MUS 1600 Exam 3 Kimball
Who arranged "A Day in the Life"?
George Martin
Who focused on live performance over recordings?
James Brown
What term best describes "Hotel California" and the Eagles later music in general?
album-oriented rock
What caused many of Bob Dylan's fans to feel alienated after his 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance?
his embrace of rock and electrical instruments
Which song has an innovative take on the 12-bar blues-based dance music?
"Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" ?
In what city was Motown Records originally based?
Detroit
1960s soul music combined elements of popular music with which of the following?
gospel music
What is disco associated with?
wealth, African Americans, LGBT community
Who wrote "A Day in the Life"?
written: John Lennon and Paul McCartney performed: The Beatles 1960s
Who wrote "Like a Rolling Stone"?
written: Bob Dylan recorded: Bob Dylan and studio musicians 1960s
Who wrote "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"?
written: Fred Rose recorded: Willie Nelson 1970s
Who wrote "You Can't Hurry Love"?
written: Holland-Dozier-Holland performed: The Supremes 1960s
Who wrote "'Good Vibrations"?
written: Mike Love and Brain Wilson produced: Brian Wilson performed: The Beach Boys and studio musicians 1960s
Who founded Motown Records?
Berry Gordy
The Beatles were the first and most famous band associated with what?
The British Invasion
Urban folk music
acoustic, strongly melodic, little studio production, political, Greenwich Village, NYC
"Day in the Life" is notable for its unique use of:
an orchestra
An album in which songs are musically and thematically related is called a what?
concept album
"You Can't Hurry Love" and "Good Vibrations" are both unique with regards to their ____________________; the former uses this to delay the gratification of the chorus, while the latter has sections that are seemingly unrelated to each other.
form
What were the two most popular styles of pop music in the 1970s?
rock and disco
According to the lecture, "Respect" may have been influenced by which of the following?
Second-Wave Feminism
Which artist was a representative of mainstream Nashville country music in the 1970s?
Dolly Parton
Which movie helped popularize disco with mainstream audiences in the late 1970s?
Saturday Night Fever
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" mostly features:
Willie Nelson's vocals and acoustic guitar
The lyrics of "Hotel California" can be interpreted as representing what?
a disillusionment with the ideals of the 1960s
What is the form of "A Day in the Life"?
experimental
According to the lecture, James Brown's music was unique for its:
focus on rhythm and groove over harmony (funk)
Define folk music
oral transmission, old songs with unknown authorship, an activity rather than a commercial product, and from regular, rural people
What label was often applied to Willie Nelson's brand of country music?
outlaw country
Both Aretha Franklin's and James Brown's style were heavily shaped by:
performing gospel music in their youth
Producers are typically not usually involved in which one of the following?
performing on records
Disco songs often feature:
repeating instrumental layers
Which term best describes "Papa's got a Brand New Bag"?
soul
The 1960s saw the increased use of __________________ in recordings.
studio musicians
What unusual musical trait was shared by "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Hotel California"?
their length
What makes "'Good Vibrations"? have innovative lyrics?
they are atmospheric and reflective of emerging counterculture
"You Can't Hurry Love"? has an unusual form of:
three sections (A, B, C) repeating unpredictably
What is the name of the section at the end of a song, drawn from Gospel music, in which a singer improvises over a repeated chord progression?
vamp
Who wrote "Good Times"
written: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers recorded: Chic 1970s
Who was one of the first artists to blend popular music with Gospel?
Ray Charles - "Georgia on my Mind"
Who wrote "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" ?
written and recorded: James Brown 1960s
Who wrote "Respect"?
Otis Redding
The Eagles began their career performing what style of music?
country rock
What are "Like a Rolling Stone"? lyrics like?
cynical depiction of a person's fall from privilege into real life
New York's Studio 54 was most associated with which musical style?
disco
Good Vibrations used which unusual instrument?
the electro-theremin
What are the two influences on Willie Nelson's music in the 1970s?
the counterculture and urban folk music
Dolly Parton got her start on which television program?
The Porter Wagoner Show
Who wrote "You Can't Hurry Love"?
Holland-Dozier-Holland
The Beatles and the Beach Boys were both particularly influenced by what during the mid-1960s?
the counterculture
Who wrote "Hotel California"?
written and recorded: The Eagles 1970s
Who wrote "Respect"?
written: Otis Redding recorded: Aretha Franklin 1960s
Which guitarist/producer was the cofounder of the disco group Chic?
Nile Rodgers
What term refers to new songs after older folk songs in the 1960s?
Urban Folk Music
Which book challenged the idea that women should be fulfilled only through being homemakers and mothers?
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
