Lost in Music 7 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ohio

On May 4th 1970 the Ohio national guard fired 67 shots at unarmed students on the campus, killing four and injuring nine. Neil Young wrote the lyrics to 'Ohio' after seeing the photos of the incident in 'Life' magazine and the song was recorded and released within four weeks of the shootings.

*Useless Information* According to Neil Young, on the liner notes for his album 'Decade' "David Crosby cried when we finished this take [for the recording]" and Crosby can also be heard at the end of the song saying 'Four, why? Why did they die?' and 'How many more' all ad-libbed and unrehearsed, the record company decided to keep it in rather than 'dub it out'."

Answer: The Rolling Stones

Originally the song was entitled 'Paint it Black' without the comma. Keith Richards has stated that the comma was added by 'Decca' the record label who released the track.

*Useless information*. 'Paint it, Black' was the first number one record, in either the US or the UK, to feature a sitar.

Answer: Middle

'Stuck in the Middle With You' reached number eight in the UK and number six on the US Billboard charts.
Stealers Wheel was a group formed by Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty (Better known for his solo single 'Baker Street') which went through many different line-ups until they split up in 1975. In about 2007 Tony Williams was contacted by iTunes and agreed to reform the band.

*Useless Information* Allegedly, 'Stuck in the Middle' was inspired by a meeting in a restaurant where the members of their record company and their producers were holding a conversation round a table and completely ignoring Rafferty and Egan.

Answer: The Animals

Yes! it was The Animals with their second single release. 'House of the Rising Sun' was based on an old folk song whose ancestry appears to be lost in the mists of time. The oldest known recording was made in 1934 by Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster, with Ashley claiming that he had heard it from his grandfather.

*Useless Information* 'House of the Rising Sun' was the first 'British Invasion' number one hit in the US that was NOT associated with the Beatles.

Answer: John Lennon

John Lennon it was. 'Imagine' was released in the US in 1971 where it peaked at number three on the Billboard charts. It wasn't until 1975 that John decided to release it in the UK where it reached number one.

*Useless Information* John Lennon has stated that the inspiration for 'Imagine' came from a Yoko Ono poem entitled 'Cloud Piece':

CLOUD PIECE

"Imagine the clouds dripping.
Dig a hole in your garden to
put them in."

Answer: Zombie

Essentially a protest song about the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland and, in particular, about a bomb that exploded in Warrington, England in 1993 killing two young boys, one aged three and the other twelve, 'Zombie' reached number three in Ireland, number 14 in the UK, number 20 in the US and became a top 20 hit in many other countries worldwide in 1994.

Answer: My Religion

R.E.M. are an American band who formed in 1980 in Georgia.
'Losing my Religion' was a number four hit on the Billboard 100 and reached number 19 in the UK.

*Useless Information* The main riff for 'Losing my Religion' came about because Peter Buck had just bought a mandolin and was learning how to play it. According to Buck, he was recording whilst he was practicing, when he listened to the recording the song was born.

*Bonus Useless Information* 'Losing my Religion' is a phrase from the Southern region of the United States that means losing one's temper or civility, or "being at the end of one's rope".

Answer: The Police

Gordon Sumner (AKA Sting), Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland formed The Police in London in 1977.
'Every Breath You Take' was rated at number 25 on Billboard's Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs in 2008.

*Useless Information* Although many people believe that the song is meant to be a romantic love song, Sting has said in an interview with BBC Radio 2 "I think the song is very, very sinister and ugly and people have actually misinterpreted it as being a gentle, little love song."

Answer: November

'November Rain' was a number four UK and number three US hit for Guns N' Roses in 1992.

*Useless information* At eight minutes and fifty seven seconds long 'November Rain' is the longest song to reach the US top ten to date (2014)

Answer: Hotel California

'Hotel California' was a number one hit, on the US 'Billboard' Charts in 1977 and was their fourth US number one. It is the ONLY Eagles record to hit the UK top ten singles chart, peaking at number eight.

*Useless Information* Glenn Frey, one of the founding members of the Eagles, has stated that the first 'working title' of 'Hotel California' was 'Mexican Reggae'

*Bonus Useless Information*

"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair,
warm smell of colitas rising up through the air"

are the first lines of 'Hotel California'... Ever wondered what 'colitas' are? Wonder no more, According to the 'Urban Dictionary', among others, "Colitas are 'little tails' in Spanish; in Mexican slang it refers to buds of the cannabis (marijuana) plant."