Music Quiz: Duets
Congratulations to Boppins and Tony, who scored the only 15/15s in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz concerns duets. Pick the pair of artists responsible for each song at I’m not a big fan of all of the featured songs,…
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Graham Fyfe has been writing this website since his late teens. Now in his forties, he's been obsessively listening to albums for years. He works as a web editor and plays the piano.
Ofakombolo by Jupiter & Okwess
My wife and I are away on our tenth wedding anniversary holiday this weekend. I wanted to post a song befitting the landmark, but I struggled to find anything appropriate. Led Zeppelin’s ‘Ten Years Gone ‘ has always felt autumnal…
Music Quiz: Aircraft on Album Covers
We had lots of full scores in last week’s relatively easy quiz – congrats to Rich, Tony, jprobichaud, Chris, J., Bruce, introgroove, Geoff, and 2loud2oldmusic, who all scored 20/20 last week. This week’s quiz requires you to identify album covers…
Slice of Heaven by Dave Dobbyn and Herbs
After success with Th’ Dudes and DD Smash, Dave Dobbyn’s reputation took a hit with his involvement in the Queen Street riot. He rehabilitated his reputation with this classic song from an animated movie. Dave Dobbyn Every country has a…
Music Quiz: Complete the Band Name with a Picture
Congratulations to Tony () who scored 19/20 in last week’s quiz. This week’s is a bit easier – it requires you to complete the band name by clicking on a picture. I scored 20/20, and I think there’ll be…
Rockism and Poptimism: or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Carly Rae Jepsen
I’ve been recently reading about Rockism and Poptimism, two different schools of music criticism. It’s been interesting for me, both to understand my own personal biases and the biases behind other people’s music writing. The term Rockism was coined in…
I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) by Los Lobos
The most interesting news story to emerge from New Zealand this weekend was an attempted monkey burglary at Wellington Zoo. Thieves broke into the squirrel monkey enclosure with bolt cutters, but were fought off by the small primates. Despite only…
Music Quiz: First Line of Songs
I think last week’s Beatles quiz had a record number of entirely correct entries – well done Chris, introgroove, Geoff, Rich, Jim, and Bruce who all scored 100%. I for one found this week’s quiz a lot tougher – it’s…
September by Earth, Wind & Fire
It’s already Easter Sunday in New Zealand today, so it seems appropriate to cover a piece of music that I associate with Church. As soon as Church is over each Sunday, the vicar likes to hook his phone up to…
Music Quiz: Finish The Beatles lyrics
Congratulations to Rich (), who scored the only 100% in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to complete famous lines from Beatles’ songs. I scored 28/28 – can you join me on 100%?
