Totally Random Music, Part 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: "Did you find the directing sign on the straight and narrow highway"

"I do belive in you" comes from the Chicago hit "Feelin' Stronger Every Day." "That's the kind of feeling" is from the screaming trumpet band Chase, the song "Get It On." "I'm the friendly stranger" is from "Vehicle," by the band The Ides Of March. "Vehicle" is very often confused for a BST song because of the horn intro. "Did you find..." comes from the BST hit "Spinning Wheel."

Answer: Pepsi

The ad played only once, during "The Cosby Show." It was the first song ever by a major artist to be used in a commercial before its actual release. The next day, the video premiered on MTV, featuring Madonna dancing in front of burning crosses and making out with a statue of Jesus that had just come to life. Pepsi immediately pulled the ad.

Answer: Eight Miles High

The line "The birds flew out with a fall-out shelter / Eight miles high and falling fast" is believed to be a reference to this song, though Don McLean has never publicly confirmed it. The song was banned by radio stations for its drug references, though the band claimed it was just about an airplane flight.

Answer: Boston, Massachusetts

Born on March 12, 1948, in Boston, Taylor grew up in Chapel Hill, NC. His song "Carolina In My Mind" is dedicated to the state of his childhood.

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded "Sweet Home Alabama" with the lines "I heard Neil Young sing about it / I heard old Neil put it down / I hope Neil Young will remember / A southern man don't need him around anyhow." The members of the band were fans, and this song was a good-natured poke at Young. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant often wore Neil Young T-shirts in concert.

Answer: Chevy Chase

Fagen and Becker met at Bard College in New York in 1967. One of their earlier efforts at a band was The Leather Canary, with whom Chevy Chase sat in on drums a couple of times.

Answer: Bob Dylan

It was Bob Dylan's first electric tour, so the group was not received favorably by the fans that thought Dylan had sold out his folk roots. Clapton was hugely influenced by The Band, and tried to use the influence as the basis for his band Blind Faith. Drummer Levon Helm inspired the title character in Elton John's "Levon", and Sammy Davis Jr.'s house was rented as the place to record the group's second album, "The Band."

Answer: Achtung Baby

The movie is "The Producers." In the movie, a drugged-up actor named Lorenzo St. DuBois (also known as LSD) plays the role of Adolph Hitler in the new Broadway musical, "Springtime For Hitler." He adds his own...uh...personal touches to the role, such as saying "baby" a lot. The author of the play, a Nazi fugitive, is outraged. "Vat is dis 'babee'? Ze Fuehrer never said zis 'babee'."

Answer: The Sky Is Crying

"Texas Flood" was SRV's first release, in 1983. "Live Alive!" came out in 1986, "In Step" in 1989, and "The Sky Is Crying" in 1991. Stevie Ray died in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990, after playing a show with Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy.

Answer: Keith Richards

Keith was a big admirer, but Berry didn't know who he was and thought he was just another annoying fan.

Answer: The Monkees

His birth name, David Jones, was too close to that of Davy Jones of The Monkees. Bowie even had a band in the mid-60s called Davy Jones and the Kingbees.

Answer: The Eagles

Rodgers and Kirke were in Free, Burrell in King Crimson, and Ralphs in Mott the Hoople. The Eagles connection is that Simon Kirke was the one that recommended Joe Walsh to Glenn Frey and Don Henley.

Answer: Land Of The Sea And Sun

"Sweetheart From Venezuela" was playing during the first scene of the movie, where the Maitlands are in the attic. "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" was playing while Adam was in the basement. "Jump In The Line" played in the final scene in the movie, when Lydia did a floating dance routine. The other Belafonte song used in the movie was, of course, "Day-O," used in the famous dinner scene.

Answer: John Spence

John Spence was the original frontman for No Doubt, but committed suicide on December 21, 1987. Chris Webb left in 1989, and Eric Stefani, Gwen's older brother, left in 1994 to become an animator on "The Simpsons". Tony Kanal joined the band in 1987 and is still with the group.

Answer: Cameron Crowe

Nancy scored Crowe's 2001 film "Vanilla Sky." They divorced in 2010.

Answer: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

At the time, Garcia was recovering from a longtime drug addiction. He was in the coma for five days. When he died of a heart attack at a rehab facility in 1995, the Dead officially broke up.

Answer: Livin' In The USA

In the first three lines of the song, the singer refers to himself as a space cowboy, the gangster of love, and Maurice. The song "Space Cowboy" also refers to previous SMB songs, namely "Livin' In The USA" and "Gangster Of Love."

Answer: Bob Dylan

Others to cover Dylan's song include Eric Clapton, Neil Young, and the Grateful Dead.

Answer: Brian May

All four had college degrees - Mercury in illustration, Deacon in electronics, Taylor in biology, and May in astronomy.

Answer: The London Festival Orchestra

As a concept album, "Days Of Future Passed" explored times of day, from morning to night. Songs like "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Nights In White Satin" became popular singles. When compared to another concept album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles, Ray Thomas said, "That was more like a show. Ours was more like a rock symphony."

Answer: Mohandas Gandhi

The people on the cover were: Sri Yukteswar Giri, Aleister Crowley, Mae West, Lenny Bruce, Karlheinz Stockhausen, W.C. Fields, Carl Gustav Jung, Edgar Allan Poe, Fred Astaire, Richard Merkin, The Varga Girl (by artist Alberto Vargas), Huntz Hall, Simon Rodia, Bob Dylan, Aubrey Beardsley, Sir Robert Peel, Aldous Huxley, Dylan Thomas, Terry Southern, Dion (di Mucci), Tony Curtis, Wallace Berman, Tommy Handley, Marilyn Monroe, William Burroughs, Sri Mahavatara Babaji, Stan Laurel, Richard Lindner, Oliver Hardy, Karl Marx, H.G. Wells, Sri Paramahansa Yagananda, two wax hairdressers' dummies, Stuart Sutcliffe, Max Miller, The Petty Girl (by artist George Petty), Marlon Brando, Tom Mix, Oscar Wilde, Tyrone Power, Larry Bell, Dr. David Livingstone, Johnny Weismuller, Stephen Crane, Issy Bonn, George Bernard Shaw, H.C. Westermann, Albert Stubbins, Sri Lahiri Mahasaya, Lewis Carroll, T.E. Lawrence, Sonny Liston, wax models of all four Beatles, Shirley Temple, Albert Einstein, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Bobby Breen, Marlene Dietrich, Legionnaire from the Order of the Buffaloes, and Diana Dors. Gandhi was originally to be included, but was painted out at the request of the record company who feared it would offend record buyers in India.

Answer: A heroin dealer

The Velvet Underground was one of the first bands to openly sing about drugs and drug abuse, a lot of it coming directly from Lou Reed's personal experience.

Answer: Guns N' Roses

This was the first year the award was offered, and though Metallica was heavily favored to win, Jethro Tull pulled off the upset. One hates to make assumptions, but it looks like the Grammy voters were a little confused about what heavy metal was. Hard rock and metal were separated the next year, and Metallica took the metal prize home.

Answer: Chad Allen and the Expressions

As a promotional gimmick, the only words on the album cover were "Guess Who?" to make people think they were a hot British import. Disc jockeys thought that was their name, and it stuck. Bachman-Turner Overdrive was the band Randy Bachman formed after leaving the group. Johnny and the Moondogs was an early name for the Beatles, and the New Originals was one of the first names of Spinal Tap.

Answer: The Pusher

The most famous Steppenwolf song on the soundtrack is "Born To Be Wild," but "The Pusher" is the first track on the album. If you enjoyed this quiz, be sure to check out parts 1, 3, and 4. Thanks for playing!