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MUS 203 Unit 3 Exam > Pop Music '70s-'90s > Flashcards

Pop Music '70s-'90s Flashcards

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Social Changes in the 1970s; Vietnam

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Unpopular w/ a lot of Americans after a while

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Social Changes in the 1970s; Oil Crisis

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1973; oil embargo happened, starving US and other industrial nations of oil

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Social Changes in the 1970s; Watergate

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You Know This

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Social Changes in the 1970s; Consolidation of Music Business

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6 comps dominated sales during the '70s
Columbia/CBS
Warner Communications
RCA Victor
Capitol EMI
MCA
United Artists-MGM
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Social Changes in the 1970s; AOR

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Aimed at white males 13-25; excluded blacks

Featured hard rock (Led Zeppelin) and art rock (Pink Floyd)

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Social Changes in the 1970s; AM & FM Radio

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AM = top 40; hard to get on this w/o major record label
FM = rock music
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Social Changes in the 1970s; Rock As Spectacle

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Pyrotechnics, costumes, fire breathing, etc.

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Punk; As Musical and Cultural Style

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Don’t Worry About It

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Punk; CBGB

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The “Birthplace” of Punk rock; a club in NYC that featured the most prominent punk bands (The Ramones, Blondie, etc)

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Punk; The Ramones

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The first real punk rock group

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Singer-Songwriters; Stevie Wonder

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You know him (started playing at 12)

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Singer-Songwriters; Stevie Wonder; Motown

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Played on Motown Record company

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Singer-Songwriters; Joni Mitchell

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Sang folk, rock, pop, and jazz; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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MTV

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Music videos on TV

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Blockbuster Records

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Hugely popular high earning records

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Michael Jackson & Thriller

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You know him; Thriller the best-selling album of all time

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Bruce Springsteen

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You know him too; Socially conscious lyrics and energetic stage performances

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Madonna

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Queen of Pop; hugely popular during 80s

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