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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
progressive country
Nirvana
grunge rock
2. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
hip-hop
sampling
Public Enemy
3. 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
disco
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Patsy Cline
The Sex Pistols
4. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Sonic Youth
Def Jam
Jimi Hendrix
Kenny Rogers
5. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
grunge rock
countrypolitan
rave
hardcore
6. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
N.W.A.
Willie Nelson
rave
synthesizer
7. 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.
N.W.A.
psychedelic rock
urban folk
Kenny Rogers
8. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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9. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
James Brown
country pop
RIAA
MIDI
10. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
heavy metal
pop rock
alternative music
psychedelic rock
11. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Kurt Cobain
bluegrass
Donna Summer
hardcore
12. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Def Jam
Madonna
Ray Charles
synthesizer
13. 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
Kenny Rogers
Run-D.M.C.
house music
14. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Lauryn Hill
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
hardcore
soft soul
15. 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
Paul Simon
Michael Jackson
Willie Nelson
hip-hop
16. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
techno
analog recording
Grateful Dead
breakdancing
17. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Nirvana
Patsy Cline
punk rock
Paul Simon
18. 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
Public Enemy
soft soul
Peter Gabriel
countrypolitan
19. 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.
Run-D.M.C.
heavy metal
sampling
Jimi Hendrix
20. 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.
Kenny Rogers
urban folk
Bob Marley
Beastie Boys
21. 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
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys
analog recording
soul music
22. 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.
hip-hop
Sonic Youth
countrypolitan
Carole King
23. 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.
Public Enemy
Kurt Cobain
Dolly Parton
RIAA
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).
Ray Charles
analog recording
Janis Joplin
hardcore
25. 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.
Aretha Franklin
Dolly Parton
soul music
The Ramones
26. 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.
soul music
Carole King
Sonic Youth
Grateful Dead
27. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
David Bowie
soul music
Patsy Cline
rap
28. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
heavy metal
Madonna
world music
Willie Nelson
29. 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
RIAA
Carlos Santana
alternative music
30. 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
Public Enemy
rave
house music
Janis Joplin
31. 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.
alternative rock
hardcore
grunge rock
nashville sound
32. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
breakdancing
disco
Led Zeppelin
The Sex Pistols
33. 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).
Kurt Cobain
funk music
rave
Donna Summer
34. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
techno
Lauryn Hill
The Ramones
bluegrass
35. 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
reggae
urban folk
RIAA
rap
36. 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.
synthesizer
progressive country
Bruce Springsteen
Carole King
37. 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.
soul music
Dolly Parton
Peter Gabriel
pop rock
38. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
house music
synthesizer
world music
Grandmaster Flash
39. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Led Zeppelin
urban folk
MP3
synthesizer
40. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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41. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Nirvana
hardcore
Kenny Rogers
Jimi Hendrix
42. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
The Sex Pistols
Jimi Hendrix
Run-D.M.C.
MP3
43. 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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
MP3
synthesizer
44. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
Janis Joplin
synthesizer
Carlos Santana
Aretha Franklin
45. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
synthesizer
countrypolitan
Janis Joplin
Willie Nelson
46. 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
Ray Charles
M.C. Hammer
pop rock
47. 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
MP3
country pop
funk music
N.W.A.
48. '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.
pop rock
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
art rock
49. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
Dolly Parton
Queen Latifah
Beastie Boys
50. 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.
Madonna
psychedelic rock
James Brown
Willie Nelson