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Quiz about Dylan Song by Song Lay Lady Lay
Quiz about Dylan Song by Song Lay Lady Lay

Dylan Song by Song: "Lay, Lady, Lay" Quiz


Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Lay, Lady, Lay" as the 24th greatest Bob Dylan song of all time. Learn more about this work.

A multiple-choice quiz by skylarb. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
skylarb
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
409,115
Updated
May 10 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. According to Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin, what future famous country singer was working as a janitor at Columbia Recording Studios when "Lay, Lady, Lay" was recorded? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What country musician, known for his hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," played electric guitar on "Lay, Lady, Lay"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Lay, Lady, Lay" was originally recorded on what album, which included a duet with Johnny Cash? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What type of bed does the singer have in this song? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Whatever colors you have in your mind / I'll show them to you and you'll see them" what? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "His _____ are dirty, but his _____ are clean." What's dirty and what's clean in these lyrics? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "_____, lady, _____ / _____ while the night is still ahead." What word is missing from these lines? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. According to Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin, "Lay, Lady, Lay" was originally written for (but not included on) the soundtrack of what 1969 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What group, which had many hits with Bob Dylan songs, could not break the top 100 on the Billboard chart with their 1969 cover of "Lay, Lady, Lay"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What industrial metal band covered "Lay, Lady, Lay" and released it as a single from their sixth studio album, "Filthy Pig"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. According to Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin, what future famous country singer was working as a janitor at Columbia Recording Studios when "Lay, Lady, Lay" was recorded?

Answer: Kris Kristofferson

In his 1995 book "The Recording Sessions 1960-1994," Heylin reports that Dylan had suggested bongos be used in the song while the producer proposed they employ cowbells. The drummer, Kenny Buttery, thought that was a terrible idea. To show them why, Buttery got then janitor Kris Kristofferon to hold both instruments while he played them together.
2. What country musician, known for his hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," played electric guitar on "Lay, Lady, Lay"?

Answer: Charlie Daniels

Charlie Daniels played on three of Dylan's albums from 1969 to 1970: "Nashville Skyline," "Self Portrait," and "New Morning." In 1971, he recorded his first self-titled solo album. In 2014, he released a Dylan tribute album titled "Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan." He did not include "Lay, Lady, Lay" on the album, however.
3. "Lay, Lady, Lay" was originally recorded on what album, which included a duet with Johnny Cash?

Answer: Nashville Skyline

Released in 1969, "Nashville Skyline" was Dylan's ninth studio album. The album contained a duet he recorded with Johnny Cash titled "Girl from the North Country." The B-side of the "Lay, Lady, Lay" single featured "Peggy Day."
4. What type of bed does the singer have in this song?

Answer: brass

"Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed."

Dylan had temporarily quit smoking when he recorded "Lay, Lady, Lay," and his voice on the album was very different from his usual sound. In Rolling Stone magazine, singer Lenny Kravitz is quoted as saying that he first heard this song as a kid and thought Dylan sang in that "low, crooning" voice all the time. Kravitz called the song "soulful and sensual" and pointed out that it's "a lyric you would expect to hear from Isaac Hayes. The beautiful thing about Dylan is that he is such a chameleon."
5. "Whatever colors you have in your mind / I'll show them to you and you'll see them" what?

Answer: shine

"Lay, Lady, Lay" was one of Bob Dylan's few top ten hits. It peaked at number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at number eight on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100. It peaked even higher, however, on the U.K. Singles Chart (OCC), at number five. It also entered the top ten on singles charts in New Zealand and Canada.
6. "His _____ are dirty, but his _____ are clean." What's dirty and what's clean in these lyrics?

Answer: clothes, hands

"His clothes are dirty, but his-
His hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's
Ever seen."

Dylan played guitar, harmonica, and keyboards on this song, while Pete Drake was on pedal steel guitar and Charlie McCoy on bass. Bob Wilson played organ and piano.
7. "_____, lady, _____ / _____ while the night is still ahead." What word is missing from these lines?

Answer: Stay

"Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay
Stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night."

Isaac Hayes covered this song in 1999 on the Dylan tribute album "Tangled Up in Blues." Folk singer Richie Havens recorded a version in 1987 on "Sings Beatles and Dylan: Old & New, Together & Apart."
8. According to Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin, "Lay, Lady, Lay" was originally written for (but not included on) the soundtrack of what 1969 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight?

Answer: Midnight Cowboy

Heylin includes this tidbit in his 1991 biography, "Dylan: Behind The Shades." Dylan originally wrote "Lay, Lady, Lay" to be the theme song for the buddy drama, but he unfortunately didn't submit it in time. The theme was supplied instead by John Barry and featured harmonic by Toots Thielemans on the movie and by Tommy Reilly on the album version.
9. What group, which had many hits with Bob Dylan songs, could not break the top 100 on the Billboard chart with their 1969 cover of "Lay, Lady, Lay"?

Answer: The Byrds

The Byrd's released the song as a single on May 2, 1969 with "Old Blue" on the B-side. Their cover peaked at 132 on the Billboard chart and didn't even enter the UK chart. The Byrd's version included a female choir.
10. What industrial metal band covered "Lay, Lady, Lay" and released it as a single from their sixth studio album, "Filthy Pig"?

Answer: Ministry

Ministry originally covered the song for the October 1994 Bridge School Benefit Charity Concert with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam on backing vocals. Their studio version of the song was released as a single in February of 1996 with "Paisely" on the B-Side.

The pop rock band Duran Duran included a version of "Lay, Lady, Lay" on their 1995 covers album "Thank You."
Source: Author skylarb

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