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The Music Thread Strikes Back

based on the blog so far they seem to have the ones we know apart from 7 which i may be wrong about
 
Got the Freddie Mercury one. Queen were scheduled to appear on the Bill Grundy show but had to pull out so the Sex Pistols were invited to step in, leading to the infamous “say something controversial” interview.
 
nimrod said:
Quiz from a blog i read. i get the answers on boxing day though i think i know some (from the blog and even a few myself 1, 6, 7, 15 - assuming I'm right about them of course.). obv will be easy if you look them up so maybe say which ones you think you know and i'll give the official answers when i get them.
  1. Which historical figure was the subject of two consecutive hit singles by the same act?
  2. What is the best selling album to feature an ex-Beatle?
  3. How did Freddie Mercury having an emergency dental appointment inadvertently contribute to the popularisation of punk in 1976?
  4. Which 1980s no 1 single was written by Peter Sinfield of King Crimson and had an oblique anti-Thatcher message in the lyrics?
  5. Which band took their name from initials on a sewing machine owned by the sister of the two founding brothers?
  6. Whose first public persona was that of spokesman for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men ?
  7. Which band withdrew their best-known song from their 1992 debut album and have never re-released it (at least the studio version) since?
  8. Who was daughter of a Grateful Dead road manager and appeared on the back cover of one of their albums as a child; shared a house with Julian Cope; and was briefly singer for Faith No More?
  9. In 1987 Tiffany’s I Think We’re Alone Now was knocked of no 1 in the Billboard charts by Billy Idol’s Mony Mony. Why was this an unlikely coincidence?
  10. What was removed from the 2018 reissue of Kate Bush’s Ariel album (but not from reissues of The Dreaming album)?
  11. Where in the Suffolk village of Great Finborough would you find “Teenage dreams , so hard to beat”?
  12. Which chart topping R n B singer did Gabriel Maferika try to impersonate unsuccessfully in 1998?
  13. Which album released in 1980 had the catalogue number FSLN 1 and why?
  14. Who had a hit single with Cliff Richard and appeared in a different guise on the bill at Donnington Monsters Of Rock in the same year? (you have a choice of collective or individual names for this one)
  15. What huge 80s hit featured the sound of the guitarist , bassist and drummer jumping into a swimming pool , which was their only contribution to the final recording?
  16. How did David Batt, Stephen Batt and Andonis Michaelides acknowledge the influence of the New York Dolls?
  17. Billy Bragg and Big Audio Dynamite are two artists that never had a UK no 1 hit…or are they? Why are both listed as having had no 1 singles in the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles?
  18. What do the following tracks have in common – The Doors – Waiting For The Sun; Queen – Sheer Heart Attack; Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy; The Stranglers – The Meninblack (kind of)
  19. Where would you find instructions such as “Use an old idea”; .”Are there sections? Consider transitions” ;” Honour thy error as a hidden intention.”; and “Try faking it!”
  20. Real life Spinal Tap time , and multiple choice – which of these has not happened to U2? (a) 80s – Bono ripped his trousers jumping off the PA prompting a cringeworthy rant at music biz types in the crowd (“I bought these trousers so I could look like you”) (b) 90s – The band got trapped inside a giant lemon stage prop (c) 00s – During an onstage speech Bono solemnly declared “Every time I click my fingers a child dies in Africa” to which a heckler responded “Stop doing it then!” (d) 10s – The Edge walked off the edge of the stage mid song and dislocated his arm.
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1. Joan of Arc/Maid of Orleans - OMD
2. Band on the Run?
3.
4. Land of Make Believe - Bucks Fizz
5. AC/DC
6. David Bowie
7. Ebeneezer Goode - Shamen?
8. Courtney Love
9. Both hits for Tommy James & the Shondells
10. ?
11. On John Peels gravestone
12. ?
13. ?
14. ?
15. ?
16. ?
17. Billy Bragg had "She's leaving home" double A Side with Wet, Wet, Wet "With a Little Help From My Friends", BAD had "Rush", double A Side with The Clash "Should I stay or should I go"
18. ?
19. ?
20. ?
 
I thought 7 might be the manics - motown junk

15 is Relax. the musicians who played on the recorded version were the Blockheads
 
The two Batts plus Michaelidis adopted stage names the same as members of the New York Dolls. David Batt was David Sylvian in Japan.
 
Would the Beatles one not be the War Child charity albums that McCartney was involved with?
 
For anyone wanting a break from all the ‘classic’ Christmas songs, the Alternative Christmas Songs playlist on Spotify is a good listen.
 
3. Queen were due to appear on the Grundy show but pulled out, The Pistols replaced them.
 
7. Is Bodycount's 'Cop Killer'. Was such a let down to my teenage self when I finally heard it.
 
quiz answers:
1. OMD of course - joan of arc/main of orleans singles. she should have known better than to give her heart!
2. it's Thriller - mccartney featuring on the girl is mine.
3. yep, the bill grundy interview. emi offering up the pistols instead of queen. emi eventually decided the pistols were out of hand and gave them the boot. but they couldn't sack them just like that, without giving them the loot!
4. land of make believe - buck's fizz
5. AC/DC
6. bowie
7. body count - cop killer
8. courtney love
9. both were originally recordings by tommy james and the shondells
10. rolf harris contributions were removed
11. on john peel's headstone
12. mark morrison - had his mate (try to) impersonate him for community service
13. sandinista - the clash
14. young ones/bad news
15. relax - frankie (the quiz answer said it was done by session musicians but i think it was actually the blockheads of ian dury fame)
16. Japan - took stage names linked to the dolls
17. BB - she's leaving home version was AA with wet wet wet's - with a little help from my friends - from a charity sgt pepper's cover album. BAD were AA with the clash's should i stay or should i go. it was re-released on the back of a levi's ad. mick jones agreed to it provided BAD got the AA. if mick jones had his time again, he'd probably do it all the same.
18. title tracks of an album that actually appeared on a different album instead
19. the oblique strategies cards - produced by brian eno/peter schmidt to help overcome creative blocks
20. c) is an urban myth (after all, no heckler that sensible would have been at a U2 gig)

you guys got most of them
 
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