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MetaQuiz: Songs on the Radio About The Radio -13

Here's the 13th quiz in this series of questions 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 #
395,358

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

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Question 1 of 10

1. This leader of "The Velvet Underground" said that their song "Rock And Roll" "is about me. If I hadn't heard rock and roll on the radio, I would have had no idea there was life on this planet...Movies didn't do it for me. TV didn't do it for me. It was the radio that did it." Who is it? Hint

Lou Reed

John Cage

Marianne Faithfull

Nico

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Treniers, an American up-tempo style blues group recorded the song "Moondog" in 1952. That title, "Moondog" was the nickname of what famous American radio disc jockey? Hint

Murray the K

Wolfman Jack

Alan Freed

Dick Clark

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these songs' lyrics is based on The Shipping Forecast, a radio show on the BBC that announces weather reports and forecasts for the waters surrounding the British Isles? Hint

"The Tide is High" by Blondie

"Blame it on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli

"This is a Low" by Blur

"Electrical Storm" by U2

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Question 4 of 10

4. "I don't know where I'm goin'
Now that I am gone
I hope the wind that's blowin'
Helps me carry on
Turn on your radio, baby
Listen to my song."

That's how the song "Turn On Your Radio" goes. It's by a singer that none other than the Beatles called their favorite singer. Hint

Jerry Lee Lewis

Harry Nilsson

Mick Jagger

Barry Gibb

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Question 5 of 10

5. How about the 1952 bluegrass song "Radio Boogie?" Which of the following groups recorded that song? (The other three are completely fictitious)

"Well I got me a hat and old guitar
And I made a down payment on a second hand car
I got me a job on the radio
Now I'm saving up money for a fiddle and a bow" Hint

L.C. Smith & His Southern Playboys

El Sid and the Mexican Toreadors

Elsie Borden and The Great Lakes Dairymaids

Lori Cantrell & Her Confederate Coquettes

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Question 6 of 10

6. "I'll love you till the world stops slimming
Doing the radio
People go to parties when they get a white shirt
They listen to records in a shirt and tie
The stupid and the stupid and the meaningless drivel
The stupid and the people and the meaningless lyric
Happening to people when they do their hands and knees."

That song, called "Blacks/Radio" is from the 1980 debut album of what English rock band? Hint

The Romantics

Huey Lewis and the News

The Psychedelic Furs

INXS

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Desperate Bicycles were a punk rock band from England that were among several other bands that blazed a pathway through the DIY genre of rock music. What did DIY stand for? Hint

Doing Instrumental Yeah-Yeahs

Dubbing Improv Yodeling

Do It Yourself

Demo Indie Yangqin

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Turn the radio up for that sweet sound
Hold me close, never let me go
(Keep) Keep this feelin' alive
Make me lose control..."

"Make Me Lose Control" was a hit for Eric Carmen, reaching Number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart in 1988. What group did Eric Carmen have success with before his solo career? Hint

The Raspberries

The Yardbirds

The Animals

Bad Company

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Question 9 of 10

9. "From the transmitter, to the receiver.
Across the ether, out of your speaker.
Radio waves have life! Radio waves have life!
Machines are living too, they're working for me and you!"

This is from the song "Radio Waves" off of the 1983 album "Dazzle Ships". It's an album loaded with radio-themed songs and uses shortwave radio recordings in those songs that dealt with the Eastern Block Cold War. Who was this electronic English band that released this experimental album? Hint

Electric Light Orchestra

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Love Unlimited Orchestra

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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Question 10 of 10

10. Here are two complete;y different songs, both titles "Listen to the Radio".
One goes like:
"Lie down on the bed, lay back your head
And smoke a cigarette
And listen to the radio
Listen to the radio
In the city late tonight"

and the other goes like:
"When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio..."

Who are the two recording artists that released these two songs, the first by a British rock band, the second by an American country singer? Hint

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and Andy Griffith

The Tom Robinson Band, and Nanci Griffith

Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band, and Nancy Wilson

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and Nancy Sinatra

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Lou Reed

Lou Reed is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member twice over--as a solo artist and as a member of The Velvet Underground. Reed Lou has said that the poet Delmore Schwartz greatly influenced his songwriting.

"Jenny said
When she was just five years old
There was nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on a radio
There was a nothin' goin' down at all,
Not at all
Then one fine mornin'
She puts on a New York station
You know, she couldn't believe
What she heard at all
She started dancin'
To that fine fine music
You know her life
Was saved by rock 'n' roll
Despite all the amputations
You know you could just go out
And dance to a rock 'n' roll station."

2. The Treniers, an American up-tempo style blues group recorded the song "Moondog" in 1952. That title, "Moondog" was the nickname of what famous American radio disc jockey?

Answer: Alan Freed

Freed is also known by the nickname "The Father of Rock 'n' Roll" because he was an advocate for Rock 'n'Roll in its infancy and even introduced the phrase "rock and roll." He coined the phrase while hosting his late night radio show in Cleveland. In 1986 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Non-Performer category.

3. Which of these songs' lyrics is based on The Shipping Forecast, a radio show on the BBC that announces weather reports and forecasts for the waters surrounding the British Isles?

Answer: "This is a Low" by Blur

The song's lyrics tell of a low pressure system hitting Great Britain. The song is from Blur's 1994 album, "Parklife."

"And into the sea
Goes pretty England and me
Around the bay of Biscay
And back for tea
Hit traffic on the dogger bank
Up the Thames to find a taxi rank
Sail on by with the tide
And go to sleep
And the radio says
This is a low
But it won't hurt you."

4. "I don't know where I'm goin' Now that I am gone I hope the wind that's blowin' Helps me carry on Turn on your radio, baby Listen to my song." That's how the song "Turn On Your Radio" goes. It's by a singer that none other than the Beatles called their favorite singer.

Answer: Harry Nilsson

Nilsson himself had mixed feelings about them saying that about him. In 1968, according to Record Mirror, a British weekly music newspaper, Nilsson said, "Obviously I was very pleased and very flattered - and now I've got to know John and Paul quite well, and we get on well together....But...It made me feel that I was riding on someone else's back - in other words it was because of them that I was being talked about, and not because of me."

As for those other three singers, various sources indicate that they were certainly not favorite singers of the Beatles.

5. How about the 1952 bluegrass song "Radio Boogie?" Which of the following groups recorded that song? (The other three are completely fictitious) "Well I got me a hat and old guitar And I made a down payment on a second hand car I got me a job on the radio Now I'm saving up money for a fiddle and a bow"

Answer: L.C. Smith & His Southern Playboys

L. C. Smith and Ralph Mayo wrote the song. It was recorded again by the bluegrass group Hot Rize in 1981, and saxophonist John Dankworth in 2008 and English singer-songwriter Charlie Dore in 2009.

6. "I'll love you till the world stops slimming Doing the radio People go to parties when they get a white shirt They listen to records in a shirt and tie The stupid and the stupid and the meaningless drivel The stupid and the people and the meaningless lyric Happening to people when they do their hands and knees." That song, called "Blacks/Radio" is from the 1980 debut album of what English rock band?

Answer: The Psychedelic Furs

Though all those bands had debut albums in 1980, only The Psychedelic Furs are an English band. The Romantics and Huey Lewis and the News are American bands while INXS hails from Australia. The Psychedelic Furs were founded by two brothers, Tim and Richard Butler.

7. The Desperate Bicycles were a punk rock band from England that were among several other bands that blazed a pathway through the DIY genre of rock music. What did DIY stand for?

Answer: Do It Yourself

The Do-It-Yourself strategy emphasized getting out there and recording music without the backing of fancy record labels and whatnot. The band was composed of mostly amateur-level musicians that were determined to remain independent record makers. One of their more popular songs was "Blasting Radio" which was recorded for their 1980 album "Remorse Code."

8. "Turn the radio up for that sweet sound Hold me close, never let me go (Keep) Keep this feelin' alive Make me lose control..." "Make Me Lose Control" was a hit for Eric Carmen, reaching Number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart in 1988. What group did Eric Carmen have success with before his solo career?

Answer: The Raspberries

The Raspberries recorded the classic power pop song "Go All The Way" a must-hear for fans of the genre.

The music video of this song adapts the subplot of the George Lucas movie "American Graffiti" in which Richard Dreyfuss's character spots a beautiful blonde in a white T-bird who mouths "I love you" to him. In the video of Carmen's "Make Me Lose control" we see Carmen in the Curt Henderson role (Dreyfuss) as a blonde pulls alongside his car, says "I love you" only to drive away as Carmen has many near-misses with her for the rest of the video.

9. "From the transmitter, to the receiver. Across the ether, out of your speaker. Radio waves have life! Radio waves have life! Machines are living too, they're working for me and you!" This is from the song "Radio Waves" off of the 1983 album "Dazzle Ships". It's an album loaded with radio-themed songs and uses shortwave radio recordings in those songs that dealt with the Eastern Block Cold War. Who was this electronic English band that released this experimental album?

Answer: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Some of the other many radio-themed songs on "Dazzle hips" include: "Radio Prague", "Telegraph" which was released as a single, "Time Zones", "This is Helena", "Swiss Radio International".

The band band was founded in Wirral, Merseyside in 1978 and are thought of as one of the better acts to come out of Liverpool acts in the 1980s. They were pioneers of the synth-pop genre with record sales over 40 million.

10. Here are two complete;y different songs, both titles "Listen to the Radio". One goes like: "Lie down on the bed, lay back your head And smoke a cigarette And listen to the radio Listen to the radio In the city late tonight" and the other goes like: "When you can't find a friend You've still got the radio When you can't find a friend You've still got the radio..." Who are the two recording artists that released these two songs, the first by a British rock band, the second by an American country singer?

Answer: The Tom Robinson Band, and Nanci Griffith

Singer/songwriter and bass player Tom Robinson founded his band in 1976. The song "Listen to the Radio" was on his album "North By Northwest." It was released as a single in Britain in 1983.

Nanci Griffith grew up in Texas and works out of Nashville, Tennessee. She coined the term "folkabilly" in describing some of her music, and won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for "Other Voices, Other Rooms."

Source: Author Billkozy

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