Rock & Roll Trivia

[Hellfire75]

Nope. The singer I'm talking about is very famous.

Striestand?or however the hell ya spell it

 

[slyc_willie]

Striestand?or however the hell ya spell it

Ya got it.

Amazed the hell outta me, too.

 

[Hellfire75]

I'll be damned i'm impressive lol

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Listening to AM radio late one night in the summer of 1966 I heard a very romantic Beach Boys song that was new to me. A couple days later at the record store I asked the clerk for the 45 version. With a puzzled look he turned to his more experienced co-worker who said, "That's the flip side of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice'."

What song did I ask for?

 

[BradBigBrain]

Who was the bass player for the band "Otis Day and the Knights" in the movie Animal House?

 

[BradBigBrain]

Listening to AM radio late one night in the summer of 1966 I heard a very romantic Beach Boys song that was new to me. A couple days later at the record store I asked the clerk for the 45 version. With a puzzled look he turned to his more experienced co-worker who said, "That's the flip side of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice'."

What song did I ask for?

God only knows?

 

[slyc_willie]

Listening to AM radio late one night in the summer of 1966 I heard a very romantic Beach Boys song that was new to me. A couple days later at the record store I asked the clerk for the 45 version. With a puzzled look he turned to his more experienced co-worker who said, "That's the flip side of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice'."

What song did I ask for?

My gut reaction is "Don't Talk."

 

[Hellfire75]

God only knows?

Thats it I think

 

[sxcascinn]

Barbara Striesand?

 

[sxcascinn]

Barbara Striesand?

Oh man i type too slow

 

[Hellfire75]

Who did axl Rose write Sweet Child O Mine for?

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

God only knows?

Well I know what song it was, and I'll bet some others do too -

Oh, you mean was that that the name of the song?

Of course - Yes. It still sends a chill down my spine when I hear it today.

Wouldn't It Be Nice is pretty sweet also.

What an amazing explosion of talent and creativity occurred in such a very short period in that era.

 

[cloudy]

Who did axl Rose write Sweet Child O Mine for?

His girlfriend (at the time...he married her later on) - Erin.....something.

 

[BradBigBrain]

Well I know what song it was, and I'll bet some others do too -

Oh, you mean was that that the name of the song?

Of course - Yes. It still sends a chill down my spine when I hear it today.

Wouldn't It Be Nice is pretty sweet also.

What an amazing explosion of talent and creativity occurred in such a very short period in that era.

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true

Pet Sounds was an awesome album...

 

[Hellfire75]

Erin Everly(Don Everly's kid) they were married like a month so ya got it

 

[slyc_willie]

Well I know what song it was, and I'll bet some others do too -

Oh, you mean was that that the name of the song?

Of course - Yes. It still sends a chill down my spine when I hear it today.

Wouldn't It Be Nice is pretty sweet also.

What an amazing explosion of talent and creativity occurred in such a very short period in that era.

The Beach Boys were part of that transitional phase between 'feel good' party songs of the fifties and the introspective, political ballads of the late sixties. Sort of combined the best of both worlds, in a way.

(But what the hell do I know? I was born in '71 )

Anyone have any other answers for the trivia in my original post?

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true . . .

. . . and then we'd be happy. And wouldn't it be nice?

 

[cloudy]

Who learned to play guitar sitting on Stevie Ray Vaughan's amps in Gruene Music Hall, Gruene, Texas, and on "Austin City Limits?"

I'm guessing, really, but I think it was Kenny Wayne Shepherd, my second favorite after Stevie. I saw KWS play when he was about thirteen - absolutely amazing.

Who wrote 'Play That Funky Music White Boy?'

Don't know who wrote it, but Wild Cherry recorded it (I actually had that record - yep, on vinyl. Shows my age)

Which two childhood friends make repeat appearances in Bon Jovi songs?

Don't have a clue.

Whose 'dream of being Elvis has all but passed me by?'

Clueless here, too.

 

[BradBigBrain]

. . . and then we'd be happy. And wouldn't it be nice?

You know it seems the more we talk about it....It only makes it worse to live without it...But lets talk about it

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

The Beach Boys were part of that transitional phase between 'feel good' party songs of the fifties and the introspective, political ballads of the late sixties. Sort of combined the best of both worlds, in a way.

Gosh, I'm sure I'm biased because I suppose we all have a special place in our hearts for the music we came of age with, but that seems kind of like saying the High Renaissance was a transition from late Medieval art to Mannerism - it was pretty special all by itself. Maybe uniquely so, even. I'm thinking of 1964 to 1969, roughly speaking. Beatles, Jimi, The Doors, The Who, Led Zeppelin, the Mamas and Papas, so many others. The energy of it all is still breathtaking.

Not to diss the music of the era that came immidiately after, however - the "singer songwriter" era. The early Elton John (when he was still soulful rather than all poppie and Bernie Taupin was writing the lyrics - Elton John, Elton John; 11/17/70), James Taylor, Carlie Simon's soulful early songs, and the glorious and unforgetable Tapestry by Carole King. and to all of them.

 

[slyc_willie]

I'm guessing, really, but I think it was Kenny Wayne Shepherd, my second favorite after Stevie. I saw KWS play when he was about thirteen - absolutely amazing.

You're right about Kenny, of course. But then, we'd already talked about this before.

 

[slyc_willie]

Gosh, I'm sure I'm biased because I suppose we all have a special place in our hearts for the music we came of age with, but that seems kind of like saying the High Renaissance was a transition from late Medieval art to Mannerism - it was pretty special all by itself. Maybe uniquely so, even.

Not to diss the music of the era that came immidiately after, however - the "singer songwriter" era. The early Elton John (when he was still soulful rather than all poppie and Bernie Taupin was writing the lyrics - Elton John, Elton John; 11/17/70), James Taylor, Carlie Simon's soulful early songs, and the glorious and unforgetable Tapestry by Carole King. and to all of them.

Ooo. James Taylor.

And Croce.

Dan Fogelberg.

 

[BradBigBrain]

Ooo. James Taylor.

And Croce.

Dan Fogelberg.

And Harry Chapin. And America. And Joni Mitchell. And CSN and Y.

 

[slyc_willie]

And CSN and Y.

I preferred them without the 'Y.'

 

[BradBigBrain]

I preferred them without the 'Y.'

Especially the CSN album.