5 December

Start of class: "Ashes of American Flags" by Wilco from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)

Start of class: "We Believe in Happy Endings" by Emmylou Harris and Earl Thomas Conley from Duets (1990)

Example of contemporary rap: "Champion" by Kanye West from Graduation (2007)

Example of contemporary rap: "Stronger" by Kanye West from Graduation (2007)

Example of contemporary EDM: "Harder Better Faster Stronger" by Daft Punk from Discovery (2001)

Example of Detroit techno: "Icon" by Derrick May (1998)

Example of Chicago house: "Your Love" by Frankie Knuckles (1987)

Example of EDM as pop: "Porcelain" by Moby from Play (1999)

Example of EDM as pop: "Harder Better Faster Stronger" by Daft Punk from Discovery (2001)

Example of college/alternative rock of the late 80s: "Where Is My Mind?" by the Pixies from Surfer Rosa (1988)

End of class: "The Quiet Man" by John Prine from The Singing Mailman Delivers - Live Performance, 1970 (2011)