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Who sings in Grandmaster Flash?
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Melli Mel
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What is "The Message" about?
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social realities in the South Bronx
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Who sings for the Velvet Underground?
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Lou Reed
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Who does Andy Warhol promote?
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The Velvet Underground
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What band features the viola?
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The Velvet Underground
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Who is "Jackofalltrades"?
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Prince
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Who sings for Eurythmics?
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Annie Lennox
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Who is the keyboardist/producer for Eurythmics?
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Dave Stewart
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Who sings/produces for Snoop?
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Dr. Dre
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Who does Snoop sample?
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Geroge Clinton
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Which rapper uses realistic/comic book portrayals of thug life?
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Snoop
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Who won 8 grammies in 1999?
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Santana
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Who uses black tape/fake nails?
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Ani DiFranco
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Name two people that own their own record companies
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DiFranco, Williamson
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Why is Mitchell an innovative guitarist? Name 2 reasons.
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Alternate tunings/complex harmonies
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Who is a painter and made a self portrait?
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Joni Mitchell
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Who had an affair with James Taylor?
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Joni Mitchell
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Who raps in Public Enemy?
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Chuck D
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Who produces Public Enemy?
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Hank Shocklee
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Who said "music is organized noise"?
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Hank Shocklee
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Where is Buckeley from?
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NYC
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How many full length albums did Buckeley produce?
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one
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Who features a candle as album art?
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Sonic Youth
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Who produced Sonic Youth?
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indie label
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Who won a grammy in 94?
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Queen Latifah
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Who is the "pioneer of women's music"?
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Cris Williamson
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Who founded Olivia Records?
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Cris Williamson
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Who toured for 30+ years?
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Cris Williamson
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Where is Williamson from?
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San Francisco
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What was the 1st Top 40 rap song?
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Rapper's Delight
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Where did Joplin perform Ball and Chain?
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Monteroy Pop Festival
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Who broke up after two years because "noone could play their instruments"?
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Sex Pistols
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Who promoted Sex Pistols/Sex store?
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Malcolm McClaren
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Where did AC/DC form?
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Australia
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Name 3 reasons why Hendrix' guitar playing is so different
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LH, big hands, turns guitar upside down
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Who/where has a Hendrix museum?
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Paul Allen, Microsoft, Seattle
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Who put an ad in the paper for a vocalist, who responded?
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Rage Against Machine, Zack dela Rocha
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Who is the guitarist for Rage against the Machine?
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Tom Morello
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what is the song "testify" about?
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antiwar, government
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what is so unique about Rage Against the Machine?
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play guitar with cord
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Where did Floyd form, when, and where is the name from?
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London, 60s, blues musicians
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What is the rhythm of "money"?
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seven beats a measure
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Who said "shock to unplug inside people's heads"?
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Dead Kennedys
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What was the 1st big MTV rap video?
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Walk This Way
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Who produced Walk This Way, and how?
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DefJam, NYU dorm
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2 reasons why Run DMC was important:
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black/white crossover, 1st rap album
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What is the name of Guns N Roses' CD?
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Appetite for Destruction
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what is "welcome to the jungle" about?
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LA urban life
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who is the singer in Guns n Roses?
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Axl Rose
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Where is MC5 from?
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Detroit/Lincoln Park
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Who led MC5 in their assault against culture?
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John Sinclair
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What was the top selling album until Thriller?
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Saturday night Fever
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What is a critique of singer/songwriters?
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self-absorbed
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What are 2 critiques of MTV?
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shapes who is on tv/power, strips imagination
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name 2 punk bands that toured in england
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sex pistols, ramones
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name 3 elements of hip hop
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DJ/turntables, MC/rapping, breakdancing
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who pioneered hip hop, from where, what is distinct about him?
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DJ Kool Here, Jamaica, big sound system
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Who said "rapping is talking in rhyme to rhythm"?
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Kurtis Blow
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5 elements of rapping
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poetry, word choice, rhyme, rhythm, storytelling
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name 4 critiques of rap
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creates social problems, not music, noise (no musical talent), not original (sampling) exploits AA stereotypes
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What was the result of rap critique?
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Parents Music Resource Center, 1985, warning labels, Congressional hearings
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Lollapalooza: genre, who started it, what is it now?
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alternative, leader of Jane's Addiction, 2-3 days in Chicago
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Lilith Fair: what, when?
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women's music festival, 97-99
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What is unusual about Iggy pop stooges?
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peanut butter, no shirts
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name 3 critiques of disco
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mindless/shallow (repetitive), "sex rock", masculinity, racism, sexism, homophobia
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2 challenges to 1970s mainstream/rock
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punk, disco
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3 things that happen in 1970s
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counterculture becomes mainstream, growth of specialized rock (rock festivals-arena rock, concept albums-album rock), less interracial
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3 factors of mid60s shift from rock n roll to rock
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experimentation in timbre, studio production, complex songs (not jams) rock as art (concept albums, serious lyrics, music skills)
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allamont Raceway: what happened, where, when?
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free rolling stones concert, dec 1969, san francisco bay, student stabbed to death by Hells Angels
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4 bad things that happen 70-71
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70: joplin, hendrx die, beatles break up
71: morrison dies |
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who did lauryn hill start with?
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the fugees
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who has kids with bob marley's son?
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lauryn hill
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What is gabriel a homage to?
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stax records
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who attended the world music arts/dance festival?
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peter gabriel
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who made the gabriel video?
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aardman animation
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who did gabriel start with?
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genesis
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who is the queen of disco?
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donna summer
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what is unique about "bad girls"?
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not a typical disco song, about prostitution
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who sings for nirvana?
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kurt cobain
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name 3 genres in "smells like teen spirit"
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punk, pop, metal
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who sings for judas priest?
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rob halford
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where did judas priest form?
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england
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what is "electric eye" about?
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mistrust of government
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who was put on trial in 91?
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judas priest
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who plays guitar for zeppelin/
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jimmy page
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who sings for zeppelin?
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robert plant
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name 3 influences of zeppelin
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urban blues, psychedelic/art rock, folk
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name 4 ways that stairway is just that, musically
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acoustic to electric, tempo, volume, texture
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who produces "love to love you"?
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giorgo Moroder
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who is "bikers on speed"?
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The ramones
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where are the ramones from, where is their first gig?
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queens, cbcg
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who "wrote songs within their capabilities" because they tried to be a cover band but couldnt figure out the songs?
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the ramones
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which album spend 37 weeks at #1?
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Thriller
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what is "beat it" homage to?
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west side story
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who sings with nusrat fateh ali khan, and what band is he from?
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Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam
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what instrument is featured in "the face of love"?
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harmonium
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who does radiohead sample?
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paul lansky, computer music
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where is shakira from?
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colombia
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how old was shakira when she made her first album?
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15
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what does "osmatli" mean?
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aztec god of dance and music
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name 3 hybrids of osmatli
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latin, hip hop, jazz, rock, funk...
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what is the song "chota" about?
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urban life, clashes with police, authority
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what is ironic about "idioteque"?
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hybridity by technology, yet tells of manmade havic
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who had 30 top ten songs?
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stevie wonder
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DISCO: 5 elements (audience, purpose, characteristics, instrumentation, importance)
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1. AA, LA, gay, females (minority
2. luxury, pleasure, freedom 3. fast, repeats, 4 beats/measure 4. lush orchestration, funk guitar, horns, gospel chorus, studio produced, sensuous vocals 5. challenges art-rock albums, imp. of singles, session musicians, fantasy without action |
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PUNK: 4 elements (where, characteristics, purpose, anti's)
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1. CBGB, OMFUG, nyc clubs
2. unpolished, not artificial, not complex 3. speed, volume, distortion 4. commercial, social glamour |
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REGGAE: 4 elements (beat, groove, vocals/lyrics, when/where)
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1. beats 2 and 4
2. slow, relaxed 3. toasting/chanting, political/love 4. 62, Jamaica |
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COUNTERCULTURE: (where, 4 elements)
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San Francisco
1. sexual freedom 2. drug experimentation 3. anti-establishment 4. peace and love |
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ART/PROGRESSIVE ROCK: 2 elements
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1. rock musicians as artists (serious lyrics, virtuostic solos, classical music
2. complex songs, studio experimentation |
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PSYCHEDELIC ROCK: 3 elements, promoter
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1. mix electric blues, folk, non-western
2. trippy, improv 3. imagery Bill Graham |
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Name 4 bands involved with miniamlism
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patti smith, velvet underground, ac/dc, MC5
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TECHNOLOGY:
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1. overdubbing: wonder, prince, eurythmics
2. synthesizers: madonna, eurythmics, prince 3. hendrix: stereo amps, overdubbing 4. concept albums... |
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who was inducted into the hall of fame as the first turntablist?
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grandmaster
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what genre is dead kennedys?
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alternative
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what genre is sonic youth?
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alternative
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what genre is ani difranco?
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alternative
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what genre is rage against the machine?
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hip hop (late)
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