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Quiz about My Indie Lyrics Quiz

Quiz about My Indie Lyrics Quiz

My Indie Lyrics Quiz

This is my first quiz and it is about my favorite bands; just choose the band that matches the lyric. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by musicismylife. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
musicismylife

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
257,330

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
465

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "And she was beautiful but she didn't mean a thing to me" is a lyric from which band? Hint

Editors

The Decemberists

Death Cab For Cutie

The Unicorns

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Question 2 of 10

2. This lyric is from a song by which band? "The creature in the sky, got sucked into a hole, now there is a hole in the sky". Hint

Sonic Youth

Pixies

Husker Du

Pavement

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which four-piece indie band sings the song that contains these lyrics? "Sandy why can't we look the other way" Hint

Oxford Collapse

She Wants Revenge

Interpol

Modest Mouse

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Question 4 of 10

4. What band sings this song? "Cause America can and America can't say no, and America does if America says it's so, it's so" Hint

Neutral Milk Hotel

Calexico

The Thermals

The Decemberists

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Question 5 of 10

5. This is the opening of a song by which band? "Attention! Unbelievers, fashion victims, opportunists" Hint

Bloc Party

Kaiser Cheifs

The Klaxons

Sounds Like Violence

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which singer-songwriter has a song with these lyrics? "I drove to New York, in a van with my friend, we slept in parking lots, I don't mind, I don't mind." Hint

Matt Costa

Iron and Wine

Sufjan Stevens

Bright Eyes

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Question 7 of 10

7. "All you people are vampires, and all your stories are stale, though you pretend to stand by us, though you're certain we'll fail." Is sung by which band? Hint

The Strokes

The Hives

The Vines

Arctic Monkeys

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Question 8 of 10

8. "People are fragile things, you should know by know, be careful what you put them through" are lyrics from punk or post-punk band? Hint

Rise Against

Boy Kill Boy

Rock Kills Kid

Editors

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Hardly art, hardly starving, hardly art, hardly garbage" are lyrics by which of the following bands? Hint

These Arms Are Snakes

The Thermals

Spoon

Muse

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Question 10 of 10

10. These last lyrics are from which European indie band? "A friend of a friend got beaten, he looked the wrong way at a policeman." Hint

Arctic Monkeys

Franz Ferdinand

Morrisey

Kaiser Chiefs

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "And she was beautiful but she didn't mean a thing to me" is a lyric from which band?

Answer: Death Cab For Cutie

From "Tiny Vessels." Death Cab for Cutie is headed by singer songwriter Ben Gibbard, who has also done many side projects, including the band The Postal Service.

2. This lyric is from a song by which band? "The creature in the sky, got sucked into a hole, now there is a hole in the sky".

Answer: Pixies

The song is "Monkey Gone to Heaven", from their 1989 album "Doolittle". The Pixies alternated vocals from Kim Deal and "Black Francis" (Charles Thompson IV) on their songs.

3. Which four-piece indie band sings the song that contains these lyrics? "Sandy why can't we look the other way"

Answer: Interpol

The song is "Evil". The video stars a puppet and it tells a story about his life.

4. What band sings this song? "Cause America can and America can't say no, and America does if America says it's so, it's so"

Answer: The Decemberists

The song is "16 Military Wives." Colin Meloy, lead singer of the Decemberists, was an English teacher before forming the band.

5. This is the opening of a song by which band? "Attention! Unbelievers, fashion victims, opportunists"

Answer: Bloc Party

"All the Marshalls are Dead". This song was off of Bloc Party's first ep. It is one of my favorites from one of my favorite bands.

6. Which singer-songwriter has a song with these lyrics? "I drove to New York, in a van with my friend, we slept in parking lots, I don't mind, I don't mind."

Answer: Sufjan Stevens

"Chicago", is off of "Come on Feel the Illinoise!" the second of Sufjan Stevens' 50 states concept albums. All the songs have something to do with Illinois history.

7. "All you people are vampires, and all your stories are stale, though you pretend to stand by us, though you're certain we'll fail." Is sung by which band?

Answer: Arctic Monkeys

"Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong But..." is from the Arctic Monkeys' highly successful debut album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not." The album was a huge success in England, but their success in the U.S. is not even near that in the U.K.

8. "People are fragile things, you should know by know, be careful what you put them through" are lyrics from punk or post-punk band?

Answer: Editors

"Munich", from the Editors' debut album, "The Back Room". They are an art rock, post punk revival band from England that took advantage of "the post punk revival" in the U.K.

9. "Hardly art, hardly starving, hardly art, hardly garbage" are lyrics by which of the following bands?

Answer: The Thermals

"No Culture Icons" From the Thermals' first full length album. The Thermals are a three piece low-fi punk band from Portland, Oregon.

10. These last lyrics are from which European indie band? "A friend of a friend got beaten, he looked the wrong way at a policeman."

Answer: Kaiser Chiefs

"I Predict a Riot" from the Kaiser Chiefs debut, "Employment." The Chiefs released an album in 2007, "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" which contains the single "Ruby."

Source: Author musicismylife

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