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