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ACTIVITY: MUSIC ANALYSIS OF THE 1970s - "ERA OF DISCO & EVOLUTION"

Directions: Complete the chart on the other sheet first. Use YouTube to access the music clips. Once you have completed the
chart, complete the reflection below.

1. What song did you like the best? Why?

Stair way to heaven. Guitar solo and variety

2. What song did you like the least? Why?

none

3. What song do you believe captured the mood of the time period best? Why?

Staying Alive. Has a lot of elements that where popular at the time.
 Music Analysis Chart
SONG #1 SONG #2 SONG #3
What is the title of imagine Bohemian Rhapsody Stayin' Alive
the song?

John Lennon Queen Bee Gess

Who performed the
song?

What is the Ballade Rock Ballade Disco

tone/mood of the
music?

For what type of Teenagers, Adults Teenagers, Adults Teenagers

audience do you think
this music was
written/performed?

Describe your none none none

emotional response to
the music.

"Imagine there ́s no heaven It ́s easy if "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? "Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
you try No hell below us Above us Caught in a landslide No escape from I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose"
Read/Listen to the reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies
lyrics and write 2 only sky Imagine all the people Living He is a very good dancer.
and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no
bullet points for today" You shouldn't be so sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go
describing what the "Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
obsessed with death and you should A little high, little low Anyway the wind Somebody help me, yeah" His dancing
performer/author is
trying to say to live in the moment. blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me" career isn't helping him in the real world.
his/her audience. Someone that is isolated from society
"Imagine there ́s no countries It isn't going insane.
hard to do Nothing to kill or die for
"Mama, just killed a ma Put a gun against
Be certain to support And no religion too Imagine all the his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
you point of view with people Living life in peace" We are Mama, life had just begun But now I've
2 specific examples
very divided with religions and gone and thrown it all away" Your live can
from the lyrics.
countries disagreeing on everything. change very quickly.
 Music Analysis Chart
SONG #4 SONG #5 SONG #6
What is the title of Dancing Queen Stairway to heaven Superstition
the song?

ABBA Led Zeppelin Stevie Wonder

Who performed the
song?

What is the Dance, Disco Rock Dance, Disco

tone/mood of the
music?

For what type of Teenagers Teenagers, adults Teenagers, Adults

audience do you think
this music was
written/performed?

Describe your none none none

emotional response to
the music.

"Friday night and the lights are low "There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is "When you believe in things that you
Looking out for the place to go Where gold" She believes everything that she don't understand, Then you suffer,
Read/Listen to the
they play the right music, getting in the hears. Superstition ain't the way." You should
lyrics and write 2
swing You come in to look for a king" understand things yourself rather than
bullet points
describing what the She is going out to a dance and looking "There's a sign on the wall but she wants blindly believing them.
performer/author is for a partner. to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes
trying to say to words have two meanings" She's trying to "Thirteen month old baby, broke the
his/her audience. "You're a teaser, you turn 'em on make sure that nobody is misleading lookin' glass, Seven years of bad luck,
Leave them burning and then you're the good things in your past." 13 is seen
gone Looking out for another, anyone as a very unlucky number.
will do You're in the mood for a dance
Be certain to support And when you get the chance" Dance
you point of view with with someone to the point just before
2 specific examples
they start to like you and then move on.
from the lyrics.
Dancing Queen
Performed by ABBA
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You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the Dancing Queen

Friday night and the lights are low

Looking out for the place to go
Where they play the right music, getting in the swing
You come in to look for a king
Anybody could be that guy
Night is young and the music's high
With a bit of rock music, everything is fine
You're in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance

You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the Dancing Queen

You're a teaser, you turn 'em on

Leave them burning and then you're gone
Looking out for another, anyone will do
You're in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance

You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the Dancing Queen
Stairway to Heaven
Performed by Led Zeppelin
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There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure

'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west

And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now

It's just a spring clean for the May queen

Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
And it makes me wonder

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all, yeah
To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

Superstition
Performed by Stevie Wonder
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Very superstitious, writings on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass,
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.

When you believe in things that you don't understand,

Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way.

Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,

Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong,
You don't want to save me, sad is my song.

When you believe in things that you don't understand,

Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh.

Very superstitious, nothin' more to say,

Very superstitious, the devil's on his way,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass,
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past.

When you believe in things that you don't understand,

Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no.
Imagine
Performed by John Lennon
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Imagine there´s no heaven
It´s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there´s no countries

It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say I´m a dreamer

But I´m not the only one
I hope someday you´ll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say I´m a dreamer

But I´m not the only one
I hope someday you´ll join us
And the world will live as one
Bohemian Rhapsody
Performed by Queen
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Is this the real life? But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
Is this just fantasy? He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Caught in a landslide Spare him his life from this monstrosity
No escape from reality Easy come easy go will you let me go
Open your eyes Bismillah! No we will not let you go - let him go
Look up to the skies and see Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Bismillah! We will not let you go let me go
Because I'm easy come, easy go Will not let you go let me go (never)
A little high, little low Never let you go let me go
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to Never let me go ooo
me, to me No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Mama, just killed a man Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
Put a gun against his head For me
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead For me
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
Mama, ooo So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Didn't mean to make you cry Oh baby can't do this to me baby
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Just gotta get out just gotta get right outta here
Carry on, carry on, but nothing really matters
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Too late, my time has come Nothing really matters
Sends shivers down my spine Anyone can see
Body's aching all the time Nothing really matters nothing really matters to me
Goodbye everybody I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Anyway the wind blows
Mama, ooo (anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man

Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico
Stayin Alive
Performed by the Bee Gees
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Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a woman's man: no time to talk
Music loud and women warm, I've been kicked around
Since I was born
And now it's all right, I don't care
And you may look the other way
We can try to understand
The new york times' effect on man

Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother

You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive

Well now, I get low and I get high

And if I can't get either, I really try
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose
You know it's all right, it's ok
I'll live to see another day
We can try to understand
The new york times' effect on man

Chorus

Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me

Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk

I'm a woman's man: no time to talk
Music loud and women warm
I've been kicked around since I was born
And now it's all right, it's ok
And you may look the other way
We can try to understand
The new york times' effect on man

Chorus

Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me

Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
I'm stayin' alive
I Will Survive
Performed by Gloria Gaynor
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At first I was afraid For someone who's loving me
I was petrified Go on now go walk out the door
Kept thinking I could never live Just turn around now
Without you by my side 'Cause you're not welcome anymore
But then I spent so many nights
Thinking how you did me wrong Weren't you the one who tried to break me with
I grew strong goodbye
I learned how to get along You think I'd crumble
You think I'd lay down and die
And so you're back Oh no, not I
From outer space I will survive
I just walked in to find you here As long as I know how to love
With that sad look upon your face I know I will stay alive
I should have changed that stupid lock I've got all my life to live
I should have made you leave your key I've got all my love to give
If I had known for just one second And I'll survive
You'd be back to bother me I will survive (oh)

Go on now go walk out the door Go on now go walk out the door
Just turn around now Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore 'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with Weren't you the one who tried to break me with
goodbye goodbye
You think I'd crumble You think I'd crumble
You think I'd lay down and die You think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
Oh no, not I I will survive
I will survive As long as I know how to love
As long as I know how to love I know I will stay alive
I know I will stay alive I've got all my life to live
I've got all my life to live I've got all my love to give
I've got all my love to give And I'll survive
And I'll survive I will survive
I will survive (hey hey) I will survive... !

It took all the strength I had

Not to fall apart
Kept trying hard to mend
The pieces of my broken heart

And I spent oh so many nights

Just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
And you see me

Somebody new
I'm not that chained up little girl
Who fell in love with you
And so you felt like dropping in
And just expect me to be free
Now I'm saving all my loving