The first generation of rap is known as
The 'video that broke the color barrier':
"Billie Jean"
This song is about a fabricated paternity case
"Billie Jean"
This song was used in the 1984 presidential campaign:
"Born in the U.S.A."
Eric Clapton's cover of this Bob Marley song became a #1 hit in both England and America in 1974:
"I Shot the Sheriff"
The first rap record to address social issues:
"The Message"
The first video to be played on MTV:
"Video Killed the Radio Star"
Nine Inch Nails producer Which best describes new wave:
A late 1970s-early 1980s more pop-oriented version of punk
What is MIDI?
A protocol that allows computers and samplers to communicate
The Madonna song "Papa Don't Preach" is about
A young woman who becomes pregnant out of wedlock
Crew (or posse):
An informal neighborhood group
Which I NOT true of Bob Marley:
Before starting his music career he was a politician in Jamaica
Which was NOT a romantic soul producer:
Berry Gordy
Which was NOT an active participant in the development of rap music:
Bob Marley
He often writes songs of the working class in the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Jon Landau: "I saw rock's future and its name is___________."
Bruce Springsteen
The theme of "I'm Waiting for the Man":
Buying heroin in Harlem
The New York punk scene was nourished here:
CBGB
Disco Demolition Night occurred in:
Chicago
This was important to the incubation of reggae in Kingston, Jamaica:
Dancehall culture
Which best describes hardcore:
Darker, angrier, faster, louder than punk
Which is NOT an element of 1970s hip-hop culture:
Experimental theatre
Vocal chants and minimalism are characteristics of:
Funk
The leader of both Parliament, Funkadelic, and several other musical groups:
George Clinton
One of Sonic Youth's main influences:
Glenn Branca's guitar ensemble
Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes both wrote music for:
Important Blaxploitation film
Which is NOT true of Michael Jackson's Thriller album:
It was his debut album
Which is most accurate: he made recordings in the mid-1960s that were influential to funk:
James Brown
He developed an slap bass technique that became widely copied
Larry Graham
Henry Rollins:
Lead singer in Black Flag
The pub rock circuit was in:
London
The most important hardcore scene was in:
Los Angeles
Which is a characteristic of soft soul:
Lyrics of love, romance
He managed the Sex Pistols:
Malcolm McLaren
The correct chronological order in the development of reggae:
Mento/ska/rock steady
"We Are the World" was written by Lionel Ritchie and
Michael Jackson
Why was the "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" TV show important:
Michael Jackson introduced the moonwalk during his performance
Two important 1960s archetypal punk bands came from this state:
Michigan
Which is NOT a characteristic of gangsta rap:
Party themes
Many of the romantic soul hits were produced in:
Philadelphia
In its early years, MTV:
Played only music videos
Which is NOT a characteristic of Rastafarianism:
Pogo
Which was NOT a characteristic of punk music:
Polished record production, musicianship
The London punk scene was inspired primarily by the:
Poor economy
Rhythmically adding in short musical segments such as horn hits is called:
Punch phrasing
He was the producer of Michael Jackson's album Thriller:
Quincy Jones
"America's Hippest Band":
R.E.M.
They wrote their own songs because they couldn't learn songs from records:
Ramones
Marcus Garvey's prophecies were instrumental to the founding of:
Rastafarianism
Island Records played a major role in the popularizing of:
Reggae
2 Live Crew is noted for:
Releasing the first record to be declared legally obscene
Intertwined rhythmic patterns found in reggae music are called:
Riddim
Which is a characteristic of reggae
Riddim
This group collaborated with Aerosmith for a 1984 smash hit:
Run D.M.C.
This 1977 soundtrack album featuring the Bee Gees went 30x platinum:
Saturday Night Fever
Fill in the blank: "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the ___________":
Sex Pistols
This was a multi-gender, multi-ethnic band from the Bay area:
Sly and the Family Stone
This studio was rebuilt in the 2000s and now houses a museum:
Stax
This is what one critic called "The Underground Cultural Railroad":
The 1980s alternative rock scene
This band was the most socially conscious of the London punk bands:
The Clash
The New York punk scene was inspired by:
The DIY approach of conceptualist art
The first four singles released by this Motown group went to #1:
The Jackson 5
Which did NOT contribute to the disco backlash:
The Parents Music Resource Center
Which was NOT an important influence on the development of punk:
The Police
Their music was high-energy and fun, with sometimes humorous and mindless lyrics:
The Ramones
They recorded what became a #1 hit to coincide w/the Queen's Jubilee:
The Sex Pistols
Rap incubated in the mid-1970s in:
The South Bronx
Andy Warhol was a major patron to this band:
The Velvet Underground
The famous quote, "They didn't sell many records, but everyone who bought one started a band" refers to:
The Velvet Underground
Which contributed most to the demise of Stax:
The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis
Which is most true of disco and the disco movement of the late 1970s:
The focus was on dancers and DJs rather than musicians
This helped record industry sales to rebound in the 1980s:
The introduction of the compact disc
Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver all testified to Congress against this:
Warning labels for records
Nine Inch Nails is representational of this style
industrial
This album was recorded on a 4-track cassette recorder:
nebraska
The first generation of rap is known as
old school rap
He has managed his career from his hometown of Minneapolis:
prince
The band the Revolution backed up:
prince
Who or what was TAFKAP:
prince
Three of the members of this band are practicing Christians:
u2
