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“I Can’t Help “White Rabbit” “China Cat Myself” Sunflower” Liner Notes

We decided to create a timeline to show the progression of major movements in music his- tory from 1964-1970. We covered the , and the progression of and Psychedelic. The progression of the songs show influence throughout the years of previous developments and historical events.

We incorporated historical events that are going on at that time to show their impact on music during the mentioned time span. 1964 1965 “” “I Can’t Help Myself” The Kinks Four Tops

Genre: Rock Genre: Soul/Pop Writer: Writer: Holland-Dozier-Holland About : This song was a rock song in AABA form, intro- About this song: This song is a product of Motown and was writ- duced by the British Invasion, that was a tribute to the artists ten in a simple verse form by Motown’s most successful writing that heavily influenced The Kinks. Part of what made this song so team, Holland-Dozier-Holland. The song represents a typical style different is the innovative use of the guitar by when he of Motown products at the time. It is an orientated pop record that sliced the speaker cone of his with a razor blade and aimed at the white audiences. The lead vocal, , delivers poked it with a pin. This shows the progression of artists at the time, the lyrics, while his other group members sing as backup vocals. becoming more experimental with their songs and producing more While singing, all the team members perform a little dance move artistic tracks. which they learned from the charm school. The Brothers play This year in history: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, the instrumentation in the background while the Symphony making it illegal to discriminate based on “race, color, religion, sex or Orchestra plays the strings. national origin”. This essentially ended discrimination in the United This year in history: The involvement of the U.S. in the Vietnam war States. escalated in the year of 1965. Many uprisings and protests arose as an act of anti-war movement.

Chosen by: Allie Chosen by: Izzy 1966 1967 “You Can’t Hurry Love” “White Rabbit” The Supremes Jefferson Airplane

Genre: Pop, Soul/R&B Genre: , Writer: Holland-Dozier-Holland Writer: Grace Slick About this song: You Can’t Hurry Love is another production from About this song: “White Rabbit” was recorded on November 3, the most popular Motown writers. The recorded version shows the 1966 and released on June 24, 1967. ranked it as the stage of changing from a youth pop to modern music. The devel- 478th greatest song of all time. The timbre can be described as hav- opment from pop into R&B is shown throughout the lyrics. The lead ing a groovy sound and sounds more like talking opposed to singing. , , sings about how her daughter should wait for love. Grace Slick, the lead singer and writer of the song, came up with This is inspired by the gospel background of R&B during this decade. the song after taking acid. Additionally, the song has a Spanish style This year in history: One of the most important court decisions that beat influenced by Ravel’s “Bolero.” White Rabbit is representative of affected the idea of being innocent before proven guilty was decided its style by the use of loud, heavy music which is a characteristic of in June. Miranda v. Arizona prosecuted a man from his confession he acid rock. gave without knowing he could talk to a lawyer beforehand. After this This year in history: Communist China developed its own hydro- prosecution, the idea of having rights to protect your case was estab- gen bomb and on June 17 it was officially launched. lished,called the Miranda Rights. , everyone is read the Miranda rights when they are arrested to protect their case during court.

Chosen by: Jeff Chosen by: Lyrik 1968 1969 “Sympathy for the Devil” “China Cat Sunflower” The Rolling Stones Grateful Dead

Genre: /Hard rock Genre: Psychedelic rock Writer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Writer: Robert Hunter About this song: Sympathy for the Devil utilizes a contrasting verse chorus form layered with a prominent leading guitar, conga drums, and About this song: China Cat Sunflower has no particular form backup singers. The instrumentation is what makes the song Pop and Hard and has no chorus at all; the song is simply stanzas of differ- Rock. The Stones’ background in Blues music is also evident in Jagger’s entiating verses. Instruments used in the song include drums, wailing-like singing and lyrics that contain notably regretful, if not evil, acts bass, guitar and keyboard. The song also uses back-up vocal- in human history. ists to emphasize the lyric “china cat.” This year in history: Within this year alone, the Tet Offensive was launched from North Vietnam further causing a sense of American distrust This year in history: The most notable event to happen in with their Government, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F Kennedy were 1969 is the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon carrying Neil both assassinated, and the Mexico City Summer Olympics saw John Car- Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The term “That’s one step more los and Tommie Smith make Civil Rights stances with Black Fists on their man, one giant leap for mankind” was also coined in 1969 by podiums during their Medal Ceremony. All of these events showed the Neil Armstrong. chaotic nature of the late with Civil Rights and the Vietnam War at the forefront of national consciousness.

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