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---Mixtape---A charity pop music tournament organized by Harris Bunker for The Lansing Food BankSummer 2019Packet By: Harris BunkerTossups: 1. Melanie Fiona is featured in one song by this artist where she mentions “That wet that fire that funky stuff” and encourages that “You'll never be alone again.” In a notable single by this artist the artist sounds like he is crying and says “I tried to tell my momma, but she told me:/"This is one for your dad"” That song by this artist was covered by Sleeping with Sirens where this artist and the choral singers ask “ain’t that some shit?” In one song, this singer says (*) “Ha ha ha, bless your soul/You really think you're in control?” and asks “Does that make me” the title psychological adjective in that song’s chorus. This member of Goodie Mob is one half of the musical group of the song “Crazy”, Gnarls Barkley. For 10 points, what singer behind the hit “Fuck You” also used to be a judge on The Voice?ANSWER: CeeLo Green [accept either and also accept Thomas DeCarlo Callaway]2. In their best song of the year list, Pitchfork says “On and off wax—in a wholly demoralizing year that still became, indisputably, hers.” In the second verse, the artist proclaims “I just arrove in a Rolls, I just came up in a Wraith\I need to fill up the tank, no, I need to fill up the safe.” The music video for this song takes place in (*) Dubai and features the artist riding a camel, sitting next to a cheetah and appears next to some possible emirs while money is falling. During the chorus, the singer of this song says “I don’t dance now. I make money moves.” That chorus for this song mentions “bloody shoes” and the singer says “I'm a boss, you a worker, bitch, I make bloody moves” in order to show her rise in status. The name of this song was inspired by a rapper’s name who made the songs “No Flockin’” and “Zeze.” For 10 points, identify this 2017 debut single for Cardi B from her album Invasion of Privacy.ANSWER: “Bodak Yellow”3. In one music video for a song by this band, the band is in a flying mustard bottle before they sit down and eat hot dogs and hamburgers—which turns violent. That song by this band mentions the “So many reasons why one should never entertain the taste of” the title color. A recent 16 minute song by this band opens with a symphonic opening which precedes lyrics “Here you are, all you fuck with is wages” and the repeated “A green-skin apocalypse/A do or die.” That song, (*) “Reptile” appears on a recent album by this band which includes the song “CHVRCH BVRNER” (“Church Burner”). In an earlier song by this metal band, the speaker repeats “Death is coming ‘round like a hurricane swirling” and “the misery is killing me slowly.” This Washington D.C. band released the album HAIL STAN in 2019. For 10 points, name this American djent band behind such hits as “Racecar” and “Marigold.”ANSWER: Periphery (the untitled song is “Scarlet”)4. In one scene in this musical, a character spends the night with a girl he calls “Whatshername” who he sings a duet with in the song “Last night on Earth.” A nurse named “Extraordinary Girl” tends to the wounds of a character in this musical in which that character and Will sing the song “21 Guns.” Johnny, Tunny and Will all play acoustic guitars in this musical during a rendition of a song that mentions “Like my fathers come to pass/Seven years has (*) gone so fast.” This musical, which takes place in “Jingletown, USA”, features the alter-ego St. Jimmy who uses heroin in one scene. This musical shares its name with an album that contains the song “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” and a title track that criticizes the Iraq War. For 10 points, name this musical with music based off the 2004 album by Green Day.ANSWER: American Idiot5. The White Buffalo produced a cover of “The House of the Rising Sun” for the season four finale of this TV show. The song “Hey Hey, My My” plays in the season 3 finale of this show during a scene where a character played by Titus Welliver is stabbed to death and an ATF agent is shot in the front seat of a car. Two characters in this show are shot after smoking weed and a character says “I know a thousand places to bury bodies” in a scene where Yelawolf’s “Til It’s Gone” plays in the background. This television show ends with the song “Come Join the (*) Murder” playing as the protagonist is (SPOILERS) killed. The theme song to this show references a crow that “flies straight—a perfect line” and opens by saying “ridin’ through this world/ All alone.” For 10 points, identify this FX series starring Charlie Hunnam about a California motor cycle gang.ANSWER: Sons of Anarchy6. With his son, a rapper born in this US city produced a song called “Trapanese” that has a raunchy music video drawn in an anime style. That rapper from here is notable for his Vine compilations and portrayed a quarterback in Blue Mountain State. Another rapper from this city said “I got the white boys mad at me” because a rapper from this city signed him. That pair from here had earlier appeared on a song which mentions (*) Dick Cheney’s heart problems and singer screams “fuck you Debbie!” A rapper notable for being from this city repeatably mentions how he was “Rushing at a kid just to be grown up.” That rapper appeared in a song called “this city versus everybody” which features Royce da 5’9’’ and Big Sean. For 10 points, name this city home to rappers like Danny Brown that is actually not the birthplace of Eminem.ANSWER: Detroit, Michigan7. It’s not “having sex” or “hacking into computers”, but in a song about this activity, the speaker says he is a super hero and does this activity with an object named after “war.” In yet another song about this activity, the title object is central to this activity and is named after a “hot and crazy” object central to this activity which is described to be “silver shinin’ like a wishing star.” A Dave Rogers song describes a version of this activity that is “insane” that makes him “feel so brave.” In a perhaps a more notable song by (*) Manuel, the leader asks if the listener “likes” the object central to this action. The anime Initial D provided lots of songs that described this competitive activity. For 10 points, many Eurobeat songs concern what activity that is the subject of the song “Gas, Gas, Gas” and is the primary activity shown up in many “Deja Vu” memes?ANSWER: Driving [accept anything about operating an automobile or car such as drifting or speeding or racing] (songs mentioned include “A Perfect Hero”, “Hot, Crazy Car” and “Gas, Gas, Gas.”)8. In one song, this rapper tells about a girl who asked "What kind of girl do you think that I are?/The kind that you meet in a bar?” That verse by this artist appears on John Legend’s “Green Light.” This rapper also appears on Frank Ocean’s one verse song Solo (Reprise.) This rapper’s most notable group appeared on a song where he urges “Now hurry, hurry, go on to the altar” and to “play our part.” That song featuring this artist is by (*) UGK. This artist rapped about fatherhood in his verse on T.I.’s “Sorry.”Another song that features this artist features him reminiscing about “Drawin' LL Cool J album covers with Crayolas on construction paper” and “I'm tryna fuck my neighbor, I'm tryna hook my waves up.” That Rick Ross song has this rapper repeat “When sixteen ain’t enough.” For 10 points, name this rapper primarily known for his features: one half of Outkast along with Big Boi.ANSWER: Andre 3000 [accept obvious equivalents like 3k; accept Andre Benjamin] (The UGK song is “International Player’s Anthem”)9. This song was used in Albert Brook’s 1996 film Mother where Steve Lively and Jess Harnell tried to imitate the vocals of this song. One of the creators of this song said it’s “ it's a song about times past—about Mrs. Roosevelt and Joe DiMaggio and stuff.” This song’s lyric “Coo, coo, ca-choo” is an obvious to allusion to the Beatle’s “I am the Walrus.” One of this song’s creators worked on a film where a character asks “you’re trying to (*) seduce me. Aren’t you?” to a character who shares her name with this song. The speakers of this song says “heaven holds a place for those who pray.” This song opens with some scat skinning and the speakers tells the title woman “Jesus loves you more than you will know” and wishes “here’s to you.” For 10 points, identify this Simon and Garfunkle song that shares its title with the older woman from The Graduate.ANSWER: “Mrs. Robinson”10. Though not known for their music in this century, this band’s 2017 album released an album which contained the song “Love Level” which featured John Roberts of Bob’s Burgers fame. Besides their newest album Pollinator, this group’s third studio album contains a disco/new wave hit which contains the refrain “Once I had a love.” The lead singer of this band of the album was photographed as a knight in shining armor for a cover of Rolling Stone by Annie Leibovitz. A perhaps more notable song by this group mentions a time, “One (*) day, maybe next week” where the speaker is going to “meetcha.” The speaker of that song by this group is “gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha.” For 10 points, name this rock band mostly active in the 1970s which featured Chris Stein and Debbie Harry which released “Heart of Glass” and “One Way or Another.”ANSWER: Blondie11. In one music video from this country, a trio of women pass by manikins who are actually live men and then the women start to levitate. A neo-classical metal song written by a band from this country heavily quotes Tchaikovsky's violin concerto in D minor. That song “Angel of Salvation” was created by the band Galneryus, who are from this country, and also created the hit “Hunting for your Dream.” In addition to the pop group (*) Perfume of the song “Pick Me Up,” another musical group from this country consists of a trio of women who sing cute lyrics in songs like “Karate” while heavy metal blares in the background. That band from this country is Babymetal. A melancholic song used in a movie in this non-German-speaking country opens with “I know, I know iIve let you down” and repeats “it all comes tumbling down.” The theme to the TV show from here that inspired that movie is known as “Cruel Angel’s Thesis” in English. For 10 points, identify this Asian country whose anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is known for its depressing themes and music.ANSWER: Japan [accept Nippon of course]12. In the music video for this song, the protagonist posts a status to “Friendplace” before a shot of a woman licking a man’s stomach as in a bodyshot appears. On Punk Goes Pop Vol. 4, the metalcore band Woe is Me released a cover of this song. That music video for this song features a nerd who fantasies himself as knight who kisses the protagonist of that video. This song was surpassed on the Billboard Hot 100 by LMFAO’s (*) “Party Rock Anthem.” The speaker of this song believes a warrant is out for [her] arrest and thinks she needs a ginger ale before nothing that was “such an epic fail.” The speaker of this song maxed their credit card and got kicked out of the bar on the title day. For 10 points, identify this 2010 Katy Perry hit about a day of the week where you “do it all again.”ANSWER: Last Friday Night (“TGIF”) [accept “TGIF”]13. A 2017 song by Nothing More titled “Let ‘em” do this action starts with the band chanting and yelling “Everybody” before they ask “Where’s the truth? Where does it lie?” A song just titled after this action by Papa Roach has the singer proclaim that he wants to watch you do this action because “You know you showed her fucking me over.” Another song titled after this action from from the album Heathen sees the speaker proclaim “Leading us on and on and on” like the (*) slow form of this action. In addition to that David Bowie song, a Talking Heads song about this action contains the nonsensical lyric “Shape down, dreams walking in broad daylight/ Three hundred sixty-five degrees.” Yet another song about doing this action “for you” says do this action “out the day” and “out the night” and was recorded by Blue Oyster Cult. For 10 points, name this action that can happen to flammable objects.ANSWER: Burn [accept word forms and phrases such as “Slow Burn” or “Burn it Down”]14. A music video by this band contains footage from Potsdamer Platz in Germany. That video’s song features heavy whistling after each chorus and the speaker mentions “Gorky Park” several times. In one ballad by this band that was later covered by Sonata Arctica, the piano-enfused opening starts with the lyric “Time, it needs time\To win back your love again.” In more well-known song by this band of “Wind of (*) Change”, the speaker says “Just imagine you'd come through this door/You'd take all my sorrow away” and “I can't wait for the nights with you” during the chorus. In addition to “Still Loving You”, this band made a song which opens by describing “the early morning” where the “sun comes out.” That song has the lyric “Here I am” before the title phrase. “No One Like You” and “Rock you like a Hurricane” were songs by—for 10 points—what German rock band?ANSWER: Scorpions15. Flo Rida appeared on one alcohol-related song with this musical artist where Flo Rida says “I show up but I never throw up/So let the drinks pour up, pour up.” This artist describes a woman as “she's my star, my light, starry night/aviator shades cuz she shines so bright” in one song. In addition to “She’s Like a Star”, in a different song by this artist, the guest rapper says “but I don't really think there's anybody as bomb as me.” That song by this artist features (*) Ludacris where this singer admits “If you fall for me/I'm not easy to please.” This musician’s most notable song features the heavily auto-tuned lyric of “it goes on and on and on” and opens with “I threw my hands into the air sometime” before this singer says “we can rock this club.” For 10 points, name this English singer who made the potentially memorable late 2000s “hits” “Break Your Heart” and “Dynamite.”ANSWER: Taio Cruz16. This song titles a short film by its main artist about a man named Griffin who falls in love with a phoenix. Both that film and this song’s music video and single album cover depict female ballet dancers in black tutus. One verse in this song mentions “Ichabod Crane with that motherfucking top off” and argues “Every bag, every blouse, every bracelet/Comes with a price tag, baby, face it.” Later, the main singer admits he was never much of a (*) “romantic” because he could not “take the intimacy.” The singer of this song suggests having a toast for “jerkoffs who never take work off” and for the “douchebags.” The addressee of this song has been putting up with the singer’s shit “for way too long.” For 10 points, name this track from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy featuring Pusha T: a ballad by Kanye West titled after a person who leaves home.ANSWER: “Runaway”17. One video review of this album says the lyrics are “slightly readable” and continuously notes their distortion. That video by Anthony Fantano notes how this album is “rewarding” yet “evil.” A song on this album contains a repeat of the word “What” eight times before the singer mentions “Run up bitch to the death get gripped, my steeze is ballin' out” and says the title body parts are coming out his mouth. In addition to “Hustle Bones”, the last song on this album repeatedly asks “Come Out. Your shit is gone.” where the speaker is “in your (*) area.” In the chorus of the most notable song off this album, the speaker mentions “Blood rush to my head bit hot lock/Poppin' off the fuckin' block knot” after repeating the song’s title. For 10 points, identify this second album from the experimental musical ensemble Death Grips which features the songs “I’ve Seen Footage” and “Get Got.”ANSWER: The Money Store18. A dance pop song recorded by an artist from this country has its title translated as “And I'm still right here” was recorded by a former member of Timbiriche who would go on to become a judge on the American version of The X Factor. A song by a group from this country is in both English and its official language references “staying on your side of the goddamn river” and makes several bean jokes. In addition to the comedy rap group (*) Molotov, this country is home to the wildly successful pop artist Paulina Rubio. A song by an artist from this country opens “Man it’s a hot one” and was was famously remixed with Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty. For 10 points, the songs “No One to Depend On” and “Smooth” are by Carlos Santana, who was born in what Latin American country?ANSWER: Mexico (the unnamed Molotov song was “Frijolero”)19. The metal band Threshold made the bonus track of their album Dead Reckoning a cover of this song. The music video for this song features its performers in masks and with additional actors in full-body zentai suits. This song, which was paired on its single LP with “Crying Shame” alludes to a “queen of the superficial.” In the beginning of this song, the speaker asks “Oh baby, don't you know I suffer?/Oh baby, can you hear me moan?” The line “you set my soul alright” is mentioned heavily in this song’s chorus. This song’s lyrics mention “glaciers melting in the dead of (*) night” and “the And the superstars sucked into the” title object. For 10 points, name this single from Black Holes and Revelations—a Muse song named after a giant object in the center of a galaxy.ANSWER: “Supermassive Black Hole”20. Noted dumbass Robert Christgau said the first album by this group had “catchy vocals and spoiled overarrangements.” The cover of this band’s first album is a parody of Norman Rockwell’s 1960 Boy Scouts image. This group’s song “Capitalism” was named one of the 50 greatest conservative rock songs by the National Review. A music video for a song by this group features little skeleton dolls in which the skeletons get into various hi-jinks at a party. The story of (*) Frankenstein is heavily alluded in another song by this group in which the speaker asks “my creation –is it real?” and wonders why people don’t understand his intentions. A popular song by this band of the album Only a Lad contains the refrain “Talking to a dead man over my shoulder.” For 10 points, name this Southern California 80s new wave band which made the songs “Weird Science” and “Dead Man’s Party.”ANSWER: Oingo Boingo ................
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