]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a>. A very broad category of popular music that began in the mid-1950s and continues up to the present day (1999), and that encompasses a variety of submovements and styles. Essentially a youth-oriented music. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> is usually played on electrically-amplified instruments (esp. the electric guitar), often in a loud and aggressive manner. The lyrics of<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> songs (in addition to the common popular music themes of romantic love, sexual desire, and loneliness) often express rebellion and independence. Mx4rvhBZ_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA rock music RockMusic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music rock HeavyMetalMusic heavy metal An especially loud specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HeavyMetalMusic" class="cyc_term">HeavyMetalMusic</a> features lenthy guitar solos, heavy bass lines, and propulsive drumming. Arguably, it began in early seventies, but it had its Renaissance and heyday from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Influential practitioners of this style include Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Metallica, and Megadeth. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> whose heyday was the late 1970s to mid 1980s. A spin-off of early <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PunkMusic" class="cyc_term">PunkMusic</a>; less raw and openly aggressive. Often somber in sound and song lyrics, and avowedly underground in nature. Influential practitioners of this style include Joy Division, Public Image Ltd., Wire, and Echo and the Bunnymen. PostPunkMusic post-punk music grunge music A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> that incoporates certain aspects of heavy BluesRockMusic and PunkMusic. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GrungeRockMusic" class="cyc_term">GrungeRockMusic</a> became quite popular in the early-to-mid 1990s. Influential practitioners of this style include Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Hole. GrungeRockMusic A fairly early, largely instrumental specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>, associated with the sport of surfing. Influential practitioners of this style include Dick Dale, the Chantays, and the Surfaris. Some of the music of the Beach Boys and the Ventures is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SurfMusic" class="cyc_term">SurfMusic</a>. SurfMusic surf music BluesRockMusic blues rock A popular and long-standing specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BluesRockMusic" class="cyc_term">BluesRockMusic</a> consciously blended <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BluesMusic" class="cyc_term">BluesMusic</a> with Rock. Most of the influential practitioners of this style are British, and they include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RollingStones" class="cyc_term">RollingStones</a>, Cream, and Led Zeppelin. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> whose heyday was the early-to-mid1970s. Compared to most <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ProgressiveRockMusic" class="cyc_term">ProgressiveRockMusic</a> typically features longer compositions and more purely instrumental passages. Influential practitioners of this style include Yes, King Crimson, and Soft Machine. ProgressiveRockMusic progressive rock The collection of all fusion music. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/JazzMusic" class="cyc_term">JazzMusic</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FusionMusic" class="cyc_term">FusionMusic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicTypeByMajorGenre" class="cyc_term">MusicTypeByMajorGenre</a>. fusion music FusionMusic GlamRockMusic glam rock A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> whose heyday was the early-to-mid 1970s. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GlamRockMusic" class="cyc_term">GlamRockMusic</a> performances tend to be theatrical, with the performers decked- out in outrageous costumes and lots of makeup. This music is also known as Glitter. Influential practitioners of this style include David Bowie, T-Rex, and Sweet. A variety of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> that draws heavily from both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BluesMusic" class="cyc_term">BluesMusic</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CountryMusic" class="cyc_term">CountryMusic</a>, both in the music and the lyrics, but mixes those styles with the louder and harder elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>. The home of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SouthernRockMusic" class="cyc_term">SouthernRockMusic</a> is the American south, and typical practitioners include The Allman Brothers Band, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ZZTop_MusicGroup" class="cyc_term">ZZTop_MusicGroup</a>, Lynard Skynard and 38 Special. SouthernRockMusic southern rock punk music A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> whose heyday was the mid-to-late 1970s. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PunkMusic" class="cyc_term">PunkMusic</a> tends to be loud and musically unsophisticated; the song lyrics are often angry and political in nature. It was conceived in part as an antidote to the perceived pretentiousness and pomposity of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ProgressiveRockMusic" class="cyc_term">ProgressiveRockMusic</a> and other mainstream forms of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>. Influential practitioners of this style include the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash. (Note: the music of many mid-1960s garage bands is sometimes called Punk; that music, however apt the label might be for it, is not a specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PunkMusic" class="cyc_term">PunkMusic</a>). PunkMusic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> whose heyday was the mid-to-late 1960s. Often uses reverberation, feedback, and other forms of distortion as special effects. The lyrics of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PsychedelicMusic" class="cyc_term">PsychedelicMusic</a> songs often treat of altered states of consciousness, mysticism, love, and peace. It later became associated with the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Hippie" class="cyc_term">Hippie</a> movement. Influential practitioners of this style include the 13th Floor Elevators, the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, the (mid-period) Beatles, and (early) Pink Floyd. PsychedelicMusic psychedelic music new wave music A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> whose heyday was the mid 1970s to early 1980s. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NewWaveMusic" class="cyc_term">NewWaveMusic</a> was influenced by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockAndRollMusic" class="cyc_term">RockAndRollMusic</a> from the early-to-mid 1960s and by early <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PunkMusic" class="cyc_term">PunkMusic</a>. Like Punk, it was partly a reaction against the self-importance of mid-1970s mainstream <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>. Influential practitioners of this style include Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Devo, and Blondie. NewWaveMusic PopRockMusic pop music A kind of popular music drawing upon the same musical elements and instruments as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>, but in a much more digestable and in many ways less ambitious, less rebellious, less agressive and more commercially oriented and short lived form. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PopRockMusic" class="cyc_term">PopRockMusic</a> focuses on singing rather than instrumentals, the guitars are less distorted, the instrumental parts and the songs in general tend to be shorter than their rock counterparts, the tunes are catchier, and the lyrics are likely to be politically correct. Typical practioners of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PopRockMusic" class="cyc_term">PopRockMusic</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ABBA_MusicGroup" class="cyc_term">ABBA_MusicGroup</a>, Ace of Base, Milli Vanilli, and New Kids on the Block. An early specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>. Heavily influenced by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BluesMusic" class="cyc_term">BluesMusic</a> and, to a lesser extent, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CountryMusic" class="cyc_term">CountryMusic</a>. Influential practitioners of this style include Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly. RockAndRollMusic rock 'n roll HardRockMusic hard rock A loud, hard and bourgeoisie specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>. It is agressive, dominated by distorted guitars, sometimes organ, a simple song structure and mostly simple lyrics about the problems of everyday life. Its heyday was in the seventies with influential practitioners <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/LedZeppelin_MusicGroup" class="cyc_term">LedZeppelin_MusicGroup</a>, DeepPurple, Judas Priest and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AC_DC_MusicGroup" class="cyc_term">AC_DC_MusicGroup</a>. It is different from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HeavyMetalMusic" class="cyc_term">HeavyMetalMusic</a> in its blues roots and a slower speed. CountryRockMusic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> whose heyday was the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Heavily influenced by CountryMusic, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CountryRockMusic" class="cyc_term">CountryRockMusic</a> often incorporates instruments more commonly featured in Country than in Rock, e.g. the pedal steel type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Guitar_Electric" class="cyc_term">Guitar_Electric</a>. Influential practitioners of this style include Gram Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, and the Eagles. country rock IndustrialMusic industrial music A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/IndustrialMusic" class="cyc_term">IndustrialMusic</a> started as a British underground movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It combined a Punk attitude with a sort of Avant Garde aesthetic. The music was largely electronically created, repetitive, often trance-like, and sometimes dissonent. Toward the late 1980s, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/IndustrialMusic" class="cyc_term">IndustrialMusic</a> became on the whole more rythmic and danceable, and consequently, more popular. Influential practitioners of this style include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ThrobbingGristle_MusicGroup" class="cyc_term">ThrobbingGristle_MusicGroup</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CabaretVoltaire_MusicGroup" class="cyc_term">CabaretVoltaire_MusicGroup</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EinsturzendeNeubauten_MusicGroup" class="cyc_term">EinsturzendeNeubauten_MusicGroup</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NineInchNails_MusicGroup" class="cyc_term">NineInchNails_MusicGroup</a>. alternative rock AlternativeRockMusic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AlternativeRockMusic" class="cyc_term">AlternativeRockMusic</a> covers a variety of styles through which it's hard to trace many common threads. Named so as to distinguish itself from (at least) pop- and dance-oriented Rock, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AlternativeRockMusic" class="cyc_term">AlternativeRockMusic</a> nevertheless made up a significant portion of the most popular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> during the 1990s. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> and a spin-off of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PostPunkMusic" class="cyc_term">PostPunkMusic</a>. A long- lasting (if decidedly fringe) movement, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GothicMusic" class="cyc_term">GothicMusic</a> had its heyday from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. The music is somber, and the song lyrics contain frequent references to death and the supernatural. Influential practitioners of this style include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Christian Death, and the Sex Gang Children. GothicMusic gothic music FolkRockMusic folk rock A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> whose heyday was the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Influenced by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FolkMusic" class="cyc_term">FolkMusic</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FolkRockMusic" class="cyc_term">FolkRockMusic</a> is quieter and slower than most other types of Rock, and features more acoustic (i.e. non-electrified) instrumentation. Its lyrics focus less on rebellion, and more on peace, nature, rustic living, and personal growth. Influential practitioners of this style include Joni Mitchell; Crosby, Stills and Nash; and James Taylor. AcousticRockMusic acoustic rock music RockabillyMusic An early specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a>. Heavily influenced by both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CountryMusic" class="cyc_term">CountryMusic</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BluesMusic" class="cyc_term">BluesMusic</a>. The main purveyor of early <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockabillyMusic" class="cyc_term">RockabillyMusic</a> (during the early-to-mid 1950s) was Sun Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Influential practitioners of this style include Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Wanda Jackson, and Johnny Cash. rockabilly music music Music A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SoundInformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">SoundInformationBearingThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Artifact_Intangible" class="cyc_term">Artifact_Intangible</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a> is a particular sound produced by actions such as singing, whistling, playing an instrument, playing recorded music, and so on. Music has certain features that distinguish it from random noise (though recognizing them may depend upon a specific cultural background); such features usually include variations of pitch over time (i.e., melody), multiple (somehow) related pitches sounding at one time (i.e., some kind of harmony), and/or some regular temporal pattern to the component sounds (i.e., rhythm). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a> include the debut performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Leonard Bernstein's rendition of the Ninth Symphony with the BPO in Berlin in 1989, a particular playing of a particular CD of Bernstein's 1989 Ninth in Berlin, and the Messiah sing-in in Austin, TX, in 1995. This collection is not to be confused with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalText" class="cyc_term">MusicalText</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalTextCopy" class="cyc_term">MusicalTextCopy</a> (qq.v.), which refer to the represented instructions which musicians often follow in order to create <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a>. MusicTypeByMajorGenre Instances are collections representing different styles of music. The instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicTypeByMajorGenre" class="cyc_term">MusicTypeByMajorGenre</a> divides music up by style as opposed to by composer or by geographic region, although it's certainly true that particular styles originate in different regions. Notably, no instance of this collection is a sub-genre of any other genre. major musical style A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a>. A very broad category of popular music that began in the mid-1950s and continues up to the present day (1999), and that encompasses a variety of submovements and styles. Essentially a youth-oriented music. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> is usually played on electrically-amplified instruments (esp. the electric guitar), often in a loud and aggressive manner. The lyrics of<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> songs (in addition to the common popular music themes of romantic love, sexual desire, and loneliness) often express rebellion and independence. rock music RockMusic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a>. A very broad category of popular music that began in the mid-1950s and continues up to the present day (1999), and that encompasses a variety of submovements and styles. Essentially a youth-oriented music. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> is usually played on electrically-amplified instruments (esp. the electric guitar), often in a loud and aggressive manner. The lyrics of<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> songs (in addition to the common popular music themes of romantic love, sexual desire, and loneliness) often express rebellion and independence. rock music RockMusic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a>. A very broad category of popular music that began in the mid-1950s and continues up to the present day (1999), and that encompasses a variety of submovements and styles. Essentially a youth-oriented music. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> is usually played on electrically-amplified instruments (esp. the electric guitar), often in a loud and aggressive manner. The lyrics of<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> songs (in addition to the common popular music themes of romantic love, sexual desire, and loneliness) often express rebellion and independence. rock music RockMusic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a>. A very broad category of popular music that began in the mid-1950s and continues up to the present day (1999), and that encompasses a variety of submovements and styles. Essentially a youth-oriented music. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> is usually played on electrically-amplified instruments (esp. the electric guitar), often in a loud and aggressive manner. The lyrics of<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> songs (in addition to the common popular music themes of romantic love, sexual desire, and loneliness) often express rebellion and independence. rock music RockMusic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a>. A very broad category of popular music that began in the mid-1950s and continues up to the present day (1999), and that encompasses a variety of submovements and styles. Essentially a youth-oriented music. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> is usually played on electrically-amplified instruments (esp. the electric guitar), often in a loud and aggressive manner. The lyrics of<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> songs (in addition to the common popular music themes of romantic love, sexual desire, and loneliness) often express rebellion and independence. rock music RockMusic (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/wikipediaArticleURL" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <font color="#ff0000">#$Wikipedia-WebSite</font> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL wikipediaArticleURL A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Music" class="cyc_term">Music</a>. A very broad category of popular music that began in the mid-1950s and continues up to the present day (1999), and that encompasses a variety of submovements and styles. Essentially a youth-oriented music. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> is usually played on electrically-amplified instruments (esp. the electric guitar), often in a loud and aggressive manner. The lyrics of<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RockMusic" class="cyc_term">RockMusic</a> songs (in addition to the common popular music themes of romantic love, sexual desire, and loneliness) often express rebellion and independence. rock music RockMusic prettyString (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/prettyString" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/prettyString" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. Pretty String