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1. The opening notes of this song are almost the same as a solo on Louis Jordan’s song “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman”. This song appears on an album with a title claiming the artist “Is On Top”, after the song Anthony Boy. Lyrics referring to the central character of this song as a “coloured boy” were changed to “country boy” to be safer for radio play. The second verse of this song includes the lyrics “oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade, strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made”. A famous performance of this song was followed by a metallic guitar solo literally thirty years ahead of its time. The first verse of this song begins with the iconic lines “deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans, way back up in the woods among the Evergreens". For ten points, identify this truly classic rock and roll song by Chuck Berry about a boy who could play the guitar "just like the ring of a bell".ANSWER: Johnny B. Goode2. A long song on this album includes the lyrics “the machine that we built would never save us, that’s what they say” and “anyway, you know good well it would be beyond the will of God”; that song, 1983…, tells of a man and his lover’s wish to become mermaids. A long blues jam on this album includes the lyrics “Lord, I swear the moon turned a fire red the night I was born”. A shorter version of that song subtitled (Slight Return) is the last track on this album and begins with the lyrics “well, I stand up to next to a mountain, and chop it down with the edge of my hand”. That song comes after a Bob Dylan cover that begins with the lines “there’s must be some kind of way out of here”. One picture used a cover art for this album is of 19 naked women, which embarrassed Hendrix when his original idea was not used. For ten points, identify this final studio album of the Jimi Hendrix Experience that includes Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and All Along the Watchtower.ANSWER: Electric Ladyland3. A member of this band claims to have invented pogo dancing as a way of mocking outsiders who came to the band’s shows before he had joined. The mockumentary film The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle follows this band and its manager. A song by this band includes the lyrics “think it is well playing Max's Kansas, you're looking bored, and you're acting flash, with nothing in your gut”. This band’s frontman went on to release the Metal Box and First Edition with the band Public Image Limited. This band’s second bassist was a super-fan who died of a heroin overdose after allegedly murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen in a potential suicide pact. A song by this band begins with the lyrics “God save the queen, the fascist regime/They made you a moron, potential H-bomb”. Another song by this band begins with the lines “I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist”. For ten points, identify this legendary English punk band behind the songs God Save the Queen and Anarchy in the U.K., fronted by Johnny Rotten.ANSWER: The Sex Pistols4. A song about this kind of person was recorded with microphones 9 inches, 20 feet, and 50 feet away from the artist which forced the artist to scream to overcome the gating effect created by the producer. That song was performed in a notable concert next to the Berlin Wall in 1987. A song about this kind of person includes the lyrics “as soon as you're born they make you feel small, by giving you no time instead of it all” and repeats that title role “is something to be”. A song by Chad Kroeger about this kind of person describes repeats the line “I’m not gonna stand here and wait”. A song by the Foo Fighters about this kind of person begins with the line “too alarming now to talk about” and tells us to “watch him as he goes” because “he’s ordinary”. The Fairy Godmother sings a song about this kind of person during the climax of Shrek 2, describing some who has “gotta be strong and gotta be fast, and he’s gotta be fresh from the fight”. For ten points, identify this kind of person, a Working Class one described by John Lennon that Bonny Tyler is Holding Out For.ANSWER: Hero5. A song by this band begins with the lyrics “wandering aimlessly in a cold dark mist I follow, walking in a dark world that’s been”. This band travelled in Ed Force One on their worldwide Book of Souls Tour. A 12-minute literary-inspired song by this band includes the lyrics “driven south to the land of the snow and ice, to a place where nobody's been” and “water, water, everywhere nor any drop to drink”. Another song by this band features a chorus that includes the lyrics “run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die, won’t you run, live to fly, fly to live” before the title phrase, Aces High. Those songs are on this band’s album Powerslave. Another song by this band begins with the lyrics “you’ll take my life but I’ll take yours too”; that song, The Trooper, is inspired by the Charge of the Light Brigade. Another song by this band includes a chorus that notes “666, the number of the beast”. For ten points, identify this metal band fronted by Bruce Dickinson known for the skeletal character Eddie the Head that appears on all of their album coversANSWER: Iron Maiden6. Performances of this song after a plane crash would put a spotlight on an unused microphone while the rest of the band played the instrumental sections. Gary Rossington plays a delayed slide guitar on this song that lead to the echoing sound of his solo. This is the last and longest song on an album that offers a pronunciation guide of the band’s name. Johnny Van Zandt initially promised never to sing this song until convinced by the audience in 1989. The bridge of this song includes the lyrics “but please don’t take it so badly, cause Lord knows I’m to blame”, and the line “Lord knows I can’t change”. This song begins with the iconic lines “if I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me”. For ten points, identify this classic song by Lynyrd Skynyrd that is sarcastically requested at concerts around the world, regardless of context or the genre being played.ANSWER: Free Bird7. An amusingly named instrumental song by this band is called I Slept With Bonhomme at the CBC. A 2017 song by this band includes the lyrics “'cause I know, you're never gonna be, o you're never gonna be that word, you shouldn’t have come at all”. A song by this band describes how the title artist and the singer “lost magic light until tomorrow night”. That song, Art House Director, appears on the album Forgiveness Rock Record after the song All to All. Another song by this band describes how the title character, a Fire-Eyed Boy, “gives ‘em all the slip”. That song and the song’s 7/4 (Shoreline), which is in the title time signature appears on this band’s self-titled album, which features a black and white city on an orange background. The chorus of this band’s song Time = Cause ends with the line “they all want to fuck the cause”. This band’s song Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl repeats the line “park the car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me”; that song is sung by the singer of Metric. For ten points, identify this Canadian indie rock band known for a massive lineup that has included Emily Haines and Feist.ANSWER: Broken Social Scene8. The last song on this album reuses the tune of the first track but uses the lyrics “I don't belong here, said old Tessa out loud, easy, love, there's the Safe Way home” before commenting “it’s scrambled eggs”. The track Battle for Epping Forest, a song on this album, tells of gang fights in East London. A song on this album begins with the lyrics “it’s one o’clock and time for lunch, bum de bum de bum” and features the fantastic line “me, I’m just a lawnmower, you can tell by the way I walk”. The cover of this album shows a man lying down on a bench in front of a row of hedges and a lady carrying a parasol. Another song on this album begins with the lyrics “can you tell me where my country lies, said the unifaun to his true love’s eyes” and also includes the lines “there’s a fat old lady outside the saloon, laying out the credit cards she plays fortune”. That song, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, rhymes the album’s title with “they eat without a sound”. For ten points, identify this 1973 album by Genesis about the increasing consumerism in England.ANSWER: Selling England by the Pound9. This band’s final album ends with a song with the lyrics “the note I wrote as she read, she said, has the Perrier gone straight to my head, or is life sick and cruel, instead?”. A song by this band begins with a brief section of the song Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty. That song is the title track on this band’s 1986 album which also has a song that includes the lyrics “but sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled, making Christmas cards with the mentally ill” and another that includes the lyrics “a murderous desire for love, how can they look into my eyes, and still they don't believe me?”. Johnny Marr is best known for playing guitar jangly and tuned up for this band. A song by this band repeats the refrain “I am the son and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar, I am the son and heir of nothing in particular”. Another song by this band begins with the lyrics “Take me out tonight, where there's music and there's people, and they're young and alive”. For ten points, identify this English band of indie rock pioneers fronted by Morrissey that recorded the songs How Soon is Now and There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.ANSWER: The Smiths10. A music video for a song on this album was banned by the BBC for its use of footage of The Troubles. The last song on this album begins with the lyrics “I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seat, I don't see any flaws until I get to my feet”. Another song on this album includes a chorus with the lyrics “you will see light in the darkness, you will make some sense of this, and when you've made your secret journey, you will find this love you miss”. A song on this album includes the lyrics “our so-called leaders speak, with words they try to jail you”. A chorus of another song on this album includes the lyrics “everything she does just turns me on, even though my life before was tragic, now I know my love for her goes on”. The title of this album comes from Gilbert Ryle’s description of Cartesian dualism and the cover of this album shows three red characters on a black background. For ten points, identify this 1981 album by The Police that includes the songs Spirits in the Material World and Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.ANSWER: Ghost in the Machine 11. At Live 8, Chris Martin introduced this song by claiming it was the best song ever written, and its singer the best ever as well. Elements of this song were sampled from the Andrew Oldham Orchestra’s recording of The Last Time, a song by the Rolling Stones; because of this, Jagger and Richards both have songwriting credits on this song. In the music video for this song, Richard Ashcroft walks down the streets of London while ignoring the people around him. A verse of this song includes the lyrics “I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now, but the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now”. This song’s chorus includes the lyrics “no change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change, but I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould”. For ten points, identify this classic song by The Verve with prominent string instrumentation about a musical piece that’s life.ANSWER: Bitter Sweet Symphony12. This band’s self-titled debut album was recorded on the last day of a trip to Australia after members had left the bands Heavens to Betsy and Excuse 17. A song by this band includes the lyrics “the ring on my finger, so tight it turns blue, a constant reminder, I'll die in this room, if you die in this room”. Another song by this band on their album The Woods begins with the lyrics “I spend the afternoon in cars, I sit in traffic jams for hours, don't push me, I am not OK”. Songs on this band’s 2015 album No Cities to Love released after their reformation include Bury Our Friends, No Anthems, and Surface Envy. A song by this band claims that “hunger makes me a” title person and repeats the line “my whole life looks like a picture of a sunny day”. For ten points, identify this feminist punk band from Portland, Oregon behind the songs Jumpers and Modern Girl.ANSWER: Sleater-Kinney13. On BBC’s Live Lounge, Taylor Swift covered this song with a piano instead of the distinct original instrument. This song is the longest charting song ever in the artist’s native country of Australia, spending an absurd 120 weeks in the top 100. This song is the fourth track on the artist’s album Dream Your Life Away. The second verse of this song is inspired by the film Midnight Cowboy, claiming a character is “running from himself” and another has “been living on the highest shelf”. The bridge of this song claims “I swear she's destined for the screen, closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen”. The first verse of this song begins with the line “I was scared of dentists and the dark” and each chorus is preceded by the line “oh, and they come unstuck”. For ten points, identify this song by Vance Joy, played on ukelele, that describes a lady “taken away to the dark side” but still assures “I wanna be your left hand man”.ANSWER: Riptide14. A song by this band repeats the lines “two states, we want two states” and “40 million daggers”. Lyrics on this band’s song Range Life, which repeats variations of the line “if I could settle down”, would lead to a beef with Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins after his band and the Stone Temple Pilots are explicitly called out. One of this band’s songs, which includes the lyrics “is it a crisis or a boring change? When it’s central, so essential” and “secret cret-cret-cret”, is considered by Pitchfork to be the best song of the 90s. Another song by this band includes the lyrics “I don’t care, don’t care, I really don’t care, did you see the drummer’s hair?”. All of those songs appear on this band’s album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, which came after their album Slanted and Enchanted, which begins with the song Summer Babe (Winter Version). For ten points, identify this quintessential indie rock band fronted by Stephen Malkmus.ANSWER: Pavement 15. A song by this band includes the lyrics “I support the left, though I’m leaning, leaning to the right”. Another song by this band includes the lyrics “it was on the way, on the road to dreams, yeah, now my heart’s drowned in no love streams”. Another song by this band inspired by Greek mythology begins with the lyrics “you thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever” and tells of “tiny purple fishes laughing through your fingers”. One song by this band describes an apartment with “black curtains near the station, black roof country”. Perhaps the best-known song by this band begins with the lyrics “it’s getting near dark” and repeats the line “I’ve been waiting so long” alternating between Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton. For ten points, identify this 60s supergroup that combined blues and psychedelic elements on songs like White Room and Sunshine of Your Love.ANSWER: Cream16. A song by an artist with this surname includes the lyrics “the old home town looks the same, as I step down from the train, and there to meet me is my Mama and Papa”. Another song by that artist includes the lyrics “spy on me baby use satellite, infrared to see me move through the night, aim gonna fire shoot me right”. As the frontman for a band created for television, an artist with this surname sang lines like “cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh, what can it mean” and “I thought love was only true in fairy tales, meant for someone else but not for me”. A bassist with this surname drowned in a swimming pool shortly after being kicked out of a band that had just recorded the album Let It Bleed. Another song by an artist with this surname includes the lyrics “you find it happens all the time, love will never do, what you want it to, why can't this crazy love be mine”. For ten points, identify this surname of Davy, singer of the Monkees, and Tom, singer of Sex Bomb and It’s Not Unusual.ANSWER: Jones17. David Cross created a top 10 album list for listening alongside experiencing these things, while making fun of their style at the same time. Another of these things describes a possible orgasm induced by Save Ferris’ cover of Come On Eileen. Ryan Dombal is one pseudonym adopted to create these things. One of these things is simply a NSFW YouTube link to a video of a monkey peeing in his own mouth. One of these, a parody written by the Onion, gives music overall a 6.8 and highlighting Tuvan throat singing and Steely Dan’s Peg as highlights. The matgazine responsible for creating these things has been criticized for deleting some which have been on the “wrong side of history”. Notably positive examples of these things give perfect 10s granted to Kid A and OK Computer. For ten points, identify these pieces of journalism produced by an indie taste-making magazine that can make or break an artist’s success.ANSWER: Pitchfork reviews18. This band’s drummer changed his musical style after someone told him to play “monotonous” in a positive way. A song by The Fall about this band’s singer includes the lyrics “when the drums come in fast” and “what have you got in that paper bag”. The second side of one of this band’s albums, the cover of which is blue and gold with a trident, is taken up entirely by the long, ambient-influenced track Bel Air. Malcolm Mooney sang on this band’s first album Monster Movie, but returned to America after his mental health deteriorated. This band’s 1971 album Tago Mago includes songs like Mushroom and Paperhouse. Kanye West’s song Hot and Drunk Girls is based on this band’s song Sing Swan Song. Perhaps this band’s best known song includes the lyrics “hey you, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing” the title nutrient. For ten points, identify this German rock band that featured the eccentric singing of Damo Suzuki on songs like Pinch and Vitamin C.ANSWER: CAN19. A song by Brand New about this person includes the lyrics “do you believe you're missing out, that everything good is happening somewhere else, with nobody in your bed” and “I will die all alone”. A noise rock band named for this person released the albums Goat and Liar. A song about this person includes the lyrics “I don’t care what they may know, I don’t care where they may go” before repeating a line about how swell this person is. This is the first person in the name of a noise pop band that recorded the debut album Psychocandy which includes a song with the lyrics “listen to the girl, as she takes up half the world”, Just Like Honey. Another song about this person includes the lyrics “feeling unknown, and you're all alone, flesh and bone, by the telephone, lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer”. For ten points, identify this person, who is Just Alright according to a song by the Doobie Brothers and has a “Personal” variety described by Depeche Mode.ANSWER: Jesus (or the Jesus Lizard)20. This studio album was first played in full live during the band’s Time Machine Tour. The last song on this album includes the lyrics “an ounce of perception, a pound of obscure, process information at half speed, pause, rewind, replay”. Another song on this album includes the lyrics “they seem oblivious to a soft spring rain, like an English rain, so light, yet endless, from a leaden sky”. A single from this album includes the lyrics “the universal dream, for those who wish to seem, those who wish to be”. The cover of this album shows men in red jumpsuits carrying paintings in front of the stone arches of Queen’s Park. A song on this album sees Neil Peart bang out local airport’s identifier code in Morse code. The first song of this album begins with the lyrics “a modern-day warrior mean, mean stride” and includes a bridge with the lyrics “what you say about his company is what you say about society”. For ten points, identify this 1981 album by Rush that includes the songs YYZ and Tom Sawyer.ANSWER: Moving Pictures ................
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