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1. I am the founder and currently the sole member of ISLA, the Insipid Song Lovers Association. I used to be ashamed of the old songs I love so well. Moreover, I wasn't just ashamed of the songs. I was ashamed of myself. I will hide my love no longer. Now I have ISLA pride. Neil Sedaka's "Oh Carol" begins just the way I want it to, predictably. The first two lines are: "Oh Carol, I am but a fool; darling I love you." Can you guess the third line?
2. See what I mean? These are safe and comfortable lyrics. Perhaps they lack a bit for originality and aren't especially profound; yet I don't think a person should have to apologize for liking this music. Do you? Well, do you? The next line describes how the heartless vixen, Carol, made him feel. Can you guess the line? (Hint: To this point only two words longer than two syllables have been used, and one of them was "Carol.")
3. It all started for me in 1956 when, at the age of 6, I plunked down a dollar and bought my first single, "Poor Little Fool", by Ricky Nelson. In the next line Carol is told how Neil responds to how he feels. What is the next line? (Remember, Neil likes monosyllabic words.)
4. You see, with this kind of song you don't have to limit your quiz answers to single words. A person can guess whole lines. The next line is, "But if you leave me." In the line that follows this, what does Neil say he will do, if she leaves him? (The third word of more than one syllable occurs in this line.)
5. Maybe you're like me. You still get excited when a song like "Oh Carol" comes on the oldies station. Perhaps polysyllabic words aren't required to kindle your emotional response. The Insipid Song Lovers Association is here to enfold and encourage you. Neil continues with "Darling there will never be another." In the next line, what does he give as the reason that underlies his constancy?
6. I still remember the freedom I felt in high school when I confessed to my friends that the Barbara Streisand albums were mine and not my parents. Having pledged his undying love, Neil makes a plea to Carol. What does he plead? (Watch those syllables!)
7. How long has it been since you've let go and sung "Peggy Sue" in the shower loud enough for your family to understand the words? Think how much easier it would be for all of us if we just "came out of the shower" (after drying and dressing of course, this is a 50's quiz after all). What promise does Neil request from Carol in the next line?
8. The next verse is a bit more complicated. It even has two words of two syllables. So I have to resort to a fill in the blank here. The next line is, "I will always want you for my _______." What two syllable word belongs in the blank?
9. I believe a proper function of the Insipid Song Lovers Association would be to produce an all time top 40 for ISLA members. I'd love to hear your suggestions. In the next line Neil indicates a willingness to be extremely tolerant of this heartless woman. With what words does he express this? (Watch syllables and remember, some word will have to rhyme with the last word of this verse.)
10. I feel much better for having written this quiz and hope you feel better for having taken it. If it has merely changed your life profoundly and forever, that will be good enough for this humble quiz maker. Neil finishes with a final expression of his abiding affection for the spiteful Carol. How does he word it?
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