Rock and Roll - Week 4

Question 1

Made rock music "grow up"; bridged gap between folk and rock music

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan

Question 2

Lennon song from the Beatles Revolver album that used new recording/electronic techniques

Accepted Answer

"Tomorrow Never Knows"

Question 3

Style combining folk and rock music; evolved through experiments in electric instrumentation

Accepted Answer

Folk-rock

Question 4

What Beatles album was the last one with material written to be used in concert?

Accepted Answer

Revolver

Question 5

Who initiated a "world music" element in pop through his playing of the Indian sitar?

Accepted Answer

George Harrison

Question 6

An iconic folk singer who moved from Oklahoma to NYC in 1940; recorded album Dust Bowl Records

Accepted Answer

Woody Guthrie

Question 7

"A Hard Day's Night" by the Beatles (written by Lennon) is known for its

Accepted Answer

Famous opening chord

Question 8

They spearheaded musical exchange between the US & UK; 1st international superband

Accepted Answer

The Beatles

Question 9

Member of the Beatles who was a songwriting genius; pop music's leading multi-instrumentalist

Accepted Answer

Paul McCartney

Question 10

"Yesterday" by the Beatles (written by Paul McCartney) was known for its

Accepted Answer

Use of a string quartet

Question 11

Lyrics for this music style came from protest politics and made rock lyrics more meaningful

Accepted Answer

Folk-Rock

Question 12

Is created from communal experience, resists commercialization & celebrates live performance

Accepted Answer

Folk music

Question 13

A band of folk revival veterans that started doing folk covers in rock format

Accepted Answer

The Byrds

Question 14

Who appeared with an electric band at the Newport Folk Festival & got booed off the stage?

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan

Question 15

Song by Bob Dylan; has provocative social criticism; longest single up to that time - 6 min!

Accepted Answer

"Like A Rolling Stone"

Question 16

Began as The Quarry Men, an amateur skiffle group

Accepted Answer

The Beatles

Question 17

Beatles songwriting pair; started out working closely together, but teamwork faded by '68-70

Accepted Answer

Lennon and McCartney

Question 18

A defining characteristic of "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan is its

Accepted Answer

Socially conscious lyrics

Question 19

In what city did the Beatles form?

Accepted Answer

Liverpool

Question 20

Year that Bob Dylan turned from acoustic sounds to electric instruments and amplification

Accepted Answer

1965

Question 21

Member of the Beatles who often asked that his voice be distorted, altered, or double-tracked

Accepted Answer

John Lennon

Question 22

Artist known for his very literate poetry with music, social criticism, & angular, harsh voice

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan

Question 23

Record producer who helped launch the Beatles' career

Accepted Answer

George Martin

Question 24

"Like a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan, is in this form where all verses are sung to the same music

Accepted Answer

Strophic

Question 25

"Turn, Turn, Turn" performed by the Byrds brought what music style to a mass audience?

Accepted Answer

Folk-rock

Question 26

A very political Bob Dylan song that was an acid, scalding indictment of war hawks

Accepted Answer

"Masters of War"

Question 27

A strophic song sung by Woody Guthrie; an example of communal folk culture; about the story

Accepted Answer

"This Land is Your Land"

Question 28

A strophic love song by Bob Dylan that's ironic, realistic and quite bitter

Accepted Answer

"Don't Think Twice, It's Allright"

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