Music Quiz 2

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Q4: Hal David?

― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

You shouldn't be able to find every answer that way, mitch, but I can hardly tell if that's what someone is doing. If there's a prize at all, it'll be hardly worth having, so it's only worth joining in if you will have fun doing so, and I don't know if that is a fun way of doing it.

Sorry sj, nope.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

You can still keep trying for 4, but here is the next one...

5. Who wrote the lines "I believe in the web of fate, and I believe I'm going to be late, so I'll be leaving"?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

That'd be the Buzzcocks, Pete Shelley, yes?

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

And Q4 was Barry Manilow, I think.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

Correct on Q5, Sean, but not on 4 - he covered it.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

Q4 is still available, but here's the next...

6. What is Tom Jones' real surname?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

erm... Something fantastically Welsh. But 'Jones' is Welsh, so I'm at a loss.

― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

sj: Jones was his middle name, oddly.

Okay, Q4 is withdrawn: the answer was Bruce Johnston out of the Beach Boys.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Time for another one (though 6 remains open)...

7. Who were Bob Marley's two partners in the Wailers?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bunny Wailer and Pete Tosh

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

Dom is of course correct. Q6 remains open, but we continue:

8. Who wrote Solitaire, a hit for Andy Williams and the Carpenters?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

Jimmy Webb?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

We are getting some of the standard good old guesses for songwriters here (Webb and Hal David earlier), but no.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

Neil Sedaka. Also a standard guess, but the right one.

― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

sj is right, and leaps into the lead!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

9. Who played keyboards on Space Oddity?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think I saw this on a documentary once... Mr Rick Wakeman?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

Dom is correct! One of those stupid bits of trivia.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

10. What was Whitney Houston's mum's group?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

Q6 = Woodward, by the way. A fairly famous retail chain, too.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh well done Sean - that leaves SJ, Dom and Sean all in joint first with two each. I was about to withdraw Q6 too. That leaves only #10 open.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

Well, her aunt is Dionne Warwick, so... The Shirelles?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm not sure I follow the 'logic' there Dom! Not correct.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

I know the answer but I thought it was something else and looked it up to be sure, so I won't say anything here.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Um, okay Sean. I don't know how you can tell that no one else looks these things up, though.

And Whitney and Dionne are cousins, in fact.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

Okay, Q10 stays open, but it's time for another randomly selected question...

11. By what name was Norma Dolores Egstrom better known?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

Q10: Does Elvis' backup singers for 1968 Comeback special count?

― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Cissie Houston and the Houstonettes

A real stab in the dark.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Q11. Peggy Lee

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

The finally dead Peggy Lee.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

Not fast enough to get Peggy Lee for a SECOND answer.

― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sorry sj - that wasn't really her group, and she has sung backing vocals elsewhere too. Including for the Neville Brothers, with a teenaged Whitney helping out, incidentally. And there was the family band, which I think gave Dionne her start too. I'm after her group that made loads of records - really good ones too.

Billy's guess is wrong too, unsurprisingly, but he gets in first on Q11. As I said, randomly picked by the computer!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

If anyone else was looking this stuff up they'd already have given the answer, because it's really easy to find. Obv. if sj or Dom come up with it now they're cheating, and not just working on sweet inspiration. =)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

I will give that to Sean - the answer is the Sweet Inspirations, in case the hint is not obvious - and we continue with...

12. By what name is Ian Kilminster better known?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

LEMMY

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sean is lightning fast and spot on!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

Martin, I was just joking. It was killing me so I looked it up, felt stupid, got over it.

― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

Lemmy of Motorhead (can't do the umlauts)

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

I better get my points in now, because I'm going to be leaving to run some errands soon and will miss out on the fun!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

I thought you weren't very serious, sj, but I remembered there was the family group, which wasn't what I was after, so used your comment as a hook to point that out.

13. Which TV show theme did the Dickies cover?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

Banana Splits

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Na na na nana nana

one banana, two banana....etc

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

Billy is correct, though out of tune.

14. Name the two members of Happy Flowers (I don't require their real names).

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mr. Anus and Mr. Horribly Charred Infant.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sean is right - and I'm only guessing that those are not their real names...

15. What was the Pretty Things' revolutionary concept album?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

SF Sorrow

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

This is my cue to skidoo. Hopefully this will still be going when I return. Good luck, everyone else!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'll ignore the jibe about my singing

for the time being anyway.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

Right again, Billy. Ah, Sean is giving others a chance to catch up!

16. By what name is bluesman Peter Chartman better known?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

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That'd be 10538 Overture.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Right again, Sean. It's now a 3-way tie for first! Exceiting, if there were people around to get excited! An easy one:

43. Who is responsible for the music in The Prodigy?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

Well, moving on anyway, but leaving that easy one available, my suspicion is that there aren't many people looking in, and it's late here, so I'm going to just post the rest, maybe check back once tonight, but otherwise I won't be back for over 18 hours, until 6pm (UK) tomorrow.

44. Whose 'Just Waiting' have the Fall covered?
45. Who is Vincent Van Gogh the baddest painter since?
46. What Cyndi Lauper single was covered by Miles Davis?
47. What soul singer sued Otis Redding for plagiarism over These Arms Of Mine?
48. Who did Johnny Rotten describe as "punk's Perry Como"?
49. Which rock star shares his real name with one of the Monkees?
50. Who wrote the music for 'Annie Get Your Gun'?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

First right answer for each question gets the point, whenever it is posted. Bear in mind the guessing rule: if you have multiple guesses they will be taken in order, but all beyond the first will be assessed after the next person has a go. If you guess "X, Y", only X gets assessed immediately. If someone else then says "Yes, that's right, Y", they get the point.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

46. Time after Time, though she wasn't the only one who wrote it.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

49. was David Bowie.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Two correct answers, Sean. No, Cyndi didn't write it - that's why I phrased it as her single rather than her song. And Bowie's real name is David Jones.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh oh oh, and 45 was "God's Jan Vermeer". Just had to remember my Richman, was tempted to say "Pablo Picasso", because of the whole Richman painter thing.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

44 is Hank Williams

Goddamit, I knew the answer to that McCarthy question. I just woke up a few hours too late

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 25 August 2002 21:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

43 I'm tempted to answer "THASS NOT MUSIC MATE" but instead I'll remember that compilation he put out and say Liam Howlett instead.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 22:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

47: Irma Thomas (for Pain in my Heart)

Am I right or am I wrong?

And I knew about Bruce Johnston out of the Beach Boys and Frans Hals of Laughing Cavalier fame too. Can I have the points? The points are very lonely and they need an owner, they are crying in fact.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 26 August 2002 08:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

I am wrong :-( I am also incapable of reading.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 26 August 2002 11:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

David Bowie = Davy Jones of The Monkees!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 26 August 2002 14:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hello again. Punk's Perry Como was Billy Idol (fair enough, in a meaningless kind of way), and Irving Berlin wrote the music for Annie Get Your Gun, but it doesn't matter because Sean won by a good margin anyway, with Ned and Bill runners up. Congratulations, Sean!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 26 August 2002 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Academy, Puff Daddy and ooo ooo oh yeah GOD for the chance and privilege to win this bad boy! (And thanks Martin for the interesting questions!) I know you said the prize was inconsequential...was it a boot in the butt?)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 26 August 2002 15:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think I said that if there was a prize it wouldn't be worth having. I have since realised that I offered a C90 comp prize last time I did this, and still owe it to the winner. That's pushing two months ago! Aargh! If you'd like to send me your address by email, Sean, maybe having two tapes to send off might get me off my lame arse...

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 26 August 2002 16:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

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