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Nuclear Holocaust, the Kennedy Assassination, and Louie Louie

Posted on March 17, 2014

Our friend Christopher Doll will be giving a special presentation at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Wednesday, March 26th at 7pm EDT.

Christopher Doll (Rutgers University), “Nuclear Holocaust, the Kennedy Assassination, and ‘Louie Louie’: The Unlikely History of Sixties Rock and Roll”

Christopher Doll writes, “In narratives of American popular-music history, the song ‘Louie Louie’ is usually depicted (to the extent it surfaces at all) as a minor, and ultimately ephemeral, controversy: a song that initially raised eyebrows and lowered standards but that was quickly forgotten in the wake of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and other more substantive, ‘classic’ sixties artists. My talk will reposition ‘Louie Louie’ as a major turning point in the history of Anglo-American popular-music style—a unique combination of past and contemporary practices, one that anticipated some significant formal aspects of the music that would follow. An abundance of musical examples will illustrate this talk’s exploration of the relationship between sixties socio-political events and youth music, the impact of Latin music in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, the history of melodic-accompanimental textures since the advent of jazz, and the eventual global ubiquity of songs built around short loops of music.

The American Musicological Society and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (RRHOFM) in Cleveland, Ohio, are collaborating on a new lecture series that brings scholarly work to a broader audience and showcases the musicological work of the top scholars in the field.

Free and open to the public, the lectures are held in the RRHOFM’s Foster Theater.

More details at:
http://www.ams-net.org/RRHOFM-lectures/

Live Streaming at:
https://www.rockhall.com/event/AMS-Doll/

UPDATE:
Here’s the YouTube clip of Christopher’s presentation!


https://youtu.be/XdH23gjR5ws

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