Thread: Silliness Quiz
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Old 03-15-2012, 04:22 PM   #6118
Hamlet53
Nameless Being
 
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
E. From the hint, it must be Sinead O'Connor - but I have no clue as to the song.
Correct performer.

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C. Sounds like Country & Western - so from your hint I'd guess Hank Williams, probably I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry .... ?
Correct for both.

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H. John Prine? Raitt covered several of his.
Yes

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B. Bob Marley?
Understandable guess, but no.


So I figure that everyone who wishes has had their crack at this. Revealing the unknowns:


A. "Walkin' down my street
Comes up to my house"
G-L-O-R-I-A (poohbear_nc) by Van Morrison (poohbear_nc)


B. "But I'll teach my eyes to see
beyond these walls in front of me"
Trapped (Stitchawl) by Jimmy Cliff


C. "I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by"
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (poohbear_nc) by Hank Williams (poohbear_nc)

D. "Her arms are wicked, and her legs are long"
Hello I Love You (poohbear_nc) by The Doors (poohbear_nc)


E. "When I've walked in the garden
When I'm walking off stage"
Just Like You Said It Would Be by Sinead O'Connor (poohbear_nc)


F. "Baby, I don't want you, but I need you"
You Really Got A Hold on Me (pooh_bear_nc) by Smoky Robinson (poohbear_nc)

G. "Beatniks are out to make it rich"
Season of the Witch (Stitchawl) by Donovan (Stitchawl)


H. "I am an old woman
Named after my mother"
Angel from Montgomery (issybird) by John Prine (issybird)


I. "Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die."
Our Town by Iris Dement


J. "Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her"
Sweet Home Alabama (Shayne Parkinson) by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Shayne Parkinson)


K. "Your never ending presence really cramps my style
I dream that it won't always be the same"
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away? by Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks

L. "Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV"
Working Class Hero (SneakySnake) by John Lennon ( SneakySnake)

Shayne Parkinson : 2 points

Stitchawl: 3 points

poohbear_nc: 8 points

issybird: 2 point

SneakySnake: 2 points

So it is now poohbear_nc who will offer something more tractable.
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