Rock and Roll - Week 9

Question 1

In "Help Me" Joni Mitchell is falling for a man she knows is bad news and it is in what form?

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Verse-chorus

Question 2

A highly theatrical, gender-bending mode of presentation that rejected hard rock's machismo

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Glam rock

Question 3

Bands in this style had jazz techniques, art music connections, & showy quasi-mystical lyrics

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Progressive rock

Question 4

"Crocodile Rock" by Elton John is a remade teenage dance song and it also has

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All of these!

Question 5

This type of rock gave voice to gay identities, & emphasized short and simple hook-based songs

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Glam rock

Question 6

Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band, ZZ Top & Canned Heat are artists of

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Southern rock

Question 7

Depended on album sales for their success; rarely released singles; album oriented rock (AOR)

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Progressive rock

Question 8

In "Roundabout" from Yes's Fragile album, Rick Wakeman supplies a variety ____ sounds.

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Keyboard

Question 9

Elton John double album; synthesizer-based art rock, R&B, sentimental ballads, 50s dance song

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Question 10

Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Melanie Emmylou Harris and Carly Simon are artists from this style

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Women's folk rock

Question 11

What elements describe the "Whipping Post" by the Allman brothers band?

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All of these are true!

Question 12

Music style where a new wave of women singer songwriters brought female sensibility to rock

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Women's folk rock

Question 13

Singer songwriter rooted in folk music; deep, personal lyrics explore the self, sense of place

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Joni Mitchell

Question 14

Pink Floyd album w/ jazz harmonies, synthesized sounds and sequencers, lyrics about alienation

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Dark Side of the Moon

Question 15

Pink Floyd, Genesis, Emerson Lake & Palmer and Yes are examples of artists from what style?

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Progressive Rock

Question 16

British art-rock band known for complicated arrangements, instrumental virtuosity, long tracks

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Yes

Question 17

Eclectic musicians expanded boundaries with new studio techniques, fused w/classical & exotic

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Progressive rock

Question 18

King of glam; had a variety of subversive personas, make-up, kabuki style costumes, characters

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David Bowie

Question 19

This Pink Floyd album combined childlike fantasy w/experimentation; whimsical pop songs & riffs

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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Question 20

Band centered on dynamic, flamboyant lead vocalist Freddie Mercury; heavy metal &glam theatrics

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Queen

Question 21

This Joni Mitchell album documents her transition from folk artist to sophisticated rock auteur

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Court and Spark

Question 22

British prog rock band; dark dystopian themes of madness, greed, psychological isolation

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Pink Floyd

Question 23

Keyboardist Rick Wakeman joined Yes for this album

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Fragile

Question 24

Definitive nexus of glam and punk; bleak & perverse lyrics challenge the status quo; fuzz laden

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Iggy Pop & the Stooges

Question 25

"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a messed up love song declaring animal like subservience & also has

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All of these!

Question 26

Style based on blues & country, aggressive in sound, electric guitars, southern regional pride

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Southern rock

Question 27

Song from Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon; about mortality and time's passage

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"Time"

Question 28

"Shubert of our time";had classical training; keyboard playing songwriter; #1 pop artist of 70s

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Elton John

Question 29

Southern blues rock band with 2 guitar virtuosos & a highly expressive singer & organist

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Allman Brothers

Question 30

This 1970s group attempted to recapture a sense of community; had collaborative songwriting

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The Band

Question 31

Queen song; miniature opera, random Italian words, murder, abandonment, love, duty, 3 sections

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Bohemian Rhapsody

Question 32

A very polished "concept" Pink Floyd album engineered by Alan Parsons; made them popular in US

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Dark Side of the Moon

Question 33

American glam rock band; trashy transvestite style; regressed to early rock 'n' roll simplicity

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New York Dolls

Question 34

This Elton John album contained "Crocodile Rock" and "Daniel"

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Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player

Question 35

Autobiographical concept album about Taupin & Elton's early duo career before their success

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Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

Question 36

Who wrote the gospel influenced song "I Shall Be Released" sung by The Band from Big Pink album

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Bob Dylan

Question 37

Joni Mitchell song; harmonic skill, visual imagination, personal lyrics that explore the self

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"Both Sides Now"

Question 38

The main songwriter for early Pink Floyd

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Syd Barrett

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