Week 9
1970 and beyond
Recommended documentaries singer-songwriters, classic rock, soul
Read: Chapter 8
1. Robert Christgau, "Rock Is Obsolescent, But So Are You," pp. 368–69.
2. Excerpts from David Browne, Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970, pp. 369–75.
3. Robert Christgau, "Carole King: Five Million Friends," pp. 375–76.
4. Robert Christgau, "Carly Simon as Mistress of Schlock,"pp. 376–77.
5. Robert Christgau, "Little Stevie Grows Older," pp. 377–79.
6. Robert Christgau, "Elton John: The Little Hooker That Could," pp. 379–82.
7. Lester Bangs,"Are Black Sabbath really the new Shamans?," Creem, June-July 1972, pp. 382–88.
Additional Reading:
11. Nelson George, "The Power and the Glory," (Marvin Gaye) The Village Voice, May 8, 1984, pp. 399–403.
James Taylor, Fire and Rain
Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Ohio
Carole King, I Feel the Earth Move
Carly Simon, You're So Vain
Marvin Gaye, What's Going On
The Jackson 5, I Want You Back
Stevie Wonder , Living for the City
Black Sabbath, Paranoid
Derek and the Dominoes, Layla
The Rolling Stones, Tumbling Dice
King Crimson, 21st Century Schizoid Man
David Bowie, Suffragette City
Mott the Hoople, All the Young Dudes
Roxy Music, Do the Strand
Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road