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Main Discussion Area => Mondegreens, My 3 Songs, Other Trivia => Topic started by: mshray on August 01, 2007, 01:12:05 PM
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Recently I have undertaken not only to update my Db (which is now continuous for 3.25 yrs and covers about 50% of all sets for the preceeding 3 years, about 1200 sets total), but also to really once & for all clean up the various misspellings, mis-capitalizations & mis-abbreviations that screw up the sorting.
In so doing I keep coming across anomalies that (I hope) make for good trivia questions. So, the first such question is:
This classic song, by a HOF artist, is a really big Katrina in not-one-but-two different repeated theme sets, yet it has not appeared in a year-specific set in my Db.
Hint: it has been covered by many, including at least* two other HOF artists
*two such versions appear in the Db.
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Recently I have undertaken not only to update my Db (which is now continuous for 3.25 yrs and covers about 50% of all sets for the preceeding 3 years, about 1200 sets total), but also to really once & for all clean up the various misspellings, mis-capitalizations & mis-abbreviations that screw up the sorting.
In so doing I keep coming across anomalies that (I hope) make for good trivia questions. So, the first such question is:
This classic song, by a HOF artist, is a really big Katrina in not-one-but-two different repeated theme sets, yet it has not appeared in a year-specific set in my Db.
Hint: it has been covered by many, including at least* two other HOF artists
*two such versions appear in the Db.
I'm going to guess CCR/Nina Simone, "I Put a Spell on You."
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Recently I have undertaken not only to update my Db (which is now continuous for 3.25 yrs and covers about 50% of all sets for the preceeding 3 years, about 1200 sets total), but also to really once & for all clean up the various misspellings, mis-capitalizations & mis-abbreviations that screw up the sorting.
In so doing I keep coming across anomalies that (I hope) make for good trivia questions. So, the first such question is:
This classic song, by a HOF artist, is a really big Katrina in not-one-but-two different repeated theme sets, yet it has not appeared in a year-specific set in my Db.
Hint: it has been covered by many, including at least* two other HOF artists
*two such versions appear in the Db.
I'm going to guess CCR/Nina Simone, "I Put a Spell on You."
nope that's not it. Further hint, one of the aforementioned HOF acts that covered the song is a very recent inductee.
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This classic song, by a HOF artist, is a really big Katrina in not-one-but-two different repeated theme sets, yet it has not appeared in a year-specific set in my Db.
Hint: it has been covered by many, including at least* two other HOF artists
*two such versions appear in the Db.
The answer is: Martha & The Vandellas "Dancing In The Street", which has appeared in at least 4 Motown sets and at least 4 Summer sets. Versions by Jagger & Bowie and 2007 inductees Van Halen also appear in the Db.
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OK, next question which Rolling Stones tune is by far the most frequent flyer over the past 3 years in the Db?
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OK, next question which Rolling Stones tune is by far the most frequent flyer over the past 3 years in the Db?
My first reaction was "Bitch." But my real answer, given Dave's profound unimaginativeness in '89 sets, is "Mixed Emotions."
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OK, next question which Rolling Stones tune is by far the most frequent flyer over the past 3 years in the Db?
My first reaction was "Bitch." But my real answer, given Dave's profound unimaginativeness in '89 sets, is "Mixed Emotions."
no, nothing that late.
"ME" is in fact a 1-timer in the Db.
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OK, next question which Rolling Stones tune is by far the most frequent flyer over the past 3 years in the Db?
My first reaction was "Bitch." But my real answer, given Dave's profound unimaginativeness in '89 sets, is "Mixed Emotions."
no, nothing that late.
"ME" is in fact a 1-timer in the Db.
"Sympathy For the Devil"
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"Sympathy For the Devil"
nope, too early.
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"Sympathy For the Devil"
nope, too early.
"Shattered?"
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"Sympathy For the Devil"
nope, too early.
"Shattered?"
nope, but very warm
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"Sympathy For the Devil"
nope, too early.
"Shattered?"
nope, but very warm
Beast of Burden?
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"Shattered?"
nope, but very warm
Beast of Burden?
In fact neither of those are even in the Db, but you have the correct album.
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"Shattered?"
nope, but very warm
Beast of Burden?
In fact neither of those are even in the Db, but you have the correct album.
OK, I fess up, I peeked at the DB. So I'm out.
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"Shattered?"
nope, but very warm
Beast of Burden?
In fact neither of those are even in the Db, but you have the correct album.
Then it's either "Respectable" or "Miss You".
Um, "Respectable."
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"Shattered?"
nope, but very warm
Beast of Burden?
In fact neither of those are even in the Db, but you have the correct album.
Then it's either "Respectable" or "Miss You".
Um, "Respectable."
"yo' the easiest shray on the White House lawn"
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Then it's either "Respectable" or "Miss You".
Um, "Respectable."
There you go!
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Since we're guaranteed a classic set today, maybe another one of these will help pass the time.
When sorted alphabetically by artist and then song title, there is only one instance (out of over 12,000 entries) where 2 artists have appeared consecutively with versions of the same song*. Name the one song & two artists.
*This means that the first artist has no songs after the one in question, and the second artist has none in front. Which is a roundabout way of pointing out that they are either obscure only-in-the-Bay-Area bands or OHW's.
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Since we're guaranteed a classic set today, maybe another one of these will help pass the time.
When sorted alphabetically by artist and then song title, there is only one instance (out of over 12,000 entries) where 2 artists have appeared consecutively with versions of the same song*. Name the one song & two artists.
*This means that the first artist has no songs after the one in question, and the second artist has none in front. Which is a roundabout way of pointing out that they are either obscure only-in-the-Bay-Area bands or OHW's.
Your last hint tells me I'm wrong when I guess "Come and Get Your Love" (Real McCoy / Redbone).
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Your last hint tells me I'm wrong when I guess "Come and Get Your Love" (Real McCoy / Redbone).
You're right that you're wrong. :wink:
plus which...my Db lacks both.
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2nd hint: the only-in-the-Bay-Area act was fronted by a guy who is still locally prominent.
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Your last hint tells me I'm wrong when I guess "Come and Get Your Love" (Real McCoy / Redbone).
You're right that you're wrong. :wink:
plus which...my Db lacks both.
But you've got to give me credit for a decent guess. :D
I'm at a lack for other guesses; can you give us the respective years, or is that too much?
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I'm at a lack for other guesses; can you give us the respective years, or is that too much?
Another hint, you'll hear at least a snippet of the original version of this song weekly if you listen to Big Rick.
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I'm at a lack for other guesses; can you give us the respective years, or is that too much?
Another hint, you'll hear at least a snippet of the original version of this song weekly if you listen to Big Rick.
The original is from 1967, the Bay Area band cover is from the late 70's.
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I'm at a lack for other guesses; can you give us the respective years, or is that too much?
Another hint, you'll hear at least a snippet of the original version of this song weekly if you listen to Big Rick.
The original is from 1967, the Bay Area band cover is from the late 70's.
I'm at a loss. But now I wish the answer were the Casinos/Glen Campbell, "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye."
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I'm at a lack for other guesses; can you give us the respective years, or is that too much?
Another hint, you'll hear at least a snippet of the original version of this song weekly if you listen to Big Rick.
The original is from 1967, the Bay Area band cover is from the late 70's.
I'm at a loss. But now I wish the answer were the Casinos/Glen Campbell, "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye."
"Friday on my Mind"?
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"Friday on my Mind"?
DING DING DING!!!!
Earthquake* & Easybeats**
*played in the Bay Area in the 70's set a couple years back
**played 4-5 times in '67 sets.
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finally getting some free time to try to polish off the edit of the Db, noticed another quizzable fact.
This band has by far the most songs in the Db that contain numbers in the titles, 6 total, including a double digit & a triple digit entry.
(Note - in some cases the number is spelled as a word in the title, as in 'eight miles high')
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finally getting some free time to try to polish off the edit of the Db, noticed another quizzable fact.
This band has by far the most songs in the Db that contain numbers in the titles, 6 total, including a double digit & a triple digit entry.
(Note - in some cases the number is spelled as a word in the title, as in 'eight miles high')
Is it the Beatles?
One After 909
Two of Us
Revolution #1
Revolution #9 (Dave's never actually played this, has he?)
and damn if I can think of any others right now, though Paul solo and with Wings would add to the totals ("1984," has Dave ever played "Figure of Eight"?) ...
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Is it the Beatles?
One After 909
Two of Us
Revolution #1
Revolution #9 (Dave's never actually played this, has he?)
and damn if I can think of any others right now, though Paul solo and with Wings would add to the totals ("1984," has Dave ever played "Figure of Eight"?) ...
Nope, not the Beatles. I've never heard of that first song anyway.
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Is it the Beatles?
One After 909
Two of Us
Revolution #1
Revolution #9 (Dave's never actually played this, has he?)
and damn if I can think of any others right now, though Paul solo and with Wings would add to the totals ("1984," has Dave ever played "Figure of Eight"?) ...
Nope, not the Beatles. I've never heard of that first song anyway.
You've never heard of "One After 909"???
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You've never heard of "One After 909"???
Having looked it up, of course I've heard it, but I guess I never focused on the name of the song before "Long & Winding Road" before.
anyway it's not in the Db.
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finally getting some free time to try to polish off the edit of the Db, noticed another quizzable fact.
This band has by far the most songs in the Db that contain numbers in the titles, 6 total, including a double digit & a triple digit entry.
(Note - in some cases the number is spelled as a word in the title, as in 'eight miles high')
Are you counting songs noted as "Part 1" and "Part 2"? If you are, then maybe the Isley Brothers? This is quite a stumper.
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finally getting some free time to try to polish off the edit of the Db, noticed another quizzable fact.
This band has by far the most songs in the Db that contain numbers in the titles, 6 total, including a double digit & a triple digit entry.
(Note - in some cases the number is spelled as a word in the title, as in 'eight miles high')
Are you counting songs noted as "Part 1" and "Part 2"? If you are, then maybe the Isley Brothers? This is quite a stumper.
The band in question has one of those in the Db, the Isleys have none (& JB has two). Hint: they have songs with a one, a two & a three in the Db.
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finally getting some free time to try to polish off the edit of the Db, noticed another quizzable fact.
This band has by far the most songs in the Db that contain numbers in the titles, 6 total, including a double digit & a triple digit entry.
(Note - in some cases the number is spelled as a word in the title, as in 'eight miles high')
Are you counting songs noted as "Part 1" and "Part 2"? If you are, then maybe the Isley Brothers? This is quite a stumper.
The band in question has one of those in the Db, the Isleys have none (& JB has two). Hint: they have songs with a one, a two & a three in the Db.
Um, Chicago?
Dialogues 1 and 2
25 or 6 to 4
um, i'm out...
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finally getting some free time to try to polish off the edit of the Db, noticed another quizzable fact.
This band has by far the most songs in the Db that contain numbers in the titles, 6 total, including a double digit & a triple digit entry.
(Note - in some cases the number is spelled as a word in the title, as in 'eight miles high')
Are you counting songs noted as "Part 1" and "Part 2"? If you are, then maybe the Isley Brothers? This is quite a stumper.
The band in question has one of those in the Db, the Isleys have none (& JB has two). Hint: they have songs with a one, a two & a three in the Db.
Um, Chicago?
Dialogues 1 and 2
25 or 6 to 4
um, i'm out...
I hadn't thought of Chicago, but they're probably in at #2 on this list since they've also got "Questions 67 & 68" and "In Terms of Two".
Speaking of numbers, I think this is going to be my 8000th post. Woo Hoo!
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Rolling Stones have:
2,000 Man
2,000 Light Years From Home
Hot Stuff Pt. 1
One Hit to the Body
19th Nervous Breakdown
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Rolling Stones have:
2,000 Man
2,000 Light Years From Home
Hot Stuff Pt. 1
One Hit to the Body
19th Nervous Breakdown
actually the only ones they have in the Db are:
19th Nervous Breakdown
Dance Pt. 1
Route 66
Time Waits For No One
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Okay, here's the hint that will make it obvious:
The band with the most number songs has a number in their name.
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Okay, here's the hint that will make it obvious:
The band with the most number songs has a number in their name.
U2?
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Okay, here's the hint that will make it obvious:
The band with the most number songs has a number in their name.
That doesn't make it obvious. :P
I can't think of any number songs from U2, actually.
Four Tops had "7-Rooms of Gloom," but I'm sure Dave's never played "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)."
Four Seasons had "Opus 17" but that's about it.
And before you posted this hint, I was thinking about guessing Dylan b/c of "Rainy Day Women #" and "Sooner or Later (One of Us Must Know)," but I doubt we've ever gotten "Love Minus Zero" or any of the really early numbered efforts.
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Okay, here's the hint that will make it obvious:
The band with the most number songs has a number in their name.
That doesn't make it obvious. :P
I can't think of any number songs from U2, actually.
Try harder!
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Okay, here's the hint that will make it obvious:
The band with the most number songs has a number in their name.
That doesn't make it obvious. :P
I can't think of any number songs from U2, actually.
Try harder!
er... "One", "Two Hearts Beat as One", "Three Sunrises", "11:00 Tick Tock"...
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Okay, here's the hint that will make it obvious:
The band with the most number songs has a number in their name.
That doesn't make it obvious. :P
I can't think of any number songs from U2, actually.
Try harder!
er... "One", "Two Hearts Beat as One", "Three Sunrises", "11:00 Tick Tock"...
those plus "Hawkmoon 269" & "God, Pt. 2"
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Time for another.
This summer I vowed to get the Db up to date, after not having done so since last Oct, but it took me a while, and by the time I had sorted & scrubbed the data from Nov to mid-July, it was already late Aug. So I quickly added the last six weeks up to Aug 31, which leads me to the following question.
Between mid July & the end of Aug, which of the following 10 songs were new entries in the Db?*
Allman Brothers - Statesboro Blues
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
CCR - I Put A Spell On You
Doors - Hello, I Love You
Elton John - Elderberry Wine
Eric Clapton - Tulsa Time
Huey Lewis & The News - If This Is It
Rolling Stones - Angie
Rush - Big Money
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
*at this point the definition is a song certainly not heard for the preceeding 40 months, and also not in any of the 70% of sets that are in the Db for the 3 years before that.
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Time for another.
This summer I vowed to get the Db up to date, after not having done so since last Oct, but it took me a while, and by the time I had sorted & scrubbed the data from Nov to mid-July, it was already late Aug. So I quickly added the last six weeks up to Aug 31, which leads me to the following question.
Between mid July & the end of Aug, which of the following 10 songs were new entries in the Db?*
Allman Brothers - Statesboro Blues
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
CCR - I Put A Spell On You
Doors - Hello, I Love You
Elton John - Elderberry Wine
Eric Clapton - Tulsa Time
Huey Lewis & The News - If This Is It
Rolling Stones - Angie
Rush - Big Money
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
*at this point the definition is a song certainly not heard for the preceeding 40 months, and also not in any of the 70% of sets that are in the Db for the 3 years before that.
All of 'em?
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Time for another.
This summer I vowed to get the Db up to date, after not having done so since last Oct, but it took me a while, and by the time I had sorted & scrubbed the data from Nov to mid-July, it was already late Aug. So I quickly added the last six weeks up to Aug 31, which leads me to the following question.
Between mid July & the end of Aug, which of the following 10 songs were new entries in the Db?*
Allman Brothers - Statesboro Blues
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
CCR - I Put A Spell On You
Doors - Hello, I Love You
Elton John - Elderberry Wine
Eric Clapton - Tulsa Time
Huey Lewis & The News - If This Is It
Rolling Stones - Angie
Rush - Big Money
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
*at this point the definition is a song certainly not heard for the preceeding 40 months, and also not in any of the 70% of sets that are in the Db for the 3 years before that.
All of 'em?
Ha! I was about to say the same thing -- I remember a discussion when Dave played "Elderberry Wine" quite recently, about how hard I found it to believe that it was a bustout.
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Time for another.
This summer I vowed to get the Db up to date, after not having done so since last Oct, but it took me a while, and by the time I had sorted & scrubbed the data from Nov to mid-July, it was already late Aug. So I quickly added the last six weeks up to Aug 31, which leads me to the following question.
Between mid July & the end of Aug, which of the following 10 songs were new entries in the Db?*
Allman Brothers - Statesboro Blues
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
CCR - I Put A Spell On You
Doors - Hello, I Love You
Elton John - Elderberry Wine
Eric Clapton - Tulsa Time
Huey Lewis & The News - If This Is It
Rolling Stones - Angie
Rush - Big Money
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
*at this point the definition is a song certainly not heard for the preceeding 40 months, and also not in any of the 70% of sets that are in the Db for the 3 years before that.
All of 'em?
Ha! I was about to say the same thing -- I remember a discussion when Dave played "Elderberry Wine" quite recently, about how hard I found it to believe that it was a bustout.
That's right, and those were just the most interesting out of 33 songs that qualified. So despite my occasional (okay, persistent) griping, Dave still averages about 1 bustout per set, even though I have around 50 sets on record for each of the most popular years (74-84) and at least 30 sets each from 68-89.
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The other day looking through my Db I was wondering, what is the smallest number of characters needed to give artist-album title-track title?
Spaces count within names and titles, but not between them. So for example Steely Dan-Aja-Peg is 10+3+3=16.
I think I found the shortest in rock & roll history, which is 7 total. It's not in the Db but other tracks from that album are. Can you figure it out?
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The other day looking through my Db I was wondering, what is the smallest number of characters needed to give artist-album title-track title?
Spaces count within names and titles, but not between them. So for example Steely Dan-Aja-Peg is 10+3+3=16.
I think I found the shortest in rock & roll history, which is 7 total. It's not in the Db but other tracks from that album are. Can you figure it out?
U2 - 40 - War
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The other day looking through my Db I was wondering, what is the smallest number of characters needed to give artist-album title-track title?
Spaces count within names and titles, but not between them. So for example Steely Dan-Aja-Peg is 10+3+3=16.
I think I found the shortest in rock & roll history, which is 7 total. It's not in the Db but other tracks from that album are. Can you figure it out?
U2 - 40 - War
HAH! I was gonna go look up the tracks on Boy, having not thought of U2's other three-letter album, but I think Gaz may have nailed it.
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The other day looking through my Db I was wondering, what is the smallest number of characters needed to give artist-album title-track title?
Spaces count within names and titles, but not between them. So for example Steely Dan-Aja-Peg is 10+3+3=16.
I think I found the shortest in rock & roll history, which is 7 total. It's not in the Db but other tracks from that album are. Can you figure it out?
U2 - 40 - War
HAH! I was gonna go look up the tracks on Boy, having not thought of U2's other three-letter album, but I think Gaz may have nailed it.
Indeed he did. Kudos!
I had several hints already thought out, but guess I didn't need 'em.
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Nearly done scrubbing the data for the latest update, which will give us 4 yrs of uninterrupted data (May '04 - Apr '08).
So here's a Who Am I quiz.
I am a major performer with huge success on the billboard charts for many years.
In all the sets up to Aug '04, I only appeared 3 times, and each was in a Hits From Hell set.
In the next 21 months I appeared 3 times, and in the last 24 months I appeared 7 times, so I think Dave has changed his mind about me.
Who Am I?
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Nearly done scrubbing the data for the latest update, which will give us 4 yrs of uninterrupted data (May '04 - Apr '08).
So here's a Who Am I quiz.
I am a major performer with huge success on the billboard charts for many years.
In all the sets up to Aug '04, I only appeared 3 times, and each was in a Hits From Hell set.
In the next 21 months I appeared 3 times, and in the last 24 months I appeared 7 times, so I think Dave has changed his mind about me.
Who Am I?
Well, there was a time when ABBA was HFH only, but that was long ago. Ms. Madonna Louise Ciccone?
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Neil Diamond?
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Neil Diamond?
No, it's Madonna. Neil doesn't appear nearly that often, although he did get a HFH appearance for his duet with Babs once.
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What iconic, oft-anthologized top ten hit from 1968 does not appear even once in the 40 sets from that year that made the Db from 2001-2007, but so far this year it has already appeared twice out of 3 sets from 1968?
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What iconic, oft-anthologized top ten hit from 1968 does not appear even once in the 40 sets from that year that made the Db from 2001-2007, but so far this year it has already appeared twice out of 3 sets from 1968?
OK, I confess to having consulted the three '68 setlists we've heard this year, but nonetheless, you must be referring to Vanilla Fudge's You Keep Me Hangin' On.
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What iconic, oft-anthologized top ten hit from 1968 does not appear even once in the 40 sets from that year that made the Db from 2001-2007, but so far this year it has already appeared twice out of 3 sets from 1968?
OK, I confess to having consulted the three '68 setlists we've heard this year, but nonetheless, you must be referring to Vanilla Fudge's You Keep Me Hangin' On.
I am indeed. This may be the single hardest thing to believe that the Db has ever shown me. FORTY(!?) sets over 7 years & it's not in there even once? Crazy.
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What iconic, oft-anthologized top ten hit from 1968 does not appear even once in the 40 sets from that year that made the Db from 2001-2007, but so far this year it has already appeared twice out of 3 sets from 1968?
OK, I confess to having consulted the three '68 setlists we've heard this year, but nonetheless, you must be referring to Vanilla Fudge's You Keep Me Hangin' On.
I am indeed. This may be the single hardest thing to believe that the Db has ever shown me. FORTY(!?) sets over 7 years & it's not in there even once? Crazy.
I'm not surprised, in that Dave has a LOT of late-'60s faves/standbys/semi-Katrinas that he rotates to the exclusion of what you'd think would be obvious choices.
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No quiz question as such, but I jsut finished another update (now current through today's 1970 excursion) & sent it to Geoff for posting.
Urth & Gaz, I sent it directly to you on the same email.
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No quiz question as such, but I jsut finished another update (now current through today's 1970 excursion) & sent it to Geoff for posting.
Urth & Gaz, I sent it directly to you on the same email.
posted
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No quiz question as such, but I jsut finished another update (now current through today's 1970 excursion) & sent it to Geoff for posting.
Urth & Gaz, I sent it directly to you on the same email.
posted
Merci buckets!
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No quiz question as such, but I jsut finished another update (now current through today's 1970 excursion) & sent it to Geoff for posting.
Urth & Gaz, I sent it directly to you on the same email.
posted
Merci buckets!
Haven't seen it yet. What addy did you send it to?
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No quiz question as such, but I jsut finished another update (now current through today's 1970 excursion) & sent it to Geoff for posting.
Urth & Gaz, I sent it directly to you on the same email.
posted
Merci buckets!
Haven't seen it yet. What addy did you send it to?
He sent it to yer sawnick dawt net - not correct?
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No quiz question as such, but I jsut finished another update (now current through today's 1970 excursion) & sent it to Geoff for posting.
Urth & Gaz, I sent it directly to you on the same email.
posted
Merci buckets!
Haven't seen it yet. What addy did you send it to?
He sent it to yer sawnick dawt net - not correct?
No, that one's still active. It had arrived by the time I woke up this morning, but as of last night it was still out there in the ether. Weird.