Final Songs 2 (Post Midterms)

Question 1

Who performed A Message to You Rudy, when, and with what label?

Answer 1

The Specials, 1979, 2 Tone Records

Question 2

Who originally recorded A Message to You Rudy and when?

Answer 2

Danny Livingstone, 1967

Question 3

What is A Message to You Rudy an example of?

Answer 3

The “second wave” of ska

Question 4

What influences did A Message to You Rudy have?

Answer 4

Black and white musical influences

Question 5

What are the sonic characteristics of A Message to You Rudy?

Answer 5

The energy of first wave plus punk influences, more percussion and horns

Question 6

What social issues does A Message to You Rudy deal with?

Answer 6

Frustration and anger of youth in UK, violence, desolation in the city

Question 7

Who performed Anarchy in the UK and when?

Answer 7

The Sex Pistols, 1976 (single) and 1977 (album)

Question 8

What do the lyrics of Anarchy in the UK communicate?

Answer 8

Anger and frustration

Question 9

What is Anarchy in the UK an example of?

Answer 9

Punk

Question 10

What is Anarchy in the UK connected to, socially?

Answer 10

Class issues, economic struggles, disenfranchised youth, dissatisfaction with government

Question 11

How was the singing in Anarchy in the UK described?

Answer 11

Rotten as though “teeth had been ground down”

Question 12

Who performed Slave Driver, when, and with what record label?

Answer 12

Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1973, Island Records

Question 13

Who produced Slave Driver?

Answer 13

Marley and Blackwell

Question 14

What does Slave Driver speak out against?

Answer 14

Racial, economic, and political injustices

Question 15

Who performed I Feel Love and when?

Answer 15

Donna Summer, 1977

Question 16

What does I Feel Love make use of?

Answer 16

Heavy use of electronic sequencers and a moog synthesizer synced to a recording deck

Question 17

What was I Feel Love influential of?

Answer 17

Contemporary dance music

Question 18

Who performed Open Your Heart and when?

Answer 18

Madonna, 1986

Question 19

What was significant about Open Your Heart?

Answer 19

Its music video was connected to cinema and contained narrative and style

Question 20

Who directed the Open Your Heart music video?

Answer 20

Jean-Baptiste Mondino (a fashion photographer)

Question 21

What was controversial about the Open Your Heart music video?

Answer 21

It was overtly sexual

Question 22

Who performed Born to Run and when?

Answer 22

Bruce Springsteen, 1975

Question 23

How has Born to Run been described?

Answer 23

A rock opera

Question 24

What motifs are embodied in Born to Run?

Answer 24

Authenticity and masculinity

Question 25

What sonic elements characterize Born to Run?

Answer 25

Multiple guitar tracks and lots of instruments - wall of sound influence

Question 26

Who performed Straight Outta Compton and when?

Answer 26

N.W.A., 1988

Question 27

What did lyrics and the video for Straight Outta Compton communicate?

Answer 27

Important of place, violence/urban realism, misogyny.

Question 28

Who performed Award Tour and when?

Answer 28

A Tribe Called Quest, 1993

Question 29

What album was Award Tour on?

Answer 29

Midnight Marauders

Question 30

What is Award Tour an example of?

Answer 30

Jazz rap

Question 31

What is Award Tour connected to?

Answer 31

Urban realism without the sensationalized violence

Question 32

Who performed Doo Wop (That Thing) and when?

Answer 32

Lauryn Hill, 1998

Question 33

What album was Doo Wop (That Thing) on?

Answer 33

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Question 34

What was significant about Doo Wop (That Thing)?

Answer 34

Video bridged 60s R&B/Soul and 90s hip hop

Question 35

Who performed Where Did You Sleep Last Night and when?

Answer 35

Nirvana, 1994

Question 36

What album was Where Did You Sleep Last Night on?

Answer 36

Unplugged in New York

Question 37

What was Where Did You Sleep Last Night a part of?

Answer 37

A live album with Sony Music Studios

Question 38

What was significant about when Where Did You Sleep Last Night was released?

Answer 38

It was after Cobain's death

Question 39

Who performed Born Slippy and when?

Answer 39

Underworld, 1996

Question 40

What version of Born Slippy is it?

Answer 40

A .NUXX version

Question 41

What is Born Slippy an example of?

Answer 41

British Electronica

Question 42

What was Born Slippy connected to?

Answer 42

Mid 1990s rave culture

Question 43

What is distinct about Born Slippy?

Answer 43

Its intro synth chord and hard driving bass

Question 44

What is Born Slippy a mix of?

Answer 44

House-related styles