Songs My Mother Likes (But Would Never Admit To) Quiz

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1. These lyrics are from a Rap group that got their start in the early 80s as a hardcore punk band: "Put your left leg down your right leg up Tilt your head back let's finish the cup M.C.A. With the bottle (D. Rocks the can) Adrock gets nice with Charlie Chan We're offered Moet (we don't mind Chivas)" What song does my mom like but never admit to in public?

Answer: "Brass Monkey" -- Beastie Boys

"Brass Monkey" was the first single released off the 1986 album "Licensed to Ill". Brass Monkey is the name of a drink produced by the Heublein Company starting in the 1970s. The song charted at number 48 on the U.S. Billboard 100 list and the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number 83. It's been covered by The Dave Matthews Band and Richard Cheese.

2. While she originally heard this song as a Country song by the legendary Johnny Cash, she actually prefers the original Metal version by Nine Inch Nails: "What have I become My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you..." What's the name of the song?

Answer: Hurt

Coming from Nine Inch Nail's second album "The Downward Spiral" from 1994, it was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Song in 1996 (losing to Alanis Morissette's "You Outta Know"). It charted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard's Alternative Songs and number 54 on the U.S. Billboard's Radio Songs. It also charted number eight on RPM's Canada Rock/Alternative.

The Johnny Cash cover version received many accolades including a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video in 2004. The Country Music Association (CMA) awarded it "Single of the Year" in 2003.

Other cover versions have been done by Leona Lewis, Sevendust, Eddie Vedder, Lucinda Williams (Cash version), Mumford & Sons, as well as many others.

3. This next song comes from the Punk Rock group Green Day, it's off their 1997 album "Nimrod": "So take the photographs and still frames in your mind Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial For what it's worth it was worth all the while" What's the name of the song?

Answer: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" was not initially released as a single at the time of the album's release in 1997. It charted in the top ten of the countries of Australia, Canada, Scotland, and the U.S. It certified Gold in the U.S. and Platinum in the U.K.

The song, much to the surprise of Green Day, became a hit at Proms across the United States. A surprise based on the fact Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the song about an ex-girlfriend moving away and the lyrics were his expression of anger toward her.

4. This next song is by MC Hammer, from his fourth studio album; while the title of the album is spelled differently than the song title, here are some lyrics to the song: "Sweat running all over my chest (chest) I don't quit, no! I just press harder (Yea!) than I ever did before; going for The dreams that I have in store in my mind (mind) and I know That I'm makin' it I gotta get mine and nobody's takin' it away (No!) 'cause Hammer don't play that; you try to get mine boy you better step back freeze (freeze) 'cause You don't want none; I hustle for my muscle and you look Weak son (real weak) yea!... I'm goin' for all that I can get Kickin' at the top 'cause I'm..." What's the song title to these lyrics?

Answer: 2 Legit 2 Quit

"2 Legit 2 Quit" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, number three on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles, number four on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles, and number five on Billboard's Hot 100 (year-end chart number 46.) The song did well on the charts in New Zealand peaking at number four on Recorded Music NZ. It reached number 60 on the UK Singles Chart.

MC Hammer performed it on the variety show "Saturday Night Live", December 7, 1991. It was also featured in the 1991 film "The Addams Family".

5. This song comes from one of my favorite albums and my mother doesn't care for most of the songs on the album; she thinks the music is just too loud but she does like this one song on the album. Here are some lyrics: "All I can say is that my life is pretty plain I like watchin' the puddles gather rain And all I can do is just pour some tea for two And speak my point of view but it's not sane It's not sane" What's the name of the song and group these lyrics come from?

Answer: "No Rain" -- Blind Melon

The song is Blind Melon's highest charting song reaching US Billboard's Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks Charts, both at number one. It also reached number 20 on US Billboard's Hot 100. The song did well in Canada reaching number one on Canada Top Singles (RPM - year end number 17), and at number eight on Australia's ARIA (year end number 85.)

Bassist Brad Smith wrote the song saying it was about "...not being able to get out of bed and find excuses to face the day when you have really, in a way, nothing." He was dating a girl with depression at the time and tried writing the song from her perspective but finding afterward he was also writing from his own.

6. My mother would never admit she likes the song "Stupid Girl". Me and my brother used to sing it all the time on trips in our late teens early 20's, and we once saw our mother quietly singing along to it. Here's some lyrics to the song: "You pretend you're high Pretend you're bored Pretend you're anything Just to be adored And what you need Is what you get Don't believe in fear Don't believe in faith Don't believe in anything That you can't break" What group sang this song my mother would never admit to liking?

Answer: Garbage

"Stupid Girl" came in at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard 100, number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks, number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, number four on the U.K.'s Singles Chart, number eight on Scotland's Official Charts Company, and number two on Canada's Alternative 30.

Shirley Manson stated of the song "...anthem for a girl who won't settle for less than what she wants." and that the song was a criticism for a friend's behavior "A lot of females still find it difficult to find their own voice in society. It's just that women have a different set of problems from men... make the most of your potential."

7. Believe it or not my mother not only likes the group the Gorillaz, she loves some of the music videos they've come out with. Her favorite song comes from the eponymous 2001 album and it's the name of a famous film actor and director. Here are some lyrics: "I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine in a bag I'm useless but not for long The future is coming on I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine in a bag I'm useless but not for long The future is coming on It's coming on It's coming on It's coming on" What song would my mother never admit to liking in public?

Answer: Clint Eastwood

"Clint Eastwood" ranked number one in two countries: Italy's Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana, and Ireland's Irish Recorded Music Association's Dance Chart. It ranked number two in Germany and Austria, number three in Switzerland and on the U.S. Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. It did well in Scotland and Portugal hitting number four in both those countries, and hitting number five in Ireland.

The song is so named because the music is similar to the composition of the Clint Eastwood film "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" from 1966.

8. This next group comes from Australia. Here are some lyrics to their 1995 album "Frogstomp": "You say that money isn't everything But I'd like to see you live without it, You think you can keep on going living like a king, Oohh babe, but I strongly doubt it, Very hard to drink, Very hard to drink, You gonna wait too, fat boy, Fat boy, wait til ________, You gonna wait too, fat boy, Fat boy, wait til" What's the name of the song that goes into the blank space, and the group my mother would never admit to liking?

Answer: "Tomorrow" -- Silverchair

Daniel Johns said of the song "Tomorrow": "There was this poor guy taking a rich guy through a hotel to experience the losses of the less fortunate than him. The rich guy is just complaining because he just wants to get out and the poor guy is saying you have to wait till tomorrow to get out."

Ben Gillies and Daniel Johns wrote the song while as the group Innocent Criminals, changing their group's name later to Silverchair (then as 'silverchair'.) It was entered into a television competition in 1994 for school bands and won using the demo of the song.

It charted number one on Australia's ARIA (year end number nine), Canada's Rock/Alternative (RPM), New Zealand's RMNZ, and on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks. It's certified 4x Platinum on Australia's ARIA Chart.

9. This next song my mother likes but would never admit to is by a musician turned actor off his fourth album, with the same name as the song. Here are some lyrics: "Don't call it a comeback I been here for years Rocking my peers and putting suckers in fear Making the tears rain down like a monsoon Listen to the bass go boom Explosion, overpowering Over the competition I'm towering Wrecking shop, When I drop These lyrics that'll make you call the cops" What song and artist is this?

Answer: "Mama Said Knock You Out" -- LL Cool J

Released in 1990, "Mama Said Knock You Out" reached number two on the U.S. Top R&B Albums, number 16 on the U.S. Billboard 200, number 49 on the U.K. Albums Chart and number 67 on the Australian Albums Chart. It was certified 2x Platinum in the U.S. and certified Gold in Canada.

10. This last song comes from a group my mother won't even admit to me in private that she likes. She dislikes the lead singer with fervor but she does like this song even if she won't admit it. Here are some lyrics: "The worms will live in every host It's hard to pick which one they eat the most The horrible people, the horrible people It's as anatomic as the size of your steeple Capitalism has made it this way Old-fashioned fascism will take it away Hey you, what do you see? Something beautiful or something free? Hey, you, are you trying to be mean? If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean" What song and group will my mother never ever admit to liking even on her deathbed?

Answer: "The Beautiful People" -- Marilyn Manson

The song was the lead single off of Marilyn Manson's 1996 "Antichrist Superstar" album. The title of the song was taken from the 1967 novel "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Bender. Twiggy Ramirez wrote the music for the song.

The song reached number 26 on the U.S. Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 29 on the U.S. Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It spent 52 weeks on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart Top 100 but never went higher than number 42. It did well on the U.K. Singles Chart hitting at number 18, and was certified Gold in Sweden.

Source: Author Nammage

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I got the idea for this when I heard my mother singing along to a song I didn't think she'd be into. She's in her mid 60s, mainly listens to Christian music, Country, and 1950s Doo-Wop.

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