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More Years They Made Music

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More Years They Made Music game quiz
"Hey, if you think you got off easy with the first "Years", you've got another think coming! With all the tunes and genres we had to pick from, you are at this Boomer's mercy! MUHAHAHAHA!"

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1. Can you supply me with four famous names Donovan drops on his album "Sunshine Superman"?
    Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Superman, Green Lantern
    John Lennon, Twiggy, Queen Elizabeth, James Bond
    Mary Quant, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Allen Ginsburg, Paul McCartney
    Ringo, Mick Jagger, Noel Harrison, The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi


2. Donovan does the very same thing on his second Epic album, "Mellow Yellow". What three famous American, French and British names does he drop in this album?
    Mike Love, Jean Luc Goddard & Tommy Steele
    Allen Ginsburg, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Mary Quant
    Neal Cassidy, Roger Vadim & Twiggy
    Jack Kerouac, Annie Girardot & Dave Clark


3. What Led Zeppelin tune contains the lyrics: "Mellow is the man...who knows what he's been missing..."?
    The Immigrant Song
    Over The Hills and Far Away
    Misty Mountain Hop
    The Battle For Evermore


4. Who performed the tune "Ha Ha Said The Clown"?
    The Yardbirds
    Harry Nilsson
    The Troggs
    Spirit


5. This is a group that was very big in Japan and shared a label with KISS at one time. Very obscure over here, but one member of the mid-70's band "Angel" went on to ephemeral fame and fortune with his own band. Which member?
    Frankie Domino
    Barry Brandt
    Punky Meadows
    Greg Guiffria


6. What early 70's two-man group went from being country-rock to being jazz-rock in only a matter of four or five years (which actually insured its longevity)?
    Steeleye Span
    Orleans
    The Nice
    Steely Dan


7. What were the first four albums by the Los Angeles-based, Woodstock-era group LOVE?
    Da Capo, Out There, Seven and Seven Is, and Signed D.C.
    On A Rooftop, On The Rocks, Is A Many Splendored Thing, Laughs At Andy Hardy
    Love-Haight Relationship, Little Red Book, LOVE-LIVE, King Arthur
    Love, Da Capo, Forever Changes and Four Sail


8. What was so unusual about the Dave Clark Five, a British Invasion group that initially competed with the Beatles for American affections in 1964-65?
    "Dave Clark" was the name of one of the member's guitars
    Unlike other rock groups, the drummer was the leader of the group
    They were one of the first groups where some of the members played brass instruments
    They were all black


9. Whatever happened to Walter Carlos?
    His name is now "Wendy"
    Defected to Russia before "Glasnost" and "Perestroika"
    Is alive and well and living in Paris
    Was eaten by a polar bear on a vacation expedition to the North Pole


10. What album signaled Miles Davis' shift into "fusion" jazz?
    "In A Silent Way"
    "Bitches' Brew"
    "Miles In The Sky"
    "Sketches Of Spain"


11. What groups were the feeds for Emerson, Lake and Palmer?
    Yes, The Moody Blues and Cream
    The Move, Jethro Tull and Asia
    The Nice, King Crimson and Atomic Rooster
    Procol Harum, Ten Years After and Free


12. Who was the lead singer of "Cream"?
    Ginger Baker
    Jack Bruce
    Eric Clapton
    John Mayall


13. What are the names of the first two Bee Gees albums?
    "Odessa" and "Idea"
    "One" and "Cucumber Castle"
    "You Should Be Dancing" and "Red Chair Fade Away"
    "1st" and "Horizontal"


14. What are the names of three classical pieces quoted on Frank Zappa's "Absolutely Free" album?
    "Le Histoire Du Soldat" by Stravinsky, "Till Eulenspiegel" by R. Strauss and :"Madama Butterfly" by Puccini
    Beethoven's 5th, Janacek's "Sinfonietta", and "The Nutcracker"
    "Jupiter" from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, and "The Firebird" and "Petrouschka" by Igor Stravinsky
    "Swan Lake", "Slaughter On 10th Avenue" by Richard Rodgers and Mahler's 4th


15. What is the name of John Lennon's first wife?
    Cilla
    Cynthia
    Petula
    Ruth


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