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Rock 'n' Roll Trivia (The Ph****m Me**ce)

BUMP Still hoping to get some more answers int today. Come on, kids! SPOILERS Well, quel bum-air. I was hoping folks would get them all but 'tis not to be, so I'm just posting the rest. And FRANNIE dear, kind soul and fine human being, I really want those lyrics to "More". Please, please, please ...

NOTE: I wanted to post this yesterday but the internet connection crapped out. I went ahead and composed the questions offline. Now it's Sunday morning and the sun is shining in my eye that is open, and the internet connection is back up and screaming like a banshee, and we're off..

After working for about seven hours on a frickin' Saturday, I got home and sucked down a beer or five, then went on a bike ride with my 60s CD, solely to gather material for the trivia questions you know and love so well. It is my gift to you. You're welcome, I'm sure.

Anyway, a couple of observations before we proceed:

1) Headphones really make a huge difference when you're listening to stereo recordings. I first noticed this phenomenon many, many years ago but it bears repeating. It's weird, and sometimes slightly painful, to hear tracks in different ears. I first noticed this in college back in the Paleozoic Era the first time I listened to the "Abbey Road" album with headphones. The song "Her Majesty", after the first orchestral note, starts in one ear and moves to the other. I had hear the effect, of course, with regular speakers but it's just not the same. Kind of strange, but the strangest part is that when only one ear is playing it's actually painful. Seriously. If you've never experienced that sensation, try it. Very odd.

2) Following on the first observation, it's not as noticeable with regular speakers but with headphones the piano background to "King of the Road" is like, way bitchin'. Not that there's much to it, it's primarily just keeping time rather than playing cool melody but DAMN it's cool in the context of the song.

Well, with those observations out of the way, let's get on to the main event. I know I'm in a rut but this is fun and my brain is not really capable of much more after 65 hours or so (not counting commute time) of trying to fill end of the quarter revenue targets. And we've done several C/W posts in a row so it's time to toggle back to Rock 'n Roll. And by golly gravy, I can do that.

1) Multi-part question: What did Mattie tell Hattie about? What did Hattie tell Mattie? Then what did Mattie tell Hattie? And what were they talking about? [Brian and Joel bounced all around this one. Mattie told Hattie about a thing she saw, two big horns, wooly jaw, yada yada. Then Hattie told Mattie let's don't take no chance, and so on. Then Mattie told Hattie it's the thing to do, and whatnot. And of course, it's Wooly Bully. Small confession: I did have to look it up to find out what L-7 means.]

2) WTF is up with Richard Harris? Never mind, rhetorical question. Who cares about that stupid cake. [Really, now. Did you actually expect me to say anything more about this bizarre song?]

2) I want to tell you a story every man ought to know. If you want a little lovin' what do you have to do? [Treat her right. Let this be a lesson to you young bucks in the audience.]

3) There are, apparently, no lyrics to "Wipeout". Nor, as cool a tune as it is, are there any lyrics to Kai Winding's "More". So my question to you, dear readers, is who all can dig it? [Rather surprised that no one got this one. Who, exactly, can "dig it"? Well, let's see... I can dig it, he can dig it, she can dig it, we can dig it, they can dig it, and you can dig it.]

4) It's just a coffee house made out of wood. What is it, where is it, a what tastes mighty good? [Julie got almost all of it. It's a crazy little shack beyond the tracks called the "Sugar Shack", and espresso coffee tastes mighty good.]

5) One day you're up, next day you're down. If the grass is always greener on the other side, as they say, what is it you ain't got? [We ain't got nothin' yet.]

6) If it takes more than a robin to make the winter go, and it takes two hearts a-cookin' to make a fire grow, who's got what? [Baby, you've got what it takes.]

And a seventh question, because seven is an important number in craps and strangely, I feel like craps, and, while it really has nothing to do with Rock 'n' Roll and I don't yet want to do an entire post devoted to the subject without extensive research, I did want to submit this question to this distinguished readership:

7) Describe, in 700 words or less, the genius of Roger Miller. [Well, naturally, Emily nailed this on in less than ten words.]

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking I should disqualify Emily from answering this question. But after careful reflection, I realized that she probably cannot limit her answer to 700 words so the playing field is level.

Have at it, kids.

Posted by Ken S at June 25, 2007 01:18 PM | TrackBack (0) | Category: Rock 'n' Roll Trivia