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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Springsteen's music and personal image evoked the rebellious rock 'n' rollers of the 1950s and the socially conscious folk rockers of the 1960s. His songs reflected his working-class origins and sympathies.
Tupac Shakur
breakdancing
M.C. Hammer
Bruce Springsteen
2. Hip-hop culture - forged by African American and Caribbean American youth in New York City - included distinctive styles of visual art (graffiti) - dance (an acrobatic solo style called breakdancing and an energetic couple dance called the freak) - m
hip-hop
Prince
Madonna
rave
3. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
alternative rock
soft soul
progressive country
Sonic Youth
4. British hard rock band that formed in London in 1968. Zeppelin's sledgehammer style of guitar-focused rock music drew on various influences - including urban blues - San Francisco psychedelia - and the virtuoso guitar playing of Jimi Hendrix.
breakdancing
hip-hop
Led Zeppelin
country pop
5. The most influential and economically successful member of N.W.A. He founded an independent record label (Death Row/Interscope) - cultivated a number of younger rappers - and continued to develop a distinctive hip-hop production style - christened 'G
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Aretha Franklin
Jimi Hendrix
sampling
6. Tragic victim of conflicts between East and West Coast factions within the hip-hop business. He was an up-and-coming star with Los Angeles-based Death Row Records when He was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996.
world music
country pop
Patsy Cline
Tupac Shakur
7. -one of the forerunners of the Grunge genre - originally part of the 'no wave' scene in NY -Many alternative bands such as Nirvana looked up to them -album 'Daydream Nation' was well-received by critics - and then they were signed to Geffen Records -
psychedelic rock
RIAA
Public Enemy
Sonic Youth
8. Style of folk music that grew in popularity in the burgeoning New York folk scene during the 1960s. It included artists such as Bob Dylan.
Peter Gabriel
soul music
Aretha Franklin
urban folk
9. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
house music
countrypolitan
sampling
soft soul
10. The first commercially successful white act in hip-hop. Their early recordings represent a fusion of the youth-oriented rebelliousness of hardcore punk rock—the style they began playing in 1981—with the sensibility and techniques of hip-hop.
Lauryn Hill
Jimi Hendrix
bluegrass
Beastie Boys
11. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
MP3
bluegrass
RIAA
12. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Bruce Springsteen
techno
Public Enemy
Paul Simon
13. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
N.W.A.
techno
urban folk
Carole King
14. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
grunge rock
country pop
MP3
hip-hop
15. The most successful white blues singer of the 1960s. Born in Port Arthur - Texas - Joplin came to San Francisco in the mid-1960s and joined a band called Big Brother and the Holding Company.
country pop
Dolly Parton
Janis Joplin
M.C. Hammer
16. Began his performing career as a member of the Jackson Five. He achieved unprecedented success with his 1982 album Thriller - and his elaborately produced music videos helped boost the new medium of music videos. Jackson became the first African Amer
Kenny Rogers
Michael Jackson
Carole King
M.C. Hammer
17. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Prince
Beastie Boys
country pop
sequencer
18. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
sequencer
Def Jam
Sonic Youth
MIDI
19. Publicly traded corporation that owns more than 1 -200 radio stations - 39 television stations - 100000 advertising billboards - and 100 live performance venues - ranging from huge amphitheaters to dance clubs - enabling them to present more than 70
Clear channel
Run-D.M.C.
hip-hop
analog recording
20. The first punk rock band. Formed in 1974 in New York City - the Ramones' high-speed - energetic - and extremely loud sound influenced English punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash and also became a blueprint for 1980s L.A. hardcore bands.
house music
The Ramones
hardcore
Bob Marley
21. The term 'alternative'—like the broadly equivalent terms 'underground' and 'independent'—is used across a wide range of popular genres - including rock - rap - adult contemporary - dance - folk - and country music. It is used to describe music that c
alternative music
Ray Charles
MIDI
Carlos Santana
22. Extreme variation of punk - pioneered during the early 1980s by bands in San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys) and Los Angeles (the Germs - Black Flag - X - and the Circle Jerks).
breakdancing
hardcore
Lauryn Hill
Kurt Cobain
23. Rapper from Oakland - California; hit the charts in 1990 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - which held the Number One position for twenty-one weeks and sold over ten million copies - becoming the bestselling rap album of all time.
alternative music
rave
grunge rock
M.C. Hammer
24. The leader of the Wailers and a national hero in his native Jamaica - Marley was reggae's most effective international ambassador. His songs of determination - rebellion - and faith - rooted in the Rastafarian belief system - found a worldwide audien
Sonic Youth
Bob Marley
Michael Jackson
Public Enemy
25. From the late 1980s through the 1990s - Madonna's popularity was second only to Michael Jackson's. She created controversial songs and music videos - including 'Papa Don't Preach' (1986) - 'Express Yourself' (1989) - and 'Like a Prayer' (1989).
Carlos Santana
N.W.A.
Bob Marley
Madonna
26. The most important woman in the history of hip-hop - in terms of both her commercial success and her effectiveness in establishing a feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music.
Willie Nelson
Queen Latifah
Jimi Hendrix
Bruce Springsteen
27. Veteran of folk pop groups such as the New Christy Minstrels and the First Edition - star of made-for-TV movies. One of the main beneficiaries of country pop's increasing mainstream appeal.
David Bowie
rap
Beastie Boys
Kenny Rogers
28. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
David Bowie
urban folk
The Sex Pistols
heavy metal
29. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
hardcore
alternative rock
rap
Ray Charles
30. Co-founded in 1984 by the hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons and the musician-producer Rick Rubin. During the 1980s - Def Jam cross-promoted a new generation of artists - expanding and diversifying the national audience for hip-hop - and in 1986 became
house music
Led Zeppelin
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Def Jam
31. Gangsta rapper born in Long Beach - CA - He was a protaga of Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young and collaborated on Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. Snoop's soft drawl and laid-back-but-lethal gangster persona were featured on Doggystyle - which debuted at the t
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Carlos Santana
bluegrass
Madonna
32. Regional style of alternative rock from Seattle that blended heavy metal guitar textures with hardcore punk. Bands from Seattle included Green River - Mudhoney - Pearl Jam - Nirvana - and Soundgarden.
grunge rock
gangsta rap
Tupac Shakur
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
33. Device that records musical data rather than musical sound and enables the creation of repeated sound sequences (loops) - the manipulation of rhythmic grooves - and the transmission of recorded data from one program or device to another.
nashville sound
N.W.A.
Lauryn Hill
sequencer
34. Emerged during the 1970s as one part of the cultural complex of hip-hop. It consisted of rhymed speech accompanied by funk-derived rhythmic grooves.
rap
soft soul
Janis Joplin
sequencer
35. Singer and guitarist who founded the alternative rock band Nirvana. His recordings broke through to the commercial mainstream and popularized grunge rock. He shot himself in Seattle in 1994.
Kurt Cobain
reggae
grunge rock
bluegrass
36. Style of folk music that grew in popularity in the burgeoning New York folk scene during the 1960s. It included artists such as Bob Dylan.
disco
urban folk
sampling
Carole King
37. Named after the Warehouse - a popular gay dance club in Chicago - it was a style of techno dance music. Many house recordings were purely instrumental - with elements of European synth-pop - Latin soul - reggae - rap - and jazz grafted over an insist
alternative rock
Janis Joplin
Peter Gabriel
house music
38. The most outrageous—and therefore famous—punk band - formed in 1975 in London. They were the creation of Malcolm McAllen - owner of a London boutique called Sex - which specialized in leather and rubber clothing.
The Sex Pistols
Led Zeppelin
Run-D.M.C.
funk music
39. Co-founded in 1984 by the hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons and the musician-producer Rick Rubin. During the 1980s - Def Jam cross-promoted a new generation of artists - expanding and diversifying the national audience for hip-hop - and in 1986 became
breakdancing
Def Jam
Led Zeppelin
breakdancing
40. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
sequencer
Bruce Springsteen
Queen Latifah
techno
41. A digital recording process wherein a sound source is recorded with a microphone - converted to a digital stream of binary numbers - and stored in a computer. The sampled sounds may be retrieved in a number of ways.
sampling
Carole King
sequencer
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
42. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
punk rock
Bruce Springsteen
breakdancing
heavy metal
43. Springsteen's music and personal image evoked the rebellious rock 'n' rollers of the 1950s and the socially conscious folk rockers of the 1960s. His songs reflected his working-class origins and sympathies.
Jimi Hendrix
Kurt Cobain
Led Zeppelin
Bruce Springsteen
44. Variant of hip-hop music; its emergence was heralded nationwide by the release of the album Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude). It included artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg - 2Pac Shakur - and the Notorious B.I.G.
pop rock
gangsta rap
The Ramones
house music
45. The most important woman in the history of hip-hop - in terms of both her commercial success and her effectiveness in establishing a feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music.
MIDI
Queen Latifah
Vanilla Ice
Grandmaster Flash
46. In progressive country - performers wrote songs that were more intellectual and liberal in outlook than their contemporaries and were more concerned with testing the limits of the country music tradition than with scoring hits. The key artists includ
progressive country
Dolly Parton
Bruce Springsteen
MP3
47. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
Bob Marley
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
disco
rave
48. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
MP3
Carole King
psychedelic rock
gangsta rap
49. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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50. The leader of the Wailers and a national hero in his native Jamaica - Marley was reggae's most effective international ambassador. His songs of determination - rebellion - and faith - rooted in the Rastafarian belief system - found a worldwide audien
M.C. Hammer
Bob Marley
alternative music
Public Enemy