Author Topic: Pop quiz (Read 175276 times)

citoyen · « **Reply #425 on:** 22 January, 2010, 10:12:53 am »

They've all done the dirty with Ray Davies?

Redlight · « **Reply #426 on:** 22 January, 2010, 10:56:24 am »

Quote from: citizen smudge on 22 January, 2010, 10:12:53 am

They've all done the dirty with Ray Davies?

It's marvin gaye with an 'e"!

I wonder if this is about duets: Chrissie Hynde had a big hit duetting with UB40, Marving had duets with Tammi Terrill and Diana Ross and Kate Bush has duetted with Peter Gabriel and... Rowan Atkinson.

Pingu · « **Reply #427 on:** 22 January, 2010, 11:24:08 am »

Not duets

citoyen · « **Reply #428 on:** 22 January, 2010, 11:27:07 am »

Quote from: RobM on 22 January, 2010, 10:56:24 am

I wonder if this is about duets: Chrissie Hynde had a big hit duetting with UB40, Marving had duets with Tammi Terrill and Diana Ross and Kate Bush has duetted with Peter Gabriel and... Rowan Atkinson.

You could be onto something - maybe it's duets with people they were romantically involved with: Marvin & Tammi, Chrissie & Ali, Kate & Peter. Though I don't recall Kate & Peter being romantically involved. Not that Kate & Peter, anyway.

Edit: Pingu dashed my theory even while I was typing it.

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citoyen · « **Reply #429 on:** 22 January, 2010, 11:39:44 am »

Quote from: RobM on 22 January, 2010, 10:56:24 am

It's marvin gaye with an 'e"!

Not on his birth certificate! He added the E himself, largely because of teasing at school.

Have they all had number one records in three different decades?

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Pingu · « **Reply #430 on:** 22 January, 2010, 01:17:09 pm »

Err...dunno, it's not what I'm thinking of

BTW, you can ~~blame~~ thank Mrs Pingu for this question

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #431 on:** 22 January, 2010, 01:25:14 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 22 January, 2010, 01:17:09 pm

Err...dunno, it's not what I'm thinking of

BTW, you can ~~blame~~ thank Mrs Pingu for this question

Not the Marvin Gaye part of it you can't, that obscure little gem was all yours.
BTW you need to be thinking KoM era Bush, as Pingu's already said.

citoyen · « **Reply #432 on:** 22 January, 2010, 01:38:36 pm »

Rolf Harris plays didgeridoo on their records? I know he plays on one of the tracks on Aerial.

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Pingu · « **Reply #433 on:** 22 January, 2010, 02:13:16 pm »

Not Rolf. The connection I'm thinking of is not a person.

nicknack · « **Reply #434 on:** 22 January, 2010, 02:30:32 pm »

Anything to do with washing machines?

Or pi?

Pingu · « **Reply #435 on:** 22 January, 2010, 03:33:38 pm »

Quote from: nicknack on 22 January, 2010, 02:30:32 pm

Anything to do with washing machines?

Yes

clarion · « **Reply #436 on:** 22 January, 2010, 03:44:59 pm »

Please explain that one. I get KB.

Pingu · « **Reply #437 on:** 22 January, 2010, 03:56:56 pm »

Watching the Clothes on Learning to Crawl by Pretenders

Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye, music for a famous ad set in a laundrette.

Sorry, Clarion, I forgot you don't have a telly.

nicknack · « **Reply #438 on:** 22 January, 2010, 04:20:59 pm »

Forgot about the Marvin Gaye thing - couldn't think of the connection.

Who played the sax solo on the Average White Band's Pick Up The Pieces?

clarion · « **Reply #439 on:** 22 January, 2010, 08:22:18 pm »

Bob Holness

Moloko · « **Reply #440 on:** 22 January, 2010, 08:25:16 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 22 January, 2010, 08:22:18 pm

Bob Holness

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/oJzRpgXvM2I&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/oJzRpgXvM2I&rel=1</a>.

The "unmistakable" voice was provided by Deryck Guyler.

Bluebottle · « **Reply #441 on:** 22 January, 2010, 11:02:08 pm »

...and Baker Street.

Redlight · « **Reply #442 on:** 23 January, 2010, 10:20:46 am »

Urban myth. It was an air base in Cumbria that played the sax on Baker Street

nicknack · « **Reply #443 on:** 23 January, 2010, 12:25:15 pm »

Oh, alright then. Sorry, twas a bit of a saxophone anorak question. Bit like who played the Baker Street solo. It wasn't Tom Scott or Michael Brecker. It was Malcolm Duncan, the tenor player with AWB.

I guess a lot of people assumed he wasn't up to it. They wuz wrong.

Someone else have a go.

Redlight · « **Reply #444 on:** 23 January, 2010, 01:16:25 pm »

Oh, I'll chip in.

What do these three songs have in common

The Ballad of John and Yoko (Beatles)
Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
Alternative Title (The Monkees)

jogler · « **Reply #445 on:** 23 January, 2010, 02:44:57 pm »

Billy Preston plays on all three

Pingu · « **Reply #446 on:** 23 January, 2010, 02:57:01 pm »

Quote from: Dicky Mo on 22 January, 2010, 08:25:16 pm

Quote from: clarion on 22 January, 2010, 08:22:18 pm
Bob Holness

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Wasn't that Deryk Guyler?

Redlight · « **Reply #447 on:** 23 January, 2010, 03:54:40 pm »

Quote from: jogler on 23 January, 2010, 02:44:57 pm

Billy Preston plays on all three

nope - none of them, in fact

Martin · « **Reply #448 on:** 23 January, 2010, 07:26:59 pm »

they were all banned by various radio stations and had their titles changed

clarion · « **Reply #449 on:** 23 January, 2010, 08:26:01 pm »

Brilliant, Martin. Though I think the 'offensive' part remains in parentheses.

Running Up That Hill was originally A Deal With God
Alternative Title was Randy Scouse Git
Ballad of John & Yoko was They're Gonna Crucify Me.