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1.
  Five Days in May    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All about "Five Days in May", a great song by Blue Rodeo.
Average, 10 Qns, guitargoddess, Aug 04 17
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  Blue Rodeo Roundup    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Test your knowledge about one of the best bands to ever come out of Canada.
Tough, 10 Qns, Gausser, May 06 23
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Gausser
May 06 23
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Blue Rodeo Trivia Questions
1. Under what circumstances did the lovers meet?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: in a hurricane

"They met in a hurricane, standing in the shelter out of the rain. He tucked a note into her hand." Blue Rodeo are a country-rock band from the Toronto area in Ontario, Canada. They were formed in 1984 by Jim Cuddy, Greg Keeler and Bazil Donovan.

2. What was the name of Blue Rodeo's debut CD?

From Quiz Blue Rodeo Roundup

Answer: Outskirts

"Outskirts" was their debut CD followed by "Diamond Mine", "Casino" and "Lost Together".

3. What happened later when they went to the beach?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: He wrote her name in the sand.

"Later on they took his car, drove on down where the beaches are. He wrote her name in the sand, never even let go of her hand." Jim Cuddy was inspired to write the song "Five Days in May" when he saw the band's sound engineer writing his wife's name in the sand on a beach in New Zealand.

4. "Somehow they stayed that way for..." for how long?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: those five days in may & five days in may & those 5 days in may & 5 days in may

"...made all the stars around them shine." In addition to the sound engineer's habit of tracing his wife's name in the sand, the lyrics to "Five Days in May" also refer to Jim Cuddy met his wife. He is married to Rena Polley, a Canadian actress.

5. Blue Rodeo released a two-disc live CD in 1999. What was the name of the CD?

From Quiz Blue Rodeo Roundup

Answer: Just Like a Vacation

"Nowhere to Here" and "The Days in Between" are both studio CDs. "All in Time" is the title of Jim Cuddy's solo CD.

6. "Funny how you can look in vain, living on nerves and..."; and what else?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: such sweet pain

The album that this song is on is widely considered to be the band's most popular and most well-written of their 11 studio albums. It was also supposed to have a Neil Young sort of feel and sound, and this was most evident on the track "Five Days in May".

7. Blue Rodeo write almost all of their songs. However on the "Five Days in July" CD, the song "'Til I Gain Control Again" was penned by someone else. Who wrote it?

From Quiz Blue Rodeo Roundup

Answer: Rodney Crowell

This song certainly sounds like one of their own. Well worth a listen.

8. What could you spend your whole life working out?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: Why they stood while others fell.

"Looking back it's hard to tell why they stood while others fell, spend your life working it out." The music video for "Five Days in May" takes place shows the band in a barn playing the song, and also flashes to scenes of the two lovers, separated, walking down a path and through a field.

9. What was the name of the first single from Blue Rodeo's CD "Tremolo"?

From Quiz Blue Rodeo Roundup

Answer: It Could Happen to You

"Falling Down Blue" and "Shed My Skin" were the second and third singles from the CD respectively. "Somebody Waits" was the first single from the CD "The Days in Between".

10. When the lovers took off, in which direction did they flee?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: South

"All I know is one cloudy day, they both just ran away. Rain on the windshield headed south." The song climbed as high as number four on Canadian radio charts, but only got to number 16 on the Canadian country chart.

11. Which Blue Rodeo CD features the single "Rain Down on Me"?

From Quiz Blue Rodeo Roundup

Answer: Lost Together

Blue Rodeo has another single with rain in the title. It's "After the Rain" featured on the "Casino" CD.

12. What small part of her lover did She particularly like?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: The lines around his mouth

"Oh, she loved the lines around his mouth". Blue Rodeo appeared in the 1990 film "Postcards from the Edge", at the very end.

13. "Sometimes the world begins to set you up on your feet again and no one..." does what?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: Wipes the tears from your eyes

"... How will you ever know the way that circumstances go, it's gonna hit you by surprise."

14. What was unusual about the band's ninth studio CD "Palace of Gold"?

From Quiz Blue Rodeo Roundup

Answer: The songs featured a horn section.

Blue Rodeo wanted to expand their creative wings. They took a four-piece horn section on a mini-tour to promote their greatest hits CD. Fans and critics liked it so they added the horns to their next CD.

15. "But I know my past, you were there in everything I've done..." What completes the chorus?

From Quiz Five Days in May

Answer: You are the one

The song is just over 7 minutes long, longer than any other track on the album. It features a very long outro, which consists largely of a harmonica solo.

16. What is the name of Blue Rodeo's drummer who appeared on several of the band's discs including "Palace of Gold", "Nowhere to Here" and "Tremolo"?

From Quiz Blue Rodeo Roundup

Answer: Glen Milchem

Bazil is a bass player. James plays keyboards, accordion etc. and Greg does vocals and plays guitar.

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