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For example:
Who wrote "Mustang Sally"?
Buzz cook
(2,471 posts)Pickett was in a band with the guy that wrote the song before his career took off. Can't remember the guys name though.
Lizzie Bravo was standing on a street corner when she got to sing with which group?
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Buzz cook
(2,471 posts)She was on the news recently.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)later that recorded 7 albums.
What was the name of that band?
Jeebo
(2,021 posts)Just the Honor System?
-- Ron
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)What city?
Mendocino
(7,482 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)What year was it? (Take a guess)
Mendocino
(7,482 posts)Alan Freed
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)It was March 11, 1952 at The Cleveland Arena
Crowds attended in numbers far beyond the arena's capacity; and the concert was shut down early due to overcrowding and a near riot.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)I've seen the Matt Groening's clips, but never watched the show.
Did you know the Simpsons was not copyrighted when it first aired? My neighbor, a friend of Matt, and fellow cartoonist was gobsmacked when he learned it wasn't copyrighted, and helped walk Matt through the process to protect his property. The Simpsons was copyrighted two blocks from my house!
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(Tracey Ullman)
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(Extra points for answering this one)
Where did Otis Redding live when he wrote the song?
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)I knew of the Sausalito waterfront connection, but did not know it was actually Bill Graham's houseboat. I only knew of Bill Graham's house at the top of the Corte Madera grade, straddling Mill Valley and Corte Madera, sitting in the middle of an eleven acre fire trap eucalyptus grove. I visited the house a decade before Bill Graham bought then demolished it for something jazzier.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(Thanks for That)
Can you guess who helped Otis write the song?
Hint: "Blues Brothers"
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)The guitarist that worked with Otis was a session musician for Stax Records, and laid down some cool licks on a smash instrumental hit, Green Onions.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)but the guy who helped him write it was in "Blues Brothers"
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)As a fun exercise, I took the Blues Brothers credits and looked everyone up on YouTube; I knew ALL the songs, but just didn't associate some of the music with the artists. It was a musical education. Pulling all the talent together for the film, including the fun cameos, was pretty incredible feat.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)R&B was the stock and trade music for Stax Records, along with soul and jazz. But with that being said, rock and roll did pick up the slack and paid the bills.
Often new artists were taken aback when they discovered Stax's session players, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Steve Cropper were white. The same thing happened in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, when black artists discovered the 'Swamp Rats' were entirely white.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(I don't particularly even like R&B, bit I always liked that song)
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)And it was something Brian Wilson borrowed because it was so cool and sophisticated.
And speaking of R&B and the color barrier, Renaissance man, Johnny Otis, the Godfather of R&B, was Greek.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)they are considered a "Rock & Roll" group.
Don't forget that the "Roll" part of "RocK & Roll" was R&B from the late 1940's & early 1950's
Also, they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)recorded many of the early African-American blues guitarists & singers such as Howlin' Wolf,
Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Willie Dixon and others.
It's one of my all-time favorite movies, and if you haven't yet seen it, you might want to, especially since you like R&B
It's called "Cadillac Records" (2008)
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)Let's see, I've been tearing through most of the recording industry documentaries.
Wrecking Crew: Totally at the top of the MUST SEE list
Muscle Shoals: Totally blown away when my cousin (by marriage) presented the introduction.
This Aint No Mouse Music!: Note: Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records, by choice, never had a recording studio
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story: Solid!
Sound City: The analog Neve recording console was the only thing that impressed me.
Oh shit, there were a couple of others, but I have Swiss cheese for brains these days. What can I say?
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)You're right about Cadillac Records being glamorized.
One main flaw was that it only portrayed Leonard Chess as the founder of Chess Records, when in actuality, it was Leonard and his brother Phil Chess who together formed & ran Chess Records.
Beyonce Knowles was outstanding as Etta James, imo.
All the actors were great.
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 11, 2020, 06:14 PM - Edit history (1)
Muddy Waters was a formidable force, Howlin' Wolf was a dangerous person, and Little Walter was a loose cannon.
I was thrown when Etta James made here appearance. She was discovered by Johnny Otis in Northern California, and I have no clue how she ended up with Stax Records (Edit: I meant Cadillac Records). Surely they heard her before she was signed; she didn't have to audition in the bathroom to land the gig.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)I love the movie, but it's not factually accurate at all.
btw, Muddy Waters was "easy going"..Howlin' Wolf actually was an intimidating force on stage,
(but I don't think he was dangerous)
And Little Walter did get into fights a lot, which contributed to his death at such a young age.
However, I found no evidence to suggest, as the film inaccurately shows, that Little Walter died right after someone stuck him with a knife.
My take away from Cadillac Records was that Beyonce Knowles is an extremely talented singer and actor (That was her voice in all those scenes)
Also, the acting was, imo, superb....They were all great, including the guy who played Chuck Berry.
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)I just stumbled across this 1967 Howlin' Wolf interview by Chris Strachwitz (Arhoolie Records mentioned upthread) and had to recalibrate my thinking on him.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)He knew Chris' reputation that he was a straight shooter and trusted him so Chris was able to get Howlin' Wolf to open up. Trust was a commodity that black artists rarely dealt in when dealing with white people in the music business. Says something about BOTH of them.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)the script was "too demented"?
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)one person...Which character did not actually play his instrument?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)He was only 16 when that was filmed. Amazing voice
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Andrew Strong is a popular Irish singer and was nominated for a Grammy for his singing in The Commitments.
He has toured with Elton John, Prince, Bryan Adams and The Rolling Stones.
I'm looking for the person who wasn't actually playing his instrument.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)After all, there were only six musicians who played instruments in that great Irish movie.
One of them wasn't really playing his instrument.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Haven't seen that since right after it came out!
Feel like that would be cheating....i'll take a quick peak at the band members
Roland99
(53,342 posts)umm
I recall the saxophonist was a real artist so I don't think it was him.
umm...and now I have what I think was a Liz Phair song about the drummer's gonna get some running in my head so I'm going to go with drummer
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(I forgot that there were two drummers)
Guess again?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)He also played the church organ that one time (Whiter Shade Of Pale)
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Maybe it WAS the saxophonist?
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)I think you're down to only three other possibilities.
Why not make another guess?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)So you have a 50/50 chance of guessing the right one.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Trumpet??
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)by Maj. Kong in "Dr. Strangelove?"
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Wow!
Harker
(13,976 posts)What would you like your breakfast tray to be made of?
I saw Flowery Twats (Farty Towels if you prefer) during its first PBS run in the US, and numerous times since.
P.S. Basil once refers to Torquay as "the English Riviera."
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Donald Sinclair, who John Cleese described as "The rudest man I ever met."
Harker
(13,976 posts)was relentless! Great role model.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Sinclair put Eric Idle's briefcase behind a wall in the garden because he thought it might be a bomb.
A couple who were staying there politely asked him when the next bus to town was coming, and he threw a bus schedule at them.
Alacritous Crier
(3,813 posts)a knife and fork American style and he took them from him and yelled "We don't do it like that!"
The guy was a first class nut.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)R&B chart?
Little Walter's biggest hit.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Ahpook
(2,749 posts)I watched Donnie Darko recently and did not understand the "Cellar Door" bit that Drew Barrymore's character was talking about.
I'm sure a Google search would answer the question, but looking for your impressions
On edit: The whole movie is a bit confusing. I'll check it out again since I DVR'd it.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,598 posts)Wolf
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(27,771 posts)jmowreader
(50,528 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(Lumpy Rutherford was also a bully)
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)which became "All in the Family"
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(He ended up playing Butch, the punch-drunk boxer)
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Who wrote it?
Mendocino
(7,482 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Shel Silverstein was a genius, imo.
(All those great songs he wrote for Dr. Hook)
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)skypilot
(8,851 posts)*
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)I like his version better than Sinatra's.
skypilot
(8,851 posts)I only knew the answer to this because I saw the movie Sid and Nancy years ago and at the end there was a scene where Sid performs that song.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)and instantly loved it.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)For extra points, what was the show originally called?
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(That is, created exclusively for television)
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Name one, and briefly describe his military background.
Mendocino
(7,482 posts)USMC
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(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)JustFiveMoreMinutes
(2,133 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)You're absolutely rignt, The Simpsons is the longest-running American sit-com
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)What city were they headed for to catch the train to Yuma?
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,598 posts)John Cleese turned a peerage down.
Wolf
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(27,771 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,074 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Alacritous Crier
(3,813 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Care to guess what the other two shows are?
Alacritous Crier
(3,813 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(Good guess, though)
qwlauren35
(6,145 posts)Who played the son and what was his name on the show.
GoCubsGo
(32,074 posts)Don't know who played him, however.
You just dated yourself, seriously!
Mendocino
(7,482 posts)the junkyard owner in Breaking Bad, co-starred with Clint Eastwood in what film?
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Mendocino
(7,482 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)(Not Maynard G. Krebs)
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 17, 2020, 03:34 PM - Edit history (1)
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(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,598 posts)Who was listed as playing Thing?
Wolf
Harker
(13,976 posts)but he should get a big hand.
Wolf Frankula
(3,598 posts)Itself.
Wolf
Harker
(13,976 posts)I'm glad to be reminded.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)In other words, who was Dylan referring to in that song?
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(27,771 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)Fleetwood Mac?
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Harker
(13,976 posts)I meant the Fleetwood Mac song.
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Harker
(13,976 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)You were right and I was wrong, Hark.
(I could swear that I remember "Don't Stop Believin" playing at the 1992 DNC)
Harker
(13,976 posts)you're talking to a guy who doesn't know Ronnie Lane from Denny Laine.
I love a ding!
Thanks, as always.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Bob Elliot of "Bob & Ray"
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)which was the basis of the 1970 film "MASH" and the subsequent TV series of the same name.
red dog 1
(27,771 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)red dog 1
(27,771 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)No ruffled shirt fronts or bow ties, thankfully.
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red dog 1
(27,771 posts)What was the original name for that TV show?