You have The Wall and Thriller correct, and I will assume you meant the 1st Eagles Greatest Hits album (they have a second one, apparently), but the other two are wrong.

More hints: one of the remaining 2 albums is Zeppelin, but not II. The other is by another well-known hard rock band

Edit: Is anyone else likely to try this?

Michael Jackson - Thriller
Pink Floyd - THE WALL
Led Zeppelin - IV (Zoso)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors (If you were in a sudivision in the late 70s, they dropped a tape of this and Steve Miller's greatest Hits 71-74 through your mail slot.)
AC/DC - Back in Black

You have The Wall, Led Zepp IV, AC/DC and Thriller all correct. Anyone who bothers to look at this thread will now see what the fifth album was, as I noted it before.

The first to put the pieces together wins

So the fifth would be Eagles, Greatest hits, Vol 1. (I just loaded vol 1 and vol 2 into iTunes last night, so it's fresh on my mind.)

Ding ding ding! We have a winnah!

So, the complete list is:

AC/DC - Back in Black (never would have guessed it - would have bet money that Rumours sold better)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (surprised it wasn't Dark Side of the Moon)
Led Zeppelin - IV (aka, ZOSO, aka Runes, etc etc) (again, never would have guessed it)
Eagles - Greatest Hits, 1971-1975 (I'd heard this, but am always surprised when reminded of it)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (no surprise there)

Danke schoen, balderdash.

Blue Oyster Cult trivia, sort of. Michael Moorcock, the well known epic fantasy author, creator of the Elric of Melnibone, wrote at least a pair of songs for Blue Oyster Cult: "Black Blade" and "Veteran of the Psychic Wars".

He also did occasional stints as a singer for what British space rock band?

Lemmy Kilmeister was an early member of the group....

hawkwind

I liked Moorcock's Eternal Hero series... I even named my first son Elric. Well... Eric anyway, and we call him Elric for fun.

Roachboy for the win. Take it away, Roachboy!

ok since lee scratch perry is now my "friend" on one of another of those ridiculous networky sites that i once was interested in for a while, a scratch question. but it's easy.

perry ran one of the most influential studios in the history of dub. it burned down in 1983. what was the studio called?
bonus:
name 2 bands who recorded there.

Black Ark, if you go to Kingston you can take a tour that will take you by his old house, which is a liquor store now.

Only band I can think of is The Wailers with Bob Marley

you are correct, sir.
you're up.

upsetters, max romeo, the congos--the list is big big...

You kind of gave it away until you edited it. But since I bought a bottle of coconut rum there I'll take the win.

Sticking with Marley:

Marley was born "Nesta Robert Marley." Later he went by "Robert Nesta Marley" and finally "Bob Marley." What caused him to change his name?

I bet it was pressure from the recording studios telling him Nesta just wasn't a marketable name! right!??

No and much more mundane "Bureaucratic" reason.

Could it be that Nesta is a Girl's name? (Nestor being the boy's version.)

No, sorry. Thought this was pretty well known among Marley fans. Actually I thought it might be a urban legend but Wiki backs it up.

If no one gets it by tomorrow I'll post a "give me" to keep this game from dying again.

Howsabout he was dodging taxes.

Not tax related. Government related, but not tax.

He was wanted for some crime or another? Perhaps shooting the sherriff but not the deputy? I kid.

He was avoiding legal troubles for a bit of pharmacological gardening?

No. More of a mistake then avoidance thing.

Maybe because he had like 42 kids and was trying to get out of child support payments?

Think that numbers closer to fifteen. But that's not it either.

I'll give it another hour, give the answer and toss up a softball.
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Hour's up.

The answer is a Jamaican passport official accidentally swapped the names and Marley didn't challenge it.

Next question:

Who are the Glimmer Twins?

Bonus points name the first song they wrote.

Ah.. I think I remember hearing that before..

McCartney and Lennon? I know it's wrong.. I have a few more guesses in me though :)

You're right! That is wrong.

Right era, wrong subculture.

If I'm not mistaken, the Glimmer twins are another songwriting duo, Jagger/Richards.

Damnit, it is! I knew it was songwriters but Jagger/Richards wasn't even on my list of guesses!

Yep, the Glimmer Twins are Jagger and Richards.

The first song they wrote was "As Tears Go By." They thought the song sucked and gave it Marianne Faithfull. The first song they wrote and recorded by The Rolling Stones was "The Last Time."

My Ex is a Stones fanatic. She even named our street after the band.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/...27a3cf.jpg?v=0

You're up Mr. Martian.

ok, I'm going to restart this.... I love all you folks... you all do a great job:

Neil and Tim Finn were pivotal musician's in the band Splt Enz. what band did Neil start after Split Enz?

crowded house?

crowded house, i think.

Leto and Roachboy, I'm so sorry that it took so long to get back to you on this. I found out on the day I posted this that my mother had passed away- very suddenly. I had to travel to North Carolina to make arrangements and am just now finally getting back to my TFP family. You are both correct at the same minute, however Leto beat Roachboy to the punch. Good answers! Now through MP3 technology I have downloaded most of Crowded House's music, and must say I really enjoy it! Your question Leto!

Perripken, my condolences on the loss of your mother. I know you will get through this, and are here for you.

I was a big fan of Split Enz and 6 Months in a Leaky Boat is running through my head now.



So... keeping on with the Down Under theme, what band started by Angus and Malcom Young's older brother had us BRIEFLY doing the African Shuffle?

Was it George Young with Flash and The Pan?

you got it Daniel

along with other hits like Hey St Peter, and Walking in the Rain.

thanks for your kind words Leto!

Thread kind of died with Daniel. I'm going to start it with a give me...

What singer did Ed Sullivan refuse to show from the waist down because his hip movements were deemed inappropriate for a family show?

*not suggesting Daniel died, just the thread*

That must've been Elvis "the Pelvis" Presley.

/ I think we can all be thankful that his brother Enos never went into show business.

Bingo!

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