Unutterably Silly Quiz

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by orlok

Never heard of the Clash???!! Such a seminal band in the 70's who have influenced many other bands. Surely you know this one:

In the late '60's and all through '70's I was listening to folk and blues. Punk and heavy metal was just background noise to me. I paid no attention at all. I really only learned about the Greatful Dead, Stones, etc., LONG after they came into being. In fact, although I started playing guitar at age 11, I refused to even touch an electric guitar until I was in my late 30's. I never owned my own electric until I was in my late 40's and wanted to broaden my playing skills.


Stitchawl

[issybird]

Kevin Barry - trad. Irish
Roddy McCorley - ditto
Bold Robert Emmet - ditto

[issybird]

Do You Know the Way to San Jose? - Dionne Warwick

[Daithi]

Originally Posted by issybird

Do You Know the Way to San Jose? - Dionne Warwick

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Bobby McGee was a she... but then Lola was a he so I guess it all balances out in the long run. Good call on Casey Jones!
Ridin' that train, high on cocaine,.....


Stitchawl

Yeah, well I knew Kris Kristofferson wrote it as Bobby McGee being female, but thought maybe a change is sex had been in order for when Joplin had the big hit with it. Or then again maybe not . . .

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

In the late '60's and all through '70's I was listening to folk and blues. Punk and heavy metal was just background noise to me. I paid no attention at all. I really only learned about the Greatful Dead, Stones, etc., LONG after they came into being. In fact, although I started playing guitar at age 11, I refused to even touch an electric guitar until I was in my late 30's. I never owned my own electric until I was in my late 40's and wanted to broaden my playing skills.


Stitchawl

So were you among the crowd booing Dylan when he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965?

I was actually the opposite. I really only started listening to music and paying much attention to it as a teenager. For me then it was strictly rock 'n roll, gradually moving back to encompass bands from before my time. I really only expanded my musical knowledge and tastes once I enter college.

I would never have been able to name that tune by The Clash, but I do recall them from hits they had on MTV in the 1980s.


The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah


Another one:

Tom Dooley traditional folk.

Some more:

Matty Groves, Sir Patrick Spens, Percy's Song, Sir William Gower all by Fairport Convention

Sam Stone, Donald and Lydia by John Prine

Bob Dylan Blues by Syd Barrett

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by issybird

Do You Know the Way to San Jose? - Dionne Warwick

Triple points for this gem!

But I have to declare Stitchawl the winner because of his HUGE number of points.

Take it away Stichy.

[TGS]

Has anybody mentioned Dynah Moe Humm?

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by TGS

Has anybody mentioned Dynah Moe Humm?

Maybe that belonged in the shelia's Q before.

Like these other late entries...

Minnie the Moocher
Alberta Alberta ( I know a girl called Alberta when sing it to her and she doesn't understand)

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

So were you among the crowd booing Dylan when he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965?

Absolutely! I was one of the folkies who used to play in Greenwhich Village in the early '60's, passing the plate in the various coffee houses on W.4th St. after a day of playing music in Washington Square. Anyone trying to play electric style or even rock was booed away!

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

But I have to declare Stitchawl the winner because of his HUGE number of points.
Take it away Stichy.

OK, let's see if the success of these multi-answer questions can continue;

Name the most songs that have Geographic locations in the title, such as
"Moon over Miami" or "Springtime in Vermont."


Stitchawl

[issybird]

I Love Paris
New York, New York
Oklahoma
Sidewalks of New York
Colorado Rocky Mountain High
On the Banks of the Wabash
My Old Kentucky Home
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

[issybird]

Boulavogue
There is a Rose in Spanish Harlem
California Here I Come
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Yellow Rose of Texas
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Deutschland Uber Alles
Advance Australia Fair
O Canada

I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Tennessee Waltz
London Calling
Alabama (Neil Young)
Sweet Home Alabama
Angel from Montgomery
Hot 'Lanta
If You're Going to San Francisco
California Dreaming
Werewolves of London

Loch Lomond
Scotland the Brave
Shenandoah
Texas Radio (an the Big Beat)
L.A Woman
I Love L.A

[issybird]

Nancy with the Laughing Face
Maryland, My Maryland
Blue Danube
San Francisco
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
New York State of Mind
Gary Indiana
South of the Border, Down Mexico Way
Blue Hawaii