You Get Many A Good Tune From An Old Fart Quiz

Answer: Faces

Faces changed their name from Small Faces after vocalist/guitarist Steve Marriott left the band to form Humble Pie with Peter Frampton. Marriott was replaced by Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on guitar and this was their first major hit, charting on both sides of the Atlantic. Faces certainly had a star studded line up as apart from Stewart and Wood they featured Kenney Jones (future Who member) on drums, Ian McLagan (future Rolling Stones sideman) on keyboards and Ronnie Lane (future Slim Chance member as well as collaborations with Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend) on bass.

Question by 480154st

Answer: Time

"Time" was the fourth track on the highly successful album "Dark Side of the Moon", which used some advanced recording techniques at the time, including multitrack recording, tape loops and analogue synthesizers.

Question by brucebrand

Answer: Runaway

Del Sahnnon's hit "Runaway" was originally titled "Little Runaway". It was written by Shannon and Max Crook, and stayed at number one on the Billboard charts for four weeks in 1961. Several singers/bands recorded the song over the years, including Bonnie Raitt, The Traveling Wilburys, (great version!) and Elvis Presley, to name a few. Del Shannon died in 1990.

"Hit The Road Jack" was written by Percy Mayfield, and made famous by Ray Charles also in 1961 . "Cold as Ice" was released by Foreigner (1977). "We Gotta Get out of This Place", was done by The Animals (1965).

I guess I was "Wishin' you were here by me, To end this misery..."

Pit parties or Field parties were quite popular back then. We used a empty field, usually built a bonfire, word was passed, and people showed up! One of the more favourite locations was "Lovers Lane" which was a disused dead end road leading into a field. I wonder if this still goes on?

Question by Hermit007

Answer: Demons & Wizards

Although the album cover and the title suggest a medieval fantasy, the band claims this album was just a collection of songs they had.

Contributor: subsquid

Answer: Iron Maiden

Steve Harris is the bassist and apart from regular shouts of "Up the Hammers" at gigs he also shows his love for the team by having a West Ham badge on his bass. In 2004, the band sold replica West Ham shirts at gigs, emblazoned with the Iron Maiden logo. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" was from 1982's "The Number Of The Beast" album, the first to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson.

Question by PhilStant

Answer: Bagpipes

This song was the first track off the "T.N.T" album released in December of 1975. The bagpipes were played by vocalist Bon Scott and were so closely associated with him that Brian Johnson, the singer who replaced Scott after his death, refused to play the song live out of respect for Bon.

Question by jmac11

Answer: Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher and Keith Reid

When the record came out, there was actually no set band. What became Procol Harum formed during the recording of the first album. Keith Reid as the lyricist has always been considered a full-fledged member. Interestingly, Fisher was originally not given credit for his part in the writing of this song (only Brooker and Reid) and sued Brooker and his music publisher 38 years later in 2005. The final decision by the House of Lords gave that recognition to Fisher in 2009 after appeals back and forth in the landmark case.

Question by njbruce

Answer: "Blackbird" by the Beatles

Paul McCartney has been quoted by numerous media sources as stating that "Blackbird" was inspired by the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. in the 1960s, and particularly by the "Little Rock Nine", a group of high school students who fought segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Question by SBH

Answer: Roll Me Away

"Roll Me Away" was from the Seger's 1982 album "The Distance" and featured Roy Bittan from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band on piano. All the possible answers were Seger tracks and of those, "We've Got Tonite" gave him his biggest UK hit when it was re released in 1995, although the spelling was changed to "Tonight."

Question by i-a-n

Answer: Meat Loaf

According to Meat Loaf's autobiography, "To Hell and Back," his birth name was Marvin Lee Aday. As an overweight child he saw a Levi's commercial that sang "Poor, fat Marvin can't wear Levi's." The ad hurt his feelings so much he came to hate both Levi's and the name Marvin. As soon as he was old enough he had his name legally changed to Michael. The name Meat Loaf came from a nickname his dad gave him as a child. Meat claims he has no idea why.

All the other choices are Texan rockers.

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