Films on the minstrel show and ragtime

Minstrel show performance on TV (1960s?)


Is the minstrel show still with us today?


Player piano playing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Beatles resources

Alan W. Pollack's analyses of every Beatles song

Exam review and course outline completed

The review for the final exam is now posted under "Exam review" at right. The course outline is now completed as well.

Finally, the PowerPoint presentation for the globalization of rock has been uploaded to Blackboard.

PowerPoint presentation for punk/1980s rock

I had mistakenly uploaded an early, incomplete draft of the PowerPoint presentation for punk and 1980s rock. The correct file is now uploaded to Blackboard.

Hip hop links

• "Walk This Way," Run DMC and Aerosmith
• "Parents Just Don't Understand," DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince
• "White America," Eminem (censored version)
  

Hip hop assignments posted

The reading, listening, and writing assignments for the next class (rap and hip hop) are now posted on the syllabus.

1980s rock music videos

• Sex Pistols on Bill Grundy TV show, 1976
• Devo, "Whip It" video
• Peter Gabriel, "Sledgehammer" video
• Michael Jackson, "Thriller" video (extended version)
  
• Ronald Reagan 1984 campaign ad, "Morning in America"
• John Mellencamp, "Pink Houses" music video
• Bruce Springsteen, "Born in the U.S.A." music video