How many times does The Who’s “My Generation” modulate (change key)? Does it get higher or lower? What does this change help represent in terms of the mood of the song? b. What does Roger Da

Week 6 Questions
1.Answer the following questions about “My
Generation” (The Who in 1965, Limp Bizkit in 2000):
a.How many times does The Who’s “My
Generation” modulate (change key)? Does it get
higher or lower? What does this change help
represent in terms of the mood of the song?
b. What does Roger Daltrey (vocalist for The Who)
physically do with his singing to add more
intensity and frustration to the song?
c. How does the band cap off the peak of the
song’s mounting frustration?
d. What is the song about?
e. How does Limp Bizkit pay homage to The Who’s
version? What are some ways in which their
version is different, and how does that reflect
the change in the industry over 35 years?
2. Where was Bob Dylan raised?
3.What neighborhood in NYC that Bob Dylan moved to
was the capitol of the folk revival scene? Who were
some of the artists to regularly perform in that area?
4.Kingston Trio’s “Tom Dooley” was a #1 hit, but
sharply split the folk community, with many
perceiving the group as fake folk artists. What were
some of the characteristics of this recording that
may have led to that perception?
5.Peter, Paul and Mary had a very similar sound and
style as The Kingston Trio, and yet they were much
more widely embraced by the folk community. Why
might that be?
6.What was the reaction to Bob Dylan’s set at the
Newport Folk Festival in 1965, just a year after he
headlined the festival to an embracing audience?
What were some of the characteristics of his band
and their set that caused this reaction?
7.How did producer Tom Wilson change Simon &
Garfunkel’s song “Sounds of Silence”, turning it into
a #1 hit after being inspired by the success of Bob
Dylan?
8.What typically makes a song folk rock?
9.How did folk artists like Bob Dylan and The Mamas &
The Papas inspire and influence the music of British
rock bands in the mid-1960s?
10. Who introduced George Harrison to the sitar?
Which #1 Rolling Stones hit also uses the sitar,
played by Brian Jones?
CHOOSE EITHER #11 or #12 to answer (you don’t
need to complete both listenings).
11. Answer the following questions:
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
The Beatles
I once had a girl
Or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room
Isn’t it good Norwegian wood?
She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn’t a chair
I sat on a rug biding my time
Drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said
“It’s time for bed”
She told me she worked
In the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn’t
And crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn’t it good Norwegian wood?
1. When does the sitar enter? What kind of mood is set by the
instrumentation of this song?
2. What is the song about? What might the instrumental breaks in
between verses represent?
3. How is the time feel of this song unique?
4. What is different about The Beatles’ lyricism in songs like this and
“Eleanor Rigby”, as opposed to their earlier hits?
12. Answer the following questions about The
Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil:
a. Who is the narrator of this song? (The character, not the
musician)
b. List the different events in human history mentioned in the lyrics
and what they have in common.
c. Which instruments serve as the rhythm section, providing the
groove of the song?
d. How does the tone of Mick Jagger’s voice gradually change
throughout the song?
e. At what time does the electric guitar enter? Why does its
entrance stick out so much?
f. What is the message of the song, according to the narrator?

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