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Download History of Rock n Roll (Exam 1)COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS and more Exams History of Music in PDF only on Docsity! History of Rock n Roll (Exam 1)COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS What enabled teens to continue consuming Rock n Roll despite their parents' objections? - ANSWER It further separated themselves from adult society. Forbidden to read & write, what became central to communication in slave communities? What emerged from this legacy? - ANSWER Singing and story telling Rap What accounts for American's economic boom after WWII? - ANSWER - Pent-up consumerism (caused by war rationing, hold on to purchases during Great Depression) - Exploded a lot of buying According to Frederick Douglass, when and why did slaves sing? - ANSWER Slaves sang when they're most unhappy.. it represents their sorrows of the heart. What migration took place after WWII? What were its consequences? - ANSWER The post-war migration to suburbs... The consequences were declining public services and decaying infrastructures in the inner-cities. What did not end with the Civil War? - ANSWER Racial prejudice Describe the interracial relations of the South and what it produced. - ANSWER displaced peoples lived in the South -- hillbillies, cajuns, blacks, southern whites -- they did get along but were integrated -- that is why you had to have segregations laws on the in the south -- also the displaced people created a musical transculturation Why did "Jim Crow" laws exist only in the South? - ANSWER They were already segregated by schools, parks, and other public facilities. What was the audience for rhythm & blues before the 1950s? - ANSWER African Americans What happened to "uppity" blacks in the South? - ANSWER Lynched and beaten In "Rock Begins," what does Palmer say John Lomax attempted to do in the 1930s? - ANSWER Lomax tried to preserve folksongs by going to the rural south and recording musicians including black convicts What did the Navy Secretary ask the President to do? What happened to jazz as a result of this? - ANSWER to shut down Storyville... Musician's jobs dried up and jazz was taken to Kansas city, St. Louis, and Chicago. In "Elvis Presley," what does Guralnick say the "official" packaging of Elvis leave out? - ANSWER Left out the drive and consuming ambition. How is Count Basie's music different from those of other Swing Era bands? - ANSWER She played blues infused music. What was the richest state in the U.S. in 1860? What is the poorest state today? - ANSWER Mississippi Who gravitated to Bebop? Who listened to jazz after Bebop? - ANSWER Jazz musicians. Musicians and jazz aficionados Who opened up a recording studio in Memphis to record talented musicians, especially blacks, then wound up recording Elvis Presley's 1st songs on his Sun Records label? - ANSWER Sam Phillips What kind of music did W.C. Handy hear at the train station? What did he do with that music? - ANSWER (W.C. Handy was a college educated bandleader) An itinerant blues musician Publish a string of blues, known as the Father of Blues, and became rich because of the blues. What did the video "Seeds of the Sixties" say about women in the 1950s? - ANSWER - Girls could expect lives just like their mothers. - Women went to college with a "domestic science" majors ... basically "how-to be a house wife" - Women can't get a man with her brain (Smith College song) What kind of stigma did R&B have? How did record labels market their "new music" and what was the irony? - ANSWER Negative stigma Vulgarity & sexually labeled "Rock n Roll" had been a blues word for "Sex" What kind of policy against communist nations did the U.S. adopt during the early years of the Cold War? - ANSWER Truman Policy, containing the spread of communism in the world Who targeted "baby boomers" and why? What happened to those born before and after the baby boom? - ANSWER Business because the babies were seen as future consumers. They always felt too old or too young while seeing ads in TV or magazines. What did TV critic Jack O'Brien compare Elvis' performance to? - ANSWER Georgia Southern (Burlesque "Striptease) What did the suburbs offer young white couples? - ANSWER Privacy (as opposed to living with their parents), security, sense of community, conformity, homogeneity What created the baby boom after WWII? - ANSWER New found confidence and optimism in their economy What did the Truman policy eventually lead to? - ANSWER Lead U.S. to war with Korea and Vietnam What are radio and TV networks? - ANSWER Networks are stations were their broadcasting intersect so they can cover much larger area What was difficult for youngsters growing up in the suburbs to comprehend? - ANSWER The gravity of events their parents went through (Cold War, Great Depression, WWII). Parent's obsession with material and spiritual security. What Sun Records early star was an incredible talent, noted for his exuberant stage performances and referred to as "the white man with the black soul?" (Besides Elvis) - ANSWER Jerry Lee Lewis What did the video "Seeds of the Sixties" say about "Rule #1" and how millions of America's young people reacted to it in the 1960s? - ANSWER Rule #1: OBEY AUTHORITY, don't ask questions. "Millions of young people would renounce this rule. ... Children were never allowed to talk back or question anything." Who was the black singer whose over-the-top performances of "Lucille" and "Tutti Frutti," with their "cross-over" popularity among white teens helped usher in the era of Rock n Roll? - ANSWER Little Richard What did the video "Seeds of the Sixties" say about "Rule #2" and how millions of America's young people reacted to it in the 1960s? - ANSWER Rule #2: CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS "Masses of baby-boomers would reverse this one and 'let it all hang out.' ... compares the 'spread of emotions' to a contagious disease." Using the word "normal." "It's not normal to act or feel that way." He was an incomparable composer and band leader. He had an intuitive ability to create themes and arrange the maximum use of instrumental voices. Living when he did, it is remarkable that race never seems to adversely affect him or his music. - ANSWER Duke Ellington What does historian C. Vann Woodward note about the South? - ANSWER It is the only region in U.S. that was defeated and suffered military occupation How were among the displaced persons living in the South? - ANSWER Living in the ghettos What does writer William Faulkner say about southern whites? - ANSWER They were haunted by a past that they can neither restore nor discard. Who was the red light district in New Orleans named for? - ANSWER Sydney Story (a councilman who came up with the idea) Where in America were blacks, whites, and Hispanics most integrated? How were races segregated in the South? - ANSWER In the south since colonial times By law Describe Irving Berlin's musical career. - ANSWER King of Tin Pan Alley - Started as a song plugger in his teens; paid people to cheer louder for the song he was plugging, request songs to be played What does historian Bill Malone say about southern culture and music? - ANSWER Southern folk culture and music had been alternatively scorned, viewed with condensaiton What did microphones and other forms of amplification do for popular music? - ANSWER Enabled bands with 3 or 4 people to have a loud performance. What issue isolated the South? How did southern segregationist see events unfolding? - ANSWER The issue of race, policy towards blacks (Federal government) Imposing their will on the southern way of life. What can you say about songs such as "Rock-a-Bye Baby" and "Born in the USA?" - ANSWER They have a nice melody, but the lyrics portray a different song. In "Top 40 AM," how does Morthland say Storz and other radio chains cultivated their "distinctive" sounds? - ANSWER Using identification jingles at regular intervals. Radio stations had to sound different because they were all playing the same songs. What side of Rock n Roll did Dick Clark represent? What side did Alan Freed represent? - ANSWER Dick Clark represented the obedient, safe, and subdued side that the parents could live with Alan Freed represented the wild, dangerous, inter-racial, rebellious side of Rock n Roll. What did the young songwriters of Aldon Records have? - ANSWER Genuine empathy and experience (value, interest, needs) What happened to Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly by the [end] of the 1950s? - ANSWER - Jerry Lee Lewis: black listed because he married his 13-year-old cousin - Elvis: army in 1958, when he came back he was made into a movie star and night club type singer - Little Richard: found God after a near-death experience; claimed that Rock n Roll was from the devil - Chuck Berry: arrested for transporting a 14-year-old girl for immoral purposes - Buddy Holly: Killed in a plane crash (inspiration for Don McClean's song "American Pie") Who did Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger play for? - ANSWER The working people During the teen idol years, who did Philadelphia record labels target? What did they assume? - ANSWER They targeted teenage girls. They assumed teenage girls wanted a wholesome man. How were Americans divided on the Vietnam War? - ANSWER The Hawks vs. The Doves Hawks: supported the war, had to stop communism from spreading in Asia (Vietnam) Doves: opponents of war, the conflict of communism should be settled by Vietnamese not us (foreigners) How did Michael Nesmith feel the Monkees were being treated? What did he and the other band members do? What is the moral? - ANSWER Nesmith felt like Monkees weren't getting respect. They got Kirsher fired and took over all musical output. Moral - Don't let success someone else created for you get to your head. Who was the Jewish American songwriting team that first wrote for black artist (such as Big Mama Thornton and the Coasters) and black audiences and were among the first to produce the music they wrote? - ANSWER Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller What does Greil Marcus call Hank Williams? What could Williams and other Country musicians not break? What message did Rock n Roll spread? - ANSWER singer of "limits" -- they could not escape the southern tradition -- rock & roll spread the message of breaking boundaries and having a good time How did Pete Seeger see folk music? How was this reflected in the way the Newport Folk Festival was set up? - ANSWER He saw it as a communal event. The Festival was very inclusive and included workshops. Who did Brian Wilson idolize and measure his music by? - ANSWER (early influence: The Four Freshmen) Phil Spector. Brian would go to Spector's studio and listen. Spector mocked and demeaned him but Brian didn't care because Murray (father) treated him worse and he was only there to gain knowledge (which he did). What, according to Elijah Wald, did Pete Seeger's ideal of a democracy include? What does Bob Dylan's "rugged individualism" call for? What did the 1965 Newport Folk Festival give "birth" to? - ANSWER Pete Seeger's ideal of a democracy included helping each other. Dylan's rugged individualism called for being dependent on himself. The birth represented rock as a mature voice of generation. What aspect of Elvis' career did the Colonel only seem to be interested? - ANSWER His singing career and making money off of him The production of what song convinced Phil Spector's financial backers* that he was going crazy? *bankers ...? - ANSWER "He Hit Me" What did the music industry originally sell? Why was music participatory in those days? When did it become so again? - ANSWER It originally sold sheet music. Because of board way AND participatory because the family sang to sheet music karaoke makes music participatory again Why did folk-style music become popular among baby boomers in the 1960s? - ANSWER At that time, baby boomers were off going to college. They outgrew the pop songs they grew up with. What was Pet Sounds based on? What is the significance of the album? - ANSWER Brian's life as a sensitive young man growing up in California suburbs. A thematic (concept) album that became a unit What does Miller say about Brian Wilson in The Beach Boys? - ANSWER Moody and withdrawn and awkward on stage. He never fit the carefress stereotype cultivated by the Beach Boys, but he was the dominant voice in the safety of the studio What was the IWW? How successful was it as a union? What else did it produce? - ANSWER Industrial Workers of the World; it produced interesting characters such as Mother Jones and Joe Hill and lots of union songs What does Alan Light say about the album "Another Side of Bob Dylan" in "Bob Dylan?" - ANSWER Work of a writer struggling against the confines of conventional songwriting and folk instrumentation How did Grossman try to insure the success of his group - Peter, Paul & Mary? - ANSWER Setting up his group at prime slots. Then got them radio time and recording contracts. What did Phil Ochs see folk musicians as? How did people like Jerry Rubin disillusion Ochs and what did it lead to? - ANSWER Ochs saw folk musicians as an agent for changing the American society. (Not done) How did Joan Baez react to Bob Dylan turning away from protest songs? What was "Positively 4th Street?" - ANSWER Baez was disappointed in Dylan because he abandoned the causes he stood for. "I think he doesn't want to be responsible for anybody, including himself." -Joan Baez.