University:
Eastern Kentucky University
Course:
MUH 273 | Survey of American Popular Music
Academic year:

2020
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26

Pages:

1
Author:

Kaiden Murphy

Reading Quiz 5: 1. Who was the only british glam rocker that achieved significant success in the U.S? A: david bowie 2. Ozzy Osbounre sang lead vocals for which british band? A: CMON NOW 3. The style of music played by the Allman Brothers band came to be known as? A: Southern Rock 4. Whole lotta love is a song by who? A: CMON MAN 5. Which of the following is not a characteristic of proggressive rock? A: short compact songs 6. Which member of deep purple was known for his performance of jesus on the concept album jesus christ superstar? A: Ian Gillan 7. What more complex song form was used to describe whole lotta love? A: compound AABA 8. Lynyrd Skynyrd's song sweet home alabama was a response to which canadian songwriters critique of american racism? A: neil young (southern man) 9. Which band had its htis with take it easy and one of these nights? A: FUCK 10. What is the hippie aesthetic? A: A rock musician has a responsibility to produce sophisticated music 11. Jimmy Page initially got his start with which group? A: the yardbirds 12. Why did many critics think that rock was in a state of decline in the 1970’s A: Rock became about profit, not music? 13. Which rock opera by the WHO had a deaf and blind character that played pinball? A: tommy 14. Which glam rocker used the alter ego Ziggy Stardust? A: Bowie man 15. How did Elton John change the model of the singer-songwriter by the latter half of the 1970’s? A: he employed a rock band to accompany him 16. Alice Cooper was known for? A: live shows that drew on gruesome and ghoulish topics 17. All of the following are musical elements of “take it easy” EXCEPT? A: Long, improvised electric guitar solos similar to blues rock 18. Which of the following is characteristic of glam rock? A: Grandiose production that turned rock into theatre 19. Gene simmons is the bassits for which of the following groups A: fuck off 20. The eagles music is best described as? A: country rock