Week 5
1970 and beyond
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.
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:
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.
Lester Bangs, "I Only Get My Rocks Off When I'm Dreaming," in Psychotic reaction and Carburator Dung, pp. 409–11.
Hegarty and Martin Halliwell, "Progressive Rock since the 1960s," in Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock since the 1960s, pp. 411–15.