Classic Rock Bands: Who's Got the 'Better' Song? Quiz

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1. From 1966: "You better stop, look around, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes.."

Answer: Rolling Stones

"You better stop, look around
Here it comes, here it comes
Here it comes, here it comes
Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown"
From early 1966, the Rolling Stones with '19th Nervous Breakdown', written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It peaked at the number two position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the first of five new songs released by the band in 1966 to become hits in the U.S.

2. From 1968: "Remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better"

Answer: Beatles

"Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better"
'Hey Jude' spent nine consecutive weeks at the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968, the Beatles' first single released on their own Apple label. It would be just over two decades before Paul McCartney would perform 'Hey Jude' live in concert, doing so for the first time on his 'Flowers in the Dirt' world tour of 1989; it became a staple of his live shows since then.

3. From 1977: "Jungle love in the surf in the pouring rain, everything's better when wet"

Answer: Steve Miller Band

'Jungle Love' was one of three hit singles for the Steve Miller Band from their 1977 album 'Book of Dreams'. It made it to number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

4. From 1981: "Can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover"

Answer: Men at Work

"Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover"
'Down Under' was Australian band Men at Work's second consecutive U.S. chart-topping single, following 'Who Can It Be Now?', both from their debut album 'Business as Usual', released in 1981.

5. From 1975: "But you better get your face on board the very next train"

Answer: ELO

"Ha ha woman what you gonna do
You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you
It's so good that you're feeling pain
But you better get your face on board the very next train"
From 'Evil Woman', the Electric Light Orchestra's lead-off single from their 'Face the Music' album, released in late 1975. Formed by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne from the ashes of the Move, ELO released their first album in late 1971, and had a minor hit with '10538 Overture'. Wood would leave during the recording of the group's second album, and would go on to score some major hits in the U.K. during its glam-rock period with his new band Wizzard. With Wood gone, Lynne took over, and would lead ELO to great commercial and critical success throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.

6. From 1970: "So now you'd better stop, and rebuild all your ruins"

Answer: Led Zeppelin

"So now you'd better stop
And rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day
Despite of all your losing"
From the 1970 'Immigrant Song', written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, from 'Led Zeppelin III', one of several massively successful albums released in the 1970s by the band. When drummer John Bonham died in 1980, Led Zeppelin decided to call it quits.

7. From 1979: "Dissatisfied is what I am, I want to be a better man"

Answer: Kinks

"Surely there must be a way
For me to change the shape I'm in
Dissatisfied is what I am
I want to be a better man"
From 1979, the Kinks' disco-rock effort '(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman', from their highest-ever charting U.S. album 'Low Budget' (number eleven). The Kinks were enjoying a resurgence in popularity in North America beginning in the late 1970s, boosted in part by the success of Van Halen's cover version of 'You Really Got Me', the Kinks' breakthrough hit of 1964.

8. From 1965: "Better leave her behind with the kids, they're alright"

Answer: The Who

'The Kids Are Alright', written by Pete Townshend, from The Who's first album, 'My Generation', released in 1965. A 1979 documentary on the band was also called 'The Kids Are Alright'.

9. From 1973: "You better let somebody love you, before it's too late"

Answer: Eagles

"Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be raining, but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late"
'Desperado', the title song from the Eagles' 1973 album, written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, with lead vocal by Henley. Never released as a single, 'Desperado' nevertheless became one of the group's most beloved songs.

10. From 1970: "Bring a song and a smile for the banjo, better get while the gettin's good"

Answer: CCR

Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Up Around the Bend', a song written by John Fogerty, was released as a single in 1970, and reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It was one of nine Top Ten U.S. hit singles for the band between 1969 and 1971. They split up in late 1972, never to reunite.

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Questions		Choices
1. From 1966: "You better stop, look around, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes.."		Eagles
2. From 1968: "Remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better"		Steve Miller Band
3. From 1977: "Jungle love in the surf in the pouring rain, everything's better when wet"		Beatles
4. From 1981: "Can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover"		Led Zeppelin
5. From 1975: "But you better get your face on board the very next train"		Kinks
6. From 1970: "So now you'd better stop, and rebuild all your ruins"		CCR
7. From 1979: "Dissatisfied is what I am, I want to be a better man"		Men at Work
8. From 1965: "Better leave her behind with the kids, they're alright"		The Who
9. From 1973: "You better let somebody love you, before it's too late"		ELO
10. From 1970: "Bring a song and a smile for the banjo, better get while the gettin's good"		Rolling Stones

We've heard these songs thousands of times before, but given just a couple of lines from their lyrics (which happen to contain the word 'better') can you match them with the famous bands that sang them?