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1. The music may have died, and so did the artist in question, but who wrote "Vincent", sometimes misidentified as "Starry Starry Night"?
2. David Bowie had many influences in his life, but which artist was one of his main inspirations? He wrote a song about him in the early '70s.
3. The Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh band who were influenced by a Dutch abstract expressionist artist. Who is their song "Interiors" about?
4. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec wasn't garroted, but who recorded a song about him?
5. One of the hit records of the psychedelic rock era was one about L.S. Lowry, performed by the Status Quo. Which song was it?
6. One of the originators of the Dada movement and Surrealism was a German painter and sculptor whom the Boston band Mission of Burma wrote a song about. Who was this prolific artist?
7. Chances are, Marc Chagall's paintings wouldn't make you cry, but who recorded the song "Painting by Chagall"?
8. Jean-Michel Basquiat was a neo-expressionist artist in New York City. He died of a heroin overdose at age 27. Which group, with a name evoking Basquiat's problems, sang the song "My Little Basquiat"?
9. Rene Magritte was a Belgian surrealist who, in his salad days, produced a number of paintings which were often a twist on everyday subjects. Which musician, who could be in his salad days, wrote a song about him?
10. Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century and according to one rock band, he never had any trouble picking up girls. Which band would that be?
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