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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Carlos Santana
David Bowie
Grandmaster Flash
Beastie Boys
2. 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.
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
alternative rock
progressive country
Willie Nelson
3. 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
Clear channel
psychedelic rock
Sonic Youth
4. 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.
Peter Gabriel
Queen Latifah
MIDI
The Ramones
5. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
Beastie Boys
rave
Donna Summer
Public Enemy
6. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
world music
Donna Summer
urban folk
rap
7. 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
Peter Gabriel
Paul Simon
Ray Charles
rap
8. 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.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
MIDI
Vanilla Ice
urban folk
9. 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
countrypolitan
David Bowie
house music
alternative rock
10. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
progressive country
Dolly Parton
soft soul
11. 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.
reggae
disco
gangsta rap
Aretha Franklin
12. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
Madonna
James Brown
MIDI
Public Enemy
13. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
sampling
James Brown
rave
breakdancing
14. 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
Janis Joplin
The Ramones
Willie Nelson
Clear channel
15. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Grandmaster Flash
grunge rock
16. 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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Janis Joplin
Grateful Dead
17. 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
alternative music
Ray Charles
Dolly Parton
18. 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.
breakdancing
art rock
hardcore
Lauryn Hill
19. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
gangsta rap
gangsta rap
Prince
techno
20. 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
Patsy Cline
countrypolitan
Jimi Hendrix
hip-hop
21. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Janis Joplin
funk music
art rock
Ray Charles
22. 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.
techno
Carlos Santana
Kurt Cobain
grunge rock
23. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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24. 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.
Clear channel
Tupac Shakur
Napster
Queen Latifah
25. Country music style involving polished arrangements and a sophisticated approach to vocal presentation. The recordings of Patsy Cline were among the most important manifestations of the Nashville sound.
nashville sound
pop rock
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
RIAA
26. 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.
world music
sampling
Lauryn Hill
27. 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
Jimi Hendrix
Grandmaster Flash
MIDI
progressive country
28. 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
Michael Jackson
Ray Charles
The Sex Pistols
Paul Simon
29. 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.
Napster
Def Jam
country pop
Clear channel
30. 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.
disco
Kenny Rogers
art rock
Queen Latifah
31. 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
funk music
nashville sound
world music
32. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
country pop
soft soul
nashville sound
Grandmaster Flash
33. 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
Patsy Cline
Carlos Santana
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Vanilla Ice
34. 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
rap
nashville sound
MP3
35. 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
synthesizer
synthesizer
Kenny Rogers
36. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
pop rock
Vanilla Ice
soft soul
37. 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).
country pop
gangsta rap
hardcore
disco
38. 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
Bruce Springsteen
reggae
Prince
Madonna
39. -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 -
alternative music
punk rock
Sonic Youth
Bob Marley
40. 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.
psychedelic rock
Clear channel
Carole King
sequencer
41. 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
Napster
rave
Bob Marley
42. 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.
grunge rock
Nirvana
Carlos Santana
Janis Joplin
43. 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
Nirvana
world music
Donna Summer
Prince
44. 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.
Aretha Franklin
Kenny Rogers
progressive country
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
45. 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.
psychedelic rock
soft soul
Peter Gabriel
reggae
46. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
MIDI
countrypolitan
techno
Grandmaster Flash
47. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Nirvana
Madonna
alternative music
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
48. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
Vanilla Ice
country pop
psychedelic rock
49. 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.
Beastie Boys
Janis Joplin
sequencer
hardcore
50. 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
Willie Nelson
countrypolitan
bluegrass