poniedziałek, 29 maja 2017

Listening list with a mystery theme for June 02, 2017



Here’s the listening list for this week, extra credit to anyone who can figure out the theme (yes, there is one!) The lyrics should be up tomorrow by 20.00 or so.

Notes should be ready by Wednesday with any luck.

Stormy Weather
Ethel Waters (1933)

One for my baby (and one for the road)
Lena Horne (1945)

Tired
Pearl Bailey (1945)

Blue moon
Billy Eckstine (1948)

Nature boy
Nat King Cole (1948)

Banana Boat Song
Harry Belafonte (1956)

Wonderful wonderful
Johnny Mathis (1957)

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Leontyne Price (1960)

Guess who I saw today
Nancy Wilson (1960)

Do you know the way to San Jose?
Dionne Warwick (1967)

Wedding bell blues
The 5th Dimension (1969)

Kiss an angel good morning
Charley Pride (1971)

Some auxiliary vidoes

Ethel Waters singing "His Eye is on the Sparrow" in the 1952 movie "Member of the wedding"

Pearl Bailey and Nat King Cole (1957 TV)

Harry Belafonte British pop singer Petula Clark in 1968

Ethel Waters singing Suppertime on TV in 1969

Pearl Bailey doing Hello Dolly! (Tony Awards 1968) Pearl's part begins around 3.45

Pearl Bailey with Ethel Waters (around 1969)

Charley Pride and Johnny Cash (in 1969)

The Pointer Sisters singing Fairytale (1974)

Leontyne Price at the White House (around 1980)

poniedziałek, 22 maja 2017

poniedziałek, 15 maja 2017

Listening list for May 19, 207



Here's the listening list for this week. There won't be lyrics because..... too much work.... :(

The songs or more or less in chronological order from 1980 -1992

Rapture
Blondie

Wordy Rappinghood
Tom Tom Club

Double Dutch Bus
Frankie Smith

The Message
Grandmaster Flash

Roxanne Roxanne
UTTO

Human Beat Box
Fat Boys

World Destruction
Time Zone

Walk This Way
Run D.M.C.

You gotta fight (for your right)
Beastie Boys

Push it
Salt 'n Peppa

Supersonic
J.J. Fad

Straight outa Compton
N.W.A.

Me so horny
Two Live Crew

Fight the Power
Public Enemy

Poor Georgie
M.C. Lyte

Sometimes I rhyme slow
Nice and Smooth

My definition of boombastic jazz style
Dream Warriors

Set adrift on memory bliss
P.M. Dawn

Tennessee
Arrested Development

wtorek, 9 maja 2017

Listening list for May 12, 2017



Here's the listening list for this week. There won't be lyrics because..... too much work.... :(

Spoken traditions

The Dozens
(from In Living Color)

Signifying Monkey
(from Dolemite!)

Funk

I feel good
James Brown (1966

Earth Wind and Fire
Shining star (1975)

Early raps

Isaac's rap 2
Isaac Hayes (1972)

Woman's viewpoint
Irma Thomas (1973)

The Rap (interlude in If lovin' you is wrong (I don't wanna be right))
Millie Jackson (1974)

Jamaica

Fire Corner
King Stitt

Dread beat an' blood
Linton Kwesi Johnson

Proto-rap

Here come the judge
Pigmeat Markham (1968)

Turn the beat around
Vicki Sue Robinson (1976) (short rap like section around 1.40)

First rap records

King Tim III (Personality jock)
Fatback band (1978)

Rapper's delight
Sugarhill gang (1978) (esp from 9.30 to 10.30)


środa, 3 maja 2017

Lyrics for class May 05, 2017



Here are provisional lyrics for this week, I'll probably change the list a little and bring them to class too.  Note the addition of a couple of different songs

Summer (the first time)
Millie Jackson (1974)

City in the sky
Staple Singers (1974)