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  Metric - "Fantasies"    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the lyrics provided to the titles of the ten songs on Metric's celebrated 2009 album "Fantasies". Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Aug 25 18
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  Metric Lyrics    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A Canadian indie rock band fronted by Emily Haines, Metric has made a number of great songs over the years. See if you know their lyrics from "Grow Up and Blow Away" (2001) to "Fantasies" (2009). Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jun 05 23
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  Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Lyrics and random questions about the great Canadian band, METRIC!
Average, 10 Qns, ssteph89, Mar 11 16
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  Canadian Music [Music] (51 quizzes)


Metric Trivia Questions
1. "I fought the war, but the war won." Which song do these lyrics appear in?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: Monster Hospital

"Monster Hospital", of the many songs on the band's "Live It Out" album, became one of the more popular titles. With a more hard rock sound, the band shifts between drawn out verses and a memorable chorus in which Emily Haines repeats her issues with "fighting the war". The song was the most successful from the album in Canada (it reached #1 on the Singles Chart) though it also appeared on the UK Singles Chart. The "Monster Hospital" music video begins with Emily Haines playing a vinyl record of the single and being pulled into the ground by mysterious hands. The video soon turns into a horror film where all of the band members are victims. She finally awakens from her dream in the end.

2. Where was lead singer Emily born?

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: India

Emily Haines was born in New Delhi, India but was raised in Peterbourough, Ontario, Canada.

3. "Who'd you rather be: The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?" Which song poses this question for the listener?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: Gimme Sympathy

One of the more highly-anticipated tracks from the "Fantasies" album, "Gimme Sympathy" was the first single to be released by the band after the release of the CD (though two songs were promotional releases in the preceding months). While the song charted in Canada and received a bit of radio airplay, it never became a mainstream hit. The music video was all done in a single take. Emily Haines prepares for a performance and by the second verse, the band is together performing as a foursome. As the camera swoops around, all four band members switch their positions off-screen making the illusion that all band members are playing different instruments in different outfits all at different times before everything returns to normal.

4. What song are these lyrics from? "Vertabrae by vertebrae Roll your way out of a coma"

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: Live It Out

"Live It Out" is the title track to Metric's 2005 release.

5. "If this is the life, why does it feel so good to die today?" In which Metric song can these lyrics be found?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: Grow Up and Blow Away

While the song was supposed to appear on the band's 2001 album, also called "Grow Up and Blow Away", the CD never materialized until 2007 at which point the album 'rereleased' based on public demand. Nonetheless, the single, which was released as a promo back in 2001, ended up appearing on the "Static Anonymity" EP with "London Halflife" which also ended up on the rereleased album. "Grow Up and Blow Away" appeared in a commercial for Poloroid cameras in the year of its original release marking the band's first TV appearance.

6. In what city did the band originally form?

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: New York City

The band formed in 1998 in NYC, but are now based in Toronto.

7. "We used to leave the blue lights on and there was a beat." This line opens which Metric single?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: Combat Baby

The only official single of the band's first full album, "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?", "Combat Baby" showed up on radio stations in Canada and the UK but never actually charted. Despite this, the upbeat song is a staple from the album (which went Gold in Canada in the years following its release). The music video for the single features the band performing on a TV station in a world of toys and puppets. Although it's not the band's earliest video, it's the earliest one they have attached to a released single.

8. More Lyrics! "Touch down, look around Everyone's the same" What song is this from?

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: Dead Disco

This song was from Metric's debut, "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?"

9. "You better watch out, Cupid stuck me with a sickness." Which song contains this lyric?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: Sick Muse

"Sick Muse" was the fourth single released from the band's fourth album, "Fantasies", and while it never charted it did gain a fair bit of radio airplay. The music video features the band in front of a white wall at various times doing little else than being themselves. Emily Haines wrote on the band's website that the whole idea for the video was quite spontaneous and last-moment as a result of the song's relative popularity overseas.

10. What song are these lyrics from? "All this that is more than a wish is a memory. All this that is ceases to be. All is revealed"

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: Ending Start

An inspiring quote: "It's all just the idea of 'don't freak out,'" Emily explains. "Anything that happens to you is just your life getting lived. Sometimes it feels like we're afraid of events and action of any kind. But if you can get a little distance from it, it becomes an incredible adventure no matter how things turn out." (www.ilovemetric.com)

11. "Step down, turn around. Push it to the west." This lyric appears in which upbeat Metric song?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: Dead Disco

Although "Dead Disco" isn't one of the band's major hits, it became fairly popular in Canada, appearing as a promo single from the "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?" album in 2004. Gaining more radio airplay than "Combat Baby", the song was one of the ones that pushed the album to Gold status in Canada. This song also appeared in the soundtrack for the Palme d'or-nominated film "Clean" which also featured Emily Haines as herself. The music video for this song sees the band on stage in front of a large screen showing colourfully-artistic city scenes.

12. What other band did Emily play with?

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: Broken Social Scene

Emily and James have also been involved with the band 'Stars'.

13. "No one sleeps, one lays up while the other lies down." The song appeared on the "Live It Out" album. Which is it?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: Empty

The longest song on Metric's "Live It Out" album, "Empty" starts off the CD. Half upbeat, half reserved, the song was the fourth single on this album and while it gained the least popularity and radio airtime, it's still one of their more notable songs from this time period. The music video shows a messy house in which the destroyed items magically fly back into their regular positions. As the mess cleans itself up, the band members are unveiled in their respective rooms and the song closes with everyone resuming their regular activities.

14. What band did Metric open for in early 2006?

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: The Rolling Stones

They opened for for two sold out shows in Madison Square Gardens in NYC.

15. "Come feel my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train." In which song can one find this urgent lyric?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: Help! I'm Alive

Appearing as the first song to show on the tracklist for "Fantasies", the single was released more than four months before the actual CD as a promotional piece. "Help! I'm Alive" was written by Haines on a trip to Argentina as an acoustic piece though the band picked it up as one of the major songs of their long-anticipated fourth album. "Help! I'm Alive" reached #21 on the Canadian charts, #17 on Billboards Top Alternative Chart, and #30 on the Top Rock Chart. As such, it was the first of Metric's songs to chart in the United States.

16. "Somebody put me back in school, I forget everything I used to know." Which early Metric song features vocals from both Emily Haines and James Shaw?

From Quiz Metric Lyrics

Answer: The Twist

An example of Metric's more down-tempo songs from the "Grow Up and Blow Away" CD, "The Twist" is one of the band's lesser-known titles. Though it was never actually released as a single, "The Twist" is still one of the more well-known songs from the band's earlier days. It appeared on both 'versions' of "Grow Up and Blow Away" and it's one of the very few examples in which other band members sing along with Emily Haines. In this case, both of them sing the chorus together.

17. What product's commercial was the song "Grow Up and Blow Away" featured in?

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: Polaroid

The commercial was for "Polaroid's I-Zone Pocket Fortune film"

18. OK, last one: "When you get the money To buy yourself a castle How will you wear your leisure Zipper back and front On the fence together Weekends in leather" Name the song.

From Quiz Metric! (The Band Not The Unit of Measurement)

Answer: Handshakes

This song is supposed to be Metric's third single off their album "Live It Out"

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