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MetaQuiz: Songs on the Radio About The Radio -11

Here's the 11th quiz in this series of quizzes revolving around songs you might hear on the radio that are about radio itself. Mostly I'll provide the lyrics and you identify the artist. Sometimes you'll have to name the song. Or sometimes other stuff.

A multiple-choice quiz by Billkozy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Billkozy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
395,170

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
186

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Driving into town
With a dark cloud above you
Dial in the number
Who's bound to love you
Oh honey you turn me on
I'm a radio
I'm a country station
I'm a little bit corny
I'm a wild wood flower."

She was born Roberta Joan Anderson, and she recorded this song "You Turn Me On I'm a Radio" for her album "For the Roses." Who is she? Hint

Roberta Flack

Joni Mitchell

Lynn Anderson

Joan Armatrading

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Question 2 of 10

2. The song "Pure Radio Cosplay" goes like this:
"It seems that fifty years have come and gone, since the rise and the fall of the radio song (WTF!)
Steal another bottle to save my soul, it's been another dead year for rock and roll (who said so! )"

From their 2011 album "Tao of the Dead" what Austin Texas band recorded this song? Hint

Menwar

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Zulu

Bhojpuri Boys

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Question 3 of 10

3. This Texas-born former member of the Traveling Wilburys recorded "Heartbreak Radio" for his 1992 album "King of Hearts." Hint

Tom Petty

Willie Nelson

Bob Dylan

Roy Orbison

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Question 4 of 10

4. The hip-hop group Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three recorded this song, perhaps their best known single which went to number 21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart. Hint

Fault Line

Hold the Line

Request Line

Danger Line

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Question 5 of 10

5. "I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
Comes out of the Virginia swamps
"Cool and slow with plenty of precision
With a back beat narrow and hard to master"

Who recorded this song, "The WASP (Texas Radio and The Big Beat)" for the 1971 album "LA Woman"?
Hint

David Gates

Open All Night

Glenn Close

The Doors

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Question 6 of 10

6. "You must be, a radio station
And who are we, we must be
The number one songs, spinning all day long
And over again,
And over again,
And over again..."

Yes it's yet another song by a recording artist criticizing the repetitiveness of radio and the ties to big corporations that rule it. Who recorded this song, "State Run Radio" in 2011 for his album "Lasers"? Hint

Lupe Fiasco

Masta Disasta

Eric Blunder

Crank Farce

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Alone with disconnection
And not a lonesome word
I reach out to the radio
And the clinically disturbed
"Give it up," the man says
Surrender and be saved
He'll drive away your demons
His help is on the way
Turn it up
Oh turn it up!"

This song "Turn it Up" was written by and recorded for his 2014 album "Lullaby And...The Ceaseless Roar." Who is the recording artist/songwriter/singer? Hint

Robert Goulet

Robert Palmer

Robert Plant

Robert John

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Love Her By Radio" by Billy Jones was one of the biggest hit records in 1922. He teamed up with Ernie Hare to host a radio program in 1921 and that's what launched his career and made him famous. The duo sang novelty songs and became the highest paid singers in radio. What was the name of their radio show? Hint

The Wonder Boys

The Choir Boys

The Jerky Boys

The Happiness Boys

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Carolina mark the mile "south of the border" bumper signs
And styles I don't recognize
A weeping willow motel sign
By Georgia I am hypnotized more batteries for my power ma'am
I'm tuning into radio let it change me till we drive again"

This is from the song "Moonjock" by Animal Collective. They are an experimental alternative pop/rock band that according to an article "Animal Collective: Biography" at Allmusic.com combines all of the following music genres along with psychedelia, except for one which I've completely made up. Which is the bogus music genre?
Hint

bleak consonance

noise rock

freak folk

ambient drone

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Question 10 of 10

10. Here's another music superstar with not one but two songs that you might hear on the radio that are about the radio. Who sang both "Wavelength" (also the title of his 1978 album) and "In The Days Before Rock and Roll" (from his 1990 album "Enlightenment")? Hint

Stephen Stills

Bob Seger

Rod Stewart

Van Morrison

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Driving into town With a dark cloud above you Dial in the number Who's bound to love you Oh honey you turn me on I'm a radio I'm a country station I'm a little bit corny I'm a wild wood flower." She was born Roberta Joan Anderson, and she recorded this song "You Turn Me On I'm a Radio" for her album "For the Roses." Who is she?

Answer: Joni Mitchell

The song was released in October 1972, and became Joni Mitchell's first Top 40 hit in the U.S. as a recording artist. As a songwriter she had broken into the charts earlier, writing "Both Sides Now" which Judy Collins' brought to Number eight on the charts in 1968, and the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's version of "Woodstock" which reached number eleven in 1970.

2. The song "Pure Radio Cosplay" goes like this: "It seems that fifty years have come and gone, since the rise and the fall of the radio song (WTF!) Steal another bottle to save my soul, it's been another dead year for rock and roll (who said so! )" From their 2011 album "Tao of the Dead" what Austin Texas band recorded this song?

Answer: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

In an interview with Spin magazine, lead singer Conrad Keely said: "In the song I'm observing how rock music these days seems to be about role playing," and "It's all image-oriented. There are a lot of videos trying to sell the idea of this musician that's dressed up to look like the stereotypical rock star. It overrides the quality of the music. The music doesn't matter as much as the look."

The other bands listed as choices are all the antipode of Austin, Texas - that is they are from the completely opposite side of the globe from Austin, they are from the country Mauritius.

3. This Texas-born former member of the Traveling Wilburys recorded "Heartbreak Radio" for his 1992 album "King of Hearts."

Answer: Roy Orbison

"So she found another lover, they went undercover.
The way she stole my heart was a crime
In order to keep the peace callin' out the police
Find her 'fore I lose my mind.

The woman I love done gone and left me, no.
She's got a bad big record on the Heartbreak radio. "

4. The hip-hop group Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three recorded this song, perhaps their best known single which went to number 21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart.

Answer: Request Line

The song was for their 1984 album, "The Roof is on Fire."

"DJ please, pick up your phone, I'm on the request line
Hello, what is your name and what would you like to hear?
Yo, my name is Earl, can I speak to one of the dynamic three?
Okay, hold on..."

5. "I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat Comes out of the Virginia swamps "Cool and slow with plenty of precision With a back beat narrow and hard to master" Who recorded this song, "The WASP (Texas Radio and The Big Beat)" for the 1971 album "LA Woman"?

Answer: The Doors

The "Texas Radio" in the title referred to Mexican radio stations in the 1950s broadcasting at such a high wattage that their airwaves bled over into Texas radios. These stations weren't hampered by the regulations that American radio stations had to go by, and all their call letters started with "X" instead of a "K" or "W".

6. "You must be, a radio station And who are we, we must be The number one songs, spinning all day long And over again, And over again, And over again..." Yes it's yet another song by a recording artist criticizing the repetitiveness of radio and the ties to big corporations that rule it. Who recorded this song, "State Run Radio" in 2011 for his album "Lasers"?

Answer: Lupe Fiasco

Real name Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, rapper Lupe Fiasco was actually more of a jazz fan at first, particularly of Benny Goodman. When learning an instrument proved difficult he concentrated on writing lyrics.

"We now interrupt this broadcast,
To bring you this special message about the forecast,
The future's cloudy and it's raining on the poor class,
The roads to peace are closed, heavy traffic's on the war paths,
Love is balling on a budget,
The military's says its going to need more cash
To keep fighting for your gas
Keep us in our hoods and hope we never explore pass,
Stay inside of your half, believe the lies you learn in your class,
That there's no treasure in your trash and the ceiling has the same feeling,
That the floor has, and that's where you should stay,
This is what they play
And over again,
And over again,
And never again..."

7. "Alone with disconnection And not a lonesome word I reach out to the radio And the clinically disturbed "Give it up," the man says Surrender and be saved He'll drive away your demons His help is on the way Turn it up Oh turn it up!" This song "Turn it Up" was written by and recorded for his 2014 album "Lullaby And...The Ceaseless Roar." Who is the recording artist/songwriter/singer?

Answer: Robert Plant

The Led Zeppelin lead singer wrote this song about his experience driving through the American South when he was living in Austin Texas with his girlfriend, singer Patty Griffin. He explained in an interview with "Uncut" magazine: "I had a car and I was moving through the hill country. I had the radio on and I realised I couldn't find anything substantial. I just heard religious claptrap and right-wing stuff down there on AM radio, sports radio, phone-in programs."

Answer: The Happiness Boys

"Love Her By Radio" was heard in the 1991 Ken Burns documentary, "Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio". There is a sort of banging noise at the beginning of the song in the film --that sound is the phonograph's spring unwinding in its case.

"Love her by radio.
You will find its Radi-O!
If you want to reach your heart's desire,
You won't have to send her word by wire."

9. "Carolina mark the mile "south of the border" bumper signs And styles I don't recognize A weeping willow motel sign By Georgia I am hypnotized more batteries for my power ma'am I'm tuning into radio let it change me till we drive again" This is from the song "Moonjock" by Animal Collective. They are an experimental alternative pop/rock band that according to an article "Animal Collective: Biography" at Allmusic.com combines all of the following music genres along with psychedelia, except for one which I've completely made up. Which is the bogus music genre?

Answer: bleak consonance

The song is from their 2012 album "Centipede Hz" and contains an extensive series of radio sound effects such as static and call IDs from band member Avey Tare's days as a radio disc jockey in the 1980s. The narrative recalls car trips along the highway on family trips listening to the radio.

Answer: Van Morrison

"Wavelength" goes like this:
"When I'm down you always comfort me
When I'm lonely you see about me
You are ev'ry where you're 'sposed to be
And I can get your station
When I need rejuvenation
Wavelength
Wavelength
You never let me down no"

and "Days Before Rock and Roll" goes like this:
"In the days before rock 'n' roll
Fats did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Fats did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Elvis did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Nor Fats, nor Elvis
Nor Sonny, nor Lightning
Nor Muddy, nor John Lee"

Source: Author Billkozy

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