balderdash111

I forget the rules. What do I do if nobody guesses? Hand it on to someone else?

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pan6467

No, just ask a new question.

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God of Thunder

You forgot the part where we pat you on the back for asking a stumper.

The rules, the Cliff Notes® version:
Answer a question correctly, you get to ask a new one.
The current question is alive for 24 hours, then it is a stumper.
Guess as many time as you want.
No cheating. (your conscious will guide you through this one)
Have fun
Wipe hands on pants

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Derwood

anyone? anyone? i'm waiting for a question i can answer so i can ask my stupid hard one

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balderdash111

Ok, thanks for the refresher.

The answers were:

Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler
The Notting Hillbillies


And the Bonus Question?

the group: Voices that Care
the cause: the first Iraq war
the song: also "Voices that care"


New question - a gimme for the crowd:

Name all 5 Beatles (not counting Sir George Martin)

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The_Jazz

John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
and either Stuart Sutcliffe or Pete Best depending on what kind of mood you're in.

Who wrote "Crazy" made famous by Patsy Cline?

Martian

Just an off-hand guess, I'm going to go with Willy Nelson.. I know he did some song writing before he landed his own contract and it seems like about the right time.

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I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

The_Jazz

Correct.

Your turn.

Martian

Okay.. hmm, lessee.

The Foo Fighters song is thought by a great many people to be Dave's tribute to Kurt Cobain. Mr. Grohl has, however, revealed the truth of the matter in interviews.

Who is the song about?

EDIT - Whoops.. this is why early morning posting is bad. The song is question is My Hero.

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

Derwood

which foo foghters song?

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balderdash111

I was thinking Pete Best, but you are right about Sutcliffe. Brain fart

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pan6467

His father?

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"

Martian

No.

I'm probably not going to be around tomorrow, so I'll post the answer and give the next question as a toss-up.

It's actually a trick question. Grohl credits the song as being a tribute to a variety of sources; his father is one, Cobain is another; it's not actually about any one specific person, but rather a whole host of people who have served as guide or inspiration to him.

EDIT - Nobody has a question? What is this?

I'm still leaving this as a toss-up. Somebody ask something.

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

gboz

An easy one to get things rollin'
Janis Joplin's hometown is......

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The_Jazz

That would be the lovely town of Port Arthur, TX.

A little bit harder now -

Black Francis of The Pixies is known as Frank Black for all of this solo stuff. What is his real name?

The_Jazz

OK, no answers in over 36 hours, so here it is - Charles Thompson.

I'll let someone else pick this up since I can't think of anything at the moment.

Martian

In the interest of keeping things moving...

Echo and the Bunnymen were pretty big in the punk scene of the late seventies and early eighties. They're still around today, even though we don't hear all that much about them.

It's a three piece band, but none of the band members are named or go by Echo.

So just who is Echo?

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

Fly

echo was that fucking drum machine no?

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Martian

Echo was that fucking drum machine, yes. The band thought it'd be 'punk' to give a machine top billing.

You're up.

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

Fly

aww hell Martian........too busy today to play.......someone can have my Q............

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Martian

Alright, let's here's a nice easy one to (hopefully) get things moving.

Nirvana's album Nevermind is actually named after a prior album, produced by another group. Kurt liked the group and liked the name, so he named his album Nevermind in tribute.

What was the group and album?

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

Martian

I refuse to believe that nobody knows the answer to this.

The album in question is Nevermind the Bollocks. The group is the Sex Pistols.

Eh. Another toss-up. Let's see if anyone's interested in continuing this thread.

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

The_Jazz

Hopefully this will get a response - One of the best selling albums of all times, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" almost wasn't released because of some occult themes that went against the church teachings that Jackson and his siblings were raised with. He quit that church in 1987. Which denomination was Mr. Never-Proven-In-Court?

gboz

Was he a Jehovah's Witness?

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The_Jazz

Correct! And that makes it your turn to keep this going!

gboz

What was the relationship of Marvin Gaye to his killer?

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The_Jazz

The shooter was his father.

What was the name of the nearby town where the plane carrying Ritchie Vallens, the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly crashed? Bonus points if you can name the person that gave up their seat to the Big Bopper (part of Buddy's backing band and a star later in his own right).

God of Thunder

Good to see some new blood in here. I'm glad to see this thread moving again.

I'll hold up answering the current question to keep the current players active.

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God of Thunder

Seeing no one else is stepping in, the town is Mason City, Iowa. They had just left a performance in Clear Lake, Iowa.

The band member who gave up his seat was Waylon Jennings.


Speaking of Waylon, he was in a band "The Highwaymen" Who were the other country superstar members of that group?

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The_Jazz

Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristopherson.

What nationally prestigious academic award did Kristopherson win while a student? Bonus points if you can name where he got his undergrad degree.

pan6467

I'll give this a bump.

What famed group in 1967-68 took Warner Bros. records to court and made it so that the copyright holders of songs NOT the record companies were able to decide where the songs were published?

In other words If K-Tel wanted to do a collage of hits the song writer and band (or holder of the intellectual copyright) had the right to say "OK" and collect money.... not the record companies.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"

Fly

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Fly

okay............

fuck this.....i'm gonna kick start this fucker again

give me the day,month and year,that John Henry Bonham passed away........

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sunkssd

09/25/1980. I believe he died of asphyxiation.

What state is the Grand Funk Railroad from?

Sage

Michigan

Hrm.... *reaches deep into her memory banks...*

ON the Smashing Pumpkin's album Adore, there's a song called "For Martha." Who is Martha?

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Derwood

Billy Corgan's mother

Here is one that you should be ashamed for knowing without doing research:

Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice was a member of what one-and-done hair metal band in the late 80's?

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Fly

whitesnake..........?

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Derwood

nope. This band literally had one album (though one or two videos on MTV)

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God of Thunder

You would be talking about Blue Murder.

I actually have that album. /hangs heads in shame.

How did I miss the Grand Funk question?? I went to school with Mel Schacher's cousin!!



New question:

/me reaches down into the "Grab Bag O' Trivia"

Billy Idol was in punk band before going solo, what was the name of that band?

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The_Jazz

Wasn't he in "X"?

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