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History of 80's music and rock genres
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Rock music that used stadiums for concerts. Music included both hard rock and power ballads.
Heavy Metal
Arena Rock
New Wave
College Rock
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Independent bands that were played on student run radio stations.
College Rock
Hair/Glam Metal
Arena Rock
Heartland Rock
3
The very first video played on this newvideo channel was
“You Better Run” by Pat Benatar
“White Wedding” by Billy Idol
"The Visitors" by ABBA
“Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles
4
Rock & roll mixed with American culture. Music with a message, sometimes political.
Arena Rock
New Wave
Hair/Glam Metal
Heartland Rock
5
VCRs made it possible to record television and watch it later. What does VCR stand for?
Volume Cassette Recorder
Video Created Recorder
Volume Controlled Recording
Video Cassette Recorder
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This music was very dark and also included heavy guitar solos. Bands wore black, skulls, etc.
Heavy Metal
Hair/Glam Metal
Arena Rock
College Rock
7
Whose controversial performance involved a wedding cake and crawling around on the stage?
Cyndi Lauper
Whitney Houston
Madonna
Janet Jackson
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This new cable station came on air Aug. 1, 1982 for the sole purpose of playing music videos:
MTV
QVC
VMA
VH1
9
In 1984, this new awards show premiered to honor music videos
The CMA's
The Video Music Awards
The Academy Awards
The Grammy's
10
This music had heavy guitar & drum solos. Artists wore big, long hair, make up, tight clothes.
80's Superstars
Arena Rock
Hair/Glam Metal
Heavy Metal
11
This company is credited with using and marketing the term 'personal computer'
Phillips
IBM
Sony
Apple
12
The first CD's were designed to hold how many minutes of music?
35
44
74
90
13
In the 80’s the only way to record video was by using a hand held video recorder called the:
VCR
Camcorder
Beta
Walkman
14
Sony produced a portable radio/cassette player called:
The VCR
The Boombox
The Camcorder
The Walkman
15
The first song to be recorded to CD was:
52nd Street by Billy Joel
The Visitors” by ABBA
You Better Run by Pat Benatar
Video Killed the Radio Star” by theBuggles
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Strange costumes, weird melodies and lyrics. Not as heavy of a sound as punk. Geek meets rocker
College Rock
New Wave
Heavy Metal
Arena Rock
17
Vocalists with mega hits.Dance was a big part of their concerts/videos. Fashion varied.
Glam/Hair Metal
Heartland Rock
80's Superstars
Arena Rock
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In 1982 this new media format for music replaced the cassette:
8 track
VHS
CD
Beta