And now it's brain-busting classic rock trivia time! See if you can answer any of these puzzling questions . . . I'll post all the answers after a reasonable interval.
1. What was the last studio song ever recorded by The Beatles?
2. The Doobie Brothers originally started as an attempt to ressurrect which floundering 1960's group?
3. Jethro Tull is not the name of a solo artist, as some think, but the name of a combo. Who was the real-life Jethro Tull?
4. What is the significance of the Moody Blues' album title Every Good Boy Deserves Favor?
5. Before the Rolling Stones could release their 1973 album Goat's Head Soup, they had to obtain an assurance from which celebrity that he would not sue them?
6. What was the working title for Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water"?
7. What do Alice Cooper's song "The Black Widow" and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" have in common?
8. Which then-unknown, soon-to-be-famous female model appears on the cover of Nektar's 1977 release Magic is a Child?
9. What gimmick was featured at the end of the original vinyl version of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother?
10. The 1968 debut album of the UK heavy metal band Gun is remembered today much more for its cover than for any of the group's music. Why?
Enjoy.
1. What was the last studio song ever recorded by The Beatles?
"The End"?
2. The Doobie Brothers originally started as an attempt to ressurrect which floundering 1960's group?
Pud. (I think.)
3. Jethro Tull is not the name of a solo artist, as some think, but the name of a combo. Who was the real-life Jethro Tull?
An 18th Century British agronomist who invented the machine drill for sowing seeds.
4. What is the significance of the Moody Blues' album title Every Good Boy Deserves Favor?
The chord progression E G B D F.
5. Before the Rolling Stones could release their 1973 album Goat's Head Soup, they had to obtain an assurance from which celebrity that he would not sue them?
Because of the song "Angie", I'm gonna guess either David or Angie Bowie. Mostly likely Angie Bowie. But I'm probably wrong on that one.
7. What do Alice Cooper's song "The Black Widow" and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" have in common?
Vincent Price.
np - "Trip to Carrollton" - Ten Hands
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Benn - congratulations, you were correct on #'s 3, 4 and 7.
Number 2 - It is true that the Doobie Brothers were originally called "Pud", but they took that name after they decided to abandon the name I'm thinking of.
Wasn't #1 "The Long and Winding Road"?
Nope - sorry.
Then #1 was "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". ("The Long and Winding Road" and other Let It Be cuts were recorded before the tracks on Abbey Road, Scott. Unless you count the fact that George went into the studio to put some finishing touches on "I Me Mine".)
np - "Born In the U.S.A. (live)" - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Well, since you said it Benn, I'll say that "I Me Mine" was the song I was thinking of. I've read several sources that say that George, Paul and Ringo went into the studio (sans John) on January 3, 1970 to record a proper version of "I Me Mine" since Phil Spector did not have a useable take of the song for the Let It Be album.
The last recording session to feature all four Beatles was apparently "Because" which was done in August '69.
http://www.discog.info/beatles.html
4. What is the significance of the Moody Blues' album title Every Good Boy Deserves Favor?
The chord progression E G B D F. - Benn
wrong.
The pattern of E G B D F is not a chord progression, but rather the names of the notes on the lines of the treble stave going from bottom to top.
For the record- the treble stave spaces are F A C E,
the bass clef lines are G B D F A (Good Boys Deserve Fruit Always) and the spaces are A C E G (All Cows Eat Grass)
wrong.
The pattern of E G B D F is not a chord progression, but rather the names of the notes on the lines of the treble stave going from bottom to top. - Rodney Hravtin
Sigh. I knew I'd be wrong about that. It'd been too long since I've studied any of that. (like back in Junior High. Say, around '75. 
) I knew it was something like that. Thanks for the correction, Rodney! 
np - Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
That's ok Benn, we're none of us perfect!
BTW Todd, surely either "Free As A bird" or "Real Love" would be the last song recorded by The Beatles? You mentioned "I, Me Mine" which had the same trio as the anothology numbers.
I guess technically you have a point - I wasn't specific, but I of course meant the last song recorded of the original Beatles canon, which most people don't consider those two songs part of. They were John Lennon solo tracks which the other three Beatles added their vocals and instrumentation to in 1995.
I'll post the full answers to the quiz tomorrow evening if that's enough time for everybody.
I guess technically you have a point - I wasn't specific, but I of course meant the last song recorded of the original Beatles canon, which most people don't consider those two songs part of. They were John Lennon solo tracks which the other three Beatles added their vocals and instrumentation to in 1995. - Todd
I realise you sort of agree with my point, but if it helps to ease your mind... regardless of their origin, they still feature contributions from John, Paul, George and Ringo and appear on OFFICIAL Beatles albums. In my opinion, that makes them Beatles songs (I actually quite like them, all being said).
And now . . . (drumroll) . . . the remaining answers.
#2: Moby Grape. The Grape's Skip Spence, a sometime member of Pud, actually came up with the Doobie Brothers moniker.
#5: Steve McQueen. He is mentioned by name in the lyrics to the song "Star Star" as having received favors from the groupie the song is about.
#6: "Duhrr Duhrr Duhrr" (according to Jon Lord)
#8: Brooke Shields, who was all of thirteen years old at the time.
#9: The record ended side two with a repeating groove which played the sound of a drop of water falling into the sink. This noise would repeat itself over and over like a real-life dripping faucet until the listener got up and took the record off.
#10: The cover was the first-ever one done for a rock band by the legendary rock artist Roger Dean, who was primarily an architect and stage designer at the time. A friend who managed Gun saw the picture in Dean's sketchbook and asked if his band could use it as the cover for the first album, and a side career was born.
Hope you liked the questions.
Hey- these look like fun. That was a good one, Todd. I don't think I've done one yet. And because I'm not here as frequently as I used to be a lot of the answers are taken by the time I get around to it. Oh well...I'll have to try to change that.
Anyway- I did one so I might as well post it. (It wasn't as easy as to do as I thought it would be.) Here goes:
1- Who was the first rock band to play CBGB’s and Omfug?
2- What was the first Elvis Presley single to be released by Sun records?
3- Who was born McKinley Morganfield?
4- What group coined the term ‘reggae’?
5- Conjunto is a Mexican variation of what broader musical style?
6- What does the ‘S’ in Thelonious S. Monk stand for?
7- Which two future members of Led Zeppelin and Fairport Convention got their start in a group called The Way of Life?
8- Name three of the five artists participating in the Stiff Records tour of 1977 and featured on the subsequent album Stiffs Live.
9- What band won the first Grammy for Best Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal Performance in 1988?
10- Who were Douglas Calvin, Tommy Erdelyi, John Cummings, and Jeff Hyman better known as?
Wow, these look much harder than mine. Here's the ones I can try to answer offhand:
2) "That's All Right" (?)
3) That would be Muddy Waters!
6) Sphere
9) Was that the year Jethro Tull won, for the album Broadsword?
And on number 10, don't forget about Mark Bell!
So far so good! (though the Tull album was Crest of a Knave, but technically that's not part of the question so correct on that as well.)
And I suspect you know #10, but will you claim it? ;)
#7 seems to be worded poorly- I am looking for two people total. One later was in Zep and the other later joined Fairport.
I'll be generous and let someone else get number ten . . . I'm sure that Benn, for one, will have no problem with it!
I'm sure that Benn, for one, will have no problem with it! - Todd Pence
Gabba, gabba, hey! 
1- Who was the first rock band to play CBGB’s and Omfug?
Television, I believe was the first.
4- What group coined the term ‘reggae’?
Toots and the Maytals
8- Name three of the five artists participating in the Stiff Records tour of 1977 and featured on the subsequent album Stiffs Live.
"If it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a f..." Never mind. I'm guessing Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Rachel Sweet, Wreckless Eric, but I could be wrong. (The only Stiff album I've ever owned was Rachel Sweet's Fool Around. Rhino Records reissued it, adding a few more songs and called it Fooled Around. I have that CD. It's definitely a personal favorite.)
np - "Time Passages" - Al Stewart
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Benn:
Gabba, gabba, hey!
OK- for those following at home, I'll translate- those folks in #10 are The Ramones (Dee Dee, Tommy, Johnny and Joey) Marky later replaced Tommy.
#1- Television, I believe was the first.
Yup again. Tom Verlaine talked Hilly into it.
#4- Toots and the Maytals
Sweet and dandy! The term came from thier 1968 song "Do the Reggay" (the spelling was later changed to the current one).
#8- "If it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a f..." Never mind. I'm guessing Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Rachel Sweet, Wreckless Eric, but I could be wrong. (The only Stiff album I've ever owned was Rachel Sweet's Fool Around. Rhino Records reissued it, adding a few more songs and called it Fooled Around. I have that CD. It's definitely a personal favorite.)
You got three, maybe I should've asked for four (nah...I'm really not trying to stump anyone), good job! For the record (no pun intended) the five were: Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Wreckless Eric, and Larry Wallis’ Psychedelic Rowdies. I figured that at least three of those names went on to become fairly well known.
Great job so far, guys.
It looks like #'s 5 and 7 are still open.
5. Tejano.
Snick- technically you may be correct with the answer of Tejano, but that wasn't what I was going for. It may be the way I phrased the question (see above comment about being harder than I thought ) Also- my undrestanding is that Tejano grew out of the Conjunto tradition and added more pop and rock elements to the mix as it went along (...Sir Doug rules!...ahem, sorry 'bout dat...). So, just for fun, allow me to rephrase a bit and see what happens...
5- Mexican Conjunto grew out of what broader European musical style?
I'll let this go until tonight and post the answers then.
5- Mexican Conjunto grew out of what broader European musical style?
Polka? (What with the accordians an' tubas an' all.)
np - "Spirit of Pisces" - Chakra
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Polka is correct! (Not just the instrumentation, but the time signature as well. )
And- #7 Which two future members of Led Zeppelin and Fairport Convention got their start in a group called The Way of Life?
They would be drummer John Bonham (Zep) and Dave Pegg (Fairport). When bassist Ashley Hutchings and vocalist Sandy Denny left Fairport for other persuits the rest of the guys decided to take a harder approach with the music and Pegg's association with Bonham got him the audition.
Great job all around, folks, thanks!
Another brain busting classic rock trivia quiz on the way, short but difficult!
1. Blue Oyster Cult's 1981 hit "Burning For You" contains the lyric "Time to play B-sides". The single itself was originally issued in two different pressings with two different B-sides. Name both their titles.
2. Whose cover version of The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" actually hit streets the same week as the fab four's release of it on the White album?
3. The father of this late British guitar god of the early seventies had a starring role in 1962's Signmund Freud biopic.
4. The well-travelled on John Wetton was succeeded on bass guitar on two seperate occasssions in two seperate bands by the same man. Name the "extraterrestrial arachnid" who replaced him both times and the two bands this happened with.
5. Early in their development, Emerson Lake and Palmer were thinking about adding a fourth member to their triad which would have made the anagram of the band's name HELP. What individual would the "H" have stood for?
1. Blue Oyster Cult's 1981 hit "Burning For You" contains the lyric "Time to play B-sides". The single itself was originally issued in two different pressings with two different B-sides. Name both their titles. - Todd Pence
Not in the states. At least not according to the band's official website. It lists only the version that had "Vengeance (The Pact)" as the b-side. The Spanish version of the 45 had "Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver" as the b-side. There is also a UK 12" version that contains a live version of "Dr. Music" and "Flaming Telepaths".
Looking at the "Discography" section (which is viewable through Adobe Reader), there is a version that has a radio edit of "Burnin' For You" on side, the album version on the other. There is also an American 12" that has "Joan Crawford", "Sole Survivor" and "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" on it.
np - "Evil Woman" - Ross Rice
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
"Vengeance (The Pact)" and "Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver" were the two answers I was looking for. (The reference I was using didn't specify that the latter was a Spanish release).
I have a couple of guesses:
#2- it's gotta be the Marmalade version
#4- Greg Lake, King Crimson (?) I may have that backwards, though.
#5- Steve Howe (total shot in the dark here, but I'm guessing it's a guitarist)
#2 is correct, and yes this is the same Marmalade of "I See The Rain" and "Reflections Of My Life" fame.
#4 I may have not phrased this question clearly. I'm looking for a bass player (Greg Lake was a drummer) and I'm looking for the name of TWO different bands (And no, King Crimson is not one of them). Sorry for the confusion.
#5 The answer is indeed a guitarist, but not Howe. This one may come as a big surprise to some of you.
Totally random guess on #5: George Harrison?
4. The well-travelled on John Wetton was succeeded on bass guitar on two seperate occasssions in two seperate bands by the same man. Name the "extraterrestrial arachnid" who replaced him both times and the two bands this happened with.
John Wetton was replaced by Spiders from Mars (David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust band) bass player, Trevor Bolder in Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash. (Had to do quite a bit of research to find this one out.)
5. Early in their development, Emerson Lake and Palmer were thinking about adding a fourth member to their triad which would have made the anagram of the band's name HELP. What individual would the "H" have stood for?
According to this site, it looks like none other than James Marshall Hendrix was a possible member of ELP. They definitely audition Experience drummer, Mitch Mithcell.
np - "FM (No Static At All)" - Steely Dan
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
3. The father of this late British guitar god of the early seventies had a starring role in 1962's Signmund Freud biopic.
Paul Kossoff of Free.
np - "Viagra In the Waters" - Camille West
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Good job, Benn! Sorry to make ya do so much research! But I hope it was fun!
Hey, the research wasn't all that onerous, Todd. The John Whetton question, for instance, just required finding out who the "extraterrestrial arachnid" (Spiders From Mars, obviously) bass player was and check what bands he and Whetton had in common. (Thank you, www.allmusic.com!) The ELP question just required a little Googling for the history of ELP. The Paul Kossoff question was the hardest, since I had to find out what movie you were talking about. Once that was determined (thank you, Google!), all I had to do was look up the film on the Internet Movie Database. Well, you get the picture. The Kossoff question was , admittedly, the hardest one. It was a great quiz, though! 
np - "Shimmy, Shimmy Ya" - Ol' Dirty Bastard
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Thanks Benn . . . I like giving the kind of quizzes that require people to do a little research, because I think there is a certain type of person that enjoys doing this and gets a satisfaction out of uncovering the answers themselves. Way to jump through the hoops!
I thought I'd mention a funny story involving Bolder that I witnessed when I saw Heep play in Springfield in 2001. One of the local opening acts was a band called "Electric Warrior" which did a seventies glam-rock type of act and idolized artists like Bowie, T. Rex etc. Well, a couple of these guys were talking to Trevor in between sound checks and one of them said "You know, you look a lot like David Bowie's bass player." Trevor informed them that indeed, he was the bass player from the Spiders From Mars. The two guys from Electric Warrior let their jaws hit the floor. Then they immediately fell on their knees before Trevor in true Wayne's World fashion!
How about a few classic rock trivia questions?
1. Let's start off with an easy one. What was David Bowie's original name and why did he change it?
2. An obscure singer named John Henry Kurtz was the first to record this song in 1973. Kurtz haslong been forgotten, but the song went on to become a classic standard covered by dozens of artists. Name the song.
3. Angel, Van Halen, The Grateful Dead. What particular commodity do these bands have in common?
4. Which Barclay James Harvest song title was inspired by a critic's terse dismissal of the band?
5. The track "Seamus" on Pink Floyd's 1971 Meddle album is about a real-life dog, who can be heard whimpering in the background. Whose dog was it?
1. David Robert Hayward-Jones
The rest I had to Wikipedia, so I won't put the answers here.
I knew it was David Jones, and he changed it because of Davy Jones of the Monkees.
Correct Snickerdoodle. One down, four to go . . .
Back to the "Name that Tune" trivia.
[my picks will be numbered 1a, etc... to avoid conflict with Todd Pence's questions]
1a.
We've been living in the flames
We've been eating up our brains
Oh, please don't let these shakes go on
2a.
I combed my hair till it was just right
And commanded the night brigade
3a.
The cashier said "Are you alright?"
I said "I'm feelin' fine"
The first is obvious to me. It's "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" by Blue Oyster Cult. The other two, however, I don't recognize.
2a- Bruce Springsteen "Growin' Up"
3a- Tim Curry "Paradise Garage"
All three correct!
Todd's:
#2 - Drift Away. (I heard the trivia answer on a local radio show)
Got it! Let's see if you guys can get 3, 4 and 5.
4. I believe the track was "Poor Man's Moody Blues"
Right again.
Couple more lyrics:
1) Mother told me, yes she told me, I'd meet girls like you.
2) Don't run away, it's only me.
1.) "Surrender" - Cheap Trick
np - "Something Big" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Correct
Since nobody seems interested, #2 is "Dead Man's Party" - Oingo Boingo
And another trivia question:
What was the original name of Oingo Boingo?