Who was the founder of Motown Records and where was it located? 2. List five artists/groups that worked for Motown at one point. 3. What made Motown so groundbreaking in the music industry?
Week 7 Questions
1. Who was the founder of Motown Records and where was
it located?
2. List five artists/groups that worked for Motown at one
point.
3. What made Motown so groundbreaking in the music
industry?
4. What was the name of the house band for Motown?
5. Which characteristics of the Motown approach are
similarly found in the pop groups of the 90s and modern
day?
6. Who led the deal struck between Atlantic and Stax records
in the 60s? How was this deal mutually beneficial?
7. Describe the differences between The Temptations’ “My
Girl” and Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness” in each
of the following ways:
a. Instrumentation:
b. Personnel (how many vocalists):
c. Texture (heavy/light beat):
d. How similar to soul music are the vocals:
8. Name three pioneering characteristics of the Beatles’ “Sgt
Pepper’s” album.
9. What does Timothy Leary’s phrase “Turn On, Tune In, Drop
Out” mean?
10. What were some of the current events of the 60s that
led to the counterculture movement in San Francisco?
11. What was the difference in music played on FM radio
vs AM radio in the 60s?
12. Answer the following questions about “White Room”:
WHITE ROOM: CREAM (WHEELS OF FIRE 1968)
“It was a meandering thing about a relationship that I was in and how I was at the
time. It was a kind of watershed period really. It was a time before I stopped being a
relative barman and became a songwriter, because I was a professional poet, you know. I
was doing poetry readings and making a living from that. It wasn’t a very good living, and
then I got asked to work by Ginger and Jack with them and then started to make a kind of
living.
And there was this kind of transitional period where I lived in this actual white room and
was trying to come to terms with various things that were going on. It’s a place where I
stopped, I gave up all drugs and alcohol at that time in 1967 as a result of being in the
white room, so it was a kind of watershed period. That song’s like a kind of weird little
movie: it changes perspectives all the time. That’s why it’s probably lasted – it’s got a kind
of mystery to it.” – Pete Brown, Lyricist
Lyrics
In the white room with black curtains near the station
Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I’ll wait in this place where the sun never shines
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I’ll wait in the queue when the trains come back
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She’s just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I’ll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves
1. How does the album cover compare to typical psychedelic covers and visuals? How does
it contrast?
2. Circle all of the words in the lyrics that are a color. What is similar about all of these
colors (excluding yellow towards the end)?
3. What do you think the yellow tigers metaphor refers to? Why? How does the color
change depict the allure?
4. What is the narrator struggling with? What’s the conclusion?
5. Describe the changing presence of the guitar throughout the song. Thinking about how
the lyrics align with the guitar, what might the guitar be representing?
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