31 October

Start of class: "Above the Clouds Lies Eternal Sun" by Joy Wants Eternity from You Who Pretend to Sleep (2007)

Example of Marvin Gaye 1 - "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" (1964)

Example of Marvin Gaye 2 - "What's Going On" from What's Going On (1971)

Example of changing Motown: "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder from Innervisions (1973)

Example of changing Motown: "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5 (1969)

Example of the Folk Music Revival: "Come All Ye Fair Maidens" by Pete Seeger (ca. 1955)

Example of the Folk Music Revival: "Tom Dooley" by the Kingston Trio (1959)

End of class: "I Might" by Wilco from The Whole Love (2011)

28 October

Start of class: "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon from Double Fantasy (1980)

Start of class: "Do As De La Does" by De La Soul from 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

Start of class: "Run Back to Your Side" by Eric Clapton from Clapton (2010)

James Brown example: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (1965)

James Brown example: "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" (1968)

Example of Stax sound: "Green Onions" by Booker T & the MGs (1962)

Example of Muscle Shoals sound: "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett from The Wicked Pickett (1967)

Example of Otis Redding 1: "These Arms of Mine" (1962)

Example of Otis Redding 2: "Hard to Handle" from The Immortal Otis Redding (1967)

Example of Wilson Pickett: "In the Midnight Hour" from The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966)

Example of Aretha Franklin: "Respect" (1967)

End of class: "Cut Your Hair" by Pavement from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins (2004)

26 October

Start of class: "Ukrainian Girl" by Spottiswoode and McMahon from S&M (2006)

Start of class: "Music Is Ruling My World" by Kutiman from Kutiman (2007)

Start of class: "Live Till You Die" by Emitt Rhodes from The Emitt Rhodes Recordings (1969-1973) (2009)

The Rolling Stones example: "You Can't Always Get What You Want from Let It Bleed (1969)

The Who example: "My Generation" (1965)

The Who example: "Pinball Wizard" from Tommy (1969)

Ray Charles example: "What'd I Say, Pt. 1" (1959)

James Brown example: "Please Please Please" (1956)

James Brown example: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (1965)

End of class: "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" by the New Radicals from Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)

End of class: "Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne from Running on Empty (1977)

24 October

Start of class: "Is There Anybody Out There?" by Pink Floyd from The Wall (1979)

Start of class: "I Know (Demo)" by John Lennon from Anthology (1998)

Start of class: "Time of the Season" by the Zombies from Odessey and Oracle (1968)

Example of middle Beatles: "Eleanor Rigby" from Revolver (1966)

Example of middle Beatles: "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Example of late Beatles: Songs from the the second side of Abbey Road (1969) - "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", and "The End"

Example of Chicago blues: "I Just Want to Make Love to You" by Muddy Waters (1954)

Example of early Rolling Stones: "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (1964)

The Rolling Stones example: "Satisfaction" (1965)

The Rolling Stones example: "You Can't Always Get What You Want from Let It Bleed (1969)

End of class: "Young Sensualists" by Throw Me the Statue from Moonbeams (2008)

21 October

Start of class: "European Son" by the Velvet Underground from The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

Beatles example: "Please Please Me" (1962)

Beatles example (on Ed Sullivan Show): "All My Loving" (written 1963, performance on Sullivan 1964)

Beatles example (on Ed Sullivan Show): "'Til There Was You" as performed by the Beatles (1964)

Example of Beatlemania-era Beatles: "A Hard Day's Night" from A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Example of middle period Beatles: "Yesterday" from Help (1965)

Example of middle period Beatles: "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

End of class: "When I'm Small" by Phantogram from Eyelid Movies (2010)

19 October

Start of class: "Pink Glove" by Pulp from The Peel Sessions (2006)

Start of class: "Untitled" by Sigur Ros from ( ) (2002)

Example of early Beach Boys sound: "Fun, Fun, Fun" (1964)

Example of early Beach Boys sound 2: "Surfer Girl" (1963)

Example of evolving Beach Boys sound: "California Girls" (1965)

Pet Sounds 1: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" from Pet Sounds (1966)

Pet Sounds 2: "God Only Knows" from Pet Sounds (1966)

Late-60s Beach Boys sound: "Good Vibrations" from Smiley Smile (1967)

Skiffle example: "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On Your Bedpost Overnight)?" by Lonnie Donegan (1959)

End of class: "Theme to Wendel Stivers" by Spoon from Telephono (1996)

End of class: "There She Goes" by the La's from The La's (1988)

17 October

Start of class: "Can't Stop Thinking About You" by Brett Dennen from Loverboy (2011)

Example of Brill Building sound: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by the Shirelles (1960)

Comparison of Brill Building sound: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" by Carole King from Tapestry (1971)

Example of Spector "Wall of Sound" production: "Uptown" by the Crystals (1960)

Example of Spector "Wall of Sound" production: "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes (1963)

Comparison of Motown sound: "I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops (1965)

Comparison of Motown sound: "I Can't Help Myself (Instrumental)" by the Funk Brothers (1965)

Example of Motown girl groups: "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes (1966)

Example of Motown male group: "My Girl" by the Temptations (1964)

End of class: "Symbols" by the Brian Michael Roff Catastrophe (2011)

14 October

Start of class: "The Life of a Working Girl" by Sloan from Pretty Together (2001)

Elvis Presley example: "Hound Dog" from the Ed Sullivan Show (1956)

Elvis Presley example: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (1960)

Buddy Holly example: "Oh Boy" (1957)

Buddy Holly example: "Peggy Sue" from the Ed Sullivan Show (1957)

Sun Records example: "Just a Little Talk with Jesus" by the Million Dollar Quartet (1956)

Teen idol example: "Tiger" by Fabian (1959)

End of class: "Furr" by Blitzen Trapper from Furr (2008)

12 October

Start of class: "Bring It On Home to Me" as recorded by Spoon from Bridging the Distance: A Portland, OR Covers Compilation (2007)

Start of class: "Company In My Back" by Wilco from Kicking Television - Live in Chicago (2005)

Start of class: "Ventilator Blues" by the Rolling Stones from Exile on Main St. (1972)

Cover songs comparison 1: "Sh'Boom" by the Chords (1953)

Cover songs comparison 2: "Sh'Boom" by the Crew Cuts (1953)

Doo wop sounds into rock n' roll: "Who Put the Bomp?" by Barry Mann (1961)

Cover songs comparison 1: "Shake, Rattle & Roll" by Big Joe Turner (1953)

Cover songs comparison 2: "Shake, Rattle & Roll" by Bill Haley and the Comets (1953)

Cover songs comparison 1: "Mystery Train" by Little Junior's Blue Flames (1953)

Cover songs comparison 2: "Mystery Train" by Elvis Presley (1955)

Chuck Berry example: "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry (1955)

Elvis Presley example: "That's All Right" (1954)

End of class: "Bad Streets" by Missing Persons from Spring Session M (1982)

End of class: "Across the Sea" by the Soirée from birds (2006)

7 October

Start of class: "Unkind" by Sloan from The Double Cross (2011)

Start of class: "Hide It Away" by Retribution Gospel Choir from 2 (2010)

Start of class: "Disconnect" by Ima Robot from Monument to the Masses (2006)

Start of class: "Money City Maniacs" by Sloan from Navy Blues (1998)

Exam track 1: "Blue Yodel No. 2" by Jimmie Rodgers (1928)

Exam track 2: "I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" composed by Stephen Foster

Exam track 3: "That Black Snake Moan" by Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)

Exam track 4: "Taking a Chance on Love" by the Benny Goodman Orchestra (1940)

Exam track 5: "Castle House Rag" by Europe's Society Orchestra (1914)

5 October

Start of class: "Anna (Go to Him)" performed by the Beatles from Please Please Me (1963)

Start of class: "Tainted Love" performed by Soft Cell from Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981)

Start of class: "The Next Four Months" by Okkervil River from Black Sheep Boy (2005)

Example of jump blues: "Caldonia" by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (1945)

Example of jump blues: "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (1946)

Example of Chicago blues: "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters (1953)

Example of women in R&B: "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" by Ruth Brown (1953)

Example of women in R&B: "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton (1953)

"Hound Dog" comparison: "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley (1956)

Cover songs comparison: "Sh'Boom" by the Chords (1953)

End of class: "Lucky Man" by the Verve from Urban Hymns (1997)

3 October

Start of class: "Slavin' Away" by Fiery Furnaces from Rehearsing My Choir (2005)

Start of class: "Don't Push" by the Exit from Home for an Island (2004)

Example of honky-tonk country: "Hey Good Lookin'" by Hank Williams (1951)

Example of honky-tonk country: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams (1949)

Example of pop music recording technology: "I'm Sitting On Top of the World" by Les Paul and Mary Ford (1952)

Example of Frank Sinatra: "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" from CD accompanying textbook (1945)

Example of big band blues: "One O'Clock Jump" by the Count Basie Orchestra (1937)

Example of jump blues: "Caldonia" by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (1945)

End of class: "Trying to Make It Through" by the Mighty Hannibal (1967)