My kids have just started reading a book called The Roots of Rock and Roll. This is fun because I get to introduce them to the different types of music we read about. So far, they love Little Richard, like John Lee Hooker and Ray Charles, tolerate Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino, and don't care for Robert Johnson at all.
Also, they couldn't identify the singer of "Jailhouse Rock." I bet they would know Big Bang though. Ugh.
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American grade-schoolers might get Elvis, but not one in 10 could tell you who Little Richard, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong or Fats Domino were. And we invented androgynous boy bands ... see http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/1978mags.htm (On second thought, maybe Little Richard did).
It sounds like a fun class, I'll bet your students were into it.
I dunno, I thought they might get Louis Armstrong because of the "Wonderful World" phenomenon. That's not what I played for them though, because we don't need more people who only know the greatest jazz musician from his worst song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUayXdz5r_A
Also, I too noticed the connection between the androgynous boy bands that are so popular here, and the students' appreciation for Little Richard. HOOOOOOO!!!!!
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