Some sample questions from this category:
* (General) Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods recorded a disco song about a young man who dies in a non-specific war. The song was called '_____, Don't be a Hero.' What name goes in the blank?
* The alternative band, Weezer, has a very melodic tune about the horror of alcoholism that runs in the family. Which song title is correct?
* In this hard rock song about alcoholism, the artist describes himself as being "a worthless liar" and says he will "build you up, just to bring you down again". Who is the artist?
* This song, performed by the band Lit, is almost cheerful in its accounts of the drastically "stupid" things the subject does when he has been drinking.
* This hard rock band wrote a song about heroin addiction that spawned the name for another, later, hard rock band.
* Which older song by Black Sabbath begins with the sound byte of the singer coughing out marijuana smoke?
* A very popular song by Chumbawamba had kids (and parents!) singing along about getting drunk without really noticing how harsh the song was, it was sooo upbeat. The title?
* This song from the "Benny and Joon" soundtrack stated that "When I get drunk, well I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who throws up all over you."
* Which Disturbed song has a VERY disturbing verbal interlude in the middle where you can hear the artist begging "Please don't hit me again, mommy. I'll be a good boy.."?
* The song by Primer55 says, "This isn't what you wanted. Someone to bring you down every ... day".
* This female vocalist had her first U.S. hit with a song written to her mother concerning the abuse that both she and her mother experienced at the hands of her father. What is the song?
* Another female artist wrote and recorded a heartbreaking ballad to her unborn child that is often mistaken for a true case of rampant neglect. The title is "Playboy Mommy". Who is the artist?
* Pearl Jam had two hit songs dealing with abused and neglected children. One took matters into his own hands by committing suicide. The other pleaded, "Don't call me (your) _______". What were these two troubled youths known as in the songs?
* Blink182 has a popular song about what so many parents in unhappy relationships do. That would be...
* Everclear wrote a song about an abusive father that walked out. It stated "how can you sleep? With the children you've abandoned, and the wife we saw you beat?"
* In the song "Father of Mine", what did the singer say his father gave him, then walked away?
* Another Everclear song is about a father who stayed, when he shouldn't have. The title?
* Let's start with an odd one. In 'Ode to Billy Joe,' a casual dinner conversation reveals that the singer's secret boyfriend just killed himself. How did Billy Joe McAllister do himself in?
* In this song, the unfortunate singer's love is killed when he wrecks his car while avoiding a stalled vehicle.
* In this song, a teenage girl mourns her motorcycle-riding boyfriend who dies in a fatal bike accident right after she dumps him.
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