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1. The Human League recorded two versions of the song "Being Boiled." One was fast, the other slow. With its ominous bassline and echoing sound effects, the faster take became a success on radio and a staple in the group's live show. The two takes had nearly identical lyrics. What was the song about?
2. The narrator in "Lifetime Piling Up" by the Talking Heads goes through a number of physical and mental pains, as his problems become too much to handle. "I got bad coordination," he sings. What does the man say he did next?
3. According to an article in the music magazine "Q," Morrissey's 1988 song "Alsatian Cousin" marked the first occasion in the history of rock and roll that anyone had used a particular word in a lyric. What was that word?
4. "Downpressor Man" by Peter Tosh derives its title from a Rastafarian term of contempt for someone who mistreats the poor and downtrodden. This is a change from the word "oppressor," because that word makes it sound like they're "pressing up." The song goes into great detail about what subject?
5. The group My Bloody Valentine is known for their heavily distorted sound. On their albums, this affects not only the guitars, but the vocals as well. Listeners to the album "Isn't Anything" had to get by without a lyric sheet. The album came out in 1988, before the advent of the Internet and its sites for fan interests and lyric searches. If you paid close attention, however, you could figure out most of the storylines. The track "I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It)" was about what startling topic?
6. Finding a new lover is usually a happy event. However, the narrator of Roxy Music's "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" was eager to keep his new flame secret from the neighbors. Why was that?
7. In a song from the television show "Cartoon Planet," the characters Brak and Space Ghost sang about meeting their dates and then going out to do something called the "Hoodeleehoo." What was this?
8. Marc Bolan and T. Rex lit up the stage as glam rockers in the 1970s. In the song "Jeepster," Marc proclaimed, "Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for your love, and I want you!" Which of the following statements about the song is true?
9. In the song "Run for Your Life," who or what is chasing singer Jarvis Church and guest vocalist Elephant Man?
10. In the ballad "On My Own," by Patti Labelle and Michael MacDonald, Michael sings that "we're up to talking divorce." According to the next line in the song, what made the unlucky couple unique?
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