Popular Music as Counterculture and Punk

Question 1

Frank Zappa was an American…

Answer 1

Musician, bandleader, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer, and film director.

Question 2

Zappa composed 4 types of works. What are they?

Answer 2

1. Rock.
2. Jazz.
3. Orchestral.
4. Musique conctrete.

Question 3

What was the name of Zappa’s concept album?

Answer 3

Freak Out!

Question 4

Freak Out! by Frank Zappa was one of the first rock albums to feature…

Answer 4

Avant garde compositional techniques and extensive experimentation.

Question 5

Frank Zappa was influenced by ___.

Answer 5

Blues.

Question 6

Frank Zappa wanted his music to become mainstream. True or false?

Answer 6

False.

Question 7

Zappa was also influenced by religion. Give an example of a song that shows this.

Answer 7

“Catholic Girls.”

Question 8

Zappa once said that he was just as influenced by things he ___, as much as he was by things that he ___.

Answer 8

Hated, liked.

Question 9

In the ___’s, rock began to be addressed seriously, like classical music, in a respectful tone.

Answer 9

1960’s.

Question 10

What is the difference between hot media and cool media?

Answer 10

Hot media is media that provides a maximum amount of information to one specific sense, while cool media provides low definition images and invites the audience to fill in the gaps.

Question 11

There was a ___ gap in how pop culture was understood.

Answer 11

Generational.

Question 12

What is a “happening”?

Answer 12

A scheduled event, there there is little organized, but is staged. There is little material, but it is expanded upon.

Question 13

Give an example of a “happening.”

Answer 13

The Grateful Dead concerts.

Question 14

What are the 3 revolutionary pop festivals and when did they occur?

Answer 14

1. Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
2. Woodstock in 1969.
3. Altamont in 1969.

Question 15

What is characteristic about the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967?

Answer 15

Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin took off from there.

Question 16

What is characteristic about the Woodstock Festival in 1969?

Answer 16

A hippie festival, with a hippie love vibe.

Question 17

What is characteristic about the Altamont Festival in 1969?

Answer 17

A festival that tried to recreate Woodstock, but failed miserably. Hell’s Angels ran security, did not work out. Hippie “happening” did not work.

Question 18

What are the 3 new publications in the 1960’s (including publication year) that talked about rock seriously, like classical or jazz music?

Answer 18

1. Crawdaddy, 1966.
2. Rolling Stone, 1967.
3. Creem, 1968.

Question 19

Heavy metal and hard rock developed as an antithesis to the…

Answer 19

Singer-songwriter movement.

Question 20

How was heavy metal and hard rock distinguished from rock, or the music of Hendrix, Joplin, and Jeff Beck Group?

Answer 20

By their interest in replacing the “peace loving” idealism of folk/rock and psychedelia with an emphasis on visceral power, aggression, and heightened sexual imagery.

Question 21

What is a power chord?

Answer 21

Only contains the root and the fifth, omitting the third of the chord. Emits a very hollow sound (missing the middle note).

Question 22

Give an example of a piece that pulled techniques from the past.

Answer 22

Aerosmith’s “Dream On” had a full orchestra.

Question 23

What are xome examples of heavy metal or hard rock bands?

Answer 23

Kiss, Journey, Aerosmith, Purple Hearts.