Respect / Aretha Franklin
- double message in a song
- Music and Politics (Stewart)
- respect in a domestic relationship, respect as a black person
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised / Gil Scott Heron
- Music and politics (Stewart)
- revolutionary manifestos
- a call for the restructuring of political and economic institutions
Video Killed the Radio Star / Buggles
- Music and media (NO READING)
- first video played on MTV
- video didn’t really take over radio in the long run at least not as they expected
Let’s Dance / David Bowie
- Music and media (NO READING)
- video is amplified
- red shoes myth
- simulation live performance
- disjuncture between the lyrics and the aboriginal/colonial relationships
I Want To Break Free / Queen
- music and media (NO READING)
- video is amplified
- double meaning, breaking free of domestic life but also freddy mercury was breaking free from those heterosexual norms
Pink Moon / Nick Drake
- Music and advertising (Taylor)
- Volkswagen ad
- obscure unknown, cool music
- Drake was not well known, but the ad made interest in his back catalogue
My Sweet Lord / George Harrison
- music and copyright (McCourt & Burkart)
- vs He’s So Fine by the Chiffons
- Harrison pled ignorance but that doesn’t make a difference in copyright cases
Groove Haitian Fight Song II B.S. / Charles Mingus
- music and business (Toynbee)
- started his own companies to present his music
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
- music and business (Toynbee)
- classic motown sound
- strong lead singer with clear diction, elaborate backing music
My Adidas / RUN-DMC
- Music and advertising (Taylor)
- the song was written first but then they signed a deal with Adidas
Pretender / John Oswald
- music and copyright (McCourt & Burkart)
- plunderphonics
- since everyone is forced to listen to popular music wherever they go it’s essentially in the public domain
- avoided penalties by giving away his albums (no profit)
Paid In Full / Eric B & Rakim
- Hip hop & postmodernism (Rose)
- Intertextuality
- sampling
Good Times / Chic
- Hip hop & postmodernism (Rose)
- Sampled in Rapper’s Delight
1234 / Feist
- music and advertising (Taylor)
- became an international star after this song was used in an apple ad
Let It Out / Girl Talk
- music and copyright (McCourt & Burkart)
- mash-up remixes
- fair use
- he’d probably win in court so he hasn’t been sued yet
Bitter Sweet Symphony / The Verve
- music and copyright (McCourt & Burkart)
- used the orchestral version of The Last Time and asked the Stones for permission to use it but now Mick and Keith get 100% of the $$$
Encore / Danger Mouse
- music and copyright (McCourt & Burkart)
- Grey Album (mashup of the White Album and the Black album)
- the beatles and jay z approved but EMI said no and stopped distribution
Planet Rock / Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force
- hip hop and postmodernism (Rose)
- second national rap hit
- sampled Kraftwerk
- first hit to use an 808 drum
Got To Give It Up / Marvin Gaye
- music and copyright (McCourt & Burkart)
- vs blurred lines
Bring The Noise / Public Enemy
- hip hop and postmodernism (Rose)
- socially conscious rap
- noisy, aggressive, confrontational
- deconstruction
