Question | Answer |
Who expected to be paid full in cash before a show? | Chuck Berry |
"Your not a rock and roller if you don't know how to play _____ ______" | Chuck Berry |
His Popular Number 1 Song was Blue Suede Shoes.
Similar to Hank Williams.
Played the ___ ____. Who was this artist? | - electric Guitar
-Carl Perkins |
Nicknamed "the killer"
"whole lot of shakin goin on"
would say and do anything. Artist? | Jerry Lee Lewis |
______ ______- electric guitar that will not function without an amp, sallow bodied, and could sustain like the human voice. | Stratocaster |
What was the first musician to play the Stratocaster? | Buddy Holly |
When/Why did people not like Rock n Roll? | At the Beginning of the 60s- war, paola charges, conspiracy theory |
___ ____- revulsions against rock n roll shows, caused rock to go into a choma. | Paola charges |
What did Lil Richard do as a result from the Poala charges? | Gave up his singing career and threw all of his diamond in the river and went into the ministry. |
How did the war affect rock and roll? | Many singers were drafted into thhe army |
Who were the enemies of rock n roll? (5) | parents, church, media (major record labels), government in response to status quo and commercial interests, and racists |
Why were they the "enemies of rock n roll"? | was the devils music, generation gap issues, economics: 'wrong' people (companies) Not making the money |
What were the enemies "battle plan" to get rid of rock n roll? | buy out artists, "clone" originals, close down "pipeline" to public, get rid of extra artist, take out afro-euro vocal characteristics, water down music with dumb lyrics |
How did the Battle Plan Elvis, Lil Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly, JP Richardson (Big Bopper), and Richie Valens? | Elvis- army, Lil Richard- becomes minister, Chuck Berry- arrested for Mann Act Violation, JLL- marries 14 yr cousin, rest die in plane crash |
What was the job of a disk Jockey? | Play records online. |
What band developed the biggest turning point of rock n roll? | The Beatles |
What is the Classic Rock Beat? | Divides rhythm beats into 2s and 4s instead of 3s. |
Rchie Valen's song 'La Bamba' had a ___ rhtyhm. | latin |
Where was latin prominent? | New Orleans |
Who was known as the most famous drummer "youve never heard of"? | Earl Palmer |
Who did Earl Palmer record with? (name 2) | Famous artists such as Lil Richard and Fatz Domino |
From this point forward what defined music? | Whether or not it was swing or rock |
This was the era of ____ ____ (dance craze music). | teen idol |
R&B was popular typically in the _____ communites. | Black |
What was the most famous dance of this era? | THE TWIST! |
Who wrote The Twist? When did the sequel come out? | Chubby Checker, 1961 |
What was Jimi Hendrix's band called? | The Isly Brothers |
What did the Isly Brothers perform, who covered it? | Twist and Shout, the Beatles |
What two movies was Twist and Shout in? | Back to School and Ferris Beullers Day Off |
____ ___ ______- "extolling the virtues"- all female singes, and was an instructional record. | The Mashed Potato |
Who were the two that sang/wrote the Mashed Potato? | Grace Leg and JAnis Joplin |
Who played a big role in defining the instrumental perspective of 'surf/beach music'? | Richard Monsour |
Chronologically, Richard Monsour was ___ in guitarists who make a difference. Who were the other(s) before him? | 3rd, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly (solid body, electric) |
What guitar did Monsour play? | Straticaster |
______-melody you can play on one string. (Richard Monsour) | Misirlou |
When did surf/beach music hit the US? | 1963 |
Which Beach Boy was Jan Berry close to? | Brian Wilson |
What song was Jan Berry popular for? | Surf City |
What happened to Jan Berry in a car crash? Did he recover? | Got brain damage(become poster for brain damage)- yes-almost |
After Jan Berry's incident what did he join? | THE BEACH BOYS |
While producing, Jan Berry was a full time ______ ______ student. | pre-med |
What did Jan Berry say was his best therapy for recovery? | Music! |
_____-2d sound coming from two speakers. | Stereo |
Who invented stereo? | Les Paul |
___ and ____- recording one instrument at a time the combining. | Multitracking and overdubbing |
What 4 things did the beach boys change in their music? | beat, tempo,complex harmony, and texture |
The Beach Boys used ___ ___ ____ like instruments, particularlu "_____" vocal lines. | back up vocals, "falsetto" |
The Beach Boys incorporated the popular Greek chorus "_____________" | you shouldnt have lied now |
What are some of the new instruments that the Beach Boys incorporated into their music? | organ, synth, theramin |
The Beach Boys had a _____ texture. | polyphonic |
___ ____- first to use double drumset. | Brian Wilson |
Who was known as the "most famous guitarist youve never heard of"? | Tom Podesco |
Which band was the last truly american band? Why? | The Beach Boys, right before the Beatles |
What was the Beach Boys music centered aroun? | cruising and cars-- "the hamburger stand" |
At the time of the Beach Boys the cool cars had __ tail lights. | 3 |
What was the average length of a Beach Boys track? | 2:10- seemed longer because alot was going on |
___ ___ ___ __________- beach boys song that changes the tonal center to add time, includes organ and the greek chorus. | fun,fun,fun till her daddy takes the t-bird away |
If you wanted your record to play it wouldnt be longer than __ minutes? | 3 |
Who invented the Theramin? | Leon Theramin |
What was Leon? (occupation) | genius physist, and electrical engineer |
What were "the thing" in this time period? | Radi transcievers |
who invented a way to transmit electrical power through air? | Tesla |
Most significant Beatles Album? | Sgt Peppers |
What did SGT Peppers do that most Albums did not? | Exceeded the 3 min mark and changed textures constantly |
Who was bigger the Beatles or Elvis? | o About the same, elvis was the first but the beatles were a bigger EXPLOSION- like overnight |
When did the Beatles 1st hit the US? | late dec 1963 |
What recording co were they most associated with in their early years? | EMi-Capital Records |
During the Ed Sullivan show, the Beatles played _ songs and every __ out of ___ Tvs were tuned in to watch. | 4, 8/10 (will never happen again) |
the stones stuck with ____ style. | r&b- british electric blues band |
______-allowed guitarists to play on'longer' strings because they didn't have to project acoustically. | amplification (used by stones) |
Because of amplification characteristics of rhythm and blues section became exagerated which gave more weight to ______ ______. | lower frequencies |
____--repeated melodic figures, usually used at the beginning of the piece for identity and then used periodically throught piece from jazz and blues tradition. | riffs |
Who were the 3 original band members of the stones? | mick jagger, brian jones, and keith richards |
What did the stones name their band after? | muddy waters song "the rolling stone" |
Where/when did the stones debut? | Marquee club in London 1964 |
Who was their manager? with what recording co.? | epstein management- andrew oldham, decca records- competed witht the beatles/capitol records |
What image did the stones portray? | scruffy, "anti-social" negative image |
What stones album was similar to sgt peppers? | their satanic majesties request |
What was the concert that the stones had to make up for missing woodstock? What happened their? | sympathy for the devil- had hells angels as their security (biker gang- most notorius murderers) - beat up ppl and someone was stabbed and killed in front of stage- kept playing set |
Who did hells angels plan to kill after the whole sympathy for the devil incident? | mick jagger for trying to help the injured person |
_____ _____- antedote to rock and roll- lat 1950s/ | folk rock |
The late 1950s was known as the age of ____. | dillusionment |
After the age of dillusionment came ___ ____. | adolescent rebellion |
___ ____-the best form to make a political statement due to its focal point on lyrics. | folk ballad |