Applied
English for American Society & Culture through Music (Seibert)
Popular Music Since 1970
( Chapter 14, Pages 233-243)
Due
Monday, November 24, 2004
Name
____________________ Mailbox T-________
1. Who was the leader of the famous group "The Rolling Stones"? ________________________________
2. Was the music of the "Rolling Stones" closest in styles to that of "The Beatles", "The Beach Boys", Elvis Presley, or rhythm and blues? ________________________
3. The group "Chicago" played A___ rock music, which combines styles. Was the primary style of "Chicago": jazz, country, or rock? ______________
4. "Genesis", "King Crimson", "Pink Floyd", and "Yes" were English groups that have "explored" what style of music? A___ R______
5. The rock style that formed a link between black musicians and white musicians and often had lyrics about interracial issues was __________________ .
6. Three funk groups are "E__________________________________", "K___________________________", and "The C_________________________". Which of these groups has "crossover appeal" with the disco audience?________________________________ ("crossover appeal" = people who like two or more kinds of music like this group)
7. Disco was concert band music, right? _______ Well . . . maybe not. So what did people do to disco? __________________
8. Did punk begin in Detroit, San Francisco, Kawagoe, Salem, New York, or England? _____________
9. Did New Wave groups imitate (emulate) the fashions and stage behavior of Punk AND the violence and anger of Punk?__________ Clearly explain below:
10. Probably the most successful rock star of the late 1970s was _________________________________ , whose nickname was "______________".
11. Quick spoken words with funk-style rhythms are characteristic of __________ .
12. In order from first to fifth, what are the five top musical genres on "the music charts"?____________________, ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, ____________________
13. Grunge is also know as "the ______________ Sound".