Pop Quizzz Mkii
Posted by: Rico on 27 October 2000
It's friday, and we need some variety. Let's not get toooooo bogged down in detail (as long as we don't re-write history) and crack some quick-fire questions. Keep it moving! One new question set by supplier of right answer, number questions sequentially please, and use the number with your answer - that'll help us keep track. Here's two 80's questions to start with:
Q1.: Who did the art on the original editions of Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads?
Q2.: Which fabulous blues legend who passed in a helicopter crash, played guitar on much of Bowie's hyper-commercial smash Let's Dance ?
Rico - musichead
Q1 I am less sure about ... was it David Byrne himself (wasn't he an art student ??)
(DB was an art, or maybe design, student, and the original 3 Heads (DB + Chris and Tina) met at art school IIRC, Jerry Harrison joined a little later, don't know if he was an art student or not).
Pete.
I know Jonathan got it right first but he didn't set a question so I will.
Q3 What were the chemical brothers originally called and why did they change their name?
Music is the answer.
It was indeed Robert Rauschenberg, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Phew - I thought this thread was going to be chilled/frozen out completely.
Rico - musichead
They were called The Dust Brothers and changed their name because there was already another Dust Brothers who took legal action.
Q4: Very cool slow-core maestros Bedhead recently covered which very cheesy multi-million selling worldwide #1?
HINT: IIRC The record in question is a favourite of Mike Hanson's wife.
For a bonus point what was the unsual lead instrument used.
Matthew
Q5 Back to the 80s again. Which then unknown female vocalist sang on The The's Infected (hint: Her first album was called Raw Like Sushi)
Music is the answer
[This message was edited by John Channing on FRIDAY 27 October 2000 at 12:32.]
Q6 - What (80's again) 'band' took it's name from a futurist manefesto by Luigi Russolo, and which member of the same band scored a 1990's film?
(sen before clue)
Music is the answer.
So we move to Q7: How will the lowly ones study karate, and what will happen when they have?
Pete.
If I get another go I'll think harder about the question !
Jonathan
Matthew
PS The lead riff was played on a touch tone telephone.
you have me stumped.
Rico - musichead
I think that "lowly ones study karate" is part of a song lyric making it a very hard question i.e. it is almost impossible to cheat using the internet. Can you give us a clue or revise the question?
John
Music is the answer.
Something about them then beating the c**p out of the not so lowly.
Pink Floyd also keeps cropping up - but I think I'm getting mixed up with some differnt Animals lyrics.
Ahhh ... I know I'm gonna kick myself VERY hard unless I can remember this!
Jonathan
Making it internet search proof to some extent was something of a design goal, I'll freely admit, but since Animals lyrics came up in the last pop quiz and the Boys in Pink seem to be quite popular here I figured someone would still probably nab it.
Pete.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT
HE MAKES ME DOWN TO LIE.
THROUGH PASTURES GREEN HE LEADETH ME THE SILENT WATERS BY.
WITH BRIGHT KNIVES HE RELEASETH MY SOUL
HE MAKETH ME TO HANG ON HOOKS IN HIGH PLACES.
HE CONVERTETH ME TO LAMB CUTLETS.
FOR LO, HE HATH GREAT POWER, AND GREAT HUNGER.
WHEN COMETH THE DAY WE LOWLY ONES.
THROUGH QUIET REFLECTION, AND GREAT DEDICATION,
MASTER THE ART OF KARATE.
LO, WE SHALL RISE UP,
AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE BUGGERS EYES WATER.
Sheep, Animals, Floyd.
Q8 Who is sure that when he called himself up he was always in ? Making a sceene with a magazine ...
I will try to give some further clues for other similar bits from the same artist:-
1) ..flames all bonfire orange an' chimmeney red..
2) ..even jesus wanted a little more time..
3) ..hung his wild yearson a nail that he drove through his wife's forehead..
Jonathan
Pete.
Three (four) different songs / monologues.
Same artist.
Three / four different albums (ignoring collections)
Jonathan
I'm sure someone will get it soon as I know there are fans of this man on this forum.
Jonathan
Matt
Thanks for geetting me out of jail - will ask a less obsure one next time, honest.
It is indeed. The original question was from a between track monolgue (I can't remember the album - an early on I think) the next three were from 1) Franks Wild Years (the song, not album - confusingly) 2) Walking Spanish Down the Hall (Raindogs) and 3) Was another line from Franks Wild Years.
When I remember where to hear the monologue I'll post - it is a superb thing ...
YOUR GO
Jonathan
Who had hits with cover versions of songs by both Tom Waits and Cat Stevens?
Matt
If so here is Q10, What is unusual about the roiginal Duke Ellington 'Live at Newport' release. Subsequent re releases/ re masters have since corrected this.