JMC 101 exam #2 |Questions with Answers
What does music do? - --Shapes our identities
-Comforts us during the transition
-Leads to social change
-What does pop music do? - -Appeals to a large cross section of the public- or subsets
-Why does music matter? - -Our brains bind us to the music we heard as teenagers more
tightly than anything we'll hear as adults- a connection that doesn't weaken as we age.
-Research provides evidence of how youth- defined as young people 15-24- have been
agents of what? - -of the change in western culture for decades- particularly in peak eras of
social unrest and music helps define youth movements.
-What never changes with music? - --It all (eventually) becomes part of society's fabric
-It creates, expands, and informs culture
-It's connected to the media
-History repeating
-What does the radio do? - --Takes music far & wide
-Makes listening to tunes a shared social experience
-When did Rock and Roll start? - -1950s
-What was DJ Alan Freed doing? - -Listening to a Bill Haley tune and strumming a phone
book
"Rock and Roll"
-Rock n Roll - -First musical form to simultaneously transform sound recording and radio.
Established how music is produced, distributed, and performed
-Blues rolled out rhythm to the rock - -It's wild
It's different
It's sexual
-What's with the 1960s? - --BA/AB
-Racial interactions
-Drugs
-Social Change
-The British Invasion - -The Beatles recorded 227 songs and 12 albums in 8 years
-How did the Beatles radically altered music & media? - --Recording technology
-Playing stadiums
, -Owning labels
-Recording technology - -artificial double tracking, back masking, tuned feedback,
distortion, and overdubbing
-Owning labels - -Apple Records//Started their own record label
-Motown was started by Berry Gordy in 1958
-What did bands during the 60's make music about? - -using drugs "Cloud Nine", "White
Rabbit"
-The 27 club - -Famous musicians who have died at the age of 27 due to drug and alcohol
abuse
-Which was the first war to be televised - -Vietnam war
-Females were what during the 60's - -Empowerment
-Disco music did what - --Turned away from political challenges
-Refusal to deal with social problems
-The desire for momentary pleasures
-What is rap and what is hip hop? - -Rap is the music and hip-hop is the culture
-What did MTV do? - -Completely changed the music industry
-Punk music - --A howl of rage from working-class youth
-Rejected the hypocrisy of the social establishment
-Reaction to the increasing inaccessibility of economic opportunities for the socio-
economically disadvantaged
-The Ramones (American) and Sex Pistols (British), the Clash. DIY ethic
-What do music videos do? - -Tells a story visually- market an image
-Run-DMC - -became the first rap act on the cover of Rolling Stone
-First rap single on Billboard's Top 10 - -Raising hell album by run DMC
-The success of "Walk this way" did what - -Paved the way for white dudes- beastie boys-
to sell a hip-hop back to the suburbs in even bigger amounts
-What is hip hop now filled with? - -violence, pimps, drugs- not like it was back then (more
innocent and fun)
-When did the genre alternative become popular? - -'90s because this type of music didn't
fit into another genre
What does music do? - --Shapes our identities
-Comforts us during the transition
-Leads to social change
-What does pop music do? - -Appeals to a large cross section of the public- or subsets
-Why does music matter? - -Our brains bind us to the music we heard as teenagers more
tightly than anything we'll hear as adults- a connection that doesn't weaken as we age.
-Research provides evidence of how youth- defined as young people 15-24- have been
agents of what? - -of the change in western culture for decades- particularly in peak eras of
social unrest and music helps define youth movements.
-What never changes with music? - --It all (eventually) becomes part of society's fabric
-It creates, expands, and informs culture
-It's connected to the media
-History repeating
-What does the radio do? - --Takes music far & wide
-Makes listening to tunes a shared social experience
-When did Rock and Roll start? - -1950s
-What was DJ Alan Freed doing? - -Listening to a Bill Haley tune and strumming a phone
book
"Rock and Roll"
-Rock n Roll - -First musical form to simultaneously transform sound recording and radio.
Established how music is produced, distributed, and performed
-Blues rolled out rhythm to the rock - -It's wild
It's different
It's sexual
-What's with the 1960s? - --BA/AB
-Racial interactions
-Drugs
-Social Change
-The British Invasion - -The Beatles recorded 227 songs and 12 albums in 8 years
-How did the Beatles radically altered music & media? - --Recording technology
-Playing stadiums
, -Owning labels
-Recording technology - -artificial double tracking, back masking, tuned feedback,
distortion, and overdubbing
-Owning labels - -Apple Records//Started their own record label
-Motown was started by Berry Gordy in 1958
-What did bands during the 60's make music about? - -using drugs "Cloud Nine", "White
Rabbit"
-The 27 club - -Famous musicians who have died at the age of 27 due to drug and alcohol
abuse
-Which was the first war to be televised - -Vietnam war
-Females were what during the 60's - -Empowerment
-Disco music did what - --Turned away from political challenges
-Refusal to deal with social problems
-The desire for momentary pleasures
-What is rap and what is hip hop? - -Rap is the music and hip-hop is the culture
-What did MTV do? - -Completely changed the music industry
-Punk music - --A howl of rage from working-class youth
-Rejected the hypocrisy of the social establishment
-Reaction to the increasing inaccessibility of economic opportunities for the socio-
economically disadvantaged
-The Ramones (American) and Sex Pistols (British), the Clash. DIY ethic
-What do music videos do? - -Tells a story visually- market an image
-Run-DMC - -became the first rap act on the cover of Rolling Stone
-First rap single on Billboard's Top 10 - -Raising hell album by run DMC
-The success of "Walk this way" did what - -Paved the way for white dudes- beastie boys-
to sell a hip-hop back to the suburbs in even bigger amounts
-What is hip hop now filled with? - -violence, pimps, drugs- not like it was back then (more
innocent and fun)
-When did the genre alternative become popular? - -'90s because this type of music didn't
fit into another genre
