taylor@sdccsu3.UUCP (Dave Taylor) (07/08/84)
A week or so ago I posted a lyric quiz (one of the many that seem
to fly by this system..) and these are the answers and resultant scores of
those who answered. Remember that four points were possible, one for the
musician or grup, one for the song title, one for album name, and one for
the lyrics surrounding the quoted verse. The lyrics in parenthesis are
the surrounding lines....
1. (Poppa look down and spit on the ground
Every time my name get mentioned)
And Momma says "Oh when I get that boy
I'm gonna stick him in a house of detention"
Paul Simon, "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard", Greatest Hits, etc.
2. Good heavens, Miss Yakamoto,
You're beautiful!
Thomas Dolby, "She Blinded me with Science", The Golden Age of Wireless
3. (Sweet dreams are made of these,
Who am I to disagree)
Travel the world and the seven seas,
Everybodys' looking for something.
Eurythmics, "Sweet dreams", <same album name>
4. Here I am,
sitting in a tin can
(Far above the world.
Planet Earth is blue,
and there's nothing I can do)
David Bowie, "Space Oddity", Changes One
5. We dress up in disguise
to get away from all those prying eyes
(Our friends all think we're mad
but we just tell them that the spy is bad)
Thompson Twins, "We are Detective", Side Kicks
6. Have your leaves all turned to brown,
Will you gather them around you...
(in the night?
Ohhh OOHHHH C'est La vie,
Who knows, who cares, for me...)
Keith Emerson, ELP, "C'est La Vie", Works Volume I
7. Don't let go, while I'm hangin on,
'cause I've been hangin on so long
(It's so hard to live all alone,
you know I'm not that strong)
Greg Kihn Band, "Jeopardy", Kihnspiracy
8. Stood out in the rain,
let it soak me down before I called you
(I called you)
Dan Fogelberg, "Stars", Home Free
9. (Some people smile and tell me
I'm the lucky one)
well I've just begun
I think I'm gonna have a son
Loggins and Messina, "Dannys Song",???
10. Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
but she doesn't have a lot to say.
(Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
but she changes from day to day.
I wanna tell her that I love her a lot,
but I've gotta get a belly full of wine...)
The Beatles, unnamed track on Abbey Road
11. (Oh black water, keep on rollin,
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on,)
keep on shinin' your light,
gonna make everything, ohhh, gonna make ev'rything alright
The Doobie Brothers, "Black Water", Best of the Doobie Brothers
12. Well it's a-one for the money,
two for the show, three to get ready,
now Go Cat Go
(But don't you, step on my Blue Suede Shoes)
Carl Perkins and a host of others, "Blue Suede Shoes" (!!!!!)
13. Give me time
to realise my crime
(let me love and steal
I have danced inside your eyes
How can I be real)
Culture Club, "Do you Really Want to Hurt me",Kissing to be Clever
14. (The surf was easy on the day I came to stay
on this quiet island in the bay)
I remember a line of women all in white,
the laughter and the steel bands at night.
Donald Fagen, "The Goodbye Look", The Nightfly
15. Tina went to the Lady's room/Saw written on the wall
"If you'd like a very nice time/Just give this number a call"
(It was six-oh-six-oh-eight-four-two)
The B-52s, "6060-842!", The B-52s
16. Sooner or later, your legs give way
you hit the ground.
(Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down)
The Beat, "Sooner or Later", Special Beat Service
17. Shining star comes into view
to shine its watchful light on you
(Give you strength to carry on,
Make your body big and strong)
Earth, Wind and Fire, "Shining Star", Greatest Hits
18. Don't stop bringin' the girls round
Don't start havin' a showdown
(Keep on handin' the jug round,
All that you need is wine and good company)
Alan Parsons project, "(the system of) Doctor Tarr and
Professor Fether", Tales of Mystery and Imagination
AND, the scores are;
Jim Jenal 28
Ken Rossen 27
Rich Rosen 25
Greg Skinner 24
Gene Spafford 19 1/2 (1/2 point for number 12, Gene!)
[bunker!]Allen 8
Jeff Myers 4
Musically,
Dave Taylor