Music Trivia Thread

[Slappy]

Good stuff! You are up carcharias!

 

[carcharias]

OK ...

hmmm what won't be able to be obtained from google?

Name this man.

What 80's pop star was arrested in London for throwing a car's carburettor through a pub window and threatening other patrons with a starters pistol whilst drunk ?

hint: he was famously a teetotaller in his heyday and it happened around 2 years ago or less.

 

[Rexxy]

Adam "goody tooshues" Ant ????

OK ...

hmmm what won't be able to be obtained from google?

Name this man.

What 80's pop star was arrested in London for throwing a car's carburettor through a pub window and threatening other patrons with a starters pistol whilst drunk ?

hint: he was famously a teetotaller in his heyday and it happened around 2 years ago or less.

 

[carcharias]

Adam "goody tooshues" Ant ????

bloody hell , you must be as old as me.
well done.

"put on a little makeup , makeup"
"make sure they get your good side good side"

For those of you who are wondering what the hell this is all about.

The music for the Bowling comp on Boots and All is the adam ant song " Goody two shoes".
merkin of a song in hindsight.

go Rex.

 

[Rexxy]

bloody hell , you must be as old as me

Older. I am as old as God's dog. Although not as old as EA or Willow

1- The Beatles and bob dylan & the band both toured Australia in the sixties. Who or what were both missing?

2- What is Gilbert O'Sullivan's song Alone Again, Naturally about?

3 - Which English 70s artist performed his first hit dressed up in a clown's costume? He now lives in OZ

4- What do the Vines, Ed Keupper, Jeremy Oxley from the Sunny Boys and 70s pop star William Shakespeare all have in common?

5- The soundtrack on the current BMW TV commercial features a tune from what British Band. The lyric goes "a funny kind of yellow"

6- Echo Beach by Martha and the Muffins was said to be written about a small strip of beach in Burleigh Heads near the old Playroom. Acccording tot he lyrics, why is this theory not possible?

7 - How did the Ramones get their name? Hint: it had something to do with the Beatles.

 

[carcharias]

1= drummer
2=something about being jilted at the altar?????
3=Red Symonds?
4=maybe something to do with a father being a record exec???
5=
6=Being on the East coast it's a bit hard to watch the sun go down????
7=Wasn't it either a fake name the beatles used for hotels or a beatle used for hotels?Paul Mc Cartney rings a bell.


I am not sure about any of those answers.
I wouldn't Know the make of a car if it bit me on the arse.

 

[hrundi99]

3. Leo Sayer

 

[m0j0]

5. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo?

 

[Rexxy]

3. Leo Sayer

yep. I actually liked that Just a Boy album, at the time. Got a question Hrundi99?

 

[Rexxy]

1= drummer
2=something about being jilted at the altar?????
3=Red Symonds?
4=maybe something to do with a father being a record exec???
5=
6=Being on the East coast it's a bit hard to watch the sun go down????
7=Wasn't it either a fake name the beatles used for hotels or a beatle used for hotels?Paul Mc Cartney rings a bell.


I am not sure about any of those answers.
I wouldn't Know the make of a car if it bit me on the arse.

1, 6 and 7. Spot on.

1 Both Dylan and the Beatles turned up in Oz without their Drummers. Ringo was sick and Levon Helm was AWOL.

6 Correct. I'd say Echo Beach at Burleigh was named after the Martha and the Muffins song.

7. McCartney called himself Ramone in an earlier band.

Dude, good stuff. Have a go with soem questions.

And Q2 and 4 are still up for grabs.

 

[Rexxy]

5. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo?

Yep. Spot on. Got a return question, m0j0 ?

 

[HevyDevy]

Who killed Euronymous??

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Varg Vikernes?

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Well, im right, so i'll keep this thread going:

Who were the first major 'western' band to play in China after the fall of communism?

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

The Stones

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Well, i suppose this one is debatable, but the site i found said it was Wham!

next.

 

[Twizzle]

Who was the lead singer of the Motels ?

 

[Phillips]

Martha Davis

 

[Twizzle]

yeh.......hard one aye

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

Give us the answer then a new question aye