Over the past year or so, this blog has been moved over from its old blogspot.com digs, inadvertently broken through my e-incompetence, replaced with a wedding webpage, moved back to its old blogspot.com digs, and yesterday brought back to its rightful home here at monkeysong.net. It’s been a turbulent year, and I’m curious to see whether anyone’s bothered to keep up.
So, as used to be my somewhat regular wont, let’s have a quiz. Quizzes are fun. This one will be song lyrics! Name the tune and the composer (and/or performer) and fabulous* prizes can be yours! Post your answers in the comments (with the new WordPress system the old word verification is gone, replaced by limited moderation. The first time you comment I have to approve you as non-spam, and from then on (in theory) the blog will remember your name/e-mail combination as approved) and I’ll add them to the main quiz as they come in. Gosh, but this’ll be dandy! And away we go…
1. Even if you’re never seen on the silver screen, I’ll still be dreaming about every single time you told me that you were mine. Identified! Central Standard Time, performed by supergroup Purrs of Rage and recorded by The Kendalls.
2. Half of what I say is meaningless. Identified! Julia, by the Beatles (composed by Lennon). This line was the inspiration for my old blog title.
3. I see you sitting quietly, staring into space. Identified! Last Song For You, as recorded but almost never performed by a very nascent indeed Central Standard Time once upon a May Term.
4. I don’t know just where I’m going, but I know this ain’t where it’s at. Identified!. Tremblin’ Tracks, by Storyhill. I could play this song, once upon a time, but after a few months of practicing it my right arm hurt all the time, not just while I was playing. So I let that skill drift away.
5. “I adore you,” wrote the lady cat, who was fluffy, white, and nice and fat. Identified! The Ballad of Don Gato, by I’ve no idea who. Classics from elementary music, Texas-style.
6. Sergeant Devine, stationed on the front line, took a bullet while drawing his gun. Identified! (She gave the title in the lyric she quoted; blog management rules it Close Enough) Blessed Disease, by Peter Mayer.
7. I don’t know where we get the dough, it just seems to appear. Identified! The Country of Beeg Muscles (The Germanappawappawegianese National Anthem), lyrics by John Ham.
8. Ne’er thy name shall cease to be a most happy memory. Identified! The Wartburg College Loyalty Song, identified by loyal Macalestrian Joel. Hmm.
9. Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? Identified! The Rainbow Connection by Paul (and not, as I thought for quite some time, John) Williams)
10. I have here some newspaper thirteen months old. Identified! I Love Trash, by… I guess I’m not sure, either. I, too, would have guessed Raposo. Performed by Oscar the Grouch, at any rate.
* Fabulousness of prizes may vary. Prizes not guaranteed to be monetarily valuable or to actually exist.
I don’t know most of these, but I do have a certain advantage on others.
2. “Julia” – Lennon
7. “The Country of Beeg Muscles” – words by me
9. “The Rainbow Connection” – Paul Williams (?)
10. “I Love Trash” – Joe Raposo, maybe? Jeff Moss? I just read “Street Gang,” which, by the way, is a fascinating book if you’re curious about the behind-the-scenes of Sesame Street.
Do I get extra credit for not cheating?
Absolutely. Your prize shall be triple what it would otherwise have been.
#5 is the Don Gato song
#4 is “Tremblin’ Tracks” by Storyhill. #8 is the Wartburg College Loyalty Song.
I feel like I know #3, but I can’t place it.
We’re almost there. #3 I expect will be tricky. If nothing else I don’t think it’s Googleable.
Man, I didn’t even know this blog was back in business or I would have jumped on #1 faster than a Goat-driven Harley. It is, of course, “Central Standard Time”, memorably performed by Purrs of Rage and written by… shoot. I know all the lyrics but I can’t remember the original band. This is gonna bug me.
Greg, Central Standard Time is written by the Kendalls, of course. How could you forget.
Also, I’m pretty sure #6 comes from a Peter Mayer song about amnesia. I’m not sure what it’s called, but the chorus goes “That blessed disease, makes you forget, who is a foe, not a friend. That blessed disease, if we’re lucky you’ll spread, and strike every head, so we can start over again.”
I’m bad at knowing titles to songs, but can I still get credit?
We’ll allow a special Wife Exemption to the title listing rule.
Almost there. Here’s a hint – Greg and Kristen could add to their case for Greatest Fan by being the first to identify #3.
…”I cannot see the scars that hide/ behind your pretty face.”
#3 is the opening line of “Last Song for You” from the 1996 release “Whisper of Wind,” the freshman opus of folk-acoustic duo Matt Hibbard Charlie Rod (whose principals greatly resemble younger versions of the midwest darling Central Standard Time).
I happen to own *two* signed and numbered copies of this gem (#s 12 and 17, if anyone’s wondering…).
I may not qualify for #1 fan status, but this has got to place me solidly in the top ten.
And with many loud cries of huzzah the list is finished! I should write a new post, huh.