MUSC 424 Led Zeppelin Spring 20

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Iconic Figures of Popular Music: Led Zeppelin Spring 2020

Course no. MUSC 424 Section no. 47256R Units: 2 Time: Wednesdays 10:00-11:50am Room: KDC 241

Course instructor: Bill Biersach Instructor’s office: MUS 316 Instructor’s office hours: MW 9 – 9:30 am, 12 – 1 pm Office phone: (213) 740-7416 Instructor’s email: [email protected]

Course Strategy

The class will divide into small groups who will review and present the musical material, album by album, according to guidelines of their choosing. They will also lead the discussions on the readings. This is very much a student-directed class, the professor acting as guide rather than lecturer.

Grades

Grades will be based on the following:

Weekly assignments (written discussion points based on reading assignments) 25 Points Oral presentations (album reviews) 25 Points Three essay exams 25 Points Participation (attendance and class engagement) 25 Points

Scores for course grade will be tabulated as follows:

Texts

Required (available in paperback or Kindle format):

Cole, Richard Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored Dey St. (An Imprint of William Morrow Publishers), It Books; Reprint Edition, 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0060938376 Kindle: Harper Collins e-books; Reprint edition, 2009 ASIN: B000TG1X70

Davis, Stephen Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga Dey St. (An Imprint of William Morrow Publishers), It Books; Reprint Edition, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-06-147308-1 pk.

Led Zeppelin Spring 2020 Schedule of Discussion Topics and Reading Assignments

WEEK ALBUM DATE Stephen Davis Richard Cole Hammer of Stairway to Heaven: the Gods Led Zep Uncensored

1. Preliminaries Jan. 15

2. [1] Led Zeppelin Jan. 22 Overture Chpts. 1-8 (1969) Chpts. 1-2

3. [2] Led Zeppelin II Jan. 29 Chpt. 3 Chpts. 9-19 (1969)

4. [3] Led Zeppelin III Feb. 5 Chpt. 4 Chpts. 20-23 (1970)

5. [4] Led Zeppelin IV Feb. 12 Chpt. 5 Chpts. 24-32 (1971)

6. FIRST MIDTERM Feb. 19

7. [1] Houses of the Holy Feb. 26 Chpts. 6-7 Chpts. 33-38 (1973)

8. [2] Physical Graffiti Mar. 4 Chpt. 8 Chpts. 39-46 (1975)

9. [3] Presence Mar. 11 Chpt. 9 Chpts. 47-49 (1976)

10. SPRING BREAK Mar. 18

11. [4] In through the Out Door Mar. 25 Chpts. 10-11 Chpt. 50-55 (1979)

12. SECOND MIDTERM Apr. 1

13. [1] The Song Remains the Same Apr. 8 Chpt. 12 Chpt. 56-57 (Recorded 1973, released 1976) Afterword

14. [2] BBC Sessions Apr. 15 ------(Recorded 1969 -71, released 1997)

15. [3] How the West Was Won Apr. 22 ------(Recorded 1972, released 2003)

16. [4] Celebration Day Apr. 29 ------(Recorded 2007, released 2012)

17. FINAL EXAM Monday, May 11, 9-10:00 am Devices

The professor requests that cell phones, iPads, laptop computers, and all communications devices will not be used during class, the exception being when you are presenting an album with your group.

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Bibliography (books consulted while creating and updating this course)

Brackett, David The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader (Third Edition) Oxford University Press, New York, 2005 ISBN 978-0-19-981170-0

Byrne, David How Music Works McSweeney’s, San Francisco, 2012 ISBN 978-1-938073-53-3

Charlton, Katherine Rock Music Styles: A History, Seventh edition. McGraw Hill Education, New York, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-259-92257-2

Cianc, Bob Great Rock Drummers of the Sixties Hal Leonard Publishing Corp., Milwaukee, 1989 ISBN 0-88188-830-3

Covach, John and What’s That Sound? An Introduction to Rock and Flory, Andrew It’s History (Third edition), Norton & Company, New York, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0-393-91204-3

Darling, Benjamin and Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Led Marshall, Danielle Zeppelin: Classic Rock Wisdom from the Greatest Band of All Time The Enthusiast, New York, 2016 ISBN 978-1942334132

Davis, Stephen Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga Dey St. (An Imprint of William Morrow Publishers), It Books; Reprint Edition, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-06-147308-1 pk.

Editors of Billboard. Rock Movers and Shakers. Billboard Publications, New York, 1989.

Editors of Rolling Stone Magazine The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. Rolling Stone Press, New York, 1981.

Garafalo. Reebee Rockin’ Out: Popular Music in the USA, (Fourth Edition) Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-234305-3

Guesdon, Jean-Michel, Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every and Margotin, Philippe Track Black Dog & Leventhal, New York, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-0316448672

Hoskyns, Barney Led Zeppelin: The Oral History of the World’s Greatest Rock Band Wiley, New York, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0470894323 ASIN: 0470894326

Hoskyns, Barney Trampled Underfoot: The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin Faber and Faber, New York, 2012 ISBN 978-0571259359

Larson, Thomas E. History of Rock & Roll Kendall Hunt, Dubuque, 2010. ISBN 987-4652-0532-2

Lazell, Barry Rock Movers and Shakers (editor) Billboard Publications, New York, 1989 ISBN 0-8230-7608-3

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Reel Art Press, New York, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1909526501

Lewis, Dave Evenings with Led Zeppelin: The Complete Concert And Mike Tremaglio Chronicle Omnibus Press, New York, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1783057016 ASIN: 1783057017

Page, Jimmy Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page Genesis Publications, New York, 2014 ISBN 978-1905662326

Pichaske, David A Generation in Motion: Popular Music and the Culture of the Sixties Ellis Press, Peoria, 1989 ISBN 0-944024-16-5

Schloss, Joseph G., Rock Music, Culture., and Business Starr, Larry, and Oxford University Press, New York, 2012 Waterman, Christopher ISBN: 978-0-19-975836-4

Shadwick, Keith and Led Zeppelin: 1968-1980 Led Zeppelin Backbeat Books, New York, 2005 ISBN 978-0879308711

Smith, Joe Off the Record: The Oral History of Popular Music Warner Publications, New York, 1988 ISBN 0-446-51232-X

Stambler, Irwin The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1989 ISBN 0-312-04310-4