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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Sonic Youth
funk music
house music
Nirvana
2. 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.
hardcore
Kurt Cobain
David Bowie
urban folk
3. 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.
Kenny Rogers
rave
Patsy Cline
techno
4. 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.
Beastie Boys
soft soul
bluegrass
RIAA
5. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
rave
soul music
Jimi Hendrix
Willie Nelson
6. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
synthesizer
grunge rock
Willie Nelson
funk music
7. Prince is one of the most talented musicians ever to achieve mass commercial success in the field of popular music. He has sold almost forty million recordings. Between 1982 and 1992 - he placed nine albums in the Top 10 - reaching the top of the cha
Led Zeppelin
Prince
Public Enemy
country pop
8. 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.
Madonna
The Sex Pistols
alternative rock
nashville sound
9. 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.
pop rock
urban folk
Run-D.M.C.
bluegrass
10. Trio consisting of the MCs Run (Joseph Simmons - b. 1964) and D.M.C. (Darryl McDaniels - b. 1964) - and the DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell - b. 1965). Perhaps the most influential act in the history of rap music - they established a hard-edged - roc
disco
Jimi Hendrix
Def Jam
Run-D.M.C.
11. 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.
pop rock
David Bowie
Led Zeppelin
Tupac Shakur
12. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
country pop
Public Enemy
heavy metal
house music
13. 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.
rave
soft soul
M.C. Hammer
synthesizer
14. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
synthesizer
Janis Joplin
Public Enemy
The Sex Pistols
15. Form of rock music that blended elements of rock and European classical music. It included bands such as King Crimson; Emerson - Lake - and Palmer; and Pink Floyd.
art rock
Queen Latifah
soul music
Public Enemy
16. Born in Texas - Nelson was one of the most influential figures in the progressive country movement. Nelson's rise to national fame came in the mid-1970s - through his association with a group of musicians collectively known as 'the Outlaws.'
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Willie Nelson
Paul Simon
heavy metal
17. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
progressive country
Napster
Lauryn Hill
18. Born in the impoverished shantytowns of Kingston - Jamaica - reggae first became popular in the United States in 1973 - after the release of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come and its soundtrack album. The heart of reggae music consists of 'riddi
bluegrass
Donna Summer
reggae
disco
19. 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.
gangsta rap
world music
Bruce Springsteen
M.C. Hammer
20. 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
Donna Summer
bluegrass
alternative music
21. The norm since the introduction of recording in the nineteenth century. Transforms the energy of sound waves into physical imprints (as in pre-1925 acoustic recordings) or into electronic waveforms that closely follow (and can be used to reproduce) t
analog recording
reggae
Bob Marley
Dolly Parton
22. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
Madonna
MIDI
progressive country
soul music
23. 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
house music
Kenny Rogers
Queen Latifah
grunge rock
24. Marketing category that emerged around 1990; it is most often used to describe bands like are.E.M. - Sonic Youth - the Dead Kennedys - and Nirvana.
Willie Nelson
alternative rock
Napster
James Brown
25. Hip-hop artist whose work is a self-conscious alternative to the violence and sexism in the work of rap stars such as Dr. Dre - the Notorious B.I.G. - and 2Pac Shakur. Her commitment to female empowerment builds on the ground-breaking example of Quee
Lauryn Hill
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Beastie Boys
26. 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).
hardcore
bluegrass
Jimi Hendrix
sequencer
27. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Willie Nelson
gangsta rap
techno
Bob Marley
28. Born in Mexico - he began his musical career playing guitar in Tijuana. He formed his band in San Francisco in the late 1960s. Their 1971 album Abraxas established a Latin American substream within rock.
Carlos Santana
Queen Latifah
Carole King
Def Jam
29. 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
James Brown
David Bowie
Grandmaster Flash
Clear channel
30. 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.
Bob Marley
gangsta rap
countrypolitan
reggae
31. The 'Godfather of Soul.' He was known for his acrobatic physicality and remarkable charisma on stage. No other single musician has proven to be as influential on the sound and style of black music as James Brown.
hip-hop
alternative rock
James Brown
hardcore
32. 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.
MIDI
Run-D.M.C.
heavy metal
Bruce Springsteen
33. 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.
Napster
Beastie Boys
gangsta rap
M.C. Hammer
34. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
country pop
psychedelic rock
Prince
Lauryn Hill
35. 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).
hardcore
gangsta rap
Def Jam
Donna Summer
36. 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
The Sex Pistols
Aretha Franklin
countrypolitan
37. 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.
Bob Marley
David Bowie
sequencer
synthesizer
38. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
David Bowie
Bob Marley
nashville sound
39. Pioneered West Coast gangsta rap with the release of the album Straight Outta Compton. Their recordings expressed the gangsta lifestyle - saturated with images of sex and violence. The nucleus of the group was formed in 1986 - when O'Shea ;Ice C
techno
Peter Gabriel
N.W.A.
grunge rock
40. The norm since the introduction of recording in the nineteenth century. Transforms the energy of sound waves into physical imprints (as in pre-1925 acoustic recordings) or into electronic waveforms that closely follow (and can be used to reproduce) t
rave
David Bowie
gangsta rap
analog recording
41. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
soft soul
RIAA
sequencer
Grandmaster Flash
42. Rock style that emerged in the late 1970s. It was a 'back to basics' rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music—a stripped-down and often purposefully 'nonmusical' version of rock music.
urban folk
psychedelic rock
punk rock
Michael Jackson
43. 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
sampling
gangsta rap
house music
Kenny Rogers
44. Form of dance music popular in the late 1970s - characterized by elaborate studio production and an insistent beat: Donna Summer - Chic - the Village People - the Bee Gees.
Aretha Franklin
disco
house music
hardcore
45. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
countrypolitan
Patsy Cline
Tupac Shakur
Paul Simon
46. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
N.W.A.
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Ray Charles
47. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
hardcore
soft soul
grunge rock
Michael Jackson
48. Music played by San Francisco bands that encompassed a variety of styles and musical influences - including folk rock - blues - 'hard rock -' Latin music - and Indian classical music.
Aretha Franklin
psychedelic rock
reggae
Madonna
49. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
MIDI
synthesizer
country pop
bluegrass
50. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
house music
urban folk
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin