1960s Song Analysis Listening Centers - Surf Sounds feat. The Beach Boys
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This Station Rotation Activity is meant to be paired with and part of a larger unit slideshow called The Suburbanization of Postwar America. Students will use this worksheet to rotate through 4 listening stations (the media is provided in the slideshow as embedded video clips).
At Station 1 - students will focus on Vocal Harmonies and listen to two songs - Song 1: “The Things We Did Last Summer,” by the Beach Boys (1963) and Song 2: “Angel Eyes,” by The Four Freshmen (1956). Ask students to think about the ways in which the groups use their voices to create a specific mood. Students will discuss and answer 5 questions before rotating to the next station.
At Station 2 - students will focus on R&B Guitar and listen to two songs - Song 1: “Fun, Fun, Fun,” by The Beach Boys (1964) and Song 2: “Johnny B. Goode,” by Chuck Berry (1958). Ask students to notice the guitar riff that was "borrowed" from Chuck Berry as they discuss and answer 4 questions before rotating to the next station.
At Station 3 - students will focus on what was called the Wall of Sound. Students will again listen to two songs - Song 1: “Don’t Worry Baby,” by The Beach Boys (1964) and Song 2: “Be My Baby,” by the Ronettes (1963). Ask students to think about the type of sound created in these songs, how the sounds were created, and what effect their sounds have on the mood of each song as they discuss and answer 3 questions before rotating to the final station.
At Station 4 - students will focus on Instrumental Reverb by listening to two more songs - Song 1: “Wipeout,” by the Surfaris (1963) and Song 2: ”Miserlou,” by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones (1962). Ask students to think about the type of sound reverb creates and what effect reverb has on a song's mood.
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