Music 12 Unit 18: Beyond Rock in the 1980s
Tina Turner's first No.1 hit as a solo act was ___
"What's Love Got to do With It"
The basic, prominent rhythm of Michael Jackson's song "Thriller" is ___
16 beat disco style
Van Halen's "Jump" is from ___
1984
"Sign 'O' the Times" portrays ___
A bleak, drug-and disease laden canvas of contemporary life
Bruce Springsteen's song "Born in the USA" is about ___
A portrait of a Vietnam war veteran's scathing indictment of war and its costs
The rhythm of Bruce Springsteen's song "Born in the USA" is best described as ___
A rock rhythm with a strong back beat
"Born in the USA" came from the album ___
Born in the USA
___ worked with U2 as a producer of the albums The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree and enriched their "sonic landscape"
Brian Eno
___ was the lead singer of Van Halen when they released the song "Jump"
David Lee Roth
The Cable Act of 1984 ___
Deregulated the television industry
The messages of the song "Like a Prayer" and its accompanying video deal with all of the following except ___
Dreaming is like flying on the wings of a prayer
"We are the World" was produced by Stevie Wonder
False
Alex Van Halen is known for his breathtaking guitar soling virtuosity
False
Ashbury Park, where Bruce Springsteen grew up, is in New York City
False
Except for Tom Petty, the musicians of the Traveling Willburys were relative unknowns
False
MTV began broadcasting in 1992
False
Michael Jackson produced his own highly successful video, Thriller
False
One of the reasons Michael Jackson's career was so successful is that he produced his own hits and videos early on
False
Prince hired the top musicians and producers for his first few albums
False
The early programming on MTV started with a well-integrated mix of music videos by blacks and whites
False
U2's first album, October, addressed the band's faith
False
Tina Turner's singing partner in the early part of her career was ___
Ike Turner
Madonna's hit song, "Like a Prayer" came from her album ___
Like a Prayer
The message behind the song "Where the Streets Have No Name" deals with ___
Longing for harmony that can be had when class, race, and wealth distinctions disappear
Bruce Springsteen brought ___ back to the music scene
Mainstream rock
Which of the following performers began at Motown records?
Michael Jackson
___ broke the color barrier of MTV
Michael Jackson
According to the text, Madonna's most ground-breaking aspect of her career was her ___
Position of complete control of her career
Musically, Prince's song "Sign 'O' the Times" is devoid of all the following except ___
Power chords played on guitar
___ was a quasi-autobiographical film that Prince co-authored and starred in
Purple Rain
___ was (were) the highly talented producer(s) of Jackson's Thriller (1982) and Off the Wall (1979)
Quincy Jones
Harry Belafonte instigated which of the following projects to raise money for African famine relief?
Recording of "We are the World"
'What's Love Got to Do with It" (T. Turner, 1984) includes the ___ style of rhythm
Reggae
The Traveling Willburys featured an ex-Beatle (G. Harrison), Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and ___
Roy Orbison
U2's song "Where the Streets Have No Name" comes from the album ___
The Joshua Tree
___ was the album that achieved the most commercial success for U2
The Joshua Tree
Punk-Inspired pop of the early 1980s kept the saturated rock rhythm of punk but changed ___
The spirit of the song
Van Halen's "Jump" features ___ in the accompaniment
The synthesizer
The music of the 1980s proved not to be a continuation of 1970s' music because of
The use of sounds and rhythms that weren't common earlier and the integration of styles from "outside" pop, rock, and R&B
According to the text, two of the changes that can be heard in 1980s' black pop music are more adventurous rhythms and ___
The use of synthesized sounds to replace most of the traditional instruments
___ paved the way for black artists to be aired on MTV
Thriller
Bruce Springsteen is best known for staying close to his rock and roll roots and bringing rock back to the mainstream
True
DOR stands for "dance-oriented rock"
True
Due to the popularity of the music video, song and video are often created as an integrated whole
True
In efforts to aid famine relief in Africa, many pop musicians presented "Live Aid"
True
In the 1980s, the many charitable concerts aimed at raising funds for worldwide plights helped signal a return of rock's conscience
True
Initially, MTV programming targeted a young, white audience
True
Madonna addresses the themes of racism and Christian brotherhood in her song, "Like a Prayer"
True
Pop divas in the 1980s and 1990s have helped erase ethnic background as an issue in romantic music
True
Prince is known for successfully mixing synthesized and conventional instruments in his songs
True
Punk and disco are two styles that are nearly impossible to blend
True
Rocker John Mellencamp uses a banjo and accordion in "Paper in Fire"
True
The music of the 1980s was the first generation of rock music not nurtured by the blues
True
The rhythm of "What's Love Got to Do with It" shows the influence of reggae
True
The video of Madonna's hit song, "Like a Prayer" is an entity distinct from the song that spawned it
True
U2 is known for their many contrasts: between high and low and between slow and fast
True
Van Halen's "Jump" exemplifies the new sound of punk inspired and pop oriented rock
True
Wil.i.am created a number of innovative covers of Michael Jackson
True
The Irish band that epitomized social awareness through their recordings of the 1980s was ___
U2
Some of the charitable fund-raising concerts/efforts by the rock world in the 1980s includes all of the following except ___
UWS (United World Support) for Africa
The form of John Mellencamp's hit song "Paper in Fire" is ___
Verse/chorus
Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It" utilize the ___ form
Verse/chorus
The Billboard album charts indicate that hits in the 1970s were dominated by ___
White male acts
