POPULAR MODERN MUSIC

POPULAR MUSIC

WEBSITES ABOUT POPULAR MODERN MUSIC:

1.  ENGLISH CLUB

    You will find information about the main popular music styles that we have studied at school: Blues, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Hard Rock, Dance Music...

2. BBC BITESIZE

    BBC website where secondary school students can learn about XXth century music.

 3. NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA

     Complete your research here.

 

   

4. EL BLOG DE RINCOANDA

    Aquí encontrarás información sobre este tema en español.

VIDEOS TO LISTEN AND WATCH THESE STYLES OF MUSIC

  

I. BLUES MUSIC

1. ORIGINS OF THE BLUES

    a. WORK SONG IN A TEXAS PRISON

   2. HISTORY OF BLUES MUSIC.

    a. City blues.
        Elmore James.

        Robert Johnson

        T Bone Walker.

        B.B. King/Eric Clapton

        Eric Clapton.

II JAZZ MUSIC

1. NEW ORLEANS STYLE/ DIXIELAND

2. CHICAGO STYLE
    
    Louis Amstrong plays and sings "Dinah"  

3. BIG BANDS

a. "Take the A train" by Duke Ellington.

b. "In the mood" by Glenn Miller.

III ROCK & ROLL

1. ROCKABILLY
    a. "Rock arund the clock" by Bill Halley and his comets.

    b. "Blue suede shoes" by Carl Perkins.

2. ROCK & ROLL

    a. "Jailhouse rock" by Elvis Presley.

    b. "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry.

3. TRADITIONAL POP
    a. "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole.

4. COUNTRY

    a. "Bonanza" by Johnny Cash.

5. RHYTHM & BLUES

    a. "Blowing in the wind" by Sam Cooke.

    b. "Only you" by The Platters.

    c. "Mess around" by Ray Charles.

IV POP MUSIC: THE SIXTIES

1. HISTORICAL CONTEXT

a. 1968 Invasion of Prague.

b. Paris 1968.

2. MUSICA FOLK

a. Bob Dylan

b. Joan Baez

c. Simon & Garfunkel

3. BRITISH POP MUSIC 

a. The Beatles.

     "Love me do"  

   

    "Eleanor Rigby"

    "Get back"

b. The Rolling Stones
    "I can't get no"

 

    "Sympathy for the devil"

c. The Who
    "My generation"

d. Small Faces

    "Tin soldier"

                      


e. The Kinks
    "You really got me"
 

   

 
4 PHYCHEDELIC ROCK


a. Cream
    "Sunshine of your love"
 

 

b. Jimy Hendrixs
    "Purple Haze"

 c. The Yardbirds.

V THE SEVENTIES

a. AC/DC "Thunderstruck".

b. The Clash. "Should I stay or should I go"

c. Queen "I want to break free"

d. Gloria Gaynor. "I will survive".

e. Bob Marley

VI THE EIGHTIES

a. U2. "With or without you".

b. Blondie. "Heart of glass".

c. Pet Shop Boys. "Always on  y mind".

d. The Police. "Every breath you take"