Celestial Music Quiz | Science and Nature in Songs

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1. There is a song on the 2010 Paul Weller album "Wake Up the Nation" about a galaxy. Paul sings "The dying planet grew darker still / My thirsty engines took me up and then / I could see the embers / of". What galaxy, the nearest one to the Milky Way, completes the lyric?

Answer: Andromeda

Paul Weller, born in 1958, is an English musician. He started his career fronting The Jam. He then formed the Style Council before embarking on a solo career. His first eponymous album was released in 1992 to be followed by "Wild Wood" in 1993. "Andromeda" is not the only reference to a celestial body because the album also contains a track called "Moonshine".

The album has 16 tracks the longest of which is "Trees" that runs for 4 minutes and 18 seconds. All other available options are also galaxies.

2. This song by Creedence Clearwater Revival appears in the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list that was issued in 2010 by the Rolling Stone magazine. If you have watched the film "An American Werewolf in London" , this song is playing while the transformation takes place. What is the name of the song?

Answer: Bad Moon Rising

"Bad Moon Rising" was released as a single in 1969 and reached the number one spot in England and number 2 spot in USA. It also appears on the album "Green River". CCR's line up was John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford. "Black Moon" is by the Deftones, "Blue Moon" is by the The Marcels and "C Moon" is by the Wings.

3. The last track of the 1977 album "A Farewell to Kings" by Rush is the name of a constellation followed by "X-1 Book 1: The Voyage". What is the name of this constellation that its brightest star is Deneb?

Answer: Cygnus

In 1978 Rush produced another album called "Hemispheres" on which the first track, the whole of side one, is called "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres". Cygnus is the scientific name for the swan. The other three options are also constellations.

4. Train is an American band formed in San Francisco. The group's second album was called "Drops of" and the name of the largest planet of our solar system which is what?

Answer: Jupiter

From "Drops of Jupiter" Train released as a single the song "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" in 2001 that made it to the top 5 of Billboard hot 100 in USA. The song received a Grammy Award for best rock song. The group is headed by Pat Monahan and the line-up on the album is Jimmy Stafford, Rob Hotchkiss, Charlie Colin and Scott Underwood.

5. The track "First Kiss on Mars" appears on an eponymous 2010 album which is known as "The Red Album". What is the name of the band that has brothers Robert and Dean as two of its members

Answer: Stone Temple Pilots

The album "Stone Temple Pilots" was released nine years after the previous work of the band that was called "Shangri-La Dee Da". Apart from the DeLeo brothers Scott Weiland on lead vocals, and Eric Kretz on drums were the other to members that contributed towards the album. The album was released on the Atlantic label and was produced by the DeLeo brothers.

6. American rock band Alabama Shakes released their second album "Sound & Color" in 2015. The eleventh track on the album is a song about which constellation and Zodiac sign?

Answer: Gemini

Alabama Shakes are Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Zack Cockrell and Steve Johnson. Four songs from the album "Don't Wanna Fight", "Gimme All Your Love", "Future People" and "Sound & Color" have been released as singles. The photograph shows a Gemini Titan rocket.

7. What kind of Sun is the band Elbow singing about on their 2015 album "The Take Off and Landing of Everything"?

Answer: Honey

"Honey Sun" is the sixth track on the album out of a total of ten. Elbow is Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp (who left in 2016), Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner. The group was formed in 1997 in Bury, England. Their first album "Asleep in the Back" was released in 2001.

8. In 1963 the Tornados claimed that there was life on which rather hot planet?

Answer: Venus

At the start of "Life on Venus" a voice comes over saying "News Flash; Signals have been received from the planet Venus these resemble sounds similar to those created by a musical instrument such as an organ so perhaps there is Life on Venus?". The song is instrumental featuring an electric organ.

The song was the B side to "Robot" that charted at 19 in the UK. The English instrumental group Tornados enjoyed success both on their own right and as a backing group for Billy Fury. Their biggest success was "Telstar" that topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic in 1962. Pluto, Eris and Ceres are all dwarf planets.

9. A track on Metallica's 1986 "Master of Puppets" album is dedicated to which constellation named after a mythological hunter?

Answer: Orion

"Master of Puppets" is the third album of Metallica. The album contains eight tracks and it runs for 54 minutes and 46 seconds. "Orion" is the penultimate track of the album. The photograph shows a P-3 Orion aircraft.

10. Clare and the Reasons sing about which demoted planet on the 2007 album "The Movie"?

Answer: Pluto

Clare and the Reasons are Clare Muldaur Manchon, Olivier Manchon, Bob Hart and Jon Cottle. Their second album "Arrow" was released in 2009 and it was followed by "KR-51" in 2012. The last track on "The Movie" album is called Pluton. The photograph shows Pluto and Charon the dwarf planet's largest moon.

Source: Author gme24

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Fly me to the moon to see the dark side of it. Visit Orion watching after a paper sun. Let us fly to the stars and be under the milky way. Join me to a celestial sojourn.

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