule

Luke Conklin Instructor

Please note: The listening list includes all of the listening examples covered in the assigned reading. We will not be able to cover all of
these in class, but you are still responsible for identifying the songs on listening quizzes or exams. A deeper, critical knowledge of
listening examples discussed in class will be expected than for those not covered in class.
Listening examples in bold are not covered in the textbook. We will create WTS style listening guides for them in class.
Week Date
Topic
Reading
Listening
Assignment
1
M, 1/11 Introduction: Studying Rock
WTS: 3-8
Listen to some Rock and Roll anything you like!
W, 1/13 What to listen for in Rock: Form,
Harmony, Meter, Instrumentation

F, 1/15

M, 1/18
W, 1/20 The World Before Rock and Roll:
Pop from Tin Pan Alley to the 1950s

F, 1/22

What to listen for in Rock II:

Recording, Mixing, Viewing Rock

Regional Styles: Country, Bluegrass

and Blues

M, 1/25 Early Rock and Roll

W, 1/27 Elvis Presley

WTS: 8-22

Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats, Rocket 88

The Chords, ShBoom
Elvis Presley, Heartbreak Hotel
Jerry Lee Lewis, Great Balls of Fire
The Carter Family, Can the Circle be Unbroken
The Crickets, Thatll Be the Day
Steely Dan, Josie

WTS: 22-32
RHR: 139-147
No Class: Martin Luther King Day
WTS: 33-54
Judy Garland, Over the Rainbow
RHR: 9-10
Frank Sinatra, All or Nothing at All
Les Paul and Mary Ford, Im Sittin on Top of the
World
WTS: 55-74
Hank Williams, Hey Good Lookin
Muddy Waters, Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Big Joe Turner, Shake, Rattle and Roll
WTS: 75-95
Fats Domino, Blueberry Hill
RHR 11-12, 25-29
Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode
Little Richard, Tutti Frutti
WTS: 96-100
Elvis Presley, Thats All Right (Mama)

F, 1/29

Rockabilly in the Wake of Elvis

M, 2/1

Teenyboppers, Surf Rock, Folk

Revival

W, 2/3

Ambitious Pop: The Brill Building

and Girl Groups

F, 2/5

Sweet Soul on the Rise

M, 2/8

Elvis Presley, Heartbreak Hotel

WTS: 101-109
RHR: 17-24
WTS: 111-123
Richard Carlin,
The Good, the Bad
and the Folk
WTS: 114-115,
124-134 RHR 4349
WTS: 134-150

Johnny Cash, I Walk the Line

The Crickets, Thatll Be the Day
The Kingston Trio, Tom Dooley
Chubby Checker, The Twist

Assignment 1 due
British invasion 1: Beatles
W, 2/10 Rolling Stones

WTS: 151-172
RHR: 51-60
WTS: 172-178

F, 2/12

WTS: 178-187

More British invasion

M, 2/15 American Responses Folk Rock

W, 2/17 American Pop

F, 2/19

RHR: 13-14

Motown, Chicago R& B

M, 2/22 Southern Soul, James Brown

WTS: 189-198
RHR:61-66
WTS: 198-215

WTS: 217-232
RHR: 67-72

WTS: 233-247
RHR: 73-81

The Coasters, Down in Mexico

The Ronettes, Be My Baby
The Drifters, There Goes My Baby
The Everly Brothers, All I have to Do is Dream
Roy Orbison, Only the Lonely
The Beach Boys, Surfin USA
The Beatles, I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows
The Animals, House of the Rising Sun
The Rolling Stones, Satisfaction
The Kinks, You Really Got Me
The Who, My Generation
Bob Dylan, Positively 4th Street
The Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man
The Beach Boys, California Girls
The Kingsmen, Louie Louie
The Monkees, Last Train to Clarksville
The Supremes, Baby Love
The Temptations, The Way You Do the Things You
Do
The Impressions, People Get Ready
Wilson Pickett, In the Midnight Hour
Aretha Franklin, Respect

W, 2/24 Psychedelia I: Origins and San

Francisco

WTS: 249-269
RHR 95-102

F, 2/26

WTS: 269-282

Pyschedelia II: London and New

York
M, 2/29 Woodstock and Music festivals
W, 3/2 Midterm review
F, 3/4

10

11

WTS: 282-288

James Brown, Papas Got a Brand New Bag

The Beach Boys, Good Vibrations
The Beatles, A Day in the Life
Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit
Cream, Sunshine of Your Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Purple Haze
Woodstock Videos

Midterm

M, 3/14 Blues-based Rock in America and

the UK in the 1970s
Assignment 2 Due
W, 3/16 Blues-Based Rock continued
F,3/18
Progressive Rock & Fusion

Spring Break, March 7-11

WTS: 289-307
Led Zeppelin, Whole Lotta Love
The Allman Brothers Band, Whipping Post
Santana, Evil Ways
WTS: 307-320

Yes, Roundabout
Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick

M, 3/21 Glam Rock

WTS: 320-321

David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

and the Spiders from Mars

W, 3/23 Singer Songwriters and Issues of

Gender
F, 3/25 Country Rock

WTS: 322-327
RHR: 119-126
WTS: 327-33

M, 3/28 Black Pop

WTS 335-351
RHR: 149-154

W, 3/30 Reggae, Disco

WTS: 352-365
RHR:163-166

Carole King, Youve Got a Friend

SUPPLEMENTAL LISTENING TBD
The Eagles, Take it Easy
SUPPLEMENTAL LISTENING TBD
Sly and the Family Stone, Thank You
The Temptations, Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Stevie Wonder, Living for the City
Parliament, Tear the Roof Off the Sucker
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Get Up, Stand Up
Donna Summer, Love to Love You Baby

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13

F, 4/1

Mainstream 70s and 80s,

WTS: 367-381

M, 4/4

Punk and New Wave

WTS: 381-400
RHR: 167-172

W, 4/6

MTV Music Videos and 80s Dance

Pop

WTS: 401-420
RHR: 249-253

F, 4/8

The New Traditionalists

WTS: 420-434
RHR: 237-243

M, 4/11 Heavy metal

Assignment 3 Due
W, 4/13 Rap and hip hop

F, 4/15
14

M, 4/18 Alternative

WTS: 463-485
RHR: 273-275

W, 4/20 Indie

WTS: 486-494
RHR: 307-312
WTS: 497-525
RHR: 349-352

F, 4/22

15

Hardcore

WTS: 437-448
RHR: 217-235
WTS: 448-457,
517-523,
RHR: 245-247,
265-272
WTS: 457-463

The Rise of Classic Rock

M, 4/25 History of Rock and Roll Redux

Assignment 4 Due

Peter Frampton, Show me the Way

Boston, More than a feeling
Foreigner, Feels Like the First Time
The Sex Pistols, Anarchy in the UK
The Cars, My Best Friends Girl
Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Pump it Up
Michael Jackson, Billie Jean
Madonna, Like a Virgin
Prince, 1999
Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA
The Police, Dont Stand so Close to Me
U2, Pride
Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer
Motley Crue, Shout at the Devil
Metallica, One
Run-DMC, Rock Box
Public Enemy, Dont Believe the Hype
Dr Dre, featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nuthin but a
G Thang
Minor Threat, Straight Edge
The Replacements, Color Me Impressed
R.E.M., The One I love
Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
Green Day, When I come Around
Nine Inch Nails, Hurt
Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Beck, Loser
Sheryl Crow, All I Wanna Do
Tori Amos, Crucify
Boyz II Men, End of the Road

F, 4/29

Final Exam
8:30am-11:30am