*** music trivia ***

[goreds2]

Do you recognize the young 15 year-old with Bonnie here? This was at the 1979 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. The youngster asked Bonnie for her autograph backstage.

Whitney Houston?

[texasdave]

Do you recognize the young 15 year-old with Bonnie here? This was at the 1979 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. The youngster asked Bonnie for her autograph backstage.

I do, actually. I think. That looks like a young Whitney Houston. I could be wrong. Ooops! I think goreds beat me to it

[Ky Fried Redleg]

^^^

Whitney's mom, Cissy, was in the same singing contest as Bonnie. Cissy represented the US ; Bonnie represented the UK. Young Whitney accompanied her mom to Tokyo for the '79 event. Bonnie said Whitney came backstage and asked for her autograph. Bonnie won the Grand Prix International Award with this song:

[Ky Fried Redleg]

191. This song has some monster-like guitar riffs. I mean, monstrous guitar. Some of the best you'll ever hear.

The song never charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but has become a staple on Classic Rock Radio. I have literally heard it three times in the last week, which is why you are getting this question. Despite never charting on the Billboard Hot 100, the track has become a "cult" classic(literally). Gomer Pyle, who was a big fan of monster movies , probably would have liked this song, which was featured in the 1999 film "Detroit Rock City" and a cover version of the song played during the film credits in a 2019 monster film.

While the song is primarily a fun, catchy tongue-in-cheek tribute to an iconic monster, it does have some deeper, more serious themes. The famous refrain chants, "History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man," reflecting the idea that humanity's hubris (and man-made destruction) brings nature's wrath upon itself.

Despite being primarily a fun, heavy-metal ode, it touches on the cultural anxiety and nuclear fear of the 1970s Cold War era, serving as a reminder of the atomic origins of the song's main character.


Rapper Eminem had a different song with the same title that debuted at #1 on the UK Singles chart. Hideki Matsui called from 1993 and he wants his name back.


Of course you know the name of the song I heard yesterday on Sirius Classic Rock Radio... DON'T YOU??

[Roy Tucker]

191. This song has some monster-like guitar riffs. I mean, monstrous guitar. Some of the best you'll ever hear.

The song never charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but has become a staple on Classic Rock Radio. I have literally heard it three times in the last week, which is why you are getting this question. Despite never charting on the Billboard Hot 100, the track has become a "cult" classic(literally). Gomer Pyle, who was a big fan of monster movies , probably would have liked this song, which was featured in the 1999 film "Detroit Rock City" and a cover version of the song played during the film credits in a 2019 monster film.

While the song is primarily a fun, catchy tongue-in-cheek tribute to an iconic monster, it does have some deeper, more serious themes. The famous refrain chants, "History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man," reflecting the idea that humanity's hubris (and man-made destruction) brings nature's wrath upon itself.

Despite being primarily a fun, heavy-metal ode, it touches on the cultural anxiety and nuclear fear of the 1970s Cold War era, serving as a reminder of the atomic origins of the song's main character.


Rapper Eminem had a different song with the same title that debuted at #1 on the UK Singles chart. Hideki Matsui called from 1993 and he wants his name back.


Of course you know the name of the song I heard yesterday on Sirius Classic Rock Radio... DON'T YOU??

I’d have to turn in my classic rock card if I didn’t answer this. “Godzilla” by Blue Oyster Cult.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

191. This song has some monster-like guitar riffs. I mean, monstrous guitar. Some of the best you'll ever hear.

The song never charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but has become a staple on Classic Rock Radio. I have literally heard it three times in the last week, which is why you are getting this question. Despite never charting on the Billboard Hot 100, the track has become a "cult" classic(literally). Gomer Pyle, who was a big fan of monster movies , probably would have liked this song, which was featured in the 1999 film "Detroit Rock City" and a cover version of the song played during the film credits in a 2019 monster film.

While the song is primarily a fun, catchy tongue-in-cheek tribute to an iconic monster, it does have some deeper, more serious themes. The famous refrain chants, "History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man," reflecting the idea that humanity's hubris (and man-made destruction) brings nature's wrath upon itself.

Despite being primarily a fun, heavy-metal ode, it touches on the cultural anxiety and nuclear fear of the 1970s Cold War era, serving as a reminder of the atomic origins of the song's main character.


Rapper Eminem had a different song with the same title that debuted at #1 on the UK Singles chart. Hideki Matsui called from 1993 and he wants his name back.


Of course you know the name of the song I heard yesterday on Sirius Classic Rock Radio... DON'T YOU??

[Ky Fried Redleg]

192. Been a few days, so let's do another one of these. My dad was playing music on his "Alexa" yesterday, and this song from 1963 came up . Yes, dad's 86 and he plays old folks music. lol Of course, I know more about this song's history than dad does.

This song, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was first recorded as a demo tape by Dionne Warwick in 1963. It first charted for Lou Johnson in 1964, peaking at # 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sandie Shaw covered it '64 also and did slightly better on Billboard, peaking at #49 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, Shaw's version was #1 on the UK Singles chart, as well as in Canada and South Africa. R.B. Greaves took the song to #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. And I think the Carpenters included the song on a 1971 album.

But it wasn't until 20 years after the song was composed that it entered the top 10 in the US. A new wave, pop synth duo, took the song to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this time in 1983.

Can you name the song and the new wave , pop synth band that took it to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this time 43 years ago?

[RichRed]

I believe that’s Always Something There to Remind Me by Naked Eyes.

[Roy Tucker]

I remember the Dionne Warwick version. Yes I’m old.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

192. Been a few days, so let's do another one of these. My dad was playing music on his "Alexa" yesterday, and this song from 1963 came up . Yes, dad's 86 and he plays old folks music. lol Of course, I know more about this song's history than dad does.

This song, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was first recorded as a demo tape by Dionne Warwick in 1963. It first charted for Lou Johnson in 1964, peaking at # 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sandie Shaw covered it '64 also and did slightly better on Billboard, peaking at #49 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, Shaw's version was #1 on the UK Singles chart, as well as in Canada and South Africa. R.B. Greaves took the song to #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. And I think the Carpenters included the song on a 1971 album.

But it wasn't until 20 years after the song was composed that it entered the top 10 in the US. A new wave, pop synth duo, took the song to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this time in 1983.

Can you name the song and the new wave , pop synth band that took it to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this time 43 years ago?

#8 (1983) :





Dionne's original(1963):






R.B. Greaves ( #29/ 1970):







Sandie Shaw( #1 UK Singles- 1964)





Here's a mix that was created from the Carpenters '71 version :

[wally post]

Man, this is ag reat combination of verisons. I’ve always loved Dionne Warwick because of her pitch and her ser fantastic timing. She sings like a drummer. The one from the 80s shows how decrepid that time was for music IMO. the Karen Carpenter version is even more so in my wheelhouse because I love female singers that sing low (Cher is another ex.) plus who doesn’t want to fall in love with that vibrato.
But…. I’ve never heard of the Brit chick, Sandie Shaw and I love her because of her “just go for it” nature. She literraly belts this out. Faster tempo, but no fear. Singers like this are a mystery to me. Lulu is a good example of a Brit who does this.

Ky Fried, thanks for the inspiration in this comparison. I’m in the middle of Sir Paul’s newest record just out this week. it’s a true Beatles record, made with no self-judgement, not overthinking anything. He just did it again and it results in an album that we all back in the day wondered how did the Beatles do that!! I hope some of you check it out and get not be distressed with his 84 (or whatever it is) age that you can hear in his voice. He is a Master.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

193. Put on your thinking caps, you 70's lyric savants. These are the opening few words. Can you identify the song?

A. Blue jean baby, LA lady

B. A long, long time ago

C. On a dark desert highway

D. I can see her lying back in her satin dress

E. Is this the real life?

F. Friday night and the lights are low

[dfs]

A - Tiny Dancer from Elton
B - American Pie - Don McLean
C - Hotel California from the Eagles
D - Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
E - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
F - Dancing Queen - ABBA

[Roy Tucker]

193. Put on your thinking caps, you 70's lyric savants. These are the opening few words. Can you identify the song?

D. I can see her lying back in her satin dress

I always loved the next line….

In a room where you do what you don't confess

[Ky Fried Redleg]

I always loved the next line….

In a room where you do what you don't confess

Yep. Me too. Can't get much better than Lightfoot. One of the best poets/storytellers of the last half century.