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Al Green Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Can you tell which Al Green song these lyrics are from?

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

Author
lesn

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
384,692

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Which sad Al Green song are these lyrics from?

"People say that I've found a way
to make you say that you love me" Hint

How Can you Mend a Broken Heart

Tired of Being Alone

Full of Fire

Still in Love with You

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Question 2 of 10

2. What song contains these lyrics?

"What about the way you love me?
And the way you squeeze me?"

Hint

I'm Glad You're Mine

Simply Beautiful

For the Good Times

Look What You Done For Me

3. This song was a hit for the great soul/rock songstress, Tina Turner, but Al had the original and best version. It was also used in the movie 'Pulp Fiction'

"I... I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is all right with me...
'Cause you... make me feel so brand new
And I... want to spend my life with you" Hint

Let's Stay Together

It Ain't No Fun to Me

What Is This Feeling

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What song are these lyrics from? Written and originally recorded by the Bee Gees. It contains some of the saddest words you will ever hear.

"I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by" Hint

God Blessed our Love

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

Take Me to the River

Could I Be the One?

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Question 5 of 10

5. Die hard Al Green fans will know what song these lyrics are from.

"Thinking 'bout what people do
Talking 'bout how I love you
Thinking there's nothing to what they say
You're gonna to be with me anyway"

What soulful ballad are those lyrics from? Hint

Livin' for You

You Ought to Be with Me

So Good to Be Here

Stay with Me Forever

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Question 6 of 10

6. Not one of his better known songs and this may test how big a fan you are.

"Thinking 'bout your kiss, gloom all around me
Seem like love is never gonna find me
I keep on looking for a brighter day
When all I see is time slipping away" Hint

That's the Way it Is

I Wish You Were Here

Nothing Takes the Place of You

Always

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of Al Green's songs contain these lyrics?

"It's something that just gets down in your bones
Baby. And once I see you I can't leave your love alone" Hint

I Still Need You

Sha-La-La (Make me Happy)

L.O.V.E (Love)

Tired of Being Alone

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Question 8 of 10

8. Not such a well known song but Al Green fans may know these lyrics:

"And the light of day
I can now hear you say
I then take this trip
With me to eternity" Hint

Feels like Summer

Something

I Tried to Tell Myself

Loving You

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Question 9 of 10

9. This up tempo song shows off Al's amazing range; what song is it?

"I don't know why she treated me so bad
Look at all those things that we could have had
Love is a notion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I will never regret! Hint

Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in my Arms)

Belle

Highway to Heaven

Take Me to the River

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Al Green song contains the following sad lyrics?

"Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft across the window
And make believe you love me one more time"
Hint

Funny How Time Slips Away

So You're Leaving

For the Good Times

I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which sad Al Green song are these lyrics from? "People say that I've found a way to make you say that you love me"

Answer: Tired of Being Alone

Written by Al Green in 1968 and featured in the 1971 album, 'Al Green Gets Next to You', this became popular in the early 1970s.
Like many similar songs it has very sad lyrics about unrequited love.
It has been covered by both Michael Bolton and Tom Jones.

2. What song contains these lyrics? "What about the way you love me? And the way you squeeze me?"

Answer: Simply Beautiful

Queen Latifah covered the song for her debut all singing album.
Al does a very good acoustic version which can be seen on You Tube; many are unaware he can play guitar but he does it beautifully here.

3. This song was a hit for the great soul/rock songstress, Tina Turner, but Al had the original and best version. It was also used in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' "I... I'm so in love with you Whatever you want to do Is all right with me... 'Cause you... make me feel so brand new And I... want to spend my life with you"

Answer: Let's Stay Together

This song was ranked the sixtieth greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. Tina Turner had a big hit with her version in the early 80s.
Also Maroon 5 and Seal have recorded this lovely song.

4. What song are these lyrics from? Written and originally recorded by the Bee Gees. It contains some of the saddest words you will ever hear. "I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees And misty memories of days gone by"

Answer: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

This song became the Bee Gees' first US number one. It has been covered by many artists, but none match Al Green's version in my humble opinion.
It also featured in the TV series 'Ally McBeal' where Al made a guest appearance.

5. Die hard Al Green fans will know what song these lyrics are from. "Thinking 'bout what people do Talking 'bout how I love you Thinking there's nothing to what they say You're gonna to be with me anyway" What soulful ballad are those lyrics from?

Answer: You Ought to Be with Me

Released from his album, 'Call Me', the single spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was also successful on the pop chart, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late 1972.

6. Not one of his better known songs and this may test how big a fan you are. "Thinking 'bout your kiss, gloom all around me Seem like love is never gonna find me I keep on looking for a brighter day When all I see is time slipping away"

Answer: I Wish You Were Here

This is a particularly sad Al Green tune from the "Explores Your Mind" album. This is a very sad song about lost love. Another song about lost love and the helpless feeling when someone loves someone but that love is not returned. Al sings with so much soul that you cannot help being moved by it.

7. Which of Al Green's songs contain these lyrics? "It's something that just gets down in your bones Baby. And once I see you I can't leave your love alone"

Answer: Sha-La-La (Make me Happy)

A lovely upbeat song about a man's love for his woman. He seems to want to assure her that she makes him happy. The refrain contains lyrics that indicate he made her sad sometime in the past and is sorry for this.
'I'm trying, this feeling just won't die, Sha la la la-- la la la Made you cry'

8. Not such a well known song but Al Green fans may know these lyrics: "And the light of day I can now hear you say I then take this trip With me to eternity"

Answer: I Tried to Tell Myself

Another upbeat love song that Al Green seems to do so well. From the album 'Have a Good Time' released in 1976 and then again on 'Love and Happiness' 1977.

9. This up tempo song shows off Al's amazing range; what song is it? "I don't know why she treated me so bad Look at all those things that we could have had Love is a notion that I can't forget My sweet sixteen I will never regret!

Answer: Take Me to the River

Al Green used the title "Take Me to the River" for his autobiography, published in 2000. The song was a favorite in live performances.
Recorded in 1974 and written by singer Al Green and guitarist Mabon "Teenie" Hodges. Hit versions were also recorded by both Sly Johnson and Talking Heads. In 2004, Al Green's original version was ranked number 117 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

10. Which Al Green song contains the following sad lyrics? "Lay your head upon my pillow Hold your warm and tender body close to mine Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft across the window And make believe you love me one more time"

Answer: For the Good Times

Written by Kris Kristofferson and covered by many other artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson. But you have to love Al's version of this lovely song.

Source: Author lesn

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