Wednesday, June 13, 2001

Popular music quiz number god knows how many. We didn't do well (not in the words of Bruce Forsyth). A shamely 14/20 - and to make matters worse, the winners got 20/20. Really. Gits. But they didn't win the money. £103 up for grabs next week. I'm so going to be there... So, questions...

We started well with Goldfrapp, covering Physical from 1981. We struggled on the Kraftwerk covers round. We pooled our collective knowledge of Kraftwerk hits (Autobahn, Trans-Europe Express, The Model, Computer Love, Showroom Dummies, Tour de France) and picked at random. We picked The Model, Showroom Dummies, Autobahn. They picked The Robots (?), Showroom Dummies (yippee!), Trans-Europe Express. 2/4. Oh.

Next came the identify the female vocalist round. MTV watching helped us identify Kele Le Roc guesting on the Basement Jaxx single, and also Macy Gray bellowing on the Black Eyed Peas' single. Better. Next came the most inspired round. More covers. This time though we plumped for, correctly, The Damned, Marianne Faithful and Tiny Tim. Well done boys. A more respectable 6/8.

What happened next? We blew the Smiths round (as it were). We didn't know the next 6 words of 'I started something I couldn't finish' were 'Typical me, typical me, typical me'. D'oh. Better-ish on the new releases. Jonathan's round. He got Steps and You'll be sorry, Muse and Marti Pellow (though not the titles), We did know the title of MP's song was 3 words, but didn't come up with Close to You. Or Muse's New Born. We got New Love. Close but no cigar (as Thomas Dolby once said). We came good identifying I Monster and knowing the connection to All Seeing I. 9/13. Respectable. (Cue singing from David, Jonathan and Dave).

Next, the Richard Cheese round. Cheesy covers. We missed Papa Roach, but got both Garbage and the Dead Kennedys. Finally into the 90's intro round. Somewhat skillfully we identified Lenny Kravitz (Are you gonna go my way?), Blur (Chemical World) and the Breeders (Cannonball). True to form we guessed a year too early, 1993 being correct. 14/20.

Must try harder.

Next week my pretties...

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