Music Quiz: Songs Containing Lists
This quiz is fun – it might be the only Sporcle quiz to feature Julie Andrews and Lou Bega together. Can you complete the titles of these 16 list songs. It’s not too tricky, so please record your time if…
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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.
10 Best Bread Songs
Bread struck AM gold in the early 1970s, with a sentimental string of soft-rock hits written by David Gates. David Gates had contributed to the rich tapestry of 1960s music – he wrote The Murmaids’ #3 hit ‘Popsicles and Icicles’…
Here Comes the Hotstepper by Ini Kamoze
Ini Kamoze recorded ‘Here Comes the Hotstepper’ in early 1992, but it wasn’t released until late 1994. Ini Kamoze Kamoze was born in a seaside shack in Oracabessa, Jamaica. His father was a tough police superintendent nicknamed “The Scorpion”, while…
Nuggets II: No More Now by The Smoke
Guitarist Brett Tauri bought some killer gear back to New Zealand and used it to shred on ‘No More Now’. Credits 4 NO MORE NOW – The Smoke (New Zealand)(Brett Tauri) PERSONNEL/RAY NIXON: vocals * BRETT TAURI: lead guitar *…
Music Quiz: Hide Your ‘W’ Albums
We’re almost through the entire alphabet – X, Y, and Z will be together (although I haven’t started making that one yet). Can you tell The Wall from The Rooftops? The Wave from the Wet Leg? I’m not eligible…
10 Best Joni Mitchell Songs after 1980
Joni Mitchell peaked in the 1970s with a terrific sequence of albums, particularly from 1971’s Blue to 1976’s Hejira. But she also released six studio albums in the 1980s and 1990s. None of these compositions would force their way into…
New Music Reviews: Suzanne Vega and Julien Baker & Torres
All female and all American this week – Suzanne Vega plays folk (with some punk). while two non-country artists make a country album together. Suzanne Vega Flying With Angels 2025, 8/10New York singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega produced one of the 1980s’…
Crawl by Atlas
After nu-metal and alt-rock were largely extinct from the singles chart, ‘Crawl’ topped the NZ charts for seven weeks in 2007. Atlas Producer Hank Linderman introduced Louisville vocalist Sean Cunningham to New Zealand’s Campbell siblings. Bassist Ben Campbell was previously in…
Music Quiz: Which half of the 1970s?
Let’s take another break from sorting albums this week and guess which half of the decade songs belong to. Remember that 1975 is in the decade’s second half. I scored 42/50 – solid, but mildly disappointing. Can you beat…
10 Best John Martyn Songs
The late John Martyn never enjoyed the mass acclaim that his immense talent deserved. Nonetheless, he delivered a string of great records in the 1970s and early 1980s. He started as a folk artist, emerging in the late 1960s alongside…
