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Quiz about Rocket Roll UFOs in Music
Quiz about Rocket Roll UFOs in Music

Rocket Roll: UFOs in Music Trivia Quiz


All these songs deal with the topic of UFOs or aliens.

A multiple-choice quiz by dbb. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
dbb
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
306,445
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
404
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Question 1 of 10
1. In this Styx blockbuster, the singer mistakes his aliens for angels. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Sheb Wooley, (1958): which alien wanted to join a rock and roll band? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This David Bowie hit was was not originally intended for release on his 1972 concept album where the human manifestation of an alien being comes to Earth with a message of peace and love for humans in the last years of their doomed existence. The success of the single led to its being included on the album. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This rock-a-billy song was a hit for Billy Lee Riley and his Little Green Men and was later covered by Robert Gordon, Link Wray, and Stray Cats. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Elton John had a song about alien abduction on his "Caribou" album. What was it called? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In 1969 this band told the tale of Jody, who saw "It Came Out of the Sky." Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This song was originally released by Klaatu in 1976, and was covered by (of all groups) The Carpenters in 1977 who took it onto the charts worldwide. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The Byrds had a minor hit in 1966 with this single from "Fifth Dimension." While several of the songs from the album were suspected of having meanings relating to different kinds of trips, this song specifically mentioned aliens. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Ray Stevens sang "I Saw Elvis in a UFO." Who else was in that UFO with The King? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Neil Young (1970): this was the title song on his blockbuster third solo album. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In this Styx blockbuster, the singer mistakes his aliens for angels.

Answer: Come Sail Away

Some theories on the story behind the song include a UFO sighting reported by sailors on an Italian ship, and the book of Ezekiel in the Bible.

"I thought that they were angels, but much to my surprise,
they climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies..."
2. Sheb Wooley, (1958): which alien wanted to join a rock and roll band?

Answer: The Purple People Eater

"I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line
He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band"
3. This David Bowie hit was was not originally intended for release on his 1972 concept album where the human manifestation of an alien being comes to Earth with a message of peace and love for humans in the last years of their doomed existence. The success of the single led to its being included on the album.

Answer: Starman

From Bowie's "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." Ziggy Stardust was the herald who used his music to prepare Earth for the coming of the Starman, who will save Earth from itself.

"There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it cause he knows its all worthwhile
He told me: let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie"
4. This rock-a-billy song was a hit for Billy Lee Riley and his Little Green Men and was later covered by Robert Gordon, Link Wray, and Stray Cats.

Answer: Flying Saucer Rock and Roll

"Well, the news of the saucer been a-flyin' around
I'm the only one that seen it on the ground
First thing I seen when I saw it land
Cats jumped out and they formed a band..."
5. Elton John had a song about alien abduction on his "Caribou" album. What was it called?

Answer: I've Seen the Saucers

"I've seen them, I've been there with them
I can tell you all you want to know
Something touched me and I was only sleeping
Wouldn't you, wouldn't you like to go"
6. In 1969 this band told the tale of Jody, who saw "It Came Out of the Sky."

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival

"Oh, it came out of the sky,
Landed just a little south of Moline.
Jody fell out of his tractor,
Couldn't b'lieve what he seen.
Laid on the ground and shook,
Fearin' for his life.
Then he ran all the way to town screamin'
It came out of the sky."

The song took a whimsical approach to the reaction to the UFO by various political and religious groups.
7. This song was originally released by Klaatu in 1976, and was covered by (of all groups) The Carpenters in 1977 who took it onto the charts worldwide.

Answer: Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

The song was subtitled "The Recognised Anthem of World Contact Day." World Contact Day was a concept from Jay David's Book "The Flying Saucer Reader" where earthlings were called to try, simultaneously, to telepathically contact extra-terrestrials using the title of the song. The Carpenters would report that they received numerous letters from persons wanting to know when World Contact Day would occur.

"In your mind you have abilities you know
To telepath messages through the vast unknown
Please close your eyes and concentrate
With every thought you think
Upon the recitation we're about to sing

Calling occupants of interplanetary craft..."
8. The Byrds had a minor hit in 1966 with this single from "Fifth Dimension." While several of the songs from the album were suspected of having meanings relating to different kinds of trips, this song specifically mentioned aliens.

Answer: Mr. Spaceman

"Must be those strangers that come every night
Those saucer shaped lights put people uptight
Leave blue green footprints that glow in the dark
I hope they get home alright

Hey, Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wrong..."
9. Ray Stevens sang "I Saw Elvis in a UFO." Who else was in that UFO with The King?

Answer: Liberace

"I saw Elvis in a U.F.O. sittin' there with Howard Hughes
I saw Elvis in a U.F.O. Jimmy Hoffa was in there too
I saw Elvis in a U.F.O. singing them rhythm and blues
And Liberace was there and he had on a pair of Imelda Marcos' shoes."
10. Neil Young (1970): this was the title song on his blockbuster third solo album.

Answer: After the Goldrush

"Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream the loading had begun
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun"

I always assumed the silver spaceships were Earth rockets leaving for the stars but it was just too cool to leave out on a technicality.
Source: Author dbb

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