A music quiz/challenge

[Boof]

2 hours ago, Lemongrab said:

Do they know it's Christmas?

 

Edit: Sorry, by Band Aids

 They do - and clearly so do you  

[Boof]

On 23/05/2020 at 16:01, JWL said:

 

In total agreement with regards to Mike Read; toss up between him and Noel Edmonds as to who is the biggest tosspot. Anyway, dead easy this one. Connection revealed later but if you know, feel free to add to the list.

 

1. Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three.

2. Have I The Right - The Honeycombs

3. Venus In Furs - Velvet Underground

 

I happened to be watching a Communards video t'other night and was going to post that up but a bit of checking revealed that it would have linked even more strongly to your Fun Boy Three one.

[JWL]

15 hours ago, Boof said:

 

I happened to be watching a Communards video t'other night and was going to post that up but a bit of checking revealed that it would have linked even more strongly to your Fun Boy Three one.

The Communards would work for this one. To clarify on one of the songs in my original list, Our Lips Are Sealed would work with both original and cover version.

[Boof]

Another (probably equally easy) challenge.

 

Add more to the list

 

Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass of Home

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

[felix]

29 minutes ago, Boof said:

Another (probably equally easy) challenge.

 

Add more to the list

 

Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass of Home

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

Assuming the link isn't the same as last one:

Rush (Jennifer) - The Power of Love ? 

[Boof]

6 minutes ago, felix said:

Assuming the link isn't the same as last one:

Rush   well done (Jennifer) - The Power of Love ? 

 

Works for me  

[¼½¾]

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel?

[Boof]

1 hour ago, Lemongrab said:

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel?

 

For my latest one? That's not on my list.

[JWL]

Wee bump for a dead easy one.

 

1. Love Grows (where my Rosemary goes) - Edison Lighthouse

2. Let's Go To San Francisco - The Flowerpot Men

3. Beach Baby - First Class

 

Feel free to add

[felix]

2 hours ago, JWL said:

Wee bump for a dead easy one.

 

1. Love Grows (where my Rosemary goes) - Edison Lighthouse

2. Let's Go To San Francisco - The Flowerpot Men

3. Beach Baby - First Class

 

Feel free to add

Brotherhood of Man - United We Stand.

[JWL]

32 minutes ago, felix said:

Brotherhood of Man - United We Stand.

 

Told you it was easy

[I P Knightley]

On 25/05/2020 at 10:04, JWL said:

The Communards would work for this one. To clarify on one of the songs in my original list, Our Lips Are Sealed would work with both original and cover version.

Right!

 

I'm totally confused on which songs relate to whose theme. I haven't an inkling for either your's (J.W.) or Boof's. And, to you, J Dubya, does your bump list add to your earlier list? Or have you got two on the go?

 

I have another up my sleeve but you're not getting it until I get to the bottom of this lot

[I P Knightley]

For @Boof, I would possibly suggest Mull of Kintyre by Wings?

[Boof]

On 25/05/2020 at 10:36, Boof said:

Another (probably equally easy) challenge.

 

Add more to the list

 

Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass of Home

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

 

On 25/05/2020 at 11:07, felix said:

Assuming the link isn't the same as last one:

Rush (Jennifer) - The Power of Love ? 

 

Forgot to quote myself giving this the thumbs up.

 

7 minutes ago, I P Knightley said:

For @Boof, I would possibly suggest Mull of Kintyre by Wings?

 

And that's another  

[JWL]

45 minutes ago, I P Knightley said:

Right!

 

I'm totally confused on which songs relate to whose theme. I haven't an inkling for either your's (J.W.) or Boof's. And, to you, J Dubya, does your bump list add to your earlier list? Or have you got two on the go?

 

I have another up my sleeve but you're not getting it until I get to the bottom of this lot

 

Think I only have one on the go now, and a dead easy one at that. The one with FB3 and The Honeycombs is done I think.

[I P Knightley]

17 hours ago, JWL said:

 

Think I only have one on the go now, and a dead easy one at that. The one with FB3 and The Honeycombs is done I think.

What was the link for Funboy3?

[I P Knightley]

17 hours ago, Boof said:

 

 

Forgot to quote myself giving this the thumbs up.

 

 

And that's another  

Are you sure about Jennifer Rush?

 

If so, then I got lucky with Mull of Kintyre (which is on the same list as the other three under a particular theme). My theme would also have Mr Blobby and three Spice Girls songs. 

[I P Knightley]

22 hours ago, JWL said:

Wee bump for a dead easy one.

 

1. Love Grows (where my Rosemary goes) - Edison Lighthouse

2. Let's Go To San Francisco - The Flowerpot Men

3. Beach Baby - First Class

 

Feel free to add

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance?

 

A-Ha - Take on Me? 

 

Actually - they both link to Edison lighthouse but I'm not sure about First Class.

Edited May 29, 2020 by I P Knightley

[Tazio]

17 minutes ago, I P Knightley said:

What was the link for Funboy3?

Female drummers. 

[I P Knightley]

16 minutes ago, Tazio said:

Female drummers. 

Thanks, Tazio.

I wouldn't have got that in a hundred years. 

 

As for the other one... I've "worked out" a link but wouldn't describe it as easy unless you really know your session musicians. 

[Boof]

1 hour ago, I P Knightley said:

Are you sure about Jennifer Rush?

 

Yep.

 

1 hour ago, I P Knightley said:

If so, then I got lucky with Mull of Kintyre (which is on the same list as the other three under a particular theme). My theme would also have Mr Blobby and three Spice Girls songs. 

 

That would have been the previous one I did that felix referred to in his answer. Mr Blobby and the Spice Girls don't appear on this list.

[I P Knightley]

38 minutes ago, Boof said:

 

Yep.

 

 

That would have been the previous one I did that felix referred to in his answer. Mr Blobby and the Spice Girls don't appear on this list.

How many fekkin lists am I trying to fekkin answer here??🤬

[Boof]

On 25/05/2020 at 10:36, Boof said:

Another (probably equally easy) challenge.

 

Add more to the list

 

Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass of Home

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

 

I'm hoping it's this one you're using @I P Knightley?

[I P Knightley]

On 24/05/2020 at 00:25, Boof said:

May I have a go?

 

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

 

On 25/05/2020 at 10:36, Boof said:

Another (probably equally easy) challenge.

 

Add more to the list

 

Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass of Home

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

'Kin hell, Boof! I didn't even notice that there is a song different between these two lists. How the fokk am I supposed to find a link if I can't even spot that?

[Boof]

 

 

Mr Blobby definitely works for the first list.

 

Edit - and by ****, how I hated that pink and yellow arsehole!!

Edited May 29, 2020 by Boof

[milky_26]

 been a few days can we have the connections?

[I P Knightley]

4 hours ago, Boof said:

 

 

Mr Blobby definitely works for the first list.

 

Edit - and by ****, how I hated that pink and yellow arsehole!!

So the first list is UK Christmas number 1s

 

The second, though???

 

 

B-b-but all 3 of the second list were UK Christmas number ones and Jennifer Rush wasn't. What's going on here???

Edited May 29, 2020 by I P Knightley

[Boof]

1 minute ago, I P Knightley said:

So the first list is UK Christmas number 1s

 

The second, though???

 

 

UK best selling singles by year. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_by_year_in_the_United_Kingdom

[I P Knightley]

So, are we clear of both of Boof's rounds and JWL's so called "easy" round about Wossname, the session singer who sang on about 5 obscure tracks in the early '70s? (Seriously, whoever came up with Brotherhood of Man has no excuse to not get any other theme instantly).

 

If so, I can start a new theme tomorrow that might not be as "easy" by the JWL definition but you'll all get.

[milky_26]

how about this for what connects the following songs.

 

The Shadows - Apache

Fleetwood Mac - Albatross

Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

 

what else fits the connection?

[Boof]

21 minutes ago, I P Knightley said:

So the first list is UK Christmas number 1s

 

The second, though???

 

 

B-b-but all 3 of the second list were UK Christmas number ones and Jennifer Rush wasn't. What's going on here???

 

I noticed a distinct similarity between the two lists but didn't actually spot the Rush connection - that was felix's handiwork  

 

Wish I had...

[felix]

9 hours ago, milky_26 said:

how about this for what connects the following songs.

 

The Shadows - Apache

Fleetwood Mac - Albatross

Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

 

what else fits the connection?

 

That looks like a list of UK No1 instrumentals, so you could add:- The Good The Bad & The Ugly and Axel F, to the list.

I've got one for later, but look forward to IPK's new one today.

 

9 hours ago, Boof said:

 

I noticed a distinct similarity between the two lists but didn't actually spot the Rush connection - that was felix's handiwork  

 

Wish I had...

 

I thought you'd spotted it :- "Rush   well done (Jennifer) - The Power of Love" 

Cheers anyhow.

[JWL]

Okay, here we go again. Dead easy this one.

 

1. Message in a Bottle - The Police

2. Lady Marmalade - Labelle 

3. Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins

 

Fair play to anyone who can add to the list.

Edited May 30, 2020 by JWL

[felix]

50 minutes ago, JWL said:

Okay, here we go again. Dead easy this one.

 

1. Message in a Bottle - The Police

2. Lady Marmalade - Labelle 

3. Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins

 

Fair play to anyone who can add to the list.

That's a stinker. Struggling for a link between the first & third songs / artists.

[Boof]

1 hour ago, felix said:

I thought you'd spotted it :- "Rush   well done (Jennifer) - The Power of Love" 

Cheers anyhow.

 

Well, I did spot it but you pointed it out first - at least I hope that was deliberate  

 

1 hour ago, JWL said:

Okay, here we go again. Dead easy this one.

 

1. Message in a Bottle - The Police

2. Lady Marmalade - Labelle 

3. Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins

 

Fair play to anyone who can add to the list.

 

Sugar, Sugar - The Archies?

[JWL]

Just now, Boof said:

 

Well, I did spot it but you pointed it out first - at least I hope that was deliberate  

 

 

Sugar, Sugar - The Archies?

 

Can be included in the list

[felix]

2 hours ago, JWL said:

 

Can be included in the list

Still struggling:-  Panic by The Smiths ?

[I P Knightley]

I'm nowhere with JWL's latest "easy" one.

 

I said I'd pop up another today so here goes.

 

As ever, if you think you spot the link, name a fifth song to go with these four:

 

A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

Russians - Sting

Altogether Now - The Farm

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

 

Probably best to either quote this post when you nominate your fifth or make it clear that you'd guessing at mine, not JWL's

[Tazio]

2 minutes ago, I P Knightley said:

I'm nowhere with JWL's latest "easy" one.

 

I said I'd pop up another today so here goes.

 

As ever, if you think you spot the link, name a fifth song to go with these four:

 

A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

Russians - Sting

Altogether Now - The Farm

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

 

Probably best to either quote this post when you nominate your fifth or make it clear that you'd guessing at mine, not JWL's

Maroon 5 - Memories

[I P Knightley]

6 minutes ago, Tazio said:

Maroon 5 - Memories

Yes, indeed.

[Boof]

6 hours ago, I P Knightley said:

I'm nowhere with JWL's latest "easy" one.

 

I said I'd pop up another today so here goes.

 

As ever, if you think you spot the link, name a fifth song to go with these four:

 

A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

Russians - Sting

Altogether Now - The Farm

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

 

Probably best to either quote this post when you nominate your fifth or make it clear that you'd guessing at mine, not JWL's

 

Edit - changed my mind.

Pet shop Boys - Go West?

Edited May 30, 2020 by Boof

[Boof]

13 hours ago, JWL said:

Okay, here we go again. Dead easy this one.

 

1. Message in a Bottle - The Police

2. Lady Marmalade - Labelle 

3. Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins

 

Fair play to anyone who can add to the list.

 

Could I suggest

 

Chuck Berry - School Day

[I P Knightley]

9 hours ago, Boof said:

 

Edit - changed my mind.

Pet shop Boys - Go West?

Correct. One point to Boof!

[JWL]

10 hours ago, Boof said:

 

Could I suggest

 

Chuck Berry - School Day

 

School Days by Chuck Berry works.

 

[JWL]

2 hours ago, I P Knightley said:

Correct. One point to Boof!

 

Two Tribes - FGTH?

[I P Knightley]

22 hours ago, JWL said:

 

Two Tribes - FGTH?

Sorry, John. I thought I'd replied yesterday - mustn't have hit "send".

 

Two Tribes is along the right lines (I had to look it up) but not, strictly, in the theme.

[JWL]

1 hour ago, I P Knightley said:

Sorry, John. I thought I'd replied yesterday - mustn't have hit "send".

 

Two Tribes is along the right lines (I had to look it up) but not, strictly, in the theme.

 

Hmmm.......................a wee bit stumped then; would Back in the USSR work with this one?

[I P Knightley]

16 minutes ago, JWL said:

 

Hmmm.......................a wee bit stumped then; would Back in the USSR work with this one?

Afraid not. I don't think there's anything in the Beatles' canon that falls into this category.

 

[felix]

On 30/05/2020 at 16:47, I P Knightley said:

I'm nowhere with JWL's latest "easy" one.

 

I said I'd pop up another today so here goes.

 

As ever, if you think you spot the link, name a fifth song to go with these four:

 

A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

Russians - Sting

Altogether Now - The Farm

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

 

 

 

S Club 7 - Natural ?

Still haven't a clue on JWL's

[I P Knightley]

35 minutes ago, felix said:

 

S Club 7 - Natural ?

Still haven't a clue on JWL's

I think you've got the correct theme but are going more leftfield with your suggestion. If I'm right, you're going "sampled" when I've gone "inspired by" or "nicked shamelessly from".

 

This may also be the case with Two Tribes being nominated by @JWL