Genres of Music
This genre of music was what MC Hammer created.
What is Hip-Hop?
The album, song, and music video called "Thriller" was a top hit by the King of Pop.
Who is Michael Jackson?
The Run DMC hip-hop song that we listened to was called this.
What is "It's Tricky"?
This technology became popular in the household but had limitations and made a horrible "dial-up" sound when connecting.
A notable group of this type, such as the Jackson 5, N'SYNC, and One Direction.
What are boy bands?
This grunge group has a top song called "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
Who is Nirvana?
This was the name of Michael Jackson's famous song with a music video that was also a short film.
What is "Thriller"?
This piece of music technology was created so you could listen to music "on the go" with headphones.
What is a walkman?
Record shops were still popular, but so were these types of stores where you could rent movies.
What are VHS Rental Shops?
These sub-genre's of rock, such as punk rock, are created for this main reason.
What is to express youth rebellion?
This male artist created the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" in which he listed current events and celebrities of the times.
Who is Billy Joel?
This song by Oasis was our example of alternative rock.
This piece of music technology was a large box with speakers that could blast music.
What is a boombox?
This is the famous TV channel that originally aired only music videos 24/7.
What is MTV or Music Television?
This genre of music sounds like soft rock.
What is grunge?
This famous female Mexican-American artist has multiple documentaries about her short-lived life.
Who is Selena?
This was the purpose for the charity organization USA for Africa to create the original song "We Are the World".
They were raising money to support Ethiopia during a great famine.
This piece of music technology was a bigger version of a cassette tape and could record movies or multiple TV episodes.
What are VHS tapes?
Give me two examples of the unique fashion of Gen-X.
What is tall hair, neon colors and lots of bangle bracelets.
Who is Run DMC and Aerosmith?
This popular female artist was an 80's icon with the song "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" being a top hit.
Who is Whitney Houston?
This song by SoundGarden was an example of the grunge genre.
What is "Black Hole Sun"?
This was an example of a popular (illegal) music downloading website.
What is "napster" or "pandora"?
This is what it means to be a latch-key kid.
What are kids that come home to an empty house because their parents are both at work?