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Wow, I'm so sorry guys! I haven't been active in this group for what seems like years. I just don't get on here like I used to. But, I've decided to get back on here and update a few things. So, I welcome everyone to the music group :)
I feel like trying this one out, if it doesn't work it doesn't work.
This owes its inspiration to one of the speedround formats from the short-lived VH1 game show My Generation. I'm going to take two song titles, take out a word that they share, and then combine them to make a mashed-up mess. I'll leave a clue as to what the missing word might be to help you on the ones that I post. Feel free to add your own if you can solve one, my only request is that they workable for people.
Here's an example: If the combination I gave you was...
Tainted Potion No. 9
A clue I might give you could be: Soft Cell's best known song uses the first word of this combo and one other.
The missing link is Love; Tainted Love (Soft Cell), Love Potion No. 9 (The Searchers)
Got it? Try this one:
Generation Heart Will Go On
Here's the help clue: The Who nearly lost their drummer when they performed this song on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with a drum set that was rigged with explosives...and nobody but the band knew before said explosives went off.
This owes its inspiration to one of the speedround formats from the short-lived VH1 game show My Generation. I'm going to take two song titles, take out a word that they share, and then combine them to make a mashed-up mess. I'll leave a clue as to what the missing word might be to help you on the ones that I post. Feel free to add your own if you can solve one, my only request is that they workable for people.
Here's an example: If the combination I gave you was...
Tainted Potion No. 9
A clue I might give you could be: Soft Cell's best known song uses the first word of this combo and one other.
The missing link is Love; Tainted Love (Soft Cell), Love Potion No. 9 (The Searchers)
Got it? Try this one:
Generation Heart Will Go On
Here's the help clue: The Who nearly lost their drummer when they performed this song on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with a drum set that was rigged with explosives...and nobody but the band knew before said explosives went off.
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Can you identify these rom-coms from just a screenshot from the middle of the films? This is a multiple choice quiz so even if you're not entirely sure you can always take a guess and at least have a 25% chance of getting it right anyway, so why not have a go?! https://www.buzzfeed.com/alysaurus688/rom-com-screenshot-trivia-quiz
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... observed a solar eclipse.
And your word would be "Yellow" as in "Mellow Yellow" by Donovan and "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. It's before my time too, but I love both artists so it was actually quite easy.
Okay, let's try another...hmm...Might be tougher to get the seond song on this one, but let's see:
Stayin' And Kicking
Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees)
Alive and Kicking (Simple Minds, TES?)
Okay, let's try this one:
Streets of Freedom
You are looking for "Philadelphia" - Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen and Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John.
Ok, try this one:
She Drives Me In Love
She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals), and Crazy In Love? (unfortunately, that artist doesn't seem to coming to me at the moment...)
If that's it, here's the next one:
Is This is a Battlefield
Your word would be "Love" as in "Is This Love?" by Whitesnake and "Love Is A Battlefield" by Pat Benatar.
How about this one?
Money For Else Matters
Money For Else Matters
We're looking for "nothing", with a couple of my personal favorites:
Money For Nothing (Dire Straits)
Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
Imo, Nothing Else Matters was the one song that signaled the end of the days when Metallica was known for being totally scary ("Master of Puppets", anyone?)
Now try this one:
Start Me Around the Bend
I'm in a gift-giving mood, so I'll add a clue: The first song is by a famous band who later this year will be touring again to celebrate their 50th (!) anniversary.
Yes, "Nothing" was correct.
Yours would be "Up". "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones and "Up Around The Bend" by CCR. The clue wasn't necessary but thanks anyway.
Okay, got to get my thinking cap on now that I've revived this thread... try this one, should be easy if you know classic rock:
Heart Of Dust Woman
Heart of Gold (Neil Young, also The Kinks cut a song of this title that is completely different and is good in its own right)
Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac)
If I remember right, "Gold Dust Woman" was cut on a long night in the studio where the rest of the band just let Stevie Nicks keep trying to get the tone just right on lead over and over and over.
This one's a little bit harder, so I'll toss in a clue:
Like a and Roll Never Forgets
Here's the clue: These two songs are by the same artist, and his iconic "Night Moves" is on the same album as one of these songs.
Like a Rock and Rock and Roll Never Forgets, both by Bob Seeger - the former was used in truck ads, no? I want to say GMC, but I could be wrong...
I'm going to try this one and hopefully it'll work:
I Want You For Good
I'm going to give this one a hint: think boy bands, one from the US and one from across the pond (the first title could be either of two different songs with the same name, both by boy bands though technically)
Your move, Journeyman...
Okay, try this one, gang:
Death Valley in White Satin
This one's a little tough, so here's some help: The second song is by a group that had a legendary live show at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in 1993.
I'm not familiar with the first song which I assume is "Death Valley Nights", but the second's got to be "Nights in White Satin", which my brother has covered quite well in karaoke. My dad's a big Moody Blues fan too.
By the way, Take That are a British boy band, well more man band now since they are back together (I'm pretty sure that once a boy band's members hit their 40's they can't really be called a boy band anymore). They were like Britain's answer to New Kids On The Block when they were put together in the early '90s, except they write their own music and were better dancers. "Back For Good" was their one attempt to break America but the group disbanded shortly after the song became a hit here in 1995 (it reached #7 on the Hot 100). They got back together in 2006. They're like in the top 5 for highest earning international music acts according to Forbes. Not that you asked for a lesson but I figured since you said you weren't familiar, I'd fill you in.
Okay, back to the game...
November Spawned A Mash
Nights in White Satin was a little easier, that was the Moody Blues, who were referred to in the clue. If you haven't seen that Red Rocks concert, I recommend you search for it. Very good as live shows go.
Death Valley Nights was harder. It's a song by Blue Oyster Cult, cut in 1977 for the "Spectres" album. That album also featured "Godzilla", which years later was used for the Guitar Hero series of video games.