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Quiz about First Lines of 70s 80s and 90s Rock Songs

First Lines of 70s, 80s and 90s Rock Songs Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by teddybearpoet1. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
teddybearpoet1

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
333,841

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which Boston band formed in 1970 started their "Amazing" song with these first lines:

"I kept the right ones out and let the wrong ones in
Had an angel of mercy to see me through all of my sins"? Hint

Styx

Boston

Aerosmith

Kansas

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the title of this 1984 single by Adam Ant with the opening lines:

"It's at times like this the great heaven knows
That we wish we had not so many clothes
So let's loosen up with a playful tease
Like all lovers did through the centuries"? Hint

Strip

Goody Two shoes

Stand and deliver

Friend or foe

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who asked the question in 1981:

"Where do we go from here
Now that all of the children are growing up
And how do we spend our lives
If there's no one to lend us a hand"? Hint

Genesis

Alan Parsons Project

R.E.O. Speedwagon

Queen

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Question 4 of 10

4. Can you name the song that starts out with the lines:

"Well we all have a face that we hide away forever and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone"? Hint

The Man Behind the Mask

The Lonesome Loser

The Stranger

The Joker

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Eagles' song starts out with these lines:

"Well baby there you stand
With your little head down in your hands
Oh my god you can't believe it's happening again
Your baby's gone and you're all alone and it looks like the end"? Hint

Wasted Day and Wasted Nights

Wasted Life

Wasted on the Way

Wasted Time

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who sang these first lines:

"I'm back on dry land once again opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain. We're all hunting honey with money to burn, just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned"? Hint

Elton John

Neil Sedaka

Billy Joel

John Denver

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Question 7 of 10

7. Name the song in which this first line is spoken:

"Somewhere in a lonely hotel room there's a guy starting to realize eternal fate has turned it's back on him, it's two A.M."? Hint

Twilight Zone

Lunatic Fringe

In the Air Tonight

Don't Pay the Ferryman

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Question 8 of 10

8. Can you name the band who gave us this racy song with the first lines:

"Doing a roll everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line. Been waiting all week to get my wheels on the street, get my hands on the wheel slide down in the seat"? Hint

Kansas

Electric Light Orchestra

Foreigner

Queen

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who gave us this first lines:

"Everybody's high on consolation everybody's trying to tell me what is right for me. I need a drink and a quick decision, now it's up to me oh what will be"? Hint

America

Hall and Oates

Supertramp

Little River Band

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is responsible for these lines:
"Met a girl called Lola and I took back to my place, feeling guilty, feeling scared, hidden cameras everywhere. Stop, hold on, stay in control"? Hint

The Kinks

The Who

The Knack

The Band

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Boston band formed in 1970 started their "Amazing" song with these first lines: "I kept the right ones out and let the wrong ones in Had an angel of mercy to see me through all of my sins"?

Answer: Aerosmith

This group had top ten hits on the U.S. Billboard charts in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. This group nick named the Bad Boys from Boston were one of the top grossing acts in the 70s with six platinum albums by 1979 but due to drugs and alcohol problems taking their toll Aerosmith would not see another platinum album until 1987.

2. What is the title of this 1984 single by Adam Ant with the opening lines: "It's at times like this the great heaven knows That we wish we had not so many clothes So let's loosen up with a playful tease Like all lovers did through the centuries"?

Answer: Strip

This single released in 1984 only reached #42 on U.S. Billboard charts. Adam and the ants were nominated for a Grammy in 1982 but lost to Sheena Easton.

3. Who asked the question in 1981: "Where do we go from here Now that all of the children are growing up And how do we spend our lives If there's no one to lend us a hand"?

Answer: Alan Parsons Project

This song "Games People Play" only made it to #16 in the U.S. Billboard charts, but was created by a group of mainly studio musicians. The two men Who were mainly responsible for The Alan Parsons Project were Eric Wolfson, a lawyer who played piano and Alan Parsons who was a successful producer.

4. Can you name the song that starts out with the lines: "Well we all have a face that we hide away forever and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone"?

Answer: The Stranger

In 1977, Billy Joel wanted to see behind our mask. This is off of Billy Joel's first ever top ten album, "The Stranger" released in 1977 and went platinum in both the U.S. and Canada.

5. Which Eagles' song starts out with these lines: "Well baby there you stand With your little head down in your hands Oh my god you can't believe it's happening again Your baby's gone and you're all alone and it looks like the end"?

Answer: Wasted Time

This California group was formed in 1971 and broke up in 1980. They reunited in 1994 and stated on their "Hell Freezes Over" record "for the record we never broke up we took a fourteen year vacation". This song was featured on The Eagles "Hotel California" album.

6. Who sang these first lines: "I'm back on dry land once again opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain. We're all hunting honey with money to burn, just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned"?

Answer: Elton John

This song about a sailor on shore leave who visits a house of ill repute can be found on the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album. This album released in 1973 was originally thought by critics to be too long and fragmented, has since been regarded by true fans of Elton John to be his best album ever.

7. Name the song in which this first line is spoken: "Somewhere in a lonely hotel room there's a guy starting to realize eternal fate has turned it's back on him, it's two A.M."?

Answer: Twilight Zone

This Golden Earring song hit number ten on the U.S. Billboard charts in 1982. The only other song by this group to hit the top twenty in the U.S. Billboard charts was a song called "Radar Love" which hit number thirteen in 1973.

8. Can you name the band who gave us this racy song with the first lines: "Doing a roll everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line. Been waiting all week to get my wheels on the street, get my hands on the wheel slide down in the seat"?

Answer: Foreigner

This song was off of Foreigner's third album "Head Games" released in the U.S. in 1979 sold over five million copies in the U.S. alone. This song was the B-Side on Foreigners first single release from "Head Games", "Dirty White Boys"

9. Who gave us this first lines: "Everybody's high on consolation everybody's trying to tell me what is right for me. I need a drink and a quick decision, now it's up to me oh what will be"?

Answer: Hall and Oates

When originally released in 1974 "She's Gone" only went to number sixty in the U.S. Billboard charts. But after Hall and Oates left Atlantic records and signed with RCA records and scored a number four hit in 1976 with "Sara Smile". Atlantic records re-released "She's Gone" and this time it went to number seven.

10. Who is responsible for these lines: "Met a girl called Lola and I took back to my place, feeling guilty, feeling scared, hidden cameras everywhere. Stop, hold on, stay in control"?

Answer: The Kinks

One has to wonder if this is the same transvestite The Kinks met in a bar in 1970 with their song simply call "Lola" that went to number nine in the U.S. Billboard charts, and if so shouldn't they have known better in 1981?

Source: Author teddybearpoet1

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