September 15, 2008
Musical monday 61
Welcome back to Musical Monday the music trivia quiz that Elie and I alternate hosting.
Speaking of which, don't you think you ought to check out the answers of Musical Monday #58?
And if you have time, you still might be able to get in a few guesses at Musical Monday #60 before the answers go up later today.
You know the drill, guess the lyrics, figure out the theme, no Googling!
1) I left my home in Georgia (original)
2) I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
3) Your lights are on, but youre not home
4) Wondrin' what in the world did I do (original)
5) Day turned black, sky ripped apart
6) Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
7) And all my thoughts were cloudy
8) Yo no soy marinero (original)
9) Stay with me while we grow old
10) Am I happy or in misery?
11) a cat named Frankenstein (original)
12) And each time I tell myself that I, well I think I've had enough, (original)
13) Stars shining bright above you
14) Put your glad rags on and join me, hon,
15) Baby you know what I like
16) It's just a fear that builds within me
Walk away from Love - David Ruffin
17) Do it light, taking me through the night
18) So you must have had a hunch.
19) Diesel-powered straight to you,
20) Any other one, that makes me sad (original)
21) I woke up this morning and realized what I had done
22) The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day
23) Above us only sky
24) why do birds sing so gay?
25) And if you love him, Oh be proud of him
26) You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen.
27) Oh you wished me well, you couldn't tell (original)
28) We're caught in a trap
29) Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear (the popular song version)
And this one, at least half fits the theme:
30)When they meet for one big show
UPDATE: Elie and my brother pointed out two really egregious omissions. And my brother points out (Clayton did too) that Dream a little dream is credited to the Mamas and Papas and since (as Clayton pointed out) Michelle Philips is still alive, it didn't really count. So here are two more:
31) I play the game, a fantasy
32) She said --You know I love you because you're so much like him.
One more hint: Two of the songs have the names of states in them.
With no further ado, here are the answers for Musical Monday #59
As Clayton and Elie guessed, the theme was school:
1) You know how bad girls get
Don't stand so close to me - The Police
2) Nearly petrified cos he was taken by surprise
When I kissed the teacher - Abba
3) Dont wanna be no uptown fool
Hot for teacher - Van Halen
4) I would write across the sky in letters
To sir with love - Lulu
5) Walking home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
My eyes adored you - Frankie Valli
6) I'm gonna meet the boys on floor number two!
Smoking in the boys room - Brownsville Station
7) It's a wonder I can think at all
Kodachrome - Paul Simon
8) To say who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop
Hey School Girl - Tom and Jerry
9) Oleanders growing outside her door
My old school - Steely Dan
10) Can't find a flag
School's Out - Alice Cooper
11) I can root for the Yankees from the bleachers
School is Out - Gary U.S. Bonds
12) When some loud braggart tries to put me down
Be true to your school - Beach Boys
13) We's all on the cover of Newsweek
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard - Paul and Simon
14) Most mixed up non-delinquent on the block
Beauty School Dropout, by Frankie Avalon
15) I don't care what your daddy do
Hang On Sloopy, by The McCoys
16) I smell smoke in the auditorium
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
17) Drop the coin right into the slot
School Day(s) - Chuck Berry
18) Look at the pictures and I turn the pages
Wonderful World - Sam Cook
19) No dark sarcasm
Another brick in the Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd
20) Older boys and prefects
Carrie Anne - The Hollies
21) Honey get your boppin' shoes before the juke box blows a fuse
High School Confidential, by Jerry Lee Lewis
22) I just wanna have some kicks, I just wanna get some chicks
Rock 'n Roll High School - The Ramones
23) You know you could have been a cuckoo
The way you do the things you do - The Temptations
24) A pink dress, a matching bow, and her pony tail.
Check yes or no - George Strait
25) Those soft and fuzzy sweaters
Centerfold - J Geils Band
26) Whose name I never could pronounce
At seventeen - Janis Ian
27) But the joke's on those who believe the system's fair
Teacher, Teacher - 38 special
28) Why go to learn the words of fools?
Itchycoo Park - The small faces
29) Sweet 16 ain't that peachy keen
I don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
30) Young man, now give me that knife.
Sister Mary Elephant - Cheech and Chong
The connection betweeen j-street and the obama campaign
Council speak 09/21/08
Juggling carnivals 09/21/08
Baker's mirror image
Diss-inviting palin
IRNA today: "Zionists are infidel" and more!
Sarah Palin Disinvited From Rally--And The Games Politicians Play
President bush's unfinished business
I'm guessing he had plenty of iron in his diet
7 mile sunset
#8- La Bamba
#23- Imagine by John Lennon
#24- Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
That's all I can do. Pretty sad.
A few more for now:
2) [I think this is] "Gold", Neil Young and Stevie Nicks
11) "Another Saturday Night", original is Sam Cooke
14) "Rock Around The Clock", Bill Haley and His Comets
29) "Mack the Knife", but I'm not sure who did the original... Sinatra? Cab Calloway?
Can't see any common theme yet.
Posted by: Elie at September 15, 2008 9:10 AM1 - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
3 - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
10 - Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
22 - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
28 - Suspicious Minds - Elvis
1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
25. Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
27. Crying - I can picture his face, but can't come up with the name
28. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
29. Mack the Knife was sung by Bobby Darin
I know I know more, but can't quite come up with them...
If #27 is "Crying" than I believe the singer is Roy Orbison.
Conversely, sorry for my error on the singer of #2 - it's *not* Neil Young!
Posted by: Elie at September 15, 2008 9:33 AMAnd with the above additional answers, I can guess the theme - as well as the emphasis on specific versions of songs. Is it artists who have passed on?
Posted by: Elie at September 15, 2008 9:38 AM26. Hit The Road Jack- Ray Charles
Posted by: Jack at September 15, 2008 11:58 AM16 was apparently given away in the original post. (Walk away from Love, David Ruffin).
12) Piece of my Heart - Big Brother and the Holding company
15) Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper
17) Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
Also, 24 is by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
So here's what we've got so far:
1) Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2) Gold - ?
3) Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
4)
5)
6)
7)
8) La Bamba - ?
9)
10) Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
11) Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke
12) Piece of my Heart - Big Brother and the Holding company
13)
14) Rock around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Commets
15) Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper
16) Walk away from Love - David Ruffin
17) Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
18)
19)
20)
21)
22) Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
23) Imagine - John Lennon
24) Why do Fools Fall in Love? - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
25) Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
26) Hit the Road, Jack - Ray Charles
27) Crying - Roy Orbison
28) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
29) Mack the Knife - ?
30)
#8-La Bamba is by Ritchie Valens, one of the three who perished "the day the music died" along with Buddy Holly and JP Richardson aka "The Big Bopper". So I'd expect to find a Buddy Holly song somewhere here.
Also, the singer for #29 "Mack the Knife" was correctly ID'ed above by Gail as Bobby Darin.
Posted by: Elie at September 15, 2008 12:11 PM23.Imagine-John Lennon
24.Why Do Fools Fall in Love-Little Anthony and the Imperials.
26.Hit the Road Jack-Ray Charles
28.Suspicious Minds-Elvis Presley
29.Mac the Knife-Bobby Darren
2 last name stewart - wrote daydream believer is also dead
13 naomi cohen aka mama cass - can't
21 most beautiful girl - charlie rich
30 rock and roll heaven -didn't one of the 2 die?
"Gold" is by John Stewart, then.
Posted by: Clayton at September 15, 2008 2:17 PMAlso - Didn't Buddy Holly do a version of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"?
Posted by: Clayton at September 15, 2008 2:23 PM13 - Dream a Little Dream of Me - was this The Mamas and The Papas, or Mama Cass solo?
Posted by: Clayton at September 15, 2008 2:35 PMAha, I missed "the popular song version" on #29. Darin it is.
I'm pretty sure Frankie Lymon was the originator of Why Do Fools Fall in Love.
Posted by: ral315 at September 15, 2008 2:42 PMYeah, I just looked it up and you're right. So, as Elie pointed out, there's probably still an unidentified Buddy Holly song out there...
Posted by: Clayton at September 15, 2008 3:16 PMI assume that for #12, you wanted Janis Joplin - working with Eli's theme. I still can't believe someone got this song before me!
Posted by: SS at September 15, 2008 4:33 PMElie was right about the theme and who else to look out for.
In addition to those two, you'll notice that I correctly guessed David Ruffin. :-) So who else would that suggest?
Raizy, Laura and ral315 all guessed John Lennon, so who else does that suggest?
Finally, Elie noted in an e-mail that there's an artist who, if you know me, would have to be included. Who's that?
Posted by: soccer dad at September 15, 2008 4:46 PMI don't know the songs you're looking for, but I had suspected a George Harrison song and, perhaps, a Jim Croce song.
Posted by: ral315 at September 15, 2008 5:43 PM12.Piece of My Heart-Janis Joplin
The theme is deceased artists.
Posted by: Laura at September 16, 2008 1:31 AMThere was also a Louis Armstrong Mack the Knife and many other versions since. Maybe Armstrong's version came before Darren's. Does Armstrong sing "O the shark has pretty teeth, dear" or the way it's quoted above with the word "babe"? Perhaps the first recording with the Blitzstein translation of Bertolt Brecht's words was the original cast album of the Off-Broadway Threepenny Opera. This isn't the first time Brecht-Weill have appeared in MM.
Posted by: Yitzchak Goodman at September 16, 2008 2:37 AM4. How Sweet it is to Be Loved By You - James Taylor did one version, but I am not sure who did the original. Marvin Gaye, maybe?
Posted by: Gail at September 17, 2008 7:54 AMIt seems that I am wrong on #4. I am told it is a song with some similar words. I have no clue. Well, that's not exactly true - I have a clue but I have no idea!
Posted by: Gail at September 17, 2008 10:34 AM"Finally, Elie noted in an e-mail that there's an artist who, if you know me, would have to be included. Who's that?"
Would it by any chance be Harry Chapin? He'd qualify for this theme, though if he's represented here I'm not recognizing it.
Posted by: Clayton at September 22, 2008 1:17 AM