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The Rolling Stones. Overview: The British are Coming Many British rock stars attained popularity in their own country Unable to export their success back.

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1 The Rolling Stones

2 Overview: The British are Coming Many British rock stars attained popularity in their own country Unable to export their success back to the United States From 1964 on several important trends were initiated or co-founded by British rock artists

3 Overview: The British are Coming Did the British dominate the charts? With the British invasion came a split in rock's mainstream The dichotomy within the Beatles themselves is the prototype for an even larger division within the British invasion as a whole

4 The Rolling Stones: The Years Before Satisfaction Early years Alexis Korner The Blue Boys Brian Jones Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts

5 NEMS May 1963 Counter-image to the Beatles Stones join the British invasion of America James Brown

6 Satisfaction Ed Sullivan Show 16 bar chorus I b VII Phrase 4 guitar riff

7 Satisfaction Alternates chorus with verses based on this guitar riff Intro on riff

8 Satisfaction Chorus (AABC) 16 bars Verse (CCCC) 18 bars (2-bar drum break before 4th C) Chorus (AABC) 16 bars Verse (CCCC) 18 bars Chorus (AABC) 16 bars Verse (CCCC) 18 bars Riff x 3 (CCC) 12 bars Fade-out on riff

9 Drugs and alcohol A string of hits Andrew Oldham formed Immediate Records Scandal and increased controversy Satanic Majesties Request was a gross disappointment

10 Jumpin’ Jack Flash less innovative in form quintessential rock beat chorus is delineated by active harmony modal harmony

11 Jumpin’ Jack Flash rock-defining groove loose, variable texture equality of instruments or at least virtuosity Jagger’s singing and Richard’s guitar project insolence

12 Sympathy for the Devil Basic harmonic vocabulary Chorus consists six phrases Repetitions Five-bar phrase

13 Sympathy for the Devil Intro on drums (add maracas on bar 4) 10 bars Lead vocal and full accompaniment enter Chorus 1 (aaaa) 17 bars + (bb) 8 bars (fourth statement of a is 5 bars long) Chorus 2 (aaaa) 17 bars + (bb) 8 bars

14 Sympathy for the Devil Chorus 3 (aaaa) 17 bars + (bb) 8 bars (add background vocals) Chorus 4 (aaaa) 17 bars + (bb) 8 bars (add guitar lead in a-section; lead vocal re- enters in b-section) Chorus 5 (aaaa) 17 bars + (bb) 8 bars

15 Sympathy for the Devil Closing Section (aa) 8 bars –Vocal interjections over guitar lead (with piano) Repeat and fade-out

16 Sympathy for the Devil Samba beat Timbral changes Visceral Stone’s simplicity and repetiveness

17 The Rolling Stones Stones rid Brian Jones Mick Taylor The Hyde Park concert

18 Altamont The American Tour The Hells Angels Sympathy for the Devil

19 After Altamont Altamont created considerable resentment toward the group Tax trouble Brown Sugar America tour 1972 1974-1976 Keith vs. Mick

20 The Bad Boys of Rock The first significant rock group to foster an overtly negative image Brian Jones Keith Richard Mick Jagger Concert behaviour Anti-social violence

21 Summary 1.Since the end of the 1950s, rock had gradually moved away from its R & B roots. 2.This fundamental split within the ranks of the British invasion, the fork in the road created by the Beatles and the Stones, is central to the history of rock since the mid-1960s.

22 Summary 3.Since its beginnings, rock had always had a seamier underside. 4. Finally the Stones deserve an important place in rock history simply because of their longevity.

23 The Rolling Stones


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