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How was Os Mutantes initially received by the audience during their performance with Caetano Veloso?

  • Applause and cheers
  • Boos and thrown objects (correct)
  • Silence and confusion
  • Standing ovation

What title was given to Os Mutantes by rock music journalists in the 1990s?

  • The Brazilian Beatles (correct)
  • The Brazilian Rolling Stones
  • The Brazilian Led Zeppelin
  • The Brazilian Beach Boys

Which popular musicians discovered and influenced Os Mutantes in the 1990s?

  • John Lennon and Mick Jagger
  • Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan
  • Madonna and Michael Jackson
  • Kurt Cobain, David Byrne, and Beck (correct)

Which song from Os Mutantes' 1968 album was used in a 2008 McDonald's commercial?

<p>A Minha Menina (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term was used to describe how Os Mutantes' performance at the 1968 international song festival was initially perceived?

<p>'Distorted noise' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How were tomatoes, grapes, and wads of paper used by the audience during Os Mutantes' performance?

<p>To express hostility (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the scenario at the piano, why did some audience members applaud while others did not?

<p>Because the pianist pretended to play but did not actually play any music. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do Muslim people in the mosque find the recitation of the Qur'an offensive when referred to as music?

<p>Because they consider the Qur'an to be sacred and not classified as music. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the father's reaction to his son listening to thrash metal in the scenario at home?

<p>He considered it noise and not music. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did the father ask his son to turn off the thrash metal music?

<p>Because he believed it was a distraction from his work on taxes. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the reaction of some audience members at the Festival of Song in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1968?

<p>They found certain performances to be noise rather than music. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did the boy's father describe the thrash metal music as 'garbage' and 'junk'?

<p>Because he had a headache and found it noisy. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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