Author Topic: Pop quiz (Read 175498 times)

Peter · « **Reply #1800 on:** 30 September, 2011, 01:25:04 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 30 September, 2011, 10:52:55 am

Except that it was only the film which was called Stand By Me. The novella was called The Body.

The Body was the original title of Ben E King's song, until Leiber and Stoller came along and helped him re-write it. Not a lot of people know that. (Probably because I just made it up.)

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1801 on:** 30 September, 2011, 02:03:47 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 30 September, 2011, 10:52:55 am

Except that it was only the film which was called Stand By Me. The novella was called The Body.

You're right, and I meant to make the question reflect that but was distracted by something or other.

citoyen · « **Reply #1802 on:** 30 September, 2011, 04:00:35 pm »

Quote from: Efrogwr on 27 September, 2011, 10:39:55 am

I had better offer a clue.
Think of wheels.
Think of Robert Penn.

Didn't Rob Penn go to some hippy in California to get his wheels made? I remember seeing the programme on BBC4 but I can't remember the details.

d.

Efrogwr · « **Reply #1803 on:** 30 September, 2011, 05:00:09 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 30 September, 2011, 04:00:35 pm

Quote from: Efrogwr on 27 September, 2011, 10:39:55 am
I had better offer a clue.
Think of wheels.
Think of Robert Penn.

Didn't Rob Penn go to some hippy in California to get his wheels made? I remember seeing the programme on BBC4 but I can't remember the details.

d.

YES!!!!!!!!!!/b]

Details , shmetails. Said hippy's mother was Janis Joplin's costume designer, and his father worked with the Kozmic Blues Band.
Nick Gravenites: guitar, Linda Gravenites: costumes and Steve Gravenites: mechanic.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1804 on:** 30 September, 2011, 05:36:09 pm »

How is that a pop quiz question?

Efrogwr · « **Reply #1805 on:** 30 September, 2011, 05:56:21 pm »

Quote from: Kirst on 30 September, 2011, 05:36:09 pm

How is that a pop quiz question?

Janis Joplin?

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1806 on:** 12 October, 2011, 09:43:49 pm »

Yeah, but it's not a question about her.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1807 on:** 14 January, 2012, 02:19:45 pm »

Quote from: Peter on 29 September, 2011, 09:08:50 pm

The first line of a song by a British "beat combo" is the title of a song by a solo artist who recorded for the same label. Can you name any of this stuff?

I don't think we know.

What's the connection between a no1 1968 hit for a Welsh female singer produced by a Beatle, and a no3 UK 1977 hit for a male singer who initially only performed it live once but used its title as the title of his greatest hits tour and performed it regularly on that tour?

jogler · « **Reply #1808 on:** 14 January, 2012, 05:17:59 pm »

Quote from: Kirst on 14 January, 2012, 02:19:45 pm

a no1 1968 hit for a Welsh female singer produced by a Beatle,

I reckon that'll be Mary Hopkin with "Those Were the Days My Friend"

still thinking about the other bit

Peter · « **Reply #1809 on:** 14 January, 2012, 06:12:30 pm »

Quote from: Kirst on 14 January, 2012, 02:19:45 pm

Quote from: Peter on 29 September, 2011, 09:08:50 pm
The first line of a song by a British "beat combo" is the title of a song by a solo artist who recorded for the same label. Can you name any of this stuff?
I don't think we know.

What's the connection between a no1 1968 hit for a Welsh female singer produced by a Beatle, and a no3 UK 1977 hit for a male singer who initially only performed it live once but used its title as the title of his greatest hits tour and performed it regularly on that tour?

Sorry, Kirst and all! I'd forgotten about this.

The Beatles (famously introduced early in their career as a "beat combo") recorded George Harrison's Someday, the first line of which is "Something in the way she moves", which is the title of a song by James Taylor, who recorded for Apple early in his career.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #1810 on:** 16 January, 2012, 01:43:30 pm »

Quote from: Kirst on 14 January, 2012, 02:19:45 pm

Quote from: Peter on 29 September, 2011, 09:08:50 pm
The first line of a song by a British "beat combo" is the title of a song by a solo artist who recorded for the same label. Can you name any of this stuff?
I don't think we know.

What's the connection between a no1 1968 hit for a Welsh female singer produced by a Beatle, and a no3 UK 1977 hit for a male singer who initially only performed it live once but used its title as the title of his greatest hits tour and performed it regularly on that tour?

Mary Hopkins - Those were the days
Scott Fitzgerald - If I had Words

They both sang for the UK at Euro-vision.

LEE · « **Reply #1811 on:** 16 January, 2012, 05:11:32 pm »

Quote from: Peter on 14 January, 2012, 06:12:30 pm

Quote from: Kirst on 14 January, 2012, 02:19:45 pm
Quote from: Peter on 29 September, 2011, 09:08:50 pm
The first line of a song by a British "beat combo" is the title of a song by a solo artist who recorded for the same label. Can you name any of this stuff?
I don't think we know.

What's the connection between a no1 1968 hit for a Welsh female singer produced by a Beatle, and a no3 UK 1977 hit for a male singer who initially only performed it live once but used its title as the title of his greatest hits tour and performed it regularly on that tour?

Sorry, Kirst and all! I'd forgotten about this.

The Beatles (famously introduced early in their career as a "beat combo") recorded George Harrison's Someday, the first line of which is "Something in the way she moves", which is the title of a song by James Taylor, who recorded for Apple early in his career.

"Something" not "Someday" surely

Peter · « **Reply #1812 on:** 16 January, 2012, 05:49:19 pm »

Yes, Lee - a slip of the keyboard!

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1813 on:** 16 January, 2012, 06:39:51 pm »

Quote from: pcolbeck on 16 January, 2012, 01:43:30 pm

Quote from: Kirst on 14 January, 2012, 02:19:45 pm
What's the connection between a no1 1968 hit for a Welsh female singer produced by a Beatle, and a no3 UK 1977 hit for a male singer who initially only performed it live once but used its title as the title of his greatest hits tour and performed it regularly on that tour?

Mary Hopkins - Those were the days
Scott Fitzgerald - If I had Words

They both sang for the UK at Euro-vision.

No. At least, that's not the answer I was looking for.

Tewdric · « **Reply #1814 on:** 16 January, 2012, 06:47:59 pm »

Any connection with "Big Spender", which was hit for Shirley Bassey around then?

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1815 on:** 16 January, 2012, 06:53:26 pm »

As far as I'm aware, only very tenuously, in that a band used to do a version of Big Spender on tour and that group had a hit single involving the person the question was about.

Biggsy · « **Reply #1816 on:** 01 February, 2012, 09:34:41 pm »

Spiders.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1817 on:** 02 February, 2012, 08:16:27 am »

Not by then.

I'm going to tell you the answer.

Mary Hopkin, whose Those Were The Days was produced by Paul McCartney, did backing vocals on David Bowie's Sound and Vision.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1818 on:** 05 March, 2012, 06:20:04 pm »

Have I stunned you all with the marvellousness of the question?

Someone else think of one.

jogler · « **Reply #1819 on:** 05 March, 2012, 07:31:06 pm »

Why are 10cc so named?

arry_b · « **Reply #1820 on:** 05 March, 2012, 07:37:42 pm »

Because that's the name Jonathan King gave them.

Which is far more pedestrian than the legend.

jogler · « **Reply #1821 on:** 05 March, 2012, 07:56:52 pm »

That,s not the answere I am seeking.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1822 on:** 05 March, 2012, 08:24:00 pm »

Quote from: jogler on 05 March, 2012, 07:31:06 pm

Why are 10cc so named?

I believe it's because 10cc is the volume of fluid the average man ejaculates when his willy has a happy sneeze.

jogler · « **Reply #1823 on:** 05 March, 2012, 08:24:59 pm »

I believe that's the answere I expected

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1824 on:** 05 March, 2012, 08:27:33 pm »

My brain is too tired after today's exams to think of another question. Someone else do one and I'll do one later.

Author Topic: Pop quiz (Read 175498 times)

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