Congratulations to 2Loud, Geoff, and Tony who all scored 20 last week – Tony scoring his in 30 seconds. This week’s quiz is only tangentially related to music – you need to classify things as cars, stars (ie the bright…
He scored a recording contract in 1977, as the punk and new wave movements opened the doors for fresh artists. Elvis Costello, however, was actually a highly literate and sophisticated songwriter who had little in common with punk’s untrained approach.…
California’s Judee Sill had a troubled childhood, losing her father to pneumonia at eight years old. Her mother’s second marriage was often violent, and as a teenager Sill spent time in reform school after committing armed robbery. At reform school…
Congratulations to Rich and Geoff who both scored perfect 40/40s in last week’s stressful, fast quiz. This week’s is a little more relaxing; name the album from its first three songs. There’s a nice eclectic mix of genres and eras…
Brisbane’s The Go-Betweens are one of my favourite bands, but it’s sometimes difficult to explain their appeal. Robert Forster and Grant McLennan are limited as guitarists and vocalists, but they balance each other beautifully; the edgier Forster was a fan…
Paul Kelly’s a respected songwriter in Australia, with a solo career that began in 1981. He’s the type of figure who receives lots of songwriting awards and inclusions on great song lists, without necessarily breaking through to public consciousness, and…
Congratulations to Tony (), who scored a perfect 40/40 in last week’s Tom Petty quiz. This week’s quiz is pretty nasty – it’s a speed test as well as a music knowledge quiz. You need to click 40 artists in…
There are a substantial number of songs by the late Tom Petty that I love and that I could have chosen to feature this week. I could have chosen a ubiquitous hit like ‘Refugee’, ‘Free Fallin”, ‘Mary Jane’s Last Dance’,…
We had a lot of 20/20s last week – apologies if I’ve missed anyone, but congratulations to Rich, Jim, Geoff, Cristian, Tony, and Aaron, who all filed perfect scores. Sadly, we lost Tom Petty this week. This week’s quiz is…
Creedence Clearwater Revival emerged in 1968, seemingly from a Florida swamp but actually from El Cerrito in California. Rebelling against the psychedelic music that was prevalent at the time, Creedence began their career playing stripped-down and bluesy swamp rock. As…
I’m publishing this blog entry in advance, and this song gives an indication, better than any other piece of pop music than I can think of, of what I’ll be doing this Sunday morning (although of course my circumstances won’t…
We had a horde of 20/20s last week – congratulations to Jim, Geoff (who to be fair, had more important achievements this week), Bruce, Rich, and Aaron, who all made the perfect score. Today’s quiz is a little like a…
