Weeks 9 and 10
Psychedelic Rock in San Francisco, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The late 1960s in LA. Rock Festivals, British folk rock and Celtic soul, proto-punk in Detroit and NYC, 1970 and beyond: Singer songwriters, glam and prog rock
Reading Week 9: Chapter 6
5. Robert Christgau, "The Monkees," p. 282.
6. Lillian Roxon, "The Doors," and "The Monkees," pp. 283–85.
8. Robert Christgau on the Los Angeles scene, pp. 288–89.
Chapter 7
1. Peter Jones, "Jimi Hendrix: Mr. Phenomenon!," pp. 313–14.
2. Christgau Consumer Guide: A Guide to 1967, pp. 314–15.
3. Michael Lydon, "Jimi Hendrix 1968," pp. 315–17.
4. Ellen Willis, "Janis Joplin," pp. 317–21.
5. Lillian Roxon, "Jefferson Airplane," pp. 321–23.
6. Robert Christgau, "Anatomy of a Love Festival," pp. 323–30.
7. Michael Lydon, "The Who in San Francisco," pp. 331–33
12. Robert Christgau, "Creedence: Where Do You Go From the Top?," pp. 353–54.
Reading Week 10: Chapter 6
4. John Harris, "You had to hold on to the furniture when Sandy sang," pp. 279–82.
7. Lester Bangs, "Astral Weeks," pp. 285–88.
Chapter 7
10. Geoffrey Cannon, "Joni Mitchell: Clouds," pp. 349–50.
11. Lester Bangs, "Of Pop and Pies and Fund: A Program for Mass Liberation in the Form of a Stooges Review, on Who's the Fool? (1970)," pp. 350–53.
13. Robert Christgau, "Rock 'n' Revolution," pp. 354–57.
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.
8. Barney Hoskyns, "in:strange changes," pp. 388–90.
9. Lenny Kaye, "David Bowie: Freak Out in a Moonage Daydream,"pp. 391–94.
10. Hegarty and Martin Halliwell, "The Concept Album," pp. 394–99.
Additional Reading:
Alice Echols, "Hope and Hype in Monterey," pp. 357–65.
Nelson George, "The Power and the Glory," (Marvin Gaye) The Village Voice, May 8, 1984, pp. 399–403.
Robert Christgau," Growing Up Grim With Mott the Hoople, Newsday, Dec. 1972, pp. 404–05.
Atkinson, Gambaccini and Bangs on Roxy Music, pp. 406–08.
"Robert Christgau Remembers Six Ways 70s Bowie Changed Culture Forever," Noisey, 2016, pp. 408–09.
Hegarty and Martin Halliwell, "Progressive Rock since the 1960s," in Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock since the 1960s, pp. 411–15.