midterm, test #2

Question 1

what song did the beach boys copy with “surfin usa”

Answer 1

“sweet little sixteen” by chuck berry

Question 2

the lonesome death of hattie carrol

Answer 2

bob dylan
true story
harmonica
began story-telling in music

Question 3

how did the beatles know what they know

Answer 3

applied knowledge

Question 4

why is please please me unique

Answer 4

emphasis on the eb
complicated, lots of harmonies
coda

Question 5

what was the beatles first hit in the usa

Answer 5

i wanna hold your hand

it has a key change at the bridge

Question 6

rock in the 60s paralleled what?

Answer 6

the space race

Question 7

culturally, what was happening?

Answer 7

vietnam war

Question 8

“you really got me” the kinks

Answer 8

rise of the power chord

Question 9

power chord

Answer 9

root, III, V
5 chord
not major or minor

Question 10

the who

Answer 10

used g mixolydian
first rock band of virtuosos
grows with their fans

Question 11

i cant get no satisfaction - rolling stones version

Answer 11

distorted
g, c, f
g mixolydian

Question 12

what were the rolling stones

Answer 12

trend hoppers, band wagon hoppers, posers
originally a blues band
covers for most of their first three albums

Question 13

the animals

Answer 13

house of the rising sun
toured with chuck berry
arpeggio

Question 14

“pretty woman”

Answer 14

roy orbinson
riff/hook
starts on 5 chord
mixolydian
 doo-woop

Question 15

“i get around”

Answer 15

the beach boys
key change - truck stop modualtion
tone painting
complex harmonies while playing

Question 16

what beach boys life sucked?

Answer 16

brian wilson

Question 17

the pleasure seekers

Answer 17

girl band

susie quatro - inspiration for joan jett

Question 18

beatles recap

Answer 18

releaesed 7 albums between ‘63 and ‘66

Question 19

“think for yourself”

Answer 19

beatles

lennon struggled with the harmonies

Question 20

“norwegian wood”

Answer 20

claps are weird
sitar
lennon
burning house down
rubber soul
g mixolydian

Question 21

pet sounds

Answer 21

beach boys
hated by most, wilson says it is amazing
beatles loved it
lots of drugs

Question 22

“who are the brain pollice”

Answer 22

zappa

disonant

Question 23

“strawberry fields forever”

Answer 23

beatles
like an acid trip
verse - c mixolydian
chorus - g mixolydian
lennon
wrote in 86hrs
before sgt. peppers

Question 24

“plastic people”

Answer 24

zappa

satire

Question 25

who is very anti-drug

Answer 25

frank zappa

Question 26

what type of school did a lot of rock and rollers go to?

Answer 26

art school

Question 27

who has destroyed guitars on stage

Answer 27

pete townshend and jimi hendrix

Question 28

acid tests

Answer 28

``` ken kesey parties spiked punch bowls acid was legal "expanding people's minds" busted for pot, said he'll stop the acid tests ```

Question 29

music was no longer for dancing...

Answer 29

it was for istening

Question 30

music was becoming

Answer 30

antisocial

Question 31

timothy leary

Answer 31

acid to grad students at harvard started to invite undergrads after he was told not to "turn on, tune in, drop out"

Question 32

when did beatles take lsd trip

Answer 32

'65

Question 33

big factor of summer of love

Answer 33

pill being approved in '60

Question 34

monterey international pop festival

Answer 34

``` mamas and poppas simon and garfunkel janis joplin the who otis redding jefferson airplane buffalo springfield ravi shankar jimi hendrix ```

Question 35

hendrix at monterey pop festival

Answer 35

``` sex with guitar no effects smashed guitar lit guitar on fire closing act "wild thing" was the closer ```

Question 36

grace slick

Answer 36

singer of jefferson airplane

Question 37

I chord

Answer 37

c major

Question 38

VI

Answer 38

Am | sad/dark

Question 39

V chord

Answer 39

g mixolydian | impish

Question 40

III

Answer 40

em phrygian apanish influence

Question 41

third stone from the sun

Answer 41

hendrix noise becomes music mixolydian sex and aliens

Question 42

interstellar overdrive

Answer 42

pink floyd | background music

Question 43

set the controls for the heart of the sun

Answer 43

pink floyd | phrygian

Question 44

culture of the time period

Answer 44

``` chaos civil rights assassinations drugs vietnam war strong counterculture ```

Question 45

james brown

Answer 45

``` '58-'02 he released 63 studio albums and 15 live albums $5 per mistake. threw party at the end godfather of soul c9 chord "cold sweat" play a few seconds of a song then switch autobiography with influences "papas got a brand new bag" ```

Question 46

velvet underground

Answer 46

lou reed, moe (girl) | lots of songs about s and m and trans/gay people

Question 47

walk on the wild side

Answer 47

loud reed trans people velvet underground two bass lines

Question 48

ostrich tuning

Answer 48

all strings to same note

Question 49

andy warhol

Answer 49

``` velvet underground manager artist "everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" had nico sing with velvet underground the exploding plastic inevitable conceptually similar to ken kesey and the acid trips agressive subversive ```

Question 50

what album was nico on

Answer 50

velvet underground's first album

Question 51

velvet underground were...

Answer 51

godfathers of punk

Question 52

muscle shoals

Answer 52

sweet home alabama refereces the swampers house band was the swampers a lot of wilson pickett

Question 53

woodstock

Answer 53

``` way more than expected not enough toilets or med care US army had to bring supplies anti-war santana nakedness hendrix tone painted national anthem ```

Question 54

the lows of the time

Answer 54

``` manson family murders kent state shooting my lai massacre altamont free concert - anti-woodstock beatles break up rock star deaths ```

Question 55

altamont free concert

Answer 55

hells angels guards beat people guards kill man as stones play

Question 56

beatles break up

Answer 56

1970 | mccartney made an announcement on april 10

Question 57

rock star deaths

Answer 57

brian jones - '69 jimi hendrix - '70 janis joplin - '70 jim morrison - '71