MUS 1600 LSU TEST 3
Who wrote Good Times?
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
What song was very old and earlier recorded by other C&W artists, which is simple with mostly Nelson's voice and acoustic guitar?
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (75)
Who is an example of someone who got rediscovered in the folk music revival?
Bluesmen like Mississippi John Hurt
Who launched their career as a folk singer, songwriter in NYC, 1961?
Bob Dylan
Who wrote Good Vibrations?
Brian Wilson and Mike Love
What were the six major record labels controlled AM Radio and record sales?
Columbia, RCA Victor, Capitol-EMI, MCA, United Artist, and MGM
What is several songs linked artistically, not just bundled?
Concept album
Which style of music was Blue Eyes in the Rain?
Country (Outlaw or Progressive Country)
What were the two cities in which the music industry became centered in?
Detroit and LA
Bob Dylan is the hero of the _________ movement?
Folk
What is a movie made about the 50s in the 70s?
Grease
What movement did Willie Nelson become a figurehead of?
Progressive/outlaw country
What did rock n roll turn into?
Rock
Who was an extremely successful 1970s rock groups which began in style of country rock?
The Eagles
Who was Bob Dylan's model?
folk singer Woody Guthrie
Bob Dylan from 65-66 tires of the folk scene and decides to _____ _____________ reinventing himself
go electric
What is an example of a vamp outro in Respect?
"sock it to me"
What was the name of one of Bob Dylan's folk songs early in his career that we talked about in class?
"Blowing in the wind"
Who recorded like a rolling stone?
Bob Dylan and studio musicians
Which style of music was Respect?
Soul
What is someone who is at the top level of something they are doing?
Virtuostic
Who recorded Good Times?
Chic
In the mid-1960s what kind of music would go mainstream?
Folk Music
What event did Bob Dylan "Betray" the folk music scene?
1965 Newport Folk Festival
Who started as a songwriter then went into producing who founded Motown records, producing some of the most popular artists of the 60s and 70s like Smokey Robinson and the Supremes?
Berry Gordy
What kind of music had simple lyrics, repetitive, associated with wealth, African-Americans, LGBT community, and singles oriented?
Disco
Which style was Good Times?
Disco
Whose band plays in repeated riffs using improvised styles over he rhythm?
James Brown
What was one of the songs that showed a reaction against the counterculture we talked about in class?
Okie From Muskogee (Merle Haggard)
What is Aretha Franklin's Respect a cover of?
Otis Redding's Version
What is the style of country music from 70s based outside nashville industry influenced by honkytonk, rock, urban folk, and 60s counterculture?
Outlaw country
Which people became key players in the music industry during the 60s?
Producers
Which people in the recording process had much creative control, often coordinated the activities of the performers, and typically oversaw the recording process by shaping the instrumentation and arrangement and shaping the sonic atmosphere of the studio?
Producers
Who performed and recorded Good Vibrations?
The Beach Boys and studio musicians
What was the name of the time when success of different British bands was occurring in the United States?
The British Invasion
What was the name of the Eagles album which was the first to sell over 1 million copies?
Their Greatest Hits
Which style of music was Hotel California?
rock (album oriented rock)
Which band used the three step process in this way: 1. Master 1950s Rock n Roll style ex. Surfin' USA (a lot like Chuck Berry) 2. Develop new songs that extend that style ex. Fun Fun Fun (sort of life chuck berry) 3. Branch out completely beyond that style ex. Good Vibrations
the Beach Boys
What decade was Good Vibrations recorded in?
1960s
What decade was you can't hurry love recorded in?
1960s
Which decade was Respect recorded in?
1960s
Which decade was like a rolling stone recorded in?
1960s
Which decade was Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain?
1970s
Which decade was Good Times recorded in?
1970s
Which decade was Hotel California recorded in?
1970s
What is the growing acceptance of sex outside of marriage and of contraception?
1970s Sexual Revolution
What is the name of this process? 1. Master early rock n roll style 2. Create your own version of it 3. Move beyond that style
3 step process
What did Like A rolling stone open up opportunities for?
6 minute long songs
Who recorded Respect?
Aretha Franklin
Who was raised as a gospel singer in Detroit whose father was a preacher?
Aretha Franklin
Who wrote "Like a Rolling Stone"?
Bob Dylan
Who produced Good Vibrations?
Brian Wilson
Who was the leader and producer of the beach boys?
Brian Wilson
What were the Beach Boys lyrics about?
California Culture
Which group created many disco hits in 70s co founded by guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers?
Chic
What two major American cultural events were occurring during the 60s?
Civil Rights Movement and Second Wave Feminism
Disco is the first mainstream music craze based in flashy social __________ since the swing era.
Dancing
What led to the nostalgia for the 50s?
Dissatisfaction with politics and society
Who grew up in Tennessee in 1946 and began her career in Nashville in 64?
Dolly Parton
Who is an example of a singer who made a comeback in the 70s?
Elvis Presley
What was California like in the 70s?
Failed eutopia, drugs
What kind of music was transmitted orally, usually an activity not a commercial product, from regular working people, usually old songs?
Folk Music
What is the new popularity of older songs/artist?
Folk Music Revival
who wrote Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain?
Fred Rose
What was California like in the 60s?
Free Love and Hippies, The Beach
What was Ray Charles song that was a cover of a TPA song from the 30s?
Georgia on my Mind (1960)
Which song has a melodic groovy baseline which is very repetitive?
Good Times
Which song is the most innovative song of the 60s?
Good Vibrations
Where was the center of urban folk music?
Greenwich Village, NYC
What is a musical trait with heavy bass and rhythmic guitar?
Grooves
who wrote you can't hurry love?
Holland-Dozier-Holland
After 1966 which kind of label was Aretha Franklin successful with who encouraged her Soul Style?
Indie Label (Atlantic)
Who was the godfather of soul?
James Brown
What were two songs of Dolly Parton's that reached no. 1 on the hits and we talked about in class?
Jolene and I will always Love you
Which drug led to Brian Wilson having a mental breakdown?
LSD
Which songs lyrics change from political-themed; cynical depiction of a person's fall from privilege into a bleak "real life"?
Like A rolling stone
Who is the queen of Gospel Music?
Mahalia Jackson
From 1960-66, which kind of label was Aretha Franklin unsuccessful with?
Major Label (Columbia)
Which style of music was you can't hurry love?
Motown
What was the name of one of the dance clubs that spread fashionable dance?
NYC's studio 54
Who wrote Respect?
Otis Redding
What is folk music becoming commercially successful an example of?
Paradox
Who were two record industry masterminds in the 60s?
Phil Specter and Berry Gordy
Who started as a songwriter then went into producing where he would specialize in girl groups, used studio musicians, and developed a distinctive sound called "wall of sound?"
Phil Spector
What are the 3 categories of music?
Popular, Folk, Classical
Which show was Dolly Parton hired on?
Porter Wagoner Show
What was Dolly Partons first songwriting success?
Put it off until tomorrow
Who was one of the first artists to blend popular music with gospel music?
Ray Charles
What song is an expression of 1960s feminism?
Respect (Aretha Franklin)
What does the Eagles album going for over 1 million copies represent?
Rising importance of albums
What kind of music had meaningful lyrics, aimed at working class white males, album oriented, and complex-instrumental virtuosity?
Rock
What was the predominant form of pop music in the 70s?
Rock
Which style of music is Good Vibrations?
Rock
In the 1950s, some college students started to rebel against which style of music leading to a folk music revival?
Rock n Roll
Which movie helped increase the popularity of disco?
Saturday Night Fever (77)
Which song of James Brown's did we listen to in class?
Say it loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1968)
What is a style of music that blended rock n roll with black gospel music?
Soul
Whats the same about Bob Dylan's life now as it was back then?
Still a controversial figure
What began with private dance parties in NYC featuring diverse participants, including many gay men?
The Disco Craze (75-80)
What was the name of Willie Nelson's concept album?
The Red Headed Stranger (75)
Who recorded you can't hurry love?
The Supremes
What were some musicians reacting against in the 70s?
The counterculture
What was the social movement with baby-boom generation that was anti-authoritarianism, concern for social justice, anti-war?
The counterculture (64-74)
What is new music made up of older styles?
Urban Folk Music
What is an indefinitely repeated phrase that provides a foundation for solo improvisation?
Vamp section
Who recorded Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain?
Willie Nelson
Who spent 60s as successful songwriter in Nashville but had difficulties launching career till he moved back to Austin, Texas?
Willie Nelson
Which song had an unusal form with three sections (A, B, C) repeating unpredictably?
You Can't Hurry Love
What were two parallels between Beatles and Beach Boys?
development of concept album and complex studio production techniques
What were the innovative elements in Good Vibrations?
innovative instruments, harmony, lyrics, form (ABABCDB), studio production
Many musicians at this time expanded rock n roll by using ____ _________
new styles
Country music gained a new level of ________ during the 70s
popularity
Who wrote and recorded Hotel California?
the Eagles
What two factors of Like a rolling stone make it different from other popular music of the time?
unusual length and no special production
Which style of music was like a rolling stone?
urban folk/rock (folk rock)
