Unit 2 Quiz

In the 1960s, Miguel made a lot of money selling his music because it appealed to everyone. His friends called him a "sell out" for producing music just to get a profit instead of focusing on creating music as an art form. Based on his friends' opinions, which type of music was Miguel MOST likely creating in the 1960s?

Pop

Katarina loves disco music. She wants to bring back popularity to the genre by creating her own disco music. How can Katarina create a song that MOST accurately represents the disco genre?

She can use a catchy beat that encourages dancing

Pop music stars are recognizable around the world. What piece of technology MOST influenced pop stars and enabled them to create an "image" to sell to the public?

Television

In the 1970s, there were very few radio stations that played disco music.

Flase

Technology influenced the sounds of pop music in the 1980s. How was this MOST accurately demonstrated?

The synthesizer was used more often in songs than in the previous decades

Here are some of the lyrics to "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles: Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby) Twist and shout (Twist and shout) C'mon c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on baby) Come on and work it on out (Work it on out) Well, work it on out, honey (Work it on out) You know you look so good (Look so good) You know you got me goin' now (Got me goin') Just like I knew you would (Like I knew you would) Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby) Twist and shout (Twist and shout) C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on, baby) Come on and work it on out (Work it on out) Well, you twist, you little girl (Twist, little girl) You know you twist so fine (Twist so fine) Come on and twist a little closer now (Twist a little closer) And let me know that you're mine (Let me know you're mine) Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby) Twist and shout (Twist and shout) C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on, baby) Come on and work it on out (Work it on out) How would you BEST describe the structure of this song?

Verse-chorus structure

Here are some of the lyrics to Louis Armstrong's song, What a Wonderful World: I see trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky Are also on the faces Of people going by I see friends shaking hands Saying, "How do you do?" They're really saying "I love you" I hear babies cry I watch them grow They'll learn much more Than I'll never know And I think to myself What a wonderful world How would you BEST describe the structure of this song?

AABA form

Arjun wants to hear some pop musicians who were famous from the 1970s. Who BEST represents music from this decade?

ABBA

During the 1950s, individual songs were tracked and published in "The Top 100." What is one way these songs were tracked? - according to their record sales - according to their number of downloads - according to their concert ticket sales - according to their ratings on TV perormances

According to their record sales.

Most scholars agree that pop music began in 1955 and rock and roll began in 1958.

False

Mateo complained about the music at his high school dance. "It was all pop music. It was so lame and awful!" Based on Mateo's review of the dance, what is MOST likely to be TRUE about Mateo's taste in music? - he likes music produced for a mass audience - he prefers songs that are very commercial - he was hoping to hear more songs about relationships - he enjoys music that is more authentic and less mainstream

He enjoys music that is more authentic and less mainstream.

How did MTV MOST influence pop music?

It gave musicians the chance to visually market their songs to their fans

Unlike music of the past, popular music today has an economic component to it. How is this BEST demonstrated?

It is produced to make a profit for artists and music companies

Yanni wants to create a pop song that will appeal to a broad audience, but he doesn't know what the song's theme should be. Which theme is MOST common for a pop song?

Love

Nicolas keeps hearing his parents talk about the British Invasion. He has no idea what they are referring to. How would someone BEST describe this event to Nicolas?

Many British music groups found success in America.