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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Def Jam
Bruce Springsteen
pop rock
reggae
2. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
gangsta rap
synthesizer
Led Zeppelin
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
3. 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.
Madonna
soul music
Carlos Santana
Grateful Dead
4. 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.
gangsta rap
Def Jam
The Sex Pistols
world music
5. 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.
Carole King
techno
Tupac Shakur
disco
6. 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
Clear channel
house music
grunge rock
Prince
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.
Jimi Hendrix
Clear channel
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
urban folk
8. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
gangsta rap
soft soul
urban folk
pop rock
9. 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
Def Jam
hardcore
Ray Charles
10. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
heavy metal
Run-D.M.C.
Queen Latifah
Peter Gabriel
11. 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.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Dolly Parton
M.C. Hammer
Bruce Springsteen
12. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
David Bowie
Tupac Shakur
progressive country
psychedelic rock
13. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
world music
countrypolitan
rave
alternative rock
14. 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
Madonna
Public Enemy
grunge rock
15. 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.
countrypolitan
sequencer
psychedelic rock
The Ramones
16. 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.
analog recording
Vanilla Ice
Kenny Rogers
punk rock
17. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
alternative rock
rave
Grateful Dead
Donna Summer
18. 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
RIAA
MP3
world music
heavy metal
19. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
Aretha Franklin
funk music
pop rock
James Brown
20. 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).
Queen Latifah
disco
Madonna
Grandmaster Flash
21. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
country pop
soft soul
The Ramones
David Bowie
22. 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.
N.W.A.
Aretha Franklin
Kenny Rogers
synthesizer
23. 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.
Dolly Parton
James Brown
Beastie Boys
Michael Jackson
24. 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
funk music
grunge rock
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Vanilla Ice
25. 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.
psychedelic rock
Carole King
hip-hop
Tupac Shakur
26. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
disco
Patsy Cline
27. 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
Carole King
Led Zeppelin
Clear channel
Run-D.M.C.
28. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Grateful Dead
James Brown
punk rock
Donna Summer
29. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
bluegrass
Janis Joplin
Vanilla Ice
pop rock
30. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
house music
breakdancing
Def Jam
Peter Gabriel
31. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
countrypolitan
Sonic Youth
nashville sound
Led Zeppelin
32. 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
Def Jam
reggae
analog recording
urban folk
33. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
Nirvana
punk rock
progressive country
34. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
heavy metal
Lauryn Hill
Napster
pop rock
35. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
Vanilla Ice
Nirvana
Lauryn Hill
36. 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.
gangsta rap
Donna Summer
Paul Simon
Willie Nelson
37. 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.
Paul Simon
The Ramones
Nirvana
nashville sound
38. 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
grunge rock
Run-D.M.C.
art rock
alternative music
39. 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
pop rock
Clear channel
Vanilla Ice
40. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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41. 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.
sequencer
The Sex Pistols
countrypolitan
progressive country
42. 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
Jimi Hendrix
sampling
Grandmaster Flash
Paul Simon
43. 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.
Jimi Hendrix
Paul Simon
punk rock
James Brown
44. 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
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Peter Gabriel
The Sex Pistols
Grandmaster Flash
45. 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
analog recording
soul music
Jimi Hendrix
46. 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.
Beastie Boys
Carlos Santana
disco
nashville sound
47. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Kurt Cobain
world music
Run-D.M.C.
techno
48. 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
sequencer
alternative music
hip-hop
49. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
breakdancing
sequencer
progressive country
MIDI
50. 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
Grateful Dead
Beastie Boys
progressive country