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Quiz about Life After Love
Quiz about Life After Love

Life After Love Trivia Quiz


Who hasn't experienced heartbreak? Let's have a stroll through some wonderful, yet ache-infused, songs whose lyrics (here called "the voice") try to convey what the aftermath of love-gone-wrong can be like. It varies!

A multiple-choice quiz by vairagya. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
vairagya
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
397,695
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. The incomparable Ella Fitzgerald recorded many songs composed by Cole Porter. In which of these songs does the voice suggest that its love can now be auctioned off, cuz it hasn't worked out so well the other way?

"Let the poets pipe of love In their childish way. I know every type of love better far than they. If you want the thrill of love, I've been through the mill of love. Old love, new love -- every love but true love."
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Question 2 of 10
2. Bob Dylan's 1969 album, "Nashville Skyline", contained a song in which we hear:

"Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand, and rivers that ran through every day. I must have been mad! I never knew what I had."

With 20/20 hindsight, what does the voice come to realize too late for salvaging a lost love?
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Question 3 of 10
3. The year 1969 also saw the release of an album called "Original Recordings" by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. In this song, the voice sighs for the departed lover and yet figures out a consolation prize. From the hint in brackets, can you arrive at the correct song title?

"I think I finally learned my lesson: keep a good thing if you can. Keep your cool or she'll be on her way too, singing 'Happy Trails to You'. Then you'll find that you'll be just like me, singing to the [gentle zephyr wafting through the post-meridian hours]. Why oh why did she go and leave me? Now I do just as I please."
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Question 4 of 10
4. Anyone up for having it both ways? That seems to be Dionne Warwick's suggestion:

"Don't tell me what it's all about, cuz I've been there and I'm glad I'm out -- out of those chains, those chains that bind you. That is why I'm here to remind you -- what do you get when you fall in love? You only get lies and pain and sorrow. So for at least until tomorrow..."

What permanent-sounding vow does the voice make which is modified by that tricky little "tomorrow"?
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Question 5 of 10
5. Who can forget the haunting atmosphere of this song released by Roberta Flack in 1973?

"And so I came to see him, to listen for a while. And there he was, this young boy, a stranger to my eyes. I felt he'd found my letters and read each one out loud. I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words."

To put it another way, what was this musical young boy doing, according to the voice here?
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Question 6 of 10
6. One of Swedish supergroup ABBA's 1976 releases looked at the wearisome task of accepting that, when it comes to love, sometimes "best" means "least worst". Can you name the correct song title that would fit in each of these blanks?

"Memories, good days, bad days ... they'll be with me always. In these old familiar rooms, children would play. Now there's only emptiness -- nothing to say. _____, there is nothing we can do. _____, we just have to face it: this time we're through. Breaking up is never easy, I know, but I have to go. _____, it's the best I can do."
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Question 7 of 10
7. Not everyone is familiar with the band The Sons of Champlin, but their leader, Bill Champlin, co-wrote this song that Earth Wind & Fire released in 1979. Which EWF recording is it where the voice sorrowfully admits that sometimes love's ch-ch-ch-changes (thank you, David Bowie) are at bottom unfathomable?

"For a while, we paid no mind to the past. We knew love would last. Every night something right would invite us to begin the dance. Something happened along the way -- what used to be happy was sad. Something happened along the way ... and yesterday was all we had."
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt united for a shatteringly beautiful duet, released in 1997. We have seen that in most of these "life after love" songs, the voice doesn't devote much verbiage to what will happen to the ex-significant other after the split. But what humble request is made after these forward-looking lyrics, which is also the song's title?

"When all our tears have reached the sea, a part of you will live in me, way down inside my heart. The days keep coming without fail. A new wind's gonna find your sail, and that's where your journey starts. You'll find better love, strong as it ever was, deep as a river runs, warm as the morning sun."
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Question 9 of 10
9. Who could have predicted that in 2002 the Dixie Chicks would have a hit with a song written by Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac in 1973? Here once again the voice waxes philosophical -- perhaps, like many of us, it sees no other choice.

"Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love? Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail through the changing ocean tides? Can I handle the seasons of my life? Well, I've been afraid of changing, cuz I built my life around you. But time makes bolder, children get older ... I'm getting older too."

Clearly this voice is seeking more solid ground.
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Question 10 of 10
10. This one is out of the above chronological order, but I wanted to put it last because of its emphasis on the circularity of love's mysterious ways, a circularity sometimes visible, sometimes not. What was The Main Ingredient's incisive observation in their 1972 release where the voice describes the swirling dizziness before the fall?

"How can you help it when the music starts to play, and your ability to reason is swept away? Heaven on earth is all you see. You're out of touch with reality. And now you cry! But when you do ... next time around someone cries for you."
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The incomparable Ella Fitzgerald recorded many songs composed by Cole Porter. In which of these songs does the voice suggest that its love can now be auctioned off, cuz it hasn't worked out so well the other way? "Let the poets pipe of love In their childish way. I know every type of love better far than they. If you want the thrill of love, I've been through the mill of love. Old love, new love -- every love but true love."

Answer: Love For Sale

"Love For Sale" is on the 1956 album, "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook". Wikipedia says that this song "is written from the viewpoint of a prostitute", but I take issue with that. There have been too many instances throughout history where individuals, having given up their search for true love, have settled for securing a mate by way of a financial transaction. Of course, some would argue that this is just another form of prostitution.
2. Bob Dylan's 1969 album, "Nashville Skyline", contained a song in which we hear: "Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand, and rivers that ran through every day. I must have been mad! I never knew what I had." With 20/20 hindsight, what does the voice come to realize too late for salvaging a lost love?

Answer: I Threw It All Away

This was an unusual song for Dylan, in that its stance was one of assuming personal responsibility for a failed relationship. In previous songs, such as "It Ain't Me Babe" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", there was more of a philosophical shrug of the shoulders.
3. The year 1969 also saw the release of an album called "Original Recordings" by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. In this song, the voice sighs for the departed lover and yet figures out a consolation prize. From the hint in brackets, can you arrive at the correct song title? "I think I finally learned my lesson: keep a good thing if you can. Keep your cool or she'll be on her way too, singing 'Happy Trails to You'. Then you'll find that you'll be just like me, singing to the [gentle zephyr wafting through the post-meridian hours]. Why oh why did she go and leave me? Now I do just as I please."

Answer: Evenin' Breeze

The music of Dan Hicks has been described as "eccentric" and "Zappa-esque absurd" and "apart from its time". The band's lifespan was 1967-1973, including a temporary breakup and some personnel shakeups. They earned enthusiastic approval from music critics and ever-growing popularity with audiences.

But with success came disillusionment, and Hicks ultimately withdrew. One critic said of his music: "You can make yourself nutty trying to define what Dan Hicks is." Hicks himself liked to call it "folk swing".
4. Anyone up for having it both ways? That seems to be Dionne Warwick's suggestion: "Don't tell me what it's all about, cuz I've been there and I'm glad I'm out -- out of those chains, those chains that bind you. That is why I'm here to remind you -- what do you get when you fall in love? You only get lies and pain and sorrow. So for at least until tomorrow..." What permanent-sounding vow does the voice make which is modified by that tricky little "tomorrow"?

Answer: I'll Never Fall in Love Again

Warwick, a cousin of Whitney Houston, released this song in 1970; the composer was Burt Bacharach. In spite of the lamentations, here the voice reveals a fondness for the notion that hope springs eternal, that maybe when one door shuts, a window opens somewhere. Let's file this one in the "never say never" folder.
5. Who can forget the haunting atmosphere of this song released by Roberta Flack in 1973? "And so I came to see him, to listen for a while. And there he was, this young boy, a stranger to my eyes. I felt he'd found my letters and read each one out loud. I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words." To put it another way, what was this musical young boy doing, according to the voice here?

Answer: Killing Me Softly With His Song

It is said that after Flack first performed this just-penned song in public in September 1972, the audience reaction was so overwhelming that Marvin Gaye, who was headlining the same show, told her: "Baby, don't ever do that song again live until you record it." Have you too experienced hearing a piece of music that seemed to have an intimate acquaintance with your own particular love pangs, by going (to quote Van Morrison) "straight to your heart like a cannonball"?
6. One of Swedish supergroup ABBA's 1976 releases looked at the wearisome task of accepting that, when it comes to love, sometimes "best" means "least worst". Can you name the correct song title that would fit in each of these blanks? "Memories, good days, bad days ... they'll be with me always. In these old familiar rooms, children would play. Now there's only emptiness -- nothing to say. _____, there is nothing we can do. _____, we just have to face it: this time we're through. Breaking up is never easy, I know, but I have to go. _____, it's the best I can do."

Answer: Knowing Me, Knowing You

The music video for "Knowing Me, Knowing You" was directed by the accomplished Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom, who also brought us well-received movies like "My Life as a Dog", "Chocolat", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?", and "The Cider House Rules". Hallstrom not only directed almost all of ABBA's music videos, but also a documentary about the group's extraordinarily successful history.
7. Not everyone is familiar with the band The Sons of Champlin, but their leader, Bill Champlin, co-wrote this song that Earth Wind & Fire released in 1979. Which EWF recording is it where the voice sorrowfully admits that sometimes love's ch-ch-ch-changes (thank you, David Bowie) are at bottom unfathomable? "For a while, we paid no mind to the past. We knew love would last. Every night something right would invite us to begin the dance. Something happened along the way -- what used to be happy was sad. Something happened along the way ... and yesterday was all we had."

Answer: After the Love Has Gone

In addition to his work with The Sons, Bill Champlin enjoyed a long (1981-2009) collaboration with the band Chicago, before moving on to concentrate on his solo career and other group efforts. He won a Grammy Award for co-writing "After the Love Has Gone".
8. Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt united for a shatteringly beautiful duet, released in 1997. We have seen that in most of these "life after love" songs, the voice doesn't devote much verbiage to what will happen to the ex-significant other after the split. But what humble request is made after these forward-looking lyrics, which is also the song's title? "When all our tears have reached the sea, a part of you will live in me, way down inside my heart. The days keep coming without fail. A new wind's gonna find your sail, and that's where your journey starts. You'll find better love, strong as it ever was, deep as a river runs, warm as the morning sun."

Answer: Please Remember Me

"Please Remember Me" has also been recorded by Tim McGraw, with harmonies by Patty Loveless. There was even a Swedish version made, under the title "Tank Pa Mig Ibland" (Think of Me Sometimes). While life after love often requires a great deal of forgetting, the beauty of this ballad makes one want to try harder to remember the good stuff.
9. Who could have predicted that in 2002 the Dixie Chicks would have a hit with a song written by Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac in 1973? Here once again the voice waxes philosophical -- perhaps, like many of us, it sees no other choice. "Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love? Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail through the changing ocean tides? Can I handle the seasons of my life? Well, I've been afraid of changing, cuz I built my life around you. But time makes bolder, children get older ... I'm getting older too." Clearly this voice is seeking more solid ground.

Answer: Landslide

These moving lyrics share a noticeable affinity with an observation that Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys boiled down to three blunt words they shaped into a song: "Time Changes Everything" -- "You can change the name of an old song, rearrange it, and make it swing. I thought nothing could stop me from loving you ... but time changes everything."
10. This one is out of the above chronological order, but I wanted to put it last because of its emphasis on the circularity of love's mysterious ways, a circularity sometimes visible, sometimes not. What was The Main Ingredient's incisive observation in their 1972 release where the voice describes the swirling dizziness before the fall? "How can you help it when the music starts to play, and your ability to reason is swept away? Heaven on earth is all you see. You're out of touch with reality. And now you cry! But when you do ... next time around someone cries for you."

Answer: Everybody Plays the Fool

Actor Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s father was a lead singer of The Main Ingredient, and did the lead vocals on "Everybody Plays the Fool". You can see and hear Cuba Gooding, Sr. (1944-2017) performing this hit song on YouTube, alongside co-members Tony Silvester and Luther Simmons.
Source: Author vairagya

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