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A #musichistory #rockandroll quiz to review MTV stars, pop metal, hip hop and gangsta rap
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Predominantly African American musical style; semi spoken rhymes over rhythmic musical backing
Rap
Motown
Rhythm & Blues
Soul
2
Radiohead's 7th album; a non-label download, price at whatever the buyer chose to pay
Kid A
In Rainbows
Out of Time
The Bends
3
Song where Prince is responsible for all vocals & instruments; funk groove w/heavy metal guitar
Purple Rain
Born in the USA
Billie Jean
When Doves Cry
4
Had a laid back but lethal gangsta style; song “What’s My Name?” that plays with “dog” idea
Public Enemy
Snoop Dogg
Beck
Radiohead
5
Public Enemy song; uses puns on base & dope; voice of Malcolm X; 13 sampled sources
Loser
Night of the Living Baseheads
Mysterious Ways
What's My Name?
6
Combined traditionally black & white styles; had broad audiences, soul/deep funk influenced
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Prince
Bruce Springsteen
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Van Halen's "Jump" dared to put the opening theme on a _____, a very un-metal-ish thing to do
Synthesizer
Keyboard
Bass
Guitar
8
Irish pop group; took alternative turn, with stripped-down sound & more introverted style
Beck
Radiohead
U2
R.E.M.
9
Alternative rock/jangle pop; eccentric onstage behavior; thin whiny sound, mumbling into mic
Beck
M.C. Hammer
R.E.M.
Radiohead
10
Michael Jackson video for this song was about a street-gang, West Side Story style
Thriller
Billie Jean
Beat It
Man in the Mirror
11
Song with brash sound; a down & out Vietnam vet who can't find a job or get his life together
Born in the USA
Jump
Purple Rain
Thriller
12
Their music shows cities in chaos; dense, layered, fragmented, rhythmically volatile
Beck
R.E.M.
Public Enemy
Snoop Dogg
13
REM's 7th album; successful; set them apart from cult following origins; 1st album w/love songs
Out of Time
The Bends
In Rainbows
Kid A
14
Created a new generation of image-defined rock superstars; debuts with rise in cable TV
MTV
CBS
NBC
ABC
15
Glamorized autobiographical film set to Prince songs; Prince's 1st starring role
Like A Virgin
When Doves Cry
Purple Rain
Jump
16
Had an uncanny knack for controversy, media image and reinventing herself; album
Like A Virgin
Prince
Madonna
Paula Abdul
Mariah Carey
17
Quintessential alternative singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer; wide range of genres
Thom Yorke
Beck
Eminem
Chuck D
18
R.E.M.'s song "Losing My Religion" could be described as
All of these are true!
Being far away from machismo
Being poetic, asking questions
Showing the singer's alienation
19
This Michael Jackson music video was released first but not played much on MTV
Man in the Mirror
Beat It
Billie Jean
Thriller
20
Radiohead's "Idioteque" from their 4th album
Kid A
could be described as
Having a whiny singing voice
All of these are true
Having electronic sounds
Being a reference to the end of the world
21
Rap 1st emerged here in late 1970s; became an international multimillion$ industry in 10 yrs
Los Angeles
San Francisco
NYC
Chicago
22
Used media presence to bring out controversial subcultural practices(interracial relationships)
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Van Halen
Prince
23
Rap divided into many different styles;warmer & fuzzier;worked to bring rap into pop mainstream
Notorious B.I.G.
Eminem
Beck
Chuck D
24
"Mysterious Ways" by U2
Is a socially aware song
Has a thick texture
Didn't sell well
Uses congas
25
Singer, songwriter, dancer;
Thriller
album broke sales records; uptempo danceable music
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
Van Halen
Prince
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Came to represent the ultimate example of a music counterculture taken over by the mainstream
Soul
Rhythm & Blues
Rap
Pop rock
27
Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Van Halen & Prince had careers founded in use of
Studio recordings
Videos
Live performances
28
Texts emphasized street violence, rappers exploit imagery of gang war to ‘dis’ competing groups
Punk
Hip hop
Alternative rock
Gangsta rap
29
Most influential electric guitar virtuoso after Jimi Hendrix; developed special techniques
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Prince
Eddie Van Halen
30
Emerged as the major exportable style in hip hop; idea of a competitive, individual style
Rap
Punk
Motown
Disco
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Heavy metal band that used pop style hooks & vocal harmonies; pop element got them radio play
Van Halen
Def Leppard
Prince
Judas Priest
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"Feel good" patriotic rock idea used by Republicans; many listeners were deaf to dark message
Thriller
When Doves Cry
Born in the USA
Jump
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Technique used when "playing" LPs; percussive effects from quick turns of the LP
Backspin
Scratching
Mixing
Sampling
34
Radiohead's 2nd album, topped so many lists that the group reminded people of the Beatles
The Bends
Out of Time
Kid A
In Rainbows
35
During the 1980s, the music industry money was made mostly from what?
Sales of a few multiplatinum singles
Sales of multiple albums
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HIs songs raunchily glorified sex; androgynous male sexuality about pleasure/sensuousness
Prince
Van Halen
Madonna
Michael Jackson
37
Beck's breakthrough song "Loser" contains
Hip hop vocals
A looped guitar riff
Catchy chorus
All of these are true!
38
Radiohead's challenging electronic set, almost free of guitars, recalling space-age prog rock
In Rainbows
The Bends
Kid A
Out of Time
39
An exception to the division in the music scene between white hard rock & black rap
REM
Radiohead
Public Enemy
Living Colour
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Larger context of Afro-American/Caribbean dance, lingo, dress, visual art/graffi; includes rap
Punk culture
Hip hop culture
New wave culture
Disco culture
41
His music was working class rock, celebrating rather than romanticizing daily life
Prince
Bruce Springsteen
Van Halen
Michael Jackson
42
Living Colour song; opens w/line from Malcolm X; strong social criticism & historical awareness
Cult of Personality
Idioteque
Night of the Living Baseheads
What's My Name?
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Using small bits of recorded samples to create a larger whole
Backspin
Sampling
Scratching
Mixing
44
Technique used when "playing" LPs; cueing multiple LPs
Mixing
Sampling
Backspin
Scratching
45
Continually followed musical fashion changes; high level of music industry control for a woman
Paula Abdul
Mariah Carey
Madonna
Janet Jackson
46
Alternative experimental rock, alientation, self loathing, electronics, progressive politics
U2
Eminem
R.E.M.
Radiohead
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Originally envisioned as a 2nd Bob Dylan; sound based on 50s rock & w/message of 60s folk rock
Van Halen
Michael Jackson
Prince
Bruce Springsteen
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Knew how to use singing & dancing on screen; huge success inextricable from music video concept
Prince
Bruce Springsteen
Van Halen
Michael Jackson
