God of Thunder

You're close...

I'll give you another shot.

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Derwood

Don't feel bad. I went out of my way to find the mp3 for "In the Valley of the Kings"

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Martian

GoT, I probably would've given that one to him.

The band in question was actually called Generation X.

Next up :

Allow me to paint a picture. The band is Radiohead. The scene: a recording studio in their earlist days.

Thom Yorke brought a song to the band to be recorded and the producer liked it very much. Guitarist Johnny Greenwood had a differing opinion on the work however and attempted to show his displeasure by sabotaging the recording session. The producer, on hearing Greenwood's efforts, decided that they added just the right amount of tension to the song and kept them in. The track later went on to be a huge hit.

What was the song and what did Greenwood do to ruin it?

I'm sorry I dropped out. I've been very, very busy lately. In the event that this ends up being a stumper and if I am unable to return in time to post a replacement question, I'd like to nominate The_Jazz to post a replacement in my stead, since I sort of stole his thunder on that last one.

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God of Thunder

I considered it, but there was a punk band called X that came out of LA. They released a few albums and had some MTV airplay, so that's probably who the_jazz was referring to.

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Derwood

I'm guessing the song is Creep and Greenwood added that big crunchy guitar pre-chorus.

I probably asked this one on the first Trivia thread, and it's an easy one, but it'll keep the ball rolling until I find a better question:

Who is the only member of Pink Floyd to appear on every Floyd studio release?

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balderdash111

Floyd answer: Nick Mason.

(cue inane argument as to whether PF without Waters is really PF)

I guess that means I need a question...

The Police had two recurring lyrical/vocal motifs in their songs (put more simply, there are two lyrics/vocal things that show up in more than one song). Name at least one.

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Martian

A good guess. There's not much more to be said on the subject; Greenwood tried to ruin it and the idea kind of backfired.

As to the Police question, I know I know it but I can't think of anything right now. I hate it when that happens..

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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

God of Thunder

"It's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me who ends up getting wet" shows up in two songs , but I'm too tired to remember which ones right now.

I'll ask a question when I get to work.

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balderdash111

That's right. It shows up in "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" and "Oh My God"

The full lyric is:

Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days
Since we first met?
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up getting wet.

FYI, the other thing I was thinking of is how they like to repeat the word "Cha!" in a bunch of songs.

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Booray

Seeing as there's been no activity on this thread for 20 days, here's a new question (hopefully hasn't been asked before):

What British guitarist played the lead guitar (during his time as a session guitarist) in the original Tom Jones recording of "It's Not Unusual"?

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gboz

Jeff Beck? Just a guess.

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Booray

no, but close

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Shpoop

I do believe that was jimmy page, right?

If that was right, I'd like to put a new question. It's kinda hard I think, so I can give hints.

I can think of two albums within the past 10 years whos album title is not the name of a song but rather appears in a song on the album, and shortly after the album's namesake is said, the phrase "I apologize" is said (no more than 3 words between the album title and the phrase)

I hope that's clear, if not tell me and I'll reword.

I know its random and wierd and maybe kinda lame, just some weird coincidence I noticed one day. It will probably take a while to answer, so by all means someone can ask another question in the meantime too, to keep the thread alive.

Booray

you got it

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