Music Quiz: 3 'Flops', 1 Act: 1960s

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1. 29/29, 2:05 remaining. Yeah this one either favors us more “mature” types or those who dig deep into their musical historty catalog. Playing by phone this week as wife and I are on musical/culinary tour of New Orleans.
   Namewise, I like Pondering Music or Smart Notes/Smart Riffs. Or perhaps, Pondering Music: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Smart Songs. (Or something like that.)

   • I think you’re the only 100% so far this week – I’ve got a much more modern focused quiz lined up for next week…

     • Uh-oh…

2. 27/29 for me. One artist covered a Sam Cooke song so I clicked his name. That threw me off my game and missed the next one before recovering.
   As for alternate blog names Pondering Music is the only one I like. The others seem either clunky or pretentious.
   Nice job by Jim with that 29/29. I bow before you.

   • The Sam Cooke one was a good trick question that almost got me. The rest were relatively easy I thought.

   • 27 seems good too.

3. 21/29. I could hear the songs in my head but was unsure as many were covered by different artists.
   I like the use of ‘notes’ with its double meaning of review and musical notation. Not sure about smart (overused) and riffs (makes me think of 70s guitar rock and huge valleys in East Africa).
   Chris

   • Yes, I went to the rift valley a few years ago – it was pretty cool. Good score!

4. I can’t even put up my score. It was so wretched. One day, I’m going to ace one of these.

   • I think we’ll need to have one that favours the younger demographic next week.

     • The funny thing is that I’m not that young, perhaps comparatively speaking, but a lot of these artists, I knew. I just didn’t know their “flops”, I guess.

5. 25/29 that was a lot of fun. With 20 seconds I started to wildly guess…I had Cliff Richard, Glen Campbell, Warwick and someone else left I can’t remember.

   • I got the Glen Campbell one pretty easily – I’ve kind of become a fan through proxy, via Jimmy Webb.

     • I just know his big hits mostly. I do love his guitar playing and I’ve liked what I’ve heard of his songs.

6. Feijoa are about my favorite fruit… And you can’t get them anywhere outside of NZ.

   • They come from South America, so they must eat them there, right? We have hundreds in containers on our kitchen floor, even after giving them away all over the place.

     • Never been to South America…but never seen them in Asia or Europe. My sister had a huge tree in her back yard too…she had 1000s… gorgeous little things

       • I’m sure we’re well over 1500 this year, although some of ours are pretty small.

7. Abysmal. 17

   • Looks like we’ve found your kryptonite.

     • I need to change my coffee for something stronger

8. I am not posting my score. Let’s say it was not in the realm of respectable.

9. Well, our tradition is sort of intact – we got the same score, if you multiply my score by 2!

   • Someone needs to write “1001 Flop 1960s Singles You Must Hear Before You Die”.

     • Based on my score, I don’t think I’m qualified to write it – but also based on my score, it would be one I should read!

10. 20 of 29 – not my best effort. – educational though

11. Never heard of feijoa – they look neat – what do they taste like?

    • A little like a pear – kind of acidic.

12. That was pretty tough. I got 20 before I ran out of time.

    • Good effort – we haven’t had many middle scores like that, mostly almost perfects or less than 50%.