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Posted by David Hepworth on 23 December 2009 - 3:52pm.
What do Ian Dury, Luke Haines and The Replacements have in common?
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Clever, belligerent of Britpop and Young
Is it...
...alcoholism?
Actually
Is it something to do with tribute songs?
- Sweet Gene Vincent
- Pete Hammill (I think, don't own any Haines)
- Alex Chilton
That's correct
Cuddly toy or goldfish?
OK, I've got one
What do Iron Maiden, Rush and The Boo Radleys have in common?
I'll pass on both the toy and goldfish thanks all the same
I was going to say inumerable (sp?) live albums but probably not since the Boo Radleys are in there.
A guess...
they all found success after ditching their original drummers.
Is it Lazarus
?
No
It's not Lazurus
Are all their lead singers
pilots?
"Good afternoon, this is Captain Lee shrieking...
we are currently cruising at an altitude of 2112 feet. In the event of an emergency, your Taurus bass pedals are located under your seats. If you would care to look out of your window, you will see Cygnus X-1. Oh shit... I've lost control of the plane. No, hang on, it's OK... we have assumed control. We have assumed control. We have assumed control."
Have they all had lyrics quoted in an episode of "Lost"?
Got it...
I don't like any of them.
They all come from Canada
Except Iron Maiden & The Boo Radleys.
Next!
Something literary ?
Boo Radleys took their name from "To Kill A Mockingbird", Rush had the song "Tom Sawyer", and Iron Maiden covered "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner"
(I can't believe I typed that, and I am also struggling to believe that Iron Maiden actually did so. I'll believe wikipedia, as I don't think my senses could stand hearing the results)
Nope
That's not it.
their
bass player can't sing?
Howard Ungerleider....
was stage left technician for all three?
Surely the answer is...
Erwig Chuhuapdua played on albums by all three
Look I realise it's not my turn
but can I ask this questions courtesy of my 14 year old son.
What's the difference between Father Christmas and Tiger Woods?
dunno
but I wanna know
I know, but I'll not spoil your punchline.
(it's a good 'un)
Must be....
...something to do with Ho Ho Ho. Santa stops at 3 and Tiger doesn't.
Now back to Iron Maiden, Rush and the Boo Radleys. Hmmm.
Apolgies for my
lack of thread ettiquette and queue jumping, but I thought it was funny and worth sharing.
Father Christmas stopped after 3 ho's.
Does it have anything to do with reindeer?
Or empty sacks?
new
Are they all shite? Or has it something to do with suicides?
How about this one?
Cher & Sissy Spacek
(and it's nothing to do with acting...)
Oh... nothing to do with acting...
I was going to suggest that Cher had a bucket of pig blood dropped on her at the high school prom.
I know
Beatles Tribute songs.
Sissy Spacek (Rainbo)_John,you went too far this time
Cher (Bonnie Jo Mason)- Ringo,I Love You
I know-reprise
Clue
You could also add The Who to the list of bands.
Singer not the main songwriter?
Don't really know much about Rush or Iron Maiden, but in the case of both The Who and The Boos the main writer isn't the lead singer.
Almost right
But not quite. Think of a variation of that.
The bass players of each band...
have all written or sung songs on their albums?
No
Richard is closer.
Singer doesn't write any lyrics?
Everything he sings is written by someone else in the group (PeteTownsend; Martin Carr; the bass player who has a footy pitch in his back garden or something; and him off Rush.
We have a winner
Care to set a question?
Nope
'Cos Dickinson writes at least some of his own words (the execrable Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter, to name but one), though bassist Steve Harris is the principal songwriter.
And all four of the Who
gets credits on A Quick One along with Enthwistle contributing to most of their studio output.
I'm sure there are other examples too
But the vocalists in question all generally perform lyrics written by another member of the band. That was the pertinent part of Richard's answer, and I'm happy to accept it.
That
Petrol Emotion.
Manic Street Preachers
with, I think, only one exception (Bradfield wrote "Ocean Spray" all on his lonesome).
new
Anything to do with drummers being replaced?
No
I'm afraid not.
Is it to do with
lyrics then?
Okay, probabaly a doddle, but
My Way, Maggie May and I Will Survive.
I'll try and come up with something harder in a bit...
All sung
on the X Factor every year, at least twice, sometimes more, especially in the audition rounds, usually by someone a few slices short of a full loaf.
Brutally accurate
and probabaly a better answer than the one I had in mind.
is it that they were all
originally b-sides but were 'promoted' to a-sides due to muchos radio airplay?
Indeed!
Give that man a bag of jelly beans! (My Way being the Sid Vicious version). I said it'd be a doddle.
Don't forget
How Soon Is Now, originally a 12-inch bonus track, then released as the next a-side. Not the greatest marketing strategy ever devised...
In common?
Cab Calloway, Shane MacGowan and Annie Lennox
Too easy
Born on Christmas day.
Way to easy
Next one will be harder - if and when I can think of one.
Not my turn either.....
....but, who said, in the press, when he re-married one of his ex-wives "our divorce didn't work out"?
I've heard this from various sources...
but the most recent, I think, was Steve Earle?
Correct!
Well done Billybob Dylan
May I chime in with a question?
What do Elvis Presley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny & The Hurricanes and Christie have in common?
is it
Rivers named after colours ?
Correctamundo!
Your turn.
They wrote
"Yellow River" together?
Another one:
The Nutcracker Suite, The Voice of Frank Sinatra and 52nd Street by Billy Joel.
It's "firsts" isn't it?
The Nutcracker Suite was the first record album (as in a collection of discs), The Voice of Frank Sinatra was the first 12" 33 1/3 RPM LP, and 52nd Street was the first Compact Disc.
Quite right.
Although a) Sinatra was a 10", but the first Long Playing 33 1/3 and I'm not going to quibble for a second and b) I'd be happy for someone to tell me why 52nd Street was given such a lardmark slot.
I'm guessing
that there was some tie-up/ownership between CBS & Sony (as seen now by the non-existence of CBS (now a sub-division of Sony)). I'm sure it was Sony that promoted the CD format, and Billy Joel was probably the biggest act on CBS at the time.
It may not be that at all, perhaps someone, somewhere just choose 52nd Street at random (monkey & pin style).
a pedant writes...
I'm pretty sure that it was Philips (who had a record company at the time) who were promoting the hardware that was CD; Sonys reaction was to put a load of effort into the R&D of the Minidisc format and THEN buy CBS records so that they'd have a roster of acts who'd release on that format. Not that it worked, mind...
Got that one wrong didn't I
Knew there ware two companies fighting the format-war, and I chose the wrong one.
The clues in the title (SONY Mini-Disc) - how did I miss that.
AND
I've still got the Mini-Disc player, which is still in fairly regular use
how you have the...
guts to show your face 'round here, I'll never know
that merits a LOL
OK, a question from me...
What do Joe Henderson, Iron Maiden and Kate Bush have in common?
Is it Alice Coltrane ?
Joe Henderson of course played on Alice Coltrane's "Ptah, the el-Daoud", it's Kate Bush's favourite Alice Coltrane album, but it's Iron Maiden's least favourite ?
Or do they all have West Ham-themed pubs in their houses ?
Close...
but no cigar.
Powell and Pressburger?
Albums named after films directed by P and P? Henderson did Black Narcissus, Kate B did The Red Shoes and Iron Maiden did A Matter of Life and Death (thank you google)
Well done that search engine!
That is the correct answer.
Mind if I jump in?
What do Jerry Dammers, Tim Westwood and Neil Hannon have in common?
were their fathers
men of the cloth; i know that Neil Hannons dad was a bishop in the Church of Ireland and i'm pretty sure that Tim Westwood would have difficulty, as a kid, bunking off Sunday School...
They are all the sons of clergymen
I think
Correct!
Dean of Bristol, Bishop of Peterborough and Bishop of Clogher respectively.
Dusty would be spoilt for choice!
...
Their father’s were all men of the cloth
uncanny choice
of phrase!!!
touching
;D
Easy one To Start
Connection between
Bobby Fuller Four,The Banana Splits and Bob and Earl ?
suicide ?
Did they all commit suicide by drinking gasoline ? (I know Bobby did)
Or did The Clash cover "Tra-la-la" on a B-side to go with "Harlem Shuffle" and "I Fought The Law" ?
Nope
Clue,the connection is a person
Barry White ?
I know he arranged Harlem Shuffle and I have some vague inkling of him and the Banana Splits.
I remember being surprised when I read in the sleevenotes to his box set that he was an LA gangbanger
Correct
Barry White arranged harlem shuffle and wrote songs for Bobby Fuller and The Banana Splits.
Owsaboutguysandgals
Bernard Cribbins, Bonzo Dog Doodah Band and Fairport Convention?
I got it! Band names/song title interface type thing.
Right Said Fred took their name from a Bernard Cribbins song.
Death Cab For Cutie took their name from a Bonzos song.
Fotheringay took their name from a Fairports song.
do I win any points
for not having a clue about any of the above?
and in some cases going "eh, who"?
Nah.
The Who are not involved in this one.... not sexy enough (***small clue alert***)
ah - yes
all released songs that inspired the names of other bands - Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred, Bonzos - Death Cab For Cutie and hmm - dunno enough about FC - right lines?
ha ha beat billybob by a minute
and the Fairports one is (I think) Toss the Feathers :-)
Right Lines?
Yep.... Fairports did Fotheringay, which was Sandy dennys Band after The Fairports.
A coconut!
My turn..
What direct link do Hawkwind and Tygers Of Pan Tang have which almost links them with Blue Öyster Cult and also Deep Purple?
There's a...
Michael Moorcock link between Hawkwind & TOPT. Could that be it?
indeed
MM performed, wrote and recorded with ver 'Wind, the Tygers took their name from an Elric book and BOC had a tune ('Veteran of the Psychic Wars'?) with lyrics by him on Fire of Unknown Origin
God,
I grew up on those Elric and Eternal Champion books. tried to re-read one recently and it was terrible. On the other hand he has to be the most under-rated serious novellist England has ever produced. His Colonel Pyat books along with Mother London are masterpieces IMHO.
All correct, but..
What of the Deep Purple bit?
I'll have to have a go at Moorcock's serious stuff.
blimey!
I completely overlooked the DP bit in my rush to finally answer a question
you have me stumped you cad!
Stormbringer
The DP link. Elrik's sword was stormbringer.
DRAT!
it was staring me in the face all along, I'll have to open a bottle of wine now to drown my sorrows
all's well that ends well
A bottle
of Melnibone's finest?
oh yes
I'm having Jerry Cornelius and Jherek Carnelian over for a couple of the cups that cheer later, it was JC's birthday yesterday
Don't forget
Jerry Cornell or he'll feel left out.
apparently
Jeremiah is washing his hair tonight, pffft!
Oh to be sixteen again.
I never read the Cornelius Chronicles.
Thomas Covenant, anyone? Or the Saga Of The Exiles?
The excitement when White Gold Wielder was published seems to be forgotten now. Not quite up to Harry Potter levels but, at the time.. quite something..
I've only read
The English Assassin and A Cure for Cancer of the Cornelius books and found them suitably odd*, never ventured onto the others you mention. The film of The Final Programme was a hoot.
*couldn't really get my head round them
Read all
the Cornelius books along with the sword and sorcery stuff as a teenager and suitably loved it in a prog rock sort of way.
However his serious "colonel Pyatt" series of books "Byzantium endures" "The Laughter Of Carthage" "Jerusalem Commands" and "The vengeance Of Rome" are great works of fiction being the unreliable memoirs of a self hating anti-semite jew as he wanders through the pivotal moments of the 20th Century heading towards the holocaust and beyond to the most staggering of betrayals.
Easily among the best things I have ever read. If not the best.
NERDS
:)
and
proud!
this was on my pasteboard so, 'ave it!
Jherek Cornelian
Am I the only one who will put in a word for the Dancers at the End of Time series and their comic incarnation of of Jerry Cornelius? They're wonderful romps and still great reads.
what about...
The Mad God's Omelette? ;D
You are not alone
And I always wanted to be Lord Jagged.
And how about that Oswald Bastable eh? Or the Von Beks: The Warhound And The World's Pain? The Brothel In Rosenstrasse? The City In The Autumn Stars?
So 'fess up, who else owns a copy of New Worlds Fair?
let's say
I have an evaluation copy
I'm going to get a bit Round Britain Quiz on you now...
What's the connection between a Pet Shop Boys single from the early 90s, a Hot Chocolate hit and a Human League b-side
Something to do...
... ith 19th-century novels? Hot Chocolate had a hit with Emma, and the Human League had a B-side called Hard Times.
Correct - for all three points...
do you remember the name of the Pet Shop Boys single?
Was it
"DJ Culture"?
No, it was
"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You)".
(Or possibly "Can You Forgive Her").
Was it
That one that quoted 'Othello' ? can't remember the name though
Who links
Jerry Lee Lewis, Eminem and Pete Doherty, and once replaced John Lennon in the Beatles?
it's not another Chas n Dave
it's not another Chas n Dave true fact, is it?
Is it possible...
... that the person who "replaced" Lennon was the chap who voiced JL in the Yellow Submarine film?
Kit's on the right track
details, then?
Ah!
I know the Chas out of Chas & Dave/Jerry Lee/Eminem link, but I don't know under what circumstances he replaced Lennon.
Chas Hodges:
Played bass on tour with Jerry Lee Lewis in the 60s.
Played on Labi Siffre's "I Got The", which was subsequently sampled by Eminem for "My Name Is".
Pete Doherty was a vocal C&D fan, and supported them at a gig last year.
According to Chas' own website, the Lennon-replacement happened at Eric Clapton's wedding in 1983. For the reception EC had laid on a load of band equipment and it was up to the (largely muso-) guests to amuse themselves/one another. At one point Chas got up and stared playing the piano, then one by one Ringo, Paul and George all joined him on their respective instruments.
If we're still playing
What connects David Crosby, Nancy Sinatra and Elvis Presley ?
Did they...
... all inseminate Melissa Etheridge with a turkey baster?
No, that isn't it.
Sinatra & Presley were in the film 'Speedway' together. Did Crosby appear in the film or write any of the songs?
good effort, but not correct
Can you...
... give us a clue?
sure
Other people who share the same connection include Lon Chaney and Lee Harvey Oswald. (All of the people are connected in the same way to each other)
Think of where you might see them together
The usual answer to this question is...
The cover of Sgt Pepper but I don't recall Ver Cros being on there.
you're warm ....
They were all sitting on the back seat of the bus
in Tragical History Tour?
No, but ..
think of an album cover that was a nod to Pepper - from an alternative view ...
a guess
we have a winner!
You win a teasmade :->
next in sequence:
cushions that fart, the Lord of the Rings
who wrote and performed that, eh?
Everyone's favourite pipe-cleaner
(and former Be Bop Deluxe support act, too)
It's the Bard Of Beasley St, of course.
oh it's good, but...
it's not what I have on the card LOL
you are of course correct Super Malo Man
Gah!! Well done Mr Blast
(said through gritted teeth... that Teasmade should've been mine, mine I tell you!)
The Mum
craved a teasmade for years, a friend finally gave her one as a present - she used it once, said it was too much of a faff and that's the end of that
it may be in the attic, so you can have this one
All I can think of to add
What is the connection between Jimi Hendrix and Coronation Street?
I'll forewarn you now that if you don't already know it the answer is not very exciting, merely interesting. A bit...
Assuming he didn't have an after-show party in the Rovers Return
on the '67 package tour then I'd guess it involves Davey Jones?
Excellent thought process there
But sadly wrong.
It is (and you will kill me for this) merely that the principal chord melody of 'Third Stone From the Sun' and the Coronation Street theme tune are one and the same.
Hard to believe but listen to both. The chords and melody in the first few bars are identical. Admittedly Hendrix soon diverts and takes us on an interstellar trip on his Strat whereas the cornet on the Corrie theme goes elsewhere.
There is an urban myth/apocryphal story he was noodling on his guitar while watching said soap and appropriated the tune. That may or may not be the case but they are the same.
(Oops... double post)
Blimey!
That's conjured up a bizarre picture of Hendrix settling himself down in front of the TV at 7:30 on Tuesday with a nice cup of tea and a Digestive to watch The Street.
"Sorry Chas, I can't make it down the Bag O'Nails until later; I've got, um, something important on. Yeah... that's right... chicks... three of 'em... Ena, Minnie and Martha."
inspiration
Intersteller Overdrive and Steptoe and Son