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Quick Friday quiz
Posted by Jon on 29 January 2010 - 3:20pm.
(Play fair, no Googling)
What have the following artists got in common?
Ian Dury
Lou Reed
Sergei Prokofiev
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Errrrr
None of them can sing?
Are they …
… all miserable bleeders?
Is it causing riots at performances?
Actually, ignore that
I was thinking of Stravinski and deducing the rest from my error.
Could be
they all crocheted blankets in their spare time?
John Cale ?
Is it true that John Cale does not like any of them ?
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Is it that
they've all been used as intro music by Morrissey or The Smiths?
Possibly
Bu that's not the link. Although it is musical.
Wrong, wrong and wrong.
Sorry folks, keep trying.
All I know about Prokoviev...
... is he died on the same day as Stalin. Is he the link? The other two born on the day Stalin died?
They're all sampled on Can I
They're all sampled on Can I Kick It by A Tribe Called Quest.
Bingo!
And here it is. A more disparate set of samples I am yet to encounter.
Blockheads at 1:10, Sergei and his band at 2:52.
Is it something to do with bass parts by other people?
Walk on the Wild Side is famous for Herbie Flowers' bass. I think Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll is derived from a bass solo by Charlie Haden. I don't know about Prokofiev, unless it's something to do with the tune with a prominent bass from Romeo and Juliet which is used on The Apprentice.
Rated R.
They all have "R" in their name,or they are all on Metal Machine Music,Ian Dury on washboard and Prokofiev on triangle with Uncle Lou on a unicycle falling off a cliff.
Electro shock therapy ?
Or some sort of psychiatric background ?