Music Quiz: First 3 Songs #9

Geoff Stephen won last week’s First 3 Songs VIII quiz, narrowly beating out EclecticMusicLover.

This week’s challenge is the same format, linking the first three songs to their album.

https://www.sporcle.com/games/chief7575/first3songs9

I scored 20/20, although it was hard work. I assume I’m more acquainted with artists like Kacey Musgraves and Dua Lipa than most of the other regular contestants. I had 2:04 remaining.

Can you beat my time?

Apropos of nothing, here’s Brian Wilson covering Leadbelly’s ‘Goodnight Irene’, a song my grandmother hated.

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    • I don’t know – maybe it was a bit racy for its time? There is a suicide reference in the first verse.

  1. 14/20. That was too hard for me. The only ones I got right were the ones I knew for sure and all my guesses were wrong.

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