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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Grateful Dead
Bruce Springsteen
Napster
rap
2. 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.
Grandmaster Flash
sampling
Janis Joplin
M.C. Hammer
3. 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
Patsy Cline
Grandmaster Flash
rave
Bob Marley
4. '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
sampling
world music
5. 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
James Brown
Beastie Boys
Donna Summer
6. 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.'
Sonic Youth
Janis Joplin
Carlos Santana
Willie Nelson
7. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Patsy Cline
Tupac Shakur
Carlos Santana
8. -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 -
Vanilla Ice
Prince
The Ramones
Sonic Youth
9. '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.
bluegrass
Aretha Franklin
soul music
Queen Latifah
10. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Grandmaster Flash
soft soul
Carole King
11. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
reggae
sequencer
12. 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
breakdancing
Bruce Springsteen
RIAA
13. 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
Bruce Springsteen
nashville sound
hip-hop
Donna Summer
14. 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.
Grateful Dead
Led Zeppelin
Napster
disco
15. 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.
pop rock
Donna Summer
Queen Latifah
disco
16. 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
M.C. Hammer
gangsta rap
Bruce Springsteen
17. 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
Vanilla Ice
house music
gangsta rap
bluegrass
18. 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
Grandmaster Flash
Beastie Boys
James Brown
Michael Jackson
19. 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.
Nirvana
synthesizer
Dolly Parton
synthesizer
20. 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
Def Jam
progressive country
urban folk
21. 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).
Sonic Youth
Def Jam
Madonna
country pop
22. 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
sequencer
rap
alternative music
23. 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.
Madonna
The Sex Pistols
Prince
psychedelic rock
24. 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).
Willie Nelson
Vanilla Ice
hardcore
bluegrass
25. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
gangsta rap
Prince
MIDI
Carole King
26. 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.
The Ramones
countrypolitan
James Brown
rave
27. 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
The Ramones
hardcore
N.W.A.
Prince
28. 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
Prince
Public Enemy
Donna Summer
sampling
29. 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
Paul Simon
country pop
Donna Summer
Public Enemy
30. 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.
Carole King
MIDI
M.C. Hammer
art rock
31. 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.
Aretha Franklin
nashville sound
punk rock
breakdancing
32. 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.
Nirvana
M.C. Hammer
countrypolitan
Run-D.M.C.
33. 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.
Willie Nelson
Patsy Cline
techno
disco
34. 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.
disco
Kenny Rogers
punk rock
Carlos Santana
35. 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.
The Ramones
Bob Marley
grunge rock
Grandmaster Flash
36. 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.
techno
alternative rock
Napster
Kenny Rogers
37. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
M.C. Hammer
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
world music
soul music
38. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Def Jam
Ray Charles
rap
39. 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
heavy metal
Peter Gabriel
Run-D.M.C.
Madonna
40. 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
soul music
Ray Charles
Lauryn Hill
Def Jam
41. 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
Sonic Youth
urban folk
Clear channel
Bob Marley
42. 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
Vanilla Ice
Carlos Santana
bluegrass
43. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Peter Gabriel
bluegrass
pop rock
MP3
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 -
Vanilla Ice
Dolly Parton
Sonic Youth
Ray Charles
45. 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
Kurt Cobain
rave
Michael Jackson
46. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
countrypolitan
The Sex Pistols
Queen Latifah
analog recording
47. 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.
Led Zeppelin
gangsta rap
synthesizer
art rock
48. 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.
Lauryn Hill
Bob Marley
urban folk
Led Zeppelin
49. 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.
punk rock
progressive country
Def Jam
hip-hop
50. 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
The Sex Pistols
alternative rock
The Ramones
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young