Totally Random Music, Part 3 Quiz | Music Grab Bag

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1. Boston did not win the Grammy for best new artist in 1976. Who did?

Answer: Starland Vocal Band

History has of course proven the Grammys correct, as long as you ignore the fact that Boston's debut album has sold more copies than any other debut in history, and that the Starland Vocal Band's second album, "Rear View Mirror", flopped and led to the band's demise. But hey, they got a couple Grammys out of it, right?

2. Which television show banned the Doors for not changing a certain line in "Light My Fire"?

Answer: Ed Sullivan

The line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" had some drug references the producers of the show didn't want. Morrison sang the line anyway, saying he forgot, and The Doors were never invited back.

3. Prior to the band's formation, which original member of Gun N' Roses was not in either of the band's namesake groups, the L.A. Guns or Hollywood Rose?

Answer: Dizzy Reed

Reed came to Gn'R from the band The Wild. Slash and Izzy Stradlin had been in Holywood Rose with Axl, and Axl had been in L.A. Guns as well.

4. At the 1989 MTV Music Video Awards, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora played an acoustic version of which song?

Answer: Wanted Dead Or Alive

The performance was a huge success and gave MTV the idea for its "Unplugged" series, which featured rock artists playing acoustic songs in an intimate settings. Artists to perform on the series included Nirvana, The Cure, and Eric Clapton.

5. Cream's version of "Crossroads" was based on the song "Cross Road Blues" by which old time blues artist?

Answer: Robert Johnson

Though he only lived to be 27, Robert Johnson was known by many as the King Of The Delta Blues Singers. Other songs covered by modern artists include "Come On In My Kitchen," by The Steve Miller Band; "Hellhound On My Trail" by Fleetwood Mac; "Travelling Riverside Blues" by Led Zeppelin; and "They're Red Hot" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

6. Ozzy Osbourne has made a career of shocking people. What feat isn't his?

Answer: Threw a live chicken to his audience

Alice Cooper is responsible for the chicken incident. When a fan threw a live chicken on stage during a concert, Cooper threw it back, and the fans ripped it apart. Ozzy did the other three in 1982.

7. They Might Be Giants got their name from a movie, starring George C. Scott, about a man who thinks he's what fictional character?

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

The movie (1971's "They Might Be Giants") is about a man with schizophrenia that thinks he's Sherlock Holmes, and a female psychiatrist (played by Joanne Woodward) who thinks his case is fascinating and pretends to be Dr. Watson in order study him.

8. "25 or 6 to 4" was written by which member of the band Chicago?

Answer: Robert Lamm

Robert Lamm (keyboards, vocals) and James Pankow (trombone) are still with the band. Peter Cetera (bass, vocals) left in 1985, and Terry Kath (guitar) died in 1978 by a self-inflicted accidental gunshot wound.

9. Danny Elfman, of the 80s band Oingo Boingo, went on to a lucrative career of film scoring. Which director has used Danny Elfman music in all of his movies except for one?

Answer: Tim Burton

The only Tim Burton movie without Danny Elfman music is the 1994 film "Ed Wood," featuring original music by Howard Shore.

10. The video for Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" featured Simon and which comedian?

Answer: Chevy Chase

Paul Simon and Chevy Chase used the video to mock performance videos, where the band pretends to be playing the songs and nothing else happens. Chevy played the part of the singer, and Paul played various instruments and sang bass.

11. The Eagles started out as the backup band for which country singer?

Answer: Linda Ronstadt

At the time (1971), the group consisted of Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, and Bernie Leadon.

12. Reggae master Bob Marley was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994. Which of the following performers was in his induction class?

Answer: Elton John

Marley's class consisted of The Animals, The Band, Duane Eddy, The Grateful Dead, John Lennon, Rod Stewart, and Elton John. Neil Young was inducted in 1995, Van Morrison in 1993, and Otis Redding in 1989. Marley died on May 11, 1981 of brain, lung, and stomach cancer.

13. Bob Dylan's real last name is...

Answer: Zimmerman

Robert Allen Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941. He changed his name to Bob Dylan, after the poet Dylan Thomas.

14. "Walk This Way" is most perhaps most famous as the first mainstream rap hit, as covered by Run DMC in 1986. However, it was originally released on which Aerosmith album?

Answer: Toys In The Attic, 1975

The idea for this song came from the Mel Brooks movie, "Young Frankenstein." In the movie, there is a scene where Igor (pronounced "Eye-gore") tells Frederick Frankenstein (pronounce "Frahnk-en-steen") to "Walk this way," then hobbles down the steps and passes Frankenstein his cane.

15. Which of the following Rolling Stones songs did Sesame Street parody?

Answer: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

The parody was called "(I Can't Get No) Cooperation", sung by a kid who couldn't find anyone to play jump rope or ride the seesaw with on the playground. It was credited to Mick Swagger and the S Street Cobble Stones. Other Sesame Street parodies used over the years include "Hey Food" by the Beetles and Cookie Monster; "Born To Add" by Bruce Stringbean and the S Street Band; and "With A Little Yelp From My Friends" by Moe Cocker, a cocker spaniel.

16. Bobby McFerrin, best known as the singer of "Don't Worry Be Happy," is a classically trained musician. What was his primary instrument through high school and college?

Answer: Piano

As a child, he tried to play clarinet, but getting braces forced him to switch to piano. Both of Bobby's parents were opera singers. Bobby's father, Robert McFerrin Sr., was the first African-American male soloist at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and in 1958 was the singing voice of Sidney Poitier in "Porgy and Bess."

17. Tom Petty was one of the five Traveling Wilburys. Who was not a member of that group?

Answer: Eric Clapton

The Traveling Wilburys were a rock supergroup in the tradition of Eric Clapton's Cream and Derek and the Dominoes, formed in 1987 to provide a B-side for the George Harrison single "I Got My Mind Set On You". In 1988, the album "Volume 1" was released with Tom Petty, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison posing as the Wilbury brothers: Charlie T., Nelson, Otis, Lucky, and Lefty.

18. What was "Weird Al" Yankovic's first released single?

Answer: My Balogna

Al recorded the parody of The Knack's "My Sharona" in the bathroom across the hall from his school's radio station and sent a copy in to the Dr. Demento radio show. When The Knack heard the song, they liked it so much that they got Al a one-single deal on Capitol records.

19. In Meat Loaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light," which former Yankees player provided the voice of the baseball announcer?

Answer: Phil Rizzuto

Rizzuto (shortstop, played from 1941-1956 for the Yankees and baseball's MVP of 1950) later claimed that he didn't know the song was about sex, but Meat Loaf says he knew exactly what was going on.

20. Who was never a drummer for Spinal Tap?

Answer: Ronnie Pudding

Ronnie Pudding was the bass player in the group before Derek Smalls joined. Spinal Tap goes through drummers like candy - all of them have died mysteriously, either in bizarre gardening accidents, by spontaneous combustion, or peacefully in their sleep while playing.

21. Who was not in the original lineup of Fleetwood Mac?

Answer: Stevie Nicks

After Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer left in 1970, Christine Perfect (now known as Christine McVie) joined. Several lineup changes followed before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined in 1974. John McVie and Mick Fleetwood have been in the band since day one, in 1967.

22. Which of the following Elvis Presley songs was not also a title of one of his movies?

Answer: Heartbreak Hotel

The movie "Love Me Tender" came out in 1956, "Jailhouse Rock" in 1957, and "Blue Hawaii" in 1961.

23. Which film composer arranged the orchestration of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters," from 1991's self-titled album (also known as "The Black Album")?

Answer: Michael Kamen

Michael Kamen composed the music for "X-Men", "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon", "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves", and "The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen", among others.

24. In the beginning of The Police's "Roxanne," someone laughs. Who?

Answer: Sting

The laughter was recorded when Sting tripped in the recording studio and fell over a piano.

25. Which member of The Who wrote "Boris The Spider"?

Answer: John Entwhistle

This was the first song Entwhistle wrote for the group, based on his childhood fear of spiders. If you enjoyed this quiz, be sure to check out parts 1, 2, and 4. Thanks for playing!

Source: Author asutbone

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