I Got Lost in Music #3 Quiz | Music Mixture

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1. I started by listening to 'White Room', a record that, in 1968, reached number twenty-eight in the UK, number six in the US and number one in Australia. It was written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown and was sung by one of the first British rock 'Supergroups'. Which band was this?

Answer: Cream

With Ginger Baker playing drums, Eric Clapton on guitar, Jack Bruce on vocals (and bass guitar) what better line up could you want (I know you won't all agree).

*Useless Information* - 'Wheels of Fire', the album from which 'White Room' was released as a single, was the worlds first-ever PLATINUM selling double album.

2. Click! and onto another track I haven't heard for ages. The Who released this one in 1971 reaching number 34 in both the US and the UK. It was covered by Limp Bizkit in 2003 and reached number eighteen. What song was this that started with the following verse? 'No one knows what it's like to be the bad man, to be the sad man ...'

Answer: Behind Blue Eyes

There's not a lot to say about The Who that hasn't been said before.
The group have sold about 100 million records and have had twenty-seven top forty singles in the US and UK charts.

Limp Bizkit are a Florida based band who were formed in 1994.

3. Another click and I've found one of the most well known protest songs of the 1960s. It's 1967 and Buffalo Springfield release 'Stop Children, What's That Sound', or did they? Is that the correct title?

Answer: no

The real title of the track is 'For What It's Worth' although this is never sung on the recording.

Although Buffalo Springfield only lasted for two years, during this time they released three albums and nine singles, 'For What It's Worth' being their only top twenty US single which reached number seven. The band also spawned a number of other well known groups including, 'Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young', 'Poco' and 'Crazy Horse'.

*Useless Information* Buffalo Springfield took their name from a steam roller, manufactured by the 'Buffalo Springfield Roller Company', which had been parked outside their producers house.

*Bonus Useless Information* - The title, 'For What Its Worth', (according to Steven Stills) came about when he presented the recording to a record company executive, placing the tape on his desk with the words "I have this song here, for what it's worth, if you want it".

4. Wow, I'm really digging out these protest songs now. Country Joe and the Fish released a song in 1967 which he famously played at Woodstock. The song included the catchy chorus: "And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for ? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Next stop is Vietnam; And it's five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain't no time to wonder why, Whoopee! we're all gonna die." Also known as 'The Vietnam Song' can you tell me, what is the correct title?

Answer: I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag

Country Joe and the Fish were formed in 1965 and primarily recorded songs protesting against the Vietnam war.

*Useless Information* - The song gained a wide following after Country Joe Mcdonald was persuaded to perform it live at Woodstock. According to a documentary about Woodstock Joe Mcdonald said that he couldn't play because he didn't have a guitar, a spare one was found at the back of the stage, he then said that he didn't have a strap... so a piece of rope was found as a substitute. The real reason he didn't want to play was that he was suffering from stage fright.

5. Now onto one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. Who released 'Seasons in the Sun' taking it to number one in the UK and the US in 1974?

Answer: Terry Jacks

'Seasons in the Sun' was a translation of a French language song called 'Le Moribond'. The original included references to the singer's wife and her 'affairs' which were removed from the Terry Jacks version.

*Useless Information* - 'Seasons in the Sun' is one of only thirty single recordings (not digital downloads) to have sold more than ten million copies.

6. From a sad song to a single I can only describe as very strange. 'White Rabbit' was released by Jefferson Airplane in 1967 and reached number eight on the Billboard charts. Apart from the White Rabbit of the title, there are at least three other characters from 'Alice in Wonderland' mentioned in the song.

Answer: true

Alice, The Hookah Smokin' Caterpillar, and The Dormouse are all mentioned in the song.
The Red Queen did not appear in the Lewis Carrol book of 'Alice in Wonderland' but in "Through the Looking Glass", although in the 1951 film, The Queen of Hearts is referred to as The Red Queen.

*Useless Information* - Jefferson Airplane appeared at all three of the most famous US rock festivals of the 1960s, Monterey in 1967, Woodstock in 1969 and Altamont in 1969. They also headlined at the Isle of Wight festival in the UK in 1970.

7. In 1967 a band releasd a number 12 US single titled 'People are Strange', the lead singer was known variously as The Lizard King or Mr Mojo Risin' and died in Paris at the age of 27. What was the name of the group?

Answer: The Doors

Jim Morrison - Mr Mojo Risin' is an anagram of his name - was the lead singer of The Doors. 'People are Strange' was their third single release and their second top 20 hit reaching number 12 in the US.

8. My musical tastes seem to leap about a bit, I'm now in 1965 and listening to a song by The Mamas and The Papas. The first verse begins with the following lyrics: 'All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray I been for a walk on a winter's day' What state of the US were they dreaming of?

Answer: California

'California Dreamin'' was The Mamas and The Papas' first hit (number four in the US and number twenty-three in the UK - although a re-release in 1997 reached number nine in the UK).

*Useless Information* - Originally the group were called The Magic Cyrcle but decided they didn't like the name. Whilst watching a talk show on TV featuring Hells Angels one of the Angels mentioned that they called their 'women' mamas, Cass Eliot and Michele Philips stood up and started Chanting ''We're the Mamas!' from then on they called themselves The Mamas and The Papas.

9. Onto a song that was a number one hit for Simon and Garfunkel in 1968. The song is 'Mrs Robinson', what film did this song originally appear in?

Answer: The Graduate

'Mrs Robinson' was a number one Billboard hit and number four UK hit for Simon and Garfunkel in 1968.
An early recording of the song appeared in 'The Graduate' in 1967 whilst a more 'polished' version was released on the Simon and Garfunkel album 'Bookends' in 1968.

*Useless Information* - According to an interview in 'Variety' magazine in 2005, the song was originally meant to be about 'Mrs Roosevelt'. The director of 'The Graduate', Mike Nichols, had been pressing Paul Simon to write some tracks for the movie but Paul Simon had been unable to complete this due to 'prior engagements'. In some desperation, Paul Simon played a few bars of the song to Mike Nichols who, on hearing it has allegedly said, "It's now about Mrs. Robinson, not Mrs. Roosevelt". Paul Simon confirmed the original title during an interview on the Dick Cavett show.

10. Coming forward to 1974 and Lynyrd Skynyrd release a song called 'Sweet Home Alabama', this was recorded in response to a song by another artist which was called 'Southern Man'. Who was it that annoyed the band so much they felt that they had to answer his record with one of their own?

Answer: Neil Young

The lyrics to the second verse of 'Sweet Home Alabama' read:

'Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her
Well, I heard ol' Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow'

Neil Young's 'Southern Man' song deals with the racism that was prevalent in the Southern USA at the time the song was released (1970).

*Useless Information* Whilst it seems, on the surface, that there was a bit of antagonism between Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd both parties had a lot of respect for each other, Ronnie Van Zant, on occasion, wore a Neil Young 'T' shirt on stage while singing 'Sweet Home Alabama' and the bass guitarist of Crazy Horse - Neil Young's band - often wore a Lynyrd Skynyrd 'T' shirt whilst on stage.

*Bonus Useless Information* - Neil Young has been known to include 'Sweet Home Alabama' in his live stage shows.

Source: Author DaveH1960

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I Got Lost in Music #3 Trivia Quiz

You know how it is, you click from one link to the next until finally you are so far from where you started you can't remember how you got there. See if you can work out how I got from the 'White Room' to 'Alabama'.

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