Here are the 15 keepers:
Which means here are the 15 voted off the island:
This brings the cumulative totals to: 4 of 4 votes: 9 songs
3 of 4 votes: 3 songs
2 of 4 votes: 6 songs
1 of 4 votes: 3 songs
0 of 4 votes: 9 songs
While this concludes the White Album presentations for June, I have two more non-White-album events next week:
Monday, 25 June 2018, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, 1755 E Center Rd, Kokomo, IN The Beatles & The Rolling Stones Ask anybody to name two English rock bands from the 1960s and the response will likely be, "The Beatles and The Rolling Stones." This 60-minute multimedia presentation will compare and contrast the two through musical examples and interviews with the band members. Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Tippecanoe County Public Library, 627 South St, Lafayette, IN The Influence of American Rock 'n' Roll on the Beatles Before the Beatles ever wrote their own songs or performed on stage, they were inspired to do so by American rock 'n' roll records. This 90-minute multimedia program illustrates the influence of Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and other American recording artists from the 1950's on the Beatles through side-by-side comparisons and musical analysis of Beatles covers and original recordings.
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I delivered Carte Blanche: The Beatles' White Album last night in Zionsville, IN to an audience of 28. That means a minimum of 15 votes were required to establish a majority when voting which songs to keep and which to disregard. Here are the 15 tracks that obtained that majority of at least 15 votes:
That means these 15 didn't make the grade:
With these updated votes, here is our running tally: 3 or 3 votes: 9 songs
2 of 3 votes: 7 songs
1 of 3 votes: 4 songs
0 of 3 votes: 10 songs
Round 4, the final round of June, will take place tonight:
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Westfield Washington Public Library, 333 W Hoover St, Westfield, IN Carte Blanche: The Beatles' White Album Yesterday I delivered a presentation on The White Album at the Eckhart Public Library in Auburn, IN. Afterwards, we discussed and voted which songs should be kept and which should be discarded as we whittled the double album down to a single disc.
Yesterday's 15 keepers:
That means these 15 were eliminated:
So here are the cumulative totals after round two: 2 of 2 votes: 12 songs
1 of 2 votes: 6 songs
0 of 2 votes: 12 songs
Rounds three and four will take place later this week: Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 6:00-8:00 p.m. (NOTE THE START TIME CHANGE FROM 6:30 TO 6:00!) Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Library, 250 N 5th St, Zionsville, IN Carte Blanche: The Beatles' White Album Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Westfield Washington Public Library, 333 W Hoover St, Westfield, IN Carte Blanche: The Beatles' White Album Though I've presented on The White Album several times, I had never done so collaboratively before yesterday. With its 30 stylistically diverse tracks, it is particularly well-suited to multiple interpretations and perspectives. And last night at the Arthur J. Miller library in Warren, MI, I paired up with Beatles expert Bob Koski to discuss and debate the merits of all 30 songs, before letting the audience decide by vote which half to keep and which half to discard.
When it was all said and done, here are the 15 tracks the audience voted to keep:
That means they threw out these 15:
After the final tally, one audience member said, "I think I'd prefer the album of rejects!" And indeed, that's one of the points of the exercise: In forcing ourselves to throw out half of the music, we come to better understand that The White Album genuinely needs to be a double album - you can't get rid of half the music without fundamentally altering the nature of the album! Since 2018 is the 50th anniversary of The While Album, I'll be delivering this program several more times this summer. I plan to keep track of each vote, and after the final presentation I'll total up the tallies to see which tracks are the most and least popular. Meanwhile, however, I'll be presenting a relatively new program tonight in Ortonville... Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Brandon Township Public Library, 8636 304 South St, Ortonville, MI The History of Popular Music in America As the United States developed into an international superpower in the mid-Twentieth Century, so too America's music grew into an international force. This 90-minute multimedia presentation will trace the development of popular music in America from the conclusion of World War II to the present. Artists discussed will include Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and Eminem, among others. ... and returning to an old favorite I've done a couple hundred times on Saturday in Caro: Saturday, 9 June 2018, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Caro Area District Library, 840 W Frank St, Caro, MI The Beatles: Band of the Sixties Explore the music of the Beatles in this 60-minute multimedia presentation (part history and part musical analysis) spanning the full 1960's: beginning with the band's seminal visits to Hamburg, continuing through Beatlemania, and concluding with Abbey Road. The program will be supplemented with audio clips of music and excerpts from interviews with the band members. |
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