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scran
17th Jul 2006, 00:03
Another easy one.....:eek:

RULES
1. Questions posted on Monday. Answers posted whenever I feel like it.
2. 2 points for each Lyrics question – 1 point for the Title and 1 point for the artist. Trivia questions normally 1 point. Some trivia questions will ask for additional information, which is worth 1 point. Bonus points may be awarded additional relevant information (at my discretion). Artist/Album/Song of the week 1 point unless advised otherwise.
3. There is no Rule 3
4. Judge's decision final.
5. During the first 24 hours from the quiz being posted
you are allowed ONLY ONE POST (containing answers to as many questions as you like).
Additional posts (within the first 24 hours) will be ignored.
Edited posts (within the first 24 hours) will be disqualified.
Complete answers will take precedence over earlier partial answers
6. After the first 24 hours there is no restriction on posts (usual free for all rules). It is better not to edit your posts. If you want to add or correct something post a new reply. The points go to the first person to get the correct answer. "First" is taken as the posting time. If you edit a post, the editing time will be used as the posting time for all answers in the post.

Lyrics

1. “And I have my own room in your soul”
open

2. “No one to relate to ‘cept the sea”
2. Show Me The Way – Peter Frampton - PP

3. “Where did it go I just don’t know”
open

4. “Well the names have changed since you hung around”
4. Welcome Back – John Sebastian - Pigboat

5. “And makin’ love was just for fun”
5. All By Myself – AOTW

6. “But I still come back to you in rain or shine”
open

7. “Please don’t take him just because you can”
7. Jolene – Dolly Parton or Olivia Newton John - Cooda

8. “And I slowly go insane”
8. Waiting For You – Richard Marx - Pigboat

9. “But she was too young to fall in love”
9. Only Sixteen – Sam Cooke or will accept Dr Hook - Pigboat

10. “You know I didn’t even know her name”
10. December 1963 – Four Seasons (or Frankie Vallie) - AOTW

11. “My friends out there rollin’ round the basement floor”
open

12. “Oh can’t you see it baby”
open

13. “It’s a new day It’s a new way”
13. Paloma Blanca – SSK
original artist anyone

14. “Takes to the sky like a bird in flight”
14. Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac - Cooda

15. “I’m so itching to dance I can’t stand it”
open


TOTW - KC and the Sunshine Band

1. How did KC get his stage name?
His last name is Casey - PP

2. What city did KC grow up in?

3. What record label did KC and the Sunshine Band record for?

4. What word, signifying Bahamian music, was originally part of the band's name?

5. Who did KC write most of his songs with?

6. To whom does the title "Shotgun Shuffle" refer to?

7. In what year did KC and the Sunshine Band have its first Number 1 hit in the United States?
1975 - PP

8. And what was that song?
Get Down Tonight - PP

9. What original member of the band was born outside (but not very far outside) the United States?

10. KC and the Sunshine Band was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy Award, but didn't win. Who did?

11. What is the title of KC and the Sunshine Band's forgotten first album?

12. Who was the band's original guitarist?

13. What was the band's only Number 1 hit in 1976?
Shake Your Booty - PP

14. Which KC and the Sunshine Band song was featured in the movie Saturday Night Fever?
Boogie Shoes - PP

15. Which of these songs: "I'm Your Boogie Man?" "That's the Way I Like It," or "Keep It Comin' Love" was NOT a Number 1 hit?

16. What was the band's final Number 1 hit?
Please Don't Go - PP

17. What was the band's only Number 1 hit in Great Britain? Hint: It was released in the United States using only the name KC.

Bonus: What British singer/drummer was born on the exact same day as KC, January 31, 1951?
Phil Collins - SSK

Trivia – 1979

1. What was the special promotion that turned disastrous at a Chicago White Sox game in July 1979?
Disco Demolition Night - SSK

2. Bette Midler starred in this movie, a thinly-disguised biography of Janis Joplin, in 1979 and had a hit with the title song.
The Rose - Pigboat

3. What Bee Gees album was released in 1979 and went to Number One in March of that year?
Spirits Having Flown - Flowman

4. She was born on March 30, 1979, and her biggest hit to date is "Come Away With Me." Who is she?
Norah Jones - Pigboat

5. They sang about "My Sharona" all summer long - who were they?
The Knack - PP

6. This British band had their first hit, describing a "trumpet-playing band," in 1979. Who are they?
Dire Straits - Pigboat

7. What Eagles album, their last of original material, was released in the fall of 1979?
The Long Run - PP

8. What branch of the service did the Village People encourage us all to join?
The Navy - PP

9. KC and the Sunshine Band had a surprise hit with a ballad in the fall of 1979. What was it?
"Please Don't Go" - AOTW

10. This colorful singer was born Alecia Moore on September 8, 1979.
Pink - Pseudonymn

11. Which number Chicago album was released in 1979?
open

12. Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose on February 2, 1979. What band was he a member of?
The Sex Pistols - PP

13. "Ring My Bell" was a summer 1979 hit for who?
Anita Ward - Flowman

14. What 1979 hit encouraged us to enjoy "clams on the half-shell, and roller skates?"
open

15. What band released the double album "Tusk" in October 1979?
Fleetwood Mac - PP

16. This Rod Stewart hit from early 1979 told the story of a one-night stand. What was it?
"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" - PP

17. "We Are Family," sang this family group. Who were they?
Sister Sledge - PP

Bonus: Who is Robin Scott, and what was his claim to fame in 1979?
Robin Scott was the real name of M, who recorded "Pop Muzik" - Reynolds



pigboat
17th Jul 2006, 00:32
Evenin' scran. Looks like I'm in before Cooda or Aotw. :ok: :E ;)

L4...Theme from Welcome Back Kotter/John Sebastian
L9...Only Sixteen/Sam Cooke

T2...The Rose
T4...Norah Jones
T6...Dire Straits

planepsycho
17th Jul 2006, 00:43
TOTW
1. his last name is Casey
7. 1975?
8. get down tonight
13. shake your booty
14. boogy shoes:
16. please don't go:yuk:


trivia
T5. the knack
T7. the long run:ok:
T8. the navy
T12 the sex pistols
T15. fleetwood mac
T16. do you think I'm sexy
T17. sister sledge

CoodaShooda
17th Jul 2006, 01:00
Mornin' all

Lyrics
5 Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jack?
7 Joleen - Dolly Parton
9 Only 16 - Sam Cooke/Ol' 55/Dr Hook
12 LIsten to the Music - Dooby Bros
14 Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

flowman
17th Jul 2006, 01:08
Lyrics
7. Jolene

Trivia
3. Spirits Having Flown
7. The Long Run
13. Anita Ward
16. The Killing of Georgie

Arm out the window
17th Jul 2006, 02:19
thanks again, scran.

Lyrics
4. Welcome back Kotter theme
5. All by myself - can't think of the artist...
7. Jolene - Dolly Parton (or the White Stripes!)
10. What a night - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons?
14. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

TOTW - KC and the Sunshine Band
1. Stands for Casey, I think.

Trivia – 1979
3. Saturday Night Fever
4. Norah Jones
5. The knack
6. Dire Straits
8. The Navy
9. Please don't go
12. The Sex Pistols
15. Fleetwood Mac
Bonus: Not Bon Scott, was it? (Died from choking on his own vomit, I believe)

reynoldsno1
17th Jul 2006, 04:29
OOOOerrr, everyone's got the ones I thought maybe I knew....

Bonus Trivia - I've got a feeling that this guy called himself M and made that really irritating song "Pop Muzik/Muzak" ......

The SSK
17th Jul 2006, 06:52
Good morning from the Euro heatwave

L13 - Una paloma blanca - Jonathan 'kiddie-fiddler' King

TOTW2 - Miami, presumably
TOTW bonus - I guess Phil Collins

T1 - The disco demolition riots

Romeo Delta
17th Jul 2006, 07:09
Dang. Missed it again! Darn reunion! :ok:

See ya later!

Pseudonymn
17th Jul 2006, 08:30
Trivia 10 - Pink (or P!nk as her latest album cover shows) :p

scran
17th Jul 2006, 23:48
First posted edited.

Still plenty of Lyrics questions open. If it helps, all the songs are from the same era as trivia....:eek:


Progress Scores

PP - 13 :ok: :E
Pigboat - 7 :sad:
Cooda - 4
AOTW - 4
SSK - 3
Flowman - 2
Reynolds - 1
Pseudonymn - 1
Romeo Delta - 0 :{

planepsycho
18th Jul 2006, 00:02
Romeo Delta deserves a point for showing up, technically that is participating:D

scran
18th Jul 2006, 00:15
Nope - I'm not going to give him a point (from me)


If you want, he can have one of yours....:eek: :eek: :eek:

Revised Progress Scores

PP - 12
Pigboat - 7
Cooda - 4
AOTW - 4
SSK - 3
Flowman - 2
Reynolds - 1
Pseudonymn - 1
Romeo Delta - 1 :suspect:

pigboat
18th Jul 2006, 01:55
Never mind pp, I'll give you yer point back next week. ;) :p

L8...Right Here Waiting/Richard Marx

Just to confirm I get the next two, scran?

scran
18th Jul 2006, 02:18
Two points for Lyric 8 and the honour of the next two quiz's - correct Piggy :ok: :ok: :ok:

planepsycho
18th Jul 2006, 02:40
L2. show me the way/ Peter Frampton



aww, thanks Pigboat;) :E

CoodaShooda
18th Jul 2006, 07:14
And what's wrong with Ol'55?.......................?

Lyrics 5 is Eric Carmen ex Raspberries lead singer

scran
18th Jul 2006, 22:53
Cooda - Rule 4 is what := :E

Revised Revised Progress Scores

PP - 14
Pigboat - 9
Cooda - 5
AOTW - 4
SSK - 3
Flowman - 2
Reynolds - 1
Pseudonymn - 1
Romeo Delta - 1

scran
19th Jul 2006, 04:44
Some clues required?

Lyrics:

1 - Myself completed the creation of this ditty - Male with a big nose....
3 - Hhmmm....4 Swedes......that should be a giveaway
6 - Without a doubt you are a close acquaintance whom I know very well - by royalty
11 - my existance was rescued sometime this day - Sir some-one
12 - If you can get lyrics 8............
13 - not a male collision - solo effort by a memebr of a female disco trio

:eek: :hmm: :ugh: :( :ok:

Clearly not many KC and the Sunshine Band fans out there - I wonder if the Uncle would have known...

Go PP - I personally hope you win........;) :D

Romeo Delta
19th Jul 2006, 05:57
Thanks for the point pp and scran! 'Tis nice to be noticed. :ok: Thanks also for the hints! :E

Now that I'm getting ready to get on the hairy-plane back home, I might just take a crack at one or two. (If I get them right, give my one point back to pp please. Thanks!) :ok:

L1 - I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
L3 - ABBA (which song I can not gather right now)
L6 - Kissing Cousin (?) - Queen
L11 - Someone Saved My Life Tonight - "Sir" Elton John
L12 - Richard Marx (?)

T11 - Gonna take a shot and say 16 (XVI)

scran
19th Jul 2006, 22:58
RD

1 - Myself completed the creation of this ditty - Male with a big nose....
L1 - I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow

3 - Hhmmm....4 Swedes......that should be a giveaway
Yes, Tis ABBA.......

6 - Without a doubt you are a close acquaintance whom I know very well - by royalty
Yes, Tis Queen

11 - my existance was rescued sometime this day - Sir some-one
L11 - Someone Saved My Life Tonight - "Sir" Elton John

12 - If you can get lyrics 8............
Yes, Tis Richard Marx

13 - not a male collision - solo effort by a member of a female disco trio
Perhaps if I add the group she was with - Silver Convention - does that help anyone?

T11 - too high

So RD - 7 points: :D :D :ok:

Revised Progress Porgress Scores

PP - 14
Pigboat - 9
Romeo Delta - 8
Cooda - 5
AOTW - 4
SSK - 3
Flowman - 2
Reynolds - 1
Pseudonymn - 1