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*This song came out after the band had broken up and Eric Clapton was already working with his new group, Blind Faith. The lyrics are not intended to make sense as they were taken from overheard drunken conversations between Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Name the band and extra credit for the song...
*After being nominated for Grammy Awards in 4 different categories for her 1989 album, this artist went on a creative retreat in Northern California to begin work on her next album. She had given up drinking and wanted to prove to herself that she still had great music in her. The retreat obviously worked! Name the artist... *This song has a line that is often associated with smoking marijuana, although the writer insists it isn't, stating I have never and never will write a 'drug song'. It is more about trials of relationships with women and perhaps even a Biblical meaning. To those hanging on to the drug thing, the artist says they might want to become familiar with the Book of Acts in the Bible. Name the artist and name the song (titled from a result of a woman and her daughter coming into the studio from the rain)... *Two songwriting members of this great band wrote this song for their respective daughters. It was a reminder of how crushing and all-encompassing peer pressure is...Do other people like them? Are they cool? Do they have the right clothes, or phone or anything else? Name the band, the 2 writers and extra credit for the song... Battle Of The Bands! Hitch A Ride by Boston vs I Know You’re Out There Somewhere by The Moody Blues Answers: 1. Cream, Badge 2. Bonnie Raitt (played Come To Me) 3. Bob Dylan, Rainy Day Women #12 and #35 4. Eagles, Don Henley & Glenn Frey, Fast Company Listeners picked The Moody Blues with 56% of the votes
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*This former member of the band, Traffic, was in a tight spot upon signing with Columbia records in 1973 that demanded 2 albums a year from him. Clive Davis, the man who signed him, left the label, leaving the artist in the lurch and on the hook. The artist was having a difficult time, when a guitarist by the name of Jim Krueger joined his band, full of song ideas and writing abilities. The song we'll play could describe any number of scenarios where a relationship goes sour. Name the artist and extra credit for the song...
*You can go to Vegas for a quickie marriage. but how about a quickie divorce? In the early 70's, this country made it easy, allowing only 1 person from the marriage to be present and request it. Sure, it was a tourist play for the country, but it worked. A 1976 song from this popular band shares the story of a woman who travels there for her divorce...has some fun...hooks up with a local, and experiences consequences later on. Name the country, the band and extra credit for the song (that names the country in its title)... *By 1985, this 3-member band had released 8 studio albums, but with the release of album #9, they released a single that one critic called it the 'poppiest thing' they ever cut. That said, it still had some of the trademark rock sound. Name the band, whose members were all born in the same year and toured most years while all being the same age.... *The great Chet Atkins hosted a variety television show back in the mid-80's...leading to his collaboration with many of his guests. He would cut an album with one such guitarist, but that artist would also go on to collaborate with a female vocalist/guitarist that also appeared on the Atkins TV show. It took a few years, but both guests finally put together an album themselves (2006). Name the male and female artists who did that... Battle Of The Bands! Maggie May by Rod Stewart vs Georgia by Boz Scaggs Answers: 1. Dave Mason, We Just Disagree 2. Haiti, Steely Dan, Haitian Divorce 3. Z Z Top, Stages 4. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, (played If This is Goodbye) Listeners picked Boz Scaggs with 53% of the votes *Francis Ford Coppola made a movie entitled...You're A Big Boy Now...a coming of age film about an awkward young man looking for love in New York City. This band was responsible for the entire movie soundtrack, but Coppola tasked the band's leader to come up with a sentimental ballad for an important love scene. While the movie was largely ignored, the song did quite well upon its release in 1967. Name the band, the frontman of the band and extra credit if you know the song...
*This song was inspired by two tracks on a Buffalo Springfield album...Rock & Roll Woman and Hung Upside Down. Neil Young introduced the album to this fellow Canadian band who heard it and loved the country-rock sound. The band claims this song to be them doing country rock trying to pretend to be Neil Young and Stephen Stills. Name the band and song which is about moving on and finding your true calling... *The wife of the guitarist and primary songwriter of this southern band explained that her husband, who died of heart failure in 1993 wrote songs...but didn't read music...doing everything by ear. He wrote this most popular song for the South Carolina originated band...it, becoming their biggest hit. Name the band, the song and extra credit if you know the guitarist's name... *Go back to the early 80's when MTV was starting to crank out music videos. It wasn't enough to make the song...you now pretty much had to become part Hollywood to give your track an extra boost. We'll play a song that won the 1st ever Video of the Year award at MTV's Video Music Awards. It beat out Michael Jackson's, Thriller for the award. The video was the first to use computerized effects with the band's singer/guitarist image appearing in various animated scenes...all while trying to get the attention of a girl. Name the band, the singer and extra credit for the song... Battle Of The Bands! The Song is Over by The Who vs Somebody to Love by Queen Answers: 1. The Lovin’ Spoonful, John Sebastian, Darling Be Home Soon 2. The Guess Who, No Time 3. Marshall Tucker Band, Heard It in a Love Song, Toy Caldwell 4. The Cars, Ric Ocasek, You Might Think Listeners picked Queen with 53% of the votes *The incredible songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote one great hit after another for The Supremes, The Four Tops and so many other acts on the Motown label. But they intentionally wrote a rock song for The Supremes. It was about a woman who knows her fellow doesn't love her but isn't man enough to break up with her. All she can do is plead with him to set her free. Another band covered the song in 1968 and took it to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Name the song and the band that covered it...
*This band's guitarist wrote and sang lead on this song that is about the captain of a ship who is sick and fears he is going to lose his vessel. The song came to him after he prayed one night with a P.S. where he asked God to give him a song that would touch the hearts of people that he wanted to get to. He arose at 3:00 A.M. and wrote this inspired song released in 1970. Name the popular midwestern arena band and the song... *This artist had a paternal grandfather who was a popular vaudeville performer known as Peg Leg Jones, as he had a wooden leg. She almost pursued a career as a stenographer, but her Mother stopped that and put her back on a musical course. She once had a high-profile romance with Tom Waits, but she ended up marrying a French musician. The big problem with that? She hardly spoke any French and he hardly spoke any English. They later divorced. Name the artist... *The year was 1967...the Summer of Love and San Francisco was THE place for hippies. Scott McKenzie's well-known song, San Francisco...Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair, was a popular ode to the city at the time, but a group from England gave them another song to add to the flower culture movement. The song actually takes a stand against the Vietnam war and the band hoped that they could raise awareness enough to inspire an end to the war. Name the band and the song... Battle Of The Bands! A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Annie Lennox vs You Know I’m No Good by Amy Winehouse Answers: 1. You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Vanilla Fudge 2. Grand Funk, Closer To Home 3. Rickie Lee Jones 4. Eric Burdon and The Animals, San Francisco Nights *The Zombies were a popular band back in the 60's. Two members had their hands all over a song we'll play.
The bass player wrote the song while the keyboard player released it as a single with another band. The track, released as a single was barely over 2 minutes long. We'll play a 6 minute version. Name both the band that recorded it and the song... *This band got their start in London as three artists got together at London Central High School...a school for children of U.S. military personnel. Once the band got back to the US they strung one hit after another together until 1977 when one of the original members decided he'd had enough of the road life. You probably know the band, but name the member who left and took another musical direction... *Mansfield, Ohio would not be known as a 'hotbed' for rock and roll artists, but they received some notoriety from this garage band who had the luck to record this song and a promotor that got the record played across the country...and that is when it actually shot all the way up to #2 on the Hot 100 chart. Name the band and song.... *Graham Gouldman, who later founded the band 10cc was a prolific songwriter who came up with songs for The Hollies, Cher, The Shadows and Herman's Hermits. And...he wrote a hit song that was originally recorded by The Yardbirds (a title track for their album) in 1965. We'll play a cover of song by Chris Isaak, recorded some 22 years later. Name the song... Battle Of The Bands! Born On The Bayou by John Fogerty vs Fever by Joe Cocker Answers: 1. Argent, Hold Your Head Up 2. America, Dan Peek, song played was Paradise 3. The Music Explosion, Little Bit O’ Soul 4. Heart Full Of Soul Listeners picked John Fogerty with a margin of a single vote * We'll enjoy a breakout hit from this bands very 1st album in 1972. It's difficult to make sense of the lyrics which seem to be about some combination of addiction, second chances and the inevitability of fate. The song doesn't so much make literal sense as it does creating a mood. Also, the band's 1st single...it was a big hit on both sides of the Atlantic...earning them a reputation for a category of music described as 'smart rock'. Any more and I'd just have to tell you...but name the band and song...
*We'll play a song with lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, who got the idea for title from a quote he read about Janis Joplin. No one knew that and interpreted the song to be about a famous actress until Taupin came through with the actual explanation. The song was dedicated to Ryan White by Elton John. Name the song and the actress everyone thought it was about... *This track was basically a 'spaghetti western set to music' back in 1974...but it gave the band their theme song and gave rock a classic. As the perfect trifecta...it's also the band's name. Name the band and the song (It's also the name of the album)... *We'll play a song that was on this band's last album that included Timothy B. Schmit who left shortly thereafter. The album also featured the appearance of Donald Fagan playing synthesizer on a couple of the album tracks and marked the band's move away from their previous sound for which they'd been known. Name the band... Battle Of The Bands! New York Minute by Don Henley vs While You See A Chance by Steve Winwood Answers: 1. Steely Dan, Do It Again 2. Candle In The Wind, Marilyn Monroe 3. Bad Company, Bad Company, Bad Company 4. Poco Listeners picked Steve Winwood with a margin of 52% of the votes, * An artist wrote and originally recorded this track in 1973. The Eagles covered it in 1974 and it obviously got more notoriety as a result. But the man who wrote it really didn't care for the Eagles' version, calling it 'antiseptic'. The writer's reaction was typical as he tried to stay away from the mainstream music scene and is anti-commercialism. Name the artist who wrote and originally recorded the song and extra credit if you know the song...
*Russ Ballard of the band, Argent, wrote a song we'll play by another group that covered the track. Argent first recorded the song for Argent's self-titled debut album, but another famous band also recorded it that same year. Not surprising that the band who covered it...charted much better. Name the band and the song... *This artist had a girlfriend in the year 1967...Kathy Mary Etchingham was her name. They had an argument about her cooking. and she started throwing pots and pans...then left for a day or two...sulking. When she returned, the artist had written this song for her...she was incredibly flattered. Name the artist and song... *A song written by Harry Nilsson in 1967 was a mild hit for him and a year later was covered by Glen Campbell. It explains the sadness and melancholy of spending a day without the loved one, when the person has gone from you. The song, ripe for musical experimentation, was then recorded by this great band, horns and all, in 1968. Name the band and the song... Battle Of The Bands! Wheel in the Sky by Journey vs Fooling Yourself by Styx Answers: 1. Tom Waits, Ol ’55 2. Three Dog Night, Liar 3. Jimi Hendrix, The Wind Cries Mary 4. Blood, Sweat & Tears, Without Her Listeners picked Styx in a close one with a margin of 51% of the votes, * The frontman of this great band wrote both the words and music to this song...one that finds him feeling unstoppable...floating around in ecstasy. The song underscores his lifestyle of extremes which unfortunately resulted in his death in 1991. Name the band, the singer/writer and the song if you can...
*We'll dip into a famous trio's 7th album, but it was first attempted to be released with only two of the three artists. The two enlisted Art Garfunkel and Timothy B. Schmit to sing in place of where the third member of the group would normally sing, but the record company was not interested in the product. The duo then became a trio again at the eleventh hour to produce this album. Name the group and the album for extra credit... *This band would never be considered sex symbols to many nor fashion icons for that matter...but they were pretty darn convincing on this track about how a certain man was irresistible to women. Name this popular track from the 80's and the band that did it... *We'll share a song by this British band that was written by their leader and was the 3rd single released from their 11th album. He wrote it from the perspective of a person he never knew. Within a small quiet opening of the song, a high-pitched backmasked voice is heard...played in reverse, the voice is actually saying, 'You're playing me backwards.' Good luck on this tough one...but name the band and the song if you can... Battle Of The Bands! Against The Wind by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band vs Living In The U.S.A. by Steve Miller Band Answers: 1. Queen, Freddie Mercury, Don’t Stop Me Now 2. Crosby, Stills & Nash, Daylight Again 3. Z Z Top, Sharp Dressed Man 4. Electric Light Orchestra, Stranger Listeners picked Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band with a comfortable margin of 55% of the votes, |
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