Category Archives: Music

MIRST Competitors Release (8 of 13): The Growing Rock Monster, 1970-1977

Posted on August 8, 2013 by g-mo

Note: All information below is based on my notes from my History of Rock course. The songs found at the bottom will be competing in our “Most Influential Rock Song of all Time” (MIRST) tournament, which will begin here at LivingTheDream.org on … Continue reading →

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MIRST Competitors Release (7 of 13): Psychedelia, 1966-1969

Posted on August 7, 2013 by g-mo

Note: All information below is based on my notes from my History of Rock course. The songs found at the bottom will be competing in our “Most Influential Rock Song of all Time” (MIRST) tournament, which will begin here at LivingTheDream.org on … Continue reading →

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MIRST Competitors Release (6 of 13): Motown Pop & Southern Soul, 1960-1969

Posted on August 6, 2013 by g-mo

Note: All information below is based on my notes from my History of Rock course. The songs found at the bottom will be competing in our “Most Influential Rock Song of all Time” (MIRST) tournament, which will begin here at … Continue reading →

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MIRST Competitors Release (5 of 13): American Responses, 1964-1966

Posted on August 4, 2013 by g-mo

When the British invaded, America was simultaneously moving away from the Brill Building model- emergence of the singer-songwriter came with Bob Dylan. Credited with turning the “we” of the traditional folk revival themes into a “me.” Bore criticism when he … Continue reading →

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MIRST Competitors Release (4 of 13): The Beatles and the British Invasion, 1964-1966

Posted on August 3, 2013 by g-mo

Note: All information below is based on my notes from my History of Rock course. The songs found at the bottom will be competing in our “Most Influential Rock Song of all Time” (MIRST) tournament, which will begin here at LivingTheDream.org on … Continue reading →

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MIRST Competitors Release (3 of 13): The Demise of Rock & The Promise of Soul, 1959-1963

Posted on August 2, 2013 by g-mo

Note: All information below is based on my notes from my History of Rock course. The songs found at the bottom will be competing in our “Most Influential Rock Song of all Time” (MIRST) tournament, which will begin here at … Continue reading →

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MIRST Competitors Release (2 of 13): The Birth and Flourishing of Rock And Roll, 1955-1959

Posted on August 1, 2013 by g-mo

Note: All information below is based on my notes from my History of Rock course. The songs found at the bottom will be competing in our “Most Influential Rock Song of all Time” (MIRST) tournament, which will begin here at LivingTheDream.org on … Continue reading →

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MIRST Competitors Release (1 of 13): The World Before Rock And Roll, 1900-1955

Posted on August 1, 2013 by g-mo

Note: All information below is based on my notes from my History of Rock course. The songs found at the bottom will be competing in our “Most Influential Rock Song of all Time” (MIRST) tournament, which will begin here at … Continue reading →

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Preview: A Pedagogical Approach To The Music Tournament

Posted on June 18, 2013 by g-mo

Readers, Interwebs, etcetera. Nos and I have been talking behind the scenes on how to recharge interest in the music tournaments. We’ve come a long way from the days of the original tournament of December 2010-April 2011, wherein we had … Continue reading →

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Free Class On The History of Rock? Yes, please.

Posted on May 15, 2013 by g-mo

Call it a keeping myself occupied move on my part- I signed up for a Coursera course and am currently listening to the Andrews Sisters sing “Shoo Shoo Baby” (1938) on Grooveshark. But let me back up a second… …so … Continue reading →

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