That Wham toilet bloke?
Clue: They are shit.
Take That or Girls Aloud fit that criteria....?
Without knowing the full details of what *exactly* he was doing, yep Ringo was on the John.
Beatles
Queen
The Hollies
The Seekers?
Elvis?
Fleetwood Mac?
Beach Boys?
Simon and Garfunkel.
Monkees
The Supremes?
Led Zeppelin.
Moody Blues
Jimi Hendrix.
do you want a clue?
No it weren't Harry Webb nor was it the f'ing Ermits ;D
Here is an very obscure clue
a young Elton John played piano on a late 69 hit & an early 70 hit,one of which is widely regarded as classic
Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band
No it weren't Harry Webb nor was it the f'ing Ermits ;D
Here is an very obscure clue
a young Elton John played piano on a late 69 hit & an early 70 hit,one of which is widely regarded as classic
The Hollies?
The Hollies?
Damn! beaten to it :(
Outsold the Beatles and the Stones in 1969... never would have guessed.
Hurrah! I would never have got it without the clue - I thought The Hollies packed up much earlier than '69.
Right -
Which act has has the most UK top ten hits without a number one?
Hurrah! I would never have got it without the clue - I thought The Hollies packed up much earlier than '69.
Hurrah! I would never have got it without the clue - I thought The Hollies packed up much earlier than '69.
They're still going. Without ever having a break.
.
Right -
Which act has has the most UK top ten hits without a number one?
Spiggie Topes & The Turds.
Depeche Mode
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi... 19 top ten hits :o
Bon Jovi... 19 top ten hits :o
:o +1
Hamish Worple.
<knows this is wrong, but giving a go anyway....>
madonna?
Petula Clark?
Who wrote Patti Smith's hit "Because the Night" before she rewrote it from a female perspective.
Capo shortage?
what's a capo ???
He got an icepick that made his ears burn. The Stranglers.
Q. Which pop band did Andy Mclusky of OMD mastermind (other than OMD obviously)
Q. Which pop band did Andy Mclusky of OMD mastermind (other than OMD obviously)
I still remember reading about them when they first appeared, and then being shocked
that they were his creation. :o
I'll let someone else take the spoils though.
nuke cats
OK, Garth Crooks?
OK, Garth Crooks?
Edit: Shit, he was a footballer!
Mrs. Jogler says.......
who was the first Country artist to sell over 10,000,000 copies of an album?
Mrs. Jogler says.......
who was the first Country artist to sell over 10,000,000 copies of an album?
Dolly Parton
Las Vegas
I thought that it was a routine thing
louisiana
louisiana
the first time,yes?
Baton Rouge?
I think you've got the wrong answer, bobb.
bobb
you know via my PM that I think it is not Minneapolis
Would you wish to post RZ's answer & mine to see if they are the same
On the basis that we have two conflicting answers, I'll set another one.
When challenged about supposed backmasking lyrics in his band's songs, which singer said that if they'd actually known how to plant a subliminal message, it would have been "Buy More Of Our Records".
On the basis that we have two conflicting answers, I'll set another one.
When challenged about supposed backmasking lyrics in his band's songs, which singer said that if they'd actually known how to plant a subliminal message, it would have been "Buy More Of Our Records".
Which two vocalists sing on "The Battle of Evermore" from Led Zepplin IV?
I got Shreveport, Louisiana.
Sandy Denny and Robert Plant
Jim Gordon (drummer)
What links The Housemartins with 90's band Agent Provocateur?
Hang on, the question isn't about the lingerie retailer....is it? It's about a band called Agent Provocateur.....non?
Indeed... nothing to do with the lingerie company, although sexy lingerie may have been a factor in the creation of the link between these two bands.Did FBS and a member of AP both work in the same ladies undergarment factory before finding fame?
Indeed... nothing to do with the lingerie company, although sexy lingerie may have been a factor in the creation of the link between these two bands.Did FBS and a member of AP both work in the same ladies undergarmentfactory before finding fame?
I dunno, I didn't wiki or google it so I just made a logical guess.Indeed... nothing to do with the lingerie company, although sexy lingerie may have been a factor in the creation of the link between these two bands.Did FBS and a member of AP both work in the same ladies undergarmentfactory before finding fame?
Yes! But which lady and when?
Ahhh there's a story to that as well.
Saw him live once and I've never seen a backing band look so despondent and bullied.
Whatever happened to... Leon Trotsky?
I never did like James Brown.Whatever happened to... Leon Trotsky?
Obviously a bit late for this one but I just wanted to mention that I couldn't read the question without singing the next line. ;D
d.
Which member of which 90s indie band went on to form which other band named after a pro cyclist?
While Sgt P thinks of a question
Which member of which 90s indie band went on to form which other band named after a pro cyclist?
I reckon band #2 is probably the Delgados but the names of any of their members and/or predecessors are a mystery.
Carter/Abdoujaparov is the one I was thinking of so Bobb takes it.
Didn't he then tell them he was gay, to get out again? Or was that someone else?Rick James?
Fuck! I used to know everything about Level 42 in the 80s - I dunno, he fucked a cow?
Fuck! I used to know everything about Level 42 in the 80s - I dunno, he fucked a cow?
I said exact.
I need the breed of cow.
Certainly was! Got caught shagging the nanny. Over to Clarion...
OK. But I'm off to bed shortly, so I won't be able to adjudicate till the morning.
Which British heavy metal band swapped drummers with which (foreign) support band?
The Rolling Stones, Hawkwind, The Mekons. Who played with all three?
Ah. Knowing next to nothing about Jarvis (but lots about RW) I have done the obvious and found that he also fell from a window, but, luckily for him, was not permanently confined.
I didn't mention the Pretty Things coz I didn't want to make it too obvious.
I'll have a go then.
Can I have a connection (there are probably many) between Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Wings?
And then she learned to play keyboards...
I'll have a go then.
Can I have a connection (there are probably many) between Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Wings?
Linda Eastman took portraits of both Hendrix and Joplin when she was working as a photographer. And then she learned to play keyboards...
I checked Wikipedia - he auditioned for Wings, but didn't get it! :o
No connection I could find to Janis, though.
*keeps thinking*
Can I have a connection (there are probably many) between Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Wings?
Oh, that Wings. ::-)ditto. It's not a very good quiz, if this was in a Pub, I'd have thrown the towel in and be pissed by now, annoying everyone else.
I thought this supposed to be a pop quiz, not a quiz about obscure entries in old duffers' record collections. Where are the questions about Tinchy Stryder and Katy Perry?
;)
d.
Mr L. has it. Apparently he was "romantically" associated with Ms Joplin for a while.
* Caveat: All I know about this bunch was that they had a bit of a thing for fascist iconography...
The sole hit of bemulletted Austrian cheesemongers Opus, "Live Is Life"
Because I am feeling generous I shall award the point to Clarion.
"Geburt Einer Nation" is Queen's "One Nation" translated into German.
The sole hit of bemulletted Austrian cheesemongers Opus1, "Live Is Life", actually appears twice - in English as "Opus Dei" and in German as "Leben Heißt Leben"
I once made the mistake of mentioning the Laibach version in the presence of ex F-i-L, whose record collection amazes and appals in equal measures. He proudly presented us with one of Opus' albums. It's probably still in the Oxfam shop in the Leytonstone High Road.
(and I don't know who Friendly Fires are :-[ )
Music been used in TV programmes/football?
Bits of other songs then (not necessarily national anthems...)?
Because I am feeling generous I shall award the point to Clarion.I'm not aware of any Queen song called One Nation. They did do One Vision though.
"Geburt Einer Nation" is Queen's "One Nation" translated into German. The sole hit of bemulletted Austrian cheesemongers Opus1, "Live Is Life", actually appears twice - in English as "Opus Dei" and in German as "Leben Heißt Leben"
Who or what links Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel and Roger Eno.
Who or what links Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel and Roger Eno.
They're all from Suffolk?
BTW, I thought it was my turn?
Gabriel and Eno founded a union, 'Frippertronics'
While everyone is pondering Jaded's Q, here's a quick one:
Towards the end of the video to "Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads there is an example of stop-frame animation using some unorthodox media. What was that media?
I believe it may have been toast.
While everyone is pondering Jaded's Q, here's a quick one:
Towards the end of the video to "Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads there is an example of stop-frame animation using some unorthodox media. What was that media?
I believe it may have been toast.
If I'm correct, and accepting that we now appear to have two questions ongoing (since Jaded's remains unanswered) then my question if "What was the name of OMD's 4 track tape recorder?"
I believe it may have been toast.
Nearly there, but I need the full answer!
Must be Peter Hammill then.
I believe it may have been toast.
Nearly there, but I need the full answer!
Peanut butter.
The late Princess Margaret - she got Elton to play at The Palace and was really into Krautrock. Something to do with reminding her of home.
Gonna take a guess at Norma Jean Baker, but heaven knows why!
All based on classical tunes?
Quite right. Hadn't noticed the Go West connection, but then again I'm not a big Village People fan :-X
Kate Bush recorded a cover of Sexual Healing on King of the Mountain.
They've all done the dirty with Ray Davies?
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.
It's marvin gaye with an 'e"!
Err...dunno, it's not what I'm thinking of :-[Not the Marvin Gaye part of it you can't, that obscure little gem was all yours.
BTW, you canblamethank Mrs Pingu for this question :P
Anything to do with washing machines?
Bob Holness ;)
Bob Holness ;)
Nah, he did the Scotch tape song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJzRpgXvM2I&feature=related).
Billy Preston plays on all three
Alternative Title was Randy Scouse Git
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark?
OMG, PaulF is going to set some obscure leftpondian question about a Sub Pop grunge band :D
I didn't know the answer, but I can tell you it's too easy to gewgol. :P
Sonic?
That Virtua Feeling
Right song, wrong artist.
I am looking for the person who sung it originally, Kris Kristofferson did write it but someone else had a hit with it before he did. Not Janice Joplin.
PaulF would lose a point for spelling if he'd got the answer right ;)
Bobby Gentry?
You're probably thinking of Roger Millar. No not him.
I think he went on to be a success in African football
Whatever happened to her?
Not a bad guess, though the correct answer is, of course...:-X
69, dudes! <air guitar>
d.
Not a bad guess, though the correct answer is, of course...:-X
69, dudes! <air guitar>
d.
What happened to the questions? Who's next?
which single appeared on both simultaneous solo albums by Simon and Garfunkel (being a joint effort)?
which single appeared on both simultaneous solo albums by Simon and Garfunkel (being a joint effort)?
I know the answer to that one but I'll let someone else take it cos I've just had a go. I will just point out, though, that "joint effort" is perhaps being generous to Art Garfunkel. I thought Simon wrote it and gave it to him cos he thought it would suit his voice?
d.
Just realised that I'm probably thinking of the wrong song anyway - it's not American Tune, is it?
I'll jump in if Basil still doesn't have a question -
which single appeared on both simultaneous solo albums by Simon and Garfunkel (being a joint effort)?With the "shite" clue, I'd say Cecilia.
which single appeared on both simultaneous solo albums by Simon and Garfunkel (being a joint effort)?With the "shite" clue, I'd say Cecilia.
Bright Eyes?
my little town
I'll jump in if Basil still doesn't have a question - a quick and easy one, inspired by remarks in another thread, so googling shouldn't even be necessary...I know it's been answered, but I have met someone who says she originated the story that it was written at whichever station in a Liverpool University rag mag in the late 70s.
"I'm sitting in the railway station, got a ticket for my destination..."
Which station? (I'll accept the "official" answer, even though it is disputed.)
d.
Art Garfunkel sang it though. Perhaps Paul Simon thought he could sing it better.Bright Eyes?
no that was Mike Batt
Is it a stupid thumb-based slapping technique?
What have Mark King, of Level 42, Norman Watt-Roy of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, and John Entwistle to be grateful for to The Grateful Dead?
Paul McCartney had a left-handed bass.
What have Mark King, of Level 42, Norman Watt-Roy of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, and John Entwistle to be grateful for to The Grateful Dead?
a left handed bass guitar?
(Assuming Mark King is a bassist: I saw a docu-concert about L42 on TV in the 80s and the drummer played his drums "wrong handed")
Phil Gould that would be. Superb drummer and he often played cack-handed, playing the hi-hats with his left hand.
The development of the active bass?
On the question, were the Grateful Dead the first band to have a Rickenbacker bass?
If we're talking '70s - it's not that silly stick thing (the name of which escapes me) is it?
Oh fuck it, I'll give the answer. They all played/promoted Alembic basses at some point in their careers. Alembic was actually formed out of the Grateful Dead's roadie guitar technicians.
Herb Alpert?
Who is this?
(http://s11.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/a/5/a58cyiouqjscycoa.jpg)
Clue: Mexican border town
Herb Alpert?
Winner!
Quote from: Dicky Mo link=topic=28699.msg533158#msg533158 date=1264526132
That's way more European than Mexican.
[/quote
eh?
Bad shitty attempt at humour. Please move along... very quickly.
In fact it's such a bag of toss that even you (who's usually on the ball) has let it pass you by.
Now you've gone all Afghan hound in glasses on me.
Now you've gone all Afghan hound in glasses on me.
Sam Fox
I know this one, and she ain't from Essex.
OK. I like lyric questions, easy to google for them but that would be a hollow victory
what song is this from
"The diving man's coming up for air cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair"
Oasis - Roll With It
Blur - Um, Country House?
Edit: I think Oasis won.
OK, another "what links" question but shouldn't be too taxing....
The Strokes
The Wallflowers
Wilson Phillips
Miley Cyrus
Norah Jones
Albert Hammond Jr
OK, since Smudge had a lucky punt earlier, I'll go for one.
Did they all feature Michael Stipe? I know Hersh's Your Ghost did...
That wasn't the link I was looking for! ;D
That wasn't the link I was looking for! ;D
Crikey! Who'd have thought there could be more than one link from Chas & Dave to Eminem!
d.
That wasn't the link I was looking for! ;D
Crikey! Who'd have thought there could be more than one link from Chas & Dave to Eminem!
d.
My Name Is?
Chas and Dave had the nicknames "Slim" and "Shady"?
My Name Is?
Need a bit more than that...
My Name is features a sample from a Labi Siffre song written by C and D
The League Unlimited Orchestra?
I thought the title was isnpired by a strapline on the copy of Vogue that inspired the artwork?
I think it'd be harsh to deprive Martin of the point, though Smudge asks a vital question.
I thought the title was isnpired by a strapline on the copy of Vogue that inspired the artwork?
it was; there was a copy of Vogue published before the LP which had the same word Dare on the cover
I first saw them in 1980 after the split with who became H17; all the girls did was dance at the time.
I often wonder whether getting them to sing was a good move
Hard to imagine Don't You want Me sung by one person :-\
OK - which musician appears on albums by Gary Numan and Paul Young?
Tbh, I've racked my brains and can't think of even one song by the Q-Tips
I still don't have a CD of Dare; Reproduction and Travelogue
OK - which musician appears on albums by Gary Numan and Paul Young?
He's a session guy - you go where the work is :)
A pretty good one, mind you
Tbh, I've racked my brains and can't think of even one song by the Q-Tips
"Toast" is the only one that comes to mind. I don't think this guy was involved with the Q-Tips.
I still don't have a CD of Dare; Reproduction and Travelogue
i got those 3, plus Being Boiled, from my mum for my birthday last week :)
Under a fiver apiece on Amazon
Mice ?
I can think of The Mouse Police. Can't recall much mouse-related that AAE did though.
Mice ?
I can think of The Mouse Police. Can't recall much mouse-related that AAE did though.
'...And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps' & 'One Brown Mouse', both on Heavy Horses.
UB40? Ali Campbell left, Robin was a member but another brother may have joined and got the lead role?
Not Robin Gibb. I don't think they've replaced him, and Andy died over ten years ago.
Yes, if no one objects to me jumping in. Yet another "what links" question. Should be a gimme for Mr Larrington if he's reading this...
Albert Hammond Bootleg
Quick, run, hide here comes Dave Stewart
I love you because you look like Jim Reeves
The bastard son of Dean Friedman
Gary Numan Hang-glide with the Numanoids
Seen by my mates coming out of a Styx gig
Brian Eno Collaboration
The Ballad Of Climie Fisher
Joy Division Oven Gloves
Colours?
Pink Floyd
Green Gartside
Green (the album)
Blue Monday
Any Colour You Like?
Green is the Colour was on the Floyd More album.
An interesting direction, but bee? Are you taking the apis? ;D
Bee is not right, but you're getting there. I think you will be able to get all the parts of it now you know that. I was just about to drop a clue that they could be considered All Together Now ;)
Crikey. Not sure who got that in the end. Probably Smudge, though Pingu got the farmyard connection, and M le Maire got the Little Red Rooster*
Tommy Steele - Little White Bull
U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday
Cure Friday I'm in love
Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday
Elton John Don't care what it is.
Undertones Wednesday Week
New Order Blue Monday
David Bowie Drive in Saturday
Tommy Steele - Little White Bull
Oh you c**t! May all your lip balms be Marmite.
There's no Thursday?
There's no Thursday?
There's no Thursday?
Thursday's Child - Bowie?
:thumbsup:
never heard of Willie Dixon :-[
:thumbsup:
More of a team effort but here goes.
What song are the following lyrics from:
"Ma Teresa's joined the mob
And happy with her full time job"
Eurythmics or Annie Lennox - I Could Give You
Noooo! Not Celine! Celina!!!
Tommy Steel was Only Man on The Island. Depends on which Celina you're referring to...
...the Mexican Whistler: Ennio Morricone by any chance?
Tommy Steel was Only Man on The Island. Depends on which Celina you're referring to...
...the Mexican Whistler: Ennio Morricone by any chance?
Warmer. You've got the only teeth I was thinking of. It's Steele with an 'e', by the way - show respect to the British Elvis! ;D
Celina will be the harder one to crack. But, if you can sort out the Mexican Whistler (not Morricone), and find a link to Steele, you'll have a pointer.
Ooooo. He's gone all 'Round Britain Quiz' on us.
What was number one hit in the UK at the time ofWas it 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd ? :demon:
Princess Diana's death
Paperazzi by Lady GaGa?What was number one hit in the UK at the time ofWas it 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd ? :demon:
Princess Diana's death
Paperazzi by Lady GaGa?What was number one hit in the UK at the time ofWas it 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd ? :demon:
Princess Diana's death
Celina Jaitley and Egypt. She's their "face of tourism", so African by link.
What was number one single in the UK at the time of
Princess Diana's death
Princess Diana's funeral
I think people have lost interest Clarion
What was number one single in the UK at the time of
Princess Diana's funeral
Google ? But that's cheatingI think people have lost interest Clarion
The Google-fu is weak with this one. ;D
I thought it would be solved within an hour.
See if anyone else will have a go, but then I'll give the answer.
Men in Black by Will Smith
Here's a question, then.
How would a Mexican Whistler and Celina's other half be able to better inform the Only Man On The Island?
another connection;
Kate Bush
The Beatles
Depeche Mode
New Order
Eminem
clue; think of another thread on this board ???
Depeche Mode did have one with a B/w photo, but I have no idea what it was called, but I think it was a compilation
Oh, hang on. Album covers that don't feature the name of the act on them.
e.g. Abbey Road, Aeriels,
Guess:
Sensual World (Bush) & Power, Corruption & Lies (New Order) & Sgt Pepper (Beatles) have flowers on the sleeves.
Edit: just used a famous interweb serach engine & found an Eminem & a Depeche Mode album with flowers.
Guess:
Sensual World (Bush) & Power, Corruption & Lies (New Order) & Sgt Pepper (Beatles) have flowers on the sleeves.
Edit: just used a famous interweb serach engine & found an Eminem & a Depeche Mode album with flowers.
I know. I wanted to pass the buck quickly, but didn't have a question prepared. Are you going to answer? :demon:No, because I don't have a question :)
Linky, pls...
Ladytron
Madness
The Sisters Of Mercy
Motorhead
Shakespear's Sister
Stiff Little Fingers
Death Cab For Cutie
Not difficult - you probably only need to have even heard of one or two of the bands to get the link.
d.
Ladytron - Roxy Music
Madness - Prince Buster
The Sisters Of Mercy -
Motorhead - Hawkwind
Shakespear's Sister - Smiths?
Stiff Little Fingers -
Death Cab For Cutie - Bonzos
Sisters of Mercy - Mr L. Cohen
OK, ready to roll.
What links these bands (should be easy)?
Morris & The Minors
The Saddlemen
The High Numbers
The N'Betweens
The Automatics
Kilburn & The High Roads
The Shadettes
And which is the odd one out?
Morris & The Minors - Wasn't this Tony Hawks ?
The SaddlemenCorrect
The High Numbers - The Who
The N'BetweensCorrect
The Automatics
Kilburn & The High Roads - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
The Shadettes
About the song or about the record?
Wasn't it a funny shape - a triangle if I recall
Ah, just cheated to satisfy my curiosity. I'd forgotten about that! Not the first, of course ;)
Having not FWSEd, did it go from the inside to the out, as it were (vinyl, not cassette, natch)?
2nd guess would be that it never ended.
as did one of the Python's records my uncle had which "ended" annoyingly with Michael Palin saying, in a spiv's voice, "sorry Murray, I've scratched the record."
Did it have two concentric grooves, each with a different track? So it was pot luck which track you got when you played it.
d.
Natasha Khan is Bat For Lashes
Victoria Hesketh = Little Boots?
Florian whatsername is Dido.
Now I'm stuck. Is one of them Florence & The Machine, and another La Roux, and id Phillipa also known as VV Brown?
Elly Jackson must be La Roux, then.
Phillippa Brown I'm stumped.
...Richard Donner ...
Lady Tron?
Thanks to Citizen Smudge giving the game away, I imagine that this refers to Dolphin Taylor, who became TRB's drummer by accident when his mate was auditioning for the bassist's gig.
Not sure why Smudge didn't give more of an answer. ???
I reckon Woofage has got it. Magic Bus & Bus Stop I know.
Ah, but Smidge is right too. Fripp played with Bowie and on one of the early TH albums (I think it might also have been Remain in Light), as well as KC. So he's still a connection - he just wasn't the one you were thinking of
I thought a few would put Eno forward as I wasn't aware of any connection between him and Bowie.
a question please, Mr Larrington...
Bass players only known by a nickname - Lemmy, Youth (don't know the names of the other bands' members and am not going to cheat)
Joe Jackson was a single LP; the others are all double
What links Iron Maiden's Steve Harris, Johnny Marr and Damon "Badly Drawn Boy" Gough?
OK. They performed at Woodstock.But didn't appear in the movie.
Guess the guitarist - Jimmy Page (it usually is!)
Guess the guitarist - Jimmy Page (it usually is!)
It must be true then. Yes, it's Jimmy.
I thought the song would've been guessed first though.
The film Johnny Was was filmed partly in Belfast and Stiff Little Fingers sang Bob Marley's Johnny Was and they are from Belfast. DOn't think Green Day are from Belfast, is Florence Machine ?
Which singer's management allegedly rejected Labi Siffre's "(Something Inside) So Strong on the grounds that it was "too black" (leading Siffre to record it himself instead)?
Martin, jogler - I'm interested in the thought process that leads you to suggest Joan Armatrading and Gladys Knight when the complaint was that the song was "too black". Or is it one of those trick questions?
Martin, jogler - I'm interested in the thought process that leads you to suggest Joan Armatrading and Gladys Knight when the complaint was that the song was "too black". Or is it one of those trick questions?
I took the "too black" comment to be a reflection of the cultural sensitivities of the time & not an indication of the colour of the artist whose manager turned it down.
Citizen Smudge has it. The song was offered to Tina Turner shortly after she had achieved her comeback with Private Dancer and her management was clearly trying to keep her in the Whitney Houston/Lionel Richie/Sade territory.
Over to you Smudge...
Oh. I just assumed Martin had got it right.
It is to do with Brian Eno... nominally. Think along the lines of what he said when he left the band first time round.
Edit: French Disko apparently. Just had a listen: what utter waenk!
Stipe laughs on Sidewinder:thumbsup:
Mitchell giggles at the end of BYT
Mrs P says FM goes "Ha ha, it's magic" on A Kind of Magic
Guessing Rolf guffaws or something?
Hint: albums
Getting warm :)
Harvest?
OK; another connection
Isley Brothers
Robert Palmer
Crazy Horse
Cat Stevens (when he was Cat Stevens)
Van Morrison
Bob Dylan
The Temptations
Rolling Stones
OK; another connection
Isley Brothers
Robert Palmer
Crazy Horse
Cat Stevens (when he was Cat Stevens)
Van Morrison
Bob Dylan
The Temptations
Rolling Stones
Rod Stewart hascovereddestroyed at least one song by each of them/sung a song written by them?
Too late to think of a difficult one.
What do you get if you combine a biologist, an electrical engineer, an astrophysicist and a graphic designer?
Quick & cheeky one (while we're waiting for one from Basil):
If there's anything that you want they're gonna crucify me.
Who & what?
And their significance?
Wha-hey! Nom nom nom!
OK, what do Barnsley metal mayhem merchants Saxon and Minnesota post-punk-alt-rock types Hüsker Dü have in common?
First song played on Radio 1?
As all pop fact fans know, The Move's Flowers In The Rain was the first track to be played on Radio One, chosen to symbolise the era of flower power and guaranteeing an ongoing stream of income for the band.
The only problem is that none of those pop facts is true.
The first track played was in fact Johnny Dankworth's Beefeaters (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6960296.stm)
Wha-hey! Nom nom nom!
OK, what do Barnsley metal mayhem merchants Saxon and Minnesota post-punk-alt-rock types Hüsker Dü have in common?
Both banned from playing in Dubai?
Foul! Roger Taylor was studying dentistry.He was, but then he swapped to biology and graduated with a BSc biology, not a dentistry qualification.
Nope.
Edit: chat amongst yourselves - I'm off home and probably won't be here again until Monday.
No one a Beefheart fan?
I rhought of Rockette, but with the communication links of Telstar was thinking of "Radar" or Antenna Jimmy Semens....
Lou Reed
Stevie Winwood
James Osterberg
Steve Tyler
*cough* I believe that Flowers in the Rain was the first _complete_ track to be played. Beefeaters was used as intro music rather than played as a recording in its own right. Anyway the judge's decision is final. :)
First song played on Radio 1?
From the BBC themselves...QuoteAs all pop fact fans know, The Move's Flowers In The Rain was the first track to be played on Radio One, chosen to symbolise the era of flower power and guaranteeing an ongoing stream of income for the band.
The only problem is that none of those pop facts is true.
The first track played was in fact Johnny Dankworth's Beefeaters (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6960296.stm)
Hur Hur Hur :demon:
It seems that either nobody knows the answer to my previous question, or else nobody cares that both bands' drummers, Grant Hart and Pete Gill, are gay, so let's think of another...
Pete Gill gay? I never knew that, and I'm a Saxon fan. I'm impressed that someone could put up with the world of Heavy Metal and be out. Good on him :thumbsup:
Tho he did work with the Glitterband....
No reference on Wikipedia. May have to Gewgle. </OT tangent>
Malvina Reynolds did a song called "Song In My Pocket"
Sorry, another link one.
Michael Brecker
Bat For Lashes
Spooky Tooth
Wild Beasts
Elton Dean
Michael Shrieve
there's only one I know anything about - Bat For Lashes.
Yup. The number two in an album title.You have asperger's don't you?
Michael Brecker - Two Blocks From The Edge
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Elton Dean - Two's and Three's
Michael Shrieve - Two Doors
You have asperger's don't you?
Records that celebrate a very famous artist?
I can't see Dicky Mo's answer ???
Records that celebrate a very famous artist?
Sounds like a good answer - though Jackie Wilson Said should really be credited to Van Morrison, right?
d.
Scritti Polliti - *shrugs*
Scritti Polliti - *shrugs*
Aretha Franklin
Scritti Polliti - *shrugs*
Aretha Franklin
If that's the missing link, you can have the honours.
Jim Morrison's idea for his band name The Doors was inspired by a quote, "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear as it is, infinite." Who wrote this?
Aldous Huxley?
That'll do, PaulF. All yours.
Crikey, that were fast! Go on, then, you've got the baton, but do you want to name theculpritsmusicians in question?
In fact, I'd settled with Geno and then Citizen Smudge made me change my choice.
...I'm guessing Salvation Air Force has to be Aled Jones?
...I'm guessing Salvation Air Force has to be Aled Jones?
Priceless! ;D
Where was I on 12th November 2004? And no Googling!
Jim Morrison's idea for his band name The Doors was inspired by a quote, "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear as it is, infinite." Who wrote this?Aldous Huxley?
That'll do, PaulF. All yours.
Ermm......sorry to interrupt an entertaining thread, but as William Blake wrote in "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell": "If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite".
Please carry on without me; I enjoy watching.
Where was I on 12th November 2004? And no Googling!
You were the DJ at a wedding?
Didn't Charles & Camilla wed thenabouts? I reckon he was spinning the platters for them.. ;)
Think local (to me, that is) ;).You live in the Isle of Man ? Woodstock ? Weston Park ? Reading ? Waynestock ?
Did the Greene King brewery ever branch out into music?
After you.
No, after you.
Etc...
Here's a quick one anyway.
What song are these the opening lyrics to: (easily gooooglable I suppose)
"It's been a whole lot easier since the bitch left town"
<edit> Ha! Beaten to it anyway. Is that Mr Gurtu?
Three of them are pretty much one-hit wonders from a UK perspective. And Mozart was mightily prolific.
I'm thinking (based purely on the Rembrandts link) that they all provided the sig tunes to TV programmes, but, beyond Friends, I couldn't speculate which. :(
Kenny Loggins did Footloose, didn't he? Was there a TV series of that?
*grasping at straws*
And Mozart was mightily prolific.
I'm thinking (based purely on the Rembrandts link) that they all provided the sig tunes to TV programmes,
DONKEY!!
If that's the case, then you can add Mozart's 'A Musical Joke (presto)' into it.
Used for those horsey TV programmes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwVS1dK-I7M).
but Starship's 'Nothing Gonna Stop Us' was in a film.
Groove Armada did 'Shakin my ass' on the Megane advert. Is 'car adverts' the connection ?No, not adverts.
Mannequin. Embarrassed I know that.
Together in Electric dreams was in a film called, not unsurprisingly, Electric Dreams.
Utter, utter crap.
Is it Sex and the City? ( I know three of them were in the 3 films - and I assume the other had a brief appearance in Friends)Kim Cattrall was in Mannequin, Sarah Jessica Parker was in Footloose, Cynthia Nixon was in Amadeus and Kristin Davies appeared in Friends - and Groove Armada did the SATC theme.
While you're all still mulling over Kirst's question (which has me stumped, I'll admit), here's another linky one to keep you going...
"Well she tossed all night like a raging sea, woke up and climbed from the suicide machine"
"His wicked sense of humour suggests exciting sex"
"Only came outside to watch the nightfall with the rain"
"It's a godawful small affair"
"Send a probe through a massive storm, a million molecules make it warm and a star is born, hmmm"
"Lady, take a ride on a Zeke 64"
...
"When the last course has been consumed, they withdraw to the drawing room"
Bonus points if you can complete the set.
d.
While you're all still mulling over Kirst's question (which has me stumped, I'll admit), here's another linky one to keep you going...
"Well she tossed all night like a raging sea, woke up and climbed from the suicide machine"
"His wicked sense of humour suggests exciting sex"
"Only came outside to watch the nightfall with the rain"
"It's a godawful small affair"
"Are you gonna take me home tonight?"
"Lady, take a ride on a Zeke 64"
...
"When the last course has been consumed, they withdraw to the drawing room"
Bonus points if you can complete the set.
d.
Is it Sex and the City? ( I know three of them were in the 3 films - and I assume the other had a brief appearance in Friends)Kim Cattrall was in Mannequin, Sarah Jessica Parker was in Footloose, Cynthia Nixon was in Amadeus and Kristin Davies appeared in Friends - and Groove Armada did the SATC theme.
See, you're not the only ones who can do ridiculously obscure questions. :D
"Are you gonna take me home tonight?"
Sorry :-[
I thought of another one the other day but now I can't remember it.
Department - S
Is Vic There?
Department - S
Is Vic There?
Someone give him a nudge then. ;D
Wild punt #1:
Steeleye Span did some songs as the St Eeleye Choir, in fake childrens' voices. Perhaps 'hark' is one.
Lazy Sunday is sung in an absurdly exaggerated cockney style.
So perhaps all these songs have some kind of unusual vocal style affected?
I have never knowingly heard anything by Yo La Tengo.
Think Vivaldi.
It's seasons.
Happiness is Easy was on the album The Colour of Spring.
Season of the Shark has season in the title.
This is, of course, a guess as I don't know the others :-\
It's seasons.
Happiness is Easy was on the album The Colour of Spring.
Season of the Shark has season in the title.
This is, of course, a guess as I don't know the others :-\
Very clever
French Navy by Camera Obscura
Is it some phonetic thing, like and a gramme/Gram?
"Axl Rose" is an anagram. And possibly the stupidest pseudonym ever.
I don't think that's the answer. Just commenting.
d.
Talking Heads?
Well if my name were Lex Arse I'd use a pseudonym too
Talking Heads?
Eno did a song that was an anagram of Talking Heads, but I can't remember what it was (nor am I clever enough to work it out from scratch)
Not the explanation given on Wikipedia (Axl being the name of a former band, apparently), but he's enough of a prat that I'm more likely to believe your version.
Not the explanation given on Wikipedia (Axl being the name of a former band, apparently), but he's enough of a prat that I'm more likely to believe your version.
I don't know for sure the reason he chose the name Axl Rose, but I'm pretty certain the fortuitous anagram wouldn't have passed him by.
d.
Talking Heads?
Sore Lax
New Order?
New Order?
Is one of them Hatfield and the North?
Probably not in your collection, but I used to go to the Crest Motel in Derby as a youth to drink Worthington E :sick: and listen to the music of No Right Turn.
Probably not in your collection, but I used to go to the Crest Motel in Derby as a youth to drink Worthington E :sick: and listen to the music of No Right Turn.
Correctly surmised and can I add my :sick: concerning Worthington E.
That'll teach me.
Umm...
I can see in my cd collection 2 british bands that have been named after road signs. Guess who they are.
Fulborn Teversham (you mentioned them in Tune Association this morning), named after Fulbourn & Teversham in Cambridgeshire. There must be a sign with them both on.
Fulborn Teversham (you mentioned them in Tune Association this morning), named after Fulbourn & Teversham in Cambridgeshire. There must be a sign with them both on.
Ah! You spotted my clue. ;)
Correct!
So I guess that's back to PaulF for getting the first one...
OK an easy one?
What city unveiled a mural of Jimi Hendrix on the building where he bought his first guitar?
Hell I didn't even see the question before lightnin' Bobb got in there!
Hell I didn't even see the question before lightnin' Bobb got in there!
Ha! That means I get to ask the next question!
7/4
Almost, but Bette Midler was born in Hawaii. ;D
I'm thinking of a stylistic link, though the proximity of the words 'style' and 'Jive Bunny' may be an odd one ;D
Someone get this quick - I'm off camping later, I think ;D
No, or at least it's not the answer I was told, and I haven't been able to check Orinoco Flow. I originally heard the question asked by a radio DJ, and it was post Orinoco Flow.
Landscape, isn't it? They did "E=mc2" which is about Einstein, and "Norman Bates". I'm not sure where The Clash come into it though.
Landscape, isn't it? They did "E=mc2" which is about Einstein, and "Norman Bates". I'm not sure where The Clash come into it though.
Big Audio Dynamite did a song called "E=mc2" and their man Mick Jones was in The Clash
but was the Landscape track about Norman Bates ? I getcha now, they also had a song about Batesey
You'd better watch out, you'd better beware
'Cos Albert said E equals mc squared
I am an ardent Young fan...
A nice easy one. What links Cornelius Brunner, Ginger Baker and Europe?
Woofage has the Final bit. Ginger played with them, Moorcock "sang" with them and wrote a lot of words for them, he also wrote Cornelius Brunner into the Final Programme,and Europe finally counted down.
I think on balance Clarion and Rob got most of it, so a point divided between them
OK then. Quick one from me:
Which is the odd one out from Airrace, the Waterboys and the Wallflowers?
d'Oh!
Actually, it is. But do you know why?
OK. Who else might there be from The Waterboys? And The Who, as it happens?
OK. Who else might there be from The Waterboys? And The Who, as it happens?
And Oasis?
Was it Neon?
I am a sad muso geek......
Pure guess here....golf partners?
Well, I'll ask one as I never get any right, and Tony can ask one in tandem if he is right.
What links Paul McCartney and Peter Alliss.
Do they both have a fetish for amputee women?Well, I'll ask one as I never get any right, and Tony can ask one in tandem if he is right.
What links Paul McCartney and Peter Alliss.
Trouble with wood?
Nope - closer than that. Via an intermediary.They went two's up on Heather?
Nope. This is a music quiz, so there is some music in it! ;D
No. Someone else's Bulldog. That bit is not music-related. More biological/zoological.
How does Miranda connect Richard Ashcroft, Motorhead, Iron Maiden and Charlotte Church, by way of the grandson of a Bulldog, and Essex?
Huxley, T was Darwin's Bulldog.
...Aldous (presumed grandson)
...didn't stand in for Lemmy.
Brave New World apart from being by Aldous Huxley is a line from Shakespeare.
How does Miranda connect Richard Ashcroft, Motorhead, Iron Maiden and Charlotte Church, by way of the grandson of a Bulldog, and Essex?
O brave new world that has such people in it!
I \hadn't considered Jimmy at all till you mentioned him :-[
OK. I'll think of a question. I doubt it'll be as labyrinthine as the last couple.
EDIT: Citizen Smudge beat me to that one, if it's right (which I now begin to suspect it is)
Or there's a Billy the Kid connection between Cooder, Dylan and Copland. No idea about the others :-[
I found the answer quite quickly by using a famous internet encyclopaedia, but I felt it was cheating :-X
Me too.
Well, Ihavehad a Serge Gainsbourg album. One of the tracks is a Reggae Version of the Marseillaise.
The Beatles ended "All you need is Love" avec un bit of Marseillaise
Not a Stranglers track...
Is it a Creamy song?
OK, not a stinker, but amusing:
Stop! Please please please don't be cruel, halfway up and halfway down.
No longer. Couldn't agree with the
Great Heart
You are a git, more like. ;D
*goes to ponder*
Bon Jovi?
They both liked honey?
I am a band. In the course of my career I have visited - well, sort of - New Jersey, Paris, Turkey and/or Syria and/or Iraq, and Roswell. Who am I?
Brian Jones.
But i do remember, from when I lived near the Hundred Aker Wood. Didn't Brian Jones buy Milne's old house in Hartfield?
I'm thinking waste disposal ...
I'm guessing unsung vocals ...
And w.r.t M le Maire:I'm thinking waste disposal ...
that'll be "ten million pounds of sludge from New York and New Jersey" (Monkey Gone to Heaven - Pixies)
What couple who were at one time married link Nigel Kennedy and Marc Riley the radio DJ?
What couple who were at one time married link Nigel Kennedy and Marc Riley the radio DJ?
(Consults the Oracle of Bacon).
Marc Riley was in "An Audience With Kylie Minogue", as was Melinda Messenger, who was also in "An Audience With Ronnie Corbett", as was Nigel Kennedy. Were Ronnie Corbett, Melinda Messenger and Kylie Minogue in some odd kind of plural marriage ;D
What couple who were at one time married link Nigel Kennedy and Marc Riley the radio DJ?
What couple who were at one time married link Nigel Kennedy and Marc Riley the radio DJ?
I know this, do I have to provide a question if I give the answer?
I think it's Brix Smith and Mark E Smith. Sorry, no question.
RJ, that was awful fast!
Yes, Brigitte Arendt added the French spoken vocal on Fade to Grey by Visage
Jacqui Chan spoke the 'oriental' words on Kites by Simon Dupree and the Big Sound (there was no Simon Dupree). The band say that they have no idea what she said, and neither did she. It's not clear whether she said something phonetically or made it up. It just sounded right.
If anyone can decipher Jacqui's vocal, I'd be interested to hear.
In the end she got fed up with the drunken Mr Smith and hooked up with Nigel Kennedy. I think they may have married, not sure.
Mike Oldfield and Robert Calvert. Connection....
Mike Oldfield and Robert Calvert. Connection....
Hmmm. A Swedish band? Or Norwegian?Aha!
I dunno who Porter is, and I'm wondering whether the Jones is the obvious one, or if TT is being devious...
Ah....it is indeed Cole. An additional clue: all three AND the link are of different nationalities, to answer Clarion.I dunno who Porter is, and I'm wondering whether the Jones is the obvious one, or if TT is being devious...
I was assuming that Porter C was Cole, but that didn't get me any further forward
Seeeeeems so...Here's one. Yank, Belgian, Taff and....Jock
Alex Harvey.Dancing Cheek to Cheek.......
Delilah, Something or other (not sure the Porter link). Next!
Biblical stuff?In one!
Lovett did an album called Joshua judges Ruth
Marley did Exodus
Gabriel was in Genesis
Looks like no one has an idea on that one. Certainly has me baffled. Maybe we could do with a clue.Tapestries?
In the meantime, perhaps I might slip back in with a question of my own:
Art Garfunkel
Carole King
Philip Glass
How do they add up?
since clever clarion is probably too busy enjoying wedded bliss to set a new question, here's one to restart the thread.
Buddy Holly, Nick Drake. Scottish connection?
Thanks fo rth eanswer to yours. I'd never have known that, but it is very interesting.
Meanwhile, I'm looking for an integrated solution to my problem - although you can differentiate them to a degree.
How do they add up?
I'm starting a new question.
One British number one hit single contains in its lyrics the title of the subsequent number one hit single. Name them both.
I'm starting a new question.
One British number one hit single contains in its lyrics the title of the subsequent number one hit single. Name them both.
Actually, that wasn't it, but you can have it.I'm starting a new question.
One British number one hit single contains in its lyrics the title of the subsequent number one hit single. Name them both.
Don't turn around by Aswad contains the word "Heart"Don't turn around
Cause you're gonna see my heart breaking
Don't turn around
I don't want you seeing me cry
The following number one was "Heart" by the Pet Shop Boys according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_singles_from_the_1980s_%28UK%29
It seems likely there are other examples?
Clarion, a side issue: I also saw GW and the Ram Jam Band in Newcastle. A great show. I also saw Root and Jenny Jackson there, this time at The Quay Club. They'd only done a couple of tunes when the police raided it for drugs. I remember one young policeman trying to face Jenny Jackson into a wall and her turning round and saying, "We in bondage, man?" It was the first time I'd gone to a gig with my girlfriend. We've been together over forty years, now. (The police left soon to try and get their drugs somewhere else.)
Clarion, a side issue: I also saw GW and the Ram Jam Band in Newcastle. A great show. I also saw Root and Jenny Jackson there, this time at The Quay Club. They'd only done a couple of tunes when the police raided it for drugs. I remember one young policeman trying to face Jenny Jackson into a wall and her turning round and saying, "We in bondage, man?" It was the first time I'd gone to a gig with my girlfriend. We've been together over forty years, now. (The police left soon to try and get their drugs somewhere else.)
Wow. Could have been the same tour. 1984? So did the gig carry on after the Police left?
Chrissie was in the band that became The Damned, but was asked to leave. Did Capt Sensible take her place?
OK, what links Chrissie Hynde and Captain Sensible?
OK, what links Chrissie Hynde and Captain Sensible?
Johnny Moped
Your goOK, what links Chrissie Hynde and Captain Sensible?Johnny Moped
Is it something to do with their dad? He was a session musician, and played with all sorts of big names. His name was IIRC Stedman Pearson Snr.
Oh bother. Only straw I could clutch at... :(
Cher-ry and Tent (as in "Born in a tent in travelling show?) records?
.................................................... But clues are welcome whenever you like.
By contrast, of course, Cher's immense back catalogue has masses of covers.
Is it Dusty Bin?
d.
Oh, just tell us, we're never going to get it.Cher - It's in his Kiss.
As an additional clue, one of their singles made the UK top ten in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Is that three different singles, or the same single three times?Same single three times, hence "one of their singles."
was the single covered by somebody else in the 90's ?Is that three different singles, or the same single three times?Same single three times, hence "one of their singles."
All other guesses so far are wrong.
Is that three different singles, or the same single three times?Same single three times, hence "one of their singles."
All other guesses so far are wrong.
Clarion: Dolphin Taylor played on Power in the Darkness. I can't get the other half of the question though.
Now Then,
Power In The Darkness &
World Service
What's the Cetacean link?
Take it away, Dolphin
So who recorded albums called:
Now Then?
Spear of Destiny
World Service?
*Quote from: Tom Robinson at the start of a track but I can't remember which oneTake it away, Dolphin
OK, in the absence of anyone else, I have a slightly different one for you:
Where does Judy find Billy?
I might accept a metaphorical answer. ;)
Damn! That's fast! ;D
Yes. I'd also have accepted 'Rat Trap'.
It was an earworm on the way into work this morning. I composed a much more complicated question about couples in rock songs, but best to keep it simple.
Over to you.
OK.
Which winners of an award they have recently not won were initially named after a Cockney Rebel song?
Well, I don't know Chocolate, but Blonde On Blonde and Abbey Road both have songs called I Want You, so I'm guessing it's that.
Edit: Reading the question properly doesn't help - I don't know Blood & Chocolate either, but Clarion's ref to the Attractions suggests Elvis Costello, right? Hmm, still doesn't help - not a big fan. Sorry.
d.
So are we talking about singing drummers here?
Tom Tom Club?
So, have we got Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and The Dominoes (silent drumming being "knocking" in doms.)? The Drifters had some connection with Domino, either an earlier incarnation or connection with Fats. Bob Dylan called himself Blind Boy Grunt (non-talking) when he played harmonica on someone's record but I'm floundering now!
Still no idea.
Meanwhile, one of the Five Crowns wrote a song, the title of which was also the title of a novella written by an author who had the same surname. Who was he?
Except that it was only the film which was called Stand By Me. The novella was called The Body.
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.
I had better offer a clue.
Think of wheels.
Think of Robert Penn.
YES!!!!!!!!!!/b]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.
How is that a pop quiz question?
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.
a no1 1968 hit for a Welsh female singer produced by a Beatle,
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?
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?
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.
No. At least, that's not the answer I was looking for.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.
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.
Can we have the answer please?They have all had records banned by the BBC.
Can we have the answer please?
Meanwhile, I have thought of the question I couldn't think of on the last page. Which band have had the most hit singles in the UK? There are more than 60 of them (chart hits, not band members, it's not Blazin' Squad). Twentytwo of their chart hits were top ten, but only 2 made it to no1 - and one of those wasn't credited as being by them. Three of their chart hits were re-releases of earlier hits.
What was doubly-sinister about a group whose name might have been a particular benefit to them?
What was the No1 not credited to them? Presume you're not counting their okey-cokey contribution to the Band Aid single :)It was credited to the Manchester United FA Cup squad.
Peter, at a guess, did they have a left-handed bass player and guitarist?
No, but you're so warm you're on fire.I can't come up with anything.
There's a Giant Steps by the Boo Radleys. Is Kidnapped by Neptune by Atticus Finch?
Here's a relatively easy one: what do the following recordings have in common?
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Kirsty MacColl - A New England
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
And almost anything by Westlife.
I've just heard Kirsty's and I can't think of anything. Did they have the same producer?Key change for the final verse!
I've just heard Kirsty's and I can't think of anything. Did they have the same producer?
OK, in the meantime, here's a funny quickie:
What did Buck's Fizz and Gene Loves Jezebel have in common originally? And what do they have in common now (give or take an Original)?
Didn't 3CR split after Revolt? Maybe before it was put out, so it represented the turmoil in the band? </wild shot at wrong target>
Spot on! Yes, Jay Aston was in the original Bucks Fizz line up, prompted the split when she left, and is now in the Original Buck's Fizz, while Buck's Fizz is touring separately, with only one of the original line up.
Spot on! Yes, Jay Aston was in the original Bucks Fizz line up, prompted the split when she left, and is now in the Original Buck's Fizz, while Buck's Fizz is touring separately, with only one of the original line up.
Thanks...I'd hate to turn up at the wrong Bucks Fizz gig.
Incidentally, the most versions of a band concurrent I know of is Sweet, with three*. Does anyone know of any bands with four competing versions (or even other triples)?
OK then.
What civil engagement brings us Strange Brotherhood, Nobody's Fool, Truth And Lies?
What links Chas n Dave, Dean Martin, Donna Summer, Status Quo and Suggs, amongst others?
Nope. Peter is the nearest so far and he's miles away.
What links Chas n Dave, Dean Martin, Donna Summer, Status Quo and Suggs, amongst others?
*imagines Chas n Dave musical*
:o
Anything to do with cup-finals and super-bowls?Can you be more precise?
I hate to break it to you, but there was a Chas'n'Dave the musical, called Stop Dreaming' and written by Ray CooneyYou're just saying that to upset me.
OK, then.
Richie Havens to Gypsy Sun and Rainbows. What?
In what sense is a question about who invented batteries a pop quiz?
How are Midnight Cowboy and a "celebrity" crop-circle enthusiast connected?
Well, no one actually got that one, but I came across an interesting piece of trivia which makes a curious question:
Which song namechecks a Caribbean resort, and towns in Surrey and Lancashire (Greater Manchester)?
I really don't think there is more than one such song, and the places are mentioned a few times in the song.
Too quick!
said to be a a drummer, whereas you accept his ludicrous claims to be a singer at face value? ;D
Phil Collins is said to be a drummer and he was lead singer of Genesis.
I think he is a good drummer, and quite an innovative producer. Just a bit of a tosser with a whiny voice and whiny opinions.
Oh - and he is still guilty of Not Being Peter Gabriel.
But he is the inspiration for the utterly marvellous http://www.philrotica.com/
Don't know, but I know which song it is. I'll keep schtum in case someone knows the identity of Sugar Bear.
Or is this a link to My Name is Jack which was a Manfred Mann song ? He lived in teh back of a Greta Garbo home. Still trying to get the link with Eurovision though ...
Yeah, that was fun, if frustrating. And amusing that my mistake about the Manfreds was actually right! ;D
I should have got it quicker, as I was actually involved in the mid-80s Sheffield music scene :-[
My question still stands! And nothing in pcolbeck's suggestion was relevant.
OK, then. Who was the daughter of Dorothy Hawkins and (perhaps) Minnesota Fats?
Is the answer Rick Astley? ;D
Well the last two are clearly Flintlock and the Georgia satellites.... er...er... ;)
Is there a Joe Meek connection here?
OK, can we do it bit by bit?
Is the toy Malibu Stacey?
Zipgun for the firearm?
Musket?
I have obviously come MUCH too late to this topic.
Can I just say that I have no idea what you are rabbiting abaht . . .
Steve Albini?
Roger Taylor (of Queen, not the other one) was a drummer, and sang, and wrote songs, and did solo albums.
Thanks to PeterM otp I can add Béla Fleck to that list.
It doesn't help :(
Famously played the same Strat for his entire career.
I had never heard of Bela Fleck before, though ;D
Correct Clarion !That's a bit like when a journalist asked Zinedine Zidane what it was like to be the best midfielder in the world and he said "I don't know, ask Paul Scholes."
And if you didn't get the clues here's how it goes:
Famously when asked what it was like to be the best guitarist in the world Jimi Hendrix said "I don't know ask Rory Gallagher".
reviving this thread, 'cause I just happened to read something that caught my attention:
Brian Jones and Keith Richard(s)
George Harrison and Eric Clapton
John Cale and Kevin Ayers
Connection?
Here goes...
Only one singing performer in the USA for Africa We Are The World lineup was not American. Who?
All double albums apart from Goats Head Soup.
All double albums apart from Goats Head Soup.
Sorry, I made an error in the question. I was getting my albums mixed up. The question is now corrected. Apologies.
Exile on Main Street wasn't a first album.
Which was the last single to reach number one in the UK charts in the 80s which didn't have a video? It made the singer the first black woman to top the UK charts with her own composition.TOTP: The Story of 1985, perchance?
Yeah.Which was the last single to reach number one in the UK charts in the 80s which didn't have a video? It made the singer the first black woman to top the UK charts with her own composition.TOTP: The Story of 1985, perchance?
Sleeping Satellite by Tasmin Archer?
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman?No, it was Move Closer by Phyllis Nelson.