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Exam 2- Fall 2022 Flashcards

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“I Want to Hold Your Hand”

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Beatles

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“A Day in the Life”

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Beatles

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“Satisfaction”

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Rolling Stones

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“You Really Got Me”

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Kinks

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“My Generation”

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Who

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“Crossroads”

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Cream

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“Truckin”

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Grateful Dead

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“Piece of My Heart”

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Janis Joplin

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“White Rabbit”

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Jefferson Airplane

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“Oye Como Va”

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Santana

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“Mississippi Goddam”

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Nina Simone

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“Light My Fire”

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Doors

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“Purple Haze”

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Jimi Hendrix

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“Star Spangled Banner”

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Jimi Hendrix

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“Fortunate Son”

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Creedence Clearwater Revival

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“Roundabout”

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Yes

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“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”

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Chicago

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“Whiter Shade of Pale”

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Procol Harum

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“Peg”

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Steely Dan

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“You’ve Got a Friend”

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Carole King

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“They Long to be Close to You”

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The Carpenters

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“Help Me”

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Joni Mitchell

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“Heart of Gold”

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Neil Young

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“Hotel California”

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Eagles

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“Whole Lotta Love”

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Led Zeppelin

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“Paranoid”

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Black Sabbath

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“Bohemian Rhapsody”

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Queen

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“Dream On”

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Aerosmith

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“Walk this Way”

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Aerosmtih

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“Fame”

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David Bowie

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“School’s Out”

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Alice Cooper

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“Rock and Roll All Night”

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Kiss

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Statesboro Blues

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Allman Brothers

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Sweet Home Alabama

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

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“Go Your Own Way”

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Fleetwood Mac

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“Do You Feel Like We Do”

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Peter Frampton

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“Tiny Dancer”

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Elton John

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“Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2”

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Pink Floyd

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Describe the lead singer for the Who’s singing style, how is it unique?

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Roger Daltrey had a stutter–> provided texture

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Describe the live performance of “My Generation” and what happened that shocked the audience

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loud, electric equipment smashing. At Smothers Brothers, Keith Moon put real explosives in the drum set that surprised the audience and the band members

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What subgenre of rock does “Sweet Home Alabama” represent

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Southern rock

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What are 2 topics “Sweet Home Alabama” addresses that relate to American history

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1)Watergate scandal in relation to Nixon’s presidency–> caused Americans to take stronger pol sides and the band emphasizes that you should not turn against one pol party just bc of one person
2)Alabama governor wanted to uphold segregation –> Alabama then got a lot of hate for being racist but band defends that just bc one person is from Al doesn’t mean that they are racist and support segregation. PArt of Southern pride … attitude of don’t judge a group of ppl based on a few ppl

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What is the album title for “You’ve Got a Friend” by Carole King?

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Tapestry

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How did Carole King get started in the music industry

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Was a songwriter for the Brill Building ; was a singer songwriter and talented pianist

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list all the members in the Beatles and the instruments they played

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John Lennon–> guitar
Paul McCartney–> bass
George Harrison–> electric guitar
Ringo Starr–> drums

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Describe the unusual structure and sound of “A Day in the Life”

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McCartney and Lennon wrote separate parts of the song connected by an orchestral interlude. Long decay at end and sounded like 2 separate songs. Crowd noises, street sounds, LSD/psychedelic influenced

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Lead Singer of Rolling Stones

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Mick Jagger

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The rolling Stones took their name from a song written by who?

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Muddy Waters

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Name the concert/festival the Rolling Stones played in that was marred by violence. What happened?

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Altamont or “Woodstock West” was a free outdoor festival. Hell’s Angel was supposed to provide security. During Rolling stones performance, violence and chaos started bc of drug use, acid trips, ppl trying to come onto stage. A young black man got stabbed by the Angels who claimed that he was carrying a gun.

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Describe the image of the rolling stones and how it compared to the Beatles. How were they marketed and what was the purpose behind it?

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Stones at first imitated the clean cut pop oriented look of the Beatles with matching suits but soon adopted a more surly, menacing, sexual image. Andrew Oldham their manager was instrumental in marketing their bad boy image. Hedonism, drug busts and bad behavior became a part of their mythology–> mis increased popularity

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what happened 11 weeks before the Beatles came to America

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Assassination of JFK

52
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What factors brought an end to the hippie era?

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1) neighborhood crimes in Haight Ashbury
2)Drug addiction
3)business exploited hippie image
4)Altamont
5)race riots, police violence, anti-war protests

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Freddie Mercury’s death lead to more awareness around what disease

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AIDS

54
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Karen Carpenter’s death lead to more discussions around what issues

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anorexia

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Describe the context of Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner and what he did in his performance that was unique

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He created sirens, screams, and bomb noises with his guitar. Played at a time of anti-Vietnam war sentiment. Played it with his teeth. Featured military taps which were played at funerals of ppl in the military

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What Jefferson Airplane song was influenced by Ravel’s “Bolero”

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“White Rabbit”

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what group features a Latin-influenced blues rock style in “Oye Como Va”

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Santana

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What band was known for communal living in the Bay area’s Haight-Ashbury

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Grateful Dead

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At what music festival did Jimi Hendrix famously burn his guitar

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Monterey Pop Festival

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What city was the mecca of the hippie mvmt?

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San Francisco

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What was Alice Cooper’s approach to the music industry/live performance

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part of shock rock phenomenon. Sado masochism, snakes, guillotines, baby dolls, chickens. scary makeup and had blood come out of his mouth. Threw a chicken at the ground and the crowd threw it back all mangled and bloody`

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Big Brother and the Holding Company was the backup band to what acid rock artist?

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Janis Joplin

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Name 2 acid rock artists who were part of the 27 club

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Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix

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Karen Carpenter was a beast on what instrument

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drums

65
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how did acid rock get its name

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LSD- psychedelic drugs. essential element of the hippie era in the 60s

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Name 2 other bands besides the beatles and the stones who were part of the first wave of the British Invasion

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Kinks, Cream

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Name 2 important ppl who are considered to be “The Fifth Beatle”

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Brian Epstein and George Martin

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Name the lead singer of Black Sabbath

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Ozzy Osbourne

69
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What is the special sound effect Peter Frampton uses in “Do You Feel like We Do”

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Talk Box

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Name 3 common musical characteristics of prog rock

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1) Influenced by Jazz and classical elements
2)long, complicated structure and chord progressions
3)virtuosic instrumentalists (new tech like synthesizers)

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What artist was known for playing the guitar upside down and sometimes with their teeth

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Jimi Hendrix

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Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham make up what iconic rock group

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Led Zeppelin

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What Cali country-rock band started with their career as Linda Ronstadt’s backup band?

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Eagles

74
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What glam rock artist created the character Ziggy Stardust

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David Bowie

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Why did Aerosmith’s 1975 song “walk this way” become a hit again in 1986

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it was re-recorded w/ Run-D.M.C again in 1986

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What band had no bass player, but instead played bass notes on the organ

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The Doors

77
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Who was the lead singer of Queen

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Freddie Mercury

78
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What singer-songwriter is known for complex guitar tunings and recently pulled their collection from spotify in support of longtime friend, Neil Young

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Joni Mitchell

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What is unique about the structure of Elton Jon’s “Tiny Dancer”

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the chorus comes very late in teh song

80
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What band recorded the concept album in “the wall”?

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Pink floyd

81
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who was the songwriter for the Who

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Pete Townshend

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Who played bass for the Who

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John Entwistle

83
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who was lead singer for the Who

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Roger Daltrey

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Who played drums for the Who

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Keith Moon

85
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who played the drums for Cream

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Ginger Baker

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Who was bass/vocals for the Cream

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Jack Bruce

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what band was known was rock’s first “supergroup”

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Cream

88
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What song is known as the quintessential rock song

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“Satisfaction”

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