Music Trivia Response Thread - Mark I

[E. Shaun]

Greetings folks,

In the very near future, the Womb staff will be trying something new by starting up a weekly trivia thread in Bob Olhsson's forum. The trivia question will be placed in its own thread at Bob's, and then locked, at which point you'll be moseying down here to take a guess at the answer to the question.

There won't be any "prizes" to begin with, but perhaps if this catches on, that's a possibility for the future...

These aren't going to be simple questions either, as you will soon see. In other words, "Pete Best" isn't going to be one of the answers.

Anyhow, this is a work in progress, but to start off with, I'm asking just for answers, rather than a ton of commentary. That may change in the future though, depending on the question. Have fun!

[Comte de St Germain]

Sticky Fingers.

Who was the fluffer?

Who was the guy in the jockey shorts?

It was not Mick on the cover.

The zipper ruined many of my albums.

Damn it!

[nobby]

Compte is correct, I think. It was either Sticky Fingers or Pete Best. I wonder why people think Warhol was gay?

Who was the guy in the jockey shorts?

It was not Mick on the cover.


That's actually a much better (tougher) Q.

Even young guys like Compte and I know which album cover it was.

[malice]

Sticky Fingers of course.

That was too easy.

malice

[jerryskid]

yep ...easy as hell.....

[FajitaTone]

that would make the question and the answer both sticky.


:grin:

[Bryson]

Sticky Fingers.

Who was the fluffer?

Andy


Who was the guy in the jockey shorts?


Mick

[Mixerman]

LMFBO.

I never said they'd be difficult. However, that WAS a little easy. But hey, you know, we need to get warmed up here.

Anyway, anyone that wants to forward Trivia Questions for me to put up, just PM me, I'll give you credit for the question.

Still laughing. I love it.

Enjoy,

Mixerman

[Cosmic Pig]

Naw, if Mick is the model, Bowie would be the fluffer.

[jerryskid]

awwwwwww...damn I can't answer.........

[Mixerman]

awwwwwww...damn I can't answer.........

That's the bitch about submitting a question. But that's a good one.

If you guys don't start giving me some more, my next question is going to be . . . What band was Peter Gabriel in before going solo?

Then they start getting easier.

You have been warned.

Mixerman

[Grapestomper]

Jerry lost his finger as a kid, chopping wood, or holding it while someone else chopped.

More to the point: it happened about ten miles from here, in Lompico. The finger was never found.










Jerry's finger haunts these woods to this day!!!

[E. Shaun]

Jerry's finger haunts these woods to this day!!!

And all the local studios are digital.

[Fulcrum]

Jerry Garcia was missing most of his right middle finger. How did he lose it?

He was flipping off Pigpen, who promptly threw his Hammond at him. The digit in question got caught between the falling organ and one of Owsley's scales on a nearby lab table, and was eaten by thousands of those little fruitbats that were constantly swarming the band.

Weir was later heard to exclaim, "Clean this mess up, else we'll all end up in jail..."

Er... no?

[Grapestomper]

He was flipping off Pigpen, who promptly threw his Hammond at him. The digit in question got caught between the falling organ and one of Owsley's scales on a nearby lab table, and was eaten by thousands of those little fruitbats that were constantly swarming the band.

Weir was later heard to exclaim, "Clean this mess up, else we'll all end up in jail..."

Er... no?

Man, they said not to eat the brown ones!

[Grapestomper]

And all the local studios are digital.

Give him a hand, folks...









...he'll be here all week!

[Bryson]

Naw, if Mick is the model, Bowie would be the fluffer.
Heh. I was almost gonna put that, but I think that was before they were hanging out.

Or Keith.
There's a funny image.

[Comte de St Germain]

Somehow it feels wrong to answer: Randy Scosce(sp?) Git--------- Alternate Title.

[Fulcrum]

Somehow it feels wrong to answer: Randy Scosce(sp?) Git--------- Alternate Title.



Scouse. Randy Scouse Git. An expression Micky Dolenz took a shine to whilst partying with The Beatles.

[jerryskid]

it means, if I remeber right, Horny Liverpoolian Bastard...hence the title change in Britian....

[nobby]

Jerry lost his finger as a kid, chopping wood, or holding it while someone else chopped.

More to the point: it happened about ten miles from here, in Lompico. The finger was never found.

Jerry's finger haunts these woods to this day!!!



And all the local studios are digital.


Give him a hand, folks.


Whats left of it.

[nobby]

The Monkees charted in the UK with a song from the"Headquarters" album. The UK title was "Alternate Title" what was the original title from the album ???



Would that be "Last Train To Brockville?"

Uh, I mean "Clarksville"?

Hey I'm just wingin' it. I could put some search words into google, but that would be cheating.

[jerryskid]

Who's butt is featured in the intro of the Police's "Roxanne'" video?



Good Question........Sipperman's.......:lol:







I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say



Sting?

[Comte de St Germain]

If I were to admit to knowing how many chord there are to careless Whisper i would also admi to doing a Disney artists production of the tune for a Far-eastern B-side for her debut single over there.

So, in essence of fairness I will recuse myself from answering the question for fear that I may be associated with once again contributing to the Universal Karmic Debt in such fashion as to also admit, uh, nevermind.

I will raise you one Dmin7 and add 9 before going to the river.

[jerryskid]

A Wham question ????? are you serious ?????....Is Kenny doing the Trivia now??????....I'm gonna guess and say



zero....

[Mixerman]

I will raise you one Dmin7 and add 9 before going to the river.

Ah, ah, ah. You know the first chord of the song (although I don't think there's a 9th in it). Are you a closet Wham! fan? Come on. Be honest.

No matter what you think of Wham! or George Michael, from a pure songwriting and production perspective, the song is an interesting study. I'll go into detail as to WHY it's an interesting study tomorrow after the answer has been revealed.

My taste in music is very eclectic, and has much to do with my appreciation for a well-written song. One could just look at my discography to determine that. I'm all over the map where my work is concerned in musical genre's and styles. I prefer that, because I don't like being pigeonholed, and I don't want to make the same record over and over again.

Now, it's unlikely I'll go and put that Wham! record on purely for personal enjoyment. But I DID listen to it last night in forming this question, and it was an interesting production. As a recordmaker we need to be familiar with all music, and all production styles when we're going in to work with artists. It just makes us stronger in what we do.

For me, I was a teenager at the time that record came out, and I have fond memories of being on the dance floor and copping my first bonafide feel. So, yes. It's a Wham! question.

Enjoy,

Mixerman

[jerryskid]

No matter what you think of Wham! or George Michael, from a pure songwriting and production perspective, the song is an interesting study. I'll go into detail as to WHY it's an interesting study tomorrow after the answer has been revealed.

My taste in music is very eclectic, and has much to do with my appreciation for a well-written song. One could just look at my discography to determine that. I'm all over the map where my work is concerned in musical genre's and styles. I prefer that, because I don't like being pigeonholed, and I don't want to make the same record over and over again.



Hey no need to explain...just pulling your chain a little......:grin:

[Grapestomper]

Never heard the song,

(or had even a moment for wham, but...)

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say... two.

There's a billion songs with three.

And a song with only one chord might actually be construed as some sort of musical acomplishment, so...

Two.

[Bryson]

Are you a closet Wham! fan? Come on.

Closet? More like, public restroom.

I can only remember the song's chorus (four chords). Are the versus the same chords?

What was that high end on the vocal sound? Was that the old Dolby card trick?

I agree, GM's a brilliant, hard working, musical cat.

[Comte de St Germain]

Ah, ah, ah. You know the first chord of the song (although I don't think there's a 9th in it). Are you a closet Wham! fan? Come on. Be honest.



To be honest, I always dug this tune and like you would never put it on but when I hear it there is a draw.

Dm7(add9)-Gm7-Am7-Bb7-
am7-dm-am7-Bb7 uhhh

Later in the tune I remember the Dm7 losing the implied 9 and falling into a darker straight D minor.

The chord cycle is tricky although seems easy. It cycles in a fashion that took me some time to sort out.

[Bryson]

Besides, it was the 80's. Did they even allow pop songs without added 9's back then?

[Comte de St Germain]

Besides, it was the 80's. Did they even allow pop songs without added 9's back then?

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[MudCat]

"Without looking it up, who wrote the hit song, "Nothing Compares 2 U," who sang it, and who is the taller of the two?.....-MM"



Cannot believe that I may know this.....but......I think Prince wrote it....Sinead O'Connor sang it, and I'm gonna gamble and say she's the taller of the two(and has the least hair).


How'd I do, MM?......:Coolio:

[Mixerman]

To be honest, I always dug this tune and like you would never put it on but when I hear it there is a draw.

Dm7(add9)-Gm7-Am7-Bb7-
am7-dm-am7-Bb7 uhhh

Later in the tune I remember the Dm7 losing the implied 9 and falling into a darker straight D minor.

The chord cycle is tricky although seems easy. It cycles in a fashion that took me some time to sort out.

Sometimes it goes to the sus chord. I forgot to say "barring sus chords" in there too. They definitely diguise the chord cycle to kep it fresh, but it is clearly the same basic unchanging cycle.

Mixerman

[MacGregor]

Without looking it up, who wrote the hit song, "Nothing Compares 2 U," who sang it, and who is the taller of the two?

The Prince formerly known as TAFKAP, Sinnead (sp?) O'Connor, is
someone on this planet actually NOT taller than Prince, and yes,
it's a pretty good song, I like the lyrics a lot.

"Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling" is brilliant.

[Goes211]

This one was submitted by Goes211.

Who's butt is featured in the intro of the Police's "Roxanne'" video?

Ah..."butt" you screwed up the question ! It's in the song itself, not the video. Listen to the intro of Roxanne again, Mixie.

[malice]

The Prince formerly known as TAFKAP, Sinnead (sp?) O'Connor, is
someone on this planet actually NOT taller than Prince, and yes,
it's a pretty good song, I like the lyrics a lot.

"Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling" is brilliant.

nice try, but ...

someone sang it before sinead, and it was not PRINCE

hehe

malice

[MudCat]

nice try, but ...

someone sang it before sinead, and it was not PRINCE

hehe

malice



Woo.....hmm.....uhh....Morris Day?..........no, wouldn't be Morris Day..........hmmm.....I'm stumped.

[malice]

Nope, not Morris day, but you're getting closer

malice

[MudCat]

Nope, not Morris day, but you're getting closer

malice


Ok, let's see........Doris Day?........no....no.....that's plain crazy...uhhhh.....I'll get it, I'll get it......

[malice]

Ok, let's see........Doris Day?........

LMFAO :D

malice

[drummertom]

Nope, not Morris day, but you're getting closer

malice

Otis Day?!

[jerryskid]

It's a Beautiful Day ????

[gabby garcia]

"no one cuts hair like U"

:Sad:

[malice]

I can't believe nobody found out who was the original singer yet.

I leave you a few more hours

malice

[jerryskid]

Is there a French release with Prince doing it ?

[malice]

Guys, this is such a disapointment.

St. Paul Peterson was lead singer (and keyboardist) in a band call "The Familly" along with Suzanna Melvoin, twin sister of Wendy Melvoin who was guitarist of Prince.

The band held three members of "The Time" in their ranks, wich explain my previous comment about "getting closer".

The version is so unfuckinbelievably beter that Sinead'o'Conor's one, with amazing strings arranged by the great Clare Fisher.

St Paul Peterson seems a bit taller than Prince, but his singing is about similar.

malice

[Tim Halligan]

St Paul Peterson


It seems his parents may have wanted a cathedral rather than a son judging by the name...


:lol:


Cheers,
Tim

[malice]

It seems his parents may have wanted a cathedral rather than a son judging by the name...


:lol:


Cheers,
Tim


You should the the dude, Kenny would be extatic ...

:D

malice

[Comte de St Germain]

Guys, this is such a disapointment.

St. Paul Peterson was lead singer (and keyboardist) in a band call "The Familly" along with Suzanna Melvoin, twin sister of Wendy Melvoin who was guitarist of Prince.

The band held three members of "The Time" in their ranks, wich explain my previous comment about "getting closer".

The version is so unfuckinbelievably beter that Sinead'o'Conor's one, with amazing strings arranged by the great Clare Fisher.

St Paul Peterson seems a bit taller than Prince, but his singing is about similar.

malice

I leave the Prince trivia to my wife.

Now if I can score a backstage pass somehow to one of the puple ones shows so she can meet him and I can watch her get freaky nervous, it'll all be complete. The front row tix for the last Atlanta show were awesome but it was a let down when he handed his guitar to the chick next to me.

He knew better.

Heh.


So what's the verdict on the Careless Whisper thing?

I could easily look in the project folder and get the Midi info but that'd be like using a dental dam.

Damn.

There is an add 9.

To the river...

[MacGregor]

What was the original name of Black Sabbath?


Okay, I've googled and therefore won't show the answer, but I've
laughed my ass of when I've read that name.
Very ghey (NTTAWWT)

Great one!

[jerryskid]

polka turkey.....or polka turkey blues.......I think.....they were also known as earth....

[Mixerman]

There is an add 9.

Nah. That's just a second.

Mixerman

[Comte de St Germain]

Nah. That's just a second.

Mixerman

heh, who's on first?

add 9.

it's there.

but i've gotta mix a song called southern comfort.

no caps, drink in hand.

[emtou2u]

Polka Earth Tunes?

Polka Tunes?

?? something like that...i'm googlin' now.

:Mad:

[Bryson]

"Linda Ronstadt had a top ten hit with a band in the late 60's. Name the song, the band, and the songwriter......."


Different Drum

Stone Poneys

The song writer's Mother invented Liquid Paper, or White Out, or something.

[Tim Halligan]

The song writer's Mother invented Liquid Paper, or White Out, or something.


That was Mike Nesmith from the Monkees.


Cheers,
Tim

[Fulcrum]

What Oscar winning actor actually sang in his role of "The Doctor" in the 1975 movie "Tommy"?

That would be Jack Nicholson playing the Doctor and "singing" Go To The Mirror.

[Grapestomper]

Q: What Star Trek Actor plays on a Phish song?

Guessing here, but I'll say...

JimmyD!
(James Doohan)


I can imagine Phish wanting to use some "Scotty"...

...and I can imagine Doohan being willing.

How'd I do?
M

[jerryskid]

uh....nope....

[Fulcrum]

Jonathan Frakes, playing trombone on Hoist.

I didn't even have to look that up.

[kwiksilver]

Originally posted by Trivia Guru -
Q: The track listing for Bob Segar's "Stranger In Town" featured a song with the same title, but was dropped from the album..Why????One story says that Seger dropped the title cut, partly because Billy Joel's "The Stranger" had recently been released. Reportedly, he thought people might see "Stranger in Town" as derivative of "The Stranger."

[emtou2u]

damn:Twisted: ....quicksilver....i found the exact same answer on google!

you are quick!

[Fulcrum]

Damn Fulcrum, Spock and I thought that was a hard one......


It might well have been, had I not been a Phish head.

Heh.. heh.. heh.

I'm pretty stumped on the Seger question though.

[blackieC]

Q: A band opened for Jimi Hendrix in 1969 that Hendrix stated the guitar player was "better than me." Who was the band and the guitar player ???

A: Billy Gibbons with The Moving Sidewalks.

[Bryson]

I wanna say The Monkees, but Jimi opened for them.

[aframe9999]

Based on the most recent developments.....

I'm gonna go with Chicago....Terry Kath

[Droolbucket]

Aframe's got it. Terry Kath was an absolute monster. Early Chicago is one of my not-so-guilty pleasures.
Droolbucket

[blackieC]

Doh!

[kwiksilver]

I know this is nit-picking, but I'm fairly sure the band was still known as "Chicago Transit Authority" at that time.

[Grapestomper]

Q: Although stereo was available at the time, all of Brian Wilson's productions in mono. Why?



A: The fucker was nuts.



:Razz:
M

[Drummerboy]

Not REALLY nuts, just deaf on one ear

[Bryson]

And his shit didn't need no stereo!

[jerryskid]

Not REALLY nuts, just deaf on one ear


Welll he was nuts for awhile, that's for sure.....

[Tim Halligan]

He was deaf in one ear as a result of being struck by his father...who, by all accounts, was a right prick...


Cheers,
Tim

[Bob Olhsson]

While he is deaf in one ear, I know for a fact that it wasn't why.

[kwiksilver]

Maybe he thought that mono mixes would sound better on AM radio.

[bunnerabb]

A: The fucker was nuts.



:Razz:
M

You should BE so fucking nuts.

[Grapestomper]

You should BE so fucking nuts.

Indeed.

Alas, we don't get to pick our aflictions.

I wonder if Mr. Wilson would opt to be ordinary, if he'd had a choice.





Seriously: no disrespect intended toward Brian Wilson. Whether you like his song style or not, you can't deny he had an astounding hear for sound. (which may have been part and parcel of the rest of his problems.)

Genius is an odd thing.



(And, given Bob O's little tidbit, I may turn out to be right after all...)

:Razz:
M

[Trivia Guru]

While he is deaf in one ear, I know for a fact that it wasn't why.


Bob, according to Brian Wilson's autobiography "Wouldn't It Be Nice", Brian wrote that he liked to mix with headphones on, and because he was deaf in one ear, he mixed in mono. But , you know, Brian was a little off, so what's your take ?

[Bryson]

Bob, according to Brian Wilson's autobiography "Wouldn't It Be Nice", Brian wrote that he liked to mix with headphones on, and because he was deaf in one ear, he mixed in mono. But , you know, Brian was a little off, so what's your take ?

I believe that Bob meant, yes Brian has a bum ear, but not for the reason stated. He was born with it.

[Trivia Guru]

here's Bob's story:



My mentor Cal Harris interned doing the Beach Boys at Western and then did a lot of the groups overdubs at a nearby studio when Western wasn't available. Ultimately he worked at Gold Star where he tracked several of the Good Vibrations takes that the final record was assembled from.

Cal told me about how they used delayed and fed back echo chambers on both the Beach Boys and the Phil Specter records. The problem I found was that this way of using an echo chamber didn't really translate to stereo at all.

It's sad that apparently Brian thought his preference for mono was because of his hearing loss.


Thanx Bob.....

[Fulcrum]

I had to Google the answer to today's question, so I'm not going to give it away, but... wow.

[bunnerabb]

Blew me away, too.

[Fulcrum]

The answer to that question, since apparently everyone had to Google it, was: John Lennon as Peter Boyle's best man.

The answer to the current question:

Bunnerab is Guru for today:


Well before Jackson Browne, The Zodiacs hit the charts with "Stay". Who was the lead singer?

... is Maurice Williams, who also wrote Little Darlin' for The Diamonds, among Canada's more notorious contributions to doo-wop.

[Droolbucket]

John Fogarty was sued for sounding too much like "Run Through the Jungle" written by:

John Fogarty. One of the many low points in the music biz, IMO, when you get sued for sounding like yourself. Evil!

Droolbucket

[blackieC]

Re the Eagles question.

It wasn't by any chance the 86 on the road case, was it?

From wikipedia, "86, generally used in restaurant or foodservice environments when a specific item is no longer available. For example, "86 baked haddock", or "the mussels have been 86'ed". "

[Trivia Guru]

Re the Eagles question.

It wasn't by any chance the 86 on the road case, was it?

From wikipedia, "86, generally used in restaurant or foodservice environments when a specific item is no longer available. For example, "86 baked haddock", or "the mussels have been 86'ed". "


Probably another subtile hint as well, though not what I'm looking for....this hint was on the label itself, not the cover...

[Bryson]

John Fogarty was sued for sounding too much like "Run Through the Jungle" written by:

John Fogarty. One of the many low points in the music biz, IMO, when you get sued for sounding like yourself. Evil!

Droolbucket
Classic case of band signing their life way only to be royally screwed by (in this case) Fantasy Records.

[Bob Olhsson]

There is another side to the Fogerty story.

Fogerty was a kid who worked in the stock room at Fantasy Records and was not a working musician who had a solid fan-base. Fantasy was venturing way outside of the only market they really knew, jazz, and there was a large risk that some well-known popular artist would cover the band's songs leaving only writer's and publisher's income as a return on their investment. Just like any other label, Fantasy was unwilling to invest in a complete unknown without owning the music publishing on the songs as a means of covering their bet. Even so, the first Creedence hit turned out to be a cover.

After the band fell apart and there was no more gig income, Fogerty insisted that he ought to have the publisher's share of his material returned and refused to write or perform until Fantasy turned it over to him. Saul Zantz, who had supported Charles Mingus financially during his darkest moments, saw no reason to hand it over to a young millionaire who couldn't even hold his band together and seemed unlikely to ever have another hit.

[rockdart]

The Eagles question... they turned down a 2million dollar advance for 2 new songs for the album?

[PRobb]

I'll put the answer in the right place this time....sorry:Roll eyes:

Ohio by Neil Young, performed by CSNY.

[Trivia Guru]

I'll put the answer in the right place this time....sorry:Roll eyes:

Ohio by Neil Young, performed by CSNY.


No...look at the year....Ohio came out in 1970...this song came out in 1979

[bunnerabb]

"I Don't Like Mondays" - The Boomtown Rats

[Bryson]

-

[PRobb]

No...look at the year....Ohio came out in 1970...this song came out in 1979
oops:icon_eek:

[Jackpine]

Gotta be the Cowsills as the Partridge family.

[Barish]

I wonder why people think Warhol was gay?


Because you named it, he fucked it.

Men, women, dogs, cats, dead poultry - I mean it was dead after fucking it anyway, door handle, kitchen utensils, vegetation, protruding end of a balustrading, bumper post, Lou Reed...

The guy had the itch.

You don't need Bob Olhsson to know all that. It's common knowledge.

B.

[bunnerabb]

I believe "Red Rubber Ball" was written by Paul Simon and his Jerry Landis stage name explains why Simon and Garfunkel were aka Tom and Jerry, before changing the act to their actual names.

[PRobb]

I believe "Red Rubber Ball" was written by Paul Simon and his Jerry Landis stage name explains why Simon and Garfunkel were aka Tom and Jerry, before changing the act to their actual names.
Beat me to it Bunner.

The companion question is who wrote "This Diamond Ring" for Gary Lewis (Jerry's kid) and the Playboys?

[bunnerabb]

Al Kooper?

[PRobb]

Al Kooper?

Give that man a sugar cookie!:lol:

[bunnerabb]

*points to his insulin vial*

Is it something I said? :Confused:

:very happy:

[kwiksilver]

Al Kooper?

A little more trivia to go with PRobb's question.

The song was actually co-written by Al Kooper and two others several years prior to Gary Lewis and the Playboys recording.

Al Kooper actually hated that version of the song. He recorded his own version years later.

[PRobb]

"To know him is to love him" was the inscription on Phil Spector's father's tombstone.

[kwiksilver]

Doesn't look like anyone answered this one yet.

Q:Merilee Rush had the original hit with "Angel of the Morning". what was the name of her band?

The Turnabouts

[MacGregor]

In 1987, what was the fastest selling debut album in CBS Record's history?


Should be "Licensed to Ill" by the Beastie Boys.
I love the cover art!

[MacGregor]

Ok here's a hard one for you guys:

Q: What funnyman, before starring on SNL, did the artwork for albums by America, Poco, and Crosby, Stills Nash and Young ?


I'm doing cover art, so that was an easy one: Phil Hartman

Hehe, I think I've got some timezone advantage, before you guys
get you ass out of your bed I'm already at my second breakfast.

But before some smart admin changes my account status title from
"wardrobe malfunction investigator" to '"Smartass" I'll shut up
for a couple of days...

[ajcamlet]

Q: What movie featured the first ever musical use of a vocoder?

Clockwork Orange i think.

[bunnerabb]

In 1987, what was the fastest selling debut album in CBS Record's history?

U2 - the Joshua Tree

[slabrock]

Vocoder...

I'd say "2001 A Space Odyssey"

EDIT: I checked. Clockwork orange came out 1971, but already in 1968 A Space Odyssey featured HAL the computer singing in its vocoder voice.

Of course you don't need to call that "Bicycle song" musical...
:-D

[MacGregor]

Fastest Googler gets this one:


This musican honed his chops playing lead trumpet in Stan Kenton's band. .The Guru thinks his Ennea album was the best of his work.


Google?
Fast?
That's me!


ready...set....go.......


Bill Chase.

As I said, the gods of early timezone are good with me.

And for some more background info go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Chase

[slabrock]

Q:What group was first slated to be the rock band in Roger Corman's "Rock and Roll High School" before The Ramones took over the duties?

Cheap Trick

[CloseToTheEdge]

Q:What rock band holds the record for the largest grossing rock and roll tour of all time ?

Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge tour?

[kwiksilver]

Q:What band's tragic concert is captured in the bootleg aptly named "Stampede"?"The Who" - Cincinnati, OH on December 3, 1979

[slabrock]

Sorry, i was wrong. The Who it was.

[slabrock]

Band mistakenly identified as The Beatles was Klaatu.

[PRobb]

Guru- looks like there aren't as may Deadheads here as you thought there were. :lol:

I'm guessing one of them is Bruce Hornsby. I have no idea about the other one.

Pretty sure it ain't Pigpen.:Roll eyes:

[Fulcrum]

I wish I'd seen that Dead question sooner. I know Constanten is still alive, too.

Anyway, Meat Loaf's foil in Paradise By The Dashboard Light was Ellen Foley. She played the defense attorney on Night Court for one season, and had parts in numerous movies (e.g., the film adaptation of Hair), but I primarily remember her singing backup on Body and Soul by Joe Jackson.

[PRobb]

I have a question for the Guru: How come we read the questions in one forum and post the answers are in another?

[Azraphael]

I think I might actually know an answer...

The Band named from a Boris Karloff movie is Black Sabbath, if I'm not mistaken.

Cheers,

Dave

[jerryskid]

I have a question for the Guru: How come we read the questions in one forum and post the answers are in another?

It's marketing dude..I think Mixie set it up this way so people will stop into Bob's Corner and while there, check other things in the forum...the same with the answer thread....I'm not for sure, but I figure that's the reason...

[maccool]

Q:What is Rush's only U.S. top 40 hit?

New World Man

[E. Shaun]

Rush's only Top 40 hit?

I'd guess "Tom Sawyer."

I think "Spirit of Radio" did well there too, though. (I haven't Googled it yet).

[Azraphael]

I haven't looked it up, but just in case E. Shaun is wrong, I'm going to guess that "Limelight" was Rush's only US top 40 hit.

Cheers,

Dave

[E. Shaun]

Actually, now that I HAVE looked it up, there's a bit of a flaw in the question. Rush had a dozen or so songs hit number one in the Mainstream Rock category...but just one in the top 40 in the POP category. According to Wikipedia, that is.

[E. Shaun]

What band was named after the inventor of the seed drill?

Jethro Tull.

Didn't even have to look that one up.

[Palewailer]

I learned that one from the "Yacht Rock" series.

[PRobb]

What band was named after the inventor of the seed drill?

Jethro Tull.

Didn't even have to look that one up.

Damn! I knew that one.

And no looking up answers!

[E. Shaun]

Damn! I knew that one.

And no looking up answers!

My rule of thumb is that if I have to look it up, I don't respond.

This question I didn't have to look up...hence the response!

[MacGregor]

Q: Who played piano with the Stones and was known as the sixth Stone?


G'morning!

Ian Stewart.

[Fulcrum]

Don Kirshner's successor as music director for The Monkees was Jeff Barry (songwriting partner with Ellie Greenwich).

The Monkees' own choice for producer was Turtles bassist Chip Douglas (who operated under a pseudonym).

Hang on, did I not understand the question?

[maccool]

Q: Who did Don Kirshner recruit to do the songs he had chosen for the Monkees, after they fired him?

The Archies

[kwiksilver]

The Archies

splat!

[omikl]

Q: What Carpenters' song was refused airplay on some soft rock radio stations because of a fuzz-guitar solo by Tony Peluso?

A: The offending guitar solo was on "Goodbye to love", and IMHO stands as a shining example of why plugging through a Big Muff straight into the desk is not the way to go :D

[Trivia Guru]

A: The offending guitar solo was on "Goodbye to love", and IMHO stands as a shining example of why plugging through a Big Muff straight into the desk is not the way to go :D

I think the tone is cool....a great sound and a great solo..It puts chills on my arms....I know it's my opinion, but I am The GURU :lol:

[PRobb]

Q: What was the name of the bluegrass band Jerry Garcia formed with David Grisman ?


"Old and In The Way".

[Fulcrum]

David Bowie played Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation Of Christ.

Here's an even easier one. Who did the soundtrack for that movie?

[Trivia Guru]

David Bowie played Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation Of Christ.

Here's an even easier one. Who did the soundtrack for that movie?


Why Peter Gabriel of course !!!!!

[nobby]

Q: In which James Bond film does Sean Connery say "some things just aren't done...like listening to The Beatles without ear muffs"?


Goldfinger

[Fulcrum]

George Harrison lost his virginity in 1960 in Hamburg.

And yes, I'm bluffing, but I don't have my copy of The Beatles Anthology in front of me either..

[PRobb]

Q: What loss did George Harrison suffer while in Hamburg in 1960?

Is that a reference to him losing his working papers because he was under age?

[nobby]

Q: What loss did George Harrison suffer while in Hamburg in 1960?


The gig made him lose his day job?

[nobby]

A great question from guru of the day, Magicchord:

Q: What loss did George Harrison suffer while in Hamburg in 1960?

Highlight Answer>His virginity; the other Beatles gave him a round of applause when he was done

Fulcrum gave the correct answer, but good guesses all around...



Actually, he also lost his job as an electrician's apprentice, something his father was unhappy about (though not for long).

That reminds me of a joke:

Teacher: "Johnny, what has wings and flies?"

Johnny: "A fly."

Teacher: "Wrong, it's a bird, but I'm glad to see you're using your imagination."

Johnny: "Whats long, hard and in my pants?"

Teacher: "Why you little... I ought to send you to the principle's office!"

Johnny: "Wrong, it's a pencil, but I'm glad to see you're using your imagination."

[PRobb]

First Beatle 8 track. Hmmmm. Without consulting The Bible (thank you Brian) it is probably one they left Abbey Road for. I think Trident had the 8 up and running before Abbey Road. So my guess would be "Hey Jude".

[Bryson]

George Harrison lost his virginity in 1960 in Hamburg.


Oh yeah...I'll bet he suffered through that.

[MacGregor]

George Harrison lost his virginity in 1960 in Hamburg.

And yes, I'm bluffing, but I don't have my copy of The Beatles Anthology in front of me either..

Ahem, Fulcrum, where were you located back in, lets say, 1960?

[Fulcrum]

http://members.cox.net/radiant.city/whistlebunny.jpg

[kwiksilver]

QuoteQ: What Rolling Stones album has the Beatles' faces hidden on the cover?

Just taking a guess here.

I think their faces may have been hidden in the 3D cover of "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album.

That album was the Stones response to the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band.

[PRobb]

Who did John say it to? Walter fuckin Cronkite?. I have no idea. Now that's obscure! That's real trivia.:Thumbsup:

[Trivia Guru]

HINT:

If you watch "The Beatles Anthology" the segment about the incident has George Martin talking about it. He mentions her name......

[Bryson]

Q: Who designed the cover for the Beatles' Revolver album and what connection does this person have with a drummer who is appearing at NAMM this weekend?


Klaus Voorman did the cover.
I don't know about the drummer. Was Ringo at NAMM?

You mention a her though.
Astrid Kerchherr (whom was once Klaus' girlfriend) had something to do with the, With The Beatles/Meet The Beatles cover I think......the haircuts and the half shadow thing.

[Fulcrum]

I think that when he mentioned "her" it was in context of the previous question about the reporter to whom John issued his famous pronouncement about being bigger than Jesus.

Pete Best wasn't at NAMM was he?

[Bryson]

I think that when he mentioned "her" it was in context of the previous question about the reporter to whom John issued his famous pronouncement about being bigger than Jesus.

Pete Best wasn't at NAMM was he?

Oh....Her.

How could I have questioned The Trivia Guru?


I'll look for Pete today.

[G. Hoffman]

Q: To what reporter did John Lennon make his famous "more popular than Jesus" comment?



Maureen Cleave.


But I had to ask Michelle, our shop's Beatles expert.



Gabriel

[Fulcrum]

Q: At Which studios in London did the Beatles use to record their first song on an 8-track tape recorder?



Wild guess here... was it Trident?

[PRobb]

Q: At Which studios in London did the Beatles use to record their first song on an 8-track tape recorder?
I'm with Fulcrum. But I think this is an extension of the first 8 track song question, so I should get partial credit.:Roll eyes:

And to be really trivial, the word "at" or "use" should not be in the question. It works without either, but not with both.

[Droolbucket]

Q: What US rock act has been together the longest with no personel changes or additions ?

My first guess would be Cheap Trick, but I haven't finished my first cup of Boston Stoker yet....

Droolbucket

[Fulcrum]

Erm... Z Z Top?

[kwiksilver]

Q: Who designed the cover for the Beatles' Revolver album and what connection does this person have with a drummer who is appearing at NAMM this weekend?No one got the answer to the 2nd part of the question:

Alan White is the drummer (he was supposed to have appeared at the All Star Jam at NAMM on Friday, January 19th according to his website).

Klaus Voorman, Alan White, Eric Clapton, John Lennon and Yoko Ono played together as the Plastic Ono Band at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival on September 13, 1969.

[omikl]

Becker & Fagan worked on the soundtrack to a movie called "You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It" a couple of years before they named themselves after a steam-powered dildo on order to get their songs performed ;)

[Droolbucket]

I would like to offer a polite golf clap to the Trivia Guru... I'm embarrassed to admit I have missed almost all of these questions. I'm so ashamed!:Cry:

Droolbucket

[Fulcrum]

Becker & Fagan worked on the soundtrack to a movie called "You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It" a couple of years before they named themselves after a steam-powered dildo on order to get their songs performed ;)

Where it's dog eat dog eat dog
Ain't no way to fight it
Dog eat dog eat dog
Grab it fast and bite it

I'm actually familiar with that OST thanks to a friend who's an even bigger Danhead than I am. It's pretty interesting stuff, but almost unrecognizable as the entity that would become the Dan. The title track for one has not aged very well at all.

Has anyone actually seen that movie? I understand Richard Pryor was in it.

[Trivia Guru]

Becker & Fagan worked on the soundtrack to a movie called "You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It" a couple of years before they named themselves after a steam-powered dildo on order to get their songs performed ;)

good job on the answer, and thanx a whole bunch for giving the answer to what was today's question......:Confused:



:lol:

[Barish]

I thought it was AM (No Extatic At All), no?

B.

[G. Hoffman]

"East St. Louis Toodle-oo," by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley, on Pretzel Logic


Gabriel

[PRobb]

Mr. Hoffman beat me to East St. Louis. But I've been trying to remember where the "Steely Dan" dildo came from. Was it 'The Naked Lunch"?

[Fulcrum]

PRobb: Yes.

[Trivia Guru]

Jeez guys you're killing me....guess I'll have to break out the hard ones...............:Roll eyes:

[Fulcrum]

Kenny Vance was a member of Jay and the Americans.

When are you gonna break out the hard ones?

[Fulcrum]

I'm biting my tongue 'cause I know the answer to this one too (about who played drums with Becker and Fagen in the Bad Rock Band)... but I want to give someone else a chance.

[Spock]

Easy one....

Chevy Chase.

[E. Shaun]

I'm biting my tongue 'cause I know the answer to this one too (about who played drums with Becker and Fagen in the Bad Rock Band)... but I want to give someone else a chance.

Poor Fulcrum. It really is the burden of knowledge, isn't it? :D

[kingkai]

I believe that would be NYU.

[Spock]

I believe that would be NYU.

I don't think that is right.

I'm sitting this one out since I got yesterday's question.

[Bryson]

Annandale U?

[omikl]

The Steely Dan member who went on to become a Doobie Brother was rock music's premier Space Defence Government Consultant: Jeff "Skunk" Baxter

[Fulcrum]

Guru, I knew about Bard College too-- just wanted to share the rep points....

Did you also know there's a train station just down the hill from the college? The sign on it says "Barrytown"....

[leester]

rush cover = beatles "Bad Boy"

[E. Shaun]

Wow...a Rush question I didn't know. You stumped me, Guru!

[sqkychair]

Rush cover = not fade away

[leester]

Rush cover = not fade away

ooooooh... I was trigger happy.l :D

[QweziRider]

Q: On the U.S. release of Rush's Permanent Waves album, what was blanked out on the album's cover, and why?
A: the newspaper headline in the lower left corner of the cover should've read "Dewey Defeats Truman". Blanked out to avoid legal problems.

[QweziRider]

Q What American radio station started playing Rush's first album leading to heavy airplay and a record deal with Mercury?

A: WMMS in Cleveland, OH

[Fulcrum]

Q: What ailment forced John Rutsey's departure from Rush?

Sucking?
















I actually don't have a better guess than that.

[E. Shaun]

Asthma.

[QweziRider]

Not diabetes?

[PRobb]

Sucking?







I actually don't have a better guess than that.

Is Rush week over yet:icon_eek: :Twisted:

[Trivia Guru]

Sucking?



:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


There's that !!....but not what I'm looking for.....

[Trivia Guru]

Is Rush week over yet:icon_eek: :Twisted:


What you don't like Rush???? At least it's not Rush Linbaugh week!!!!

[Fulcrum]

You mean, "Comedian" Rush Limbaugh.

[QweziRider]

Q: What is Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson's real names ?
Gary Lee Weinrib and Alex Zivojinovich.

I better stop this and preserve what little dignity I have left.

[PRobb]

What you don't like Rush???? At least it's not Rush Linbaugh week!!!!

Yup. That would be far worse. Also, there would only be one question: How can someone be so wrong so consistently and still get people to listen to him?

Actually, there might be another: Just how dumb do you have to be to be a diitohead?:Twisted: :Twisted:

Anyhoo, what's in store for next week O mighty guru?

[Trivia Guru]

Anyhoo, what's in store for next week O mighty guru?


Next week is gonna be "Lyricial Pursuit" , where I'm gonna give ONE line of lyrics to a popular song and you have to name the Song and the Artist....I think it will be fur !!!

[Tim Halligan]

....I think it will be fur !!!

I don't know anything by Fur...but if you hum a few bars...


:lol: :lol: :lol:


Cheers,
Tim

[PRobb]

Next week is gonna be "Lyricial Pursuit" , where I'm gonna give ONE line of lyrics to a popular song and you have to name the Song and the Artist....I think it will be fur !!!
Sounds like fun. Let the fur fly!:lol: :lol:

[sqkychair]

Rush's first top album = Permanent Waves

[Fulcrum]

Leave it to you to start the proceedings with a Dead song.

Touch of Grey.

[Watershed]

Point of Know Return
Kansas

[Droolbucket]

Good job, Watershed!
9 minutes.... is that a record?

Droolbucket

(Posting mainly to see what the time stamp is, so I can get a jump on the next one....)

[Watershed]

Just lucky to stumble across the right question at the right time.

[MacGregor]

"All your compliments and your cutting remarks, Are captured here in my quotation marks"


Morning.

That's Elvis Costello's 'Everyday I Write The Book'.

Quite good that lyrics BTW.

Mac

[Brownsound]

Objection:
The lyrics questions are too easy to Google. :Thumbdown:

What about album sleeves? Can't Google them! :Thumbsup:

[omikl]

Correction:

Everything is too easy to Google ;)

[MacGregor]

Objection:
The lyrics questions are too easy to Google. :Thumbdown:

What about album sleeves? Can't Google them! :Thumbsup:

You mean more like this:

"From which band is this album and how's the name of the album?"

Well, that's quite tricky to answer...

MacSmartAss

[jerryskid]

Objection:
The lyrics questions are too easy to Google. :Thumbdown:

What about album sleeves? Can't Google them! :Thumbsup:


It's an honesty thing...if youre googleing them youre only cheating yourself....

[MacGregor]

It's an honesty thing...if youre googleing them youre only cheating yourself....

Exactly!

That's why I skipped the Steely Dan and Rush weeks, I absolutely
have no glue about this 2 bands.

Mac

[Watershed]

It's an honesty thing...if youre googleing them youre only cheating yourself....

Yeah, I saw this current question about 2 mins after it was posted. Didn't know so I Googled it, but waited for someone else to post the answer.

Questions seem to be going up aroud 4.45pm Aussie time. So someone over here will get most of them if Googling is allowed.

[G. Hoffman]

"Nobody looked any finer, Or was more of a hit at the Parkway Diner"


Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, by Billy Joel.

Back when he was writing good songs, too.



Gabriel

[Watershed]

Classic Knopfler lyrics


Skateaway, Dire Straits

Off the Making Movies album.

[Fulcrum]

Easily my favorite song off my favorite Dire Straits album. And the video was a work of art, too; the lighting was just superb and atmospheric.

Of course Watershed has the advantage that it is already tomorrow when he posts. :lol:

[PRobb]

Damn, I knew that one! That record also has a very cool drum sound. I love the spattery verb. Good song, good performance, good production.:Thumbsup: :Thumbsup:

[MacGregor]

"Just pictures of jap girls in synthesis"
Hehe, that was an easy one because that CD is currently in my
car's CD player.

That's Ashes to Ashes from David Bowie.

[Watershed]

Of course Watershed has the advantage that it is already tomorrow when he posts. :lol:

hehe... who wants the lottery numbers?

[Droolbucket]

No idea on the first album side, but the second would be Boston's debut album (Smokin', Gonna Hitch a Ride, Something About You).
I'll try to field the easy, bottom feeder stuff, while you guys with functioning brain cells tackle the esoteric ones.
Droolbucket

[Watershed]

Easy one this one

"Stiletto"
"Rosalinda's Eyes"
"Half a Mile Away"


That's Billy Joel's 52nd Street

[Watershed]

I know the answers to the 2 unanswered questions...... but only because I Googled :Coolio:

[jerryskid]

I know the answers to the 2 unanswered questions...... but only because I Googled :Coolio:


Where do you think I check my facts.....the Guru needs help too !!!!:Coolio:

[MacGregor]

Is this a special "Billy Joel 52nd Street" week or what?

"Big Shot"
"Honesty"
"Zanzibar"


Mac

PS: still 3 songs left, so you can ask one more question.
Hehehe

[PRobb]

"You Won't See Me"
"Think for Yourself"
"The Word"
Beatles- Rubber Soul

Is it me or was that the easiest one yet? Or am I just showing my age:Roll eyes:

One of the 10 greatest albums in pop music history. A true must have.

[Grapestomper]

"What Is and What Should Never Be"
"The Lemon Song"
"Thank You"


That'd be "the brown bomber"

Zeppelin II



M

[Watershed]

"Far Away Eyes"
"Respectable"
"Before They Make Me Run"


Wow, can you believe this is one of only two Stones albums I own?

Rolling Stones - Some Girls

[G. Hoffman]

THIS BAND TOOK THEIR NAME FROM A CITY MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM...WHEN THE TRANSIT COMPANY THREATENED TO SUE THEY SHORTENED IT TO WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN AS NOW...


I do believe that would be Chicago, once known as Chicago Transit Authority.


Gabriel

[Droolbucket]

The Foo Fighters?

Droolbucket

[Watershed]

This band is named after a pseudonym used by Paul McCartney

OK, this is a guess.
If it's correct, I've never heard of the band, but the only McCartney pseudonym I know that could be a band name is...

The Firemen

[Trivia Guru]

This band is named after a pseudonym used by Paul McCartney

OK, this is a guess.
If it's correct, I've never heard of the band, but the only McCartney pseudonym I know that could be a band name is...

The Firemen


bzzzzzzzzzz...sorry wrong answer !!

[Fulcrum]

OK, I'll take a stab at it..

Badfinger.

[Droolbucket]

Macca?

Billy Shears?

The Hooters?

As usual, I'm clueless....

Droolbucket

[xiangtao]

How about the Ramones?

[Watershed]

Surely there isn't a band called "Apollo C. Vermouth"?

[Watershed]

This band is named after a character in the Jane Fonda movie Barbarella.

Easy one.

Duran Duran



Crap movie though. :D

[jerryskid]

Easy one.

Duran Duran



Crap movie though. :D


Crap band for that matter....:Coolio:

[Tim Halligan]

Duran Duran

...and I'm too damn late.

Bugger.


Cheers,
Tim

[Tim Halligan]

This band's name was inspired by an Australian Aboriginal custom of sleeping with a dog for warmth on a cold night...


A. Three Dog Night.

Cheers,
Tim

[Bryson]

Crap band for that matter....:Coolio:
Not the "studio" band.

[Bryson]

A. Three Dog Night.


Australian for blankets.

[jerryskid]

Not the "studio" band.




yeah the musicianship was good...but I never could stand the way Simon Lebonn moaned....drove me crazy...and every fucking song had that synth arpeggio in it somewhere....and that Reflex song....

CRAP!!!!



Hated Them!!!!

[Fulcrum]

the way Simon Lebonn moaned....drove me crazy...

Dude, you might want to rephrase that.

NTTAWWT








:lol:

[Droolbucket]

sleeping with a dog for warmth on a cold night




I was going to get all catty and say Kurt Cobain or John Lennon, but I decided to take the high road instead.



I'm proud of myself.

Droolbucket

[Droolbucket]

I think this one is REO Speedwagon....

Which triggers another story in my feeble brain... on the live version of 'Ridin' the Storm Out', Gary Richrath does a feedback/toggle switch thing on his Les Paul. In my teenage drinking-and-driving days, on my crappy car stereo, that noise sounded like a police siren, and made us all panic EVERY STINKING TIME the song came on. In the 8-track days, we didn't have the option of fast-forwarding.

Okay, we figured it out eventually....

Droolbucket

[PRobb]

This band is named after an annoying gym teacher/coach some of the members had in high school.
I finaly got in on time. That would be Lynrd Skynrd (Spelling?)

[slabrock]

This band is named after an annoying gym teacher/coach some of the members had in high school.


Correct spelling is Lynyrd Skynyrd,

and the teacher was Leonard Skinner, as Lynyrd Skynyrd's album title said: "Pronounced leh:nerd skin:nerd".

Just in case PRobb's mis-spelling doesn't count as a correct answer...
:Wink:

Peace,

Slabrock

[jerryskid]

Just in case PRobb's mis-spelling doesn't count as a correct answer...
:Wink:

Peace,

Slabrock

speling dozant mater.....:Wink:

[PRobb]

speling dozant mater.....:Wink:
Gud. I waz hopping it woodn't.

[PRobb]

What Grand Funk album had a 3-D cover, complete with glasses?

The really bad one?

I guess that's nowhere near specific enough.

[Fulcrum]

Er that would be Shinin' On.

I had that album before I had developed taste in music.

[PRobb]

Er that would be Shinin' On.

I had that album before I had developed taste in music.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[xiangtao]

Ummmmm...Jerry Garcia

[PRobb]

This band's debut album, "Boston", was one of the biggest selling debut albums of all time
Pretty sure that was Chicago.

Although it might have been the Atlanta Rhythm Section.

Or was it the New York Dolls?

Maybe the Detroit Cobras?

Wait, there was a band from, um, Boston but I can't remember the name.:Roll eyes: :Twisted:

[Fulcrum]

Anal Cunt.












Yes, I'm sure they appreciate being used as a punchline.