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Quiz about A Most Eclectic Mixture Of Rock Music
Quiz about A Most Eclectic Mixture Of Rock Music

A Most Eclectic Mixture Of Rock Music Quiz


Little-known and little-remembered data and facts about groups and individuals who played a part in the rock music genre.

A multiple-choice quiz by logcrawler. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
logcrawler
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
359,873
Updated
Dec 18 23
# Qns
10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Blues/rock musician Jeff Healy was Canadian-born. Probably best known for his role in the 1989 movie "Road House", starring Patrick Swayze, and for the song "Angel Eyes" what was Jeff Healy's disability? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Both Sides Now" from Joni Mitchell's album, "Clouds" was a reminiscent view of both the good and bad experiences of life.

Who popularized this tune, in 1967, watching it climb to the number three spot on the Easy Listening Charts?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "In the white room with black curtains near the station
Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines"

What group from the 60's popularized this song, "White Room"?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The coldest winter in 14 years; buffalo dying on the plains; a tune called "Mandolin Wind"...

Who wrote and performed this rock song about an old farmer who praised his wife in tribute for sticking with him through the hard winter?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In 1975 David Bowie had a U.S. top-ten hit called "Young Americans", a song that touched a bit on the less flattering side of Americans in general. The tune did well, however, on the U.S. charts with other cuts from the album by the same name performing equally well or better.
What nationality is David Bowie?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Scottish singer/songwriter Al Stewart had a hit with this song. Based on the lyrics given, can you determine the name of it?

"The fishing boats go out across the evening water
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
The wind whips up the waves so loud
The ghost moon sails among the clouds
And turns the rifles into silver, on the border"
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This song by the British band "Electric Light Orchestra" began with the ringing of an American style telephone. What was the name of this hit by ELO that had lyrics that began this way, after repeated rings of the phone:

"Hello. How are you?
Have you been alright;
Through all of those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, nights?
That's what I'd say - I'd tell you everything,
If you'd pick up that telephone; yeah yeah yeah"
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Many folks know that "Empty Garden" by Elton John was intended as a tribute to his good friend, John Lennon. What may not be as well known is just what the "Empty Garden" was.
Do you know what it referenced?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Deep Purple's song, "Smoke On The Water" was based on a real-life event involving a fire in Switzerland.

True or false?


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the name of the British group that popularized the song "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" in 1967?

"We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
And the waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale."
Hint



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1. Blues/rock musician Jeff Healy was Canadian-born. Probably best known for his role in the 1989 movie "Road House", starring Patrick Swayze, and for the song "Angel Eyes" what was Jeff Healy's disability?

Answer: he was blind

The opening lines to "Angel Eyes":

"Girl, you're looking, fine tonight,
and every guy has got you in his sights.
What you're doing, with a clown like me,
is surely one of life's little mysteries

So tonight I'll ask the stars above,
"How did I ever win your love?"
What did I do?
What did I say,
To turn your angel eyes my way?"

Although Jeff Healy was not born without his vision, he was just shy of his first birthday when retinoblastoma (a rare eye cancer) left him blind. This didn't stop him from learning to play guitar at the age of three, laying it on his lap, nor from forming his own band by the time he was fifteen.

Jeff Healy passed away in 2008, from the genetic disorder that caused cancers to form all over various parts of his body.
2. "Both Sides Now" from Joni Mitchell's album, "Clouds" was a reminiscent view of both the good and bad experiences of life. Who popularized this tune, in 1967, watching it climb to the number three spot on the Easy Listening Charts?

Answer: Judy Collins

Joni Mitchell, a 1960's activist, wrote several folk songs designed to make people think with a collective social consciousness. Judy Collins' version of the song "Both Sides Now" achieved fame on the Pop music charts as well as the Easy Listening charts.

Below are the opening lyrics:

"Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all"
3. "In the white room with black curtains near the station Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines" What group from the 60's popularized this song, "White Room"?

Answer: Cream

Cream, which featured Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton, had a number six hit (U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart) with this song which featured a psychedelic-rock flavoring that added a certain mystique to the overall effect of the lyrics.


"White Room" was originally released on a double album set called "Wheels Of Fire" in 1968.
4. The coldest winter in 14 years; buffalo dying on the plains; a tune called "Mandolin Wind"... Who wrote and performed this rock song about an old farmer who praised his wife in tribute for sticking with him through the hard winter?

Answer: Rod Stewart

"When the rain came I thought you'd leave
'Cause I knew how much you loved the sun
But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm
through the darkest nights I've ever known
If the mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
Then I know I love ya"

Poignant in its simplicity, the song recounts the hardships faced by an aging farmer and his wife through one of the toughest seasons of their lives, both metaphorically and physically.

The song was featured on Rod's 3rd album, "Every Picture Tells a Story" which was released in 1971.
5. In 1975 David Bowie had a U.S. top-ten hit called "Young Americans", a song that touched a bit on the less flattering side of Americans in general. The tune did well, however, on the U.S. charts with other cuts from the album by the same name performing equally well or better. What nationality is David Bowie?

Answer: English

David Robert Jones, better known by his stage name, David Bowie, is an Englishman who was born on January 8, 1947.

The song "Young Americans" explores a newlywed couple who begin to question their love for each other, their conflicting ideals and their purpose in life.
From their first feeble attempt at love-making to their later disappointments with life in general, David Bowie presented a social satire on American morals, decadence and priorities rarely found in the decade of the 1970's, (or that of many other eras, either). Perhaps it is through his indictment of American's lofty ideals coupled with more base emotions, as seen through "rose-colored glasses" that led this song to its place near the top of the charts.

One telling line in the song goes like this:

"Do you remember your president Nixon?
Do you remember the bills you have to pay
For even yesterday?"

Bowie seems to be pointing out the social injustices of the era with this snippet, and in so doing affords the listener the opportunity to respond, at least metaphorically. He also seems to be offering an indictment of the forgetful nature and wishful thinking so prevalent among American citizens, with little or no regard for even recent events that no longer "concern" them.
6. Scottish singer/songwriter Al Stewart had a hit with this song. Based on the lyrics given, can you determine the name of it? "The fishing boats go out across the evening water Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border The wind whips up the waves so loud The ghost moon sails among the clouds And turns the rifles into silver, on the border"

Answer: On The Border

Al Stewart, although a Scotsman by birth, grew up in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.
The folk song "On The Border" was a reference to the Spanish Civil War that occurred from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. This war was fought between the Republicans, who were loyal to the Republic and the Nationalists, who were a Fascist rebel group. The Fascists won, and Francisco Franco became the ruler/dictator of Spain from 1939 until he died in 1975.
7. This song by the British band "Electric Light Orchestra" began with the ringing of an American style telephone. What was the name of this hit by ELO that had lyrics that began this way, after repeated rings of the phone: "Hello. How are you? Have you been alright; Through all of those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, nights? That's what I'd say - I'd tell you everything, If you'd pick up that telephone; yeah yeah yeah"

Answer: Telephone Line

ELO released their album "A New World Record" in 1976, and "Telephone Line" was the second cut on it. The song charted at number eight in the UK, and in the US it peaked at number seven, while it reached the number one slot in both Canada and New Zealand.
8. Many folks know that "Empty Garden" by Elton John was intended as a tribute to his good friend, John Lennon. What may not be as well known is just what the "Empty Garden" was. Do you know what it referenced?

Answer: Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden was a venue in which the duo had performed together in 1974.

Lennon's 1974 hit "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night", had been performed as a duet by Elton John and John Lennon on at least one occasion, and as a tribute to him, Elton sang "Empty Garden" live at Madison Square Garden, with Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and their son Sean present in the audience.

(Sean Lennon had been designated as Elton's god-son.)
9. Deep Purple's song, "Smoke On The Water" was based on a real-life event involving a fire in Switzerland. True or false?

Answer: True

The band had set up to record in Montreux, Switzerland. On December 4, 1971, Montreux Casino burned down during a "Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention" concert. The English band "Deep Purple" was on site and served as eyewitnesses to the blaze that had been caused by an over-exuberant fan firing a flare gun into the rattan covered ceiling.

"We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky."
10. What is the name of the British group that popularized the song "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" in 1967? "We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink And the waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale."

Answer: Procol Harum

Procol Harum had a surprisingly great hit on their hands. Underscored by subtle sexual innuendo and some classical type music, it alluded to more depth of thought than the run-of-the-mill rock song of the era.

With references to Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", in the line "as the miller told his tale" and with musical scores taken directly from some of Johann Sebastian Bach's works, the song was of much higher caliber than most of the rock music being produced at the time.
Source: Author logcrawler

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