Music Quiz – Greatest Hits
Congratulations to Tony and to 2Loud2OldMusic, who both scored full marks in last week’s debut album quiz.
This week we’re looking at the other end of artists’ careers – the compilation. Can you name the artists that released iconically titled compilations. In a piece of related trivia, I learned today that The Fall’s 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong has sold 48,700 copies.
https://www.sporcle.com/games/Octoman/greatesthits
I scored 20/20 – can you also score full marks?
Aphoristical
Graham Fyfe is fascinated by pop music, and he may be the only blogger in the world to cover Neil Diamond and Ariana Grande.
15/20. Argh. There were two I should have gotten, the rest, forget it.
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Were you in a Rush?
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No, in fact I like to think of myself as a new world man.
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19/20- never heard of the fella who wants meeting in Margaritaville
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I hate that fella’s signature song…. Looking for my lost shaker of salt?
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19/20. Not too bad!
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Yup, we’ve had some of our leading lights stall at 19 this week. We’ll wait and see if anyone makes the full 20.
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19/20 for me. The one I couldn’t remember is an artist I like a lot and I own that compilation. Guess I needed to be in a pink house when I took this quiz.
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I actually did this quiz 6 months ago and added it to my list. I don’t think I would have got that one right 6 months later – was obviously in my short term memory at the time.
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15/20 – In Ontario, that’s the provincial standard, and on a category that’s ineligible (comps) on the 1001 list, I’ll take it!
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In some ways it’s a shame that they didn’t include the odd compilation – would help people like Chuck Berry get included.
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20/20, 4:38 remaining!
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Wow – fast time too.
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I have a thing for Hits sets, and I’m pretty sure I’ve owned or still do own most if not all of the ones listed here. Fish in a barrel!
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I have more than a music geek’s supposed to – I think they work really well for some artists, but others need the whole album experience.
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Exactly! In fact, Rich’s excellent Kamertunes blog had a whole series on that: compilation or discography? Superb stuff. It’s here:
https://kamertunesblog.wordpress.com
Sometimes I go overboard, like with the Stones. I own all the albums (on CD, though I would LOVE to get them all on LP it’s not likely to happen). AND I also own all the Hits compilations! Because Stones. And so on. š
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Oh dear… I got 13. I could maybe have gotten one more, but no way I was scoring anything more than 14!
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Good effort!
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As usual, I didn’t come close to winning the battle. I’m satisfied with 13/20, the competition are more knowledgeable, and I didn’t know the greatest hits I missed. Adding Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits to my list!
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I don’t know much about Three Dog Night – I just read about them, and they had three lead singers, never knew that.
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First time for a while I’ve been willing to offer a score: 17.
A little faith might have helped.
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That’s a solid re-entry.
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The quiz favoured older artists. Simple as that.
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I guess that’s hard to avoid – most artists that emerged this millenium probably don’t have a compilation yet.
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And even if they did, I’d never have hear of them or it!
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