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Rock 'n Roll Trivia (Platters Edition)

UPDATE: Finally got around to updating with the answere people have gotten. Only #1 is still unguessed.

Well, admittedly this stretches the definition of Rock 'n' Roll somewhat, but even though the Platters belong more to Doo-Wop than to R'n'R, I always associate them with the latter.

Not much happening today. SB, DNT, and I went over the hill to pick up some patio furniture at CostPlus. I learned that Vegemite may no longer be available in this country (see below). Then, on the way home there were fires by the freeway. We had take two cars to fit everything, and the SB and DNT went to get some gasoline before heading back over the hill. I cruised toward home and saw three, count 'em, three fires by the side of the freeway. Once I got to a safe spot (not in heavy traffic), I call them to tell them to be careful. They were already past the first fire, having been very quick at the gas station, and had become engulfed in smoke from it.

So after they got home we compared notes. When I passed the fires, there were three very small ones with little smoke, and that blowing away from the freeway. When they passed the fires, barely 15 minutes later, there were two, one very large billowing smoke across the freeway, and one small one.

So we gather that two of the little ones coalesced into one fairly large fire. We never called the fire department, though. DNT tried calling 911 but got a busy signal, and they passed some firetrucks going in the other direction, so we're pretty sure it got called in.

Anyhow, after we got home and got stuff put away, I took off for a bike ride. I was listening to a CD, as I am wont to do on my weekly bike ride, and this particular disk was of songs from 1956. Well, gotta tell ya, there really isn't all that much from 1956 that I like but there is some, and one of these inspired me for today.

Then, while I was putting this together, I got a rather nasty shock. A particular song I was all prepared to use, I found to my eternal surprise and shame, was never covered by the Platters. The version I had always assumed was the Platters was by the Duprees. So here's a minor, tangential, Duprees-related trivia question:

Watch the jungle when it's wet with rain, and do what? [Ricki: Well, she didn't actually give the title but she obviously has the right song, even if she thinks it's "creepy"; the answer to the specific question asked is "Just remember till you're home again, you belong to me".]

And yes, I shall feel eternal shame that I did not know who originally covered this song.

That dispensed with, here are some questions about my beloved Platters:

1) If I play the game but, to my shame, you left me to grieve on my own, who am I?

2) Who can make the darkness bright? [Alan obviously knows the answer. It's "Only Fred You".]

3) When your heart's on fire, what must you realize? [Angie: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"]

4) Fingers of night will soon surrender the setting sun, and we'll be together when? [Angie: At "Twilight Time"]

5) I hoped and I prayed that someday I'd be the vision of your happiness. Who are you? [Ricki: "Earth Angel"]

6) It casts a spell and it rings a bell. What is it? [Ricki: "The Magic Touch"]

7) They once brought you to me, then only told me were parting. What are they? [Ricki: The "Harbor Lights"]

Oh, and by the way, anyone who leaves a comment along the lines of "who are the Platters?" will be hunted down and flogged. With extreme prejudice.

Posted by Ken S at July 21, 2007 07:08 PM | TrackBack (0) | Category: Rock 'n' Roll Trivia