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Stereolab Lyrics Trivia Quiz

I'll provide lyrics from a Stereolab song; you tell me which song they came from. (Lyrics will be from songs in English, not translated from songs in French). Lyrics to songs are written by "groop" co-founder and lead vocalist Laetitia Sadier.

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

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Author
Dwshill

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
325,109

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. "I pick up by the handful
The somber heap at my feet.
Eyes closed to see the hopeful
Trusting my deepest instinct"

Which song are these lyrics from? Hint

Percolator

Check and Double Check

Blips, Drips and Strips

Baby Lulu

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Question 2 of 10

2. "It's a funny dictatorship,
The one by which one must have
Pleasure, pleasure pleasure all the time"

Name this song. Hint

Excursions Into 'Oh, Ah'

The Seeming and the Meaning

Valley Hi!

Allures

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Question 3 of 10

3. "But I am worried about the health risks...
Those who work but don't earn;
Those who earn but don't work."

What song contains these lyrics? Hint

Household Names

Melochord Seventy-Five

Nomus Et Phusis

Hillbilly Motorbike

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Ideas by master,
Dogma disciples:
Buddha is always killed on the way"

Name this song. Hint

John Cage Bubblegum

Diagonals

Op Hop Detonation

Fried Monkey Eggs (vocal)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What song contains the following question and answer exchange?

"Did you prescribe my daughter a pound of heroin?
I'm sorry I can't see;
I think I blinded myself" Hint

Surrealchemist

The Extension Trip

Narco Martenot

Nothing to Do With Me

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Question 6 of 10

6. Name the song with these lyrics.

"Ways of doing and work
Definition of truth
Sexual Regulations
Language allowed, forbidden." Hint

The Black Arts

Young Lungs

Doubt

Pop Quiz

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Question 7 of 10

7. "The greater is the beauty
The profounder is the stain
Significant of the forbidden
Transgressed in eroticism."

These lyrics can be found in which song? Hint

Rainbo Conversation

Caleidoscopic Gaze

Pack Yr Romantic Mind

I Was a Sunny Rainphase

8. "History will only repeat itself once more
the western world is going more and more right wing
yearning for some sort of protection
too scared to do anything"

Which song by Stereolab has these lyrics? Hint

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Laisser-Faire

Contronatura

High Expectation

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Question 9 of 10

9. "There's only the millions that lose their jobs and homes and sometimes accents
There's only the millions who die in their bloody wars
It's all right"

Name this song. Hint

Good Is Me

Ping Pong

Cellulosesunshine

Miss Modular

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Question 10 of 10

10. "What can be conceived as the most remote
manifestation of things to be?
It is what contains last of all reasons
current resistance, reality."

In which song can these lyrics be heard? Hint

Self Portrait With Electric Brain

Need To Be

Tempter

Captain Easychord

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I pick up by the handful The somber heap at my feet. Eyes closed to see the hopeful Trusting my deepest instinct" Which song are these lyrics from?

Answer: Blips, Drips and Strips

"Blips, Drips, and Strips" is a track from the LP "Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night". It was released in 1999.

2. "It's a funny dictatorship, The one by which one must have Pleasure, pleasure pleasure all the time" Name this song.

Answer: Excursions Into 'Oh, Ah'

"Excursions Into 'Oh, Ah'" was a single released in 2006. It was found on the compilation titled "Fab Four Suture", which was released later that year.

3. "But I am worried about the health risks... Those who work but don't earn; Those who earn but don't work." What song contains these lyrics?

Answer: Household Names

"Household Names" can be found on "The First of the Microbe Hunters" EP. It was released in 2000.

4. "Ideas by master, Dogma disciples: Buddha is always killed on the way" Name this song.

Answer: Fried Monkey Eggs (vocal)

"Fried Monkey Eggs (vocal)" can be found with its instrumental version on the 1999 tour single "The Underground is Coming". Stereolab originates from London, England.

5. What song contains the following question and answer exchange? "Did you prescribe my daughter a pound of heroin? I'm sorry I can't see; I think I blinded myself"

Answer: Nothing to Do With Me

"Nothing to Do With Me" is a song from the 2001 album "Sound-Dust". The "groop" credits the sketches of British humorist Chris Morris as the inspiration for the song's characters.

6. Name the song with these lyrics. "Ways of doing and work Definition of truth Sexual Regulations Language allowed, forbidden."

Answer: Pop Quiz

"Pop Quiz" was on the 1995 "Amporphous Body Study Center" EP. It was written and released in collaboration with sculptor Charles Long for an interactive art exhibit.

7. "The greater is the beauty The profounder is the stain Significant of the forbidden Transgressed in eroticism." These lyrics can be found in which song?

Answer: Pack Yr Romantic Mind

"Pack Yr Romantic Mind" can be found on "Transient Random Noise Bursts with Announcements" LP. Released in 1993 by Elektra Records, the album was the band's major-label debut.

8. "History will only repeat itself once more the western world is going more and more right wing yearning for some sort of protection too scared to do anything" Which song by Stereolab has these lyrics?

Answer: Laisser-Faire

"Laisser-Faire" is found on the 1992 "Low-Fi" EP, one of Stereolab's earliest releases. The song also features the prophetic refrain "I can feel it more and more. Within ten years we'll have a war".

9. "There's only the millions that lose their jobs and homes and sometimes accents There's only the millions who die in their bloody wars It's all right" Name this song.

Answer: Ping Pong

"Ping Pong" is a single culled from "Mars Audiac Quintet". It was the group's third studio LP and was released in 1995. During the 2008 United States race for the presidency, Meghan McCain, daughter of Republican hopeful John McCain, designated "Ping Pong" the "Song of the Day" on her blog. Since the song is a sarcastic damnation of capitalism in general, many wondered if Ms. McCain wanted to overthrow her dad's party or if she simply wasn't "in" on the band's satire.

10. "What can be conceived as the most remote manifestation of things to be? It is what contains last of all reasons current resistance, reality." In which song can these lyrics be heard?

Answer: Self Portrait With Electric Brain

"Self Portrait With Electric Brain" is from Stereolab's LP "Chemical Chords". It was released in 2009.

Source: Author Dwshill

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