Hey, guys and gals! I’m back with another fiendishly clever challenge for you — one, as always, that will reward those of you who embrace your idiotic obsession with rock trivia and other chick-repellent tendencies.
Today, your job is a simple one: identify the bands and songs from whence these opening phrases come. The difficulty? These are all spoken word introductions…and not always featuring the artists themselves!
Some of the following are easy, some are not. I am sure, however, that between the lot of you, all answers will be found. In the meantime, to make your answering easy, I’ve included a handy, cut-and-paste-able list you can fill in at your leisure:
Click on numbers, below, for each audio clip.
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Enjoy yourselves…talk to you later!
Great Idea Hrrundi
I won’t list all of them 🙂 but here are:
#3 – Oh Bondage Up Yours
#7 – Boy About Town
#13 – Koka Kola
I think #12 is from The Dukes of Stratosphear (2nd Record)
Well done, Velv — especially the recognition of the Weller cough that precedes “By About Town.” But where does the other cough come from? It’s from an album I know Mockcarr loves, our Moderator tolerates, and E. Pluribus no doubt hates.
HVB
Great work, Hrrundi! I know #2 is from Sandinista, and I’m pretty sure it’s “Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)”. Is the other cough #4? Is that the intro cough to “Taxman”? If so, that’s not an album I tolerate but love. Of course, it’s nowhere near as good as Tres Hombres 🙂
PS – You KNOW, my man, this begs for a future Live Stage Banter edition!
You are CORRECT about “Lightning Strikes…”, Mr. Moderator! However, you are pitifully INCORRECT about “Taxman.” (Come on — the Taxman cough is iconic, and instantly recognizable. This #4 cough is far less so — but it’s an extremely prock cough, so I’m sure it owes a lot to the Beatles’ original!)
Re: stage banter edition of the Spoken Word Challenge — yes, quite. I almost included one in this edition, but realized it would be a fertile field of its own.
HVB
#8 is The Jam’s “Happy Together Now,” and #14 is The Minutemen’s “Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing.”
So when are we gonna hear Frank Gorshin doing “Never Let Her Go”?
I had the volume down – I was listening in work. I’m curious to learn who did that prock cough.
Among missing spoken word intros, I love the “Hold it!” intro that kicks off “Can’t Get Next to You”.
Sloan, She Says What She Means.
Rick and Sammy, you are both CORRECT!
This leaves, uh, let’s see…
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2. Lightning Strikes…
3. Oh, Bondage Up Yours!
4. She Says What She means
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7. Boy About Town
8. Happy Together
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13. Koka Kola
14. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
I know E. Pluribus will know #1 (Mr. Mod may, too). I’m guessing Great48 will know #5. Mockcarr will *definitely* know #10. Long-time-no-hear Townswoman Michelle has a massive crush on the guy you’ll hear in #11. And somebody already came real close to getting #12. Come on, guys and gals! Keep those guesses coming! Once we’ve solved the puzzle, I’ll have an audio “prize” for all to enjoy!
11 is Brendan Benson “How “Bout You” from his first record One Mississippi.
12 is You’re a Good Man Albert Brown (Dukes)
Sammie/Trolley: you are both CORRECT! The list is now:
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2. Lightning Strikes…
3. Oh, Bondage Up Yours!
4. She Says What She means
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7. Boy About Town
8. Happy Together
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11. How ‘Bout You
12. You’re a Good Man Albert Brown
13. Koka Kola
14. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
Moddie sez
What’s weird is that this same clip is used to kick off “Psychedelic Shack” from the “Psychedelic Shack” LP
That’s right, Andyr! I was trying to remember what other song it kicks off. I like it best on “Can’t Get Next to You”. Which do you prefer?
I’m stumped on the rest, so far. The first sounds like it could be James Brown, but I can’t place the song. I’m tempted to skim through some JB records before work…
Don’t bother with the James Brown. The guy’s initials aren’t “JB” — they’re “JT.” Come on, the guy specialized in the faux club banter on a few of his records!
Clues for the remainder:
5. I believe this track came from an album that Andy Partridge was meant to have produced, but the sessions never went anywhere. I wonder what Mr. Mod thinks of this band, now that I ponder them.
6. The lead guitarist from this band is a particular source of heartburn for our Moderator.
9. I pulled this track off the “No Thanks!” punk box set. As far as I’m concerned, these guys were Generation X without the talent. (Speaking of whom, I’m still waiting for *someone* to comment on Billy Idol’s astonishing cover of “Tomorrow Never Knows” )
10. We may well need Mockcarr for this one; I wonder how many of the rest of you ever heard the album from whence it comes? It’s either downright hilarious or retarded, depending on whether you wear Gergley-trademark Y-fronts or not.
OK, so it’s a Joe Tex number that’s first. Is it that “Skinny Legs and All” number? Wish I’d brought my Tex collection with me today.
SPOKEN WORD CONTEST CALLED OFF DUE TO MOCKCARR’S ABSENCE AND GENERAL LAMENESS
I have serious doubts that anybody — other than Mockcarr — will be able to guess the artiste responsible for track #10, so the contest is officially *over*. No winners, and certainly no prizes for any of yez. For the record, the missing tracks were:
1. “Men Are Getting Scarce,” Joe Tex
5. “Advert,” Blur
6. “Favorite Thing,” the Replacements
9. “If the Kids Are United,” Sham 69
10. “Texas Jailcell,” Jon Wayne
Better luck next time!
I knew the answer to #10, but I only knew it by Googling the phrase, which would have been cheating to report as “knowledge.” Great challenge nevertheless. We should all hang our heads in shame and deduct 8 rock nerd points.