Music Quiz Trivia

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:04 am

Sorry...

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:06 am

Was it Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head?

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:09 am

DING DING DING...we have a winner!!

It was "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"....written specifically for Dylan to cut, but he wasn't interested in it. B.J. Thomas took it to number one in 1970. Another note...it was the first number one song in the decade of the 70's.

Nice job!

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:11 am

Turns out that Ray Stevens also turned it down....

http://www.superseventies.com/1970_5singles.html

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:14 am

Woo Hoo! I'm on a roll! What was Spinal Tap called when they cut their late sixties flower power hit "Listen to the Flower People"?

Scorecard
martinfoyle 7
Blue Chair 5
Gillibeanz 4
Tim(e) 4
MikeBoom 4
cosmos 3
RedShoes 2
so lack 2
Selfmademug 2
PlaythingOrPet 2
Pophead2k 2
DrJ 1
spooky girlfriend 1
BWAP 1
J Doofster 1
Otis Westinghouse 1
Bambooneedle 1
Everyone else 0

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:51 am

Wasn't it just The Flower People?

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:55 am

Nope....logical guess though.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:07 am

Was it the Thamesmen?

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:18 am

Hello - long time reader, first time caller.

Was it The New Originals?

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:23 am

Although both The Thamesmen and the New Originals predated the band being called 'Spinal Tap', the correct answer is ............

The Thamesmen!

Great job, and Tap Into America!

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:14 pm

Bow Wow Wow asked one of it's early members to leave their band because he was too outspoken and didn't fit the image of the group. That person went on to become one of the biggest names in the 80's POP scene. Who was it?

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:23 pm

Snoop Doggy Dog? (Bow Wow Wow getit)

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:40 pm

bow wow wow was like what was the original adam and the ants or something. you may be talking about adam ant i guess? i want candy.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:44 pm

Nope, it was Marco Perroni, who went on to be the guiarist in Adam and the Ants.

Am I right, or am I right?

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:48 pm

I Think it's Adam Ant, as well.
Scorecard
martinfoyle 7
Blue Chair 5
Gillibeanz 5
Tim(e) 4
MikeBoom 4
cosmos 3
RedShoes 2
so lack 2
Selfmademug 2
PlaythingOrPet 2
Pophead2k 2
DrJ 1
spooky girlfriend 1
BWAP 1
J Doofster 1
Otis Westinghouse 1
Bambooneedle 1
Everyone else 0

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:57 pm

Gilli, where are you? Adam and the Ants existed well before BWW, and I'm pretty sure there was never a suggestion that Adam should join them, whereas Marco Perroni joined Adam after his BWW rejection. That's how I remember it. My point please, I have my question at the ready. Having said that, Marco P wasn't really one of the biggest names of the 80s, nothing like Adam, so maybe I should shut up.

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:01 pm

I seem to recall that whoever set up BWW, Malcolm Maclaren I think, stole most of the then line up of Adam & The Ants, and hooked them up with the singer, whatever her name is, leaving Adam on his lonesome.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:07 pm

Hmm, I think the question is a touch dodgy:

"In 1980, notorious punk rock spindoctor Malcolm McLaren had just hijacked Adam's entire team (for upstarts Bow Wow Wow), leaving him forced to set up a new Ant farm. Armed with the serrated guitar sounds of Marco Perroni and two — count 'em — two drummers, these musical sav-Ants created a sound they dubbed "Antmusic," injecting the throbbing syncopation of Burundi rhythms into the gaudiest of T. Rex riffs"

and

1979: Adam & The Ants release their first LP "Dirk Wears White Sox" on the Indie label Do It Records. Although the album doesn't chart well, it become an underground hit. Adam decides he needs to "revamp" the look of the Ants and hires Sex Pistols svengali Malcolm MClaren to help them out.
1980: When the very first British "Indie" chart appeared, Adam & The Ants 1979 release "Dirk Wears White Sox" was in the number one position. That same year, Adam and his newly reformed Ants (the last group had been persuaded by McLaren to leave the Ants and join his project "Bow Wow Wow") released the quintessential album "Kings of the Wild Frontier." Taking the UK & US by storm with their singles "Dog Eat Dog," "Antmusic,"

So it wasn't that Adam was in BWW and was askd to leave, rather that Malcolm hijacked Adam's band to set up BWW. So Adam is the nearest toa correct answer, but the question's misleading nature led me to assume it must be MP as I knew Adam was never in BWW.

Point to Oily Slick, or new question required?

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:33 pm

agreed, i think the question was a little off (maybe memory loss

) . maybe gilli will shed some light. i just wanted 1 teeny-weeny point

i'm no threat to triumph.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Thu May 13, 2004 4:20 am

No its not Adam and the Ants! This person was actually IN the group and then asked to leave - he is really famous and still going today. More clues if necessary later.......

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Thu May 13, 2004 5:44 am

Joe Jackson?

Signed,

ShotInTheDark Mug who seems to recall Gilli is a JJ fan....

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Thu May 13, 2004 5:48 am

Nope. It's Boy George.

Signed, Spooky G, who spent much time in front of MTV during college in the 80's.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu May 13, 2004 5:54 am

I heard Boy George got fired from something for stealing people's handbags once - true story; I'm not kidding - was that it? Probably wanted to stock up on makeup supplies.

stormwarning · Post by **stormwarning** » Thu May 13, 2004 7:01 am

It's definitely Georgie Boy, although he was known as Lieutenant Lush at the time.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Thu May 13, 2004 8:18 am

Well done SPOOKYG you are right!