August 11, 2006

25–Music Minutaie

So I had my 25 for today all planned out…and then I was struck with a really fun idea while listening to The Band and Muddy Waters on the boPod.

So here are 25 little music trivia questions.

1. What was Muddy Waters’ second cousin’s name?

2. On “Chocolate City” by Parliament, who does George propose be named First Lady?

3. What does Prince suggest he and his lady name their baby? And what is that name conditional upon?

4. What high school did Phife Dawg attend?

5. What the hell was Willie D. thinking when he put on that purple acid wash thing before the Geto Boys shot the album cover for We Can’t Be Stopped?

(I should retract that question because no one knows the answer to that. Further, Willie D. is one of the three last rappers I’d like to throw hands with.)

6. Finish the following Otis Redding lyric: “Pretty lil thang, lemme light yo candle/cuz mama i’m so hard to handle, now/….” What are the dots?

7. What is the setting of OutKast’s “Player’s Ball?”

8. On what album would I find LL Cool J’s “Goin Back to Cali?”

9. What’s that chick’s name that keeps popping up all over the Counting Crows’ August and Everything After?

10. Stagger Lee threw 7. What did Billy swear he threw?

11. What R&B legend showed up to his mentor’s funeral with his mentor’s wife and, according to witness, wore one of his mentor’s suits?

12. What did Neil Young hear on “Southern Man?”

13. On “Bold As Love,” Hendrix said, “my mellow, in this case, is not so mellow. In fact I’m trying to say it’s frightened like…” Dots?

14. What did Jagger say black girl “just like” on “Some Girls?”

15. On a similar theme, what did Lou Reed want his girlfriend’s name to be on “I Wanna Be Black?”

16. Marvin Gaye had a song called “Sanctified Lady.” What did he originally want that song to be titled, a song he tried to get released for years?

17. According to The White Album, what is happiness?

18. What is Van Morrison’s “Madame George” about?

19. What cologne does Slick Rick wear on “La-Di-Da-Di?”

20. What cologne does Snoop Doggy Dogg wear on “Lodi Dodi?”

21. How come Meth lost track of “The Killer” tape?

22. On “Supersonic,” what’s the “E” stand for?

23. Fill in the blank from teh following Haile Selassie quote–”until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than ______, me say war.”

24. How is it that Stevie Wonder makes so many visual references in his songs?

25. If Biggie told you to go to room 112, who would you say sent you?

Have fun. Most can be found on Google, but why cheat?

Here are the answers.

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  1. Well we all know why Stevie makes all of those visual references. It’s because he can see.

    Comment by C — August 11, 2006 #

  2. All I know is that Snoop wore that Cool Water.

    Damn.

    Comment by Ben — August 11, 2006 #

  3. Hate to point out a mistake Young Bo, but I must. #19 is Polo Cologne, the underwear was Gucci.

    That is correct. I can’t even get all the damn answers right.

    Comment by Stephanie — August 11, 2006 #

  4. Old Old Old School Trivia

    In a world like today, it’s a rare occasion to be able to see young mothers like the ones that were around when I grew up. But they live on in memory to quite a few of us and this

    Trackback by Cobb — August 11, 2006 #

  5. I know number 9 is Maria, and E stands for exotic (and R is for RAP…so tell those nosy people just to stay the hell back- Supersonic!),and he says “too hard to handle now, yes sir- something”, but other than that, I don’t know lol.

    Comment by jaedalaurez — August 11, 2006 #

  6. 4. Garby(sp?)High: Where all the guys were corny, but the girls were mad fly. Class of ‘88!

    Comment by daniel — August 11, 2006 #

  7. 2) Aretha
    7) Black man heaven?
    8) Definitely “Walking With A Panther”
    12) Screamin and bullwhips crackin
    19) Polo
    20) Cool Water. Ick
    25) Blocko? (sp)?

    Comment by Brew City Drew — August 12, 2006 #

  8. 4. Garvey High, I think
    17. A warm gun

    Comment by Jay — August 12, 2006 #

  9. Ahh. Blanco. Like Frank White. I can’t believe I never picked up on that. Then again I was the guy who thought Puffy was gettin some “Grand slide chorus”. Instead of “Grants like Horace”.

    Comment by Brew City Drew — August 12, 2006 #

  10. Oh, and everybody knows that the players ball was holiday time in Atlanta. I thought you would be looking for a more static answer. Now I look like a fool. Thanks Bo.

    Comment by Brew City Drew — August 12, 2006 #

  11. 6) watch me now?

    7) the less than zero soundtrack [which had a good simon and garfuckle cover by the bangles], and i believe walking with a panther

    17) a warm gun

    19) brand new gucci underwear

    24) his “innervision”

    damn thats all i knew. good trivia. now im off to cheat!

    Comment by jkg — August 12, 2006 #

  12. A lot were on the tip of my tongue, but the only one I could answer right off the bat was, “Happiness is a warm gun.”

    Comment by Rex — August 12, 2006 #

  13. Rex, I had you set to pull an easy 18-20 of these out of thin air. I’m surprised. While I had 0 answers, I more or less understood 2 or 3 of the questions, so I’ma count ‘em.

    Comment by Kirk — August 12, 2006 #

  14. 23) color of his eyes.

    That, 24 and cool water were the obvious ones to me.

    bout to google the shizzle outta this quiz at work tomorrow.

    Comment by smokedog2138 — August 13, 2006 #

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