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The cultural critic Kenneth Tynan once described The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper as ‘a decisive moment in the history of western civilization.' A bit over-the-top, perhaps, for pop music; a bit odd, too, insofar as post-war popular music has been closely associated with the United States and The Beatles were Brits. Where was the American Sergeant Pepper ? This course explores one candidate in the shape of ‘the greatest popular music album never heard,' Smile . Created by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, Smile was originally scheduled to appear in early 1967 but was abandoned, incomplete, shortly thereafter. Yet after decades in which it was elevated to cult status, buried under layers of myth and folklore, but heard only via obscure bootlegs, in September 2004 this previously ‘unfinished symphony' was finally released on CD in a newly recorded version - to rave reviews, poll triumphs and prestigious awards. What might Tynan have said?
This course is intended to enable an informed critical assessment and appreciation of the album. Primarily a blend of textual and thematic analysis and cultural and social history, the course will explore some of the recording's main concerns: on the one hand, western expansion, the subjugation of nature, and the American historical experience; on the other, alternative spiritualities, romanticism and the redemptive powers of music. Building on knowledge and concepts introduced in previous courses in History and Society, Media Studies and Literary History (though these courses aren't required preconditions to take this emne ), seminars will relate the recording to the circumstances of its conception, from the early 1960s ‘folk revival' and the so-called ‘British invasion' of the American pop music scene to the nascent influence of psychedelics and the Los Angeles counterculture. They will also consider Smile in terms of its inspirations and politics, as well as its status as art and commodity. Classes will feature heroes and villains, Plymouth rock and Chinese rolls, a fine DVD and some Good Vibrations.
Bestået bacheloruddannelse.
Dale Carter
Undervisningen i disciplinen foregår på hold, og der lægges vægt på arbejdsformer, der kan omfatte læsning af primær- og sekundærtekster, mundtlige bidrag fra de studerende, holddiskussioner samt gruppearbejde.
Engelsk
Required Set Texts. There will be one written and one musical set text, which all students should obtain: Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson Presents Smile (Nonesuch 7559-79846-2 [2004]); and Domenic Priore, Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece (London: Sanctuary, 2005), ISBN-10: 1-86074-627-6; ISBN-13: 978-18607-46277. Priore's book will be available from Geneviève Munck International Book Service (Klostergade 33, 8000 Århus C; tel: 86 19 50 42; email <gmunck@post3.tele.dk>). There will also be a compendium of readings.
Suggested Preliminary Reading . Students are encouraged to do some preliminary reading to familiarize themselves with the contexts within which Smile was conceived. Though bookshop copies of the following books have not been ordered by me, and you are not required to buy them, they will give you a useful general introduction to the subject. The websites might whet appetites.
Barney Hoskyns, Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes and the Sound of Los Angeles (1996)
Domenic Priore, Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile! (1995)
Peter Ames Carnes, Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson (2006)
Nick Bromell, Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s (2000)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smile-Brian-Wilson/dp/B0002LI11M
http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/uk/bands/singleband/van-dyke-parks/
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