MZGS II – EXAM MATERIAL

WRITE DURING THE EXAM [JUNE 12, 09:00h, B0.02] A 400 WORD RESPONSE TO THE ARTICLE OF DARREN HEMMINGS. READ IT BEFORE THE EXAM AND FORM YOUR OPINION.

TOTAL RECALL

  1. What is Retro? (reunion tours etc.)
  2. What kinds of questions did “Love” raise?
  3. Who is the bestseller of the 00’s?
  4. What is a “presold concept” in the movie business?
  5. In what way are Adele, Duffy and Amy Winehouse doing the same thing?
  6. What has replaced The Future in the minds of young music makers in the noughties?
  7. Where is the time machine of futuristic technology taking us?

    THE 1980S REVIVAL THAT LASTED A DECADE
  8. What makes “Discovery” by Daft Punk so 1980s?
  9. What is false memory syndrome?
  10. What is the difference how the word “electro” gets used in the 80s and in the 00s?
  11. What is not so 1980s about Lady Gaga?
  12. Why is cassette tape the ultimate DIY?
  13. What is the 20-year rule of revivals?

    THE MUSICALLY FRAGMENTED DECADE
  14. What was according to Simon Reynolds “so intriguingly odd” about the Top 10 of Pitchforks
    Albums Of The Noughties?
  15. Why would a Top 2000 of the noughties win over all preceding decades?