Music Quiz: Follow That Lyric 1960s

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1. 100%. 4:40 remaining. And, is that a John Lennon quote?

   • Perfect score, but not John Lennon.

     • Rats!

2. I have no idea how I had the best score last week. It must be because some of the regulars didn’t participate. FYI, I’m still not seeing your posts in my feed. For this week I got 25/25 but my tracking pad (no mouse here) speed was too slow so I had 3:38 left on the clock.

   • I can’t use those friggin’ things. I’m lost without a wireless mouse.

     • I definitely prefer using a mouse but I can at least function with a tracking pad…except when it comes to these quizzes.

       • Damn shame. I hate to see a competitor with a handicap. 🤣

         • Haha, well-played. And it’s extra funny because it’s a hand-icap.

   • Wordpress are sorting out the feeds now, so hopefully it’ll be good for next time. Apparently the old feeds were working but the new one I transferred everyone to wasn’t.

3. SCORE
   25/25

   That would be Van the Man on the quote I’m almost positive.

   • Yup, correct about the bonus question. Did you notice that another blogger has copied your blog post about Guadacanal Diary?

     • No I didn’t notice that.

     • I just did…they have done it one other time…thanks. A reference or re-blog would be nice.

       • Not cool

       • I just searched this up – what’s weird is that they lifted certain sentences from your second post about Gc to use in a post about Watsui Rodeo. Makes you wonder if the sentences that aren’t yours were lifted from other blogs. Sounds pretty lazy. Like everyone’s content is a giant Wikipedia entry to use without attribution. Like you said, would be nice to have an acknowledgement at least.

         • Yes that is all I ask.

4. 25/25 but I have to admit I left the dormouse one until the end as it was the one I didn’t know.

   • I know the song but I forgot that line too.

     • Yes, me too. I just didn’t know the particular line.

       • The hookah smoking caterpillar is certainly more memorable.

5. 25/25 w/ a minute left – damn some of them were difficult. I’ve seen the above answers that the quote is from Van Morrison but could easily be mistaken for a Lennon song.

   • Good effort – you’re a big younger than most of the other contestants. Morrison and Lennon are both pretty ornery.

6. 25/25 with 3:40 left

   • Perfect score!

7. All these people with their perfect scores. I was pretty happy with my 20/25.

   • I’m sure you’ll do better at later decades.

8. Guess I don’t know my 60s lyrics as well as I thought – stinking it up with 15 of 25. Sporocle says I’ve died of dysentery, so that’s pleasant…..

   • That’s an Oregon Trail reference, right?

     • Huh? Sorry not following

       • It’s a famous computer game:

         https://www.aphlblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Oregon-Trail.jpg

         • Ok I’ll take your word for it. Never a big gamer. 😀

         • It’s like a quasi-educational game – we got to play it in social studies.

         • Hey I think I saw your new site in the Reader – I just signed up to follow you – follower 3 which is why I thought it was the new site. I’ll met you know if I start seeing it in my notifications.

         • I just had a look – that’s the old one, but you’re right, it is appearing in the reader. I’ve just raised it with Wordpress support and they’re sorting it now.

9. It’s 23/25 for me this week. 1:08 remaining… a lot of guess work based on rhymes after about a dozen or so.

   • The rhyming strategy is a good one.

10. 24 – 19 were known, and a 5 out of 6 on my rhyming guesses!

    • Rhyming is definitely a good way to do it.

11. 22/25 with 2:25 left. That was a lot of reading yet tring to make quick choices!

    • But you made it to 22, which is a strong showing.

      • Hey thanks! Slower readers would struggle on that one, though. The creator of it should have given more time, probably.

        • There’s another follow that lyric coming tomorrow.

          • I’m in!

12. 25/25 with 1:08 left. Amazed I got them all.

    • Great work!

      • Thank you! At a certain point they were guesses but I guess right. The lyrics are so familiar but when you read them in a series like that it gets confusing.

13. Ray Davies?

    • Van Morrison! I’m not huge on Brown Eyed Girl so I agree with him.

      • I will make a guilty confession: aside from Brown Eyed Girl, I don’t much care for Van!

        • I don’t like a lot of his most-played radio songs, but he has some great deep cuts.