Music 140 Hist Rock N' Roll Ch14 80S

Front 1

What development changed and transformed the music industry during the 1980s?

Back 1

Music Videos

Front 2

Prior to the 80s what medium was the primary promoter of rock and roll in all of its forms?

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Radio

Front 3

What brought about music videos?

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Cable television with channels specifically targetin specific audiences

Front 4

What is MTV?

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Music Television

Front 5

Who was the parent company of MTV?

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Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment co.

Front 6

How much $$$ did Warner front for MTV?

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$20 million

Front 7

What was one of the earliest criticisms about MTV?

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It targeted white audiences since mostly whites could afford cable tv.

Front 8

T or F
MTV frequently emphasized sex and violence.

Back 8

True

Front 9

What sells?

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Sex and Violence

Front 10

What was the dominant medium for recording during the 1960s?

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12 inch LP album

Front 11

During the early 1980s what became 50 percent of the of total profits from recorded music?

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cassette tapes

Front 12

What caused the decline of cassette tapes?

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The advancement of compact discs

Front 13

What is the newest audio medium?

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DAT

Front 14

What is DAT?

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Digital Audio Tape

Front 15

T or F
DATs have been slow to gain a mass audience.

Back 15

True

Front 16

What is the biggest-selling album of all time?

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Michael Jackson's Thriller

Front 17

Name Michael Jackson's first solo album?

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Off The Wall

Front 18

Who produced Thriller?

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Quincy Jones

Front 19

Name the song off of Thriller that parallels the street fight scene in West Side Story?

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Beat It

Front 20

Name the guitarist who had a solo on Thriller?

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Eddie Van Halen

Front 21

With whom did Michael Jackson sign a billion dollar multimedia contract?

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Sony

Front 22

What singer's daughter was Michael Jackson married to?

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Elvis Presley

Front 23

What singer was born in New Jersey who became popular in the late 1970s and 1980s?

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Bruce Springsteen

Front 24

Name Springsteen's dynamic album that catapulted him to the top of the rock scene in 1975?

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Born to Run

Front 25

Name the band that accompanies Bruce Springsteen?

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The E Street Band

Front 26

Name the saxophone player in the E Street Band?

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Clarence Clemons

Front 27

Name the album that Springsteen had the greatest impact in 1984?

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Born in the USA

Front 28

What is Springsteen's nickname?

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The Boss

Front 29

T or F
Springsteen is regarded as dead-ahead rock and roll.

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True

Front 30

T or F
Springsteen has had 4 #1 hits.

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FALSE<
Springsteen has never had #1 single.

Front 31

Name the biggest female star of the mid- to late-80s?

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Madonna

Front 32

What is Madonna's real name?

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Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone

Front 33

What is the name of Madonna's first album?

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Madonna

Front 34

How is Madonna's music from her first album described?

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dance music, a synthesized update of 1970s disco

Front 35

What is the term used for the dance music of Madonna during the 1980s that was a synthesized update of 1970s music?

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techno-dance style

Front 36

Name the 2 top 10 hits from the album "Madonna"

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1. Borderline
2. Lucky Star

Front 37

Name Madonna's first #1 album and single?

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Like a Virgin

Front 38

Name the Irish rock group that really has no musical star?

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U2

Front 39

Who is Bono?

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U2's lead singer

Front 40

What is Bono's real name?

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Paul Hewson

Front 41

Who formed U2?

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drummer Larry Mullen

Front 42

Name U2's first #1 album?

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The Joshua Tree

Front 43

T or F
U2 often incorporates social, political, and even spiritual messages in their song.

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True

Front 44

Name the successful quintet of the 80s that was based in LA who big breakthrough with the album Appetite for Destruction?

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Guns N'Roses

Front 45

Name the group that was helped by Kiss's Gene Simmons and whose founders share the last name as the title of the group?

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Van Halen

Front 46

What is MCMLXXXIV?

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Van Halen's #2 monster album that stands for "1984"

Front 47

Name the monster hit from "1984"?

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Jump

Front 48

Name the lead singer of Van Halen who left the group in 1985?

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David Lee Roth

Front 49

Who did Van Halen replace Roth with?

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Sammy Hager

Front 50

Name the Van Halens?

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Eddie Van Halen
Alex Van Halen

Front 51

What did Van Halen's album F.U.C.K.stand for?

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For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Front 52

What genre is Van Halen regarded in?

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Heavy metal

Front 53

Name the group formed in Bellevue, WA by high school classmates whose album, Empire, covers heavy metal and hard rock?

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Queensyrche

Front 54

T or F
Most of Queenswyrche's songs emphasize the positive.

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True

Front 55

T or F
Metallica's music is considered to be gloom and doom.

Back 55

True

Front 56

Name the archetypical heavy metal band of the late 1980s?

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Metallica

Front 57

Name the album that cracked the top 10 for Metallica?

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And Justice for All

Front 58

Who is the target audience for Metallica?

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angry, rebellious yourth

Front 59

Name monster guitarists who came from the ranks of heavy metal?

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1. Eddie Van Halen
2. Randy Rhodes
3. Jimmy Page
4. Steve Vai
5. Yngwie Malmsteen

Front 60

Name the swedish guitarist who formed his own heavy metal group in the late 1980s?

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Yngwie Malmsteen

Front 61

Name the title of the 1990 album by Malmsteen?

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Eclipse

Front 62

What do heavy metal bands rely on to gain or maintain their reputations?

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Shock

Front 63

T or F
During the 1980s the line between hard rock and heavy metal became fuzzy.

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True

Front 64

What is the other term used for RAP?

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Hip-Hop

Front 65

From what era does RAP originate from?

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Late 1970s

Front 66

Name the black underground style of the 1980s?

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RAP

Front 67

When was the breakthrough year for RAP?

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1986

Front 68

Name the RAP single that rose to #3 in 1986?

Back 68

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Front 69

T or F
Virtually all rappers have street names.

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True

Front 70

Name the white rap group that broke into the virtually black style?

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The Beastie Boys

Front 71

Who is LL Cool J?

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James Todd Smith

Front 72

What is the term for rhythmically delivered spoken lyrics?

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RAP

Front 73

What city is attributed as the birth of RAP?

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New York City

Front 74

What is the term for the type of rap that is angry and defiant?

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Gangsta RAP

Front 75

Name the most successful of the black rappers at the end of the 1980s?

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MC Hammer

Front 76

What is MC Hammer's real name?

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Stanley Kirk Burrell

Front 77

Name MC Hammer's first album?

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Let's Get It Started

Front 78

Name the monster album by MC Hammer:

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Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em

Front 79

Name the white rapper whose album, To The Extreme, sold over 7 million copies?

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Vanilla Ice

Front 80

What is Vanilla Ice's real name?

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Robert Van Winkle

Front 81

Whose single, Ice Ice Baby, was the first rap single to hit #1?

Back 81

Vanilla Ice

Front 82

What is the term for the electronic instruments that can record the tiniest prerecorded material, allow it to be electronically modified, saved, and mixed in at the touch of a few buttons?

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Samplers

Front 83

What artist of the 80s combined shock, lots of soul-funk, a touch of glitter, occasional rap, some folk-like sociopolitical commentary and W

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Prince

Front 84

What is the one overt factor overriding all of Prince's music?

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Sex

Front 85

Name Prince's top hit of 1984?

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Purple Rain

Front 86

T or F
Prince won an oscar for the score to Purple Rain.

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True

Front 87

What did Prince change his name to?

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1. Artist Formerly Known as Prince (AFKAP)
then to
2. Artist

Front 88

Name the former lead singer of the Commodores who became one of the most successful acts on softer side of rock?

Back 88

Lionel Richie

Front 89

Name Lionel Richies first #1 album?

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Can't Slow Down

Front 90

Name the 2 #1 hits from Can't Slow Down:

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1. All Night Long
2. Hello

Front 91

Name the 2 singers who cowrote "We Are the World", a song (and video) that was produced by Quincy Jones to focus attention on, and raise money for, the underfed in Africa?

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Michael Jackson
Lionel Richie

Front 92

Name the second #1 album by Lionel Richie?

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Dancing on the Ceiling

Front 93

Who was the recording company Lionel Richie sang for?

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Motown

Front 94

Name the singing group headed by a level-headed, intelligent and content family man who originated from San Francisco and was popular in the 80s?

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Huey Lewis and the News

Front 95

Name Lewis's first #1 album?

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Sports

Front 96

Who is often considered to be toned-down version of Bruce Springsteen?

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Huey Lewis and the News

Front 97

Name the rock singer born in England who combined the androgynous glitter image of David Bowie with a soft rock sound?

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Boy George

Front 98

What is Boy George's real name?

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George O'Dowd

Front 99

Name Boy George's group?

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Culture Club

Front 100

What derailed Boy George?

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His drug addiction

Front 101

What group from Australia combined lush instrumental backgrounds, highly professional production work and strong vocals who was popular in the 80s?

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The Alan Parsons Project

Front 102

What was the most interesting phenomenon towards the end of the 1980s?

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The emergence of extremely young teen groups

Front 103

Name the most successful of the extremely young teen rock groups of the 1980s?

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New Kids on the Block

Front 104

How old were members of the New Kids on the Block when it was formed?

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11-15

Front 105

Name the producer who organized the New Kids on the Block?

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Maurice Starr

Front 106

Name the first #1 album by the New Kids on the Block?

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Hangin'Tough

Front 107

What is the term for the softest style of music to hit the popular market since the mid-1950s?

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New Age

Front 108

Name the German group that is a good example of the electronic New Age music?

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Tangerine Dream

Front 109

Name the New Age group that popularizes Christmas music?

Back 109

Mannheim Steamroller

Front 110

T or F
Not all New Age music is heavily electronic.

Back 110

True

Front 111

Name the record company that led the New Age field in the late 1980s?

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Windham Hill Record Company

Front 112

What type of music is sedative in nature and offers the antidote for the loud, screaming, tension the driving beat, and the shock mentality of much rock and roll?

Back 112

New Age

Front 113

Name the British group that derived from New Age but had some soft rock, and even a touch of jazz rock that was originally formed in 1977?

Back 113

The Police

Front 114

Name the lead singer for the Police?

Back 114

Sting

Front 115

What is Sting's real name?

Back 115

Gordon Summer

Front 116

Who was the "comeback" singer that came back in the 1980s?

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Tina Turner

Front 117

Name the #1 song from Tina Turner's comeback album, Private Dancer?

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What's Love Got To Do With It?

Front 118

Next year, how old will Tina Turner be?

Back 118

70 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Front 119

What was the name of the group that had the female singer Debby Harry in it?

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Blondie

Front 120

Name the classically trained singer who hit top 10 with "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"?

Back 120

Pat Benataar

Front 121

What female singer of the 80s was flamboyant and had an unusually high-pitched, and sometimes squeaky voice?

Back 121

Cyndy Lauper

Front 122

Name the youngest of the Jackson family's children who had a string of successes in the 80s?

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Janet Jackson

Front 123

How old was Janet Jackson when she debuted in Las Vegas?

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7 years old

Front 124

Name the dancer turned singer whose first album was #1 in 1989 for 10 weeks?

Back 124

Paula Abdul

Front 125

Name the single biggest technological advance in music during the 80s?

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MIDI

Front 126

What is MIDI?

Back 126

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Front 127

What is the term for the language that allows electronic sources to interact with computers?

Back 127

Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

Front 128

Name the 2 British groups who were heavily into technorock and technodance during the 1980s?

Back 128

The New Order and
The Cure

Front 129

What is the term for the conversion of sound energy into a series of numbers representing the sound amplitude at discrete intervals of time

Back 129

Digital sampling

Front 130

What was the term given to the charity events organized by rock and roll to raise money for a variety of causes during the 80s?

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"aid" events, eg,
Band Aid
Live Aid

Front 131

T or F
Technically, lyrics are not a musical element.

Back 131

True

Front 132

T or F
Since the late 60s, explicit references to drugs have become common in rock lyrics.

Back 132

True

Front 133

What singer led the way toward more explicit references to sex on this side of the Atlantic ocean?

Back 133

Frank Zappa

Front 134

Re: sex, what were the noticeable 2 new aspects to lyrics that peaked during the 80s?

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1. combination of sex and violence
2. fascination with sexual behavior that went beyond the traditional male-female roles

Front 135

Name 2 lyric themes that became of great concern that emerged during the 80s?

Back 135

1. occult and Satan
2. suicide

Front 136

Name the 5 themes of lyrics that emerged during the 80s?

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1. drugs
2. sex
3. violent rebellion
4. satanism
5. suicide