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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Janis Joplin
Kenny Rogers
house music
Peter Gabriel
2. 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
James Brown
RIAA
Carlos Santana
3. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Jimi Hendrix
disco
Led Zeppelin
grunge rock
4. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
rap
techno
Paul Simon
The Ramones
5. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
country pop
Clear channel
disco
reggae
6. 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).
psychedelic rock
progressive country
hardcore
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
7. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
rave
art rock
gangsta rap
nashville sound
8. 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
soft soul
house music
rap
sampling
9. 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.
Kenny Rogers
Jimi Hendrix
sequencer
grunge rock
10. 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
Dolly Parton
Prince
psychedelic rock
sequencer
11. 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.
Tupac Shakur
rap
breakdancing
Carlos Santana
12. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Grateful Dead
Beastie Boys
Aretha Franklin
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
13. 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
Paul Simon
Donna Summer
analog recording
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
14. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Def Jam
heavy metal
soul music
Peter Gabriel
15. 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.
sampling
heavy metal
Kenny Rogers
Donna Summer
16. 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.
Jimi Hendrix
gangsta rap
disco
David Bowie
17. 'The Queen of Soul -' she began singing gospel music at an early age and had several hit records with Atlantic - including 'Respect' in 1967 and 'Think' in 1968.
Bruce Springsteen
Aretha Franklin
Paul Simon
Donna Summer
18. 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
Michael Jackson
Def Jam
Kenny Rogers
MIDI
19. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
soul music
David Bowie
Carlos Santana
punk rock
20. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
rap
Patsy Cline
Madonna
N.W.A.
21. Ice's first album - To the Extreme (1990) - monopolized the Number One position for sixteen weeks in early 1991 - selling seven million copies. When it was discovered that Van Winkle - raised in reasonably comfortable circumstances in a middle-class
Peter Gabriel
Queen Latifah
Aretha Franklin
Vanilla Ice
22. 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
Janis Joplin
hardcore
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
23. 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
Michael Jackson
progressive country
MIDI
Def Jam
24. 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
Sonic Youth
Beastie Boys
analog recording
MP3
25. 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.
The Ramones
psychedelic rock
disco
Kurt Cobain
26. 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
hip-hop
MP3
Patsy Cline
27. 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
country pop
analog recording
urban folk
28. 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.
Public Enemy
country pop
Kurt Cobain
The Ramones
29. Centered on the creation of a strong rhythmic momentum or groove - with the electric bass and bass drum often playing on all four main beats of the measure - the snare drum and other instruments playing equally strongly on the second and fourth beats
M.C. Hammer
funk music
urban folk
soft soul
30. 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.
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
alternative music
Kenny Rogers
analog recording
31. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
James Brown
countrypolitan
hip-hop
RIAA
32. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
world music
James Brown
hip-hop
Beastie Boys
33. 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
MP3
Ray Charles
34. 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.
Aretha Franklin
disco
sequencer
RIAA
35. 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.
hardcore
rave
Kenny Rogers
Carlos Santana
36. 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)
Run-D.M.C.
Grandmaster Flash
psychedelic rock
37. Achieved celebrity as a member of the art rock group Genesis before embarking on a solo career. Gabriel's best-selling single 'Sledgehammer' became Number One pop and Number Sixty-one R&B in 1986. The award-winning video version of 'Sledgehammer' was
MIDI
Clear channel
Peter Gabriel
Michael Jackson
38. 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.'
Willie Nelson
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
heavy metal
Bruce Springsteen
39. 'The Queen of Soul -' she began singing gospel music at an early age and had several hit records with Atlantic - including 'Respect' in 1967 and 'Think' in 1968.
Run-D.M.C.
art rock
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Aretha Franklin
40. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Grateful Dead
reggae
rap
funk music
41. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
alternative rock
Ray Charles
Napster
alternative rock
42. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
hip-hop
Sonic Youth
countrypolitan
alternative music
43. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Carlos Santana
Run-D.M.C.
soft soul
Dolly Parton
44. -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 -
Janis Joplin
Prince
urban folk
Sonic Youth
45. 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
Paul Simon
progressive country
Kurt Cobain
46. 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.
James Brown
bluegrass
Napster
Grandmaster Flash
47. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Tupac Shakur
Nirvana
Grateful Dead
techno
48. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
The Ramones
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
techno
Grandmaster Flash
49. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
Michael Jackson
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
house music
RIAA
50. 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
Ray Charles
bluegrass
Napster
Lauryn Hill