QuasiMojo

mayhap....WMMS in Cleveland?
I remember tales of this renegade radio station.
I always thought that perhaps it was the inspiration for WKRP in Cinncinati.

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QuasiMojo

keeping the train in the vein...

here's my question-
In 1979 a movie was made about an upstart FM radio station that had Martin Mull in it and featured performers like Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty, REO Speedwagon and Jimmy Buffet...












What were the call letters of THAT ficticious radio station?

(you thought I was going to ask the name of the movie...didn't you?

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Sion

WMMS in Cleveland was (is?) known as the Buzzard, and is, I think, the correct answer to the question. However, WMMS, at the time of the Rolling Stone polling, was a shadow of its former self. I'm told that in the 70s it truly was a kick ass station. But when I lived in Cleveland in the mid 80s the Buzzard was NOT a great radio station, except on saturday nights, when ____ (cant remember his name) a Wolfman Jack like DJ used to truly rock the house. The rest of the time they played mostly whatever crap rock was currently on the charts. Want proof? Mr. Mister had all of their shitty "hits" played on the Buzzard. Further proof: WMMS played the ever-lovin shit out of Starship's "We Built This CIty" (one of the shittiest rock songs EVER!) and even helped identify that song with the effort to put the RnR Hall of Fame in Cleveland. The whole thing sucked ASS.

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pan6467

You are correct. MMS wasn't that bad, it stayed pretty hard till Malrite started losing their ass on the station (beat the hell out of listening to GCL, which was totally pop.) It did go downhill almost overnight, tho. WONE in Akron took over during the mid-80's to mid-late 90's but now they all sound the same.

I appologize didn't see Quasi had answered it first, GOOD JOB Quasi and yes in the early days MMS was a renegade station. Kid Leo and the group were greats.

And good old Martin Mull is from Cleveland also.

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KWSN

OOH OOH OOH!!! I know Quasi's!

The answer, if I remember correctly and i'm almost certain I do, is Q-SKY

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QuasiMojo

You are correct good sir.

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KWSN

Alright, next question...

(this one is stupid)

On an episode of the TV show "The Angry Beavers," there was sort of a parody of the Beatles' in that when the Beavers became famous, a comment one of them made sparked burnings of albums and riots, etc. One of the Beavers said:

"We're bigger than _____ ______"

Fill in the blanks

(No, he did not say Jesus)

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Booray

no clue

Oprah's beaver?

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sherpahigh

The Beatles?

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Sion

"We're bigger than _____ ______"

Monica's ass?

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SinisterMotives

"We're bigger than sliced bread!"

God of Thunder

Yo mama?

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KWSN

you're officially awesome, SM

Your turn.

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SinisterMotives

Here's the question: Romeo Void singer Deborah Iyall once remarked that she wished a more recently popular band would give credit where credit is due when they plagiarized lyrics from one of her songs. What's the name of the other band?

KWSN

Not a damn clue.

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Sion

clue request: whats the Romeo Void song?

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SinisterMotives

"In the Dark"

God of Thunder

Looks like another stumper

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SinisterMotives

Here's a clue. The song containing the plagiarized lyrics was titled "Not My Idea".

Slauncha Man

Was it Garbage?

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SinisterMotives

That is correct. Your turn, Slauncha Man.

Booray

To keep this going, I'll go ahead and ask one.

In '66, Neil Young and Bruce Palmer, before traveling to California to track down Stephen Stills to convince him to start a band which would become Buffalo Springfield, were members of a Toronto group called the Mynah Birds. Who was the singer of the group?

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SinisterMotives

Ricky James Matthews, aka Rick James

SinisterMotives

So was this a drive-by restart or something?

I'm stoked! Let's keep this train rolling!

Anyway, assuming that was the correct answer, I'll ask the next question.

In 1983, what songwriter had two songs in the Billboard top 5 in the same week?

Slauncha Man

I'll make the first guess since my turn was steamrolled over. Michael Jackson.

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SinisterMotives

Nope. But I'll let you ask the next question since it's officially your turn.

Booray

sorry. didn't do it to steal anyone's turn or anything, but it was 18 hours since the correct answer was given and 13 hours since the answer was confirmed, and there was still no new question on the board. Others have done the same thing I did many times before in this thread to keep the trivia thread relatively active.

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SinisterMotives

Gotcha. So was Rick James the correct answer to your question about the Mynah Birds?

Booray

yep, sure was

I have no clue on yours, but I'll guess Billy Joel (surprised it wasn't Michael Jackson)

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SinisterMotives

No, it wasn't Billy Joel either. I'll give you a clue: it was a songwriter. The two songs weren't necessarily performed by the same artist.

Here's the question again, just to keep the thread sorted:

In 1983, what songwriter had two songs in the Billboard top 5 in the same week?

redarrow

Phil Collins

Slauncha Man

Just keep in mind that some of us take breaks from TFP. I would've asked a new question, I swear!

Sans sarcasm, It's not the end of the world. I think I'll be able to get over it. And in regards to SinisterMotives: Thanks, but I'm going on vacation and won't be able to ask the next question anyway.

OK, back to the game.

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SinisterMotives

No, not Phil Collins.

Have a safe trip!

Sion

my guess: Prince

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SinisterMotives

No sir. Here's another clue:

The artist who performed one of the hits was a Welsh singer whose real name is Gaynor Hopkins. The other was a duo who first hit it big in Australia. And remember, we're looking for the person who wrote the songs, not the bands who performed them.

God of Thunder

Damn, no clue here.

I thought you were talking about Tommy James who had "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Mony Mony" on the charts by Tiffany and Billy Idol, but based on the clue, looks like I'm wrong.

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SinisterMotives

Okay, here's another clue. This is practically giving it away, so I can't give you any more clues after this. Bonnie Tyler had the number one hit, and Air Supply had the number two song that week. Both songs were written by the same person.

pan6467

Jim Steinman Bonnie's only big hit was "total Eclipse of the Heart" written by him, the AS song I don't know.

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SinisterMotives

Jim Steinman is the correct answer. In October 1983, Bonnie Tyler's recording of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" reached number one, while Air Supply's recording of "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" occupied the number two slot. Your turn, Pan.

pan6467

I can see MLONAA being Steiman.

What artist believed he had seances with Mozart and actually talked to him?

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