The Pspot's weekly music trivia is back! Each week, The Pspot will post at least one new advanced trivia question regarding Pspot related music (primarily garage, psychedelic, pop-sike, obscure pop & gum from 1964-1972). The questions will be directly from The Pspot or from original 60's band members who have supplied questions and answers related to the band or artists. Some will be illustrated, some will be multi-part, and others will even have a prize that will go to the first to answer correctly. The Pspot will leave ALL questions, answers and winners posted for future referral.
Only one answer per person per question is allowed.
And now, plug in your cerebral synapses and light up The Pspot Trivia page with your knowledge of music from THE BEST DECADE IN ROCK 'N ROLL!
The individual below was born in Calcutta, India, and began his singing career with a London group The Eagles in 1962. His solo debut single in 1967 was unfortunately released on the same label (E.M.I.) the same week as The Beatles' 'Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever'. Name the artist and his debut single.
Answers: Elli and 'Never Mind'
We continue in the "name that tune" mode this week, and focus attention at the Documents page in the temporary 60's Aural Quiz folder. TriviaSong11 is an obscure 1968 pop tune off the Philips label. Name the song and artist/band. Hint: You have an ample opportunity not to miss this question; turn off the color and look for the red herring.
Answers: 'Miss Anne'-The Zebra
On what U.S. 1968 sleeve would one find this illustration? Also, what was unusual about the sleeve?
Answers: The back side of The Seeds' Picture Sleeve 'Satisfy You/Nine Hundred Million People Daily"/The sleeve was made of plastic.
This week's stumper temporarily lives at the Documents page in the 60's Aural Quiz folder. TriviaSong10 is a gum-pop tune from a titan 60's band that played killer garage and ace psych, but this little platter put them on the "gum" wagon, not unlike ? And The Mysterians and The Shadows Of Knight. Name the band, the song, and the year this single was released.
(Correct Scott C. Thanks!)
Answers: The Troggs with 'Everything's Funny' (1972)
What song features the first recorded use of the word 'psychedelic'? Who sang it? What year was it released?
(Scott C nailed this one too)
Answers: 'Hesitation Blues' by The Holy Modal Rounders (1964-February)
"Alright all you lepidopterists," as the Ban Roll-On commercial featuring Iron Butterfly opens, it's time to test your 'Butter Fly-Q'. Below are four illustrations from LP covers whose country of origin and year are given. Name each band and album title.
(Canada 1968)
Answer: A Passing Fancy (S/T)
(U.S.A. 1969)
Answer: The Neon Philharmonic 'The Moth Confesses'
(U.S.A. 1969)
Answer: Gandalf (S/T)
(U.S.A. 1971)
Answer: Iron Butterfly 'Evolution'
Who was Patty Brockhurst, and what was her claim to fame?
Answer: The first Go-Go Girl
Name the Prairie State all-girl 60's garage band illustrated below. Their manager also managed what famous Top 40 band from the same city?
(Correct Joe!)
Answers: The Daughters Of Eve, The Buckinghams
Temporarily located at the Documents page in the 60's Aural Quiz folder is an all-new audio head-scratcher (TriviaSong9). Simply name the singer and who produced the song.
Answer: Mark Lindsay
Link the newest song (TriviaSong7) temporarily in the PSPOT briefcase folder, located at http://briefcase.yahoo.com/iowabriefcase , to the 1966 Top 30 National Hit of the band illustrated below, whose country includes Baffin Island. Hint: Peel the banana and then wait.
Answer: "Heroin" by Billy Idol--originally by The Velvet Underground from their first LP, which had the song "I'm Waiting For The Man", which has the lyrics '...up to Lexington, 1-2-5, feeling more dead than alive...' The term "1-2-5" was the Canadian band's (The Haunted) National Top 30 hit.
Note: 1, 2, & 5 were street prices for prostitution back in the 60's, with "1" being a hand#@*...the song tells the rest of the tale!
A portion of a 45 picture sleeve front cover below reveals a band from a country that borders Pspot member cynack's country to the north. The A-side (TriviaSong8) can be temporarily heard at the Documents Page in the 60's Aural Quiz Folder. Name the band, song, the B-side & the band's country of origin.
(Scott C. aced this one)
Answers: Red Squares, "You Can Be My Baby/Turning Around", based in & popular in Denmark (though from the U.K.)
The first illustration below is of a 60's garage band from The Tar Heel State that released a 45 single whose killer A-side was remade by a titan 80's garage band from The Keystone State off their 1988 LP "Twelve Flight Up", whose front cover picture is the second illustration. Name the 60's band, the 80's band, and the song.
(Joe Parker aced this question)
Answers: The Paragons, The Cynics, "Abba"
Below is a list of 8 classic 60's garage/psych songs followed by a list of 5 more staples. Which of the 5 songs at the end most appropriately fits a logical sequence pattern at the #8 postion in the first list and why?
1-I'm Gonna Love You Anyway-The Birdwatchers (125)
2-Love's Gone Bad-The Underdogs (122)
3-Open Up Your Door-Richard And The Young Lions (99)
4-You're Gonna Miss Me-The 13th Floor Elevators (55)
5-A Question Of Temperature-The Balloon Farm (37)
6-Hot Smoke A Sassafrass-The Bubble Puppy (14)
7-Psychotic Reaction-Count Five (5)
8- 96 Tears-? And The Mysterians (1)
(Scott C. nailed this one!)
Answer: The song list goes in ascending order based on the U.S. Billboard peak chart position in The Hot 100. The peak positions are noted after each.
The illustration below is from the front cover of a 1969 LP on the RCA-Victor label. The liner notes on the back start out as "The idea for ___________ came to us when we were in the early stages of creating our first album. (They released two previous LPs with a different name from the one here in question). We rounded up all our musician friends in the area and headed for a recording studio to have a musical free-for-all." One of the cuts off the LP (TriviaSong6) is temporarily located at the PSPOT folder in the iowablackout briefcase (go to Pspot Aural Briefcase). Name the group and LP. Also, three members were originally from what famous 60's and early 70's band?
(Correct Scott C.)
Answers: "Joyride"-Friendsound (aka Brotherhood) with the song 'Love Sketch'. Phil Volk, Drake Levin & Michael Smith were formerly members of Paul Revere & The Raiders