MUS 125 UNLV Quizlet Compendium
The song "Stawberry Fields" was written about a Salvation Army Children's Home just around the corner from John Lennon's childhood home. Upon listening to "Stawberry Fields" and the creativity and experimental elements of this song, would we place it among the psychedelic songs of the 1960s?
TRUE
User Answer Correct Before they were called The Four Tops, this group was originally called the Four Aims?
TRUE
User Answer Correct In 1964 the Beatles held the top 5 positions on the US singles charts simultaneously?
TRUE
User Answer Correct The Beatles began as an amateur skiffle group in Liverpool known as the Quarrymen?
TRUE
User Answer Correct The Beatles had sold 1 billion records by 1985; the most in history?
TRUE
User Answer Correct The Beatles hired Allen Klein as their manager in 1969?
TRUE
User Answer Correct The Rolling Stones first charting single was with a cover of the Chuck Berry song "Come On"?
TRUE
User Answer Correct The Who's Pete Townshend and John Entwistle actually played together in a Dixieland jazz band in their early band days?
TRUE
The first Beatles single for EMI was "Love Me Do" in 1962. Ringo, who had just joined the band, was expecting to play his first session as the permanent drummer with the Beatles, but was replaced at the last minute by a professional studio drummer, Andy White, because George Martin (the producer) wasn't confident that Ringo was good enough. Ringo still played on this recording, but he is playing percussion. Of the four percussion instruments listed below, identify what instrument is Ringo playing?
Tambourine
User Answer Correct The Rolling Stones' manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, created an image of a raunchy, unkempt look for the Stones to contrast what other British band?
The Beatles
User Answer Correct In 1964, The Supremes had three #1 hits in a row. Which of the following hits did NOT reach #1 during that same year?
Stop! In the Name of Love
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the first song that introduced the Beatles to the United States and the Billboard charts. The song was designed to portray the Beatles as innocent, fun and easy to fall in love with. In an attempt to win over the American audience, did the Beatles manage to capture music and lyrics that express a happy relationship in this song?
TRUE
According to the Four Tops, "We used to just lock ourselves in the studios with some barbecue ribs and Cold Duck and come up with an album in a couple of days." The albums always turned out well and the hits rolled out time after time... so maybe this is the secret to great songs! Listen and answer True or False. When the "finger snap" effect begins in The Four Tops' "Baby I Need Your Loving" they continue for the entire duration of the song.
TRUE
Paul McCartney's "Let it Be" was inspired by his mother, Mary, who died when he was 14, although, many people thought "Mother Mary" was a biblical reference when they heard it. This was also the title track of the Beatles last album, which it made an appropriate statement about leaving problems behind and moving on in life. As you listen to "Let it Be," is it true that the only accompanying instrument to Paul McCartney's vocals in the first verse and chorus of "Let it Be" is piano?
TRUE
The Beatles first #1 selling album was in 1963 with Please, Please Me. The single of the same name rose to #2 on the charts. The Beatles became known for their great ability to sing in harmony, which involves the members singing different pitches to each other to form a vocal chord to fill out the sound. Listen carefully to the Beatles in this song and determine if we could consider the singing in Please, Please Me "singing in Harmony?"
TRUE
The song "Son Of A Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield was a #1 hit in 1968, but came back to popularity through the cult film "Pulp Fiction." As you listen to the song, is it true that the drum groove (beat) in the song could be generally described as sparse and simplistic?
TRUE
User Answer Correct The Beatles toured the United States as a band 7 times?
FALSE
User Answer Correct The Fab Four's first USA appearance was on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on what date?
February 6, 1964
"Stubborn Kind of Fellow" sung by Marvin Gaye with backing vocals by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas was the song that defined the Motown sound for the next 5 years. The drum groove and soulful feel of the funk brothers gave this song it's character, but what instrument plays the solo in the middle of the song?
Flute
Question 24:User Answer Correct In the 1980s and 1990s Paul McCartney was commissioned to write for several movies and TV shows. The song "Live and Let Die" was featured as the title song for the James Bond film of the same name and gave McCartney an opportunity to write for...
Full Orchestra
User Answer Correct Identify the characters that each Beatle represented on the album cover for Abbey Road.
George Harrison : Grave Digger John Lennon : Minister - religion Ringo Starr : Undertaker Paul McCartney : Corpse
"Paint It Black" is a song written about a man mourning his ex-girlfriend. In the song "Paint it, Black" the signature riff is played by which ethnic instrument? - Clue: Brian Jones, who plays this Ethnic instrument, was a close friend of George Harrison of the Beatles.
Indian Sitar
User Answer Correct What is the name of the publishing company that Berry Gordy set up in 1958?
Jobete
Ringo kept his fun attitude toward life with the songs he released after the Beatles break up. He was also the only Beatle to remain on good terms with his former band-mates and played on John, Paul and George's solo albums in 1970. In the song "You're 16, You're Beautiful and You're Mine" what toy instruments doe Ringo featured in the solo sections?
Kazoo
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, was released in 1965 as one of the first successful Jagger/Richards chart topping songs. Throughout the song a three-note riff is repeatedly played by what instrument and musician?
Keith Richards - Guitar
User Answer Correct Which pair of Rolling Stones guitarists developed the "weaving" concept that unites the two instrumentalists as one?
Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood
The song "Keith & Ringo Together (Again)" comes from Keith Moons only solo album where he features many of his friends. The recording process was a drunken mess most of the time with Keith preferring to party with his friends than record seriously. Some of the joking around was captured and used on the album. What generally takes place in "Keith & Ringo Together (Again)"?
Keith and Ringo tell jokes and try to remember who is in the band
User Answer Correct The last Beatle join the band went by the name ________?
Ringo Starr
User Answer Correct Joining in the 1970s, identify the last member to join the Rolling Stones?
Ron Wood
User Answer Correct What does the acronym MBE, relating to a Royal honor given in England, stand for?
Member of the British Empire
User Answer Correct Which of these songs was a #1 hit for the Temptations?
My Girl
Paul McCartney wrote the song "Hey Jude" for Julian Lennon to console him after John and Cynthia (his Mum and Dad) divorced in 1968. If you were an audience member at a performance of "Hey Jude" what lyric would you sing along with the Beatles?
Na, na na, na-na-na, na
The Faces were one of the most popular bands among musicians in England in the late 1960s. And, the band consisted of some great musicians such as Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart and Kenny Jones who would become famous with other British rock bands (Rolling Stones, the Who). "Cindy Incidentally" helped establish Rod Stewarts signature voice, but also featured an instrument to start the song that hadn't led rock 'n' roll for over ten years. This instrument is...
Piano
CHAPTER 14 listening assigment
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Chapter 15 Motown
"Motown" encompasses three record labels, Tamla, Motown and Gordy, several small subsidiary labels, the Jobete music publishing company, a style of music, and a family of musicians, singers, songwriters and producers, all under the direction of Berry Gordy. The term "Motown" relates to the "Motown Record Corporation," and this chapter uses it throughout to describe all of the above. The name "Motown" derives from the nickname for Detroit called "motor town" because of the many automotive factories around the city. The most productive era for Motown was the Detroit years of 1959 to 1972 that earned the original house and recording studio the nickname "Hitsville USA." Berry Gordy, the man responsible for creating Motown, brought a new level of respect to rock and roll with polished, sharp performers (essentially black artists). He also prided himself on his ability to locate talent, shape his artists and send them out as superstars. Motown went on to become one of the most influential forces socially and musically in America, sustaining multiple songs on the charts at a single time, before the company relocated to Los Angeles in June 1972.
User Answer Correct How old was Keith Moon when he joined The Who?
17
User Answer Correct "Beatlemania" was declared in what year?
1963
User Answer Correct The Who were officially formed as a band in what year?
1964
User Answer Correct What year did The Beatles officially break up as a band?
1970
User Answer Correct Marvin Gaye finally took creative control of his music with the album What's Goin' On. What year was this album released?
1971
The Yardbirds became popular for the great guitarists that went through the band (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page) and later became the vehicle for forming Led Zeppelin. This song makes use of tempo (speed) changes to add interest. How many tempo changes are there in the song "For Your Love"? (Only count changes after the opening tempo)
2
User Answer Correct Michael Jackson's album Thriller sold over 70 million copies, and was #1 on the charts for how many weeks?
37
In recording "Start Me Up", the Rolling Stones experimented with recording in different environments. Which environment might have been used to achieve the reverb/echo effect that occurs throughout the song?
A bathroom
The song "A Day in the Life" was originally two separate songs (the first part John Lennon's and the second Paul McCartney's) that the Beatles merged with an interesting transition. How do they make the transition from the first part of the song to the second?
A cacophony of noise and sound
The song "Get Back" was originally the title for the album Let it Be because the Beatles were going back to their roots and the blues with this album. When the band reached an impasse with the final songs for the album it was put aside to record Abbey Road and became Let it Be when they decided to break up. In "Get Back" Ringo doesn't play a "straight" rock 'n' roll drum beat. We call the beat a "march" feel in musical terms, but, which of the following analogies best represents the beat Ringo is playing?
A horse galloping
"Baba O'Riley" is considered the first rock song to use synthesizers and was written in honor of Meher Baba, Pete Townsend's spiritual guru, and Terry Riley, an experimental musician (known for his simple repetitive style). How are these influences represented in the song?
A synthesizer producing a complex repeated rhythm throughout the song
User Answer Correct The Jackson Five's four #1 hits in a row in 1970 were...?
ABC The Love You Sav I Want You Back I'll Be There
User Answer Correct The first Rolling Stones album to feature all Jagger/Richards compositions was __________?
Aftermath
User Answer Correct In which formats was Magical Mystery Tour originally released? As a single, an EP, an album, or a combination?
Album and EP
User Answer Correct When Andrew Oldham decided to resign as the Stones manager in 1968, who replaced him?
Allen Klein
Come Together was originally a political campaign song given to Timothy Leary, who in 1969 had decided to run as governor of California against Ronald Reagan, the future US president. Musically, John Lennon reached the peak of his "nonsense" lyrics where the listener could create any scene they wished as they listened. In between the choruses of "Come Together" (come together, right now, over me), which instruments are featured?
Bass and Drums
User Answer Correct What did Keith Moon do on the "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" live TV show that left the host, audience and even his band members in shock? Type: Multiple ChoicePoints Awarded: 1.000/1.000User Answer(s): Blew up his drums with gunpowder
Blew up his drums with gunpowder
User Answer Correct In the song "Revolution" there is a great bluesy rock 'n' roll feel and huge distorted guitar sound, but the lyrics tell us that "we all want to?"
Change the world
The Beatles often started their songs with the chorus so that their fans would remember and identify the songs right away as in the example "A Hard Days Night." "A Hard Days Night" was the Beatles first feature film and it was so popular that a wave of bands producing films was born from this venture. In the verses of "A Hard Days Night" identify the classic percussion instrument that is featured (clue: the only prescription is more...)
Cowbell
"Money" was a hit for Barret Strong that helped Motown cross over from R& B to the Pop charts. In the verses of the song there is a stop time effect used, which comes from the Chicago blues style. During the stop time, the vocals continue, but so does one other instrument. This instrument is?
Drums
The Who's "My Generation" was written by Pete Townshend when he was 20 years old. This song was banned by the BBC because they considered the deliberate stutter in the vocals of Roger Daltrey to be offensive to people who had a speech impediment. The ban from radio play was eventually lifted as the song gained popularity. Listen carefully and determine what instrument solos throughout the last chorus of this song?
Drums (Keith Moon)
User Answer Correct Many of the Rolling Stones' songs begin with an instrumental riff that quickly becomes the melody. What instrument is used to kick off the song "Start Me Up"?
Electric Guitar
"Pinball Wizard" is a song from the Who's Tommy, which is considered to be the first "Rock Opera." Tommy is about a young man who is deaf, dumb, and blind, but becomes a pinball champion. Tommy was made into a movie in 1975 starring Jack Nicholson, Ann Margaret, Tina Turner, and Roger Daltrey (who played Tommy). Listen to "Pinball Wizard" and determine if it includes sampled sounds of a pinball machine. (True = yes, False = no)
FALSE
John Lennon's song "Working Class Hero" is a protest song influenced by his friendship with Bob Dylan and his own roots in Liverpool. The song was also covered more recently by Green Day. As you listen to the lyrics, determine if John is telling us that people should be ashamed to be part of the working class? (Yes = True, No = False)
FALSE
User Answer Correct Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager, died in 1967 from an unexpected heart attack?
FALSE
User Answer Correct The Beatles have earned 7 Grammy Awards?
FALSE
The Rolling Stones began as a pure Rhythm & Blues band recreating the sound of the famous bluesmen of Chicago and the "Chess" studios. One of the early hits for the Stones was a Willie Dixon song that they had heard on the records of Howlin' Wolf and Sam Cooke. Keith Richards has reflected on the early Stones blues recordings as not only a tribute to the original great blues performers, but as a subconscious breaking down of racial barriers. This twist on a common statement became the title of a TV series on the blues: "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?" helps put the racial connection into context. As you listen to "Little Red Rooster," which of these instrument pairs share the solo in this version?
Harmonica and Slide Guitar
Stop! In The Name of Love was written by the Motown songwriting team Holland/Dozier/Holland. Lamont Dozier got the idea for the title after an argument with his girlfriend. In the heat of battle, he yelled, "Stop in the name of love." They both started laughing and Dozier knew a line that corny had to be a song title. This was the 4th song in a string of 5 consecutive #1 hits for the Supremes. In "Stop! In The Name of Love" Diana Ross sings about...
Her cheating boyfriend
User Answer Correct Match the following "Who" songs to the correct charting year...?
I Can't Explain : 1964 My Generation : 1965 Pictures of Lily : 1967 Baba O'Riley : 1971 Who Are You : 1978
"Shop Around" is a single written by the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in 1960. The song tells a story about a mother telling her adult son to "shop around" and find a good wife. When the song begins to fade his mother says, "Understand my son, Be a man, my son..." Most versions end with "I know you can, my son," but, what is the last thing she says in THIS version?
I love ya
Three of the Who's songs of the 1970s were picked up by the American TV network CBS for their 21st century CSI television series ("Won't Get Fooled Again", "Baba O'Reilly" and "Who Are You"). As you listen to the opening of "Who Are You" (used for CSI, Las Vegas) determine how the bands instrumental sounds are used once the vocal verse begins:
Kicks into a driving rock groove
George Harrison's first solo album following the Beatles breakup All Things Must Pass talked about letting go and his dedication to religion and the search for God. In the song "What is Life" the dominant theme is about...
Love
The song "I Am The Walrus" introduces what John Lennon referred to as his "gobble-de-gook" lyrics to deter fans from reading too much into the Beatle lyrics. He felt as if he was leading the fans away from thinking for themselves and was frustrated that they took Beatle lyrics too seriously and as a way of life. The song includes gibberish, but also references to James Joyce, Humpty Dumpty, C. S Lewis' poetry and Shakespearean actors. What other Beatles song is referenced in the third verse of "I Am The Walrus"?
Lucy in the Sky (with Diamonds)
Listen carefully to the melody in "Fingertips" and determine which of the following well-known nursery rhymes is referenced by the 12 year old Little Stevie (Stevie Wonder) on his harmonica in the song?
Mary Had a Little Lamb
"Please Mr. Postman" was a hit for Mary Wells and the Marvelettes (Marvin Gaye also plays drums on this track) and was known for being the first Motown song to reach the number 1 position on Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song influenced many other rock musicians including the Beatles who recorded and released their own version in tribute to the Motown sound. What is the general story in this song?
Mary Wells hoping for a letter from her long distance boyfriend
User Answer Correct What Indian instrument did George Harrison introduce to pop music through the Beatle's song "Norwegian Wood"?
Sitar
User Answer Correct Which bluesman wrote this song "Eyesight to the Blind" as the only song on the Who's "Tommy" not written by tPete Townshend?
Sonny Boy Williamson I
"Happy Jack" was a song featured on The Who's second album, A Quick One, but in the US, the album title itself had to be changed to "Happy Jack" due to record company fears that the original title was a reference to sex. The song was featured in the USA for the H2 Hummer TV commercials in the early 2000s (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV65Z7p2Xy8 if you want to see it!). How would we best describe Keith Moon's drum playing on The Who's song "Happy Jack?"
Sparse with big fills emphasizing the chorus
Steveland Morris was a prodigiy musician/singer signed to Motown at the age of 11. He went on to become one of the most successful artists for Motown, and has earned no fewer than 25 Grammy Awards. His stage name is ________ ________?
Stevie Wonder
User Answer Correct At only 12 years old, what Motown artist had a #1 hit with the song "Fingertips and a #1 album entitled 12 Year Old Genius?
Stevie Wonder
chapter 13 the beatles
The Beatles, nicknamed the "Fab Four" in their early career, had more impact on rock music socially, historically and musically than any other group or performer. They achieved an unprecedented number of hit songs, expanded the boundaries of rock music compositionally, musically and sonically, and their ever-changing image has influenced international fashion trends. By 1985, The Beatles had sold more albums than any other artist or band in history with sales exceeding one billion units. And, the excitement the Beatles generated throughout the world inspired youth pop culture for several generations. Their music later identified with the American counterculture (drugs, protest and social change) and had a profound effect on the society, which was going through a period of great social change in the mid-1960s.
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The British Invasion "The British Invasion" is the term used to describe the wave of British rock bands that dominated the American music charts primarily from 1964 to 1967. The characteristic sound of the British invasion was a blend of American blues, country and early rock and roll, fused with British pop and skiffle music. There were many British rock bands that became popular throughout the UK and Europe in the early 1960s, but only a handful entered the U.S. charts and had an impact on the direction rock music took in the mid to late 1960s. The first wave of British bands came primarily from Liverpool where the "beat boom" or "beat music" flourished, and then from Manchester, London and the rest of the United Kingdom.
User Answer Correct Which of the following artists recorded Motown's first #1 hit "Please Mr. Postman"?
The Marvelettes
Chapter 14: Rolling Stones and The Who
The Rolling Stones are one of the greatest rock and roll bands in history. Able to move with the times, they have maintained popularity with each generation, produced more than sixty albums and influenced trends in music for over forty-five years. Unlike many other British invasion bands of the same period, the Rolling Stones had a background steeped in the blues rather than English "beat music." The Who formed in London in 1964 as part of the hip "Mod" scene and donned strategically ripped jeans, pop icon t-shirts and a persona of intellectual rebellion. The band members embodied whatever was "in" on London's famous Carnaby Street and spoke out, through their music, about the troubles and declining social status of England's youth.
"My Girl," by Smokey Robinson for the Temptations, was the first #1 hit in the U.S. (in 1965) for the long lasting Motown group. The previous year, Robinson wrote a similar song, "My Guy," for Motown singer Mary Wells. That song carried the same sentiment of unconditional love as "My Girl," but from a female perspective. Many songs have a hook, or something very catchy that helps fans identify the song when it is played or performed. What is one of the most distinguishable characteristics found in "My Girl"?
The continuous guitar riff throughout the whole song
User Answer Correct Who did the Beatles record songs with in Hamburg in the year 1961?
Tony Sheridan
User Answer Correct Following in the footsteps of the Beatles, which Rolling Stone brought the sitar into the band's lineup (in "Paint it Black")?
Type: Multiple ChoicePoints Awarded: 1.000/1.000User Answer(s):Brian Jones
The Beatles do away with the standard rock 'n' roll instruments in "Eleanor Rigby" in an attempt to bridge the gap between rock and classical music. The supporting instruments in "Eleanor Rigby" are...
Violins, Violas, Cellos
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles' song "Got a Job" was a direct response to the song "Get a Job" by the Silhouettes. In this song, the character has a job even though the boss is a slob. Also according to the lyrics what needs to be done after cleaning the dirty floors?
Wash the windows and the doors
User Answer Correct In the song "Satisfaction" Mick Jagger sings he can't "...get no satisfaction" from all of the following... except?
When he's playing his guitar
User Answer Correct Match each song by The Who to the correct version of the CBS TV series CSI.
Who Are You : CSI Las Vegas Baba O'Riley : CSI New York Won't Get Fooled Again : CSI Miami
Another of Ringo's solo career hit songs is "Back off Boogaloo." How does "Back off Boogaloo" begin?
With a march
After the break up of the Beatles in 1970 all four members released solo albums. John expressed his frustration at the time through some of the songs he recorded with the Plastic Ono Band. Listen carefully to the lyrics in the song "How Do You Sleep." John sends a not very nice message to Paul McCartney telling him that all he's ever done was...?
Yesterday
