Since we've had so much fun with this in the "Oldies" thread, perhaps it needs its own.

Quiz: Name the song/artist from this snippet of lyrics
(please be advised that a lot of the spellings are phonetic, since I have no idea what the true spellings may be)
extra points if you can name the recent movie this song was used in.

Sambo leajeh seji moya
Yeah, jumbo jumbo
Way to party, oh, we go and
Oh, jumbolah
Sambo leajeh seji moya
Yeah, jumbo jumbo

Lionel Ritchie, "All Night Long"

You gonna give us a tough one now?

Yeah, but the recent movie it was used in was "Rush Hour" ... (Chris Tucker stops the bad guy at the first of the movie, dances in the street and sings this song - okay, so it wasn't USED in the movie, just quoted)

Aright'en ... next quiz

Name the song performed by Harold Faltermeyer and used in the movie Beverly Hills Cop.

Never saw Rush Hour, so that's why I couldn't tell you.

I could cheat and use IMDB to answer the next one, but I won't. So, the only song I can remember from that movie is "The Heat is On".

BIG hint: This song is an instrumental tune.

I'll take a guess. I know what you're talking about but only have a vague recollection of its title... something like "Axel Foley's Theme" or "Axel Foley"?

I think it was called "Axel F".

Axel F is the ringer ...

Woo-hoo!
But I take partial credit only, though - it was Miko Iko who recognised the tune.
So9

Okay ... gimme the title to this song:
(extra points if you can name the singer)

A man is leaving town, but cannot get the vision of the town out of his head. He keeps seeing visions of women swaying to and fro, and other women with baskets of food on their heads who cry "Oki rice, salt fish are nice ... and the Rum is fine any time of year". He also sees visions of the town that are "Gay, and the sun shines daily on the mountaintop".

Yet after all this hype about the town, the chorus refers to a woman he has to leave that lives in the town that is the focus of this song.

The great Harry Belafonte, Jamaica Farewell.

congomulations, Snickerdoodle ...

Otay next up ...
Name the song on the album that immediately follows this line:

Look Mommy, there's an airplane up in the sky.
Of course, extra points for naming the group and the album.

Pink Floyd, The Wall, "Goodbye Blue Sky". A haunting little song.

... Snickerdoodle just keeps piling on the kudos.
(let's see, a fitting prize would be to pronounce the word in its plural form ... q-dose)

Okay try identifying this song:

Male voice:
"Beautiful, beautiful
Girl from the north.
You burned my heart
With a flickering torch.
I had a dream
That no one else could see.
You gave me love for free.

Female voice:
"I've had a hole in my heart
For so long.
I've learned to fake it
And just smile along.
Down on the street
Those men are all the same
I need a love
Not games.
Not games."

The singers and song title. Bonus points for album title.

Hint for Benn's question:
This poem is associated with a Vorta.

(hope that's not a giveaway)

Um....Iggy Pop, I think. Brick by Brick? And the song's named "Candy."

Why is this associated with a Vorta?

And to answer your question from RM, Benn, (since I don't like posting on there more than I have to) I unfortunately have no scanner, but I do have a lovely slightly out-of-focus picture of my right eye that a relative with a digital camera and no photographic skill once took.

Oh, the singers too.

Iggy and Kate Pierson.

|Pushes a large box into the center of the room.|

Okay, Snick, you answered correctly. You get to pick a prize out of the music toy box. Oh, wait. You got the bonus question, too. Take another. But only two.

I'm not sure which is the bigger question, why "Candy" is related to the Vorta or why The Chronicler didn't answer the question himself (herself?)?

Speaking of questions, Snick, the real question is "Who's your Infiltrator?"

However, your lack of technology lets you off the hook... for now. You still owe me, though.

Here's the next one:

"So you think your schooling's phony.
I guess it's hard not to agree.
You say it all depends on money.
And who lives in your family tree.

"Write your problems down in detail.
Take them to a hiding place.
You had your cry,
No, I should say wail.
In the meantime, hush your face."

For the record, all songs I quote will be hits.

Iggy Pop played a Vorta. I think he played the dead Vorta in "The Magnificent Ferengi".

All right! I got a wind-up monkey with cymbals (non-demonic) and a blue plastic ocarina! Thanks Benn! I'll just put these with my suitcase full of points.

Re: the infiltrator

Well, I'll ask him if it's all right to tell. And he didn't do it of his own accord, I asked him for the pic because I enjoy reading RM and take an interest in the different people posting there.

Yes, I owe you, I won't forget.

And your song...I don't have this particular album, but Supertramp, Crime of the Century, "Bloody Well Right?" Am I bloody well right?

Okay, my first quiz. This might be too easy to guess, so I'm just including a little bit. Song and Artist, bonus is naming the Album as well.

"I go to parties sometimes until four.
It's hard to leave when you can't find the door.
It's tough to handle this fortune and fame.
Everybody's so different I haven't changed."

"Quite Right! You're bloody well, right. You know you're right to say." I just recently bought the CD. I need to get Supertramp's Even In the Quietest Moment, Crisis? What Crisis?, Paris and maybe ...famous last words... to have all I want by them.

So, Snicker feel free to pick something else from the box.

So, Snick, has "Life Been Good" to you? I know it has to Joe Walsh.

Ha ha! Prize time. Okay, digging in...all right, a little electronic guitar that plays music when you touch the strings!

Okay Benn, you get to pick from the Wall of Music! Pick a door, you might get a cool prize, but you might also get the cover of "I Am, I Said" done by Eminem or the classified tapes of Nixon singing Anne Murray tunes.

I'll take door number three, Monty, uh, Snickerdoodle.

Here's a tougher one:

"So we went to Hef's place,
To meet some Bunnies.
I saw Hugh.
He was acting funny.
He handed me some grass
And a vodka and gin.
And that's about the time
That Jack Webb walked in.
He said, "Son, I gotta tell you something,
It ain't pretty.
There's a thousand ways to die
In this Naked City!"

And you get...your choice of original first-release eight-tracks, Whipped Cream and Other Delights, Rumours or Houses of the Holy! Congratulations! Your prize will be shipped by 853rd class mail, so you have a reasonable chance of recieving it within the next century.

As for your question....

Dada...Puzzle..."Here Today, Gone Tomorrow!"

Actually Benn, I (being a "himself," by the way) ran down the artist, title, and album pretty quickly, but I couldn't locate the female singer's name.

I also thought the prize ought to go to someone knowledgeable enough to get the answer without looking it up, since excite.com makes it too easy. I gave the hint a kind of alternate trivia for those with a different range of knowledge.

(Not a lot of country/pop/rock stars have been on Star Trek; I can only think of three offhand.)

Here's an "easy quiz" for beginners:

In the 1995 movie Tommy Boy, there was a scene in which Tommy and Richard had made their quota of brake pad sales and were returning to the factory in Richard's car. Name the three songs they sang along to in the car.

extra points if you can name the artist(s)

bonus points if you can name the song/artist(s) that they sang along to in the car on the way to their first sale.

Yeah. Easy if you've seen the movie recently or more than once. The only reason I ever watched it was because the girl I was seeing at that time wanted to see it. Weren't for that...

A few hints:

First song:
This song was from 1983 by a band that had only one other notable hit song called Geno.

Second song:
This song appeared in the band's album titled Document in the eighties and quickly rose up in the charts.

Third song:
This song was released in the USA in 1972 and rose quickly in the charts, even though the singer was relatively unknown and the words were not sung in English.

Bonus song:
This tune was released in 1971 and was one of the biggest hits by this brother-sister group, although they made many, many top hit songs before and thereafter.

The second song is probably R.E.M.'s "The One I Love". Though it could be "It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". That movie made less of an impression on me than I thought. None of that sounds familiar.

I believe one of the songs was "Come On, Eileen", but I foolishly forgot the name of the band.

As for the bonus, I think it was a Carpenter's song, but this time I don't remember the title! I make a lousy beginner...

Okay … I’ll put everyone out of their misery. The answers!

1. Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
2. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – REM
3. Eres Tu – Juan Carlos Calderon
Bonus: Superstar – The Carpenters

Benn and Duke of Earl Grey gave it a valiant effort, coming up with one or two. For their bravery and meritorious conduct in the face of quiz aggression, I hereby bestow upon them the honor of being the winners. (kisses each cheek) Now allow me to award you both with the prize, a medal consisting of the handle to a Pink Thing fished out of the trash at Six Flags with a safety pin super-glued to it. (don’t worry, I rinsed them off first) I’ve also arranged a donation in each of your names to the Misfit Toys Readjustment Fund.

Perhaps this one will be easy: Name the song/singer

Oh, but folks lately I have been spotted with a Big Mac on my breath
Stumbling into a Colonel Sanders with a face as white as death
I'm afraid someday they'll find me just stretched out on my bed
With a handful of Pringles Potato Chips and a Ding Dong by my head

Turn my back for a few days and look what happens....

Any way, I believe the song is "Junk Food Junkie" by Larry Groce. (Is that the same Larry Groce of Mountain Stage fame, BTW?)

It is ...
(from Lyrics World.com)
Released in 1976, was Groce's only hit, making it as high as #9 on the Billboard Hot 100
None of Groce's follow-up songs made it on the charts.
In 1986 he began hosting "Mountain Stage," a national radio show which features top recording artists from all styles of music. In 1991 Groce starred in a low-budget made-for-video feature called Paradise Park.

See if this one trips up Snicker. (Yes, dada was the correct answer. You may make another trip to the toy box.)


"There was a lights out
Television show.
There a Amos N' Andy
On the radio.
And a man on the hill
Running around
Don't you know?
Saying, 'Everybody here's got to go.
Eveybody here's got to go'.

"There were some people
Out in Hollywood.
The words they had spoken
It was well understood.
For three thousand miles
And for everyone's good
A man stood singing his song.

"Dancing around
On the tombstones he said,
'A man that is living
Would rather be dead.'
And he opened his eyes
To the typewriter's lead
And said, 'Now it won't be too long.'

"There was a lights out
Television show.
There was a Amos N' amdy
On the radio.
And a man on the hill
Running around
Don't you know?
Saying, 'Everybody here's got to go.
'Everybody here's got to go'.

"The people they gathered
For miles all around.
Like a Sunday in Salem
They all could be found.
And the lights all went out
With a deafening sound
As the church bells rang once again.


"The curtains were drawn
And the prophets had cried.
When somebody screamed
That the Joker had lied.
Damage was done.
And the Saints crucified
And the truth will be lost
'Til the end.

"There was a lights out
Television show.
There a Amos N' Andy
On the radio.
And a man running
Around on the hill
Don't you know?
Saying, "'Everybody here's got to go.
Saying,'Everybody here's got to go.
'Everybody here's got to go.'"

I need only the song title (in full) and the artist. This was, believe it or not, a top forty hit.

Now for an easier one to boot. In "Come On Eileen", what's the name of tune played on the violin at the song's beginning?

Oh. I should mention that the questions are opened to everyone. Not just Snickerdoodle.

I'll start with an easy one, till I can think of some harder ones.

Who sang about the most inarguably sexually explicit song of the 70s, and what's the name of the song?

"Tonight's the Night" - Rod Stewart? Or "Love to Love You" - Donna Summer? "Dina-Mo Hum" - Frank Zappa? "Jungle Fever", I forget who it's by though. "Disco Lady" - Johnny Taylor? "Let Me Put My Love Into You" - AC/DC? "Wang-Dang Sweet P**n Tang" - Ted Nugent? Shall I go on?

I think it's "Love to love you". Didn't she simulate something like 47 orgasms during the song?

Right. That's why I listed it. "Jungle Fever" also features orgasmic sounds in it.

Of course, at work today, I did think of another possibility. It could be Aerosmith's "Walk This Way". Steve Tyler once claimed they loaded the song with every dirty phrase or innuendo they could think of.

Here's a few more possibilities:

"Rosie" - Jackson Browne
"Christine Sixteen", "Rocket Ride", "Plaster Caster" and "Shock Me" by KISS
And of course, that lost classic by Meri Wilson: "Telephone Man". The double entendres in that song are priceless.

Sorry, Mark. You should never have said "inarguably". Naturally, I'm gonna argue.

Here's an "easy" quiz for those not taken up in the current "inarguable" debate ...
Name the songs/group (the same group sang all three tunes)

It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was driving.

Now all the vampires walking through the valley,
Move west down Ventura Boulevard.

They moved into a place they both could afford
He found a nightclub he could work at the door
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords

"Running Down a Dream"
"Free Fallin'"
"Into the Great Wide Open"

The first two are by Tom Petty. The third is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

(Okaay! So I'm being picky about it.)

And for those who don't live in LA, yes, Ventura Boulevard does in fact run east-west.

Told ya it was easy! (but maybe fun too)
(Actually, my CD says its Runnin' Down a Dream)

Okay, as for Benn's earlier quiz...now that everyone's had enough time...

Gene Cotton, "Like a Sunday in Salem".

My "Dada" prize...a plastic slide-whistle, cool!

So which eight-track tape do you pick, Benn?

>>Now for an easier one to boot. In "Come On Eileen", what's the name of tune played on the violin at the song's beginning?<<

Even though I was able to download this song and listen to the first 20 seconds over and over, I've yet to tell if it had it's own name beyond the song it is in, due to the fact that "Come On Eileen" uses a similar melody throughout the song. Even so, it is soooo well integrated into the tune, that only a superb afficianto such as Benn would recognize a melody usurped for this tune. Please tell me it's an Irish drinking song, or a Russian children's diddy, or perhaps a Jesuit Hymn.

Okay..a little bit of a toughy here...

I don't blame any of you for not trying this, but if you get either, you get to pick from the three Platinum doors. If one person gets both, that person gets to meet Chris Gaines in person!! Isn't that exciting?

It's Time for Brcmasdel Cisryl...I mean...Scrambled Lyrics!

Unscramble the opening lines of these hits, taken from a box set (different artists) I recently bought. Artist and Song Name.

1.

oyu duloc vahe a meast irtna
fi u'ydo tsju ayl wond ryou sartkc
ouy dlocu evah na reoaaenpl ngyilf
if yuo inrgb uyro elbu kys abkc

2.

i raehd uyo no het reeilsws akcb ni ifytf otw
yilgn weaak nientt ta tninug ni no yuo
fi i wsa gnyuo ti tdind ospt oyu nmiogc urhothg
a-ho oh


And as for the "Come On Eileen" violin tune...no idea. (I was actually listening to it when I read that question, strange or what??)

Well, I can at least transcribe the lyrics for some fortunate offspring:

1.
You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back

2.
I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you
If I was young it didn't spot you coming through
oh-a ho

"Love to Love You" - Donna Summer
Yes, Benn, that's the one I was thinking of. I dunno if she actually had any orgasms during its recording, but it's the one song she's since renounced, although I've heard she's gone back on that and still sings it but in an altered, more acceptable form (to her, at least,being christian and all).

If one person gets both, that person gets to meet Chris Gaines in person!! Isn't that exciting?
Only if you give the winner a .44 revolver (preferably a Ruger, cuz they're made solid without sideplates, unlike their competitors) to blow his frickin' brains out with.

Anyway, #1 is Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer", #2 is the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star". (At first I thought it was Bob Seger's "Night Moves".)

Now, can I have that Ruger please?

Oh, and I'd like that with 158 grain jacketed hollowpoints, if you'd please. Just one box should do.

Ok, here are the opening lyrics by two different acts to unscramble. The winner gets to be my fallguy...er, alibi.

1.) I wkon a rdak cdldeuse cpela.
A apcle ewhre on eno skwon ryuo cfea.
A sgsal fo eiwn, a tfsa bcreeam.
'tIs dllcae onnadre'sH dwyHeaai. eol!

2.) lelw on neo odtl em tabuo rhe, eth ayw ehs eidl
wlwe on eon ltdo em tbauo hre, owh ymna elppoe decir
ubt tsi' oto ltae ot ysa ryoru' ryosr
owh odulw I wkon, ywh lusdou I rcea
eelpsa otdn' rbheot ynrit' ot dfni rhe
hses' otn hrete

Okay, Snick. Where are you getting your answers? The Gene Cotton song is sufficiently obscure enough I'd be willing to bet good money you've never actually heard it. I know you cannot buy it on any tape or CD since all of Cotton's albums are currently out of print.

But, you only get partial credit. I said full title. It has a subtitle. So this time you get to pick from the music Crackerjack box.

As for the violin intro to "Come On Eileen"... Well, I'm sure Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam would have no problem identifying it. Sam would be able to tell you if you're playing it wrong.

As for which 8-track do I want...I'll take Zep's Houses of the Holy. Though I'll be damned if I know what I'll play it on. 8-track is too technologically primitive for me.

I got most of it ...

1.
I know a dark secluded place
A place where no one knows your face
A glass of wine, a fast ?
It’s called ? Hideaway. Ole!

2.
Well no one told me about her, they way she lied
Well no one told me about her, how many people cried
But it’s too late to say you’re sorry
How would I know, why should I care
Please don’t bother tryin’ to find her
She’s not there

As far as #2 is concerned, it's a song titled She's Not There, and the singers are either a group called The Zombies or Carlos Santana. (depending on your era)

#1 is "Hernando's Hideaway".

Further, the other "?" word is "embrace"

...
A glass of wine, a fast embrace,
It's called Hernando's Hideaway! Ole!

From "The Pajama Game". (A very funny stage musical).

I tried and tried to get "embrace" but kept coming up with other nonsense words ... (dern!)

Now, can I have that Ruger please?

Sure thing, but we've just gotten a message from Chris's publicist that the artist...does not technically...exist. Oh well!

Okay, Snick. Where are you getting your answers? The Gene Cotton song is sufficiently obscure enough I'd be willing to bet good money you've never actually heard it. I know you cannot buy it on any tape or CD since all of Cotton's albums are currently out of print.

I must admit, that one stumped me big time. So after a while had passed, my curiosity got the best of me and I looked it up. I'd just like to know where you're getting the questions, Benn! :-)

And the Scrambled Lyrics games are much better if PEOPLE unscramble them THEMSELVES and then figure it out!

Here’s a scrambled lyric that needs a title and artist(s)
(jus fer grins)

eh swa robn ni a rathtee ni moflloBdie eWts rignViia
sih aM dna I reew varlengti no het ardo
I kordew drah lal htat muemrs sa a il-ilnf rfo hte murmerd
eon hignt tassdn we’tner yaes fro ltltei oJe

The Stylistics, "Rockin' Roll Baby".

Not too tough.

Okay ... a tougher one.

fi ouy ‘tanc ceaf het yda, uyo terbte atsy ni dbe irgl
si’t ton ym loyn bjo ot zoerngai oruy dhae lirg
uoy asy htta reiardm file si cush a vahey adol
fi ouy a’tnc keat ti rgil, sujt apkc uoyr sagb nad iht eht ardo

THIS one might be easier, but it (at least) was a number 1 hit (I won't say what year, though)

aeyh ym ol'sobd os amd, sleef kile glutaaincog
m'I tisintg reeh sutj acegilmnnoptt
I a'tnc tpu het urhtt, ti snowk on latgurenoi
dna a adfhlnu fo enaorsset d'tno saps gisionlatle

Wow. Someone got "Hernando's Hideway" pretty quickly. I'm impressed. I know I gave a bit of a clue with capitalizing the "H" twice. "Come On, Eileen" got me to thinking about Johnny Ray, so I looked him up and found that song that way. And yes, it was the Zombies who "She's Not There", also done by Juice Newton, but of course with the male pronouns.

And yes, Snickerdoodle, I know Gaines isn't real. Neither is the guy who "created" him, for that matter. Well, he's a real pain, at least.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulating
I'm sitting here just contemplating
I can't put the truth, it knows no regulation
and a handful of senators don't pass legislation
Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire. It's one of my favorite songs. So give us a hard one, already.

Try these out. The first song's not too hard, but name it, who sang it, and its subject matter.

'sIt neggtit ot eht tinop eerhw I ma on ufn mrneaoy, I ma rysro
mtmeSoeis ti thrus os ldbay I smut ryc otu dolu, ‘I ma ylleno'
I ma rysou, uyo era mein, oyu ear twah uyo aer
uoY kame ti dhra

Whose song is this?
eeooSnm, 'esosonm tgo em gwnor
uYo hgtutoh htta ryou elvo swa gtsrno
owN ryo'er 'nfleie kile hscu a lofo
roPo uyo, ryoe'u kntnii'h byaem fi oyu dais ygbodoe
l'ylou dtsrnnaeud het snroae ywh
ehT ovel yuo dha tlef os loco mu mh

'sIt neggtit ot eht tinop eerhw I ma on ufn mrneaoy, I ma rysro
mtmeSoeis ti thrus os ldbay I smut ryc otu dolu, ‘I ma ylleno'
I ma rysou, uyo era mein, oyu ear twah uyo aer
uoY kame ti dhra

It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry
Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, 'I am lonely'
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard

The song is Judy Blue Eyes, it is sung by Crosby, Stills & Nash

It is a song about a man lamenting over breaking off a relationship with his best girl, but near the end of the song, he says, "Will you come see me Thursdays and Saturdays - what have you got to lose?"

Yeah, but what I meant was who specifically is the song about? It's Judy Collins, who was dating whichever of the guys who wrote the song for her after they broke up.

Snick, "Like a Sunday In Salem (The Amos N' Andy Song)" was released in 1978. I heard it on the radio no more than three times. All three times was on "Casey Kasem's American Top Forty". It peaked at Number 33, I believe. At that time I had a cheap little tape recorder sitting next to the radio. Whenever a song I like was playing, I'd record it. God, did I cringe at the slightest noise, marring the recording of a song. Anyway, for the longest time, the only recording I had of the Gene Cotton song was the one I had on that tape.

Somewhere in the Eighties I found a copy of the 45. I had that for awhile, then lost it - and the tape I had "Like a Sunday In Salem" on. Then in the Nineties I found another copy of the forty-five. This I recorded onto another cassette.

Then a couple of years ago, my best friend got a CD burner. So through him, using the copy of the song I had on the cassette, burned the song onto a CD.

Later, after searching time after time on Napster, the song turned up there. I downloaded it, and me and my buddy burned that version onto disc.

Over the years I have only seen one copy of the album it's from - on a cassette that looked to be in bad shape. To this day I still check the music catalogs to see if I can order it on a disc. The only thing that exists of Gene Cotton's recordings are guest appearances he's made on other people's records. The man seems to be all but forgotten.

That's why, Snicker, I have to question how you got the answer. I know it to be almost unheard of by anyone else.

The only other reference I've ever found for it has been on the LyricsWorld.com site. Which shocked the eff out of me. Finding it on Napster was a shock, too. I assume LyricsWorld is where you got your answer, though.

Some other songs I like that are no longer available (unless I get lucky and find the tape at Half-Price Books):

1. "Carolina (Nobody's Wrong)" - Silver Condor (Napster listed a song by them, just not this one)
2. "Doctors of the Universe" - DNA
3. "Party At the Hotel" - Rick Derringer (did find a live version off Napster)
4. "Martyrs and Madmen" - Roger Daltrey (Rhino used that as the title of Roger's greatest hits, but appear to have left the song off it.)
5. "Rock and Roll Orchestra" - Paul Kantner
6. "Say You Will" - Blanket of Secrecy

There are others. Each of these did get radio airplay, limited though it might have been.

All songs that I've given lyrics for as a quiz, are in my collection. That's how I know them.

Still nobody knows the bit of music preceding "Come On Eileen", eh? Hm. Daffy Duck would know! Wile E. Coyote would know! Yosemete Sam would know. And play it for you right on the piano (or xylophone) if Bugs Bunny or the Road Runner aren't playing it right!

That's right! I finally got it when driving around this morning, listening to my Eighties discs. I have no idea of the title, but it's in those sketches where they wired a bomb to the piano key corresponding to the high note of the song, and dared Bugs or RR to play it, they of course always played it wrong, which induced Sam or Wiley to play it right! Ha, it was a bit weird listening to it PAST the high note, threw me off a bit. What's the song called, Benn?

Oh, as for how I got the Salem song...

I simply typed "There was a lights out television show" into Yahoo, and a site came up. Simple.

Hah, you're right, it was Lyrics World. I just got a link to the song page.

"Hah, you're right, it was Lyrics World."



If everyone else gives up, I'll identify the piece of music that opens "Come On Eileen".

Corrections

A couple of corrections are needed in my post of this morning. Number one, the proper title for the Silver Condor song is "Carolina (Nobody's Right)" (I certainly wasn't.) The full title to the Paul Kantner song is "The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra". We here at Mad Elves Incorporated apolgize for the errors.

This one is really easy ... name the musical

wneh a mbu suyb niew keil a umb ‘tnca roadff
s’ti a nicch atha het mbu si drenu teh bumth fo meos tillet abdro

Well, I can decode both Derf's new one and MarkN's second (from Wednesday, August 8th, 2001 7:54 p.m.), I have no idea what songs they are.

By the way, it turns out Daltrey's "Martyrs & Madmen" does exist on CD! It's a bonus cut on Roger's 1977 album, One of the Boys. Strange since the song was originally from Best Bits, his 1980 greatest hits album.

The song is the theme of the musical Guys and Dolls ... the movie version starred Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra.

(the "tougher one" I posted on Wednesday, Aug. 8 is a song called Run Back to Mama by Chase ... I was expecting Benn to solve that one)

BTW Benn ... it appears that no one will produce the name of the tune at the beginning of Come On Eileen, and I certainly give up. Please name it and ease everyone's conscience.

"Those Endearing Young Charms". I used to have Dexy's Too-Rye-Ay album. It has "Those Endearing Young Charms" as a separate track on it. BTW, in one cartoon, with Daffy and the xylophones, I think Bugs did announce the name of the song.

I haven't yet gotten to where I know the lyrics to the Chase albums, Derf, that's why I didn't pick up on it. Sorry to disappoint you, sir.

One thing I've been meaning to say, and have inexcusably forgotten to, but I've been credited with a correct answer I don't think I deserve. MarkN asked what was the most sexually explicit song of the song of the Seventies. While I did name the right song, I also listed several others. ScottN settled on Donna Summer's "Love to Love You" as the correct answer. He's the one who should be credited with the correct answer, not I.

Now for a simple quiz. What's the name of this song, and the artist who recorded it? I'll make it easy. I'll give you the chorus. >;-}

"All the way
From Bourbon Street
To Esplanade,
They sashay by.
They sashay by."

JFYI (jus' fo' yo info) -
Marlon Brando sang all his own songs in the movie Guys and Dolls ... i.e., there was no dubbed over singing voice other than his own. He don't sing too bad, actually ...

Okay. A hint to my quiz. The answers will give a city and a state each. Here's some more of the song:

"Them Creole babies
They strut and sway
From dusk 'til dawn.
And they roll
Just a river.
A little wade
Could last forever.

All the way
From Bourbon Street
To Esplanade
They sashay by.
They sashay by."

Here's a trio that are Trek related:

This band had a hit with "Heart and Soul". They were named after a STAR TREK character. Who are they?

What's the name of this song? Who's the artist? (Easy.)

"Everyone's a silver hero.
Everyone's a Captain Kirk.
With orders to identify
Clarify
Classify."

And what is the name of this song? And who recorded it?

"Give your I.D. card
To the Border Guard.
Far as he's concerned,
You're Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Of the United Federation of Planets.
'Cos he won't speak English anyway.

"And everybody knows
That the world is full
Of stoopid people.
So meet me at the mission
At midnight.
We'll divvy up there.
And everybody knows
That the world is full
Of stoopid people.
Well, I've got the pistols,
So I'll keep the pesos.
Yeah, that seems fair."

Good luck. Live long and prosper.

Benn... New Orleans.

"New Orleans..." what? I'm looking for the name of the song and the artist.

The first group is "T'Pau". I don't know what the song title is.

But their official discography doesn't list "99 Red Balloons".

I gave the title to the T'Pau song, "Heart and Soul".

T'Pau did not do "99 Red Balloons". I think I should've used numbers. There are three questions. "T'Pau" is answer number one. Sorry for the confusion.

The second song is "99 Red Balloons" by Nena

Answer #3: The name of the song is Banditos, the group that recorded it is called The Refreshments, a group originating in Tempe, Arizona. As you can guess, I'm regurgitating web fluff right now. Their website sadly says they've broken up, so no more music from them as a unit for awhile. This tune, however, Benn has inspired me to look them up at the CD Shop.

Some interesting song titles on the album Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy (the album that Banditos appears on):

Blue Collar Suicide
Suckerpunch
Nada
(don't know if THAT title refers to the spanish word for "nothing" or the automotive "blue-book")

Another tune they made with an interesting title (listed under "misc.") - Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic

They also provided the theme to King of the Hill. I didn't know the Refreshments had broken up, though. I've been thinking about getting the disc with "Banditos" on it myself.

Okay, Scott, you and Derf get to pick something from The Nit Central Music Toy Box. And Scott, because you got two answers right, you may pick two items.

Aright'en ... I'll take the rubber snake with the red, painted forked tongue.

Ah! The Alice Cooper model. A wise selection, sir.

Oooh! What's this shiny thing? Oh, it's a key ring with a fake ruby on it! Looks just like the Great Carbuncle! (cookie to whoever gets that ref)... and let's see.... Cool! A frisbee with the logo "I brake for nits!"

Here be an easy one - gimme da poop on this verse:

She’s laughing inside ‘cause they can’t refuse
She’s so beautiful now, she doesn’t wear her shoes
She never likes to choose

"She doesn't like to lose."

"Let's Go" - The Cars

"I like the nightlife, baby.
"She said."

Okay, Mr. Benn ... you can have your forked-tongue rubber snake back as a prize. (dammit!)

(Actually, the next verse is:
She’s got wonderful eyes and a risqué mouth
And when I ask her before, she said she’s holding out
She’s a frozen fire ...
The "she doesn't like to lose" line doesn't come 'til later ...
Nanny-nanny-boo-boo!!

Hey, I was only quoting the lines that popped into my head. You can keep the snake, bro. What else have you got?

By the way, Scott, hope you enjoy the frisbee. But what are you doing with the Carbuncle? I had the doctor remove that months ago. I thought he threw it away. But if you really want it that bad...

OK, I'll try one.

Let's see if anyone recognizes this line from the middle of a (fairly) obscure song:

So, honey, let me help you with that suitcase
You ain't gonna break my heart in two.

Name artist, song title, and album.

ScottN,

The Great Carbunkle was a character in Mad Magazine, right?

Nope. Sorry, cazbob, but nice try. I have a very specific reference in mind. It took me 6 million years to get to it, though...

OK. "All the way
From Bourbon Street
To Esplanade
They sashay by.
They sashay by."

Scott gave a partial answer. The song is "New Orleans Ladies by Louisiana's LeRoux. As I said, a city and a state.

Benn,
Just tonight bought my copy of "Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy" ... if you want a clandestine copy of it ... just nod.

Nods.

Odds are I'd buy it used anyway.

This one might be an easy one, if you’ve been to the video rental store recently.
Name the song, group, lead singer and movie this tune is from:

For six long years I’ve been in trouble
No pleasure here on Earth I find
For in this world I’m bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)

It’s fare-thee-well my own true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I am bound to ride that northern rail
Perhaps I’ll die upon this train
(Perhaps he’ll die upon this train)

Quick hints:
This movie has John Goodman, Charles Durning and Holly Hunter as supporting actors/actresses. It is set in the rural South and features southern bluegrass music. The plot has been rated by critics as a cross between The Three Stooges and Forrest Gump. The song in question is the main tune that has the cast in a fervor to hear again in a live format after the group makes a recording of the song for $10 at a local studio.

"A Man of Constant Sorrow" by the Soggy Bottom Boys from the soundtrack to "Oh Brother Where Art Thou".

Lead singer, huh? Not sure of his name, but he's in Alison Kraus' band. I think it's Dan Timinski (lip synched by George Clooney in the film).

My local station played it constantly, especially when they were promoting that show at Radio City...

I had it (under some uncertain authority) that George Clooney actually SANG the words to this tune for the movie ...
In any case, I'll call upon my good friend Benn to allow you to choose as many appropriate gifts from his now famous "toy box" ...

That authority wouldn't be George Clooney, would it? Actually, considering that he's related to Rosemary it's probably not that far-fetched.

I just had to go to AMG to see who the singer was, and it's spelled Tyminski (not bad...). It's amazing what'll get stuck in your head if it's repeatedly pounded in there.

Well, Mr. Tyminski SOUNDS enough like George to make the rumor credible ...

There is a line in this song that uses a phrase associated with White Castle Hamburgers (shown in red):

Well it’s a God given fact
That you can’t go back, no you can’t go back
It’s a God given law
That you’re gonna lose your marble, yes you’re gonna lose your marble
It’s a God given fact
You gotta buy ‘em by the sack, gotta buy ‘em by the sack

Name the song and the group

Hint:
This song first appeared on the 1978 album Are We Not Men? ... but later in 1990 made another appearance on "Greatest Misses", the sister album to "The Greatest Hits".

Well, I know you're talking about Devo. Beyond that...

The album's full title is Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! God, I can get anally retentive sometimes...

Okay ... the album was indeed Q: Are we Not Men? A: We Are Devo!. The song that contained the title words was named Jocko Homo. The song in question is called Shrivel-Up. I learned of it's "White Castle" connection just yesterday while watching (believe it or not) ... the FOOD channel!
By the way ... there is another song on this album quoting food lyrics ...
The song is called Too Much Paranoias and contains these lines:

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce
Special orders don't upset us
All we ask is that you let us
Serve it your way

Benn, if you do not think it is ethically correct for you to choose from your own "toy box", then choose from someone elses!! (nyuk-nyuk!)

Of course it isn't ethical for me to pick from the box. I know where all the really good stuff in it are.

Okay ... another one by Devo. The song title is probably easy to guess, but naming it will earn you an "atta boy". (an "atta human" for the unisex croud) Listing the next verse earns the prize ... (extra points for naming the album)

I’m Speed Racer and I drive real fast
(he’s Speed Racer and he drives real fast)
I drive real fast … I’m gonna last

I’m a big pirate and I like to steal
(He’s a big pirate and he likes to steal)
I like to steal and I like to kill … Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Go, go, go Speed Racer
(Go, go, go Speed Racer)

Oh man...I'm reeling from a flood of memories, good ones actually...

The song is indeed called "Speed Racer". I have a friend who at the time was really into Devo, and was one of the few who owned Oh No, It's Devo. He included "Speed Racer" on the coolest mix tape, which accompanied us on all of our road trips...also included the B-52's' "Mesopotamia" and XTC's "Snowman".

Sorry, but I can't remember the next verse. Thanks for the trip, though.

And, speaking of White Castle:

Does anybody know who included the song "White Castle Blues" as a bonus track on the CD version of their debut album?

(This is probably one where it's hard without a hint, but too easy with one. Let's see...)

A'right Miko, I guess I can change the prize rules (since you actually named the album!) The next verse is:

I'm a Barbie Doll and I've got brains
(She's a Barbie Doll and she's got brains)
I've got brains and I like sex!
(Lots of brains and she likes sex!)

Which 1966 rock ‘n roll song was a musical interpretation of a passage of scripture and soared to #1? Name the group (just for completeness). Name the passage of scripture, and win the jackpot!

It must be The Byrds, "Turn Turn Turn", and the scripture, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

"Turn, Turn, Turn", by The Byrds. It's from Ecclesiastes.

I Strike Again!

CONGOMULATIONS! Everyone gets a prize for spelling Ecclesiastes correctly!

BTW ... can you imagine the conversation when that child was born?
Dad: What shall we name him?
Mom: Bill? ... George? ... Sue? ...
Dad: I got it!! We'll name him Ecclesiastes!
Mom: Bill is easier to spell ...

Thing only guess I have for The Chronicler's lyrics would be Randy Vanwarmer's "Just When I Needed You Most". But I don't think that's quite right.

Welcome back, Snick!

Here's one:

"Father wears his Sunday best.
Mother's tired, she needs the rest.
The kids all playing up downstairs.
Sister sighing in her sleep.
Brother's got a date to keep.
He can't hang around."

What song is it? And who recorded it?

That first sentence should be "The only guess..." I was more tired than I thought last night.

Har har! You picked one I've got on my Eighties box set!

Our House, by Madness.

"Our house...in the middle of our street..."

Thought it'd be an easy one. Take your pick from the toy box, sir.

Here’s a quick-and-easy one. This song by Chicago is over 14 minutes long, yet here are the total lyrics:
Oh, thank you people
Name the album and the song

All right! A little miniature Fender Stratocaster! Thanks Benn!

Snickerdoodle ... don't forget the little plaque that goes with it ... "NO Stairway to Heaven!"

Does that mean Led Zeppelin's wrong?

Shut up! Zep is never wrong, man!

Ooooh! Do I get a prize for identifying the "Wayne's World" quote? Or am I.... "DENIED!!!!"

Hint for the Sept. 4 quiz question ...
This album was the ONLY one released by Chicago WITHOUT a series number ...

Sorry, they released two without series number

The eponymous "Chicago Transit Authority", and
the eponyous "Chicago" (sometimes called "Chicago II").

Whoops! Just checked their official discography. It was, in fact, "Chicago II". Therefore the album was "Chicago Transit Authority". And it had two instrumentals on it.

Nit. My copy of the album just said "Chicago" on the cover, no number.

The "over 14 minute" instrumental that had the single line of "thank you people" was from the tune Liberation, the last tune on the album. ScottN, I assume the now famous Nitcentral Toy Box is at your disposal ... (and BTW, you can take an extra secret decoder-ring for catching the "Wayne's World" reference)

Thanks, Derf...

rummage, rummage, rummage...

Cool! A mint condition LICC #1 Comic Book!

Comment on my "nit", the album I was referring to in my 648PM post was "Chicago II" (cover only says "Chicago").

While searching through the 'Net, I stumbled upon www.lost45.com. This is the website for Boston, deejay, Barry Scott, who specializes in "lost classics of the Seventies and Eighties". Barry has also written a book, We Had Joy, We Had Fun, which interviews various Seventies one-hit wonders like Terry Jacks. He's also released two CDs of Lost 45s of the `70's and `80's. He's working on a volume three.

Anyway, the website has an email address to suggest songs for Lost 45s Vol. 3. I sent in a couple of suggestions. One was Gene Cotton's "Like a Sunday In Salem". I got a response from Mr. Scott, Wednesday. Turns out he knows the song, likes the song and that it is on the list for inclusion on volume 3! So "Like a Sunday In Salem" may soon be available on CD! Yay!

And now, a quiz.

A few years ago the group Len had a big hit with the song "Steal My Sunshine". The song contains a sample from a Seventies disco song. What was that song, and what act recorded it?

"More, More, More", by the Andrea True Connection.

This keeps up, we'll have give Snick the toy box. Grab another, son! Ya did good.

Thank you, Sir! May I please have another?

What's the common thread about these two songs? ...

1. Gonna open up after so long
Gonna open up after so long
With my feet stuck on the ground
And my head against the wall
I've been called

2. I really lost my head last night
You've got a right to stop believing
There's still a little love left, even so

The word "head"?

Hint:
Song #1 is titled Let Her In
Song #2 is titled Don't Give Up On Us

Hint #2: the total lyrics of each tune ...

Let Her In
I'm different today, hey-hey
Somethin' she said has stuck in my head
And I can't get away
Gonna let her in, gonna let her in … mmhmm
Gonna let her in my life

You know what I find? … I find
I look at her face and there isn't a trace
Of doubt in my mind
Gonna let her in, gonna let her in … mmhmm
Gonna let her in my life
Let her in my life

Gonna open up after so long
Gonna open up after so long
With my feet stuck on the ground
And my head against the wall
I've been called

And I can't answer why … why
Somethin' inside and it can't be denied
And I'm ready to try
Gonna let her in, gonna let her in … mmhmm
Gonna let her in my life

Gonna let her in, gonna let her in … mmhmm
Gonna let her in my life
Let her in my life

Don't Give Up On Us
Don't give up on us, baby
Don't make the wrong seem right
The future isn't just one night
It's written in the moonlight
And painted on the stars
We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby
We're still worth one more try
I know we put the last one by
Just for the rainy evening
And maybe stars are few
Don't give up on a sigh, no
We can still come through

I really lost my head last night
You've got a right to stop believing
There's still a little love left, even so

Don't give up on us, baby
Lord knows we've come this far
Can't we stay the way we are
The angel and the dreamer
Who sometimes plays a fool
Don't give up on a sigh, no
We can still come through

I'm automatically disqualified from this one. I know the answer. But that's because Derf told me the answer today.

Specifically, I 'm looking for the names of the artists who sang each of the songs. The "common thread" will become obvious after that.

"Don't Give Up On Us" was by David Soul.
I'm **GUESSING** that the other was sung by Paul Michael Glaser, giving us a Starsky and Hutch pair of songs?

Close enough ...
Don't Give Up On Us was indeed sung by David Soul.
Let her In was sung by ... (are you ready?) John Travolta! (no kiddin' folks)

The connection is that they were both successful(?) actors who thought they could try out their hand at a singing career.
(Actually David Soul's recording is very professionally done ... while John Travolta's go at singing ... well ...)

Didn't Revolta also duet a duet with Olivia Newton John? "Hot Summer Nights" on the Grease soundtrack?

Okay, folks who said, "You ever get the feeling ya been cheated?" On what occasion was this famous quote made?

No ... John Travolta's recording of Let Her In is a few years BEFORE his so-called "debut" on Grease. In fact, the recording of Let Her In comes a while before his "big-break" movie appearance in "Urban Cowboy".

Grease (1978) predated Urban Cowboy (1980).

Wouldn't you call Grease a "big-break" movie?

I knew I should've done my homework before show-and-tell! Let Her In was released in 1976, during his second season as Vinny Barbarino on Welcome Back Kotter, a good two years before his "singing" movie appearance. If the movie producers chose John based on his performance on THIS song, they must've been thinking they'd send him to voice lessons.

"Ba-ba-ba Ba-ba-barino!"

"Hey, Mr. Kott-air!" (Yes, I know that's Freddy "Boom-Boom" Washington").

"Dear Mr. Kotter. Please excuse Epstein. Signed, Epstein's Mother".

"Hello. How are ya? Oi'm Ahnold Hor-shak." Wheezing laughter follows.

"Did I ever tell you about my Uncle Leo?"

Chronicler, I think I know two of three answers to your quiz. Is it Robbie Nevil's "What's It To Ya?"

Easy Quiz! -
Name the song and group from this single line of lyric ...

She says, "Hello you fool, I love you"

[Roxette,Joyride]

Okay, next quiz ...
This is a current hit, name it and it's artist from this, the very first lyrics ...

(Roll another blunt)
I was gonna clean my room
____________________________

And if you CAN name it, you would be filling in the next line of the lyrics

"Because I Got High" - Afroman

(well ... almost filling it in ... the next line is Until I got high)

Senior Benn ... you're one of those quiz winners that's hard to pick a prize for.
I got it! Here is a coupon for a free tattoo at the Three Stooges Tattoo Parlor and Tea Room.

[Easy Quiz! -
Name the song and group from this single line of lyric ...

She says, "Hello you fool, I love you" ]- Derf

I think the song is called "Joyride" but I can't, even after much 'brain wracking', remember the group. Sorry! Do I win half a prize?

Sure ... but check the post of Sept. 21 at 5:23 pm made by X. If you highlight the area in-between the brackets, the answer will appear.

This means, however, that I would be handing out 1-1/2 prizes for a single answer. Yet, I feel charitable ... I'll ask a 1/2-point question next time.

O.K. ... the 1/2-point quiz ...
Give me the next lines of this song ...
Watch me wallabies feed, mate.
Watch me wallabies feed.
They’re a dangerous breed, mate.
So watch me wallabies feed.
All together now –

Watch me wallabies feed, mate.
Watch me wallabies feed.
They’re a dangerous breed, mate.
So watch me wallabies feed.

?

The next lines are actually the chorus ... (and the name of the song)

Tie me kangaroo down, sport.
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport.
Tie me kangaroo down.

I particularly like this song because of it's last verse ...

Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred
Tan me hide when I'm dead ...
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde
And that's it a-hanging on the shed
All together now -

Next quiz ...
This song compares a bloody, billowing shark attack to the almost un-noticable blade-wieldings of a hired killer.

Name the song and the singer who made it famous in the early '60's ...

Mack the Knife. I think it was by Bobby Darrin

Easy one. Great song.

Here's the lyrics.

A winner!! ... AND an extra prize for posting the link showing it was a hit in 1959 and NOT in the early '60's!

Next quiz ... name the group/album from the playlist:

1. Stuck in a Loop
2. Post Post-Modern Man
3. When we Do It
4. Spin The Wheel
5. Morning Dew
6. Change Is Gonna Cum
7. The Big Picture
8. Pink Jazz Trancers
9. Jimmy
10. *____ Has Feelings Too (*group name)
11. DawgHaus

HINT: This album was released in 1990, the same year as the group's "Greatest Hits" album release, although the greatest was released on the Warner Bros. label, while this album was released on the Enigma label. This album, (although not their last) most certainly spelled their ultimate doom from a die-hard fan point-of-view, since EVERY song on this album bore NO similarity to the off-beat, syncopated, wild-worded type tunes that launched them to a top-ten hit in the late '70's/early '80's.

Are we not men? Give me half a point for DEVO, but I don't remember the album name...

I'll give you the whole apple ...
The group is indeed Devo. The album is "Smooth Noodle Maps", and every song is an attempt to blend in with the 90's trend of music. I find it a dissapointing album. (good thing I got it at "Half Price Books" ... I'll put that one into the "sell-it-back-to-them" pile)

I take it back ... the song "Jimmy" is weird enough. Here is the first verse:

Jimmy's in a wheel chair and I don't care
Jimmy's in a wheel chair ...

He used to walk his dog
And then he'd beat him good
Like his pretty wife
And now they're up and gone
And Jimmy's in a wheelchair and I don't care

TIMMMMY!

I just noticed that no one's yet answered my old question from the other board . . . which album contains the following songs?

"Fresh Garbage"
"Girl In Your Eye"
"Gramaphone Man"
"Grand Canyon Fire In General"

Todd, I've done a web-search for those song titles, and have come up BLANK! ... if ANYONE answers your quiz correctly ... WOW! (or it means that they are also an unconventional, strange, weird, back-water record collector just like you! (either that, or its one of those fast-paced rap albums).

Anyway ... I've got a secondary quiz to the people who have NO CLUE to Todd Pence's quiz ...

Name the album and artist from these song titles:

Funeral for a Friend
This Song has no Title
Jamaica Jerk-off
I've Seen That Movie Too
Dirty Little Girl
Social Disease

(Hint: This double album had at least SEVEN major hit songs that gleaned significant radio air-play.)

Extra points if you can name the seven songs ...

Hmmm...just noticed Todd's stumper. I remember Spirit doing "Fresh Garbage" on their self titled album. Can't vouch for the rest of them, but that's my guess.

Derf, I knew Goodbye Yellow Brick Road right off the bat but can't seem to come up with the seven (?) hit songs. Then again, it's been a long while...
Here's what I got:
"Goodbye Yellow..."
"Candle in the Wind"
"Bennie and the Jets"
"Saturday Night's Allright for Fighting"
"Harmony"

I don't know if "Love Lies Bleeding" counts.

That's six at most. Anybody else?

Miko ... "Love Lies Bleeding" is the subtitle to "Funeral For A Friend".

Isn't "Crocodile Rock" on GYBR?

I seem to remember "Crocodile Rock" coming out before that( let's see...I was 8 or 9 and there was this girl named Susie.....definitely 72 or 73)

I'm still stumped.

BTW, the last time I was here I posted one that got no reply, so I'll give a clue:
And, speaking of White Castle:

Does anybody know who included the song "White Castle Blues" as a bonus track on the CD version of their debut album?

(This is probably one where it's hard without a hint, but too easy with one. Let's see...)

Clue:"Blood and Roses"

Hint: Miko's first five "guesses" are correct!
That leaves only TWO hit songs for this album to name ...

Okay ... a REAL hint:

Song #1: this song is about a prostitute
Song #2: this song is about a sibling's dancing habits

"Crocodile Rock" is from the album before Yellow Brick Road: Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player.

The hits off Goodbye Yellow Brick Road are as follows:

1. "Funeral For a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)"
2. "Candle In the Wind"
3. "Bennie and the Jets"
4. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
5. "Grey Seal"
6. "All the Young Girls Love Alice" (Which I've corrupted to "All the Young Girls Love Phallus")
7. "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"
8. "Harmony"

Those are the ones I'm dead certain of. There are three iffy ones to list:

1. "Jamaica Jerk-Off"
2. "Sweet Painted Lady"
3. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock and Roll)".

The latter two songs are the ones Derf refers to.

Benn ... the TWO I was looking for was INDEED Sweet Painted Lady AND Your Sister Can't Twist (but she can Rock and Roll) ... so therefore, I've been in error. There are NINE hit songs from this album. In that event ... I give EVERYBODY within the sound of my voice a free swipe at the Nitcentral Music Toy Box!!

Um, no, that makes ten hits off Goodbye Yellow Brick Road:

1. "Funeral For a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)"
2. "Candle In the Wind"
3. "Bennie and the Jets"
4. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
5. "Grey Seal"
6. "All the Young Girls Love Alice"
7. "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"
8. "Harmony"
9. "Sweet Painted Lady"
10. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock and Roll)".

I suppose you are correct, Benn ...
(even though I personally don't remember "All the Young Girls Love Alice" getting much airtime)

However, would THIS album be the MOST hits ever from a single release? (at least from a "double album" standpoint)?

Mike Iko you are correct sir! (On the Spirit question)

Allright, I'm on a roll (sorta). Keep 'em coming!

I've got a friend who's a big Elton John fan, Derf. I'll doublecheck with him on "...Alice", and get back with y'all.

Here's a new quiz for ya...

Match these successful solo artists with the band they came from:

Artists
1. Elvin Bishop
2. Peter Case
3. Peter Frampton
4. Lauren Hill
5. Joan Jett
6. Courtney Love
7. Dave Mason
8. Lou Reed
9. Lionel Richie
10. Todd Rundgren
11. Billy Squire
12. Robin Trower
13. Joe Walsh
14. Paul Westerberg
15. Neil Young

Bands
A. Buffalo Springfield
B. Butterfield Blues Band
C. The Commodores
D. The Fugees
E. Hole
F. Humble Pie
G. The James Gang
H. The Nazz
I. Piper
J. The Plimsouls
K. Procol Harum
L. The Replacements
M. The Runaways
N. Traffic
O. The Velvet Underground

Elvin Bishop - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Peter Case - Plimsouls
Peter Frampton - Humble Pie
Lauren Hill - The Fugees
Joan Jett - The Runaways
Courtney Love - Hole (Is she really a solo artist? She has not released a solo recording. And is in the process of forming a new band, Bastard.)
Dave Mason - Traffic
Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground
Lionel Richie - The Commodores
Todd Rundgren - Nazz
Billy Squier - Piper (You misspelled Squier, Caz. If a concert venue did that, it would cost them money. Billy will generally make that a contract requirement.)
Robin Trower - Procol Harum
Joe Walsh - The James Gang
Paul Westerberg - The Placemats
Neil Young - The Mynah Birds, er Buffalo Springfield.

Benn ... after re-listening to the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album, it's hard to pick out just WHICH songs got little/no airplay! They ALL sound familiar!

Thanks for the correction on Mr. Squier, Benn.

Piper was the very first band I ever saw in concert, on Dec 15, 1977 at MSG. They were the opening band for KISS. Ahh... what memories!

You make a good point about Courtney Love. My bad.

BTW, I have definitely heard All the Young Girls Love Alice on the radio more than once, but I don't know if it was back in the 70's or more recently.

(unanswered/unesolved quizzes)
Todd Pence: I just noticed that no one's yet answered my old question from the other board . . . which album contains the following songs?

"Fresh Garbage"
"Girl In Your Eye"
"Gramaphone Man"
"Grand Canyon Fire In General"
Answer #1: Miko Iko - Hmmm...just noticed Todd's stumper. I remember Spirit doing "Fresh Garbage" on their self titled album. Can't vouch for the rest of them, but that's my guess.

Miko Iko: BTW, the last time I was here I posted one that got no reply, so I'll give a clue:
And, speaking of White Castle:

Does anybody know who included the song "White Castle Blues" as a bonus track on the CD version of their debut album?

(This is probably one where it's hard without a hint, but too easy with one. Let's see...)

Clue:"Blood and Roses"

(I don't feel right posting when there are UNANSWERED quizzes STILL out there! ... yet, I AM the "easy quiz" man)

Name the song/artist -
Big Sam left Seattle
In the year of ninety two
With George Pratt, his partner
And brother Billy too
They crossed the Yukon River
And found the bonanza gold
Below that old White Mountain
Just a little southeast of Nome

Sam crossed the Majestic Mountains
To the valleys far below
He talked to his team of huskies
As he mushed on through the snow
With the Northern Lights a runnin' wild
In the Land of the Midnight Sun,
Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man
In the year of nineteen one

Where the river is windin'
Big nuggets they're findin'

That's the legitimate version of "North To Alaska", but it sure in heck ain't the way NRBQ recorded it .

NRBQ ... "Naked-Red Barbeque"?

My buddy confirmed that "...Alice" is a radio hit. "Sweet Painted Lady" is the doubtful one. Oh, and I also replayed my copy of the disc, Derf.

Miko, the only band I know that has recorded a song called "Blood and Roses" was The Smithereens. But I don't remember them recording any songs called "White Castle Blues". But then again, I've never had their debut album on disc.

Okay, next round . . . name the band whose classic debut record spawned these numbers:

1. Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)
2. Armworth
3. Raging River Of Fear
4. As The Moon Speaks To The Waves Of The Sea

Benn is correct with the Smithereens. Help yourself to a greasy sackful! (It was definitely one of those CD only tracks, too "novelty" for the proper release).

NRBQ ... "Naked-Red Barbeque"?
No, that would be NRBBQ (alas, my NRBBQ days seem to be behind me...) Anybody know what NRBQ really stands for?

And if anyone's interested I'll explain the "North To Alaska" reference.

Originally, "New Rhythm & Blues Quintet". Now it's "New Rhythm & Blues Quartet".

Okay, I'll bite, what's the "North to Alaska" reference?

"Naked-Red Barbeque"? Well, who all is going to be there? Might be interesting.

"North To Alaska" was done by Johnny Horton, probably best known for "The Battle of New Orleans", but I'd still like to know the "NTA" reference, too.

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

You can find the rest of it at Lyrics World. My favorite verse, as probably most anyone's, is the gator one.

I've never been able to resist singing the first verse this way:

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Sanders down the mighty Mississip
We took some extra crispy and we took a little beans ...

Lol. Love it, Derf!

Benn is right on both counts, avoiding the "trick" part of the question. Go ahead, pick a funny hat Benn (I reccommend Tommy Ardolino's red spaghetti strainer with a yellow light bulb duct taped to the top).

The "illegitimacy" of the NRBQ version is that they actually released a live track of the song on Kick Me Hard, the result of picking the song from "the Box". Essentially audience members fill a box with song requests and they must play whatever is chosen, even if they don't know it. The thing about "North To Alaska" is that they actually connected on about 75% of it, and it degenerates into a sort of avant guarde dixieland tune. The lyrics are hilariously off the mark, though they did manage to get the chorus right. I love those guys!

Speaking of Johnny Horton, name this one:

I saw you a-marchin' with Robert E. Lee
You held your head high tryin' to win the victory
You fought for your folks, but you didn't die in vain
Even though you lost they speak highly of your name

Must be a tough one ... I'll answer it myself:

The tune is called Johnny Reb and the chorus goes

You fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
You fought all the way Johnny Reb

Jeez, Derf, only seven minutes in between your two posts? Give a person a chance to answer first, ok? I'd've answered that one cuz I've got some Johnny Horton CDs and tapes and I recognized those lyrics.

Now go flagellate yourself 50 times with a wet noodle.

Where did you learn to tell time Mark? Derf asked the question at 9:59 in the morning. You can tell by the a.m. suffix on the time of his first post. He answered at 10:06 at night. You can tell that by the p.m. suffix to his second post. Somehow, I don't think that's seven minutes. Well, maybe in the other dimension you live in...

Now take back your wet noodles.

Oh, shut up, Benn. Ok, so I made a little booboo. It's what I get for spending too much time on ICQ with you. You're a bad influence on me cuz you distract me too much.

As for my noodles I've already eaten all of them.

Sorry, guys. Didn't mean to ruin a perfectly good search for ya, MarkN. I'll be a little more patient next time.

"Ok, so I made a little booboo. It's what I get for spending too much time on ICQ with you. You're a bad influence on me cuz you distract me too much." - MarkN

Yeah, that's it, Mark, blame me for a mistake you made. If you were a real man, you'd own up to your own mistakes and not blame someone else.

And am I the only to whom that "distract me too much" sounds a little gay? I mean, hey, if you are, no biggie. Y'know? Doesn't bother me. Just don't ask me out on a date. I'd hate to hurt your feelings. (Matthew Patterson apparently should never have sent my picture to him.)

Me gay? Hell, Benn, you're the who's got more than a passing interest in my nether regions, as you prove almost everynight we talk on ICQ. Stop projecting your own gay feelings onto me.

And I am man enough to own up to my mistakes. Derf, I'm sorry for not looking closer at the times you posted your Q&A above and getting on ya for it.

There. Happy now, Benn? Can we put an end to our little quibble and let the rest of these fine folks enjoy this board now? Thank you.

"Hell, Benn, you're the who's got more than a passing interest in my nether regions, as you prove almost everynight we talk on ICQ."

Say WHAT?! That's it! You're off my contact list!

Oh, darn. Wait. Let me get my kleenex. I'm gonna need a good long cry.

Um, a little off the OFFICIAL topic here, but I think Benn could've easily deduced MarkN's orientation simply from his Khistra posts on TKOS...

Benn ... good laugh! And MarkN too! LOL!

Okay, next quiz ...
Name the artist from the lyrics:

Yeah, they're coming down Main Street,
The drums a'flailin' and the sirens a'wailin', what a roar
The bands are a'playin' and the flags are a'waivin'
And the vanguards a motorcycle corp

The clowns are a'comin' through the crowd
And pinchin' every pretty girl who dares to smile
It's a glorious mess, everybody wears a fez
The parade stretches out for a mile

(Chorus) Its a typical American phenomenon
Where all the members have a fine old time
Its the forty-third annual convention of the
Grand Mystic Royal Order of the Nobles of
The Alli Babbah Temple of the Shrine

Meanwhile back at the motel ...
Operator, gimme room 321 please ...
Hello, Noble Lumpkin? This here's the Lustrous Potentate.
I said its the Lustrous Potentate.
The ah, Lustrous ... Coy?! Dad-blame it, this here's Bubba!
Coy, why ain't you at the pararde?
What? ... Well, how'd you get that big Harley up there in your room?
What?! I cain't hear you, Coy! Quit revvin' it up, boy!
Turn it off! I just want you to know one thang ...
You have embarrassed us all! The whole Haihaira Delegation!
I'll see you at the banquet son, you BE there! You here me Coy?
Black tie ... seven o'clock!! Be there, Coy!!
And Coy ... don't answer the phone uh-dn, uh-dn!

Well, it was all arranged by the Ladie's Auxilary
In the Downtown Convention Hall
Cold roast beef, string beans, mashed potatoes
And nine beauridge peaches and all
And all the tables looked fine, with the Mogan David wine,
And chrysanthemums on each side
And the Haihaira leaders in their rented tuxeders
Made the local hearts swell with pride

Chorus

I figger that's enuff to give away the song writer's name! (although there are TWO more verses!!)

Robert Allen Zimmerman?

No, you're wrong, Benn. It was Bob Dylan, not Robert Allen Zimmerman, whoever the hell that is.

MarkN, Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman.

Hint: This artist/songwriter has had many comedy hit tunes like this one, but also has had some "regular" hit songs.

Duh! Ray Stevens!

Also famous for... "The Streak".

Pardon me sir, did you see what happened?
Yeah, I did. I's just in here gittin' my tars checked and he just appeared outa the traffic. Came streakin' around the grease rack there, didn't have nuthin' on but a smile! I looked in there and Ethyl was gittin' her a cold drank. I hollered "Don't look Ethyl!", but it was too late. She'd ardy been mooned!

Ray Stevens.

Ooops! I didn't see Scott had answered the question correctly. My bad.

MarkN, Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman.
Scott, I know that. I was being sarcastic. I'm funny that way.

Here's one I might've asked on the RM board, but ...

Name the song and artist/writer

Black Water Hattie lives back in the swamp
Where the strange, green reptiles crawl
Where the snakes hang thick from the cypress trees
Like sausage on a smokehouse wall
Where the swamp is alve with a thousand eyes
And all of 'em watching you
Stay off of the track of Hattie's shack
In the back of the Black Bayou

Scott, I know that. I was being sarcastic. I'm funny that way

Strange that way, yes. Funny.... well... that remains to be seen.

What do these three songs have in common?

"Tombstone Blues" - Bob Dylan
"Let It All Hang Out" - The Hombres
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen

Scott! Oh! You--you wound me! And yes, I can be quite funny (sometimes even intentionally), but well, you know looks aren't everything.

(Derf - Oct. 19 9:11am)
Hint: This artist/songwriter's most famous hit was about growing marijuana, and it's title was a spoof of a famous Country-Western song.

Let me see if I can take a hint:

Jim Stafford?

Yep ... Jim Stafford. The song title is
Swamp Witch.

Whaddya know? I can take a hint!

note from the moderator: This thread is continued on Quiz Corner II (the beat goes on ...)

Since Quiz Corner II is open, I'll be closing this one to further messages.

[I thought I had done that ... THANKS for filling in for my apparent laxness JTod ...!!]
Derf