Setting the stage• Morrison, Hendrix and Joplin (all

Americans) – exeunt. • Think of the list of „commodities” from last

session. There is one rather special item on that list: Music. Interpretation?

• British bands invaded America: the „British Invasion” – Blues dead in America?– Some exceptions, e.g. the Kinks

Hard rock

Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and … Uriah Heep

Hard Rock’s „Big Four”

• Not without antecedence …• Session 1

– Led Zeppelin: rock critics’ favourite art band – Deep Purple: both heavy and melodic

• Session 2– Black Sabbath, kings of heavy metal – Uriah Heep: underrated „black sheep”, rock

press hostility

Early Led Zeppelin• The Gallows Pole, from album

III., 1970– Sound with pictures (recorded

much later when influence from folk is also much more evident)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kBX0K9nxPc

– Look at text: what genre?• Immigrant song, from the

same album– Another famous track

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-T0rC6m7I

– Concert footage• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlNhD0oS5pk

• Hangman, hangman, hold it a little whileI Think I see my friends coming, Riding a many mileFriends, you get some silver?Did you get a little gold?What did you bring me, my dear friends? Keep me from the Gallows PoleWhat did you bring me to keep me from the Gallows Pole?

I couldn't get no silver, I couldn't get no goldYou know that we're too damn poor to keep you from the Gallows PoleHangman, hangman, hold it a little whileI think I see my brother coming, riding many a mileBrother, you get me some silver?Did you get a little gold?What did you bring me, my brother, to keep me from the Gallows Pole?

Brother, I brought you some silver, yeahI brought a little gold, I brought a little of everythingTo keep you from the Gallows PoleYes, I brought you to keep you from the Gallows Pole

• Hangman, hangman, turn your head awhileI think I see my sister coming, riding many mile, mile, mileSister, I implore you, take him by the handTake him to some shady bower, save me from the wrath of this manPlease take him, save me from the wrath of this mad, man

Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smileTell me that I'm free to rideRide for many mile, mile, mile

Oh yes, you got a fine sister, She warmed my blood from coldShe warmed my blood to boiling hot to keep you from the Gallows PoleYour brother brought me silver, Your sister warmed my soulBut now I laugh and pull so hard, see you swinging from the Gallows Pole

But now I laugh and pull so hard, see you swinging from the Gallows PoleSwingin' on the gallows pole!

Ah-ha-ha Swingin‘ Swingin' on the gallows pole!See-saw marjory daw See-saw knock at my door

Later Led Zep

• Kashmir, from Physical Graffitti, 1975– Later concert

performance• https://www.youtube.co

m/watch?v=hAzdgU_kpGo

Kashmir lyricsOh, let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed 

Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear , Oh, oh. 

Oh, I been flying... mama, there ain't no denyin' I've been flying, ain't no denyin', no denyin' All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land Trying to find, trying to find where I've been. 

Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream 

Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when movin' through Kashmir. 

Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear , ohh. 

When I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah 

Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down... Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there 

Let me take you there. Let me take you there

Deep Purple 1 • Smoke on the Water

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M

• Song talked about, „the famous riff”

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWl0YJN5Xf4&feature=youtube_gdata

Smoke on the Water lyrics

We all came out to Montereax, On the Lake Geneva shoreline. To make records with a mobile, We didn't have much time. But Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Were at the best place around, But some stupid with a flare gun, Burned the place to the ground. Smoke on the water and fire in the sky. Smoke on the water... 

They burned down the gambling house, It died with an awful sound. (Uh) Funky Claude was running in and out, Pulling kids out the ground. When it all was over, 

We had to find another place. But Swiss time was running out, It seemed that we would lose the race. Smoke on the water and fire in the sky. Smoke on the water... 

We ended up at the Grand Hotel. It was empty cold and bare. But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside, Making our music there. With a few red lights, a few old beds, We made a place to sweat. No matter what we get out of this, I know I know we'll never forget. Smoke on the water and fire in the sky. Smoke on the water...

Deep Purple 2

• Child in Time, from the In Rock album• Album cover to right.• UK TV, 1970

– Good quality rec. but only album cover, Ian Gillan?

– http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAWReBmxEs&feature=youtube_gdata

– On TV, with Ian Gillan for sure– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1

slq_FwRN8o&feature=youtube_gdata

• Also called „hair rock”. Appropriate?• Emotional? romantic? John Lord• Influence for many Hungarian bands,

esp. P. Mobil

Child in Time lyricsSweet child in time you'll see the line The line that's drawn between good and the bad See the blind man shooting at the world Bullets flying, taking toll If you've been bad, lord I bet you have And you've not been hit by flying lead You'd better close your eyes Bow your head Wait for the ricochet 

I wanna hear you scream 

Sweet child in time you'll see the line The line that's drawn between, good and the bad See the blind man shooting at the world Bullets flying, taking toll If you've been bad, lord I bet you have And you've not been hit by flying lead You'd better close your eyes Bow your head Wait for the ricochet 

I gotta hear you scream 

Oh, god, oh, no don't, oh, ain't gonna do it, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no

Homework• Follow links, listening and watching.

– Do the same again, in combination with reading the lyrics.

• How the Brits Rocked America, episode 3 -- Further background to the 1960-1970s– Questions on next slide.

• Read Led Zep and Deep Purple entries in Harmony and Rock Handbook encyclopaedias.– Almost a different written genre? Characteristics?– Note down memorable collocations, e.g „pile-driving

music”

Third BBC video Episode 3• Take notes of the performers you see (you know).• Who were the pioneers followed by many other bands, apart from initial

inroads into the US by the Beatles, etc? • What special brand of rock evolved? S_ _ _ _ _ _ rock.• Humble station-wagon beginnings. In what sense?• What captivated American audiences?• What was J. Bruce’s interesting and paradoxical statement?

• How does he describe the Americans’ attitudes to blues?– What did blacks think?– What was the attitude of the whites?

• What was the Am. technical contribution to concerts?• What other technological invention helped popularize performers?• Collect words that refer to the Americans’ criticisms of the Brits, e.g.

baboonery.– What three roles did Ian Anderson play at concerts?