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1. What song and artist are these lines from?
" ...her dreams to give a heart away
Like an orphan on a wave
She cared so much
She offered up
Her body to the grave" (1982)
Female. French. She became a saint in latter days. Strangely enough, the performers of the song would have been from the enemy's side at her time.
Can you tell me in which song the lines above can be heard?
2. What song do these lines come from?
"Taking on water, sailing a restless sea from a memory, a fantasy.
The wind carries, into white water, far from the islands.
Don't you know you never going to get _______, Mary Queen of Chance, will they find you?" (1984)
Female. Scottish. Queen. She was arrested by her own cousin and was later beheaded.
The song I cited above mentions the country she's supposed to fled to. Thinking of her life's story she would possibly run to which country?
3. What song do these lines come from?
"Starry, starry night.
Paint your palette blue and gray,
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills,
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land." (1972)
Male. Dutch. Painter.
In the lines above some of his most famous pictures are described. The song only gives his Christian name. Do you know in which song this beautiful lyric appears?
4. What famouse historical figure are these lines about?
"There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of extasy and fire
"But he was also the kind of teacher
woman would desire" (1978)
Male. Russian. Monk. Hard to kill.
In which song can you find these lines, written down above?
5. What song and artist are these lines connected with?
"Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name" (1974)
Female. U.S. American. Actress. She died young. The song was recycled for someone else in 1997.
Can you name the song from which I've taken the first lines?
6. What song and artist is associated with these lines?
"Early morning, April fourth
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last they took your life
They could not take..." (1984)
Male. U.S.American. Preacher and political activist. Assassinated.
This song is in remembrance of him. Again these are the first lines. Can you pick the right song?
7. "Are we believing
The heavenly survive
Faith the future
Big life on their side
And we the people
who can but try
Forever learn
As time goes by" (1985)
Male. U.S.American. Artistic photographer. Started by photographing his own paintings.
From which tune and singer/group is the above mentioned text?
8. What song and artist is associated with these lines?
"September '77
Port Elisabeth, weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619
...
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
The Man is dead" (1980)
Male. South-Africa. Fighter against and victim of Apartheid.
Hint: The song was also performed by the Simple Minds. Who wrote and sang these original words?
9. What song do these lines come from?
"Living with good and bad
I always looked up to you
Now we're left cold and sad
By someone, the devil's best friend
Someone who offended all" (1981)
Male. Singer and composer. Shot.
Can you name the song in which the lyrics above appear, performed by someone knowing him well?
10. Who sang these lines?
"I remember that night
Of the year when the tears wouldn't clear my eyes
I'd seen it before
Like a dream I'd ignore
It was no suprise
I tried to pretend
that the madness would end
and you'd realise
That all that was left
Was the whisper of death
And your children's cries" (1988)
Male, Irish, Rockstar. Died through the abuse of drugs.
The song above is called "Homeland" and was written and performed by Midge Ure, who toured with his group once. Who was the one he memorialized in the lyrics I copied?
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