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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Rock 'n' Roll" to "Rock" | Changed around the beginning of the 1970s, tons of rock 'n' rollers died around the same time, rock opera & blues rock brought "rock" into the mainstream |
| Singer-Songwriters | Roots in several genres, including folk, country, rock 'n' roll, and blues. Includes people like Bill Withers, John Lennon, Carole King, Elton John, Billy Joel, and Stevie Wonder |
| Authenticity | People expect artists to be genuine in their music, has roots in folk music, role of identity in music, art over commercialism, artists like Ricky Martin and David Bowie harmed by it |
| Outlaw Country | Country with a rock influence, based in Austin, TX, people like Waylon Jennings ("Ladies Love Outlaws") and Willie Nelson, alternative country |
| Country Rock | Rock bands with a country influence, overlap between "rednecks" and "hippies", artists like Gram Parsons (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers) |
| Glam Rock | A style of hard rock that emphasizes theater and gender-bending, camp Artists like Marc Bolan (t-rex, androgynous, one of the first) and David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust, androgynous alien, trapped in character [authenticity]) |
| History of Reggae | Riddims - sampling in the instrumentation of reggae Rastafarianism - social and political movement that emphasized African heritage Bob Marley - most popular reggae artist internationally, "Is This Love" |
| Punk Music | New York Dolls - a glam rock band, served as one of the inspirations for punk rock CBGBs- a club in NYC that was where punk rock was born The Ramones - the first true punk rock band, fast, energetic, and loud ("Blitzkrieg Bop") |
| Disco | Centered on dancing, only lasted from 1975-80 Popular with African-American, Latino, and gay communities for their acceptance of everyone (disco clubs were basically gay clubs), Donna Summer "Bad Girls" |
| Economic Reasons for Disco | Provided an escape from the difficult times, and people could rent out their extra space to afford to live |
| Funk | Derived from R&B and soul, characterized by grooves, catchy melodies, call-and-response, and repeated interlocking rhythms, Kool and the Gang "Jungle Boogie" |
| George Clinton and "P-Funk" | Founder & head of "P-Funk", also known as Parliament Funkadelic - a large group of rotating band members playing funk music |
| Heavy Metal vs Hard Rock | Hard rock - came first, rooted in psychedelic rock and blues rock, loud and aggressive singing with distorted guitar and electric keyboard Heavy metal - inspired by hard rock and blues rock, influenced primarily by Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple |
| Black Sabbath | The first true heavy metal band, "Black Sabbath" |
| New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWoBHM) | Streetwise image, used horror and dual guitars, artists like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden |
| East Coast Hip-Hop | Based primarily in the poor, mainly black, areas of NYC, graffiti and breakdancing, used turntables and sampling + DJs and MCs, "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Band first in top 40 |
| Social Commentary in Rap | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "The Message" inspired realistic rap called 'message rap' |
| Mainstreaming in Rap | The Beastie Boys and Public Enemy "Fight the Power", brought rap to a bigger audience |
| Techno Music | Influenced early on by electronic music (Kraftwerk) and disco (specifically electronic disco) |
| House Music | mostly instrumental, heavy 4-beat rhythm, started in disco club in Chicago called The Warehouse, Frankie Knuckles is the resident DJ (called Godfather of House) |
| British Big Beat | The Prodigy were pioneers of the movement ("Firestarter"), also Fatboy Slim and The Chemical Brothers, fusion between rock, punk, and EDM |
| Prince | blurred boundaries of race and sexuality, massive influence on pop and hugely prolific songwriter, played multiple instruments and had creative control over his music |
| Madonna | Theatrical, sexual, and controversial, redefined image over career, "Like a Prayer" |
| Micheal Jackson | "King of Pop", trendsetter, "Billie Jean" |
| New Wave | Loosely defined, connected to punk rock and CBGBs, off-beat, ironic and subversive, highly regional |
| Synth Pop | Style of new wave, synth-heavy, develops primarily in Japan and the UK (the "second British Invasion"), Duran Duran/Depeche Mode |
| Goth Rock | style of synth pop, deals with issues of tragedy, existentialism, and melancholy, detached style, artists like The Cure ("Just Like Heaven"), Echo and the Bunnymen |
| Gangsta Rap | West Coast Rap, NWA/Ice Cube/Dr. Dre |
| Tupac Shakur | very influential, known for poetry songs, tough image with introspection & activism, "California Love" was Death Row Records debut, East vs West got him killed |
| Queen Latifah | Known for her feminism and musicianship, "U.N.I.T.Y" |
| R.E.M | Alt Rock group in the late 80s and early 90s, "Losing My Religion" |
| Grunge | subgenre with ties to seattle, Sub-Pop Records |
| Nirvana | started off as heavier grunge and slowly mainstreamed in order to sell more, breakout hit was "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
| Alanis Morrisette | Discourse on authenticity, "You Oughta Know" |
| Alternative Rock | Big role of MTV in popularizing alt-rock, independent labels with adult/college audiences, subverted the previous conventions |
| Metallica | Started as thrash metal, "Master of Puppets" for example, mainstreamed and became a heavy metal band with their black album, one of the most commercially successful bands of all time |
| Rap in Rock/Alt Music | Rage Against the Machine - convergence of gangsta rap, hardcore punk, thrash metal |
| R&B | Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson R&B influenced, New Jack Swing influenced, Whitney Houston OG R&B |
| Mariah Carey | Most successful singer of the 90s, influenced by Whitney Houston, 3rd best-selling artist in the US |
| Latin Pop | Artists like Gloria Esteban, Selena, Ricky Martin "Livin' La Vida Loca", started with solely spanish-language albums and mainstreamed to make money |
| Garth Brooks | live performances with arena rock influences, pop/rock influences, had crossover appeal for several genres |
| Shania Twain | 2 versions of "That Don't Impress Me Much" (country and dance club) + versions with different radio announcers to play more on radio, massive commercial success |
| Bluegrass Revival | Dixie Chicks used bluegrass-inspired country and pop, inspired a bluegrass revival |
| Music Technology of the 21st Century: Recording Formats | Digital Recording Tech - pro tools and garage band (for smaller) Autotune becomes big in early 2000s with hip-hop artists MP3 format developed, allows for easy digital file sharing |
| Music Technology of the 21st Century: Online Influence | The iPod - can curate libraries of music and shuffle them, iTunes YouTube allowed songs that were older to go “viral”, etc Pandora and Spotify, founded in 2000 + 2008, biggest streaming services today, paid freemium |
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