Music Quiz: Bands by Long Song Title

Congratulations to Jamie Kyei from The Music in my Ears, who recorded the fastest time in last week’s album quiz.

This week you need to link the long and pretentious song title with the artist.

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Pepper360/bands-by-long-song-title

I knew 16, then squeaked my way to 19/20 thanks to some strong guessing at the end. It felt sometimes like the author had been rifling through my record collection.

I enjoyed this section on punk rock from the satirical historical series Cunk on Britain:

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22 Comments

  1. Absolutely horrible. Never heard of most of them. 8/20. Not sure how many US responses you’ll get. Thanksgiving is coming up on Thursday and many people travel or are otherwise engaged.

    • Yeah, I didn’t really think about how tough this one would be for the regulars. Stuff like LCD Soundsystem and Queens of the Stone Age feels like canon to me, but maybe not for posters who are a bit older.

    • I don’t really know my Fall Out Boy from my Taking Back Sunday, but I knew enough of the others to set myself up for some lucky guessing.

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