Rock and Roll Trivia Thread

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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Bingo!
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by ND13
    Rush?

    the guess who musta come in a close 2nd
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    One of the Skynard guatarists?

    no right answer yet...might be more obscure than i thought....a few weeks ago some members were talking about one of his albums...hint: burlap;)
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    Bingo!

    God, I was hoping I was right and it wasn't Loverboy:p
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Roy Buchanan
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by ND13
    Roy Buchanan

    you da man!!!!!!!
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Q. What did John Bonham do to get more resonance out of his bass drum?
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by ND13
    Q. What did John Bonham do to get more resonance out of his bass drum?

    empty bottles, pillows??
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by ND13
    Q. What did John Bonham do to get more resonance out of his bass drum?


    He lined the inside of his bass drum with aluminum foil. It was also, at the time, the largest diameter available.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited July 2005
    while on tour, this group's equipment was stolen. jimi hendrix stepped up and said, go to electricladyland (his studio) and take whatever you need. what was the name of the group???
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Who was the first band to be signed to Zeppelin's label "Swan Song"? Not LZ, themselves.
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    A. Prolly Bad Company.

    Q. "The Long and Winding Road" was written by Paul McCartney. For whom was it written?
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by Micah Cohen
    A. Prolly Bad Company.
    B]

    Correctamundo
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by sda2mike
    while on tour, this group's equipment was stolen. jimi hendrix stepped up and said, go to electricladyland (his studio) and take whatever you need. what was the name of the group???

    ZZ Top?
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by sda2mike
    the guess who musta come in a close 2nd

    He did guess who!:p
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by Micah Cohen
    [Q. "The Long and Winding Road" was written by Paul McCartney. For whom was it written? [/B]

    Yoko?
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    I'm getting confused.

    Could just be my natural state, tho. Hard to tell.

    A. "The Long & Winding Road" was written for Tom Jones.

    Q. "Michael" (you know, who "rowed the boat ashore"?) sung by The Highwaymen was based on a folk tune written in the 1800s. "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procol Harum was lifted from a melody written by Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1700s. But neither of these songs is "the oldest" when it comes to rock hits. What's the hit song that contains the oldest lyrics?
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    I guess this isn't a rock song, but Greensleeves was written by King Henry VIII for Anne Bolyn me thinks.
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    Allright, ya'll are starting to get too deep here now!
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    Allright, ya'll are starting to get too deep here now!

    I think Micah has us all beat in the "useless trivia" dept.:D
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited July 2005
    I don't know ND13, your's was about as off the wall as his!. Isn't Grensleeves a Christmas song?:confused:
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    I don't know ND13, your's was about as off the wall as his!. Isn't Grensleeves a Christmas song?:confused:

    The music has been used by several people, but I'm not sure about the original lyrics if there were any?? I believe Johnny Mathis did a version of it???

    All I know is it's a beautiful song.
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    I know way too much dumb crap.

    A. Pete Seeger adapted the words to The Byrds' hit "Turn Turn Turn" from the Book Of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. That's old.

    Q. Name these "firsts":
    1. The first musical guest on SNL.
    2. The first CD available in the US.
    3. The first group to be inducted in the R'nR Hall Of Fame.
    4. The first song to be sung in outer space.

    I need coffee.

    MC
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    ZZ Top?

    nope
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by Micah Cohen
    2. The first CD available in the US.

    52nd Street - Billy Joel
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by Micah Cohen
    I know way too much dumb crap.

    A. Pete Seeger adapted the words to The Byrds' hit "Turn Turn Turn" from the Book Of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. That's old.

    Q. Name these "firsts":
    1. The first musical guest on SNL.
    2. The first CD available in the US.
    3. The first group to be inducted in the R'nR Hall Of Fame.
    4. The first song to be sung in outer space.

    I need coffee.

    MC

    i remember jeff beck's blow by blow being very popular in the new digital format... remember "cd ready" speakers?:p

    was simon & garfinkle the 1st on snl?

    was csn&y the 1st inducted?

    was space oddity the 1st song in space?
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by sda2mike
    i ... remember "cd ready" speakers?:p

    Yeah, they tried to scare everybody into buying all new speakers. They implied that the dynamics of digital audio would blow up all the older designs:rolleyes: . I'm glad I didn't fall for that crap. My Smaller Advents handled the "dynamics" just fine and still do to this day. I bought my first cd player in either 82 or 83??? It was a Sharp with 1 laser and 4x oversampling, really hi-tech:rolleyes: . That sumbitch was pricey, too. Hell it worked fine for the time. Haven't purchased a cassette since.:)
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    2-A. The first commercially available CD in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run." (But the first commercial CD pressing, done in Japan by Sony, I think, I was in fact Billy Joel's "52nd Street." So you get partial credit.)

    Three to go.
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    Okay then, here you go:

    1-A. The first musical guest on SNL was Janis Ian.
    2-A. The first CD available in the US was "Born To Run."
    3-A. The first group to be inducted in the R'nR Hall Of Fame was The Coasters.
    4-A. The first song to be sung in outer space... was "Happy Birthday," sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969, which, coincidentally, was not my birthday.


    Q. Elvis made ONE television commercial. What was it?
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2005
    PS - I like this thread. It makes me look like the genius I am, and I don't even have to fight with you all to prove it. :D

    MC
    ultramicah@yahoo.com

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