Song Lyrics Quiz 4

1) To whom does Eartha Kitt's heart belong?

a) daddy

b) The British Heart Foundation

c) the boy next door

2) What did the Beatles think a kiss tasted of?

a) fish and chips

b) honey

c) Pepsodent

3) For Tom Jones what was not unusual?

a) his hairstyle

b) his blue suede shoes

c) to have fun with anyone

4) Diana Ross thought nobody knew what?

a) her age

b) what goes on behind closed doors

c) what to do with themselves

5) In Fernando, what did Abba never think?

a) the stars were bright

b) that we could win

c) that we could lose

6) What sort of soldier was Bob Marley?

a) a sheepish soldier

b) a Buffalo soldier

c) a tiger soldier

7) The Eagles say "You can checkout any time you like," but where are you?

a) The Budapest Hotel

b) The Ritz

c) The Hotel California

8) "Amazing Grace how sweet the sound" that did what? (various artists)

a) saved a wretch like me

b) kept our spirits up

c) reminded us of Zion

9) Mary Poppins fed the birds for how much?

a) £2.50 a bag

b) threepence a bag

c) twopence a bag (tuppence)

10) My fair lady (Eliza Doolittle) could have done what?

a) pronounced words correctly

b) danced all night

c) run a flower shop

11) What was the saddest word for Celine Dion?

a) sorry

b) forever

c) goodbye

12) Michael Jackson sang "And No One's Gonna Save You From" what?

a) the police

b) taxes

c) the beast about to strike

13) In Peter Pan "Don't be taken in by his welcome grin" but who is it?

a) Captain Hook

b) a crocodile

c) Smee

14) What happens when the shark bites in "Mack the Knife"

a) somebody dies

b) the shark smiles

c) scarlet billows start to spread

15) Pink Floyd didn't need no

a) double negatives

b) money

c) education

(Another brick in the wall)

16 What does "Hakuna Matata" actually mean?

a) your breakfast is ready

b) your uncle is trying to kill you

c) no worries

17) What did Shirley Bassey find "all she needs to please her"?

a) singing

b) diamonds

c) gin

18) What did those feet in ancient time do?

a) walk a mile in my shoes

b) chase pavements

c) Walk upon England's mountains green

19) What did Abba think must be funny?

a) a clown

b) themselves

c) a rich man's world

20) Alanis Morissette was a citizen of

a) Canada

b) the planet

c) America

 

 

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Have a go at the questions before looking at the answers

Ans 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) b

6) b 7) c 8) a 9) c 10) b

11) c 12) c 13) b 14) c 15) c

16) c 17) b 18) c 19) c 20) b

Song Lyrics Quiz 3

1) Gerry says If you walk on with hope in your heart, what will happen?

a) you'll get lost

b) you'll support Liverpool

c) you'll never walk alone

2) What did Neil Sedaka find hard to do?

a) breaking up

b) tying his shoelaces

c) getting out of bed

3) For the Animals the only life they'd ever known was in

a) Old Kent Road

b) Tobacco Road

c) Whitechapel

4) Why did Del Shannon rather cruelly take his hat off to Larry?

a) it was the polite thing to do

b) Larry was a better singer

c) he broke his ex's heart

5) What did Tom Jones do to Delilah

a) cut her hair in her sleep

b) left her for another girl

c) stabbed her

6) How did Gerry cross the Mersey

a) bridge

b) ferry

c) tunnel

7) How did Marvin Gaye know about her plans to make him blue?

a) the grapevine

b) radio

c) telephone

8) According to Freddy and the Dreamers, When I hold you in my arms I know what?

a) you can't get away

b) that you were made for me

c) you're shorter than I thought.

9) According to Sam Cooke his girlfriend was "too young to fall in love". How old was she?

a) only fifteen

b) only sixteen

c) only seventeen

10) According to the Shangri Las My folks were always putting him down, but who was he?

a) the dog

b) the milkman

c) the leader of the pack

11) Who wanted to know a secret?

a) MI5

b) CIA

c) The Beatles

12) According to the Fourmost what goes a long long way?

a) a little loving

b) Mo Farah

c) my car

13) What did The Drifters want to have saved for them?

a) the world

b) the last dance

c) money

14) What did Susan Maughan want to be?

a) famous

b) Queen of the World

c) Bobby's girl

15) What did Billy J Cramer want the little children to do?

a) sing to him

b) play hide and seek

c) go away

16) Nothing you can say can tear Mary Wells away from

a) the television

b) my guy (her guy)

c) her phone

17) One day soon Dave Berry's gonna tell the moon

a) about the crying game

b) about the sun

c) about the eclipse

18) Baby, now that they've found you the Foundations will build what around you?

a) a wall

b) my world

c) a garden

19) According to the Tremoloes, Silence is what?

a) scary

b) boring

c) golden

20) Who or what made everything groovy for the Troggs?

a) music

b) a wild thing

c) dancing

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Song Lyrics Quiz 2

Song Lyrics 2

1) If mares eat oats and does eat oats, what do little lambs eat

a) grass

b) hay

c) ivy

2) Blackbird singing

a) in the dead of night

b) too loud

c) like a lark

3) Hey! Mr Tambourine Man

a) can you stop that noise

b) play a song for me

c) have you got any change?

4) Watching the ships roll in, what do I do next?

a) I wonder where they're from

b) I doze off

c) I watch them roll away again

5) Excuse me

a) have you got the time

b) while I kiss the sky

c) while I kiss this guy

6) Where hast thou been since I saw thee

a) to the pictures

b) On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at

c) down the road

7) In the blue ridge mountains of Virginia, which trail are you on?

a) the lonesome pine

b) the fugitive

c) the lonely willow

8) When the saints go marching in, where do you want to be?

a) elsewhere

b) in that number

c) in Southampton

9) What did Napoleon do at Waterloo?

a) caught a train

b) surrendered

c) won

10) The hills are alive with

a) midges

b) butterflies

c) the sound of music

11) You must remember this

a) the time

b) your name

c) a kiss is just a kiss

12) Put down the knitting,The book and the broom. and go where

a) the cabaret

b) downtown

c) outside

13) When you're alone and life is making you lonely, where can you go?

a) the cabaret

b) downtown

c) outside

14) Where did Mike Sarne want his girlfriend to go

a) the cabaret

b) downtown

c) outside

15) What did Celine Dionne think would go on

a) her singing career

b) the titanic

c) her heart

16) What did Snow White hope would come?

a) the dwarfs

b) her prince

c) her mother

17) Which river is wider than a mile

a) Moon River

b) The Thames

c) The Nile

18) What was Bing Crosby dreaming of

a) fame and fortune

b) a white Christmas

c) a music career

19) What makes Sinatra's heart beat so that he can hardly speak?

a) singing

b) a lot of money

c) dancing cheek to cheek

20) Do not forsake me, oh my darlin' on which day

a) the twelfth of never

b) our wedding day

c) tomorrow

 

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The story about the Americans shooting down a Chinese balloon was in the news while I was reading this terrifying book about an escalating conflict between America and China.

Ken Follett had the advice of people involved in the political world while writing this book and every part of it is credible.

What makes it more readable is the back story of the characters which means that they are more human and three-dimensional.

Nevertheless this book ought to give you nightmares as you listen to the current news and the unfolding conflict between the old and new superpowers.

Ken Follett seems to think the CIA is quite benevolent and that is not a view shared by anybody in Chile or anywhere else for that matter!

However this is an eminently well-written and readable book and I enjoyed reading it, despite the nightmares!

National Shop Stewards Network

I attended the NSSN meeting on 6th February as an observer.

There were reports from all the strikes which are taking place. NSSN is able to offer support from one union to another.

The overwhelming message of the meeting was for a general strike on 15th March, budget day. Why?

A general strike will ramp up the pressure on the government. They have gone from saying "no negotiations" to telling the media dishonestly that they are negotiating. The next step would be to actually negotiate. This government is wracked with scandal and aware of its weakness.

Secondly it reminds trade union activists that "we are many they are few." To quote Bob Crow, "It's a battle of the 99 percent against the 1 percent. I like those odds."

Today BP announced record profits of £23 billion, double last year's. The government pretends that there is no money to pay the public sector workers or pensioners. It is a false argument. There is plenty of money to line the pockets of shareholders.

Delilah

According to Murdoch's Sky News, "Tom Jones' iconic Delilah song has been banned from Wales national stadium by rugby chiefs"

Tom Jones is famous for a number of other songs so "iconic" is hyperbole.

It is a powerful song but the lyrics never did make any sense.

In the context of knife crime and violence against women, the lyrics are appalling.

In the first verse, the protagonist sees that someone he thought of as his property has moved on. 

"I felt the knife in my hand" - he was looking at ten years in prison for that alone. 

"If I can't have her, nobody will". is the sole justification. It won't stand up in court.

Delilah had had enough of him and you can see why. Alternately she was only "his" in his mind.

And in the last verse, he is about to be arrested and carted off to prison and the gallows. 

Tom Jones did not advocate knife crime or violence against women.

The lyrics are as follows, what do you think?

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me, I watched and went out of my mind

My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
I could see, that girl was no good for me
But I was lost like a slave that no man could free

At break of day when that man drove away, I was waiting
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore

Song Lyrics Answers

Ans 1) c 2) a 3) b 4) c 5) b

6) b 7) a 8) b 9) b 10) c

11) c 12) a 13) c 14) b 15) c

16) b 17) a 18) b 19) c 20) b