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1. At the start of The Jam's "The Eton Rifles" Paul Weller sings, "Sup up your beer and collect your fags". What did he mean by 'fags'?
2. We Brits didn't really know what a "Homely Girl" was way back in 1974; can you remember who sang it?
3. "Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
I'd rather leave than suffer this
I'll never be your monkey wrench"
So sang The Foo Fighters; which of these would be the British version of a 'monkey wrench'?
4. The band Squeeze were more popular in the UK than they were in the States, possibly due to their liberal use of London vernacular. One of their big hits "Cool for Cats" contains these lyrics,
"The Sweeney's doing ninety 'cos they've got the word to go,
To get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow"
"The Sweeney" is a rhyming slang reference to a section of the police force, but which particular section are they singing about?
5. When Californian band Love released their seminal album "Forever Changes" in 1967, there were a good many references which we didn't 'get' in Britain.
One title which I never understood until years later was:
"The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This"
Which of these is a British equivalent of "The Good Humor Man"?
6. 1977 and music is given a well-deserved kick in the pants by punk-rock. The most infamous of the British bands were The Sex Pistols who deliberately courted controversy with the title of their album "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols". This would probably not raise many eyebrows in America but was considered very offensive in the UK and the title resulted in a famous court case.
Which definition of 'bollocks' was accepted by the judge which allowed for the continued sale of the album?
7. This is an old chestnut; here are some lyrics from British band Radiohead's "True Love Waits":
"And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love wins
On lollipops and crisps."
What are crisps usually called across the pond?
8. I guess the 'pavement versus sidewalk' debate is now fairly well rehearsed but can you remember which Cream song these lyrics come from?
"I can walk down the street, there's no one there
Though the pavements are one huge crowd.
I can drive down the road, my eyes don't see,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud."
9. Several acts including The Carpenters and Andy Williams covered the Neil Sedaka song "Solitaire", a rather sad song about a broken-hearted man who plays cards by himself to pass the time. In Britain solitaire is a not usually a game of cards but a small puzzle played with wooden or plastic pegs.
What do we call card games for one in Britain?
10. This 1987 record was concerned with a dance style in The States originally known as the Carolina Shag and later was to feature in the 1989 film "Shag" starring Bridget Fonda. Which of these acts recorded the hit "There ain't nothing Like Shaggin'"?
Source: Author
mutchisman
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