Well i've been meaning to dispose of this coin for a while. Being that it's a commem and worse still it's one from Gibraltar... you know the kind marketed and sold to collectors (it's even in a First Day Cover). On the other side is the portrait of QEII (but i'm sure you all know what she looks like by now), so here's the reverse;




Anyhow a competition should get rid of it for me. Having just done the music thing in one thread, i thought, well why not?

Can you answer the following? (I’ll try not to change my mind on what the answers are half way through… promise!)


1) What is my favourite song from the 1970s?
(Clue – a hint of classic)

2) Favourite song from the 1980s?
(Clue – Came out twice in the decade, single version and then live version)

3) Favourite rock song from the early 1990s?
(Clue – The band was more associated with the 80s)

4) What’s that song that takes me back to 1992?
(Clue – A big hit on the European dance floors in that year)

5) Favourite 1990s band and song?
(No clues for this one, sorry)

6) Favourite 00’s ‘group’?
(Clue – Roger Sanchez tried to sound like them)



I've tried to vary the answers a bit across genres, being eclectic as i am. Now lets see if i can't embarass myself completely.

Oh boy I would like that coin. Must think... come on brain! I shall return to this thread...

I don't mind the coin myself but it's surplus to requirements and thus it's getting the boot. I know Elverno only collects coins from the 1789-1815 period as a rule but a freebie portraying one of Napoleon's contemporaries (even if the coin is from 1995) has got to stir some interest.

He does have some modern issues relating to Napoleon on his site, so I'm sure it would.

Answer to 1 - Kashmir - Led Zepplin
Answer to 2 - Hotel California - Eagles
Answer to 3 - Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Answer to 4 - I'm too Sexy - Right Said Fred
Answer to 5 - Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana
Answer to 6 - Special D

No to all of those.

I do like Nirvana though. And i love living on a prayer by Bon Jovi.

Ha Right Said Fred... there's someone i haven't heard of in a while. I kinda liked Deeply Dippy but i didn't like I'm too Sexy.

One clue, rock is not the way to go on this one, unless stated.

More specific clues for the first four;


1) What is my favourite song from the 1970s?

They arose from the ashes of an English 1960s band, it wasn't long before one member left to form his own band, which seems to be only remembered for a Christmas song. The band that is the answer to this question though went on throughout the 1970s formulating their own sound and they had a hit in 1979/80 with a singer/actress for her 1980 film. They split in the mid 1980s. The song is from 1975.


2) Favourite song from the 1980s?

This band was one of those bands that was synonoymous with the 1980s but rarely got any credit for it indeed in the UK as far as i can recall they never had a number 1 hit. The closest they came was with a number 4 in 1984. They were around throughout most of the 1980s and were endemic to it. The song was originally released in 1983 and after a 'tour' of the US in 1988 it was re-released as a live version in '89.


3) Favourite rock song from the early 1990s?

This is US band that was one of the earlier bands of the heavier rock scence and another one not to get that much credit. They formed in 1983 and were originally known under a different name but by 1987 they had changed their name to the one that is the answer here. The lead singer during the early part of the 00's was battling with a rare form of cancer.


4) What’s that song that takes me back to 1992?

I don't think the 1992 song was released in the US, but they became famous worldwide (and in the US) with an earlier song they released in 1990, which is also briefly featured in the Jim Carey film Bruce Almighty.

Too hard?

OK, let's give it a try...

1) Evil Woman - ELO
2) Pictures of you - The Cure
3) Right Now - Van Halen
4) Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap
5) Roxette
6) The Chemical Brothers




Jose

Just to clarify a slight change in the rules to make it fairer. There are now two prizes available. One prize for the person with the most right answers and one prize for the first to be able to present the full list of correct answer (the coin above is for this). This stops the rather unfair scene of say Jose getting 5 right but one wrong and someone pipping him to the post and using all his hard work.

So i'm glad to announce that;

1) ELO - Evil woman
&
4) Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer

are both correct!



The others are wrong i'm afraid. Keep trying.

(But you're in the lead for a prize)


ELO must be my favourite band of the 1970s, the hint, classic feel was because they used described themselves as 'a rock band with classical instruments'. Violins regularly turn up and i like violins, as Evil Woman.

Originally formed from the 1960s group, 'The Move' who's most famous hit was probably 'Blackberry Way'. Roy Wood was originally in the line up but during the early 1970s he left to form the group Wizzard, and they hd the Christmas hit, 'i wish it could be Christmas' which was released in c.1973 and has been played every year on the UK radio networks at Christmas time ever since (along with Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody").

Of course the 1979/80 hit was a collaboration with Oliva Newton John and was for the film Xanadu (how did Sir Sisu miss this?)


Of Snap, of course everyone knows them for the song that goes alot like; "I've got the power", t'was never one of my favourites it has to be said. As for 'Rhythm is a dancer' that song was far better and was the epitome of the cheesy dance culture of the early 1990s. Ibiza eat your heart out! A pure classic.

2 - Blue Monday

Getting closer, right genre, wrong group. As much as i love New Order and think they are one of the best synth groups of the 80s...

2 - Fascination

Nope.

Keen to get No 2 aren't you Sisu?

Another clue for you here, one member on this forum should know what it is as they have some of the song's lyrics in their signature.

How about...

2 - Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
6 - Fatboy Slim


???


Jose

Nothing about Abish's signature huh?
Night Swimming?

6 is wrong, as for number 2 correct group, wrong song!

Enjoy the Silence is the best Depeche Mode song (my fave at any rate) but it is a 1990s song!

Number 3 clue - think thrash metal.

Well, i think that's enough help from me (not very interested in getting a Gibraltar Commemorative...).

But i'll keep shooting for questions 5 and 6, just for fun...
5 - Breathe - Prodigy
6 - Gorillaz

Jose

1. ELO - Evil woman
2. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
3. The Ramones?
4. Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer
5. Green Day - When I come Around
6. Daft Punk

-Bobby

2 - Everything Counts
3 - Pantera

5- Radiohead "Street Spirit"
6 - Chemical Brothers

2 is correct. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts, (also in Dock's sigline)!

For number 5 Radiohead (whilst wrong) was around at the same time as this other group, which could be classed as Indie i'm told, although they are a celebrated band from England. So that must narrow it down to two. But what's the song?


Clue for number 3 the band sounds Biblical, and the song is something you might put on your head if you were royal.

Number 6 is correct! I thought this would be the sticking point.

Actually Bobby i can see why you put Personal Jesus it was released in 1989 and it was both a single version that year and a live version. Close it was...

1. ELO - Evil woman
2. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
3. Testament
4. Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer
5. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
6. Daft Punk

-Bobby

Testament is the right band, but what's the song? (You're getting very close).

5 is wrong, but they were Londoners i believe... the pronounciation of 'all' as 'awll' would give that much a way.

1. ELO - Evil woman
2. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
3. Testament - Electric Crown
4. Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer
5. ?
6. Daft Punk

-Bobby

All correct, just number 5 to get.

Let me see if i can't throw some light on this. Maybe my clues are unclear or not as well defined as they could be...

Well there was a clue for tha band, for the song; If it's a nice day you might go in a stroll through one.

I thought Tiff would have got this one actually.

I don't have to start singing do i?

1. ELO - Evil woman
2. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
3. Testament - Electric Crown
4. Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer
5. Flaming Lips - She dont Use Jelly
6. Daft Punk

-Bobby

Oh i like Linkin Park... are they British? News to me if they are...

Hmm i'm gonna have to go and dig out 'Hybrid Theory' now you've brought that up.

Answer is wrong though!

Actualy, Im pretty sure "One Step Closer" is wrong as it came out in 2000....

Clues... must find clues...

-Bobby

I see where you got Linkin Park from but Park is part of the song title not the group... Your effort is commendable though.

I've littered a few clues out here and erm; there...

Struggling with this aren't we...

Well the group that's the answer to number 5 are well known for having a dwelling abode that's not located in a city, in fact the opposite. Note that the clue will get you the right band hopefully but the wrong song.

They were two 1990s Brit groups around at this time, one was Oasis, the other is the answer to this. No not Pulp.

.... hehe, that wasnt supposed to be posted... I think I got it though...

-Bobby

1. ELO - Evil woman
2. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
3. Testament - Electric Crown
4. Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer
5. Blur - Parklife
6. Daft Punk

-Bobby

Drum roll, please...

Doesn't matter Bobby you truly deserved it! Anyhow it's my competition so i make the rules... if i want to drop hints as subtle as P*RKLIFE then who's to argue?


Congratulations, having put in the most effort (and the most answers) and having been the first to present the full correct list i think you should get both prizes!

And of course everyone is mystified that i didn't mention either Deep Purple or Iron Maiden in that line up... Iron Maiden i nearly included but they only just missed out.

Congrats, Bobby!

Jose

I was thinking Judas Priest on the biblical hint, but the timing did not match up.

Congrats Bobby!

Wow, I never got off my butt and did any research. Testament, eh? Fantastic, they were one of my fav metal bands too.

Oh yeah, i'd forgetten about that one! Hey so it wasn't such a giveaway... and then there was 'Genesis' depends how much you want to stretch the term 'thrash'.


And i can't believe i didn't stick The Clash in there, with Rudie Can't Fail, or Rock the Casbah.


To say nothing of Vivaldi or Edward Elgar

As you can tell i'm quite eclectic. Who else would stack Moody Blues next to Alice Cooper? Or Adam and the Ants next to Nirvana or A Flock of Seaguls?

Sweet! Thanks for the contest Ætheling.

And to clearify, I wasnt talking about your clues... those were a great help. I ment that I accidently posted the "Flaming Lips" guess when I went into my post to copy my past answers

Anyhoo....



-Bobby

I would.

Way to go, Bobby! I just knew you had it that time!

Not often i say anything controversial (yeah right! ), but i would have to say Testament were better than Metallica. Sure i have some Metallica lying around but to me alot of their songs sound far too much the same. Sometimes i don't even notice when one song ends and the next one begins. Although i do like 'Frayed Ends of Sanity' a lot.

Testament's downfall though is by the 1990s (looking at the album track lists) they were just re-releasing alot of stuff they'd already done. So i figured just buying the 'best of' was the best way to get most of them... except for 'the Ballad' which i had to buy the album 'Practice what you Preach' and on vinyl too!

Ended and thus now removable to wherever it belongs.

before it goes fusty...