upbgirl
08-25-2003, 01:33 AM
the book recommended for a downstate college class called 'history of rock N roll' was written by david p szatmary and this was the 4th edition.
it is titled
"Rockin' in Time: a Social History of Rock-and-Roll"
they can be found in chapter 11-soft sounds of the seventies
[believe it or not!]
there is a pic of howe with a short pleated cape on and i think it's the gibson ES-175 he's playing.
the 'clasical rock' sub chapter includes information on moody blues, procol harum, jethro tull, kiing crimson, ELP, ELO [yep-electric light orchestra!]
:rolleyes:
pink floyd, and last but not least YES!
the paragraph reads:
"Yes, a band formed in 1968 during a meeting at a London businessman's drinking club, La Chasse in Soho, featured neoclassical structures and three-part harmonies. After adding guitarist Steve Howe and classically trained pianist Rick Wakeman, the group recorded the Top-5 Fragile (1971), thier U.S. breakthrough, which contained the hit "Roundabout." "That kind of using the classical structure as a basis to make music, rather than pop music, that's where we were heading when we did Fragile ," explained Yes founder Jon Anderson. The group followed with the top-5 Close to the Edge , which consisted of three extended cuts and a four-movement title suite. By 1974, Time gushed over "the complex, educated sounds" of groups such as Yes. "Thus do barriers fall," the magazine concluded, and "such often enclosed worlds as rock music get a little sunshine in."
too bad the prof never hardly mentioned Yes at all..oh well..
just wanted to share, cause i sure liked the "sunshine" reference..
it is titled
"Rockin' in Time: a Social History of Rock-and-Roll"
they can be found in chapter 11-soft sounds of the seventies
[believe it or not!]
there is a pic of howe with a short pleated cape on and i think it's the gibson ES-175 he's playing.
the 'clasical rock' sub chapter includes information on moody blues, procol harum, jethro tull, kiing crimson, ELP, ELO [yep-electric light orchestra!]
:rolleyes:
pink floyd, and last but not least YES!
the paragraph reads:
"Yes, a band formed in 1968 during a meeting at a London businessman's drinking club, La Chasse in Soho, featured neoclassical structures and three-part harmonies. After adding guitarist Steve Howe and classically trained pianist Rick Wakeman, the group recorded the Top-5 Fragile (1971), thier U.S. breakthrough, which contained the hit "Roundabout." "That kind of using the classical structure as a basis to make music, rather than pop music, that's where we were heading when we did Fragile ," explained Yes founder Jon Anderson. The group followed with the top-5 Close to the Edge , which consisted of three extended cuts and a four-movement title suite. By 1974, Time gushed over "the complex, educated sounds" of groups such as Yes. "Thus do barriers fall," the magazine concluded, and "such often enclosed worlds as rock music get a little sunshine in."
too bad the prof never hardly mentioned Yes at all..oh well..
just wanted to share, cause i sure liked the "sunshine" reference..