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Quiz about Soft Machine the Canterbury Band

Soft Machine - the Canterbury Band Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by steamhammer. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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Author
steamhammer

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
254,080

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Which author's book did the Soft Machine take their name from? Hint

William Burroughs

Martin Amis

Franz Kafka

Alexander Dumas

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Question 2 of 10

2. On which album can be found the track, "Rivmic Melodies"? Hint

Triple Echo

Fourth

Third

Fifth

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which track was omitted from the track list on the original LP sleeve of "Fifth"? Hint

Drop

As If

Bone

Pigling Bland

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which year did Soft Machine play at the London Proms? Hint

1969

1972

1971

1970

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what year did Soft Machine record their first single, and what was it called? Hint

1968, "Hope for Happiness"

1965, "Why Am I So Short?"

1966, "Save Yourself"

1967, "Love Makes Sweet Music"

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Question 6 of 10

6. On which album are the following tracks?
"Carazobe"; "Esther's Nose Job"; "Love Song with a Cello"; and "Drum Solo?" Hint

Canterburied Sounds Volume 2

At The Beginning

Canterburied Sounds Volume 3

Spaced

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was unusual about the photograph of the band on the cover of the "Virtually" CD? Hint

Mike Ratledge was missing

There were two Bass Drums

"Machine" was misspelled

It was very blurred

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was unusual about Robert Wyatt's on-stage persona during the American tour supporting Jimi Hendrix? Hint

He didn't use drumsticks, preferring to use his hands

He shaved his head because the stage lights made him too hot

He wore a scary mask

He played in his underwear

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Soft Machine member did NOT play on their final album, "Land of Cockayne"? Hint

Allan Holdsworth

John Marshall

Mike Ratledge

Karl Jenkins

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which track are the following lyrics from?
"I need you more than ever now, it's nearly four and you want more, tell me how would you feel?" Hint

Love Makes Sweet Music

Memories

Instant Pussy

Moon in June

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which author's book did the Soft Machine take their name from?

Answer: William Burroughs

Steely Dan, the American rock group took their name from an implement in the same book!

2. On which album can be found the track, "Rivmic Melodies"?

Answer: Triple Echo

"Triple Echo" - The only reasonably comprehensive Soft Machine compilation album, covering the band's first single to "Softs". "Rivmic Melodies" was a catch-all term for a selection of songs from their first two albums.

3. Which track was omitted from the track list on the original LP sleeve of "Fifth"?

Answer: Bone

This album saw the introduction of long-term drummer, John Marshall, who replaced incumbent, Phil Howard (who himself had replaced Robert Wyatt).

4. In which year did Soft Machine play at the London Proms?

Answer: 1970

The subsequent album, "Live at the Proms", was recorded live on 13 August, 1970 at the Henry Wood Promenade Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London.

5. In what year did Soft Machine record their first single, and what was it called?

Answer: 1967, "Love Makes Sweet Music"

Recorded at Olympic Sound, London in February 1967 and produced by Kim Fowley and Chas Chandler. It came out on the Polydor label and had as the "B" side - "Feelin', Reelin', Squeelin'".

6. On which album are the following tracks? "Carazobe"; "Esther's Nose Job"; "Love Song with a Cello"; and "Drum Solo?"

Answer: Canterburied Sounds Volume 2

"Esther's Nose Job" is from a fascinating tape recorded in Januray 1969 by Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper and Rober Wyatt to enable Brian Hopper to work out his saxophone parts for recording the piece on "Volume Two".

7. What was unusual about the photograph of the band on the cover of the "Virtually" CD?

Answer: There were two Bass Drums

Recorded live on 23 March, 1971 at the Gondel Filmkunsttheater, Bremen, the photograph used on the cover was taken from a gig later that year when Phil Howard was on drums, requiring a shot of Robert Wyatt to be stripped into the photograph, giving the impresion that Robert was using two bass drums.

8. What was unusual about Robert Wyatt's on-stage persona during the American tour supporting Jimi Hendrix?

Answer: He played in his underwear

As well as Robert playing in his underwear, Kevin Ayers would play sitting cross-legged.

9. Which Soft Machine member did NOT play on their final album, "Land of Cockayne"?

Answer: Mike Ratledge

The players on their final album were:
John Marshall; Karl Jenkins; Jack Bruce; John Taylor; Alan Parker; and Allan Holdsworth.

10. Which track are the following lyrics from? "I need you more than ever now, it's nearly four and you want more, tell me how would you feel?"

Answer: Moon in June

Probably the most discussed track that Soft Machine ever recorded, "Moon in June" is Robert's epic on coping with life far from home. As a lyrical exercise, it takes Robert's desire to convey his emotions as precisely as possible to its logical conclusion - a nine minute confession in which Robert wrestles with love, lust, doubt, homesickness, the significance of his music and conflicting loyalties without any compromise to neat rhymes or poetic elegance.

Source: Author steamhammer

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