Tweet 13/06/2014 11:41 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll We're filming this lecture for YouTube so watch this space! 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:44 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll In the history of Rock and Roll, did White America provide anything? 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:46 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Music from The Hills - white music had the same four chords. Hank Williams dressed as a cowboy. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:47 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Next to the black music, Hanks Williams' music sounded very 'sweet'. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:50 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Authenticity and fakery - Hank wrote to sell records to white people. Black music was authentic experiences. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:51 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll After WWII, teenagers were 'invented' in America. Manufactured primarily by US marketing. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:52 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Young white Americans started to hear the music by people such as Ray Charles. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:54 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll "Chuck Berry was arguably the first musician to use an electric guitar" 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:59 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Elvis was not the first white 'rock and roller'. Bill Haley was. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:00 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll "Rock around the Clock" was a huge hit 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:01 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Everyone who bought it was over 40. The advertising executives missed their target market. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:03 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll All Elvis Presley songs were written for him. He managed to marry the black tradition with the white tradition. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:05 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Hound Dog was the black tradition; But it virtually invented white rock and roll. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:07 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll "Hound Dog was not really authentic but it is a brilliant track" 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:11 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll "Britain had an Elvis - Cliff Richard" 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:13 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll What happens next? Rock and Roll was dying in the US, but in Britain US records would come in and it was new. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:16 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll "The Beatles tried to sing a Chuck Berry song" It lacks for some people authenticity, you can't "feel" it. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:17 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll An Important moment in Rock and Roll - a song which doesn't play 3 chords - The Beatles introduced new chords. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:19 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll The Beatles introduced new chords into blues based songs. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:22 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll The Beatles should be thanked for the modern melodies we hear today. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:23 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Also in London, The Rolling Stones kept the chords but would put in an extra chord in somewhere & "popify" it. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:27 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll The Rolling Stones early on had American themes. They stopped it sounding like the blues by putting in 4th chord 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:28 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Playing The Rolling Stones song without the fourth chord, it sounds exactly like a blues song. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:30 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Nearly every sampled record, most melodies today are still based around the three blues chords. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:31 PM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll When The Beatles did split up, they went back to the blues style in their last record. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 12:35 PM #LectureWeek2014- #RocknRoll is a fusion of soul, jazz, blues. Without these you couldn't have modern rock and roll. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 02:22 PM Tomorrow, Parents are invited to the Prep School to learn more about the new Prep Baccalaureate scheme. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 06:02 PM @JeremyPalmer7 Great! Mr Edwards did mention in his lecture that Cliff had just performed there! 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 16/06/2014 08:41 AM There's not long left until Commemoration Day 2014 - just two more weeks of term left. #CountdownToCommem 0 0 2014 16/06/2014
Tweet 16/06/2014 10:13 AM We are saddened to hear of the death of Prof Sir Michael Drury - OB (L 39-43), Governor, Vice President & Friend of the School #RestInPeace 0 0 2014 16/06/2014
Tweet 16/06/2014 10:15 AM It's university application day at the Senior School today. We look forward to welcoming OBs back to talk to current pupils too. 0 0 2014 16/06/2014
Tweet 17/06/2014 07:55 AM RT @petesherwin: Huge day. The U17s travel to @BromsSchool for a national cup 1/4 final. #bscricket2014 @bedfordschool 0 0 2014 17/06/2014
Tweet 17/06/2014 07:55 AM Good Luck to the U17s who take on @BedfordSchool in the Quarter Final of the National Cup. 0 0 2014 17/06/2014
Tweet 17/06/2014 08:27 AM Hi @maybeits11inchs, Please contact the Admissions Department - admissions@bromsgrove-school.co.uk -we'd be happy to answer your questions. 0 0 2014 17/06/2014
Tweet 17/06/2014 08:28 AM RT @clearway_dw: We installed aluminium windows and doors for the Bromsgrove School redevelopment ow.ly/y4o0m #Birmingham http:/… 0 0 2014 17/06/2014
Tweet 17/06/2014 01:01 PM Pupils on the Bromsgrove Service Community Project are visiting @newcollworc today to deliver tactile dice made for them by our students. 0 0 2014 17/06/2014
Tweet 17/06/2014 02:21 PM We've got an afternoon of musical extravaganza - The Junior Summer Concert at Prep and the Informal Concert in the Old Chapel at Senior. 0 0 2014 17/06/2014
Tweet 17/06/2014 04:51 PM RT @the_iog: @BromsSchool are recruiting Grounds Person, closing date 1 July, more info on our website ow.ly/y8kCc 0 0 2014 17/06/2014
Tweet 18/06/2014 07:31 AM We wish a safe journey to the UIV #Classics Group for their trip to Bath today. 0 0 2014 18/06/2014
Tweet 18/06/2014 10:03 AM The last ever Headmaster's Blog by Mr Edwards is now online - please go to goo.gl/yFCqy 0 0 2014 18/06/2014
Tweet 18/06/2014 12:07 PM RT @SkiRaceAnna: Looking forward to #schoolsgames @BromsSchool next week @SportingChamp1 @morethansporthw @yourschoolgames @Sport_England @… 0 0 2014 18/06/2014
Tweet 18/06/2014 12:08 PM @SkiRaceAnna @morethansporthw @YourSchoolGames It will be a great #SchoolGames! Looking forward to welcoming you to #BromsgroveSchool 0 0 2014 18/06/2014
Tweet 18/06/2014 12:09 PM RT @IE_Today: Bromsgrove kids visit construction site ie-today.co.uk/Featured-Conte… @BromsSchool #independentschools #buildingschools http://t.co/… 0 0 2014 18/06/2014
Tweet 18/06/2014 12:11 PM RT @MissB_North: Do I look scary? Ear defenders, rifle with blank rounds at the ready, section attack time!!! #ccf #BromsgroveSchool http:/… 0 0 2014 18/06/2014
Tweet 18/06/2014 12:11 PM Great photo @MissB_North! We hope everyone enjoyed the day. 0 0 2014 18/06/2014
Tweet 18/06/2014 01:33 PM @newcollworc students with pupils from Bromsgrove School, who delivered the tactile dice yesterday. 0 0 2014 18/06/2014