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Music Appreciation
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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.
Led Zeppelin
Bruce Springsteen
Carlos Santana
Bob Marley
2. Internet-based software program that enabled computer users to share and swap files - specifically music - through a centralized file server. A federal court injunction forced Napster to shut down operations in February 2001.
grunge rock
Napster
Bruce Springsteen
reggae
3. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Public Enemy
Bruce Springsteen
David Bowie
Jimi Hendrix
4. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
progressive country
Carole King
MIDI
5. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
bluegrass
rave
reggae
Paul Simon
6. 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
Ray Charles
breakdancing
Clear channel
disco
7. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
progressive country
Def Jam
soft soul
nashville sound
8. One of the biggest stars to emerge from disco in the 1970s. She sang on several disco classics - including 'Love to Love You Baby' (1976) and 'Good Times' (1979).
Donna Summer
Grandmaster Flash
Public Enemy
soft soul
9. 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
techno
RIAA
reggae
The Sex Pistols
10. 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).
Madonna
rap
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Ray Charles
11. 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
Paul Simon
heavy metal
Run-D.M.C.
rap
12. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
synthesizer
techno
Run-D.M.C.
Public Enemy
13. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Clear channel
alternative rock
Grateful Dead
Paul Simon
14. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
rap
Vanilla Ice
Tupac Shakur
pop rock
15. 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
Bob Marley
disco
art rock
Def Jam
16. 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.
sampling
Beastie Boys
Janis Joplin
gangsta rap
17. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
synthesizer
progressive country
Janis Joplin
Peter Gabriel
18. 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
sequencer
Vanilla Ice
Run-D.M.C.
Clear channel
19. 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.
Jimi Hendrix
The Sex Pistols
M.C. Hammer
psychedelic rock
20. 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.
Madonna
Tupac Shakur
rave
disco
21. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
punk rock
soft soul
breakdancing
RIAA
22. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
rave
Patsy Cline
Peter Gabriel
sampling
23. 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.
gangsta rap
punk rock
Dolly Parton
alternative rock
24. Got his start in the 1960s as a member of the famous folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel. His album Graceland (1986) was a global collaboration recorded in South Africa - England - and the United States. It is the album responsible - more than any othe
disco
MIDI
Paul Simon
hardcore
25. 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.
rap
funk music
Carlos Santana
Sonic Youth
26. 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.
Bob Marley
Tupac Shakur
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Public Enemy
27. 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).
disco
hardcore
Sonic Youth
Dolly Parton
28. 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
hardcore
breakdancing
Beastie Boys
Lauryn Hill
29. 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.
nashville sound
M.C. Hammer
Bruce Springsteen
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
30. 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
The Ramones
Peter Gabriel
Kenny Rogers
Carlos Santana
31. 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
soft soul
David Bowie
analog recording
Def Jam
32. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
alternative rock
Vanilla Ice
Def Jam
David Bowie
33. 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
Bruce Springsteen
Sonic Youth
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
house music
34. 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
M.C. Hammer
urban folk
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Vanilla Ice
35. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Willie Nelson
Bob Marley
Ray Charles
Lauryn Hill
36. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Clear channel
countrypolitan
Nirvana
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
37. 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.
world music
Willie Nelson
Kenny Rogers
punk rock
38. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
soft soul
rave
pop rock
Napster
39. 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
Dolly Parton
sampling
The Sex Pistols
reggae
40. 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
MP3
bluegrass
alternative music
41. 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.
Led Zeppelin
Ray Charles
countrypolitan
Dolly Parton
42. Founded in 1982 - Public Enemy was organized around a core set of members who met as college students - drawn together by their interest in hip-hop culture and political activism. The group included the standard hip-hop configuration of two MCs—Chuck
progressive country
Madonna
Public Enemy
Kenny Rogers
43. 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
funk music
The Sex Pistols
44. 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
grunge rock
The Sex Pistols
Donna Summer
45. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
Willie Nelson
Grandmaster Flash
reggae
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
Janis Joplin
Paul Simon
psychedelic rock
progressive country
47. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Bruce Springsteen
Patsy Cline
Grandmaster Flash
nashville sound
48. 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.
Led Zeppelin
The Ramones
Napster
hardcore
49. 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.
Aretha Franklin
Ray Charles
Public Enemy
gangsta rap
50. Parton was born in the hill country of Tennessee and began her recording career at age eleven. She moved to Nashville in 1964 and built her career with regular appearances on country music radio and television.
Dolly Parton
The Sex Pistols
pop rock
alternative rock