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A #musichistory #rockandroll quiz to review MTV stars, pop metal, hip hop and gangsta rap
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Created a new generation of image-defined rock superstars; debuts with rise in cable TV
NBC
MTV
ABC
CBS
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Rap 1st emerged here in late 1970s; became an international multimillion$ industry in 10 yrs
Los Angeles
Chicago
NYC
San Francisco
3
Using small bits of recorded samples to create a larger whole
Sampling
Backspin
Scratching
Mixing
4
R.E.M.'s song "Losing My Religion" could be described as
Being far away from machismo
All of these are true!
Being poetic, asking questions
Showing the singer's alienation
5
Michael Jackson video for this song was about a street-gang, West Side Story style
Beat It
Man in the Mirror
Billie Jean
Thriller
6
Most influential electric guitar virtuoso after Jimi Hendrix; developed special techniques
Eddie Van Halen
Michael Jackson
Prince
Madonna
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Continually followed musical fashion changes; high level of music industry control for a woman
Mariah Carey
Janet Jackson
Madonna
Paula Abdul
8
Song where Prince is responsible for all vocals & instruments; funk groove w/heavy metal guitar
Billie Jean
Purple Rain
When Doves Cry
Born in the USA
9
Beck's breakthrough song "Loser" contains
Hip hop vocals
All of these are true!
A looped guitar riff
Catchy chorus
10
Glamorized autobiographical film set to Prince songs; Prince's 1st starring role
When Doves Cry
Like A Virgin
Purple Rain
Jump
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Radiohead's challenging electronic set, almost free of guitars, recalling space-age prog rock
Out of Time
The Bends
Kid A
In Rainbows
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This Michael Jackson music video was released first but not played much on MTV
Man in the Mirror
Beat It
Billie Jean
Thriller
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Had an uncanny knack for controversy, media image and reinventing herself; album
Like A Virgin
Madonna
Prince
Paula Abdul
Mariah Carey
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Larger context of Afro-American/Caribbean dance, lingo, dress, visual art/graffi; includes rap
Hip hop culture
Punk culture
New wave culture
Disco culture
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Heavy metal band that used pop style hooks & vocal harmonies; pop element got them radio play
Van Halen
Def Leppard
Judas Priest
Prince
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Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Van Halen & Prince had careers founded in use of
Videos
Live performances
Studio recordings
17
Public Enemy song; uses puns on base & dope; voice of Malcolm X; 13 sampled sources
Mysterious Ways
Loser
Night of the Living Baseheads
What's My Name?
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Used media presence to bring out controversial subcultural practices(interracial relationships)
Van Halen
Michael Jackson
Prince
Madonna
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HIs songs raunchily glorified sex; androgynous male sexuality about pleasure/sensuousness
Madonna
Van Halen
Michael Jackson
Prince
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Knew how to use singing & dancing on screen; huge success inextricable from music video concept
Bruce Springsteen
Prince
Michael Jackson
Van Halen
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Had a laid back but lethal gangsta style; song “What’s My Name?” that plays with “dog” idea
Radiohead
Snoop Dogg
Public Enemy
Beck
22
"Mysterious Ways" by U2
Is a socially aware song
Didn't sell well
Uses congas
Has a thick texture
23
Emerged as the major exportable style in hip hop; idea of a competitive, individual style
Rap
Disco
Punk
Motown
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Radiohead's 2nd album, topped so many lists that the group reminded people of the Beatles
Kid A
In Rainbows
The Bends
Out of Time
25
Combined traditionally black & white styles; had broad audiences, soul/deep funk influenced
Prince
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
Madonna
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Irish pop group; took alternative turn, with stripped-down sound & more introverted style
Radiohead
U2
Beck
R.E.M.
27
An exception to the division in the music scene between white hard rock & black rap
Living Colour
Public Enemy
Radiohead
REM
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Quintessential alternative singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer; wide range of genres
Eminem
Beck
Chuck D
Thom Yorke
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Technique used when "playing" LPs; percussive effects from quick turns of the LP
Sampling
Backspin
Mixing
Scratching
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Living Colour song; opens w/line from Malcolm X; strong social criticism & historical awareness
Cult of Personality
Night of the Living Baseheads
What's My Name?
Idioteque
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Originally envisioned as a 2nd Bob Dylan; sound based on 50s rock & w/message of 60s folk rock
Prince
Michael Jackson
Van Halen
Bruce Springsteen
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Alternative experimental rock, alientation, self loathing, electronics, progressive politics
U2
Radiohead
Eminem
R.E.M.
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Alternative rock/jangle pop; eccentric onstage behavior; thin whiny sound, mumbling into mic
M.C. Hammer
R.E.M.
Beck
Radiohead
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His music was working class rock, celebrating rather than romanticizing daily life
Van Halen
Prince
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
35
Texts emphasized street violence, rappers exploit imagery of gang war to ‘dis’ competing groups
Gangsta rap
Hip hop
Alternative rock
Punk
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REM's 7th album; successful; set them apart from cult following origins; 1st album w/love songs
Kid A
In Rainbows
The Bends
Out of Time
37
Radiohead's "Idioteque" from their 4th album
Kid A
could be described as
Having electronic sounds
Being a reference to the end of the world
All of these are true
Having a whiny singing voice
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Singer, songwriter, dancer;
Thriller
album broke sales records; uptempo danceable music
Van Halen
Prince
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
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Song with brash sound; a down & out Vietnam vet who can't find a job or get his life together
Thriller
Jump
Born in the USA
Purple Rain
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Their music shows cities in chaos; dense, layered, fragmented, rhythmically volatile
R.E.M.
Beck
Public Enemy
Snoop Dogg
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Technique used when "playing" LPs; cueing multiple LPs
Scratching
Backspin
Sampling
Mixing
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Came to represent the ultimate example of a music counterculture taken over by the mainstream
Rap
Pop rock
Rhythm & Blues
Soul
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Van Halen's "Jump" dared to put the opening theme on a _____, a very un-metal-ish thing to do
Bass
Guitar
Synthesizer
Keyboard
44
Predominantly African American musical style; semi spoken rhymes over rhythmic musical backing
Rhythm & Blues
Soul
Rap
Motown
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Radiohead's 7th album; a non-label download, price at whatever the buyer chose to pay
Kid A
Out of Time
In Rainbows
The Bends
46
"Feel good" patriotic rock idea used by Republicans; many listeners were deaf to dark message
Thriller
When Doves Cry
Jump
Born in the USA
47
During the 1980s, the music industry money was made mostly from what?
Sales of multiple albums
Sales of a few multiplatinum singles
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Rap divided into many different styles;warmer & fuzzier;worked to bring rap into pop mainstream
Notorious B.I.G.
Beck
Chuck D
Eminem
