Mus 132- Quiz 5
Which of the following best describes the music industry in the 1970s:
A small number of major labels controlled nearly the whole market, and the market was larger than it had ever been before, but it was also increasingly risky
Which of these does Robert Palmer NOT consider a necessary component of rock and roll?
"Bigness" from stage sets to orchestration
What do Starr and Waterman call the "golden age of punk rock?"
1975-1978
Which of the following do Starr and Waterman describe as a concept or theme album from the 1970s:
Blue by Joni Mitchell
How were KISS and Alice Cooper similar?
Both used extensive stage makeup and costumes in performance
Which of these is true:
British punk drew on a history of working class politics that American punk did not
Which of the following do Starr and Waterman describe as the center of the New York punk rock scene
CBGB & OMFUG
Which of the following helps give Joni Mitchell's recording, "California," a sense of "intimacy?"
Closely mic'ed strumming on the dulcimer
Which of these did CBGB stand for:
Country, Bluegrass, Blues
Which of these technologies DID NOT play a role in changing ideas about the recording as a work of art in the 1970s
Digital recording and sound editing
Which of the following did Pink Floyd NOT use on the song "Money?"
Digital sampling
Which of the following is NOT indicative of one or another direction in prog rock?
Extreme distortion
The emergence of distinct subgenres in rock in the 1970s was prefigured by
Fan identification with either the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, but not both in the later 1960s
Which of these DOES NOT connect glam rock with "arena" rock in the 1970s?
Fictional stage personas
What do Starr and Waterman say about live performance in rock in the 1970s
For fans, live shows came to be seen as the "real thing"—you hadn't really experienced Led Zeppelin, for instance, unless you'd seen them in concert
Which of the following was NOT a type of specialized sub-genre that emerged in the 1970s:
Harsh Rock
Which of the following best describes John Mendelsohn's reaction to Led Zeppelin's first album?
Hated it
Which of the following is true about record marketing?
In spite of niche marketing, U.S. audiences have often had quite broad musical tastes
Which of the following do Starr and Waterman say explains the popularity of 1950s rock and roll nostalgia in the 1970s, from American Graffiti to Happy Days:
It represented aging boomers' interest in a "golden age," before the 1960s counterculture
Which of the following do Starr and Waterman say about punk rock
It was as much a cultural style and it was a musical genre
Which of the following DOES NOT describe the Ramones' music?
It was highly virtuosic, requiring great skill to play
Which of the following is true about Black Sabbath?
It was likely the first band to play exclusively heavy metal
Which of the following is true about rock's popularity in the 1970s
It was one of many styles to have top-40 success in the period
Why even talk about soft rock in a class on rock?
It was one of the first styles of rock to find an audience over 30
which of the following is significant about Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
It was released as an album and film, and Bowie toured it as a stage production
Which of the following terms best describes the Talking Heads?
New wave
Which of these best describes Robert Palmer's thoughts about Bruce Springsteen in 1978?
Not rock and roll, just a good simulation
How did Vincent Furnier extend the idea of rock theatricality
Performed and recorded consistently in the character of Alice Cooper for decades
Which of the following institutions was important in the beginning of the Talking Heads?
Rhode Island School of Design
Which of the following do Starr and Waterman NOT list as precursors to punk rock?
The Talking Heads
Which of these was radical about punk rock:
The rejection of the idea of commercialism
Which of these is true about the Ramones?
They all took stage names with the last name Ramone
Why were effects pedals significant to rock?
They allowed musicians to reproduce studio sound manipulations easily in concert
Which of the following describes the Sex Pistols?
They were the creation of Malcom McLaren, a rock promoter and shop owner
True or false: there was actually considerable blurring of the boundaries between subgenres in the 1970s—singer songwriter and soft rock can be hard to distinguish, and the lines between metal and prog are not always clear.
True
Can rock appeal to adults?
Yes, according to a panel of experts convened by the NY Times, but it may do so by changing
Can rock and disco coexist?
Yes, at least according to one critic writing for the NY Times
Which of the following connects garage band rock with pub rock?
all of these
True or False: punk rock originated in London and then came to New York.
false
True or False: Starr and Waterman see FM radio programming as a factor in the increasing separation between Black and white popular music audiences in the 1970s
true
True or False: niche marketing in the U.S. music industry has often been based on race
true
True or false: Punk rock was in some ways a return to the roots of rock and roll and its spirit of risk taking
true