Date: 6 Aug 2014 05:59:25 -0000
Message-ID: <20140806055925.36623.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Tom and Rick <golq330@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 330 (GOLQ330)
RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #330 (GOLQ330)
Congratulations to three teams with perfect 500++ scores: EJ's & Co.;
Village Idiots, and Delphi Trivia Club. Four more teams identified all
twenty-five songs in the main part of the quiz and, overall, everyone
did very well, with 15 titles being identified by every team.
No group correctly guessed the theme, although some came close. Perhaps the
theme was too obscure. I had initially intended to use, as a theme, folk/
coffee-house/hootenanny songs, but decided that theme would be too subjective,
since songs may or may not be considered "folk," depending on one's
perspective. Many entrants guessed a folk-related theme, but songs #2, #9
and #21 definitely don't fit. The common thread in this quiz (at least to
my ear), is that no song features a standard R'n'R drum kit; i.e., bass drum,
snare, tom-toms, cymbals. (Several songs do have minimal percussion, such as
bongos in #3; Gary Troxel's car keys in #9; and what sounds like a shaker in
#22). Even if you did not correctly identify my theme, recognizing a folk
baseline should have helped identify the stumpers, which was the purpose for
a theme in the first place. :-)
I took the opportunity, in the tie-breaker section of this quiz, to feature
two of my favorite folk/blues acoustic guitarists. Each plays one of their
signature pieces, although the songs may not have been well-known to the
general public.
Thanks to all for participating. Mike Weaver has already posted GOLQ331.
Tom and Rick <golq330@Golq.org>
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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 E-mail address Team Age(s)
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+--+-------
T01 500++ EJ EJ's & Co. <brombere&matc.edu> 8 27+
T01 500++ VI Village Idiots <roxie1971&aol.com> 5
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 7 45+
04 500-. MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
T05 500.. BS Barry Silk <oldies.fan&verizon.net> 1 60+
T05 500.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico> 1 56
T05 500.. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 50s,60s
08 470++ VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4 boomers
09 470-+ DC DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 4 var
10 440+. CO The Coasters <rns&san.rr.com> 5 61-65
11 400.. TT Team Teitelbaum <hat_pat&yahoo.com> 4 52-64
12 268.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconvervatory.edu> 1 40
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+--+-------
Pos Score ID Name E-mail address Team Age(s)
# on
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 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 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
MW 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
BS 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
WM 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
RR 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
VS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 -
DC 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20
CO 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 -
TT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 -
JR 20 20 - 20 - - 20 10 20 - 20 - - - 20 20 - 10 10 20 - 18 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 #330 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
{n/c} = no Billboard R&B chart published during this recording's period
of peak popularity
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Show me the prison
Show me the jail
Show me the prisoner
Whose life has gone stale
#01) Baez, Joan: "There But For Fortune" (1965) [50]
Ahh, look at all the lonely people
#02) Beatles, The: "Eleanor Rigby" (1966) [11] {-}
A lady tell me the other day
No one can take her sweet man away
I ask her what was the mystery
She say coconut water and rice curry
#03) Belafonte, Harry: "Coconut Woman" (1957) [25] {}
Gone with the cold wind
That swept into your heart
Gone with the lovers
Who let their dreams depart
#04) Brothers Four, The: "Greenfields" (1960) [2] {-}
I peeked in to say goodnight
And then I heard my child in prayer
#05) Browns, The: "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" (1959/60) [6] {-}
While a number of artists of the day recorded this song, only the Browns'
version was released as a single and made the Billboard Top 100.
In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainty
I want to be
In the warm hold of your loving mind
#06) Donovan: "Catch The Wind" (1965) [23] {-}
Two iron gates went wide apart
She held her darlin' to her heart
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
But smiling, she kissed her baby boy boy and then she died
#07) Everly Brothers, The: "I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail" (1962) [76] {-}
At the twilight's last gleaming
#08) Feliciano, Jose: "Star Spangled Banner" (1968) [50]
I've waited, waited so long
For your kisses and your love
Please come, come to me
#09) Fleetwoods, The: "Come Softly To Me" (1959) [1] {5}
Wished on all the stars above me
And I caught the nearest rainbow
Gonna find someone to love me
Gonna find someone to love
#10) Flint, Shelby: "Angel On My Shoulder" (1960/61) [22] {-}
I lost my poor meatball (I lost my poor meatball)
When somebody sneezed (When somebody sneezed)
#11) Glazer, Tom, and the Do-Re-Mi Chorus: "On Top Of Spaghetti" (1963) [14] {-}
You get the girls, I'll get the car
Bring a banjo and an old guitar
Get out the spoons, you know the tunes
Hey diddle diddle with a fiddle in the middle
#12) Glencoves, The: "Hootenanny" (1963) [38] {-}
His land is biggest and his land is best
From the grassy plains to the mountain crest
#13) Hayes, Bill: "Ballad of Davy Crockett, The" (1955) [1] {-}
I asked my brother (I asked my brother)
To come with me (to come with me)
I asked my brother (I asked my brother)
To come with me (to come with me)
I asked my brother (I asked my brother)
To come with me (to come with me)
#14) Highwaymen, The: "I'm On My Way" (1962) [90]
A long time ago when the earth was green
There was more kinds of animals than you'd ever seen
#15) Irish Rovers, The: "The Unicorn" (1968) [7] {-}
And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich
As the train comes rumbling through
#16) Kingston Trio, The: "M.T.A." (1959) [15] {-}
Well, he went speeding on down the road
And kissing his gal upon her cheek
They took him to jail but he put up bail
#17) Limelighters, The: "A Dollar Down" (1961) [60]
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
#18) Mitchell, Chad, Trio: "The Marvelous Toy" (1963/64) [1] {-}
While several popular folk groups of the day recorded this Tom Paxton song,
including PP&M and Paxton himself, only the Chad Mitchell Trio version was
released as a single and made the Billboard Top 100.
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me the endless skyway
I saw below me the golden valley
#19) New Christy Minstrels, The: "This Land Is Your Land" (1962/63) [93]
As with #18, a number popular folk groups of the day recorded this Woody
Guthrie song, including PP&M, the Kingston Trio and the Weavers, but only
the New Christy Minstrels' version, and oddly enough one by Ketty Lester,
whose name does not fit alphabetically in this quiz, made the Billboard
Top 100.
The answer, my friend
#20) Peter, Paul & Mary: "Blowin' In The Wind" (1963) [2]
Well, the bear will be gentle and the wolves will be tame
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb, whoa, oh, yes
And the beast from the wild shall be led by a child
And I'll be changed, changed from this creature that I am, whoa, oh, yes
#21) Presley, Elvis, with the Jordainaires: "(There'll Be) Peace In the Valley (For Me)" (1957) [25] {-}
Yo soy un hombre sincero
De donde crece la palma
#22) Sandpipers, The: "Guantanamera" (1966) [9]
(War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions)
#23) Simon & Garfunkel: "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (1968) [11] {-}
I had never realized, until Jessica Raine pointed it out to me, that Paul
Simon "borrowed" the arrangement of "Scarborough Fair" from the English
folksinger Martin Carthy, who recorded the song in 1965, before S&G.
I did a bit of research and learned the following:
"Paul Simon learned about this song when he was on tour in England,
where he heard a version by a popular folk singer named Martin Carthy.
When Carthy heard Simon & Garfunkel's rendition, he accused Simon of
stealing his arrangement. Carthy and Simon did not speak until 2000,
when Simon asked Carthy to perform this with him at a show in London.
Carthy put his differences aside and did the show.
Martin Carthy learned the song from a Ewan MacColl songbook, and had
recorded it on his first album, according to BBC's Patrick Hamphries.
Paul Simon admitted to the July 2011 edition of Mojo magazine: "The
version I was playing was definitely what I could remember of Martin's
version, but he didn't teach it to me. Really, it was just naivety on
my part that we didn't credit it as his arrangement of a traditional
tune. I didn't know you had to do that. Then later on, Martin's
publisher contacted me and we made a pretty substantial monetary
settlement that he was supposed to split with Martin, but unbeknown
to me, Martin got nothing."
Sailed off on a wooden shoe
Sailed down a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew
#24) Simon Sisters: "Winkin' Blinkin' and Nod" (1964) [73] {-}
Her face was turned into the sand
Was who? I could not tell
But on her hand a high school ring
A ring I knew too well
#25) Smothers Brothers, The: "Jenny Brown" (1963) [84] {-}
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Tie Breakers
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Run and get the bucket, get the baby some beer, yeah,
Run and get the bucket get the
Run and get the bucket
Yeah, go on, get out of here
#T1) Van Ronk, Dave: "Candy Man" (1964)
From the album, "Just Dave Van Ronk." The song, variations of which were
performed by many of the folk and blues pickers of the '60's, was one of
Van Ronk's staple live performance numbers. He learned his version from the
late Rev. Gary Davis. Van Ronk, often referred to as "The Mayor of MacDougal
Street" (in Greenwich Village), died in 2002. He sang with a gravel-like
voice that offset his often delicateand intricate guitar finger-picking.
He was an influential mentor to Bob Dylan and many others from that era who
went on to fame and fortune in the folk and pop music world. One distin-
guishing feature of this particular lyric entry that separates it from other
versions is in the second line. DVR purposely omits the words, "baby some
beer" and, instead, lets his finger picking fill in the melody. Not so in
Dylan's version, or that of others. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ugKof4R_F3U
My old gal's a good old pal
And she looks like a water fowl
When I get them
#T2) Watson, Doc: "Deep River Blues" (1964)
From his self-titled debut Vanguard album. Doc, who passed away last summer
at age 89. lived all his life in Deep Gap, NC, not far from where I now live.
Like Van Ronk, Doc is a legend among acoustic guitarists, as well as everyone
in the Boone, NC area, including me. If you have never heard him play, check
out this YouTube video of "Deep River Blues," (water fowl lyric is slightly
different than the '60's recording I used for this quiz):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6VAbrnjdtYw
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The following table ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized.
The first column indicates the average number of points scored on that song
(total points divided by number of entrants). For comparison purposes,
tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
Avg. Song
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20.00 #01) Baez, Joan: "There But For Fortune"
20.00 #02) Beatles, The: "Eleanor Rigby"
20.00 #04) Brothers Four, The: "Greenfields"
20.00 #07) Everly Brothers, The: "I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail"
20.00 #09) Fleetwoods, The: "Come Softly To Me"
20.00 #11) Glazer, Tom, and the Do-Re-Mi Chorus: "On Top Of Spaghetti"
20.00 #15) Irish Rovers, The: "The Unicorn"
20.00 #16) Kingston Trio, The: "M.T.A."
20.00 #20) Peter, Paul & Mary: "Blowin' In The Wind"
20.00 #23) Simon & Garfunkel: "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
20.00 #24) Simon Sisters: "Winkin' Blinkin' and Nod"
19.80 #22) Sandpipers, The: "Guantanamera"
19.17 #08) Feliciano, Jose: "Star Spangled Banner"
18.33 #06) Donovan: "Catch The Wind"
18.33 #03) Belafonte, Harry: "Coconut Woman"
18.33 #13) Hayes, Bill: "Ballad of Davy Crockett, The"
18.33 #19) New Christy Minstrels, The: "This Land Is Your Land"
17.50 #05) Browns, The: "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)"
17.50 #14) Highwaymen, The: "I'm On My Way"
16.67 #10) Flint, Shelby: "Angel On My Shoulder"
16.67 #12) Glencoves, The: "Hootenanny"
16.67 #18) Mitchell, Chad, Trio: "The Marvelous Toy"
16.67 #21) Presley, Elvis, with the Jordainaires: "(There'll Be) Peace In the
15.00 #17) Limelighters, The: "A Dollar Down"
13.33 #25) Smothers Brothers, The: "Jenny Brown"
10.00 #T1) Van Ronk, Dave: "Candy Man"
08.33 #T2) Watson, Doc: "Deep River Blues"
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Tom and Rick <golq330@Golq.org>