Music 119 Chapter 8

What was the theme in the Who's first concept album, The Who Sell Out (1967). Multiple choice question. Counterculture Artistic freedom Advertising Mod fashion

Advertising

The Yardbirds started out playing covers of _____ recordings. Multiple choice question. Motown soul American blues trad jazz skiffle

American blues

As manager of the Who, which of the following changes were introduced by Pete Meaden? (Check all that apply). Multiple select question. Getting the group's members to cut their hair Urging the group to play an expressive, like-it-or-go-to-hell brand of rhythm and blues Renaming the group the High Numbers Having the group adopt a Bohemian lifestyle Making the group's members dress themselves in trendy suits

Getting the group's members to cut their hair Renaming the group the High Numbers Making the group's members dress themselves in trendy suits

Which of the following is true of Rod Stewart? Multiple choice question. He could capture the vocal quality of the African American bluesmen with his rough-edged vocal sound. He made frequent use of string bending, a technique that was not exclusively a part of the blues tradition. He could shift vocal accents from the way the lyrics would normally be spoken. He tried to imitate the sound of the sitar in the Yardbirds' recording of "Heart Full of Soul."

He could capture the vocal quality of the African American bluesmen with his rough-edged vocal sound.

What was a consequence of the New York-based pop sound being blown off the American charts by British invasion groups? Multiple choice question. It compelled raucous garage bands to do away with the use of distorted sound effects. It paved the way for American blues groups, garage bands, and folk-rock performers to move from regional to national success. It urged record company executives to push for national advertising for the blues. It pushed the British groups to create new sounds that were different from the blues and rockabilly of the fifties.

It paved the way for American blues groups, garage bands, and folk-rock performers to move from regional to national success.

What was significant about the British blues revival? Multiple choice question. It brought the new sound of rhythm and blues to young music fans in Britain. It discredited the raw backbeat of rockabilly and blues-based rock styles of the fifties. It bolstered the commercial success of puppy love songs sung by teen idols and girl groups. It rejuvenated American interest in the blues.

It rejuvenated American interest in the blues.

Women were generally the most important of the early classic blues singers, and the rock singer whose interest in the blues was most clearly stimulated by women's blues recordings was _____. Multiple choice question. Whitney Houston Janis Joplin Diana Jones Aretha Franklin

Janis Joplin

Many other blues-based rock guitarists of the sixties experimented with the use of feedback between the guitar and amplifier, but none used it with as much control and psychedelic flash as _____. Multiple choice question. B.B. King Jimmy Hendrix John McLaughlin Frank Zappa

Jimmy Hendrix

Needing a new drummer, the Who chose _____, a friend of theirs from another London-based Mod band, the Small Faces (later called the Faces). Multiple choice question. Charlie Watts Doug Sanden Kenney Jones Ginger Baker

Kenney Jones

The youth subculture known as the _____________had short hair, wore trendy suits, and rode motor scooters (rather than "real" motorcycles).

Mods (Modernists)

In the context of the British invasion, American record producers attracted a young audience by forming the , who were featured in a television program containing skits imitative of the Beatles' playful antics in the movie A Hard Day's Night.

Monkees

Which of the following statements point to the difference in the instrumental combination used by rockabilly groups and Mersey groups? (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. In most Mersey groups, the bassist plays a standard string bass. Most Mersey groups use an electric bass guitar instead of the large acoustic instrument. In most rockabilly groups, the lead guitarist plays a solid-body electric guitar. Most rockabilly groups use an acoustic (string) bass.Pete Townshend began to consider the possibility of expanding beyond the standard pop format of two- to three-minute songs and writing a rock , beginning with the ten-minute "mini-opera" he had written for the album Happy Jack (1967).

Most Mersey groups use an electric bass guitar instead of the large acoustic instrument. Most rockabilly groups use an acoustic (string) bass.

Which of the following is true of the British blues covers of the fifties and sixties? Multiple choice question. Most covers were not sanitized and countrified versions of the blues originals. Most covers changed the basic character of the originals. Most covers did not resemble the style and feel of the originals. Most covers followed the same tempo as the originals.

Most covers were not sanitized and countrified versions of the blues originals.

Which of the following is a feature of garage bands? Multiple choice question. Most of the bands were made up of young people with underdeveloped musical skills. Most of the bands' songs dealt with meaningful statements such as antidrug messages. The bands usually comprised of individuals who could not afford instruments. The bands rarely covered songs by other groups.

Most of the bands were made up of young people with underdeveloped musical skills.

The _____ sound was very popular with Mods, so Pete Meaden had the Who increase that part of their repertoire and eliminate the old Dixieland styles. Multiple choice question. Motown Memphis doo-wop surf sound

Motown

Why did the High Numbers return to calling themselves the Who? Multiple choice question. Out of fear that the name the High Numbers would not suit their style of playing Out of fear that the name the High Numbers would not appeal to Mods Out of fear that the name the High Numbers would soon become dated Out of fear that the name the High Numbers would be associated with the fullness and roughness of fuzztone

Out of fear that the name the High Numbers would soon become dated

John Entwistle developed his bass technique to enable him to play lines that often functioned as both lead and bass because _____. Multiple choice question. John Entwistle was both lead guitarist and lead vocalist the band fired their lead guitarist Colin Dawson Pete Townshend was more a rhythm guitarist than a lead player the band had two rhythm guitarists

Pete Townshend was more a rhythm guitarist than a lead player

Identify the instruments used by most rock groups from Liverpool and Manchester. (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. Keyboard Rhythm guitar Bass guitar Lead guitar Drums Violin

Rhythm guitar Bass guitar Lead guitar Drums

One of the best examples of a blues musician moving from one group to another was singer _____. Multiple choice question. James Brown Tony Bennett Rod Stewart Sam Cooke

Rod Stewart

Which of the following groups from London had Mod followings during the midsixties? (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. The Rolling Stones The Kinks The Animals The Small Faces The Who

The Kinks The Small Faces The Who

What was the consequence of Ray Davies' expansion of the Kinks' lyrical range? Multiple choice question. The Kinks were seen as lacking the creative energy needed to effect change in peoples' values. The Kinks were seen as trying to fit into socially constructed notions of acceptance. The Kinks lost their appeal among the "Kink kultists." The Kinks lost their pop following.

The Kinks lost their pop following.

What made the British musical groups that came to America in 1964 sound different from American rock groups of the early sixties? Multiple choice question. The fact that the British groups started their own careers by playing music that had originated in the United States The fact that the British groups played their own instruments The fact that the British groups lacked the energetic backbeat that can be heard in Buddy Holly's recordings The fact that the British groups possessed a studio-blended, wall of sound slickness

The fact that the British groups played their own instruments

Which of the following is true of the British musical groups that came to America in 1964? Multiple choice question. They brought new sounds to the United States. They refrained from playing the blues and rockabilly of the fifties. They started their own careers by playing music that had originated in the United States. They mostly played the music of the sixties.

They started their own careers by playing music that had originated in the United States.

Which of the following is true of the British musical groups that came to America in 1964? Multiple choice question. They refrained from playing the blues and rockabilly of the fifties. They mostly played the music of the sixties. They started their own careers by playing music that had originated in the United States. They brought new sounds to the United States.

They started their own careers by playing music that had originated in the United States.

Which album of the Who proved to be an artistic and commercial breakthrough and was hailed as a powerful stage piece? Multiple choice question. Who's Next The Who Sell Out Tommy A Quick One

Tommy

The last Who album Keith Moon lived to record was _____. Multiple choice question. Quadrophenia (1973) Who Are You (1978) The Who By Numbers (1975) Tommy (1969)

Who Are You (1978)

The Yardbirds were developing a commercial, psychedelic stage act, and Jeff Beck eagerly joined in by playing his guitar behind his head and experimenting with _____. Multiple choice question. comb filters echo suppression digital synthesizers amplifier feedback

amplifier feedback

The Who's attention-drawing antics after their 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival had grown into the _____. Multiple choice question. complete destruction of guitars, amplifiers, microphones, and drums on stage delivery of long instrumental improvisations that gave listeners the feeling that they were experiencing eerie connections of thoughts and images use of power chords that added much to the heavy depth and weight of their sound use of bottlenecks and string-bending techniques on the guitar

complete destruction of guitars, amplifiers, microphones, and drums on stag

Ray Davies, of the Kinks, realized that to establish and maintain a career the band should _____. Multiple choice question. cultivate a reputation of being inarticulate concentrate on writing their own material and develop their own distinctive sound develop a clean image by having its members' hair cut and by dressing them in trendy suits expand beyond the standard pop format of two- to three- minute songs and write a rock opera

concentrate on writing their own material and develop their own distinctive sound

When Cream's 1968 recording of Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" (1936) is analyzed, it is evident that the members of Cream _____. Multiple choice question. did not establish a link between the old country blues and the new blues-based rock did not copy the rough quality of Johnson's style played with the rhythmic freedom out of which the blues form had developed were not very technically proficient instrumentalists

did not copy the rough quality of Johnson's style

True or false: The British were covering the blues in order to make commercial hits.

false

The Kinks developed their own distinctive sound by slitting their amplifier speaker to get the distorted _____________________for their powerful hit "You Really Got Me" (1964). Listen to the complete question

fuzztone

___________________bands were so named because most of the bands were made up of untrained musicians who practiced in their garages, producing a raw, unrefined sound.

garage

True or false: The British were covering the blues in order to make commercial hits. True false question. True False

horn section

The Who came to rock music from a background in early _____.

jazz styles

Pete Townshend began to consider the possibility of expanding beyond the standard pop format of two- to three-minute songs and writing a rock , beginning with the ten-minute "mini-opera" he had written for the album Happy Jack (1967).

opera

A comparison of any British blues recordings with the original versions reveals that the late-sixties British blues groups _____. Multiple choice question. abandoned certain bass techniques that were used to play lines that often functioned as both lead and bass were less interested in the fullness and roughness of fuzztone than their early-sixties predecessors remained less faithful to the old styles than their early-sixties predecessors had used the same instrumental combination as that of American rockabilly groups of the fifties

remained less faithful to the old styles than their early-sixties predecessors had

It was common for garage bands to have one lucky hit but be unable to follow it with anything that equaled its success because _____. Multiple choice question. most garage bands rarely covered songs by other groups most garage bands combined simple, crude, and energetic music with aggressive vocals so many garage band musicians were untrained in music and inexperienced as writers so many garage band musicians wrote songs that dealt with meaningful statements such as antidrug messages

so many garage band musicians were untrained in music and inexperienced as writers

Pete Townshend intended to follow the album Tommy with a science fiction concept album for which he had experimented with sounds produced by a _____. Multiple choice question. synthesizer and sequencer electronde theremin spherophone and stylophone

synthesizer and sequencer

Ray Davies made effective use of repetition in his music to express _____. Multiple choice question. feelings of angry rebellion the monotony of the life his lyrics depicted feelings of love, or in many cases lust the disillusionment about the effectiveness of dissident groups in society

the monotony of the life his lyrics depicted

Teenage banjo player Pete Townshend and trumpeter John Entwistle formed a _______________ _____________________band called the Scorpions in 1959.

trad jazz

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed as a _____, with Hendrix playing a fiery lead guitar, and two English musicians, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, ably backing him. Multiple choice question. quintet sextet trio nonet

trio

True or false: Before the British blues hit the American charts, music by blues groups was not given the distribution or airplay it would have needed to gain national popularity. True false question. True False

true (Reason: This is true. American blues musicians in cities like Chicago had managed to maintain their careers by playing the blues through the late fifties and early sixties, but the rock industry as a whole had not considered their music to be suitable competition for the pop style being marketed to teenagers at the time. Music by blues groups was not given the distribution or airplay it would have needed to gain national popularity, but that soon changed after the British blues hit the American charts.)