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The 1960s began with optimism, however as time progressed it went... - correct answer ✔✔downhill. The 1968 --> 1969 - correct answer ✔✔Continually growing racial unrest/Loss of Malcom X and MLK Anti-War Protest songs appear more... - correct answer ✔✔bitter rather than the hopeful tone that protest songs had back in the early 60s. This type of song then feeds into Hard Rock. - correct answer ✔✔Anti-War Protest songs ________ is an ancestor of Heavy Metal. - correct answer ✔✔Hard Rock Hard Rock contains some aspects of ___________ rock. - correct answer ✔✔psychedelic The term "Guitar God" was used mostly in... - correct answer ✔✔Hard Rock Who basically gave Hard Rock the "rougher" tone. - correct answer ✔✔Janis Joplin
Heavy guitar distortion, Use of power chords and bluesy riffs, lead guitarist as the center of attention ("guitar gods"), overall powerful and dense sound. These are all characteristics of? - correct answer ✔✔Characteristics of Hard Rock The ____________ was a list of famous media figures who died at the age of 27. - correct answer ✔✔"27 Club" The Late-60s Music Festivals... - correct answer ✔✔brought together the most popular music names in the current time. The Late-6os Music Festivals had very ________ set of music. - correct answer ✔✔diverse What music festival that was in 1967 was very diverse in terms of genres and had set the format for the 3 music festivals that take place. - correct answer ✔✔Monterey Pop Festival What were the three Music festivals that took place in 1969? - correct answer ✔✔The Harlem Cultural Festival, Woodstock, and Altamont The Harlem Music festival was... - correct answer ✔✔in Harlem, NYC from June to August 1969 Harlem is a.. - correct answer ✔✔historically black neighborhood
Woodstock took place in... - correct answer ✔✔August 16-18, 1969, in Bethel, NY Woodstock was the ____ rock music festival. - correct answer ✔✔3rd ____________ was the largest rock festival of the 1960s (audience of ~450,000). - correct answer ✔✔Woodstock At Woodstock there was ______ consumption. - correct answer ✔✔drug The music festival took place in December of 1969 and symbolized the end of the?
- correct answer ✔✔Hippie era The performers in Altamont were: - correct answer ✔✔Santana/ Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young/ The Rolling Stones This music festival's security was the Hell's Angels (motorcyclist club) - correct answer ✔✔Altamont This music festival was not organized very well/had more hard drugs. - correct answer ✔✔Altamont Altamont's case was unique as it was... - correct answer ✔✔unusual that it went bad.
The ________ were famous for vocal harmonies and single handedly make a jangly twangy electric guitar sound-played by electric 12 string guitar. - correct answer ✔✔Byrds Mix of acoustic guitar and standard rock instruments (electric guitar, drums, bass), Harmony singing, Socially relevant lyrics (occasional traditional folk songs). These are characteristics of what? - correct answer ✔✔Folk Rock Simon and Garfunkel/ Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young/ James Taylor are some major _________ artists of the late 1960s: - correct answer ✔✔Folk Rock Simon and Garfunkel were known for their... - correct answer ✔✔vocal harmonies and Simon's lyrics. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young are a band known for their (often)... - correct answer ✔✔four-part vocal harmonies. This folk rock band was known as the first supergroup. - correct answer ✔✔Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. James Taylor was a mix of a... - correct answer ✔✔folk rock musician and singer- songwriter. A Singer-songwriter is a... - correct answer ✔✔musician who both sings and writes their own music. Can be any genre.
In April 1970: - correct answer ✔✔The Beatles formally break up.... leaving Rock without one clear leader. Some Late 1960s rock subgenres were? - correct answer ✔✔Folk rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock. Some 1970s rock subgenres were? - correct answer ✔✔Progressive rock, glam rock, country and southern rock, early "corporate" rock, early "working class" rock, very early heavy metal. Progressive rock was also called? - correct answer ✔✔Art Rock Heavy use of keyboards and synthesizers (sound effect/instrument machine), "Classical" influences (instruments, idea of "movements,: etc.), Very long songs, Concept albums (major thing in progressive rock). These characteristics are from?
- correct answer ✔✔Progressive Rock The first move towards progressive rock was... - correct answer ✔✔Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967 - The Beatles) What is considered to be the first concept album? - correct answer ✔✔Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The concept album: - correct answer ✔✔An album centered on and organized around a specific idea, character, or theme (a "concept")
Some examples of concepts for concept albums are? - correct answer ✔✔AN alter ego, A fictional character, Autobiography/Can be about real people In concept albums songs are? - correct answer ✔✔often musically connected, with similar sound/chords and fade-ins rather than pauses between each track. Concept albums are ______, often very intricate and beautiful album art. - correct answer ✔✔carefully designed Concept albums are... - correct answer ✔✔meant to be listened to. ________ considered the kings of the concept album. - correct answer ✔✔Pink Floyd Notable members of Pink Floyd are: - correct answer ✔✔David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett Central idea/figure (concept), Shared musical sounds across tracks, Fades between songs rather than pauses, Distinctive album art. These are characteristics of? - correct answer ✔✔Concept albums Glam rock is a branch of... - correct answer ✔✔"shock rock" "Shock Rock" (Glam rock) is rock music that uses... - correct answer ✔✔outrages, flashy stage personas and is often played in large spaces (arenas)
Steady, constant, and noticeable beat/ Medium-fast to fast tempos/ Dense layers of sound (lots of instruments/singers)/ Often including orchestral instruments and sometimes synthesizers. These characteristics are of what 70s genre? - correct answer ✔✔Disco For Disco, each layer plays a... - correct answer ✔✔repeated musical idea or line. Disco was music for? - correct answer ✔✔dancing and usually handled in clubs by DJs. When was Disco most popular? - correct answer ✔✔~1975-- Most Disco artists were? - correct answer ✔✔one-hit wonders Some Key Disco artists that were NOT one-hit wonders were: - correct answer ✔✔The Bee Gees, The Village people, ABBA, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor In term of Disco music's reception, it was a little mixed. - correct answer ✔✔True Steve Dahl and? (1979) - correct answer ✔✔"Disco Sucks" Disco is mostly emphasis on ______ rather than albums. - correct answer ✔✔songs Disco had a type of musical "________" and _________________. - correct answer ✔✔"simplicity" and studio production
Disco was sometimes seen as? - correct answer ✔✔pretentious (dress codes) Disco had strong ties to the? - correct answer ✔✔LGBTQ+ communities in major cities(and relative of funk). It was labeled the "Gay Black music" People often compared Disco to? - correct answer ✔✔Progressive Rock Funk music is a descendant of... - correct answer ✔✔"Stax-style" Soul Gritty/rough sound, Nonmusical sounds from singers (shouts, screams, etc.), Use of horns and keyboards. These are characteristics of what genre of the 70s? - correct answer ✔✔"Stax-style" Soul Some characteristics that Stax-style soul/funk shares with Disco are... - correct answer ✔✔emphasis on the beat/rhythm section(Groove), Music for dancing Some characteristics that stax-style/funk differ from disco are... - correct answer ✔✔Nonmusical sounds, More space for improvising or "jamming", performed live more often Some key funk artists" - correct answer ✔✔James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Parliament "Soft Soul" is a descent of 1960s... - correct answer ✔✔"Motown-style" Soul
______________ and _______________ : Two country-influenced Bob Dylan albums, recorded with country group "The Band." - correct answer ✔✔John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline Mix of acoustic and electric instruments, Instruments associated with country (pedal steel/slide guitar, banjo, etc.), Vocal harmonies, "rural" or "southern" accents (real or imitated). These are characteristics of what genre? - correct answer ✔✔Country Rock Country Rock lyrics tend to have "country" images like: - correct answer ✔✔Trucks, rural settings, etc. _________ were the first big stars of country rock. - correct answer ✔✔The Eagles The Eagles were also considered... - correct answer ✔✔corporate rock This genre is similar to country rock in lyrical topics and (some) sounds. - correct answer ✔✔Southern Rock Southern Rock takes more influence form the? - correct answer ✔✔blues and hard rock. Southern rock has... - correct answer ✔✔heavier instrumentation and band size: Electric and distorted guitar; more than one guitarist/drummer. Southern Rock artists were usually from the... - correct answer ✔✔Southeastern U.S. (Georgia, Florida, etc.)
Some key southern rock bands: - correct answer ✔✔The Allman Brothers Band (Macon, GA), Lynyrd Skynyrd (Jacksonvill, FL), Tom Petty and teh Heartbreakers (ish; Gainesvlle, FL) Heavy guitar distortion, Use of power chords and bluesy riffs, Lead guitarist as center of attention ("guitar gods"), Overall powerful and dense sound. These characteristics are from what 70s genre? - correct answer ✔✔Hard Rock Key 1970s hard rock artists: - correct answer ✔✔Led Zeppelin, Heart, Aerosmith, Joan Jett The 70s genre takes all the characteristics of hard rock and cranks them up to 11. - correct answer ✔✔Heavy Metal Nonmusical sounds for singers (screams, growls, etc.), Unusual rhythms, Lyrical focus on death, evil, the occult/Satanic themes, and other dark subjects. These characteristics are part of what 70s genre? - correct answer ✔✔Heavy Metal Heavy Metal becomes fully its own genre in... - correct answer ✔✔the early 1980s. Key 1970s heavy metal bands: - correct answer ✔✔Van Halen, Black Sabbath, KISS, AC/DC Punk started off as a subgenre of? - correct answer ✔✔rock music
