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Quiz about Sing Along With Albert Collins
Quiz about Sing Along With Albert Collins

Sing Along With Albert Collins Quiz


Albert Collins is no longer with us, but his songs are. Explore some of his beauties with this quiz on lyrics. I'll give you the song and a portion of the lyrics, you pick the next line.

A multiple-choice quiz by deputygary. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
deputygary
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
257,054
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
233
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
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Question 1 of 15
1. Here are some lines from "Stormy Monday": "the ____ flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play." What flies on Friday? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. In "...But I Was Cool" Albert sings: "the shot whistled right past that woman's head..." What's the next line? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. "Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate" is about a man sitting down to a feast. On the menu "they had barbecue possum, rattlesnake gravy," What delicacy comes after rattlesnake gravy? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. In the song "Too Tired" when he "got a good poker hand," what was he too tired to do? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Where or when did he leave in "Iceman" "to heat this coolest place in town?" Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. "I Ain't Drunk" is the next song. "I don't care, what the people are thinkin', I ain't drunk" What is the next line? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The next song on the countdown is "The Highway is Like a Woman." Why is "the highway is like a woman?" Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. "If trouble was money, I swear I'd be a" what? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. "Now the gas station was closed, the snow was ____ feet tall." How tall was the snow in "Snowed In?" Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Here is a line from "Lights Are On But Nobody's Home": "when I have to go to work, I gotta go to work" where? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Finish this line from "Too Many Dirty Dishes": "when I left I had corn flakes for breakfast, now there's" what? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What follows this line from "Master Charge:" "two hundred dollar dresses?" Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. The next song under consideration is "When the Welfare Turns Its Back on You." "if you tell 'em you're sick, you better have..." What had you better have? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What follows "Put your eye on another view" in the song "Put the Shoe on the Other Foot?" Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. In the song "Bending Like a Willow Tree" Albert sings "got down on my bendin' knee, ____ and bendin' like a willow tree." What word goes in the blank? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Here are some lines from "Stormy Monday": "the ____ flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play." What flies on Friday?

Answer: eagle

"Stormy Monday" was written by T-Bone Walker, who also wrote T-Bone Shuffle. According to BB King, this song inspired him to take up the guitar.
2. In "...But I Was Cool" Albert sings: "the shot whistled right past that woman's head..." What's the next line?

Answer: an' I killed my hound dog, dead

"...But I Was Cool" is off the "Don't Lose Your Cool" album. This album won the 1983 W.C. Handy Award for best blues album of the year.
3. "Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate" is about a man sitting down to a feast. On the menu "they had barbecue possum, rattlesnake gravy," What delicacy comes after rattlesnake gravy?

Answer: chicken fried skunk

"an' it smelt real crazy"
4. In the song "Too Tired" when he "got a good poker hand," what was he too tired to do?

Answer: win

"I layed down last night, too tired to wait;
I had a chill this mornin', too tired to shake;
I got a good poker hand, too tired to win;
I could hear my baby knockin', too tired to let her in."
5. Where or when did he leave in "Iceman" "to heat this coolest place in town?"

Answer: Leona, Texas

Albert was born in Leona, Texas on October 1, 1932.
6. "I Ain't Drunk" is the next song. "I don't care, what the people are thinkin', I ain't drunk" What is the next line?

Answer: I'm just drinkin'

"I Ain't Drunk" is one of many humorous songs Albert recorded. "Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate," "...But I Was Cool," and "Too Many Dirty Dishes" were some others.
7. The next song on the countdown is "The Highway is Like a Woman." Why is "the highway is like a woman?"

Answer: soft shoulders and dangerous curves

"If you don't know her when you start travelin', boy she can really upset your nerves.
But if you respect her when she warns you, I swear the highway treat you fine,
But if you respect her when she warns you, I swear the highway treat you fine,
When she's wet an' she's slippery, then watch out for the detour sign."
8. "If trouble was money, I swear I'd be a" what?

Answer: millionaire

"If Trouble Was Money" was recorded on the "Live in Japan" album. I have also heard him sing it as "If Money Was Trouble".
9. "Now the gas station was closed, the snow was ____ feet tall." How tall was the snow in "Snowed In?"

Answer: eight

In this song, Albert used his guitar to emulate the sounds of trying to start his truck, walking to the gas station, and even a car honking at him.
10. Here is a line from "Lights Are On But Nobody's Home": "when I have to go to work, I gotta go to work" where?

Answer: downtown

"Lights are on but nobody's home" is an idiom for someone who is not very smart. Some similar sayings are: "a few cards shy of a full deck", "a couple bricks shy of a load", and "his/her elevator doesn't go to the top floor".
11. Finish this line from "Too Many Dirty Dishes": "when I left I had corn flakes for breakfast, now there's" what?

Answer: a bone from a t-bone steak

Albert was known as "The Master of the Telecaster", "Iceman" and "The Razor Blade Man."
12. What follows this line from "Master Charge:" "two hundred dollar dresses?"

Answer: I could-a made and I can't sew

Jon Smith did the sax solo at the start of "Master Charge." Smith is a popular session saxophonist who has played on albums by such diverse groups as Edgar Winter's White Trash, Toto, Doobie Brothers, Randy Newman, Dr. John, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, The Fabulous Boogie Kings, and The Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks.
13. The next song under consideration is "When the Welfare Turns Its Back on You." "if you tell 'em you're sick, you better have..." What had you better have?

Answer: a bad cough

The song has also appeared on Freddy King's "All His Hits" and the Robert Cray Band's "Too Many Cooks."
14. What follows "Put your eye on another view" in the song "Put the Shoe on the Other Foot?"

Answer: you can see just like me

"Put your shoe on another foot, you can walk just like me."
"Put your eye on another view, you can see just like me."
"Put your tongue on another word, you can talk, talk just like me."
15. In the song "Bending Like a Willow Tree" Albert sings "got down on my bendin' knee, ____ and bendin' like a willow tree." What word goes in the blank?

Answer: weepin'

This song was written by the late Lowell Fulson who also penned such blues classics as "3 O'Clock Blues," "Everyday I Have the Blues," "Trump," and "Reconsider Baby." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed "Reconsider Baby" among the "Top 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll."
Source: Author deputygary

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