MUS 354: Part 2 Facts Exam
Early rock stars who performed original material - correct answer ✔Chuck
Berry, Buddy Holly, and Little Richard.
Who was an early rock star who did not perform original material - correct
answer ✔Elvis
Multitrack Recording - correct answer ✔An emerging new technology to
shape the final result even more precisely. Multitrack recording made it
possible to record a project in stages instead of all at once. Strands of the
musical fabric could be added one at a time and kept or discarded at the
discretion of the artist or the producer.
T/F: Most sixties rock bands took group names - correct answer ✔True: the
Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Who, Jefferson Airplane.
Single catalytic event that transformed rock from a teen-themed music into a
revolutionary new sound - correct answer ✔August, 1964, meeting of Bob
Dylan and the Beatles
What song was the capstone for the Beatles and part of a wave of exciting
new music? - correct answer ✔Sgt. Pepper released in May, 1967
What question did the music in the late 1960's raise? - correct answer
✔"What is rock?" because the music in the late 1960's was already so diverse
that its common features were not always obvious.
When did the Byrds originate. - correct answer ✔In the summer of 1964.
They were known as the first folk-rock band.
, Comparison of "Mr. Tambourine Man" - correct answer ✔Dylan's version is
acoustic, while the Byrd's cover uses a full band, including McGuinn's electric
12-string guitar. Dylan's version lasts five minutes and thirty seconds; the
Byrds' lasts only two minutes and twenty-nine seconds meaning the Byrds'
recording has a slower temp and includes McGuinn's intro riff, which also
serves as an extended tag.
When did Dylan officially enter the rock era. - correct answer ✔Dylan entered
the rock era with his next album, Highway 61 Revisited. Recorded in the
summer of 1965, the album brought into full flower the rock-fueled power
latent in the electric side of Bringing it All Back Home.
What established Dylan's rock credentials and his originality? - correct
answer ✔"Like a Rolling Stone" because no one else could have written a
song like this: a cinematic portrayal of a privileged princess who's strung out
and trying to survive on the streets. It became one of his most successful
singles reaching No. 2 in the summer of 1965.
What happened to Dylan after his motorcycle accident in 1966? - correct
answer ✔He resumed recording in 1967 with John Wesley Harding/ Since
1967, his work has taken many twists and turns and shaped important trends
in the rock-era music. His late sixties albums strongly influenced country rock.
But none of his later work has had the pervasive impact of the first three
electric albums, and the electric half of Bringing It All Back Home, if only
because these albums were available as a standard of comparison.
What was Phil Spectors only other song to reach the top 10 besides "Like a
Rolling Stone" and "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35" which reached No.2 on
the singles chart? - correct answer ✔"Lay Lady Lay" which was released in
1969. However, his music profoundly influenced many of the important acts of
the 1960's and beyond. Nowhere is Dylan's influence more evident than in the
music of the Beatles.
Early rock stars who performed original material - correct answer ✔Chuck
Berry, Buddy Holly, and Little Richard.
Who was an early rock star who did not perform original material - correct
answer ✔Elvis
Multitrack Recording - correct answer ✔An emerging new technology to
shape the final result even more precisely. Multitrack recording made it
possible to record a project in stages instead of all at once. Strands of the
musical fabric could be added one at a time and kept or discarded at the
discretion of the artist or the producer.
T/F: Most sixties rock bands took group names - correct answer ✔True: the
Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Who, Jefferson Airplane.
Single catalytic event that transformed rock from a teen-themed music into a
revolutionary new sound - correct answer ✔August, 1964, meeting of Bob
Dylan and the Beatles
What song was the capstone for the Beatles and part of a wave of exciting
new music? - correct answer ✔Sgt. Pepper released in May, 1967
What question did the music in the late 1960's raise? - correct answer
✔"What is rock?" because the music in the late 1960's was already so diverse
that its common features were not always obvious.
When did the Byrds originate. - correct answer ✔In the summer of 1964.
They were known as the first folk-rock band.
, Comparison of "Mr. Tambourine Man" - correct answer ✔Dylan's version is
acoustic, while the Byrd's cover uses a full band, including McGuinn's electric
12-string guitar. Dylan's version lasts five minutes and thirty seconds; the
Byrds' lasts only two minutes and twenty-nine seconds meaning the Byrds'
recording has a slower temp and includes McGuinn's intro riff, which also
serves as an extended tag.
When did Dylan officially enter the rock era. - correct answer ✔Dylan entered
the rock era with his next album, Highway 61 Revisited. Recorded in the
summer of 1965, the album brought into full flower the rock-fueled power
latent in the electric side of Bringing it All Back Home.
What established Dylan's rock credentials and his originality? - correct
answer ✔"Like a Rolling Stone" because no one else could have written a
song like this: a cinematic portrayal of a privileged princess who's strung out
and trying to survive on the streets. It became one of his most successful
singles reaching No. 2 in the summer of 1965.
What happened to Dylan after his motorcycle accident in 1966? - correct
answer ✔He resumed recording in 1967 with John Wesley Harding/ Since
1967, his work has taken many twists and turns and shaped important trends
in the rock-era music. His late sixties albums strongly influenced country rock.
But none of his later work has had the pervasive impact of the first three
electric albums, and the electric half of Bringing It All Back Home, if only
because these albums were available as a standard of comparison.
What was Phil Spectors only other song to reach the top 10 besides "Like a
Rolling Stone" and "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35" which reached No.2 on
the singles chart? - correct answer ✔"Lay Lady Lay" which was released in
1969. However, his music profoundly influenced many of the important acts of
the 1960's and beyond. Nowhere is Dylan's influence more evident than in the
music of the Beatles.
