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Pop Pickers 2 - Q&A

  • 15-04-2005 1:07pm
    #1
    Frank Cronin
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    Answers on a postcard ...

    ----

    01. Which punk song did Velvet Revolver do a cover of and why is it different than anything else on the album?


    02. Braced female singer Marion Elliot headed which band and what was her stage name?


    03. Name the top 10 UK hit for Sham 69?


    04. Name the writer & band of 'Roadrunner', covered by the Sex Pistols?


    05. Who wrote Born To Lose?


    06. Who produced The Pogues 1990 album Hell's Ditch?

    07. Name the 2 psycho/punk bands that recorded versions of Surfin' Bird?


    08. Name the song and band these lyrics come from?

    In my alley around the corner
    there's a wino with feathered shoulders
    and a spirit giving head for crack and he'll
    never want it back.

    09. Name the band who's live album's name is very similar to one of the most famous pornographic movies?

    10. Name 2 female artists (and the songs) that have dueted with Iggy Pop?


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  • #2
    NotMe
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    03. "If the kids are united" ?

    05. Johnny Thunders

    07. Ramones and The Cramps

    08. Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction


    (nice quizzes by the way. I like :D)


  • #3
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    Ta, 5 7 & 8 are right, 3 is not, let's see what the uptake is like - could go on for years. Hopefully it might liven up the Punk boards which I find very bland in places.


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    [Deleted User]
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    02. Braced female singer Marion Elliot headed which band and what was her stage name?

    Poly Styrene; member of X-Ray Spex?


  • #5
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    Correct, so left to go:

    01. Which punk song did Velvet Revolver do a cover of and why is it different than anything else on the album?

    03. Name the top 10 UK hit for Sham 69?

    04. Name the writer & band of 'Roadrunner', covered by the Sex Pistols?

    06. Who produced The Pogues 1990 album Hell's Ditch?

    09. Name the band who's live album's name is very similar to one of the most famous pornographic movies?

    10. Name 2 female artists (and the songs) that have dueted with Iggy Pop?


  • #6
    summer_ina_bowl
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    Frank Cronin wrote:
    10. Name 2 female artists (and the songs) that have dueted with Iggy Pop?
    peaches - kick it
    deborah harry - well, did you evah

    erm, i think????


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  • #7
    summer_ina_bowl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭summer_ina_bowl


    oh and i think number 6 is joe strummer


  • #8
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    I might have been caught out by summer_ina_bowl, I knew it was a risk with the number 10 Iggy Question, I cannot comment on Peaches as I don't know it, but Debbie Harry is one of the answers I had. Number 6 is right also, leaving ..

    01. Which punk song did Velvet Revolver do a cover of and why is it different than anything else on the album?

    03. Name the top 10 UK hit for Sham 69?

    04. Name the writer & band of 'Roadrunner', covered by the Sex Pistols?

    09. Name the band who's live album's name is very similar to one of the most famous pornographic movies?

    10. Name 1 female artist(and the song) that have dueted with Iggy Pop?


  • #9
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    10. Name 1 female artist(and the song) that have dueted with Iggy Pop?

    Kate Pierson? I can't remember the song.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    03. Name the top 10 UK hit for Sham 69?

    The Kids are United?


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
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    01. Which punk song did Velvet Revolver do a cover of and why is it different than anything else on the album?

    Sex Pistols - Bodies. I don't know why it's different though.


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  • #12
    Frank Cronin
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    Half a mark for B-52 Katie Pierson, what was the track, (hint: sweeties)?

    Sham 69 is wrong, the boys had another?


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    Frank Cronin wrote:
    Half a mark for B-52 Katie Pierson, what was the track, (hint: sweeties)?

    Sham 69 is wrong, the boys had another?

    Sunday Morning Nightmare?


  • #14
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    Again half a mark, for Bodies!


  • #15
    fish-head
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    3. Angels with dirty faces?
    4. Bo Diddley
    9. (BLANK) Does/Do Dallas.....that would make sense but it's just a guess.


  • #16
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    Sorry, none right man.


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
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    Was Sunday Morning Nightmare right?


  • #18
    fish-head
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    Blast...Curses!
    Coulda sworn Bo Diddley wrote Roadrunner. "I'm a roadrunner man, you cant catch me (beep beep)"


  • #19
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    Think of the movie 'There's Something About Mary'


  • #20
    herobear
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    Kenny007 wrote:
    Sex Pistols - Bodies. I don't know why it's different though.

    it was a live track(and its awesome!!)


  • #21
    NotMe
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    03. Hurry up Harry.?

    I'm pretty certain that "If the kids are united" was in the top ten aswell.


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  • #22
    Frank Cronin
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    Hero Bear is correct, NotMe is wrong - top 20 maybe but not top 10.


  • #23
    NotMe
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    Hersham Boys?

    I'll get it eventually heh heh :)


  • #24
    Frank Cronin
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    Correct, I did hint previously about 'the boys', hats off!


  • #25
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    So to recap, here's what's outstanding:

    04. Name the writer & band of 'Roadrunner', covered by the Sex Pistols?

    Hint: There's Something About Mary

    09. Name the band who's live album's name is very similar to one of the most famous pornographic movies?

    Which door?


  • #26
    NotMe
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    Frank Cronin wrote:
    Hero Bear is correct, NotMe is wrong - top 20 maybe but not top 10.
    Oh I just found out it was the "If The Kids Are United" EP that got into the top 10 rather than the single.


  • #27
    Redleslie2
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    4. Jonathan Richman and the modern lovers
    9. Nofx?


  • #28
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    4 is correct, 9 is not.

    09. Name the band who's live album's name is very similar to one of the most famous pornographic movies?

    Which door?


  • #29
    Frank Cronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frank Cronin


    01. Which punk song did Velvet Revolver do a cover of and why is it different than anything else on the album?

    Bodies, because it is 'live'.

    www.velvetrevolver.com

    02. Braced female singer Marion Elliot headed which band and what was her stage name?

    Xray Spex / Poly Styrene.


    03. Name the top 10 UK hit for Sham 69?

    Hersham Boys (6).

    www.sham69.com

    04. Name the writer & band of 'Roadrunner', covered by the Sex Pistols?

    Jonathan Richman, The Modern Lovers.

    05. Who wrote Born To Lose?

    Johnny Thunders.

    http://www.johnnythunders.com

    06. Who produced The Pogues 1990 album Hell's Ditch?

    Joe Strummer.

    07. Name the 2 psycho/punk bands that recorded versions of Surfin' Bird?

    The Cramps / Ramones.

    www.thecramps.com / www.ramones.com

    08. Name the song and band these lyrics come from?

    In my alley around the corner
    there's a wino with feathered shoulders
    and a spirit giving head for crack and he'll
    never want it back.

    Bad Religion / Stranger Than Fiction

    www.badreligion.com

    09. Name the band who's live album's name is very similar to one of the most famous pornographic movies?

    Flogging Molly - Alive Behind The Green Door.

    www.floggingmolly.com

    10. Name 2 female artists (and the songs) that have dueted with Iggy Pop?

    Candy - Kate Pierson (B-52's)/ Well Did U Evah? - Deborah Harry.

    www.b52s.com / www.blondie.net


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