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Mus Rock Final
Rock n Roll History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the rap rivalry? | SoCal vs NY. Death Row Records vs Bad Boy. Snoop Dogg vs B.I.G. |
| What was Uncle Tupelo? | A pair of friends formed an indie-rock band. It was called "alt-country" |
| Who was on the new mickey mouse club? | JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Brittany Spears, Christina |
| What happened with Pearl Jam and Ticketmaster? | Pearl Jam battled with ticketmaster because they didn't want tickets to be sold over $20 since it made it hard for some fans to come to concerts. |
| What were 3 tech innovations of the 80s? | CDs, MIDI cables, walkman |
| Describe CBGB. | It was a punk club on TV. |
| What was the big album? | Peter Frampton's album sold million of copies. |
| What is the hippie aesthetic? | The artist creates sophisticated music. The songs should be able to stand up to repeated listening and lyrics should deal with important issues. |
| What are the categories of royalties? | Mechanical, performance, print, artist, and synchronization. |
| Define Haight Ashburry. | A victorian neighborhood in San Francisco that became the center of hippies and the psychedelic scene. |
| What is napster? | Peer to peer and online sharing. $millions lost in revenue. It was a copyright violation. They paid a settlement of $26 million. |
| what is hip hop? | Hip Hop is a culture that originated in the NY urban black neighborhoods. Break dancing, rap, and graffiti are all important components of this culture. |
| What style of music was Jamaican and had bob marley? | Reggae |
| What was the special electronic drum the Professor Horn played? | Syndrum |
| Who wrote Whole Lotta Love? | Led Zeppelin, 69, compound AABA |
| Who wrote Whipping Post? | The Allman Brothers Band, 69, contrasting verse-chorus |
| Who wrote Thank you Fallinme Be Mice Elf Agin? | Sly and the Family Stone, 70, Simple verse-chorus |
| Who wrote Papa Was A Rolling Stone? | The Temptations, 72, simple verse-chorus |
| Who wrote All I Wanna Do? | Sheryl Crow 94, simple verse-chorus |
| What kind of music was highly aggressive and non-conformist? | Punk music |
| What was Woodstock? | Large outdoor music festival. 3 days and 500,000 hippies |
| What was glam rock? | The artists had their own different personage when performing. |
| What was Motown? | A label founded by Barry Gordy and modeled after the Brill Building. It was black music for white listeners. |
| What role did the synthesizer play in progressive rock? | All of the bands in this genre made use of the Moog synthesizer. |
| What were acid tests in the psychedelic era? | Kesey celebrated the liberating effects of LSD. He organized events where people took the drug in climactic environments. |
| Who was the Canadian singer that wrote Big Yellow Taxi? | Joni Mitchell. |
| What was FM radio oriented rock? | In the 70s, the older siblings tended to listen to FM. Artists began writing songs that were formatted specifically for the radio. |
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