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Geography in Songs
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| ZZ Top has a song about a religious figure and a city. What is it called? | Places in Songs III (Cities) (Sarah606) |
Jesus Just Left Chicago. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is on ZZ Top's "Tres Hombres" album, released in 1973.
| You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City....? | Cities in Songs (dafyduk) |
| Who wrote and performed "I Love LA", from the movie "Down and Out in Beverly Hills"? | Places in Songs III (Cities) (Sarah606) |
Randy Newman. Randy Newman has been doing movie soundtracks since the 1970's. He finally won a Grammy in 2002 when he received the Oscar for Best Original Song for "If I Didn't Have You", from the hit comedy "Monsters, Inc."
| Who was the lead singer of the band Japan? | Japan in Songs And Artists (rowena8482) |
David Sylvian. Mike Peters fronted The Alarm, Bill Wadhams was in Animotion, and Andreas Thein was a member of Propaganda.
| Who sang the song "Allentown"? | Places in Songs III (Cities) (Sarah606) |
Billy Joel. "Allentown" is about the collapse of Pennsylvania's steel industry in the 1970's. It is on Billy Joel's 1982 album "The Nylon Curtain". "The Nylon Curtain" also includes the songs "Scandanavian Skies" and "Goodbye Saigon", to keep with our theme.
| Who sang "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"? | Places In Songs II (US States) (Sarah606) |
Charlie Daniels Band. This song was also covered by Primus, among other bands. You can find out more information about Charlie Daniels on www.charliedaniels.com.
| Who sang "New York State of Mind"? | Places In Songs II (US States) (Sarah606) |
Billy Joel. "New York State of Mind" was on Billy Joel's "Turnstiles" album, released in 1976. This album also has the songs "Miami 2017" and "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" on it, to stay with our quiz theme!
| Who sang "Midnight Train to Georgia"? | Places In Songs II (US States) (Sarah606) |
Gladys Knight and the Pips. In October 1973, Gladys Knight and The Pips took "Midnight Train to Georgia" to nuber one on the Billboard charts. The songwriter, Jim Weatherly, wrote it as "Midnight Plane to Houston". The song title was changed when it was recorded by Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston.
| Who sang "Going Back to Cali"? | Places In Songs I (Sarah606) |
LL Cool J. LL Cool J has also acted. He was in the movie "Toys" with Robin Williams.
| Who sang "Folsom Prison Blues"? | Places in Songs III (Cities) (Sarah606) |
Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash wrote "Folsom Prison Blues" in 1956, but it was his 1968 recording that went to number one on the country charts and number 32 on the pop charts.
| Who said "I Left my Wallet in El Segundo"? | Places In Songs I (Sarah606) |
A Tribe Called Quest. El Segundo is in Southern California. Arrested Development had a song called "Tennessee".
| Who recorded the song "Mexican Radio"? | Places In Songs I (Sarah606) |
Wall Of Voodoo (Los Lobos, Flesh For Lulu, Modern English). "Mexican Radio" was a one-hit wonder for Wall of Voodoo. It was released in 1983. Wall of Voodoo was formed in 1977 and broke up in 1989.
| Who has NOT recorded a version of "Anarchy in the U.K."? | Places In Songs I (Sarah606) |
The Rolling Stones. The Sex Pistols recorded (and wrote) the original song. Motley Cure recorded it for "Stairway to Heaven, Highway to Hell" and it is the third track on Megadeth's "So Far, So Good... So What?" album. I think Sir Mick Jagger has more reverence for the throne.
| Who had a song called "Guns of Brixton"? | Places in Songs III (Cities) (Sarah606) |
The Clash. The Dropkick Murphy have covered this song. The Clash released it on their 1979 album "London Calling" (see interesting information for Q4).
| Which US state did John Denver think was 'almost heaven'? | Places In Songs I (Sarah606) |
West Virginia. These are lyrics from "Country Roads". In this song he also mentions the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River.
| Which kind of 'getaway' did the Greatful Dead have? | Places In Songs II (US States) (Sarah606) |
Alabama. Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics and the late Jerry Garcia wrote the music. The first performance of "Alabama Getaway" was on November 4, 1979, at the Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Bob Dylan covers this song.
| Which group had a UK hit in 1984 with "Big In Japan"? | Japan in Songs And Artists (rowena8482) |
Alphaville. The song reached number 8 in the UK chart and went to number 1 on the Billboard Dance chart in the US.
| Which group had a hit single in the UK in 1981 with the song "Turning Japanese"? | Japan in Songs And Artists (rowena8482) |
The Vapours. This song was used on the soundtrack of the film "Charlie's Angels" released in 2000. It has also featured in an episode of "Malcolm in the Middle", sung by Hal when he was drunk.
| Which city did Sheryl Crow sing about leaving? | Places in Songs III (Cities) (Sarah606) |
Las Vegas. The original version appears on Crow's 1993 album "Tuesday Night Music Club". Sheryl has won 'Best Female Rock Vocal Performance' in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003.
| Which 'weather' word completes the following lyric from "Big In Japan"? - "Crystal bits of _____ all around my head" | Japan in Songs And Artists (rowena8482) |
Snowflakes. The title of the song is a joke in that bands are said to be "Big In Japan" long after the rest of the world has forgotten about them. Spinal Tap used this in the film "This is Spinal Tap"
| Where do all of George Strait's exes live? | Places In Songs II (US States) (Sarah606) |
Texas. In 1988 George Strait earned a Grammy nomination for this song, "All My Exes Live in Texas". You can find all of the steps to the line dance associated with this song at http://www.country-time.com/archives/ld/a/all_my_exes_(unk).htm.
| What word completes this lyric from the song "Japanese Boy" by Aneka? - "Oooo I ___ my Japanese Boy" | Japan in Songs And Artists (rowena8482) |
Miss. As well as reaching number one in the UK charts, the song reached number 43 in the Canadian charts and number 15 in the American Dance chart.
| What kind of 'shuffle' did the Rolling Stones do? | Places in Songs III (Cities) (Sarah606) |
Harlem Shuffle. The song is creditied to Relf/Nelson and it appeared on The Rolling Stones' 1986 release "Dirty Work". It was not one of their best albums.
| We were just another band out of Boston. On the road tryin' to make ends meet....? | Cities in Songs (dafyduk) |
Boston. Rock and Roll Band
| Viva Las Vegas...Viva Las Vegas.....? | Cities in Songs (dafyduk) |
Both. Elvis 1st the ZZ Top
| TV Themes: "The Beverly Hillbillies": What state name is part of a metaphor for oil? | US States in Songs (TonyTheDad) |
Texas. "Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed/
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,/
Then one day he was shootin' at some food,/
And up through the ground came a bubblin' crude./
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea."
| Tom Cochrane had a hit with "Life is a Highway". The lyrics make reference to a well-known Canadian city. What is it? | Canadian Geography in Music (Gausser) |
Vancouver. The line is "the Kyber Pass to Vancouver's lights".
| They Might Be Giants did a remake of a Four Lads hit from 1953. Where do they say is 'not Constantinople'? | Places in Songs III (Cities) (Sarah606) |
Istanbul. With Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon, this catchy tune hit #10 for the Four Lads. I guess they had a problem with Turkey renaming the city.
| The Newfoundland band The Fables had an album and a song with this Newfoundland city name as a title. What is the city? | Canadian Geography in Music (Gausser) |
St. John's. St. John's was the title of the band's third CD. It was also the first single from that disc.
| The first song on the Barenaked Ladies CD "Gordon" is about a city in the Atlantic Provinces that the band is none too fond of. About what city did the band write this song? | Canadian Geography in Music (Gausser) |
Halifax. Check out the lyrics to this one. Not very complimentary.
| The Dead Kennedys were unhappy with their Governor, and compared their state to Nazi Germany in which song? | Places In Songs II (US States) (Sarah606) |
California Uber Alles. "California Uber Alles" is a nod to "Deutschland Uber Alles", the German national anthem from World War II. There were two versions of this song recorded- one was about Ronald Reagan and one was about Jerry Brown.
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