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MetaQuiz: Songs on the Radio About The Radio (9)

Here's the ninth quiz in this series of questions revolving around songs you might hear on the radio that are about radio itself. Mostly I'll provide the lyrics and you identify the artist. But sometimes vice versa. Or sometimes other stuff.

A multiple-choice quiz by Billkozy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Billkozy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
394,824

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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186

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Question 1 of 10

1. The song "Mohammed's Radio" is from this late singer/songwriter's second album, recorded in 1975. According to the liner notes on his 1996 anthology album "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" the song was inspired by his seeing a mentally challenged man on Halloween dressed as an Arab with a radio to his ear. Who is this artist? Hint

Frank Zappa

Hans Zimmer

Robin Zander

Warren Zevon

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Question 2 of 10

2. From their 1978 album titled "Holiday Album" came the song "The Radio Stars" by what English new wave group? Hint

Radio Stars

Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Public Image Ltd

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Question 3 of 10

3. Guess who recorded "Clap for the Wolfman" an homage to the famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack? That's right, The Guess Who. What was Wolfman Jack's real name? Hint

Robert Weston Smith

Jack Smith Johnson

John Jack Browne

James Howard Jackson

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Question 4 of 10

4. They were one of the major country music duos of the 1930s, called "The Sweethearts of Country Music" and recorded the song "Turn Your Radio On." Hint

Juju Dell and Bones

Cuckoo Bell and McCoy

Yoo Hoo Nellie and Kirk

Lulu Belle and Scotty

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Question 5 of 10

5. The song "Radio Cure" is by the alternative country band Wilco. Where does their name Wilco come from? Hint

An acronym of the original band members surnames

A military radio shortening of "will comply"

Nickname of the Illinois town where they formed (Willemacon)

The company that funded them, West India Lighting

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Question 6 of 10

6. "I was making my way through the wasteland
The road into town passes through
I was changing the radio stations
With my mind on you."

This song, "Song On The Radio" is from the 1978 album "Time Passages" by whom? Hint

Rod Stewart

Al Stewart

Amii Stewart

Stewart Copeland

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Question 7 of 10

7. From whose 2004 album "Harmonium" comes the song "Private Radio"?
"When the night comes
And no one knows
I can feel it
I've got my private radio." Hint

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Paradis.

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Boys On The Radio" by the group Hole:

"Oh the boys on the radio
They crash and burn
They fold and fade so slow
In your endless summer night"

Who is Hole's lead singer? Hint

Courtney Love

Lita Ford

Joan Jett

P. J. Harvey

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Question 9 of 10

9. The title of the song "C.L.A." by Toronto rapper k-os has a double meaning. For one thing it stands for the call letters on the Los Angeles radio station he listened to while he worked on the album in L.A.--station KCLA. And on the other hand, according to Songfacts.com, it also stands for what? Hint

Can't Leave you Alone

Crack, LSD & Alcohol

The Country of Loving Art

Civil Liberties in America

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Question 10 of 10

10. This British punk rock band has not one, not two, but three songs about the radio. Two of them are "Capital Radio One" which is the original version released in 1977, and and updated version called "Capital Radio Two" for their 1979 album "Super Black Market Clash." Hint

The Cars

The Cure

The Cardigans

The Clash

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Answer: Warren Zevon

"But don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio."

The album "Mohammed's Radio" is from was called "Warren Zevon" and was co-produced by Jackson Browne. The Rolling Stone Record Guide of 1979 called the album a masterpiece.

2. From their 1978 album titled "Holiday Album" came the song "The Radio Stars" by what English new wave group?

Answer: Radio Stars

Radio Stars was formed in 1977 and released only three albums. "Nervous Wreck" was their only single to break the Top 40 on the UK Singles Chart.

3. Guess who recorded "Clap for the Wolfman" an homage to the famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack? That's right, The Guess Who. What was Wolfman Jack's real name?

Answer: Robert Weston Smith

The song was written by Burton Cummings, Bill Wallace, and Kurt Winter, members of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. In 1974 it reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Wolfman Jack played himself in the iconic rock film "American Graffiti."

4. They were one of the major country music duos of the 1930s, called "The Sweethearts of Country Music" and recorded the song "Turn Your Radio On."

Answer: Lulu Belle and Scotty

Lulu Belle's real name was Myrtle Eleanor Cooper and Scotty's full name was Scott Greene Wiseman. They were both born in North Carolina. They got married, and are best known for the world famous hit crossover (eventually) song "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"

5. The song "Radio Cure" is by the alternative country band Wilco. Where does their name Wilco come from?

Answer: A military radio shortening of "will comply"

"Cheer up, honey, I hope you can
There is something wrong with me
My mind is filled with radio cures
Electronic surgical words"

This song "Radio Cure" is from their fourth album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (2001). Interestingly, after the band finished recording he album, their record label Reprise Records said "No Thanks" and ousted Wilco from the label, giving Wilco the rights to the album for free.

6. "I was making my way through the wasteland The road into town passes through I was changing the radio stations With my mind on you." This song, "Song On The Radio" is from the 1978 album "Time Passages" by whom?

Answer: Al Stewart

"'Cause you and me baby
I saw you there
Straight away I knew
There's really no hiding
I'll tell you right now
What we're gonna do
We'll go collecting the days
Putting the moments away
You're on my mind like a
Song on the Radio"

The song reached Number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. Interestingly, Al Stewart says that he recorded this record as a way of making fun of Arista Records who had asked him to record a mid-tempo ballad with a saxophone on it. The label said they wanted a song that could be played on the radio. So Stewart titled his song 'Song on the Radio' somewhat sarcastically. He thought they would see through the joke but he says they didn't and they released it as a single and ironically it became a Top 40 hit.

7. From whose 2004 album "Harmonium" comes the song "Private Radio"? "When the night comes And no one knows I can feel it I've got my private radio."

Answer: Vanessa Carlton

As a single, the song "Private Radio" was released only in Asia.

"All the world has gone to bed
And I am drowning in it's silence
But a solitude is in my head, from you, maybe
And if the silence was a song
Well, its rhythm grooves and it's a private radio
And on this night I did belong
In harmony."

8. "Boys On The Radio" by the group Hole: "Oh the boys on the radio They crash and burn They fold and fade so slow In your endless summer night" Who is Hole's lead singer?

Answer: Courtney Love

Hole was an alt-rock band formed in 1989 in Los Angeles by Ms. Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson. "Boys on the Radio" is from the band's 1998 album "Celebrity Skin."

"I wait alone
For what will never come
And I'll throw it all away
Oh the boys on the radio
They crash and burn."

Answer: Can't Leave you Alone

The track is from his 2013 album "Black on Blonde" and the song features various artists (Travie McCoy, Black Thought, Corey Hart, etc.) handling different verses. Radio station KCLA was known for playing an eclectic mix of music styles, and that's what helped influence k-os to feature an eclectic mix of music on his album.

Answer: The Clash

Here's a little of "Capitol Radio One/Two":

"There's a tower in the heart of London
With a radio station right at the top
They don't make the city beat
They're making all the action stop."

Oh, and I did mention that they had three songs. Here's a bonus from their song "This is Radio Clash" from their 1981 album "The Essential Clash":

"Interrupting all programs
This is radio clash from pirate satellite
Orbiting your living room,
Cashing in the bill of rights
Cuban army surplus or refusing all third lights
This is radio clash on pirate satellite."

Source: Author Billkozy

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