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CV205 Music of the 60s ON ZOOM -- CANCELED

CV205 Talkin' Bout My Generation - a Decade of Unrest - Music of the 60s ON ZOOM HYBRID*
Thursdays, July 23rd to August 27th
$105 for 6 weeks
From 10:00am to 12:00pm
Instructor: John Mitchell. He will be presenting in person.

Maximum of 40 registrants.
Minimum of 
10 for the class to run. (from both IN HOUSE and/or ON ZOOM)


This is a HYBRID program. John Michell is teaching at Brock House and the class will be simultaneously delivered via Zoom.


When looking at the music of the 60s, we’ll pose the question “Does art in the form of music change society or does it merely reflect the times”. The 60’s was a decade of cultural and societal revolution, changes that have reverberated to the present day, and the soundtrack of that decade was the soundtrack of our lives Was it just because the largest demographic, the Baby Boomers, lived it and loved it, or was it truly great music? We’ll go back and take a closer look at the different genres that dominated the music of the 60s and make our own determinations.

Week 1- Rock and Roll is Here to Stay
WW2 ended and a tired and emotionally drained world wanted to put the horrors of war behind them and turn their attention to what was most important; home and family. Out of this came a young generation, eager to take advantage of a new peaceful world, with new technologies and a new optimism …..and they wanted their own music. As it happens, luckily, Blues and Jazz were making their way from Memphis and New Orleans, up the Mississippi to a more affluent north. Radio stations now began to play “Race music” in the north and kids began to dance to a new beat: Rock and Roll.

Week 2 - The Peaceful Transition
After a few tragedies and legal missteps by leading Rock and Roll artists, music took on a more commercially polished, less edgy style. Marketing frequently emphasized the physical looks of the artist rather than the music and led to the creation of “teen idols”. By the beginning of the 60s, the sounds coming out of the radio, were softer, more conservative and there was certainly less Rock and Roll. Parents could breathe a sigh of relief as their kids listened to Connie Francis and Ricky Nelson – “safe” white teen idols with glowing white teeth.

Week 3 - Let's Dance!!
The early 60s ushered in new sounds. Small groups of musicians began to write their own songs and play their own instruments. The sound of the Surf came from California, the British Invasion brought “Swinging England” to North America, Soul music moved from Memphis into the mainstream and a small label named Motown in Detroit, started to make a big sound in dance music. But things had changed, the US President had been assassinated and we were seeing the Cold War heat up with Russian Missiles in Cuba. We needed this new music to take our minds off of world tensions.

Week 4 - The Times They are Changing
The mid 60s saw the rise of the Civil Rights movement and the beginning of the Ant-Viet Nam War movement. Protests often turned violent and the world became polarised. Music lost some of it’s happiness and optimism and became a little more introspective and took on a decidedly political edge that reflected the world of the time. The music no longer asked “Do You Love Me?”, it asked “How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down?”

Week 5 - Turn On, Tune In and Drop Out
The later part of the 1960s continued the urgent call for a Civil Rights Act and the withdrawal from Vietnam. It also bought violent protests and when Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968, racial tensions exploded with riots in Memphis and Detroit, homes of music that actually broke down racial barriers. Add to all this the creation of LSD which began a whole new movement starting in San Francisco of “Tune in, Turn on and Drop Out”

Week 6 - Reality Bites!!!
The 60s started to fade away with the death of Meredith Hunter at a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California. Music was becoming more aggressive and more strident as the country became more polarised and more fatigued by the continuation of the Viet Nam War, and in 1970 when John Travolta came dancing down the street with 2 cans of paint, it was the beginning of a new era, and a new music: DISCO. We’ll take a sneak peak at what 70s music would look like.

When:
Thursday, July 23, 2020, 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM
Where:
Halpern Room
3875 Point Grey Road
Vancouver, BC  V6R 1B3

Canada
(604) 228-1461
Additional Info:
Category:
Lectures & Discussions
Registration is not Required
Payment In Full In Advance Only
Capacity:
40
Available Slots:
40
$105.00
$105.00

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