Music Quiz

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:35 am

Thought a quiz like this might be fun.

Post a question and see if any one can answer, if correctly answered post a new question (dont have to wait for a reply). If its been awhile someone else post one.

Heres a few examples:

Q - This band had a 1992 hit titled "Mr. Wendall".

A - Arrested Development

Q - How did Johnny Thunders die?

A - heroin overdose

Q - What song do these lyrics come from, "La la-la la la, Warm it up. Lala-lalala, The boys are waiting"?

A - Kelis - "Milkshake"

(something along these lines anyway...)

Ok I'll get the ball rolling with;

'I'd rather be in Tijuana, eating barbequed iguana.' Who sings that song?

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:22 am

Megan Lyles ....

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:30 pm

We are small and we are lost
And we're nothing, nothing at all

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:27 pm

goldengr8 wrote:

Ok I'll get the ball rolling with;

'I'd rather be in Tijuana, eating barbequed iguana.' Who sings that song?

Stan Ridgeway is the singer and it is a Wall of Voodoo song. This is one of my favorite groups so that was pretty easy to answer.

OK, without going to Wikipedia, What was Elvis Costello's real name?

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:19 am

robmead wrote:

Megan Lyles ....

Well no... She might of actualy tried it though.

flatearthling wrote:

Stan Ridgeway is the singer and it is a Wall of Voodoo song. This is one of my favorite groups so that was pretty easy to answer.

Yes that's right flatearthling mate. The song is Mexican Radio, and yeah cool band.

flatearthling wrote:

OK, without going to Wikipedia, What was Elvis Costello's real name?

Umm, pretty sure his name is Decland but damed if I can remember his surname..

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:32 am

What was Elvis Costello's real name?

delcan.. not delcand..lol either mcmanis, macmanis or macmanus or mcmanus.. i cant really remember the spelling on it..

got the pleasure of meeting him and his wife diana krall.. catered one of her shows and later they came to the restaurant where i was working at the time.. he is pretty cool

Pink Floyd did a 3 movie soundtracks... what were the movies?

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:31 am

The Wall is obviously one.

Are the others to actual movies or their own production?

(nearly said Tommy out loud..)

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:45 am

one was a soundtrack for a french movie called "the Valley' or La Vallee.
it is one of my all time favs...... the album is sold under the name Obscured by Clouds........ and I am always blown away by the numbers Free Four & Wots...Uh the Deal

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:29 am

Xanadu ?

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:45 pm

Was hoping this thread would catch on. The third Pink Floyd movie was that one were they play a gig in that old roman amphitheater but I cant remember the name of it, and I wont look it up because that would be cheating.
@ Robmead- just noticed I am only 700 rep points behind you!

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:35 pm

none of those were official soundtracks...

the wall.. album made into a movie

obscured by clouds.. in a sense it was kind of a sound track but not recorded specifically for that

live at pompeii.. concert video.. sorta.. tho no people were there to watch it

im talkin an official score for a movie.. not associated with them

The Comittee 1968
More 1969
Zabriskie Point 1970

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:41 pm

Grrrrrrrrrr..... we has all been toasted.

I shall now go and sulk in the corner for an hour.

Wink

sulked for about 3 seconds and decided I would track down these elusive artifacts from Pinks past.

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:49 pm

johnno23 wrote:

Grrrrrrrrrr..... we has all been toasted.

I shall now go and sulk in the corner for an hour.

Wink

sulked for about 3 seconds and decided I would track down these elusive artifacts from Pinks past.

tee hee..

try to find More.. its the best of the 3 ...Zabriskie point is pretty good too.. the committee may be the hardest... i have yet to see it again..

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:04 am

Sort of music question (well music related)

Why is the size of cd what it is ?? (there is a reason)

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:36 am

I was working for an exhibit company in Holland and Philips was our client for some 20 years already when the 1st Cd players were exhibited at shows across europe.
Philips designed it and Sony was the partner to sell it.
Sony therefore have the right to state 1st CD player on the market.
I remember a discussion about size as being related to 2 things.
it was decided about 60minutes of Audio but also size was important as the original Sony walkman had conquered the world.

There is also an urban legend/rumour that beethovens 9th would not fit so 120mm was chosen for the original 74minutes..
All I know for fact is that the 14mm hole in the center was the smallest hole technically viable then at the time to avoid wobble once the disk was spinning. The reason is that the CD or DVD or even todays Bluray read from the center out the motor needs to spin faster to obtain the smooth reading of the data. 14mm is therefore a technical limitation not a choice......