Lyrics Quiz results
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ventaI reckoned that in order to do well at this, you needed an interest in lyrics quizzes (which I assume those who entered had), and a taste in music which overlapped closely with this compilation:
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narenek 2
_corpse 5
lanfykins 5
satyrica 5
white_hart 5
beckyl 6
liriselei 6
purple_pen 6
verlaine 6
broadmeadow 7
beckyc 10
cuthbertcross 10
phlebas 12
However, the winner, whose musical taste most closely resembles that of a teenage girl in the early nineties is:
zotz 19
So, in accordance with the rules: everyone award him lots of kudos, and look at him a bit funny.
The number in square brackets is the number of people who correctly guessed the song title (whatever they said for the artist).
1. Get out of here, boy, or I'll use the colt. No chance, no chance.
Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee [0]
No, I don't know much about this band either. I borrowed an album of theirs once; I reckon this is probably the second most obscure song on here. Such choice quotes as "I'm a hot retard. Margis de Sade." could also have represetented this song. I fear it may not be any cop at all.
2. Six sides to every lie I say, it's that American voice again.
Six Different Ways - The Cure [0]
This comes off the rather fine and much forgotten Cure album The Head On The Door. Googling just now, I find that the Counting Crows have covered it - anyone know what that sounds like ?
3. Not a care in the world, my only thought was to stop you from going away.
Where Did Ego? - Magic Bastards [0]
Well, this was the one I said I'd be staggered if anyone got. The Magic Bastards were a band around in Darlington in the early 90s. I've got no lyrics for the song anywhere, and suspect I've probably misheard the lyric - a few turns through the tape in the car, and I suspect it's actually "stop you from going all the way".
4. You had a temper like my jealousy, too hot, too greedy.
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush [8]
Yup, this is at the beginning of the tape, so was recorded around 1991 or so - apparently way before China Drum did their wonderful, wonderful cover, and certainly before I heard it.
5. The drums quite good, the bass is too loud, and I can't hear the words.
The Sound of the Suburbs - The Members [1]
Would anyone know this song if it weren't for the Sound of the Suburbs compilation ? I doubt it.
6. Dancing like you can't hear the beat and you don't give a further thought to things like feet.
Doing the Unstuck - The Cure [0]
A wonderfully happy-sounding Cure song, which I wanted to put on the tape. Sadly I wasn't paying attention, and forgot to stop Wish at the end of the song, thus it ran on and added...
7. Saturday, wait and Sunday always comes too late.
Friday, I'm in Love - The Cure [11]
Which has never been that high in my estimation. I was, however, too lazy to go back and remove it.
8. But that was once upon a time, now it's a brand new world.
Modern Girl - Meat Loaf [4]
Possibly the only Meat Loaf song I own (and I'd bet money that it's on the same compilation as yours,satyrica :)
9. You are an ocean wave, my love, crashing at the bow.
Martha's Harbour - All About Eve [6]
10. Take a look where you're livin', you got the Army on the street.
Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers [1]
11. As the picket lines fell, the industry died.
Deeside - The Alarm [0]
Interesting guesses for this - clearly people were going for "bands most likely to express pro-strike sentiments" :) I copied this off a compilation a friend made, I know practically no Alarm songs. I think I've heard two others, and liked them, so maybe I should check the band out a little.
12. I crack the whip, and you skip, but you deserve it.
Handsome Devil - The Smiths [1]
13. If I start a commotion, I run the risk of losing you and that's worse.
Ever Fallen In Love With Someone (You Shouldn't've Fallen In Love With) - The Buzzcocks [5]
And also winning the prize for Longest Title Ever. I'm faintly surprised there's only one Buzzcocks track on here, to be honest.
14. You walked too far along the street where only rats can run.
The Days of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams [3]
I'm a bit confused about this song. I think that this is the original, later covered by Marc Almond and possibly others. Butlanfykins' comments lead me to believe I may be wrong, and that this is a cover with an extra verse tacked on. Anyone know ?
15. Your heart is rip-shit.
Is She Weird? - The Pixies [1]
I reckon that this was one of the hardest to get, since the lyrics are really quite non-obvious.
16. Hearts a-bubble in the rubble, it was love at bomb site
Barbed Wire Love - Stiff Little Fingers [0]
17.But we watch the wall, little darling, while the chemical trucks go by.
Whitecoats - New Model Army via Kipling. [2]
18. Letters I've written him, never meaning to send.
Nights in White Satin - The Dickies [4]
It seems (though I didn't realise it) that the clue was in the lyrics here. The Moody Blues' original version doesn't contain the word "him" in that line. The Dickies' version does.
19. And if the homework brings you down then we'll throw it on the fire and take the car downtown.
Kooks - David Bowie [2]
I expected this to be better known, y'know. If you don't own a copy of Hunky Dory by David Bowie, then go out and buy it immediately (and not in fact Changes as I originally said - that is only accidentally even an album name).
20. Hand in hand is the only way to land, and always the right way round.
Love Cats - The Cure [5]
This is the last Cure song on here. Promise. I would write that I used to be quite a Cure fanatic, but recentlystompyboots introduced me to the concept of what it really means to be a fanatic. So I'll settle for saying I used to like them a lot.
21. Hey, little punk, forget all that junk.
Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Celebrate Summer [0]
I had a schoolfriend who really was a Marc Bolan fanatic, so I know far more about him than I'd ever expect. This song also contains the immortal lyric "Summer's not a bummer, it's a stunner, and it's now!"
22. Curse the music on the radio that the neighbours play.
The Ballad of Bodmin Pill - New Model Army [2]
23. Say baby you been lookin' real good, you know that I remember when we met.
Guns N Roses - Think About you [0]And I thought there were some GNR fans lurking round here, too.
24. I don't need a house that's a showplace, I just feel that we're going no place.
Work is a 4 Letter Word - The Smiths [0]
The Smiths covering Cilla Black. What more could you want ?
25. The me, the you, where are we now ? Allison - The Pixies [1]
Another classic "it makes no sense, must be the Pixies" lyric. Tip o' the hat tophlebas for showing his working on this one.
26.Hello, speak-up, is there somebody there, these hang-ups are getting me down. Somebody To Shove - Soul Asylum [0]
27. He's bigger than big, taller than tall, quicker than quick, stronger than strong.
Gigantor! - The Dickies [0]
zotz, I'm disappointed, I thought you were a dead cert for getting this one!
28. Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary ?
Hairdesser On Fire - Morrissey [0]
For people wishing to assess critically my tracklisting, this is actually number 10 1/2.
[Poll #370605]
narenek 2_corpse 5lanfykins 5satyrica 5white_hart 5beckyl 6liriselei 6purple_pen 6verlaine 6broadmeadow 7beckyc 10cuthbertcross 10phlebas 12However, the winner, whose musical taste most closely resembles that of a teenage girl in the early nineties is:
zotz 19So, in accordance with the rules: everyone award him lots of kudos, and look at him a bit funny.
The number in square brackets is the number of people who correctly guessed the song title (whatever they said for the artist).
1. Get out of here, boy, or I'll use the colt. No chance, no chance.
Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee [0]
No, I don't know much about this band either. I borrowed an album of theirs once; I reckon this is probably the second most obscure song on here. Such choice quotes as "I'm a hot retard. Margis de Sade." could also have represetented this song. I fear it may not be any cop at all.
2. Six sides to every lie I say, it's that American voice again.
Six Different Ways - The Cure [0]
This comes off the rather fine and much forgotten Cure album The Head On The Door. Googling just now, I find that the Counting Crows have covered it - anyone know what that sounds like ?
3. Not a care in the world, my only thought was to stop you from going away.
Where Did Ego? - Magic Bastards [0]
Well, this was the one I said I'd be staggered if anyone got. The Magic Bastards were a band around in Darlington in the early 90s. I've got no lyrics for the song anywhere, and suspect I've probably misheard the lyric - a few turns through the tape in the car, and I suspect it's actually "stop you from going all the way".
4. You had a temper like my jealousy, too hot, too greedy.
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush [8]
Yup, this is at the beginning of the tape, so was recorded around 1991 or so - apparently way before China Drum did their wonderful, wonderful cover, and certainly before I heard it.
5. The drums quite good, the bass is too loud, and I can't hear the words.
The Sound of the Suburbs - The Members [1]
Would anyone know this song if it weren't for the Sound of the Suburbs compilation ? I doubt it.
6. Dancing like you can't hear the beat and you don't give a further thought to things like feet.
Doing the Unstuck - The Cure [0]
A wonderfully happy-sounding Cure song, which I wanted to put on the tape. Sadly I wasn't paying attention, and forgot to stop Wish at the end of the song, thus it ran on and added...
7. Saturday, wait and Sunday always comes too late.
Friday, I'm in Love - The Cure [11]
Which has never been that high in my estimation. I was, however, too lazy to go back and remove it.
8. But that was once upon a time, now it's a brand new world.
Modern Girl - Meat Loaf [4]
Possibly the only Meat Loaf song I own (and I'd bet money that it's on the same compilation as yours,
satyrica :)9. You are an ocean wave, my love, crashing at the bow.
Martha's Harbour - All About Eve [6]
10. Take a look where you're livin', you got the Army on the street.
Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers [1]
11. As the picket lines fell, the industry died.
Deeside - The Alarm [0]
Interesting guesses for this - clearly people were going for "bands most likely to express pro-strike sentiments" :) I copied this off a compilation a friend made, I know practically no Alarm songs. I think I've heard two others, and liked them, so maybe I should check the band out a little.
12. I crack the whip, and you skip, but you deserve it.
Handsome Devil - The Smiths [1]
13. If I start a commotion, I run the risk of losing you and that's worse.
Ever Fallen In Love With Someone (You Shouldn't've Fallen In Love With) - The Buzzcocks [5]
And also winning the prize for Longest Title Ever. I'm faintly surprised there's only one Buzzcocks track on here, to be honest.
14. You walked too far along the street where only rats can run.
The Days of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams [3]
I'm a bit confused about this song. I think that this is the original, later covered by Marc Almond and possibly others. But
lanfykins' comments lead me to believe I may be wrong, and that this is a cover with an extra verse tacked on. Anyone know ?15. Your heart is rip-shit.
Is She Weird? - The Pixies [1]
I reckon that this was one of the hardest to get, since the lyrics are really quite non-obvious.
16. Hearts a-bubble in the rubble, it was love at bomb site
Barbed Wire Love - Stiff Little Fingers [0]
17.But we watch the wall, little darling, while the chemical trucks go by.
Whitecoats - New Model Army via Kipling. [2]
18. Letters I've written him, never meaning to send.
Nights in White Satin - The Dickies [4]
It seems (though I didn't realise it) that the clue was in the lyrics here. The Moody Blues' original version doesn't contain the word "him" in that line. The Dickies' version does.
19. And if the homework brings you down then we'll throw it on the fire and take the car downtown.
Kooks - David Bowie [2]
I expected this to be better known, y'know. If you don't own a copy of Hunky Dory by David Bowie, then go out and buy it immediately (and not in fact Changes as I originally said - that is only accidentally even an album name).
20. Hand in hand is the only way to land, and always the right way round.
Love Cats - The Cure [5]
This is the last Cure song on here. Promise. I would write that I used to be quite a Cure fanatic, but recently
stompyboots introduced me to the concept of what it really means to be a fanatic. So I'll settle for saying I used to like them a lot.21. Hey, little punk, forget all that junk.
Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Celebrate Summer [0]
I had a schoolfriend who really was a Marc Bolan fanatic, so I know far more about him than I'd ever expect. This song also contains the immortal lyric "Summer's not a bummer, it's a stunner, and it's now!"
22. Curse the music on the radio that the neighbours play.
The Ballad of Bodmin Pill - New Model Army [2]
23. Say baby you been lookin' real good, you know that I remember when we met.
Guns N Roses - Think About you [0]And I thought there were some GNR fans lurking round here, too.
24. I don't need a house that's a showplace, I just feel that we're going no place.
Work is a 4 Letter Word - The Smiths [0]
The Smiths covering Cilla Black. What more could you want ?
25. The me, the you, where are we now ? Allison - The Pixies [1]
Another classic "it makes no sense, must be the Pixies" lyric. Tip o' the hat to
phlebas for showing his working on this one.26.Hello, speak-up, is there somebody there, these hang-ups are getting me down. Somebody To Shove - Soul Asylum [0]
27. He's bigger than big, taller than tall, quicker than quick, stronger than strong.
Gigantor! - The Dickies [0]
zotz, I'm disappointed, I thought you were a dead cert for getting this one!28. Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary ?
Hairdesser On Fire - Morrissey [0]
For people wishing to assess critically my tracklisting, this is actually number 10 1/2.
[Poll #370605]
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Somebody To Shove
Date: 2004-10-21 03:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:08 pm (UTC)Yes, I think I'm asking about the song, not the particular recording, really. None of the covers in that are (as far as I know) sufficiently different that you could fail to recognise one from t'other.
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:09 pm (UTC)I thought your comment about the wrong-verse-on-the end was implying that you could tell from the quote - since that bit about rats does occur in the last verse. What is all this about a wrong last verse, then ?
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-22 06:17 am (UTC)A tenement, a dirty street, walked to worn by shoeless feet,
Remember how it stood to be, the way your life had gone,
But Pearly don't you shed more tears, for those best forgotten years
Those tenements are memories of where you've risen from,
...the days of pearly spencer....
....the race is almost run.....
I believe this is not on the original. If you could play me ooh about 10 seconds of the song I'll tell you which version it is, cos as a teenage obsessive I had Mr Almond's "tenement symphony" album on repeat for a year or two!
lanfykins' comments
Date: 2004-10-21 04:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:26 pm (UTC)Top one! Nice one! Get sorted!
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Date: 2004-10-21 11:03 pm (UTC)Maybe you've got a point!
Date: 2004-10-21 04:45 pm (UTC)And I didn't tick off the SLF tracks 'cos I'm still getting to grips with them. Feel free to give 'em extra votes if you wish.
So I can now subject
Re: Maybe you've got a point!
Date: 2004-10-22 01:55 am (UTC)Re: Maybe you've got a point!
Date: 2004-10-22 02:20 am (UTC)Again.
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Date: 2004-10-21 10:58 pm (UTC)> Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee [0]
> No, I don't know much about this band either. I borrowed an album of
> theirs once; I reckon this is probably the second most obscure song on
> here. Such choice quotes as "I'm a hot retard. Margis de Sade." could also > have represetented this song. I fear it may not be any cop at all.
I really kicked myself for not getting this one. The album is "Battle Hymns For Children, Singing" and also includes their other hit single "John Wayne Is Big Legggy". It's not a great album but I have it if you want to listen to it. (I loved the two singles, though.) "Shiny Shiny" is also on a compilation CD I have called "Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The 80's Vol 11" - and this has got some excellent tracks on it.
> 5. The drums quite good, the bass is too loud, and I can't hear the words.
> The Sound of the Suburbs - The Members [1]
> Would anyone know this song if it weren't for the Sound of the Suburbs
> compilation ? I doubt it.
Oh yes, I think they would - it's just before your time! When this was in the charts (early 1979) I was 13 and this was one of my favourite tracks of the time. I have it on a clear vinyl 7" single. The version on the "Sound of the Suburbs" compilation is not the same one: it's good, but the single is better!
> Ever Fallen In Love With Someone (You Shouldn't've Fallen In Love With) -
> The Buzzcocks [5]
> And also winning the prize for Longest Title Ever.
Ah well. That honour was actually held by The Carpenters for "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Officially Recognised Anthem Of World Contact Day)". Mad title, or what?!
Great quiz, btw. More please!
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Date: 2004-10-22 03:18 pm (UTC)Also, I have "Sound of the Suburbs" on a different compilation.
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Date: 2004-10-21 11:18 pm (UTC)However, I own or owned versions of some of the others but still didn't recognise them:
4. Never owned it, hated it, but as it was at number one for about a month in my teen years, I couldn't avoid it. So how did I miss this one?
5. YES! I own the single from this, a fairly significant hit for the band, with a B-side instrumental "Watching the big jets" which was hauntingly beautiful. Other magnificent pieces of vinyl by this band feature "Offshore Banking Business" and "Solitary Confinement"
10. Never owned it, kept hearing it on John Peel's show, agreed with him when he said "by now, it sounds quite tame"
11. Saw the band live, loved it, never bought anything except 68 Guns (12" single)
12. Owned on Hatful of Hollow. Still couldn't have recognised the line.
13. Saw the band live, watch the audience destroy the New Theatre from my vantage point in the circle. And the show would have been so much better if the band had recognised the songs, never mind me.
18. Previously discussed.
Finally, as regards long names for songs, isn't the record holder supposed to be Hoagy Carmichael's "I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues" or am I confusing it with another song?
Anyone who enjoys the music on the list should visit http://thesmirks.com which, not surprisingly, is devoted to the music of "The Smirks". (shameless plug for a site I own and a band I love)
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Date: 2004-10-22 04:20 am (UTC)Well, how about Test Department's "Long Live British Democracy Which Flourishes And Is Constantly Perfected Under The Immaculate Guidance Of The Great, Honourable, Generous And Correct Margaret Hilda Thatcher. She Is The Blue Sky In The Hearts Of All Nations, Our People Pay Homage And Bow In Deep Respect And Gratitude To Her, The Milk Of Human Kindness"?
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Date: 2004-10-22 04:35 am (UTC)[I didn't say it, and the original subject didn't demand it, but that was the longest title _ever to grace the charts_. That's old info; it may have been beaten since.]
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Date: 2004-10-22 11:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-23 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-27 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-27 02:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 11:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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