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Quizmo
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7/20/2015 2:38:48 PM
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more fun questions for music folks (with added clues at bottom)
Please, do not google.
1) This iconic artist/songwriter has many hits of his or her own but the biggest hit he wrote was done by another band. (hint: in the 60s)
2) This iconic artist had a hit covering a Cat Stevens song.
3) This guy was a fixture in the Top 10 on Billboard in the early seventies. He wrote a song that became a hit for the Talking Heads. Name the artist and song.
4) This band had several big hits, had terrible legal issues and music business problems that led to the suicide of their lead singer/composer.
5) This person wrote a big hit by Rufus w/ Chaka Khan and also wrote what may be the most famous song in Jeff Beck's solo career. Also what are the names of the songs?
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Bryon Tosoff
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7/20/2015 3:11:33 PM
man this to me is the hardest one yet, I am stumped , totally the only one I think I will take a stab at is #4 since I remember their music, the troubles they had and the horrible tragedy that seemed to befall them, is it Badfinger? that is the best guess I can do. probably wrong since there are so many troubled bands and singers during that decade
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Tom O'Brien
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7/20/2015 4:42:13 PM
For number 2, the only covers of Cat Stevens songs I can think of are "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart and "Changes" by Santana.
Number 3 has to be Al Green and "Take me to the River."
Gotta Google the rest.
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Quizmo
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7/20/2015 5:44:36 PM
Badfinger and Al Green are correct answers for #3 and #4.
I'm not familiar with Changes by Santana but it doesn't seem to qualify as a hit, only reaching #45 on US Rock Charts. Forever Young by Stewart was not written by Cat Stevens. from Wikipedia..
The structure of the lyrics in this song is very similar to a Bob Dylan song of the same title.[1] When this was realized, the song was then sent to Dylan, out of respect, asking whether he had a problem with it. The two men agreed to participate in the ownership of the song and share Stewart's royalties.[2]
Stewart wrote the song with two of his band members: guitarist Jim Cregan and keyboardist Kevin Savigar. Stewart told Mojo magazine in 1995 that he considered "Forever Young" to be one of his favorite songs and the reason for writing it was, "I love 'Forever Young', because that was a real heartfelt song about my kids. I suddenly realized I'd missed a good five years of Sean and Kimberly's life because I was so busy touring all the time. With these kids now I don't make that mistake- I take them on tour with me, so I can watch them grow up. So that's another favorite. Unfortunately, it wasn't a big hit in England, but it's like a national anthem here (America)".[3]
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Shoe City Sound
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7/20/2015 8:12:42 PM
Wow hard quiz! I didn't now any of these - impressed with you guys that did
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Quizmo
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7/21/2015 3:24:09 PM
Any more guesses on 1, 2, or 5? I think 1 and 5 are kind of easy, when I tell you all the answers you'll put a hand to the forehead.
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Bryon Tosoff
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7/21/2015 3:26:59 PM
honestly Quizmo. its like this, a hand to the head is better then a kick in the ass
dont know. stumped. I should know, but brain stuck in reverse
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Quizmo
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7/21/2015 3:30:59 PM
Okay I'll throw in a big clue. The answers to 2 of the questions were actually mentioned in Noah Spaceship's thread about a sweet tooth for pop.
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Quizmo
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7/24/2015 10:44:13 AM
---- Updated 7/24/2015 11:56:48 AM
I wanted to provide the remaining answers:
1) Neil Diamond wrote I'm A Believer by the Monkees.
2) Rod Stewart sang Cat Stevens' The First Cut Is The Deepest.
5) Stevie Wonder wrote Tell Me Something Good by Rufus and Cause We've Ended As Lovers by Jeff Beck.
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Hop On Pop
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7/24/2015 10:56:04 AM
1) Harry Nilsson
2) This iconic artist had a hit covering a Cat Stevens song.
3) Al Green - Take Me To the River
4) too many to name — Nirvana, Material Issue,
5) this one stumps me
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Quizmo
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7/24/2015 11:58:13 AM
Cobain suicide is questionable at best.
Answers above.
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