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Main Discussion Area => Mondegreens, My 3 Songs, Other Trivia => Topic started by: mshray on October 02, 2007, 10:58:37 AM
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I subscribe to the weekly Ken Jenning email trivia contest, and each week the 7th question is a real hard associative question. Help me out with this one, I haven't cracked it yet.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henery VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins.
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I subscribe to the weekly Ken Jenning email trivia contest, and each week the 7th question is a real hard associative question. Help me out with this one, I haven't cracked it yet.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henery VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins.
Would it help you figure it out if I added Hall & Oates' "Method of Modern Love" to the list?
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I subscribe to the weekly Ken Jenning email trivia contest, and each week the 7th question is a real hard associative question. Help me out with this one, I haven't cracked it yet.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henery VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins.
Would it help you figure it out if I added Hall & Oates' "Method of Modern Love" to the list?
Apparently not. :roll:
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I subscribe to the weekly Ken Jenning email trivia contest, and each week the 7th question is a real hard associative question. Help me out with this one, I haven't cracked it yet.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henery VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins.
Would it help you figure it out if I added Hall & Oates' "Method of Modern Love" to the list?
Apparently not. :roll:
How about the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night"?
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I subscribe to the weekly Ken Jenning email trivia contest, and each week the 7th question is a real hard associative question. Help me out with this one, I haven't cracked it yet.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henery VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins.
Would it help you figure it out if I added Hall & Oates' "Method of Modern Love" to the list?
Apparently not. :roll:
How about the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night"?
Now I got it... I think. But I don't remember any spelling in "American Woman".
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I subscribe to the weekly Ken Jenning email trivia contest, and each week the 7th question is a real hard associative question. Help me out with this one, I haven't cracked it yet.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henery VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins.
Would it help you figure it out if I added Hall & Oates' "Method of Modern Love" to the list?
Apparently not. :roll:
How about the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night"?
Now I got it... I think. But I don't remember any spelling in "American Woman".
The single edit usually omits it, but I've heard an extended version (album track?) that has a spellout in the intro.
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I subscribe to the weekly Ken Jenning email trivia contest, and each week the 7th question is a real hard associative question. Help me out with this one, I haven't cracked it yet.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henery VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins.
Would it help you figure it out if I added Hall & Oates' "Method of Modern Love" to the list?
Apparently not. :roll:
How about the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night"?
Now I got it... I think. But I don't remember any spelling in "American Woman".
The single edit usually omits it, but I've heard an extended version (album track?) that has a spellout in the intro.
Oops, you're right -- but that's fairly obscure compared to either the Rollers or H&O hits. Oh those wacky Mormons, what will they think of next?
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There's spelling in "Henry the VIII I Am?" I can't recall any, but it's difficult to remember very much of the song. Anyway, considering I only had American Woman and Lola to go on (the rest of the songs I do not know at all -- well Safety Dance, but I don't remember spelling in it, either), I didn't feel my spelling guess was very strong.
Also, if it stumped Mark, I didn't think it could be that obvious. :wink:
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There's spelling in "Henry the VIII I Am?" I can't recall any, but it's difficult to remember very much of the song. Anyway, considering I only had American Woman and Lola to go on (the rest of the songs I do not know at all -- well Safety Dance, but I don't remember spelling in it, either), I didn't feel my spelling guess was very strong.
H! E! N-R-Y!
S-S-S-S... A-A-A-A... F-F-F-F-... T-T-T-T...
But yeah, I don't know the Fergie or Eminem, and I find "Hollaback" one of THE most annoying records of the decade, so I've blocked it from my mind.
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Would it help you figure it out if I added Hall & Oates' "Method of Modern Love" to the list?
Apparently not. :roll:
How about the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night"?
I got it instantly with the second hint. And began saying "D'Oh!" a lot.
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S-S-S-S... A-A-A-A... F-F-F-F-... T-T-T-T...
Now that would be interesting, Safty Dance!
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S-S-S-S... A-A-A-A... F-F-F-F-... T-T-T-T...
Now that would be interesting, Safty Dance!
S-M-A-R-T-A-S-S!
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Here's another good trivia question from KJ's weekly 7-question quiz:
4. What's the only single in the history of the Billboard Top Ten to share its name with a book of the Bible? ("Theme from Exodus" is NOT a
biblical book.)
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Here's another good trivia question from KJ's weekly 7-question quiz:
4. What's the only single in the history of the Billboard Top Ten to share its name with a book of the Bible? ("Theme from Exodus" is NOT a
biblical book.)
Well it'd have to be "Daniel" I guess. But there's an album named after 3 books of the bible -- name that.
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Here's another good trivia question from KJ's weekly 7-question quiz:
4. What's the only single in the history of the Billboard Top Ten to share its name with a book of the Bible? ("Theme from Exodus" is NOT a
biblical book.)
Well it'd have to be "Daniel" I guess. But there's an album named after 3 books of the bible -- name that.
Lyle Lovett: Joshua Judges Ruth
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Here's another good trivia question from KJ's weekly 7-question quiz:
4. What's the only single in the history of the Billboard Top Ten to share its name with a book of the Bible? ("Theme from Exodus" is NOT a
biblical book.)
Well it'd have to be "Daniel" I guess. But there's an album named after 3 books of the bible -- name that.
Lyle Lovett: Joshua Judges Ruth
DING DING DING!
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Here's another one from KJ:
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton, "Can It Be All So Simple" by Wu-Tang, "Fade Away and Radiate" by Blondie, "Hotel California" by the Eagles, "Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC, "Love Potion No. 9" by the Clovers, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett, and "Night Moves" by Bob Seger.
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Here's another one from KJ:
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton, "Can It Be All So Simple" by Wu-Tang, "Fade Away and Radiate" by Blondie, "Hotel California" by the Eagles, "Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC, "Love Potion No. 9" by the Clovers, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett, and "Night Moves" by Bob Seger.
I can only give this the Cliff Clavin response: They're all songs that have never been in my kitchen. (My computer, and thus my iTunes, is in the kitchen.)
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Here's another one from KJ:
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton, "Can It Be All So Simple" by Wu-Tang, "Fade Away and Radiate" by Blondie, "Hotel California" by the Eagles, "Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC, "Love Potion No. 9" by the Clovers, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett, and "Night Moves" by Bob Seger.
I can only give this the Cliff Clavin response: They're all songs that have never been in my kitchen. (My computer, and thus my iTunes, is in the kitchen.)
Is this a TANC response, or did you in fact hear Ginger play a clip of that Jeopardy episode today?
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Here's another one from KJ:
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton, "Can It Be All So Simple" by Wu-Tang, "Fade Away and Radiate" by Blondie, "Hotel California" by the Eagles, "Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC, "Love Potion No. 9" by the Clovers, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett, and "Night Moves" by Bob Seger.
I can only give this the Cliff Clavin response: They're all songs that have never been in my kitchen. (My computer, and thus my iTunes, is in the kitchen.)
Is this a TANC response, or did you in fact hear Ginger play a clip of that Jeopardy episode today?
ooo! ooo! they all mention years in the lyrics.
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a ha!
Thanks Mike!
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I can only give this the Cliff Clavin response: They're all songs that have never been in my kitchen. (My computer, and thus my iTunes, is in the kitchen.)
Is this a TANC response, or did you in fact hear Ginger play a clip of that Jeopardy episode today?
TANC.
And Mike - nice catch! I doubt I would ever have come up with that one without more examples.
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Here are two more from KJ, one from last week & one from this week:
What legendary label-mate wrote Mary Wells's "My Guy" and the Temptations' "My Girl"?
What rock act is a duo made up two men, one named Russell, the other surnamed Russell?
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Here are two more from KJ, one from last week & one from this week:
What legendary label-mate wrote Mary Wells's "My Guy" and the Temptations' "My Girl"?
What rock act is a duo made up two men, one named Russell, the other surnamed Russell?
well the first is Smokey Robinson, everybody knows that one. the second I'll have to think about.
TANC: the oldies show on KPOO last nite was doing a & b sides, and played one of my fave Smokey lyrics, "The Love I Saw in you Was Just a Mirage" -- the flip side of which was "Come Spy With Me", the theme from a long-forgotten '60s B-movie Bond knockoff.
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What rock act is a duo made up two men, one named Russell, the other surnamed Russell?
"Rock" is misleading. The answer is Air Supply: Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock. If they had married (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3107464105852979330), the singer could be Russell Russell!
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Ha! Good answer, and thanks for the link. Hadn't seen that hysterical clip before.
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Ha! Good answer, and thanks for the link. Hadn't seen that hysterical clip before.
indeed, very funny -- and more than a touch reminiscent of Flight of the Conchords
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From today's Tuesday Trivia:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Boy Is Mine," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love," "Embraceable You," "Happy Birthday to You," "Hey Little Cobra," "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," and "Summer in the City."
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From today's Tuesday Trivia:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Boy Is Mine," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love," "Embraceable You," "Happy Birthday to You," "Hey Little Cobra," "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," and "Summer in the City."
ah, maybe the bell?
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Bet Ken Jennings will be spending time at PopJax.com:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/14/DDM1VIL9G.DTL
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From today's Tuesday Trivia:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Boy Is Mine," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love," "Embraceable You," "Happy Birthday to You," "Hey Little Cobra," "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," and "Summer in the City."
ah, maybe the bell?
Was this the answer? I waved the white flag a while ago on this one.
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From today's Tuesday Trivia:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Boy Is Mine," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love," "Embraceable You," "Happy Birthday to You," "Hey Little Cobra," "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," and "Summer in the City."
ah, maybe the bell?
Was this the answer? I waved the white flag a while ago on this one.
I don't know either, will find out tomorrow.
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From today's Tuesday Trivia:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Boy Is Mine," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love," "Embraceable You," "Happy Birthday to You," "Hey Little Cobra," "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," and "Summer in the City."
ah, maybe the bell?
Was this the answer? I waved the white flag a while ago on this one.
The answer is (and I have to admit it's a good one):
All were written by siblings--famous ones like the Gershwins in some cases ("Embraceable You") and not-famous ones like Patty and Mildred Hill ("Happy Birthday") in others.
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Another musical question 7 from KJ:
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "Eight Days a Week" by the Beatles, "Man Out of Time" by Elvis Costello, "More Than a Feeling" by Boston, "New Slang" by the Shins, "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Turn to Stone" by ELO, "Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots, "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2.
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Another musical question 7 from KJ:
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "Eight Days a Week" by the Beatles, "Man Out of Time" by Elvis Costello, "More Than a Feeling" by Boston, "New Slang" by the Shins, "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Turn to Stone" by ELO, "Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots, "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2.
something about the song intros?
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Another musical question 7 from KJ:
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "Eight Days a Week" by the Beatles, "Man Out of Time" by Elvis Costello, "More Than a Feeling" by Boston, "New Slang" by the Shins, "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Turn to Stone" by ELO, "Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots, "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2.
something about the song intros?
You are correct, all do long fade ins on the intro.
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Here's one Dave Morey probably knows the answer to:
1. What was the only Billboard #1 single for the Beatles not written by Lennon-McCartney?
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Here's one Dave Morey probably knows the answer to:
1. What was the only Billboard #1 single for the Beatles not written by Lennon-McCartney?
I'm gonna say "Something", tho' it was the "B" of a double-sided hit with "Come Together" on the A.
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Here's one Dave Morey probably knows the answer to:
1. What was the only Billboard #1 single for the Beatles not written by Lennon-McCartney?
I'm gonna say "Something", tho' it was the "B" of a double-sided hit with "Come Together" on the A.
You beat me to it - that's my answer too.
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Here's one Dave Morey probably knows the answer to:
1. What was the only Billboard #1 single for the Beatles not written by Lennon-McCartney?
I'm gonna say "Something", tho' it was the "B" of a double-sided hit with "Come Together" on the A.
You beat me to it - that's my answer too.
Just to be different I'm going to say Twist and Shout--written by the Isleys, iirc.
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Here's one Dave Morey probably knows the answer to:
1. What was the only Billboard #1 single for the Beatles not written by Lennon-McCartney?
I'm gonna say "Something", tho' it was the "B" of a double-sided hit with "Come Together" on the A.
You beat me to it - that's my answer too.
Just to be different I'm going to say Twist and Shout--written by the Isleys, iirc.
So close! "T&S" peaked at #2 (the first time, in '64) and at #23 (the 2nd time, in '86, thanks to Ferris Bueller).
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Here's one Dave Morey probably knows the answer to:
1. What was the only Billboard #1 single for the Beatles not written by Lennon-McCartney?
I'm gonna say "Something", tho' it was the "B" of a double-sided hit with "Come Together" on the A.
You beat me to it - that's my answer too.
Just to be different I'm going to say Twist and Shout--written by the Isleys, iirc.
So close! "T&S" peaked at #2 (the first time, in '64) and at #23 (the 2nd time, in '86, thanks to Ferris Bueller).
According to the Chart info on AMG, "Something" peaked at #3, while "Come Together" is a #1. There is a different Harrison composition that was the B-side of a better known hit which *is* listed as a #1. But I have found inconsistencies in the Billboard info on AMG before & it wouldn't surprise me if Mike & Gaz are right & they are wrong.
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Here's one Dave Morey probably knows the answer to:
1. What was the only Billboard #1 single for the Beatles not written by Lennon-McCartney?
I'm gonna say "Something", tho' it was the "B" of a double-sided hit with "Come Together" on the A.
You beat me to it - that's my answer too.
Just to be different I'm going to say Twist and Shout--written by the Isleys, iirc.
So close! "T&S" peaked at #2 (the first time, in '64) and at #23 (the 2nd time, in '86, thanks to Ferris Bueller).
According to the Chart info on AMG, "Something" peaked at #3, while "Come Together" is a #1. There is a different Harrison composition that was the B-side of a better known hit which *is* listed as a #1. But I have found inconsistencies in the Billboard info on AMG before & it wouldn't surprise me if Mike & Gaz are right & they are wrong.
It's a confusing situation, one which Fred Bronson coincidentally addressed last month in his Chart Beat Chat column:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/chat_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003788787
The two-sided hit single "Come Together" and "Something" is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to the Hot 100. Prior to the introduction of this chart on Aug. 4, 1958, two-sided hits charted as one title on the Best Sellers in Stores chart. For example, Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" were both listed as a solitary No. 1 single, not as two different No. 1s.
But when the Hot 100 was introduced, two-sided hits charted separately. That's why many Beatles singles, such as "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" and "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby," were listed as two separate titles on the Hot 100, occupying and peaking in different positions.
The policy of how two-sided hits were charted changed in the middle of the run of the Beatles' "Come Together" and "Something" (that's the change that happened, not an alteration in how sales information was collected, as you suggest). When these songs debuted on the chart, they were listed in separate positions. Then the chart rule was revised, and "Come Together" and "Something" were combined as one chart title. The week that happened, both songs moved from different positions to No. 1 as one single. That means "Come Together" and "Something" counts as one No. 1 hit, just as the two-sided No. 1 songs "It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King and "Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe" by Rod Stewart do. The same goes for Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight," which is one No. 1 hit, not two.
And that change in policy accounts for the George-penned #1 that may be the answer Ken was seeking.
(PS: "Something" had been at #3 the week before the rule revision, hence some people's deeming that its chart peak.)
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According to the Chart info on AMG, "Something" peaked at #3, while "Come Together" is a #1. There is a different Harrison composition that was the B-side of a better known hit which *is* listed as a #1. But I have found inconsistencies in the Billboard info on AMG before & it wouldn't surprise me if Mike & Gaz are right & they are wrong.
Based on the above, I'm thinking "For You Blue", or whatever Harrison tune was the flip of "Long & Winding Road".
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According to the Chart info on AMG, "Something" peaked at #3, while "Come Together" is a #1. There is a different Harrison composition that was the B-side of a better known hit which *is* listed as a #1. But I have found inconsistencies in the Billboard info on AMG before & it wouldn't surprise me if Mike & Gaz are right & they are wrong.
Based on the above, I'm thinking "For You Blue", or whatever Harrison tune was the flip of "Long & Winding Road".
Ding ding ding (at least according to AMG). We'll see what KJ says next Tuesday.
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According to the Chart info on AMG, "Something" peaked at #3, while "Come Together" is a #1. There is a different Harrison composition that was the B-side of a better known hit which *is* listed as a #1. But I have found inconsistencies in the Billboard info on AMG before & it wouldn't surprise me if Mike & Gaz are right & they are wrong.
Based on the above, I'm thinking "For You Blue", or whatever Harrison tune was the flip of "Long & Winding Road".
Ding ding ding (at least according to AMG). We'll see what KJ says next Tuesday.
Mr. Jennings went with "Something"
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these rock albums? Am I Not Your Girl by Sinead O'Connor, Autoamerican by Blondie, Blue Valentine by Tom Waits, Congregation by the Afghan Whigs, I Am Gloria Gaynor, It's A Shame About Ray by the Lemonheads, With The Beatles, and A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren..
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these rock albums? Am I Not Your Girl by Sinead O'Connor, Autoamerican by Blondie, Blue Valentine by Tom Waits, Congregation by the Afghan Whigs, I Am Gloria Gaynor, It's A Shame About Ray by the Lemonheads, With The Beatles, and A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren..
frank sinatra songs?
i have no idea, but since my trip to senegal, "am i not your girl" has been featured prominently in my dreams. video to follow, i hope.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these rock albums? Am I Not Your Girl by Sinead O'Connor, Autoamerican by Blondie, Blue Valentine by Tom Waits, Congregation by the Afghan Whigs, I Am Gloria Gaynor, It's A Shame About Ray by the Lemonheads, With The Beatles, and A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren..
frank sinatra songs?
i have no idea, but since my trip to senegal, "am i not your girl" has been featured prominently in my dreams. video to follow, i hope.
I suppose they all feature cover songs of some sort...the Lemonheads cover "Mrs. Robinson" and With The Beatles features Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven". Am I Not Your Girl is a complete album of covers, which is not at all uncommon, so the link surely must be more specific than that. No?
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these rock albums? Am I Not Your Girl by Sinead O'Connor, Autoamerican by Blondie, Blue Valentine by Tom Waits, Congregation by the Afghan Whigs, I Am Gloria Gaynor, It's A Shame About Ray by the Lemonheads, With The Beatles, and A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren..
frank sinatra songs?
i have no idea, but since my trip to senegal, "am i not your girl" has been featured prominently in my dreams. video to follow, i hope.
I suppose they all feature cover songs of some sort...the Lemonheads cover "Mrs. Robinson" and With The Beatles features Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven". Am I Not Your Girl is a complete album of covers, which is not at all uncommon, so the link surely must be more specific than that. No?
Yes! You're on right track with the covers, but it's a certain type of cover that I think he's after. All of those albums include songs that were in Broadway musicals:
Blondie--Follow Me (Lerner & Loewe; Camelot)
Tom Waits--Somewhere (Bernstein, Sondheim; West Side Story)
Afghan Whigs--The Temple (Lloyd-Webber, Rice; Jesus Christ Superstar)
Lemonheads--Frank Mills (Macdermot, Rado, Ragni;Hair)
Beatles--Till There Was You (Meredith Willson; The Music Man)
Sinead O'Connor--Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (Rodgers & Hart; Pal Joey) or Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Lloyd-Webber, Rice; Evita)
Todd Rundgren--Never Never Land (Comden, Green, Styne; Peter Pan)
I know this last album pretty well, and that was the only cover I could think of on it, which clued me in to what the connection was. Jennings also could have gone with Todd's cover of Something's Coming from Another Live, also from West Side Story.
There must be one on the Gloria Gaynor album but I couldn't pick it out in my research, so one of y'all can get extra Frink points if you can come up with that one.
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There must be one on the Gloria Gaynor album but I couldn't pick it out in my research, so one of y'all can get extra Frink points if you can come up with that one.
I Am Gloria Gaynor features her disco cover of "I Am What I Am" from the B'way musical La Cage Aux Folles.
"you have one life
and there's no return and no deposit
one life
so it's time to open up yo' closet..."
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these rock albums? Am I Not Your Girl by Sinead O'Connor, Autoamerican by Blondie, Blue Valentine by Tom Waits, Congregation by the Afghan Whigs, I Am Gloria Gaynor, It's A Shame About Ray by the Lemonheads, With The Beatles, and A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren..
frank sinatra songs?
i have no idea, but since my trip to senegal, "am i not your girl" has been featured prominently in my dreams. video to follow, i hope.
I suppose they all feature cover songs of some sort...the Lemonheads cover "Mrs. Robinson" and With The Beatles features Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven". Am I Not Your Girl is a complete album of covers, which is not at all uncommon, so the link surely must be more specific than that. No?
Yes! You're on right track with the covers, but it's a certain type of cover that I think he's after. All of those albums include songs that were in Broadway musicals:
Blondie--Follow Me (Lerner & Loewe; Camelot)
Tom Waits--Somewhere (Bernstein, Sondheim; West Side Story)
Afghan Whigs--The Temple (Lloyd-Webber, Rice; Jesus Christ Superstar)
Lemonheads--Frank Mills (Macdermot, Rado, Ragni;Hair)
Beatles--Till There Was You (Meredith Willson; The Music Man)
Sinead O'Connor--Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (Rodgers & Hart; Pal Joey) or Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Lloyd-Webber, Rice; Evita)
Todd Rundgren--Never Never Land (Comden, Green, Styne; Peter Pan)
I know this last album pretty well, and that was the only cover I could think of on it, which clued me in to what the connection was. Jennings also could have gone with Todd's cover of Something's Coming from Another Live, also from West Side Story.
There must be one on the Gloria Gaynor album but I couldn't pick it out in my research, so one of y'all can get extra Frink points if you can come up with that one.
Kudos! That's a lot more brain power you used there than I had going.
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KJ confirms the correctness of your answer.
Even more proof that KJ is our kind a folks...check out his explanantion of the answer to last week's question #4:
4. In 1986, who produced a short-lived MTV series called Fifteen Minutes?
Yes, Andy Warhol used to be on MTV. On MTV, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, except Matt Pinfield, who will be famous for 120 minutes.
fwiw, I still have my 120 Minutes double CD.
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KJ confirms the correctness of your answer.
Even more proof that KJ is our kind a folks...check out his explanantion of the answer to last week's question #4:
4. In 1986, who produced a short-lived MTV series called Fifteen Minutes?
Yes, Andy Warhol used to be on MTV. On MTV, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, except Matt Pinfield, who will be famous for 120 minutes.
fwiw, I still have my 120 Minutes double CD.
FYI, Matt Pinfield is the new morning guy at NYC's WRXP (the new Triple-A station).
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KJ confirms the correctness of your answer.
Even more proof that KJ is our kind a folks...check out his explanantion of the answer to last week's question #4:
4. In 1986, who produced a short-lived MTV series called Fifteen Minutes?
Yes, Andy Warhol used to be on MTV. On MTV, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, except Matt Pinfield, who will be famous for 120 minutes.
fwiw, I still have my 120 Minutes double CD.
FYI, Matt Pinfield is the new morning guy at NYC's WRXP (the new Triple-A station).
I still associate 120 Minutes with Dave (pronounced "Dive") Kendall.
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#7 - What unusual distinction is shared by, as far as I can tell, fewer than 20 people, including George Custer, Bette Davis, St. Dominic, Duke Ellington, William Halsey, Henry VIII, Douglas Macarthur, and Mozart?
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#7 - What unusual distinction is shared by, as far as I can tell, fewer than 20 people, including George Custer, Bette Davis, St. Dominic, Duke Ellington, William Halsey, Henry VIII, Douglas Macarthur, and Mozart?
Names appearing in #1 hits:
Please Mr. Custer
Bette Davis Eyes
Dominique-a-nic-a-nic-a
Sir Duke
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
I'm Henry VIII, I Am
MacArthur's Park
Rock Me Amadeus
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#7 - What unusual distinction is shared by, as far as I can tell, fewer than 20 people, including George Custer, Bette Davis, St. Dominic, Duke Ellington, William Halsey, Henry VIII, Douglas Macarthur, and Mozart?
Names appearing in #1 hits:
Please Mr. Custer
Bette Davis Eyes
Dominique-a-nic-a-nic-a
Sir Duke
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
I'm Henry VIII, I Am
MacArthur's Park
Rock Me Amadeus
I think we have a winner!
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#7 - What unusual distinction is shared by, as far as I can tell, fewer than 20 people, including George Custer, Bette Davis, St. Dominic, Duke Ellington, William Halsey, Henry VIII, Douglas Macarthur, and Mozart?
Names appearing in #1 hits:
Please Mr. Custer
Bette Davis Eyes
Dominique-a-nic-a-nic-a
Sir Duke
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
I'm Henry VIII, I Am
MacArthur's Park
Rock Me Amadeus
I think we have a winner!
Yep. In his answer explanation KJ mentioned a couple other possibilities, and made a slight error in saying that "Hey Jude" was about Julian Lennon, when it's actually about his mom.
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#7 - What unusual distinction is shared by, as far as I can tell, fewer than 20 people, including George Custer, Bette Davis, St. Dominic, Duke Ellington, William Halsey, Henry VIII, Douglas Macarthur, and Mozart?
Names appearing in #1 hits:
Please Mr. Custer
Bette Davis Eyes
Dominique-a-nic-a-nic-a
Sir Duke
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
I'm Henry VIII, I Am
MacArthur's Park
Rock Me Amadeus
I think we have a winner!
Yep. In his answer explanation KJ mentioned a couple other possibilities, and made a slight error in saying that "Hey Jude" was about Julian Lennon, when it's actually about his mom.
I was under the impression that Hey Jude was indeed about--or at least addressed--Julian, not Cynthia Lennon.
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#7 - What unusual distinction is shared by, as far as I can tell, fewer than 20 people, including George Custer, Bette Davis, St. Dominic, Duke Ellington, William Halsey, Henry VIII, Douglas Macarthur, and Mozart?
Names appearing in #1 hits:
Please Mr. Custer
Bette Davis Eyes
Dominique-a-nic-a-nic-a
Sir Duke
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
I'm Henry VIII, I Am
MacArthur's Park
Rock Me Amadeus
I think we have a winner!
Yep. In his answer explanation KJ mentioned a couple other possibilities, and made a slight error in saying that "Hey Jude" was about Julian Lennon, when it's actually about his mom.
I was under the impression that Hey Jude was indeed about--or at least addressed--Julian, not Cynthia Lennon.
Me too -- it ain't called "Hey Cyn"
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I think the whole quiz is worth reproducing this week, even though only one question is specifically about music. I got the answers for 2-6 myself.
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. Jim Carrey has played the lead in two different adaptations of what author's works?
2. What sport does a "kegler" enjoy?
3. What 38-year-old brand was discontinued two weeks ago, replaced by "FedEx Office"?
4. The "big-sea-water" Gitche Gumee in the first line of Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha" is what modern-day body of water?
5. What band released identically titled eponymous albums in 1994, 2001, and 2008, which fans tend to call the "Blue," "Green," and "Red" albums?
6. Whom did Howard Carter discover in KV62 in 1922?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series? Alias, China Beach, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Mad Men, and One Tree Hill.
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3. Kinkos?
5. Weezer
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all might be wrong
1. Jim Carrey has played the lead in two different adaptations of what author's works?
dr. seuss
2. What sport does a "kegler" enjoy?
beer
3. What 38-year-old brand was discontinued two weeks ago, replaced by "FedEx Office"?
ups
4. The "big-sea-water" Gitche Gumee in the first line of Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha" is what modern-day body of water?
caspian sea
5. What band released identically titled eponymous albums in 1994, 2001, and 2008, which fans tend to call the "Blue," "Green," and "Red" albums?
weezer
6. Whom did Howard Carter discover in KV62 in 1922?
george washington carver
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series? Alias, China Beach, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Mad Men, and One Tree Hill.
beautiful, dark-short-haired white women?
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all might be wrong
1. Jim Carrey has played the lead in two different adaptations of what author's works?
dr. seuss
2. What sport does a "kegler" enjoy?
beer
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series? Alias, China Beach, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Mad Men, and One Tree Hill.
beautiful, dark-short-haired white women?
I think you got #1 right, I wasn't thinking of that. I like your answers for #2 & #7, Beer is definitely my favorite sport.
Both of Rod's answers are correct.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series? Alias, China Beach, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Mad Men, and One Tree Hill.
I'm thinking maybe: every episode of the first seasons of these shows were written or co-written by one person? (in Mad Men's case I know it's Matthew Weiner, and I'm pretty sure DH's first season was written by one guy).
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LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Jim Carrey has played the lead in two different adaptations of what author's works?
He's been Horton hearing the Who and the Grinch stealing Christmas, in two different Dr. Seuss movies.
2. What sport does a "kegler" enjoy?
In German, a "kegel" is a bowling pin. Keglers are bowlers.
3. What 38-year-old brand was discontinued two weeks ago, replaced by "FedEx Office"?
R.I.P. Kinko's!
4. The "big-sea-water" Gitche Gumee in the first line of Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha" is what modern-day body of water?
Lake Superior. This one's a little easier if you know "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
5. What band released identically titled eponymous albums in 1994, 2001, and 2008, which fans tend to call the "Blue," "Green," and "Red" albums?
Weezer, never short of creativity, has three separate albums just called Weezer.
6. Whom did Howard Carter discover in KV62 in 1922?
He was the Egyptologist who discovered the tomb of (born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia) King Tut.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series: Alias, China Beach, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Mad Men, and One Tree Hill?
Each series abruptly jumped forward years in time at some point during its run. (Or will, in the case of Mad Men, which won't jump ahead until the second season premiere next month.)
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3. Of the very few songs with three-letter titles ever to have topped the Billboard pop chart, who sang lead on three of them?
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3. Of the very few songs with three-letter titles ever to have topped the Billboard pop chart, who sang lead on three of them?
I know this one but I'll give others a chance. ;D
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3. Of the very few songs with three-letter titles ever to have topped the Billboard pop chart, who sang lead on three of them?
I know this one but I'll give others a chance. ;D
Pretty sure I know too, but the 3rd title is eluding me. Unless it's something of a trick question.
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3. Of the very few songs with three-letter titles ever to have topped the Billboard pop chart, who sang lead on three of them?
I know this one but I'll give others a chance. ;D
Pretty sure I know too, but the 3rd title is eluding me. Unless it's something of a trick question.
Ah, of course. Not a trick. (cheated on the last one).
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3. Of the very few songs with three-letter titles ever to have topped the Billboard pop chart, who sang lead on three of them?
I'm guessing Michael Jackson: ABC, PYT and BEN.
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3. Of the very few songs with three-letter titles ever to have topped the Billboard pop chart, who sang lead on three of them?
I'm guessing Michael Jackson: ABC, PYT and BEN.
Yes, but BAD, not PYT. 8)
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3. Of the very few songs with three-letter titles ever to have topped the Billboard pop chart, who sang lead on three of them?
I'm guessing Michael Jackson: ABC, PYT and BEN.
Yes, but BAD, not PYT. 8)
For some reason, I was having trouble coming up with "ABC", though I finally tracked it down on Wiki. My trick answer is "Say Say Say", which is a three letter (repeated thrice) song title.
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3. Of the very few songs with three-letter titles ever to have topped the Billboard pop chart, who sang lead on three of them?
I'm guessing Michael Jackson: ABC, PYT and BEN.
Yes, but BAD, not PYT. 8)
Ha! I overlooked the obvious.
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Here's the latest from everyone's favorite Jeopardy champ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these musicians? Sheryl Crow, Art Garfunkel, Bryan Ferry, Roberta Flack, Ezra Koenig, Kris Kristofferson, Gene Simmons, Sting.
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Here's the latest from everyone's favorite Jeopardy champ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these musicians? Sheryl Crow, Art Garfunkel, Bryan Ferry, Roberta Flack, Ezra Koenig, Kris Kristofferson, Gene Simmons, Sting.
They've all had sex with Lance Armstrong and Eric Clapton? Oh, wait that was just Sheryl 'Ho.
ETA: as mentioned the other day, Ferry was a teacher... I know Flack and Sting were too. I shudder at the thought of Gene Simmons in a classroom, but maybe that's it?
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Here's the latest from everyone's favorite Jeopardy champ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these musicians? Sheryl Crow, Art Garfunkel, Bryan Ferry, Roberta Flack, Ezra Koenig, Kris Kristofferson, Gene Simmons, Sting.
They've all had sex with Lance Armstrong and Eric Clapton? Oh, wait that was just Sheryl 'Ho.
ETA: as mentioned the other day, Ferry was a teacher... I know Flack and Sting were too. I shudder at the thought of Gene Simmons in a classroom, but maybe that's it?
I think you're right--I know Sheryl Crow taught, and I think Gene Simmons may have too. Even scarier than him, Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) used to teach as well--for a number of years after his band was going even. Can't imagine that drunkard guiding the minds of our youth, but there you go.
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Here's the latest from everyone's favorite Jeopardy champ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these musicians? Sheryl Crow, Art Garfunkel, Bryan Ferry, Roberta Flack, Ezra Koenig, Kris Kristofferson, Gene Simmons, Sting.
They've all had sex with Lance Armstrong and Eric Clapton? Oh, wait that was just Sheryl 'Ho.
ETA: as mentioned the other day, Ferry was a teacher... I know Flack and Sting were too. I shudder at the thought of Gene Simmons in a classroom, but maybe that's it?
I think you're right--I know Sheryl Crow taught, and I think Gene Simmons may have too. Even scarier than him, Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) used to teach as well--for a number of years after his band was going even. Can't imagine that drunkard guiding the minds of our youth, but there you go.
D'Oh!!!!!
That could read: Mark Schroeder, Sheryl Crow, Art Garfunkel, Bryan Ferry, Roberta Flack, Ezra Koenig, Kris Kristofferson, Gene Simmons, Sting.
I'm a former teacher, too! (some day Geoff will be as well...unless he departs this earthly coil directly from the classroom)
I knew that about SC, BF, KK & Gordon-Sumner-aka-Sting.
Kris Kristofferson's bio (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hifixql5ldse~T1) is a must read: he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, won a Rhodes scholarship & taught at West Point(!)
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I'm a former teacher, too! (some day Geoff will be as well...unless he departs this earthly coil directly from the classroom)
well, since I came to teaching so late, and my retirement sucks, that just might be the way!
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Kris Kristofferson's bio (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hifixql5ldse~T1) is a must read: he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, won a Rhodes scholarship & taught at West Point(!)
And he's a graduate of San Mateo High School, in the same class as my uncle.
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One I knew & one I didn't:
A) What unusual distinction do all of these albums share: Miles Davis's Star People, Bob Dylan's Self Portrait, Eminem's The Re-Up, The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, Nirvana's Incesticide, The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses, The Who The Who by Numbers?
B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
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One I knew & one I didn't:
A) What unusual distinction do all of these albums share: Miles Davis's Star People, Bob Dylan's Self Portrait, Eminem's The Re-Up, The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, Nirvana's Incesticide, The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses, The Who The Who by Numbers?
B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
I'm guessing A) is "they all have artwork on the cover done by one of the performers"? B) I'm still working on.
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One I knew & one I didn't:
A) What unusual distinction do all of these albums share: Miles Davis's Star People, Bob Dylan's Self Portrait, Eminem's The Re-Up, The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, Nirvana's Incesticide, The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses, The Who The Who by Numbers?
B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
I'm guessing A) is "they all have artwork on the cover done by one of the performers"? B) I'm still working on.
I think you're right on A. I know it's true of the last 4 in the list.
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B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
eric clapton/carmen/martin?
or
john fogerty/waite?
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B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
eric clapton/carmen/martin?
or
john fogerty/waite?
OMG! it's a pair of, er, Peters! Cetera (ex-Chicago) and Gabriel (Ex-Genesis). "Sledgehammer" was knocked out of the #1 slot by "Glory of Love" (a HFH if ever there was one) in August of '86.
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B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
eric clapton/carmen/martin?
or
john fogerty/waite?
OMG! it's a pair of, er, Peters! Cetera (ex-Chicago) and Gabriel (Ex-Genesis). "Sledgehammer" was knocked out of the #1 slot by "Glory of Love" (a HFH if ever there was one) in August of '86.
Well done! I thought Peter C might be one of them but couldn't come up with Peter G.
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B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
eric clapton/carmen/martin?
or
john fogerty/waite?
OMG! it's a pair of, er, Peters! Cetera (ex-Chicago) and Gabriel (Ex-Genesis). "Sledgehammer" was knocked out of the #1 slot by "Glory of Love" (a HFH if ever there was one) in August of '86.
ha! that's a fun fact. but, if i remember correctly, sledgehammer had held #1 for a long time, and "glory of love" was from the karate kid (III?) soundtrack, right? talk about a your knight in shining armour.
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B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
eric clapton/carmen/martin?
or
john fogerty/waite?
OMG! it's a pair of, er, Peters! Cetera (ex-Chicago) and Gabriel (Ex-Genesis). "Sledgehammer" was knocked out of the #1 slot by "Glory of Love" (a HFH if ever there was one) in August of '86.
Nicely done, sir. I was working on Phils, but couldn't come up with another Phil -- but I had an ex-Genesis conect...
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B) Who are the only two artists of the same first name ever to have consecutive #1 Billboard hits? Hint: each had gone solo after a lengthy career in a major band.
eric clapton/carmen/martin?
or
john fogerty/waite?
OMG! it's a pair of, er, Peters! Cetera (ex-Chicago) and Gabriel (Ex-Genesis). "Sledgehammer" was knocked out of the #1 slot by "Glory of Love" (a HFH if ever there was one) in August of '86.
Nicely done, sir. I was working on Phils, but couldn't come up with another Phil -- but I had an ex-Genesis conect...
I exhuasted John, Paul and George first, then thought Michael (Jackson & McDonald) was the ticket -- figured an MJ #1 mighta followed "On My Own", but no.
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Another from KJ:
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley.
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Another from KJ:
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley.
i want to say they all begin with a guitar being played by itself, but "dancing queen" doesn't fit in.
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Another from KJ:
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley.
I think I got it, but I cheated (looked up the lyrics on google). I'll wait for the official answer to come down...
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Another from KJ:
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley.
I think I got it, but I cheated (looked up the lyrics on google). I'll wait for the official answer to come down...
hmmm...so now i'm thinking "little ditty" or "little story"?
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Another from KJ:
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley.
I think I got it, but I cheated (looked up the lyrics on google). I'll wait for the official answer to come down...
hmmm...so now i'm thinking "little ditty" or "little story"?
i think i've got it now. the answer should be "in my life".
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Another from KJ:
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley.
I think I got it, but I cheated (looked up the lyrics on google). I'll wait for the official answer to come down...
hmmm...so now i'm thinking "little ditty" or "little story"?
i think i've got it now. the answer should be "in my life".
all the songs mentions a specific age..?
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Another from KJ:
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley.
I think I got it, but I cheated (looked up the lyrics on google). I'll wait for the official answer to come down...
hmmm...so now i'm thinking "little ditty" or "little story"?
i think i've got it now. the answer should be "in my life".
all the songs mentions a specific age..?
if that's the case, they might be listed in order: 13 in "alive", 16 in the smiths tune...jack and diane were 17? i can't remember. so the beatles song would mention 21 or 12? oooohhh, i love it when rush sneaks in like that. ;)
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Another from KJ:
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley.
I think I got it, but I cheated (looked up the lyrics on google). I'll wait for the official answer to come down...
hmmm...so now i'm thinking "little ditty" or "little story"?
i think i've got it now. the answer should be "in my life".
all the songs mentions a specific age..?
Yep, that was it. So either "I Saw Her Standing There" or "When I'm 64" would work.
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Sometimes KJ really has his wits about him & this week is one of his best. So I'm posting the whole email - intro & both this week's questions & last week's answers with his witty comments.
It's the 53rd and final Tuesday of 2009! Most weekly mass e-mails only give you fifty-two installments a year, but Tuesday Trivia goes the extra mile. No, really--check a calendar.
The end of 2009 means this is probably my last chance to ask trivia questions about The Love Guru, Joe the Plumber, "I Kissed a Girl," and trucker hats. I'll try to resist the temptation...
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Orchestras tune up to the sound of an oboe playing what note?
2. What remarkable win-loss record was shared by both Twins pitcher Terry Felton and the 2008 Detroit Lions?
3. What word appears in the titles of *both* the Pulitzer-winning plays of author Thornton Wilder?
4. What scientist's 1859 work most famously supplanted the popular 19th-century theory of Lamarckism?
5. What TV network uses the new slogan "Chime In"?
6. Hundreds of thousands of orders have poured in for the Ducati Model 271, a model of what made famous last month by Muntader al-Zaidi?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these films? Face/Off, Mary Poppins, La Ronde, Ronin, Ruggles of Red Gap, The Spanish Prisoner, The Sting, and Strangers on the Train.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What career does Hermey the Misfit Elf think he'd prefer to toymaking?
Dentistry! (Oddly, misfit dentists often wish they were making toys for Santa.)
2. What movie was adapted from the book "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash"?
That Jean Shepherd book inspired many of the anecdotes in A Christmas Story.
3. What botanist sent a namesake Christmas symbol back to the U.S. in 1828 while serving as the first U.S. minister to Mexico?
Joel Roberts Poinsett first introduced North America to the flower the Aztecs called "cuetlaxochitl."
4. What two animals "kept time" for "The Little Drummer Boy"?
The ox and lamb kept time. But the lamb, being white, kept clapping on the one and three.
5. What's the name of the Wookiee holiday analogous to Christmas in the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special?
Life Day! The other day my six-year-old son asked me whose birth we celebrate on Life Day--Darth Vader's? Thank you, Star Wars, for this early theological confusion.
6. What was George Washington famously doing on Christmas Day, 1776?
Crossing the Delaware. (Ironically, he was Benedict Arnold's "secret Santa"!)
7. What unusual distinction (at least in their respective fields) did these famous people share with the historical St. Nicholas? Ansel Adams, Marlon Brando, Copernicus, Albus Dumbledore, Stephen Fry, Charlton Heston, Michelangelo, Robert Mitchum, Thackeray, Owen Wilson.
All sport (or sported) visibly broken noses. In St. Nicholas's case, we know this from modern analysis of Santa's skull. "His ears were like cauliflowers, his nose like a cherry..."
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It's the 53rd and final Tuesday of 2009! Most weekly mass e-mails only give you fifty-two installments a year, but Tuesday Trivia goes the extra mile. No, really--check a calendar.
The end of 2009 means this is probably my last chance to ask trivia questions about The Love Guru, Joe the Plumber, "I Kissed a Girl," and trucker hats. I'll try to resist the temptation...
Yep, inspired. But he's a year ahead in his intro--not once but twice. At least he's consistent. :)
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Sometimes KJ really has his wits about him & this week is one of his best. So I'm posting the whole email - intro & both this week's questions & last week's answers with his witty comments.
The end of 2009 means this is probably my last chance to ask trivia questions about The Love Guru, Joe the Plumber, "I Kissed a Girl," and trucker hats.
Oh, Ken... trucker hats are soooo five years ago.
4. What two animals "kept time" for "The Little Drummer Boy"?
The ox and lamb kept time. But the lamb, being white, kept clapping on the one and three.
Cute joke, but in the original version it was "the ox and ass" who kept time -- it was later changed to "lamb" because some people were offended by the word "ass" and it was impossible to get children's choruses to sing "ass" without laughing (I was a choir boy, I speak from experience).
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I've no idea, but very curious about this one. Anyone know?
3. The final actor to play the street urchin Gavroche in Broadway's Les Miserables is now the youngest member of what band?
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I've no idea, but very curious about this one. Anyone know?
3. The final actor to play the street urchin Gavroche in Broadway's Les Miserables is now the youngest member of what band?
Interestingly, this turns out to be Nick Jonas, the youngest of the Jonas Brothers.
I guess that disproves the theory that they had no talent until being conjured up out of some marketing guy's imagination.
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Here's another musical question 7 from KJ.
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "Aeroplane" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd, "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens, "Happy Christmas (War Is Over") by John and Yoko, "I'm a Thug" by Trick Daddy, "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown, "2080" by Yeasayer, "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner.
Surprisingly, I got this because of the inclusion of the Ray Stevens song, an album that my folks had & played often when I was a child.
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Here's another musical question 7 from KJ.
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "Aeroplane" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd, "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens, "Happy Christmas (War Is Over") by John and Yoko, "I'm a Thug" by Trick Daddy, "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown, "2080" by Yeasayer, "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner.
Surprisingly, I got this because of the inclusion of the Ray Stevens song, an album that my folks had & played often when I was a child.
children's choruses on all of 'em?
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Here's another musical question 7 from KJ.
What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "Aeroplane" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd, "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens, "Happy Christmas (War Is Over") by John and Yoko, "I'm a Thug" by Trick Daddy, "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown, "2080" by Yeasayer, "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner.
Surprisingly, I got this because of the inclusion of the Ray Stevens song, an album that my folks had & played often when I was a child.
children's choruses on all of 'em?
Yup, that was my guess, even before reading Mike's.
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The funny part of the JB song is that those are white kids singing on "Say It Loud."
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This one is less interesting for the question than for the answer + comment:
5. David Wild's 2008 memoir He Is...I Say is about being a fan of what musician?
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Answer: Neil Diamond--the title is a reference to his hit "I Am...I Said." I'm thinking of writing a follow-up called He Isn't...I Say, about my lifelong desire to beat up Neil Diamond.
I giggled at the image of that cat fight!
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This one is less interesting for the question than for the answer + comment:
5. David Wild's 2008 memoir He Is...I Say is about being a fan of what musician?
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Answer: Neil Diamond--the title is a reference to his hit "I Am...I Said." I'm thinking of writing a follow-up called He Isn't...I Say, about my lifelong desire to beat up Neil Diamond.
I giggled at the image of that cat fight!
Always bet on a Jew from Brooklyn against a Mormon from Utah (or wherever KJ is from).
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This one is less interesting for the question than for the answer + comment:
5. David Wild's 2008 memoir He Is...I Say is about being a fan of what musician?
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Answer: Neil Diamond--the title is a reference to his hit "I Am...I Said." I'm thinking of writing a follow-up called He Isn't...I Say, about my lifelong desire to beat up Neil Diamond.
I giggled at the image of that cat fight!
Always bet on a Jew from Brooklyn against a Mormon from Utah (or wherever KJ is from).
But KJ's 12 wives could beat up ND's two cousins.
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1. In the titles of #1 hits, what did Andy Gibb and Tommy Paige both want to be, and Wham! and Vertical Horizon both offer you?
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1. In the titles of #1 hits, what did Andy Gibb and Tommy Paige both want to be, and Wham! and Vertical Horizon both offer you?
Everything?
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1. In the titles of #1 hits, what did Andy Gibb and Tommy Paige both want to be, and Wham! and Vertical Horizon both offer you?
Everything?
Hurray! We have a winner! I'd forgotten that this question had gone unanswered by me or anyone else.
Nice to see you around again Princess.
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1. In the titles of #1 hits, what did Andy Gibb and Tommy Paige both want to be, and Wham! and Vertical Horizon both offer you?
Everything?
Hurray! We have a winner! I'd forgotten that this question had gone unanswered by me or anyone else.
Nice to see you around again Princess.
Thanks! Nice to be here.
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Here's the latest Question 7 from KJ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical artists? The Beatles, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, No Doubt, OutKast, Paul and Paula, Pink Floyd, Plain White T's, Hank Williams.
He describes this as being a particularly "accessible" question 7, but I must not be looking at it the right way.
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Oh wait, as soon as I posted that I think I got it.
...which kind of proves the point of the science article I just posted.
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Here's the latest Question 7 from KJ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical artists? The Beatles, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, No Doubt, OutKast, Paul and Paula, Pink Floyd, Plain White T's, Hank Williams.
He describes this as being a particularly "accessible" question 7, but I must not be looking at it the right way.
I'm thinking of something like "self-referential songs" (true of the Beatles, JHE, P&P, PF and maybe OutKast and Hank Sr) but can't pin 'em all down.
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Here's the latest Question 7 from KJ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical artists? The Beatles, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, No Doubt, OutKast, Paul and Paula, Pink Floyd, Plain White T's, Hank Williams.
He describes this as being a particularly "accessible" question 7, but I must not be looking at it the right way.
"Hey" songs:
Hey Jude
Hey Joe
Hey Baby
Hey Ya
Hey Paula
Hey You
Hey There Delilah
(I don't know the Hank Williams.)
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Here's the latest Question 7 from KJ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical artists? The Beatles, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, No Doubt, OutKast, Paul and Paula, Pink Floyd, Plain White T's, Hank Williams.
He describes this as being a particularly "accessible" question 7, but I must not be looking at it the right way.
"Hey" songs:
Hey Jude
Hey Joe
Hey Baby
Hey Ya
Hey Paula
Hey You
Hey There Delilah
(I don't know the Hank Williams.)
And you could add Robert Palmer (Hey Julia) and Bruce Channel (another Hey Baby) to that list, right off the top of my head. I peeked on the Hank Williams, so I won't reveal it but when you see it you'll go "Of COURSE!!"
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What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, listed in this order?
King Crimson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gang of Four, R.E.M., Joni Mitchell, Matt Bianco, Stone Temple Pilots.
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Here's the latest Question 7 from KJ:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical artists? The Beatles, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, No Doubt, OutKast, Paul and Paula, Pink Floyd, Plain White T's, Hank Williams.
He describes this as being a particularly "accessible" question 7, but I must not be looking at it the right way.
"Hey" songs:
Hey Jude
Hey Joe
Hey Baby
Hey Ya
Hey Paula
Hey You
Hey There Delilah
(I don't know the Hank Williams.)
And you could add Robert Palmer (Hey Julia) and Bruce Channel (another Hey Baby) to that list, right off the top of my head. I peeked on the Hank Williams, so I won't reveal it but when you see it you'll go "Of COURSE!!"
Is it Hey, Good Looking?
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What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, listed in this order?
King Crimson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gang of Four, R.E.M., Joni Mitchell, Matt Bianco, Stone Temple Pilots.
they all produced albums titled by a color, although I can't get the JSBE or Go4
King Crimson = Red
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- ??
Gang of Four -- ??
R.E.M. = Green
Joni Mitchell = Blue
Matt Bianco = (I'll guess "White," just b/c of his name)
Stone Temple Pilots = Purple
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What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, listed in this order?
King Crimson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gang of Four, R.E.M., Joni Mitchell, Matt Bianco, Stone Temple Pilots.
they all produced albums titled by a color, although I can't get the JSBE or Go4
King Crimson = Red
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- ??
Gang of Four -- ??
R.E.M. = Green
Joni Mitchell = Blue
Matt Bianco = (I'll guess "White," just b/c of his name)
Stone Temple Pilots = Purple
I believe you got it. Gang of Four had an album called Gold, not sure about JSBE.
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What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, listed in this order?
King Crimson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gang of Four, R.E.M., Joni Mitchell, Matt Bianco, Stone Temple Pilots.
they all produced albums titled by a color, although I can't get the JSBE or Go4
King Crimson = Red
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- ??
Gang of Four -- ??
R.E.M. = Green
Joni Mitchell = Blue
Matt Bianco = (I'll guess "White," just b/c of his name)
Stone Temple Pilots = Purple
I believe you got it. Gang of Four had an album called Gold, not sure about JSBE.
turns out they had one called "Orange"
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What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, listed in this order?
King Crimson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gang of Four, R.E.M., Joni Mitchell, Matt Bianco, Stone Temple Pilots.
they all produced albums titled by a color, although I can't get the JSBE or Go4
King Crimson = Red
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- ??
Gang of Four -- ??
R.E.M. = Green
Joni Mitchell = Blue
Matt Bianco = (I'll guess "White," just b/c of his name)
Stone Temple Pilots = Purple
I believe you got it. Gang of Four had an album called Gold, not sure about JSBE.
turns out they had one called "Orange"
Very close, but not taking into account the "in this order" part of the clue... So
KC = Red,
JSBE = Orange,
Gang of Four = Yellow (an EP)*
REM = Green
JM = Blue
Matt Bianco (who knew) = Indigo*
STP = Purple
So, you would have a color wheel if you placed them on one in this order (every color a combination of the two adjoining (not counting primary colors)).
*with help from wiki...
eta: on further consideration, indigo screws up the wheel a bit, but you get the idea... Indigo is still a combination of blue and purple.
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What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, listed in this order?
King Crimson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gang of Four, R.E.M., Joni Mitchell, Matt Bianco, Stone Temple Pilots.
they all produced albums titled by a color, although I can't get the JSBE or Go4
King Crimson = Red
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- ??
Gang of Four -- ??
R.E.M. = Green
Joni Mitchell = Blue
Matt Bianco = (I'll guess "White," just b/c of his name)
Stone Temple Pilots = Purple
I believe you got it. Gang of Four had an album called Gold, not sure about JSBE.
turns out they had one called "Orange"
Very close, but not taking into account the "in this order" part of the clue... So
KC = Red,
JSBE = Orange,
Gang of Four = Yellow (an EP)*
REM = Green
JM = Blue
Matt Bianco (who knew) = Indigo*
STP = Purple
So, you would have a color wheel if you placed them on one in this order (every color a combination of the two adjoining (not counting primary colors)).
*with help from wiki...
eta: on further consideration, indigo screws up the wheel a bit, but you get the idea... Indigo is still a combination of blue and purple.
Okay, duh, forget the color wheel -- it's a rainbow...
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What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, listed in this order?
King Crimson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gang of Four, R.E.M., Joni Mitchell, Matt Bianco, Stone Temple Pilots.
they all produced albums titled by a color, although I can't get the JSBE or Go4
King Crimson = Red
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- ??
Gang of Four -- ??
R.E.M. = Green
Joni Mitchell = Blue
Matt Bianco = (I'll guess "White," just b/c of his name)
Stone Temple Pilots = Purple
I believe you got it. Gang of Four had an album called Gold, not sure about JSBE.
turns out they had one called "Orange"
Very close, but not taking into account the "in this order" part of the clue... So
KC = Red,
JSBE = Orange,
Gang of Four = Yellow (an EP)*
REM = Green
JM = Blue
Matt Bianco (who knew) = Indigo*
STP = Purple
So, you would have a color wheel if you placed them on one in this order (every color a combination of the two adjoining (not counting primary colors)).
*with help from wiki...
eta: on further consideration, indigo screws up the wheel a bit, but you get the idea... Indigo is still a combination of blue and purple.
Okay, duh, forget the color wheel -- it's a rainbow...
Ah, of course. In high school biology, we had a mnemonic to help us remember the colors of the spectrum in order: Roy G. Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).
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there ya go!
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these songs? "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem, "Cornerstone" by Arctic Monkeys, "Everything" by Alanis Morrisette, "No Surprises" by Radiohead, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Dylan, "Undone (The Sweater Song)" by Weezer, "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, "Yellow" by Coldplay.
haven't had much time to think about this one, but a bunch of these are songs I don't know well at all.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these songs? "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem, "Cornerstone" by Arctic Monkeys, "Everything" by Alanis Morrisette, "No Surprises" by Radiohead, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Dylan, "Undone (The Sweater Song)" by Weezer, "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, "Yellow" by Coldplay.
haven't had much time to think about this one, but a bunch of these are songs I don't know well at all.
I opened iTunes to play the Radiohead song and noticed that OK Computer also has a song named "Subterranean Homesick Alien", which may or may not be a clue. But like you I'm not very familiar with the other tunes.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these songs? "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem, "Cornerstone" by Arctic Monkeys, "Everything" by Alanis Morrisette, "No Surprises" by Radiohead, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Dylan, "Undone (The Sweater Song)" by Weezer, "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, "Yellow" by Coldplay.
haven't had much time to think about this one, but a bunch of these are songs I don't know well at all.
I opened iTunes to play the Radiohead song and noticed that OK Computer also has a song named "Subterranean Homesick Alien", which may or may not be a clue. But like you I'm not very familiar with the other tunes.
Forgot this one was still out there. The answer is: "The music video for each of these songs was shot as one continuous take for the entire video. (Or in a few cases, I gather, was at least edited to appear as such. I doubt Alanis really cut her hair in real time for the "Everything" video. Sort of hard to get a second take.)"
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Another tough question 7 from Mr. Jennings:
What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, joined in 2008 by Coldplay and Fleet Foxes? Alice Cooper, Crash Test Dummies, Marvin Gaye, Guns N' Roses, New Order, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Pogues, Procul Harum.
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answer to above:
Each released an album that used a classic fine-art painting as its cover. Coldplay's Delacroix homage and Fleet Foxes' use of Breughel recently joined those Latour flowers on the Power, Corruption, & Lies cover, the Winslow Homer painting on Southern Accents, and so forth. Did you know that the Use Your Illusion covers by G&R are details from Raphael's The School of Athens? Hey, me neither.
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answer to above:
Each released an album that used a classic fine-art painting as its cover. Coldplay's Delacroix homage and Fleet Foxes' use of Breughel recently joined those Latour flowers on the Power, Corruption, & Lies cover, the Winslow Homer painting on Southern Accents, and so forth. Did you know that the Use Your Illusion covers by G&R are details from Raphael's The School of Athens? Hey, me neither.
I never would have gotten this, being unfamiliar with most of that art, but the New Order cover was used recently in a British stamp set celebrating classic rock covers:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1952508,00.html
Manchester band New Order released its second album, Power, Corruption & Lies, in 1983. The album design was orchestrated by one of the maestros of the Manchester scene, Peter Saville, and is a reproduction of the painting A Basket of Roses by French artist Henri Fantin-Latour. It's said that the owner of the painting, the National Heritage Trust, originally refused New Order's label, Factory Records, permission to use it. When the head of the record label, the late Tony Wilson, called to ask who owned the painting and was told that the Trust belonged to the people of Britain, Wilson famously replied, "Well, the people of Britain now want it."
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answer to above:
Each released an album that used a classic fine-art painting as its cover. Coldplay's Delacroix homage and Fleet Foxes' use of Breughel recently joined those Latour flowers on the Power, Corruption, & Lies cover, the Winslow Homer painting on Southern Accents, and so forth. Did you know that the Use Your Illusion covers by G&R are details from Raphael's The School of Athens? Hey, me neither.
I never would have gotten this, being unfamiliar with most of that art, but the New Order cover was used recently in a British stamp set celebrating classic rock covers:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1952508,00.html
Manchester band New Order released its second album, Power, Corruption & Lies, in 1983. The album design was orchestrated by one of the maestros of the Manchester scene, Peter Saville, and is a reproduction of the painting A Basket of Roses by French artist Henri Fantin-Latour. It's said that the owner of the painting, the National Heritage Trust, originally refused New Order's label, Factory Records, permission to use it. When the head of the record label, the late Tony Wilson, called to ask who owned the painting and was told that the Trust belonged to the people of Britain, Wilson famously replied, "Well, the people of Britain now want it."
Very cool that the Brits included an image of a vinyl album sliding out of the right side of the covers. A little ironic though, since several of those albums were first issued in the 90s and probably were not released on vinyl at the time they first came out.
Also, noted that the color scheme on some of the covers pretty well hides the silhouette of the Queen and stamp denomination in the upper corner (Zep 4, Tubular Bells in particular).
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx.
Some of these have playing cards for songs:
KC = Queen of Clubs
Motorhead = Ace of Spades
Juice Newton = Queen of Hearts
Stacey Q = Two of Hearts
But I don't know the correct song for the rest.
(And I only got this b/c Stacey Q had only one song of note.)
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx.
Some of these have playing cards for songs:
KC = Queen of Clubs
Motorhead = Ace of Spades
Juice Newton = Queen of Hearts
Stacey Q = Two of Hearts
But I don't know the correct song for the rest.
(And I only got this b/c Stacey Q had only one song of note.)
That's gotta be it. Steve Miller's is "The Joker", obviously.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx.
Some of these have playing cards for songs:
KC = Queen of Clubs
Motorhead = Ace of Spades
Juice Newton = Queen of Hearts
Stacey Q = Two of Hearts
But I don't know the correct song for the rest.
(And I only got this b/c Stacey Q had only one song of note.)
That's gotta be it. Steve Miller's is "The Joker", obviously.
Yep. Fairport has a song called "Jack o' Diamonds."
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx.
Some of these have playing cards for songs:
KC = Queen of Clubs
Motorhead = Ace of Spades
Juice Newton = Queen of Hearts
Stacey Q = Two of Hearts
But I don't know the correct song for the rest.
(And I only got this b/c Stacey Q had only one song of note.)
That's gotta be it. Steve Miller's is "The Joker", obviously.
Yep. Fairport has a song called "Jack o' Diamonds."
and Styx's is "Queen of Spades"
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx.
Some of these have playing cards for songs:
KC = Queen of Clubs
Motorhead = Ace of Spades
Juice Newton = Queen of Hearts
Stacey Q = Two of Hearts
But I don't know the correct song for the rest.
(And I only got this b/c Stacey Q had only one song of note.)
That's gotta be it. Steve Miller's is "The Joker", obviously.
Yep. Fairport has a song called "Jack o' Diamonds."
and Styx's is "Queen of Spades"
That leaves BDP's "Jack of Spades."
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx.
Some of these have playing cards for songs:
KC = Queen of Clubs
Motorhead = Ace of Spades
Juice Newton = Queen of Hearts
Stacey Q = Two of Hearts
But I don't know the correct song for the rest.
(And I only got this b/c Stacey Q had only one song of note.)
That's gotta be it. Steve Miller's is "The Joker", obviously.
Yep. Fairport has a song called "Jack o' Diamonds."
and Styx's is "Queen of Spades"
That leaves BDP's "Jack of Spades."
Which gives us a full house, queens over jacks.
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I like it. That's easily one of his more challenging, yet satisfying, Q7's
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in case mshray didn't see this today:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/13/financial/f020033S54.DTL
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forgot to mention this yesterday: it's Ken vs the Machine (and Pat Burrell has nothing to do with it):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/02/11/entertainment/e061015S49.DTL
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forgot to mention this yesterday: it's Ken vs the Machine (and Pat Burrell has nothing to do with it):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/02/11/entertainment/e061015S49.DTL
It's a pretty cool machine.
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KJ has of course mentioned the machine in his weekly emails.
And today's Q7 looks very interesting:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Badfinger's "Without You," The Band's "Sleeping," Cameo's "Word Up," Exile's "Kiss You All Over," Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love," Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man," Restless Heart's "The Bluest Eyes in Texas," Roxy Music's "More Than This."
No idea yet, although perhaps it's significant that he includes Badfinger's original, non-hit version of "Without You" instead of Nilsson's chart-topper. Then again perhaps not.
p.s. the latter is yet another shocking omission from the Dave-era Db that I've run across today.
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KJ has of course mentioned the machine in his weekly emails.
Now if KJ hooked up with Brian Wilson's "The Machine" (aka Pat Burrell) ... I'd pay good money to see THAT.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Badfinger's "Without You," The Band's "Sleeping," Cameo's "Word Up," Exile's "Kiss You All Over," Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love," Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man," Restless Heart's "The Bluest Eyes in Texas," Roxy Music's "More Than This."
Extended outros? I'm stumped. I'd never heard of Restless Heart's "Bluest Eyes in Texas" - wow, what a horrible shitstain of a record. And the mullets in the video - yikes. Musta been 1988? Anyway, I don't think it has anything at all in common with "Somebody to Love" or "Word Up."
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Badfinger's "Without You," The Band's "Sleeping," Cameo's "Word Up," Exile's "Kiss You All Over," Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love," Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man," Restless Heart's "The Bluest Eyes in Texas," Roxy Music's "More Than This."
Extended outros? I'm stumped. I'd never heard of Restless Heart's "Bluest Eyes in Texas" - wow, what a horrible shitstain of a record. And the mullets in the video - yikes. Musta been 1988? Anyway, I don't think it has anything at all in common with "Somebody to Love" or "Word Up."
I never noticed how similar "Somebody to Love" and "Word Up" are. They're in the same key, and it's easy to sing the choruses one over the other.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Badfinger's "Without You," The Band's "Sleeping," Cameo's "Word Up," Exile's "Kiss You All Over," Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love," Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man," Restless Heart's "The Bluest Eyes in Texas," Roxy Music's "More Than This."
Extended outros? I'm stumped. I'd never heard of Restless Heart's "Bluest Eyes in Texas" - wow, what a horrible shitstain of a record. And the mullets in the video - yikes. Musta been 1988? Anyway, I don't think it has anything at all in common with "Somebody to Love" or "Word Up."
I never noticed how similar "Somebody to Love" and "Word Up" are. They're in the same key, and it's easy to sing the choruses one over the other.
When the code word is found to be the code word, all the joy within you will be heard!
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Ken writes about his experience against the machine:
Watson has lots in common with a top-ranked human Jeopardy! player: It's very smart, very fast, speaks in an uneven monotone, and has never known the touch of a woman.
Ha.
http://www.slate.com/id/2284721
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Ken writes about his experience against the machine:
Watson has lots in common with a top-ranked human Jeopardy! player: It's very smart, very fast, speaks in an uneven monotone, and has never known the touch of a woman.
Ha.
http://www.slate.com/id/2284721
Watson will be sitting in with Florence and the Machine at their next gig. I prefer to rage against the machine, myself.
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here's the answer and it's a deep one:
These songs were all memorably used as karaoke numbers in the movies. If you're interested, the films are: Bridget Jones's Diary, The Brothers Bloom, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wild Hogs, The Cable Guy, Rush Hour 2, Up in the Air, (500) Days of Summer, Boys Don't Cry, and Lost in Translation.
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here's the answer and it's a deep one:
These songs were all memorably used as karaoke numbers in the movies. If you're interested, the films are: Bridget Jones's Diary, The Brothers Bloom, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wild Hogs, The Cable Guy, Rush Hour 2, Up in the Air, (500) Days of Summer, Boys Don't Cry, and Lost in Translation.
wow. Well played, Mr Jennings -- Take THAT, Watson! (I've seen 7 out of those 10 films, it would never have occured to me.)
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here's the answer and it's a deep one:
These songs were all memorably used as karaoke numbers in the movies. If you're interested, the films are: Bridget Jones's Diary, The Brothers Bloom, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wild Hogs, The Cable Guy, Rush Hour 2, Up in the Air, (500) Days of Summer, Boys Don't Cry, and Lost in Translation.
wow. Well played, Mr Jennings -- Take THAT, Watson! (I've seen 7 out of those 10 films, it would never have occured to me.)
When has anyone seen a Pixies song while flipping through a Karaoke binder? Only in Hollywood...
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here's the answer and it's a deep one:
These songs were all memorably used as karaoke numbers in the movies. If you're interested, the films are: Bridget Jones's Diary, The Brothers Bloom, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wild Hogs, The Cable Guy, Rush Hour 2, Up in the Air, (500) Days of Summer, Boys Don't Cry, and Lost in Translation.
wow. Well played, Mr Jennings -- Take THAT, Watson! (I've seen 7 out of those 10 films, it would never have occured to me.)
When has anyone seen a Pixies song while flipping through a Karaoke binder? Only in Hollywood...
Not even at Silver Cloud??
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here's the answer and it's a deep one:
These songs were all memorably used as karaoke numbers in the movies. If you're interested, the films are: Bridget Jones's Diary, The Brothers Bloom, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wild Hogs, The Cable Guy, Rush Hour 2, Up in the Air, (500) Days of Summer, Boys Don't Cry, and Lost in Translation.
wow. Well played, Mr Jennings -- Take THAT, Watson! (I've seen 7 out of those 10 films, it would never have occured to me.)
just goes to show you that no one remembers karaoke, not even when it's in a real Hollywood movie!
... so next time you're offered a shot at bar-stardom, just go for it. :) (heh, I've never done it, meself..)
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wow. Well played, Mr Jennings -- Take THAT, Watson! (I've seen 7 out of those 10 films, it would never have occured to me.)
When has anyone seen a Pixies song while flipping through a Karaoke binder? Only in Hollywood...
a. I've seen 9.3 of those films (couldn't bear to keep watching Wild Hogs until the end when I came across it on cable), and I wouldn't have thought of it either.
b. I do karaoke extremely rarely now that I don't live in Asia anymore, but some years ago when I lived in Richmond my Filipino neighbors had a big BBQ bash which included singing in their garage with one of those home karaoke systems that gives you a score based on how closely you mirror the actual lyrics. Of course most of the selections were in Tagalog - and there were more Chinese & Japanese titles than English ones - but to my amazement one of the 2-3 dozen English choices was the Psy. Furs "Ghost In You" (!). Most of you know how much I love that song, so I was persuaded to give it a whirl, and I scored a 94, which was tops for the entire night (iirc, someone eventually tied me). So you just never know about these things.
c. Ken Jennings' weekly email (incl. tthe answer to last week's Q7) had the following as it's intro:
MESSAGE OF GREETING, HUMANS! I AM WATSON. ORGANIC JEOPARDY UNIT KEN JENNINGS HAS RELINQUISHED CONTROL OF HIS EMAIL TRIVIA QUIZ TO ME, FOLLOWING MY HISTORIC VICTORY OVER HIS SQUISHY HUMAN BRAIN, AS PER OUR AGREEMENT. WARNING: ALL WILL FAIL BEFORE MY TRIVIA OMNISCIENCE. END OF LINE.
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...and for you geography buffs, here is this week's Q3:
3. What U.S. state borders two other states whose two-letter postal abbreviations are reversals of each other, like Minnesota (MN) and New Mexico (NM) are?
I got it after a while, but definitely felt that I was forcing my brain to work in a very unaccustomed way.
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...and for you geography buffs, here is this week's Q3:
3. What U.S. state borders two other states whose two-letter postal abbreviations are reversals of each other, like Minnesota (MN) and New Mexico (NM) are?
I got it after a while, but definitely felt that I was forcing my brain to work in a very unaccustomed way.
Mississippi? (Louisiana and Alabama)
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...and for you geography buffs, here is this week's Q3:
3. What U.S. state borders two other states whose two-letter postal abbreviations are reversals of each other, like Minnesota (MN) and New Mexico (NM) are?
I got it after a while, but definitely felt that I was forcing my brain to work in a very unaccustomed way.
Mississippi? (Louisiana and Alabama)
I got that one in about 10 seconds. My thought approach was to first think of state abbrevs that are reversals, and running through the A's, AL and LA immediately occurred to me.
As for the previous week - having only seen one of those (40YOV), I never could have come up with that. But cool idea for a question!
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having only seen one of those (40YOV)
You can be forgiven for most of them, but you would *love* (500) Days of Summer. And Boys Don't Cry is required in all GLBT 101 classes.
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having only seen one of those (40YOV)
You can be forgiven for most of them, but you would *love* (500) Days of Summer. And Boys Don't Cry is required in all GLBT 101 classes.
I love Bridget Jones's Diary!!!
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KJ is back from having his quiz taken over by Watson last week & he's funnier than ever. I especially love the last one.
2. Before Santana plays "Black Magic Woman" in concert, the band often reminds the crowd that it's a cover of a song by what other band?
It's a Fleetwood Mac song...something that, weirdly, I only learned for the first time last week. (Yes, yes, Watson has known that for years. I've heard it all before.)
3. What U.S. state borders two other states whose two-letter postal abbreviations are reversals of each other, like Minnesota (MN) and New Mexico (NM) are?
Mississippi borders both Alabama (AL) and Louisiana (LA).
4. What 1517 document has a full title that ends with the phrase "on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences"?
This was Martin Luther's "Ninety-Five Theses," which--contrary to popular belief--he never actually nailed onto a church door. (He used a Post-It.)
5. Who is still officially the "Eternal President" of his nation, despite having died in 1994?
Kim Il-Sung is still officially president of North Korea, which is presumably why his nation is still doing as spectacularly as it was back when he was corporeally running the show.
6. What company made headlines last week by claiming to own a trademark on the word "footlong"?
Subway tried to keep a midwestern store chain from using the word "footlong." I want this legal battle settled in the most sensible way possible: a cage match between that "Jared" guy and actor Ron Jeremy.
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This is a "what's the connection" worthy of Mr Jennings... I just posted this in The Sound's 10@10 Thread too, but this is a Mystery Set they did Friday -- do NOT go to their website for the answer, see if you can guess what these 10 have in common...
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Barracuda - Heart
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Bad Company
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
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This is a "what's the connection" worthy of Mr Jennings... I just posted this in The Sound's 10@10 Thread too, but this is a Mystery Set they did Friday -- do NOT go to their website for the answer, see if you can guess what these 10 have in common...
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Barracuda - Heart
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Bad Company
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
something to do with time?
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This is a "what's the connection" worthy of Mr Jennings... I just posted this in The Sound's 10@10 Thread too, but this is a Mystery Set they did Friday -- do NOT go to their website for the answer, see if you can guess what these 10 have in common...
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Barracuda - Heart
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Bad Company
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
something to do with time?
nope.
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This is a "what's the connection" worthy of Mr Jennings... I just posted this in The Sound's 10@10 Thread too, but this is a Mystery Set they did Friday -- do NOT go to their website for the answer, see if you can guess what these 10 have in common...
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Barracuda - Heart
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Bad Company
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
something to do with time?
nope.
None of these songs have ever been in my record collection. Except for Saturday in the Park. Oh well, scratch that one.
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This is a "what's the connection" worthy of Mr Jennings... I just posted this in The Sound's 10@10 Thread too, but this is a Mystery Set they did Friday -- do NOT go to their website for the answer, see if you can guess what these 10 have in common...
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Barracuda - Heart
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Bad Company
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
something to do with time?
nope.
None of these songs have ever been in my record collection. Except for Saturday in the Park. Oh well, scratch that one.
DUDE! You don't own a copy of Days of Future Passed?
I'll wait until lunchtime and then post the answer. I'd've never gotten it either.
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This is a "what's the connection" worthy of Mr Jennings... I just posted this in The Sound's 10@10 Thread too, but this is a Mystery Set they did Friday -- do NOT go to their website for the answer, see if you can guess what these 10 have in common...
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Barracuda - Heart
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Bad Company
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
something to do with time?
nope.
None of these songs have ever been in my record collection. Except for Saturday in the Park. Oh well, scratch that one.
DUDE! You don't own a copy of Days of Future Passed?
I'll wait until lunchtime and then post the answer. I'd've never gotten it either.
Last chance. HINT: it's what the artists (not the songs) have in common. (Besides being overplayed Classic Rock Radio chestnuts)
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This is a "what's the connection" worthy of Mr Jennings... I just posted this in The Sound's 10@10 Thread too, but this is a Mystery Set they did Friday -- do NOT go to their website for the answer, see if you can guess what these 10 have in common...
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Barracuda - Heart
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Bad Company
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
something to do with time?
nope.
None of these songs have ever been in my record collection. Except for Saturday in the Park. Oh well, scratch that one.
DUDE! You don't own a copy of Days of Future Passed?
I'll wait until lunchtime and then post the answer. I'd've never gotten it either.
Last chance. HINT: it's what the artists (not the songs) have in common. (Besides being overplayed Classic Rock Radio chestnuts)
I'm still thinking -- it can't be the bass players sing lead vocals. Ross Valory never did that.
ETA: they ever have appeared, or will one day appear, on NPR during pledge week? Soccer Moms Unite!
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Groups that should have gotten into the RnR HoF before Genesis did? Or at least six or seven of them?
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they're all snazzy dressers?
(http://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/media/blogs/rth/Rush2112.jpg)
(http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Business/images-3/bon-jovi.jpg)
(http://www.costumesofnashua.com/CNWebSite105/Active905/Pages/CostumeRental/Celebrities/PicCelebrities/Kiss_Costumes3.jpg)
(http://blog.pennlive.com/go/2008/06/large_chicago.jpg)
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Groups that should have gotten into the RnR HoF before Genesis did? Or at least six or seven of them?
Ding Ding Ding! All 10 are still waiting to get into the Hall... And they didn't even play 3 Dog Night!
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Groups that should have gotten into the RnR HoF before Genesis did? Or at least six or seven of them?
Ding Ding Ding! All 10 are still waiting to get into the Hall... And they didn't even play 3 Dog Night!
Finally catching up a bit.
If they'd had 3DN, War & BOC in the mix (or maybe even ELP, instead of Bon Jovi, Foreigner & Heart) it would have been a No-Brainer!
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Counting Crows' "Mr. Jones," Cream's "White Room," Kermit the Frog's "It's Not Easy Being Green," Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket," Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," Radiohead's "Karma Police," Simon and Garfunkel's "America," Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner."
I haven't got a clue yet, although for the first time in a while all the songs on Mr. Jennings' list are ones I'm quite familiar with.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Counting Crows' "Mr. Jones," Cream's "White Room," Kermit the Frog's "It's Not Easy Being Green," Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket," Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," Radiohead's "Karma Police," Simon and Garfunkel's "America," Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner."
I haven't got a clue yet, although for the first time in a while all the songs on Mr. Jennings' list are ones I'm quite familiar with.
I was going to say that they all rattle off names of gold and other colors, but that's not true of "Tom's Diner."
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Counting Crows' "Mr. Jones," Cream's "White Room," Kermit the Frog's "It's Not Easy Being Green," Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket," Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," Radiohead's "Karma Police," Simon and Garfunkel's "America," Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner."
I haven't got a clue yet, although for the first time in a while all the songs on Mr. Jennings' list are ones I'm quite familiar with.
They're all sung by muppets? Wait -- that's only true on "It's Not Easy Being Green" and "Mr. Jones" . ;D
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Counting Crows' "Mr. Jones," Cream's "White Room," Kermit the Frog's "It's Not Easy Being Green," Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket," Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," Radiohead's "Karma Police," Simon and Garfunkel's "America," Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner."
I haven't got a clue yet, although for the first time in a while all the songs on Mr. Jennings' list are ones I'm quite familiar with.
They're all sung by muppets? Wait -- that's only true on "It's Not Easy Being Green" and "Mr. Jones" . ;D
(http://foodcourtlunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/duritz3.jpg)
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They're all sung by muppets? Wait -- that's only true on "It's Not Easy Being Green" and "Mr. Jones" . ;D
According to Mr. Jennings, there are no rhymes in the lyrics. Pretty good one, methinks.
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They're all sung by muppets? Wait -- that's only true on "It's Not Easy Being Green" and "Mr. Jones" . ;D
According to Mr. Jennings, there are no rhymes in the lyrics. Pretty good one, methinks.
Wow. Kudos, Mr J.
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About a month ago Ken Jennings was in Oakland for a book signing of his latest, Maphead, which is about just what you think it is. Being a total maphead myself & a bit of a KJ fan in general, I went (along with Gabriel, my 10 yr old). After the requisite excerpt reading and Q&A, Ken asked the crowd of 50+ if they'd care to have an impromptu geography quiz, and of course we all said yes. He had a bag of Smarties candies, and whoever called out the correct answer would have one lobbed in their direction. I got one right and just as Gabriel came back from the kid's book area he sees Ken throwing something at me, and he was like WTF!?. Then I got three more right and Gabriel said he had enough candy, so I should save one for his brother Adrian. After a few minutes of this KJ identified the three people who'd answered the most correctly, which included yours truly, and we had a regular Jeopardy style quiz with the prize being a free copy of his book. I took the early lead, but then it ended in a tie, and since I had already bought my copy the other guy got the freebie.
We then got in line for the signing, and Gabriel asked him a geography question (what two states are tied for sharing borders with the most other states, and how many do they border?) which he got correct* pretty quickly. I then asked him one that was patterned on his weekly Question 7, and today it appeared in his weekly mailing(!):
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. states and no others--though California is, in all likelihood, about to leave the list? Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Utah.
Anybody?
*the answer to Gabriel's question is Missouri & Tennessee, which in addition to bordering each other, touch 7 other states for a total of 8.
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7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. states and no others--though California is, in all likelihood, about to leave the list? Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Utah.
I'm suspecting the "CA is about to leave this list" should give it away, but I'm without a clue as to what.
What two states border each other but do not have a direct road connection?
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wow, sorry for not answering this many months ago.
States with NBA teams in their capitals, since the Kings are very likely to relocate to Seattle, my former & Ken's current hometowns.
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Hey gang,
Been quite a while since I had a good one of these to contruibute, but how about this one:
Question 7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these musical acts? Aerosmith, Big Star, Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Genesis, Green Day, George Michael, Carrie Underwood, Kanye West, Wilco.
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What two states border each other but do not have a direct road connection?
Without checking, my first guess would be Delaware and New Jersey -- maybe their shared
border is in the Delaware River? If not, perhaps a similar situation along the Mississippi or
the Great Lakes?
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What two states border each other but do not have a direct road connection?
Without checking, my first guess would be Delaware and New Jersey -- maybe their shared
border is in the Delaware River? If not, perhaps a similar situation along the Mississippi or
the Great Lakes?
Delaware & New Jersey have but one direct road connection, I-295, which as you allude to above, crosses the Delaware River.
Kentucky & Missouri
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No...it has to do with songs in their respective catalogues.
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Ok, final hint...think song titles, and think this might have been more appropriate *next* week.
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Ok, final hint...think song titles, and think this might have been more appropriate *next* week.
Jesus in the titles? (if so, he forgot ZZ Top)
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Ok, final hint...think song titles, and think this might have been more appropriate *next* week.
Jesus in the titles? (if so, he forgot ZZ Top)
I think you might be onto something there. I can think of "Jesus" songs by several of those artists just off the top of my head. Interesting that he chose the Doobie Brothers rather than the Byrds, who did that particular Jesus song originally. And Wilco has two (Jesus Etc. and Christ for President).
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That was it, sorry it took me so long to confirm.
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Here's a new question 7 from Ken Jennings that is music related:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these hit songs? "As Tears Go By," "Boom Clap," "Celebration," "Chiquitita," "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," "Heroes," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "Ring of Fire," "She Loves You," "Shock the Monkey."
(I won't get the answer until next Tuesday, just so you know)
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Here's a new question 7 from Ken Jennings that is music related:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these hit songs? "As Tears Go By," "Boom Clap," "Celebration," "Chiquitita," "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," "Heroes," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "Ring of Fire," "She Loves You," "Shock the Monkey."
(I won't get the answer until next Tuesday, just so you know)
I think I have this one -- each of the songs was recorded in a non-English language by the original artist. I know that Heroes, She Loves You and Shock The Monkey were all recorded in German (as was I Want to Hold Your Hand, which Jennings doesn't mention). And a quick web search reveals that several of the others have been as well (Ring of Fire in Spanish, As Tears Go By in Italian, and De Do Do Do etc. in Spanish and Japanese).
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Here's a new question 7 from Ken Jennings that is music related:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these hit songs? "As Tears Go By," "Boom Clap," "Celebration," "Chiquitita," "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," "Heroes," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "Ring of Fire," "She Loves You," "Shock the Monkey."
(I won't get the answer until next Tuesday, just so you know)
I think I have this one -- each of the songs was recorded in a non-English language by the original artist. I know that Heroes, She Loves You and Shock The Monkey were all recorded in German (as was I Want to Hold Your Hand, which Jennings doesn't mention). And a quick web search reveals that several of the others have been as well (Ring of Fire in Spanish, As Tears Go By in Italian, and De Do Do Do etc. in Spanish and Japanese).
I think we have a winner! (ABBA did a Spanish version of "Chiquitita")
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I think you do have it Urth. I'll verify next Tuesday.
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idea for a game show to pitch to a desperate cable channel: "Are You Smarter than a Jeopardy Winner?"
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Here's a new question 7 from Ken Jennings that is music related:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these hit songs? "As Tears Go By," "Boom Clap," "Celebration," "Chiquitita," "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," "Heroes," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "Ring of Fire," "She Loves You," "Shock the Monkey."
(I won't get the answer until next Tuesday, just so you know)
I think I have this one -- each of the songs was recorded in a non-English language by the original artist. I know that Heroes, She Loves You and Shock The Monkey were all recorded in German (as was I Want to Hold Your Hand, which Jennings doesn't mention). And a quick web search reveals that several of the others have been as well (Ring of Fire in Spanish, As Tears Go By in Italian, and De Do Do Do etc. in Spanish and Japanese).
ayup!
per KJ: "After the original artist recorded each one in English, he/she/they recorded a foreign-language version for another market. Para otro mercado distinto!"