Following on from my Cryptic Computing (Quiz Round) post, I thought I’d add another round from that most enjoyable evening.
As avid readers of my About Me page will know, I have an eclectic taste in music including heavy metal, reggae, country ‘n’ western, blues, rock ‘n’ roll and anything else produced prior to 1990.
Test Your Musical Knowledge
Most of the songs featured are fairly well-known so for someone like myself who enjoys a wide range of tunes, they shouldn’t be too much of a challenge.
Have a go at guessing the song title and artist for the following song opening lines. Answers can be found further down the post. No peeking!
The Questions
- Six o’clock already. I was just in the middle of a dream.
- I got my first real six string. Bought it at the 5 and dime.
- Tommy used to work on the docks.
- All my love, all my kissing. You don’t know what you’ve been missing
- One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock
- Mama, just killed a man.
- I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon, but to settle down and write you a line
- Well I’m gonna raise a fuss, I’m gonna raise a holler
- Picture yourself in a boat on a river. With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
- If everybody had an ocean, Across the U.S.A.
- The silicon chip inside her head. Gets switched to overload
- Ma, take this badge off of me. I can’t use it any more.
- Lay where you’re laying. Don’t make a sound
- I was born in a crossfire hurricane. And I howled at my ma in the driving rain
- Hot town, summer in the city. Back of my neck getting burnt and gritty.
- I found my thrill…
- Well, she was just 17, You know what I mean.
- Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun. I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ come.
- Hey where did we go, Days when the rains came.
- It’s a little bit funny this feeling inside. I’m not one of those who can easily hide.
- It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunk tank.
- Comin’ to ya on a dusty road, Good lovin’. I got a truck load.
- I’ve travelled this old world of ours from Barnsley to Peru. I’ve had sunshine in the arctic and a swim in Timbuktu
- Never know how much I love you. Never know how much I care.
- A long long time ago. I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.
No Peeking!
Just to break up the answers from the questions and to stop you from inadvertently peeking, I thought I’d add a YouTube clip at this point.
Why not take a short break to enjoy a song that perfectly sums up how I used to feel when I worked for Local Government, before I became a self-employed web designer and software developer…
This is a song by one of the artists in the quiz, although not as popular as the song featured.
Hope you enjoyed that! And now…
The Answers
- Manic Monday – Bangles
- Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
- Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
- Oh Boy – Buddy Holly
- Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley and the Comets
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- You Wear It Well – Rod Stewart
- Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran
- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – The Beatles
- Surfin’ USA – The Beach Boys
- I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Eric Clapton / Bob Dylan / Guns n Roses
- Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
- Summer in the City – Lovin Spoonful
- Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
- I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
- Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
- Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
- Your Song – Elton John
- Fairytale of New Yorkl – Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
- Soul Man – Sam & Dave / Blues Brothers
- I’ve Never Met A Nice South African – Spitting Image
- Fever – Peggy Lee / Ella Fitzgerald
- American Pie – Don McLean
Copyright Free
There’s nothing special here so please feel free to use this quiz as your own, but if you do publish it somewhere, why not include an acknowledgement and a link back to this blog page?
Finally, why not post how well you did below?
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