Date: 3 Jun 2005 01:27:23 -0000
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Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 220 (GOLQ220)
From: Bob Bluestein <golq220@golq.org>
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #220 (GOLQ220)
Congratulations to The Genateam, Randy Price & Peter Morley, and The Village
Idiots, who had perfect scores and share first place on this very hard quiz.
The Delphi Trivia Club came in fourth by a few points, and James White was
the top individual entrant.
GOLQ220's mean score was a relatively low 358.6. In a strangely bimodal quiz,
no entry came within 40 points of this average.
Check out the solution to The Puzzler and the names of those entrants who
solved it in the section following the main quiz.
My thanks to all those who participated. Regina Litman will be posting
GOLQ221 within a week or so.
Bob Bluestein
Replace all occurrences of "&" in all e-mail addresses with "@".
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Tie Breaker Scoring Key
+ after numeric score below indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly.
- indicates partial credit.
x indicates a totally incorrect guess.
. indicates no guess.
# on
Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address team Age(s)
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T01 500++ GT The Genateam <ah.rh&bigpond.com> ? ?
T01 500++ RP Randy Price & Peter Morley <randypny&aol.com> 2 35,53
T01 500++ The Village Idiots (Andrew, Andy, Roxie,
Doug, Ping) <Clete6&aol.com> 5 < 53
04 497++ The Delphi Trivia Club (Hillary, Logot,
Clueless, und83, HQR, Beth) <billp49&concentric.net> 6 35-50
05 480++ The EJ'S & Co. (Ellis, Steve, Mitch,
Kevin, Mel, Vinnie, Jean) <brombere&matc.edu> 7 40+
06 460-+ NAVAIRHEADS <thomas.pillion&navy.mil> 2 58,52
07 459+- Across the Boarder <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 2 ?
08 450++ James White <jjwhite6&ameritech.net> 1 57
09 438+x Mike Weaver <Oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 58
10 317+. Lori Bailey et al. (Tom Adams, Sean Anglum,
Lori Bailey, David Bailey, Rick Crane,
Larry Ferguson, Warren Fellman, Dan Rector,
Ed Toutant) <baileyl&colorado.edu> 9 boomers
T11 300+. The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert,
Magic Marc, Norm Katuna, Bigfoot Mae,
Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> 6 52-59,?
T11 300+. Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 47
13 294-. Really Rockin' in Boston <rardini&cox.net> 4 50s
14 256+. EMC and Friends <cochran_david&emc.com> 3 various
15 186+. Sanford Stein <sanford_stein&rush.edu> 1 54
16 100+. Team Teitelbaum
(Howard, Bonnie) <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 2 46,55
17 60+. Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 31
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Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address # on Age(s)
team
The following table gives the individual scoring breakdown. A '-' is used to
indicate that no guess was made for a question, whereas a zero indicates that
a completely incorrect response was submitted.
Song#
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
GT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
RP 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
VI 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
DT 20 20 20 20 20 19 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
EJ 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
NA - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
AB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
JW 5 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
MW 19 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
LB - - 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 17 20 - - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 -
CO - 20 - - 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20
WM - - 20 - 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - - - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 -
RR 18 - 20 - - - 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 16
EM 20 20 - 20 20 - - - - 20 20 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 20 - 20 - 16
SS - 20 - - - - - 20 - 20 20 - - 17 0 20 - 19 - 10 20 - 20 - -
TT - - - - 20 - - - - 20 20 - - - - - - 20 - - 20 - - - -
JR - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - 20 - - - - 20 - -
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #220 ANSWERS:
Answers are in the form:
#number) Artist: Title (year[s]) [peak position on Pop chart] {peak R&B}
[-] = did not make pop chart
{-} = did not make R&B chart
{F} = made R&B chart as a flip side
{n/c} = no Billboard R&B chart published during this recording's period of
peak popularity
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Flippin' like a pancake, poppin' like a cork
#01) Banana Splits, The: "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)"
(1969) [96] {-}
"... Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper, and Snork"
Hanna-Barbera's The Banana Splits Show first appeared on NBC-TV in
September of 1968. The series featured costumed animals doing short
comedy bits, performing songs, and introducing animated segments. The
cast included Daws Butler (voice of Yogi Bear) as Bingo and Paul
Winchell (Jerry Mahoney's ventriloquist) voicing Fleegle. The show
last aired in September of 1970.
Mama, I'm telling you as sure as I'm standing here
She's my girl, and that's the way I'm keeping it now, mama dear
No good will it do you to stand there and frown at me
The girl's got my heart and my love's coming down on me
#02) Beach Boys, The: "Wild Honey" (1967) [31] {-}
I tried so hard to stand as I stumbled and fell to the ground
So hard to laugh as I fumbled and reached for the love I'd found
Knowing it was gone
#03) Buffalo Springfield, The: "Expecting To Fly" (1968) [98] {-}
Well, I guess that I was just your puppet you held on a string
To think I thought you really loved me, but look what thoughts can bring
#04) Cline, Patsy: "Strange" (1962) [97] {-}
Written by Mel Tillis and Fred Burch.
Why did I give my heart so fast?
It never will happen again
#05) Cooke, Sam: "Only Sixteen" (1959) [28] {13}
I can remember how you kiss so fine
(Now that you left me what will I do?)
What will I do, girl?
#06) Delfonics, The: "He Don't Really Love You" (1968) [92] {33}
Dorme-t-elle?
Je ne crois pas
Respire-t-elle?
Oui, mais tout bas
#07) Donovan: "Jennifer Juniper" (1968) [26] {-}
Translation from the French:
Is she sleeping?
I don't believe so
Is she breathing?
Yes, but very low
These lyrics essentially repeat the first (English) verse.
All my love all the way
(All my love all the way)
I believe that I belong
By your side right or wrong
#08) Dove, Ronnie: "Right Or Wrong" (1964) [14] {n/c}
If the sun doesn't always shine
Dum dum, dum dum
Just remember that you are mine
Dum dum, dum dum
#09) Drafi: "Marble Breaks And Iron Bends" (1966) [80] {-}
Genateam: German singer Drafi Deutscher rated highly in Australia
in 1966.
Some say it's a sign of weakness for a man to beg
Then weak I'd rather be
#10) Four Tops: "Baby I Need Your Loving" (1964) [11] {n/c}
The Detroit group's first charted single.
That ain't the way it should be
You took away everything I had, you put the hurt on me
#11) Guess Who, The: "Laughing" (1969) [10] {-}
You just take your baby
Don't you leave that spot
Then you dance like crazy
Give it all you've got
#12) Bill Haley and His Comets: "Razzle-Dazzle" (1955) [15] {-}
You're the one for me
I only had to see the sunlight in your hair
Your soft, soft silhouette to know I'd always care
#13) Hyland, Brian: "Ginny Come Lately" (1962) [21] {-}
We'll blow a genie from a cigarette
We'll take a magic carpet ride
We'll tell our smoky friend, "Now don't forget, you must keep us side by side"
#14) Lulu: "Oh Me Oh My I'm A Fool For You Baby" (1969/70) [22] {-}
Do I love to love you? Aw, honey, yes indeed!
'Cause anything that you're missin', believe me, honey, you don't need
#15) Nelson, Ricky: "Mighty Good" (1959/60) [38] {-}
The flip side of "I Wanna Be Loved."
Thrill me
Let your kisses thrill me, yeah
Oh, just like you alone can do
#16) Proby, P. J.: "Hold Me" (1964) [70] {n/c}
Genateam: Reached #3 in Australia in August, 1964.
And now the days have began to get rough
Said I want you to love me, love me, love me, baby
Till I get enough
#17) Redding, Otis: "Pain In My Heart" (1963/64) [61] {n/c}
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
#18) Rolling Stones, The: "Honky Tonk Women" (1969) [1] {-}
Its flip side, "You Can't Always Get What You Want," charted on its
own (reaching #42) four years later.
Well, today I was barrelin' down old 66
When up beside me pulled a brand new diesel rig,
Both stacks blowing black coal
And as she pulled around and back in front of me
A big lump came into my throat
And my eyes watered like I had a bad old cold
#19) Sovine, Red: "Giddyup Go" (1966) [82] {-}
Really Rockin' in Boston: A tear jerker country song about a trucker
who loses touch with his son, then accidentally meets him on the
highway when both are driving trucks.
He likes to get drunk
And sing boogie woogie
And it sounds real funky
Come on
#20) Stevens, Ray: "Gitarzan" (1969) [8] {-}
This particular set of lyrics is talking about Gitarzan's monkey.
I know there are some women
Guilty of this, too
I'm not tryin' to run your life
The choice is up to you
#21) Taylor, Johnnie: "Who's Making Love" (1968/69) [5] {1}
You hurt, I hurt
I'm that much a part of you
Everything that you feel, baby, I feel it, too
Since I'm that much a part of you
#22) Tillotson, Johnny: "I Rise, I Fall" (1964) [36] {n/c}
Thruppence and sixpence every day
Just to drive to my baby
#23) Who, The: "Magic Bus" (1968) [25] {-}
You tell me you love me
You say you'll be true
Then you fly around
With somebody new
#24) Williams, Andy: "Butterfly" (1957) [1] {14}
Also taken to #1 by Charlie Gracie.
Just leave it to me
Don't ever be ashamed
Just give me a chance
And I'll take care of everything
Your troubles I'll share
If you let me know I'll be there
Honey, I'll stay close to you
Anyplace and anywhere
#25) Wilson, Jackie, and Linda Hopkins: "Shake A Hand" (1963) [42] {21}
The first four lines here are sung by Hopkins, the second four
by Wilson. This cover of a 1953 Faye Adams R&B hit was Hopkins'
sole claim to pop or R&B chart fame.
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Tie-Breakers
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And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
#T1) Bowie, David: "Space Oddity" (1969) [124] {-}
David Robert Jones' first charting single, released on Mercury. It
was re-released on RCA Victor in 1973 and reached #15.
Take these eyes that once could see
Now reflections of my misery
The happiness I thought would last
Is now the common, just a thing of the past
#T2) Wright, Rita: "I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You" (1968) [-] {-}
It seems the correct last line is: "Is now becomin' just a thing of
the past."
Written by Brian Holland, Nick Ashford, and Valerie Simpson. Syreeta
Wright married fellow Motown singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder in 1970,
collaborating on hits including "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
and "If You Really Love Me." They divorced in 1972. Syreeta and
Billy Preston hit #4 in 1980 singing "With You I'm Born Again."
"I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You" was covered by Dusty
Springfield on her 1968 album "Dusty ... Definitely" (not released in
the U.S.) and her 1970 album "A Brand New Me" (released in the U.S.).
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This chart ranks the songs/artists from most to least recognized. The second
number on the line denotes the average number of points scored on that song
(total points divided by number of entrants, to 1 decimal place). For
comparison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
Rank Avg. Song
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01 20.0 #10 Baby I Need Your Loving
02 19.9 #18 Honky Tonk Women
03 19.5 #T1 Space Oddity
T04 18.8 #11 Laughing
T04 18.8 #21 Who's Making Love
T04 18.8 #23 Magic Bus
07 17.3 #14 Oh Me Oh My I'm A Fool For You Baby
08 16.5 #05 Only Sixteen
09 15.9 #20 Gitarzan
T10 15.3 #07 Jennifer Juniper
T10 15.3 #08 Right Or Wrong
T10 15.3 #24 Butterfly
T13 14.1 #02 Wild Honey
T13 14.1 #03 Expecting To Fly
T13 14.1 #16 Hold Me
T13 14.1 #19 Giddyup Go
17 13.6 #25 Shake A Hand
T18 12.9 #04 Strange
T18 12.9 #12 Razzle-Dazzle
T18 12.9 #13 Ginny Come Lately
21 11.8 #22 I Rise, I Fall
22 10.7 #01 The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)
23 10.6 #15 Mighty Good
24 9.3 #09 Marble Breaks And Iron Bends
25 8.8 #T2 I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You
26 8.5 #17 Pain In My Heart
27 7.0 #06 He Don't Really Love You
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PUZZLER SOLUTION
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Congratulations to the entrants who solved "The Act You've Known For All
These Years": The Delphi Trivia Club, The EJ'S & Co., EMC and Friends,
The Genateam, NAVAIRHEADS, Sanford Stein, Team Teitelbaum, The Village
Idiots, and Will McCorry.
The quote:
According to George Martin, "Sgt. Pepper" was incredible because
it took on its own character: "It was a complete change of life,
a very long and arduous series of recordings, and I suppose that
looking back on it, it would never have been formed in exactly
that way if the boys hadn't got into the drug scene, and if I
hadn't been a normal person - I don't think it would have been as
coherent; you can't do much with a guy when he's giggling all
the time."
The diagram's fourth column contains the scrambled letters of
"Pet Sounds," the musically inventive Beach Boys album which Paul
felt was the "album of all time," and which still remains one of
his favorites. And the twelfth column contains the scrambled
letters of "Henry," that famed performing terpsichorean equine.
One of the completed answers' columns spells out "Mahatma Gandhi,"
whose likeness was painted out of the album cover crowd scene -
EMI had had its fill of controversy after the hubbub caused by
John's "more popular than Jesus" statement. Hitler and Jesus
were vetoed as crowd members even before the photograph was taken.
Clue Answers:
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A. One of the two singers pictured on "Sgt. Pepper"'s front cover (other
than the Fab Four) who charted pop singles in the U.S.
DION is in the crowd (as is Bob Dylan).
B. She at first refused the request to be pictured on a lonely hearts club
band album cover, but relented after a personal letter from The Beatles
Beatles manager Brian Epstein, fearing lawsuits, attempted to get
permission from people to have their likenesses appear on the album
cover. MAE WEST's original response was "What would I be doing in
a lonely hearts club?"
C. Kind of flower used to create the album cover's floral guitar
The floral display delivery boy asked cover art designer Peter Blake
if he could contribute by creating a yellow HYACINTH guitar.
D. "He didn't notice that the ______ had changed"
The "lucky man" who "blew his mind out in a car" didn't notice that
the LIGHTS had changed. ("A Day In The Life")
E. Only fruit (other than Pepper!) mentioned in the album's lyrics
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river with TANGERINE trees and
marmalade skies" is the starting line from "Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds." The title's LSD initials are coincidental, as John took the
title from a picture drawn by his four-year-old son Julian. It was
a picture of a classmate Lucy's face in front of exploding stars.
F. Final three words sung before the orchestral crescendo intended by John
to rise up to "a sound like the end of the world"
"I'd love to TURN YOU ON" is sung by John before the apocalyptic string
climax based on abstract ideas Paul got from German composer Karlheinz
Stockhausen and others. Paul thought these final album lyrics were
as risque as they could get away with at that time; the BBC banned
"A Day In The Life" anyway.
G. Instrument held by Ringo on the album's front cover
John holds a French horn, Paul an English horn, George a flute, and
Ringo a TRUMPET.
H. Potentially the holiest place in England?!
"Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire ... Now they know how
many holes it takes to fill the ALBERT HALL." These (and the above)
"A Day In The Life" lyrics are the result of John's having read a
newspaper story about a Guinness heir dying in a car crash. John then
inspected the next page and found a story about 4,000 potholes in
Blackburn, Lancashire that needed filling.
I. "She goes downstairs to the kitchen _________ her handkerchief"
"She's Leaving Home" depicts a runaway girl, based on a story Paul read
in the Daily Mirror. In the song, the girl runs off CLUTCHING her
handkerchief.
J. A popular resort isle in the English Channel
"When I'm Sixty-Four" - whose tune was written by Paul at age 15 or
16 - includes the lyrics "Every summer we can rent a cottage in the
Isle of WIGHT if it's not too dear."
K. A relative of Vera and Chuck
"Grandchildren on your knee - Vera, Chuck, and DAVE." ("When I'm
Sixty-Four")
L. "All summer long we spent groovin' _________ \ Everybody kept on
playin' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Johnny Rivers' "Summer Rain" was a #14 hit in 1967/68 on the heels
of - and an ode to - 1967's "Summer of Love" in the U.S. In the song,
he and his love spend the summer groovin' IN THE SAND. And as in real
life, the music of "Sgt. Pepper" (released June 2nd) was ubiquitous.
M. Maker of Ringo's drum kit
The Black Oyster Pearl LUDWIG Super Classic drum set whose bass drumhead
bears the Beatles and Ludwig insignias is possibly the most recognized
drum kit in the world.
N. Item pictured on the album's front cover next to a tuba
Below waxwork models of the Beatles (on loan from Madame Tussauds in
London) and behind a small Japanese stone figure stands a HOOKAH.
O. Where the Hendersons will dance and sing on Saturday
"The celebrated Mr. K. performs his feat on Saturday at BISHOPSGATE \
The Hendersons will dance and sing as Mr. Kite flies through the ring."
The song "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!" came about as a result
of John's purchase of an old poster in an antique shop. The lyrics
come almost directly from that poster. John scoffed at the rumor that
Henry the Horse meant heroin.
P. One of the two singers to cover a song from "Sgt. Pepper" and have it
chart as a top 100 pop single in the U.S.
In 1967, David & Jonathan covered "She's Leaving Home," but it only
reached #123. In 1974/75, Elton John (with the "reggae guitars of
Dr. Winston O'Boogie," a/k/a John Lennon) hit #1 with his version of
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." But the first "Sgt. Pepper" song
cover to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. was JOE COCKER's
"With A Little Help From My Friends." It reached #68 in 1968 in the
U.S. and #1 in the U.K. (A version by Wet Wet Wet in 1988 also went
to #1 in the U.K.)
Some parting comments on "Sgt. Pepper":
David Crosby: "I would've thought 'Sgt. Pepper' could've stopped the
[Vietnam] War just by putting too many good vibes in the air."
Abbie Hoffman: "Hearing 'Sgt. Pepper,' smoking reefers, and planning the
revolution in my friend's loft, we were just overwhelmed by their vision."
Michelle Phillips: "That record, played over and over again ... was the
theme of the people working for the [Monterey Pop] Festival."
John Sebastian: "It was like throwing down a hat in the center of a
ring ... it seemed like an almost insurmountable task to come up with
anything even in the same ballpark."
Bob Dylan (reportedly, when played the album for the first time): "Turn
that off!"
Much of the information used in this Puzzler was taken from the delightful
book "Beatlesongs" by William J. Dowlding. It is a font of Beatles song
creation and album production trivia.
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We hope you have enjoyed the show ... we're sorry but it's time to go!!
So to quote John Lennon's coy interjection between "two" and "three" in the
introductory count-in to "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)":
"Bye!"
Bob Bluestein