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Quiz about Anberlins Never Take Friendship Personal

Anberlin's "Never Take Friendship Personal" Quiz

No quizzes about Anberlin yet?? Well I'll get it started. This is all about the lyrics of Anberlin's 2005 release "Never Take Friendship Personal".

A multiple-choice quiz by guitargoddess. Estimated time: 4 mins.

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Question 1 of 10

1. "I've got your back if you've got my hand. This isn't over, it just began." Which song does this line come from? Hint

(The Symphony of) Blase

Audrey, Start the Revolution!

Never Take Friendship Personal

Time and Confusion

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these is the first line of "Paperthin Hymn"? Hint

Maybe tonight we'll get back together

Tonight my heart is cold

And we're driving just as fast as we can

When your only friends are hotel rooms

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Question 3 of 10

3. The lyric "Dance by yourself and think of me when you do" comes from which song? Hint

Stationary Stationery

The Runaways

The Feel Good Drag

Time and Confusion

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these lines comes from the title track "Never Take Friendship Personal"? Hint

If this isn't love, this is the closest I've ever been

The greatest tragedy is not your death, but a life without reason

This is our last goodbye, this is where love ends

There's more to living than being alive

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which song do the following lines come from: "Now we both have separate lives and lovers. Insignificantly enough we both have significant others"? Hint

Love Song

A Day Late

The Runaways

Naive Orleans

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Question 6 of 10

6. Here's a bit of a different question. Which is the only song on "Never Take Friendship Personal" that does not have any lyrics? Hint

A Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius

Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen

(The Symphony of) Blase

Dismantle. Repair

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Question 7 of 10

7. Complete the following lyric from "Time and Confusion": "I won't do this without you, so take heart..." Hint

because you know that you have mine

because I need you to leave

and I'll take your hand

because I can't

8. "God if you can hear me out alright, please take these feelings for her inside. My chest hurts when I breathe tonight. It's wasting me away, you're wasting me away". Which song contains these lyrics? Hint

Glass to the Arson

A Whisper and A Clamor

(The Symphony Of) Blase

The Feel Good Drag

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Your lips, your lies, your lust like the devils in your hands" is a line from "The Runaways".

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Temperatures rise and I start to move, but it's you that's coursing through my veins" is a line from which song? Hint

Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen

Adelaide

Audrey, Start the Revolution!

Cadence

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I've got your back if you've got my hand. This isn't over, it just began." Which song does this line come from?

Answer: Audrey, Start the Revolution!

Anberlin formed in 2002. In 2007 the members of the band were: Stephen Christian (vocals), Joseph Milligan (lead guitar), Christian McAlhaney (guitar), Deon Rexroat (bass) and Nathan Young (percussion).

2. Which of these is the first line of "Paperthin Hymn"?

Answer: When your only friends are hotel rooms

In an interview with "Band of the Day", Stephen Christian said that "Paperthin Hymn" was written about himself and another member of the band (unnamed) who had recently had family members die. They wanted to capture the hurt they were feeling.

3. The lyric "Dance by yourself and think of me when you do" comes from which song?

Answer: Stationary Stationery

"Never Take Friendship Personal" was the second full-length studio album released by Anberlin. The first was "Blueprints for the Black market"(2003), and their latest is "Cities"(2007). All were released on Tooth and Nail Records.

4. Which of these lines comes from the title track "Never Take Friendship Personal"?

Answer: The greatest tragedy is not your death, but a life without reason

Anberlin has three former members: Nathan Strayer, who left to pursue "other interests"; Jerad Griffin, who left to play in the band Perelandra; and Joey Bruce, who left Anberlin because his "world philosophy" didn't agree with that of the rest of the band (i.e. he was too into drugs).

The album title and song "Never Take Friendship Personal" is said to be about the band's fallout with Joey Bruce.

5. Which song do the following lines come from: "Now we both have separate lives and lovers. Insignificantly enough we both have significant others"?

Answer: A Day Late

"A Day Late" was Anberlin's first ever radio single, released in 2005. No mainstream chart positions for it were ever reached, but their second single "Paperthin Hymn" was number 38 on the US Modern Rock Chart.

6. Here's a bit of a different question. Which is the only song on "Never Take Friendship Personal" that does not have any lyrics?

Answer: A Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius

"A Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius" is an instrumental song, that clocks in at one minute, twelve seconds.

7. Complete the following lyric from "Time and Confusion": "I won't do this without you, so take heart..."

Answer: because you know that you have mine

The album "Never Take Friendship Personal" was recorded at The Compound in Seattle. It was produced by Aaron Sprinkle and released on February 1, 2005 in the US. It was named one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Picks of 2005.

Answer: (The Symphony Of) Blase

Anberlin have recorded cover versions of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence", The Cure's "Love Song" and the Christmas song "Baby Please Come Home".

9. "Your lips, your lies, your lust like the devils in your hands" is a line from "The Runaways".

Answer: False

It's a line from "The Feel Good Drag".

10. "Temperatures rise and I start to move, but it's you that's coursing through my veins" is a line from which song?

Answer: Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen

Christa Paffgen was a German model, who went onto have a successful career as a singer-songwriter and actress. She was better known as Nico. She suffered from depression and heroin addiction and died in 1988. The song "Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen" was inspired by her career and lifestyle.

Source: Author guitargoddess

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