1. The Lemonheads’ chart debut in the UK was It’s a Shame About who?

2. What sort of Blonde was a 1990 hit for INXS?

3. 2 Unlimited are based in which country?

4. Whicj “Joyrider” band were the most successful 90s Scandinavian act on the US singles chart?

5. What is the baby swimming towards on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album?

6. What sort of Karma was a 90s hit for Radiohead?

7. Who provided Music For The Jilted Generation?

8. Gwen Stefani was lead singer with which band?

Answers posted next week. No googlin’.

Here are the answers to the Ready to Rap quiz:

1. U Can’t Touch This (I may be wrong on this one?)
2. New York
3. The Beastie Boys
4. Salt ‘N’ Pepper
5. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince
6. Public Enemy
7. Rapture
8. Vanilla Ice

The theme of SLS this week is to find a song written by an artist who was born in the month of June

Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician who is the drummer and an original member of the rock band Deep Purple. He remains the only member of Deep Purple who has served in every line-up since the band’s inception in 1968, as well as having played on every album and at every live appearance. He is considered one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple in 2016.

Deep Purple had broken up for eight years from 1976 to 1984, during which time Paice was a member of two bands that also involved other Deep Purple members, Paice, Ashton, Lord (also featuring Jon Lord) during 1976–1978, and Whitesnske (also featuring Jon Lord and David Coverdale) during 1979–1982. He was then Gary Moore’s drummer from 1982 until Deep Purple’s reformation in 1984. He has also played drums as a touring and/or session musician for other artists, including the Velvet Underground, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney.

Born in Nottingham, Paice’s father was a civil servant and he spent his early years in Germany before moving back to live in Bicester, a town near Oxford, UK in early childhood. He got his first drum kit at 15 and began his professional career in the early 1960s playing drums in his father’s dance band. The first band he was in was called Georgie & the Rave-Ons, which after being renamed the Shindigs released their first single featuring the 17-year-old Paice and George Adams.

In 1966 Paice joined the MI5, which soon changed its name to the Maze. Primarily a club band, the Maze produced a number of singles, recorded mainly in Italy and France. – Wikipedia

There are so many tracks I could have chosen regarding Ian Paice (and Deep Purple). This is one of my favourites:

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Black night is not right
I don’t feel so bright
I don’t care to sit tight

[Chorus]
Maybe I’ll find on the way down the line
That I’m free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

[Verse 2]
I don’t need a dark tree
I don’t want a rough sea
I can’t feel, I can’t see

[Chorus]
Maybe I’ll find on the way down the line
That I’m free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Black night, black night
I don’t need black night
I can’t see dark light

[Chorus]
Maybe I’ll find on the way down the line
That I’m free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

source: Genius Lyrics

written by: Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice

1. What was M.C. Hammer’s debut single?

2. In which city did Rap originate?

3. Who said “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” in 1987?

4. Which duo had a hit with “Whatta Man” in 1994?

5. Who had a 1993 UK #1 “Boom! Shake The Room”?

6. Who had a Top Ten album called fear of a Black Planet?

7. Which Blondie single features the name of Grandmaster Flash?

8. Which blond rapper’s real name was Robert Van Winkle?

Answers posted next week. No googlin’.

Here are the answers to last Tuesday’s Quiz:

1. Ceiling
2. Let it Be
3. Don’t Shoot Me
4. Dead or Alive (yes, that was my fault. The question should have read; Who had a # 1 UK hit with “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”.
5. Hard
6. Nights
7. The Kinks
8. 1950s

This week the theme is to find a song about grass, cows, beef, condiments, fries or fast food. Thanks again to Jim Adams.

Released on September 23rd 1977; Black Cow by Steely Dan opens their Aja album with, according to Donald Fagen, a man talking about his girlfriend’s “behaviour and her habits and then out of that you begin to see her character and their relationship”. A Black Cow is a cold drink made with root beer and ice cream (a root beer float). There are also alcoholic variants either using bourbon or Kalua.

Aja is my second favourite Steely Dan album. The Royal Scam being my #1.

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[Verse 1]
In the corner of my eye
I saw you in Rudy’s, you were very high
You were high, it was a cryin’ disgrace
They saw your face
On the counter, by your keys
Was a book of numbers and your remedies
One of these surely will screen out the sorrow
But where are you tomorrow?

[Chorus]
I can’t cry anymore
While you run around
(While you run around)
Break away
Just when it seems so clear
That it’s over now
Drink your big black cow
And get out of here

[Verse 2]
Down to Greene Street, there you go
Lookin’ so outrageous, and they tell you so
You should know how all the pros play the game
You change your name
Like a gangster on the run
You will stagger homeward to your precious one
I’m the one who must make everything right
Talk it out till daylight

[Chorus]
I don’t care anymore
Why you run around
(Why you run around)
Break away
Just when it seems so clear
That it’s over now
Drink your big black cow
And get out of here

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
I can’t cry anymore
While you run around
(While you run around)
Break away
Just when it seems so clear
That it’s over now
Drink your big black cow
And get out of here

[Outro]
So outrageous
So outrageous
So outrageous

source: Genius Lyrics

written by: Becker, Fagen

1. Which word follows Dancing On The ….. in the song title by Lionel Richie?

2. Which song starts, “When I Find Myself in Trouble, Mother Mary Comes to Me”?

3. What goes before I’m Only The Piano Player in an early Elton John album title?

4. Complete the title of this 80’s big hit, “You Spin Me Round (……………….)”

5. Which word completes the song title by Queen, “It’s a —— Life”?

6. Which word follows Crazy Crazy in the song title by Kiss?

7. Who were in a Dead End Street in the 60s?

8. In which decade did Tony Bennett first have a UK top ten single?

Answers posted next week. No googlin’.

Here are the answers to last week’s 60s quiz:

1. Mary
2. Down
3. The Troggs
4. Elvis Presley
5. Subterranean
6. Dave Clarke Five
7. (Sorry) Suzanne
8. The Night

The SLS theme this week is to find a song that expresses appreciation for music, singing, or listening to the radio.

“Transmission” is a song by English post-punk band Joy Division who were formed in Salford, England. Originally recorded in 1978 for the band’s aborted self-titled album (The debut album was eventually released on June 15th 1979, called Unknown Pleasures), Transmission was later re-recorded the following year at a faster tempo and released by record label Factory as the band’s debut single. The single was released on 7″ vinyl on 7th October 1979 by record label Factory. It was re-released as a 12″ single with a different sleeve on 20 February 1981.

I won’t go into the tragic death of lead singer Ian Curtis or the demise of Joy Division who played on to form New Order. Transmission is one of my favourite tracks by Joy Division….who were also one of my favourite bands.

[Intro]
Radio, live transmission
Radio, live transmission

[Verse 1]
Listen to the silence, let it ring on
Eyes, dark grey lenses, frightened of the sun
We would have a fine time living in the night
Left to blind destruction, waiting for our sight

[Verse 2]
And we would go on as though nothing was wrong
And hide from these days we remained all alone
Staying in the same place, just staying out the tide
Touching from a distance, further all the time

[Chorus]
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio

[Verse 3]
Well, I could call out when the going gets tough
The things that we’ve learnt are no longer enough
No language, just sound, that’s all we need know
To synchronise love to the beat of the show
And we could dance!

[Chorus]
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio

Source: Genius

Written by: Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Ian Curtis

1. What did the Wind cry according to Jimi Hendrix?

2. Which word ends The Yardbirds hit, “Over Under Sideways ___” ?

3. Who first had a hit with “Wild Thing”?

4. Who had a big hit with “In The Ghetto”?

5. Bob Dylan had what type of Homesick Blues?

6. What group were in Bits And Pieces?

7. To whom did the Hollies say Sorry in 1969?

8. In a song title what Has a Thousand Eyes?

Answers posted next week. No googlin’.

Here are the answers to the mostly soul quiz:

1. Four Tops
2. Bill Clinton
3. George Benson
4. (James) Ingram
5. Three
6. The Temptations
7. Gladys Knight
8. Isley Brothers

The theme of SLS this week it to find a song that has something to do with communication. Thanks to Jim Adams for hosting.

“Communication” is a song by the English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 4 February 1983 as the second single from what would be their third album, True. The song was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas along with most of the material from that album and received several good reviews. It reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and made the pop charts in other countries as well. The music video for the song was made to look like a film with lead singer Tony Hadley as the main character and received airplay on the U.S. cable channel MTV. – Wikipedia

The song was written by Spandau Ballet guitarist; Gary Kemp. Who is now part of Nick Mason’s Saucerfull of Secret’s band (yes, the Pink Floyd drummer). They play early Floyd tracks, mostly from the Syd Barrett era.
I liked Spandau Ballet’s first album; Journeys to Glory, which was very much in the style of the ‘New Romantics’ era.

[Intro]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]
Communication always leaves me incomplete
The grass is greener, but it’s grown beneath my feet
Love inspiration is a message on a wing
But I have left it in the words you’ll never sing

[Chorus]
Communication let me down
And I’m left here
Communication let me down
And I’m left here, I’m left here again

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]
Telex or tell me, but it’s always second-hand
I’m incognito but no rendezvous’s been planned
Dictate or relay, I could send it to your home
“Return to sender”, I could sing it down the phone

[Chorus]
Communication let me down
And I’m left here
Communication let me down
And I’m left here, I’m left here, I, I, I–

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

[Bridge]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
(Dictate!)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
(Relay!)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
(Dictate!)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
(Relay!)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 3]
I’m sitting here waiting by the telephone
Waitin’ for the bell to ring
Short change fumble, dial-a-heart trouble
And I ain’t got time for searching through the rubble, oh no!
Well, I know-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]
Communication let me down
And I’m left here
Communication let me down
And I’m left here, I’m left here, I, I, I–

[Outro]
(I’m a-left a-here, oh)
(I’m a-left a-here, oh)
(I’m a-left a-here, oh)
(I’m a-left a-here, oh)
(I’m a-left a-here, oh)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
(I’m a-left a-here, oh)
(I’m a-left a-here, oh)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
(I’m a-left a-here, oh)

source: Genius Lyrics

written by: Gary Kemp

1. Levi Stubbs was lead singer with which soul band for 44 years?

2. Which US president presented Ray Charles with a National Medal of Arts award in 1994?

3. As well as George Michael, which other George duetted with Aretha Franklin?

4. Which James duetted with Linda Ronstadt on “Somewhere Out There” in 1987?

5. How many Supremes were there originally?

6. Whose “My Girl” reached No. 2 in the UK in 1992, 27 years after topping the US charts?

7. Which soul singer charted with the James Bond theme “Licence To Kill” in 1989?

8. Which Brothers’ had hits over five decades including the classic “Harvest For The World”?

Answers posted next week. No googlin’.

Here are the answers to the 70s quiz:

1. The Moody Blues
2. (Lady) D’Arbanville
3. Solitaire
4. Queen of Clubs
5. Electric Light Orchestra
6. Barbra Streisand
7. David Soul
8. Another Day

The SLS theme this week is a mix by our host Jim Adams about a bike, asparagus, strawberries, eggs, mental health, the elderly or the military. My choice is a new song and the singer is also new to me but I really liked the song and her voice anyway. Sorry that I couldn’t give any details regarding Svrcina. (I’m not sure if she is any relation to the tennis player with the same surname?)

I couldn’t find anything about the singer but I just plucked this one out for the military theme from YouTube.