Electric, eclectic, Canadian: issues of genre and identity in the music of the Guess Who

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dc.contributor.authorDalby, Susan E.
dc.contributor.supervisorGoldman, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-14T17:41:51Z
dc.date.available2009-09-14T17:41:51Z
dc.date.copyright2009en
dc.date.issued2009-09-14T17:41:51Z
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Musicen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractConducting musical analyses over three case studies, Electric, Eclectic, Canadian: Issues of Genre and Identity in the Music of the Guess Who considers issues of genre, culture, and identity in the music of Canadian rock band the Guess Who. The first case study discusses soft rock transformations in the songs “These Eyes” (1968), “Laughing” (1969), and “Undun” (1969). The second case study examines changes in audience identification with the song “American Woman” (1970), performing comparative analyses of the Guess Who original release to Lenny Kravitz’s version (1999). The final case study discusses ideas of authenticity in the folk rock-inspired protest songs “Hand Me Down World” (1970), “Share the Land” (1970), and “Guns, Guns, Guns” (1972), comparing them to the iconic songs “For What It’s Worth” (Buffalo Springfield, 1967), “Big Yellow Taxi” (1970), “Ohio” (Neil Young, 1970 and “Southern Man” (Young, 1970). The conclusions summarise various musical and socio-political aspects of the Guess Who’s output and places it in relation to questions of national identity.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1751
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectGuess Whoen
dc.subjectGenreen
dc.subjectIdentityen
dc.subjectMusicen
dc.subjectPopular Musicen
dc.subjectRock Musicen
dc.subjectCanadianen
dc.subjectMusical analysisen
dc.subjectAmerican Womanen
dc.subjectLenny Kravitzen
dc.subjectThese Eyesen
dc.subjectLaughingen
dc.subjectUndunen
dc.subjectShare the Landen
dc.subjectHand Me Down Worlden
dc.subjectGuns, Guns, Gunsen
dc.subjectSoft Rock Musicen
dc.subjectFolk Rock Musicen
dc.subjectCanadian Identityen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Communication and the Arts::Musicen
dc.titleElectric, eclectic, Canadian: issues of genre and identity in the music of the Guess Whoen
dc.typeThesisen

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