Music Quiz - "E"

[shinydan]

All the following lyrics come from songs in the UK Top 10 singles chart, from its inception in 1952 to the present day, as referred to on www.everyhit.com.

Ignoring silly words like "The" and "A", nine of the songs come from artists beginning with the letter "E". The tenth and last song on the list has a title beginning with the letter "E".

Name the artist of each song for one point, and get another for naming the song. Please don't use internet search services to look these details up.

Answers will be screened until Friday afternoon, when I'll post the answers and the scores!



1) Don't want your love any more, don't want your kisses, that's for sure. I die each time I hear this sound

2) The warden threw a party in the county jail, the prison band was there and they began to wail

3) For I don't love you any more. To waste our lives would be a sin

4) I'll never do something to hurt you, though - oh but the feeling is bad, the feeling is bad

5) And in the car they found a tape, but they didn't say who it was to. Come to think about, his name was...

6) And all the science I don't understand, it's just my job five days a week

7) Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli

8) I've got something to put in you, I've got something to put in you, I've got something to put in you

9) How can you see into my eyes like open doors, leading you down into my core

10) Oh, can't you see, you belong to me? How my poor heart aches
Good luck!

Comments

[gipsy-dreamer.livejournal.com]

2: Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock

4: Eddie Grant, I Don't Wanna Dance

7: Enya, Orinoco Flow

8: I know it's Gay Bar but can't remember the name of the band!

9: Evanescence, Wake Me Up Inside

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

9 points

[the-hatstand.livejournal.com]

2) Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presely
3) Please Release Me - Englebert Humperdinck
4) I Don't Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant
5) Stan - Eminem
8) Gay Bar - The Electric Six
10) Every Breath You Take - The Police

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

12 points

[ethyl-deadgirl.livejournal.com]

1)
2) Elvis presley jail house rock
3)
4) Eddie grant I don't wanna dance
5) Eminem stan
6)
7)
8) Electric six gay bar
9) Evenessence wake me up
10) Sting every breath you take

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

11.5 points - half a point for Sting, it was The Police.

Mostly not knowing the singers

[softfruit.livejournal.com]

Another low scoring round for me:

1 Not a clue.
2 Young Offender E "the pelvis" Presley, Jailhouse Rock
3 Fucked if I know who did this one starting with "E". Probably that awful Pelvis bloke again. "Please release me [let me go]".
4 Eddie something. I don't know. Eddie Stobart. Eddie the Eagle. {i} Don't Wanna Dance
5 Nah, got me there.
6 Elton John Rocket Man
7 No points for this. I googled it in desparation as I knew the lyric but was placing it in entirely the wrong musical genre so wasn't getting it.
8 Nope.
9 Evanescence (sp) Bring me to life
10 Every step you take / the police

Re: Mostly not knowing the singers

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

10 points.

[thisispoki.livejournal.com]

1, Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown

2. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

3. Englebert Humperdink - Please Release Me

4. Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance

5.

6. Elton John - Rocket Man

7.

8.

9.

10. The Police - Every Breath You Take

I always start these things well, but tail-off in the middle. Do you choose more difficult songs later-on, or does my pop knowledge stop with the 80s?

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

12 points. And I think your pop knowledge stops with the 80s - 3 of the ones you missed are 90s or later.

[lunrwolf.livejournal.com]

5) Eminem - Stan
6) Elton John - Rocket Man
8) Electric Six - Gay Bar

Tricky ones this week.

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

6 points.

[wildheartofire.livejournal.com]

OMG I can actually get more than 2 so I'll enter even if I stand no chance in coming first as I think I am up to 6 points maximum lol.

2) Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
5) Eminem - Stan
9) Evanescence - Bring me to Life

I'd guess that Elvis Costello and Europe are in there somewhere but I don't know. That's me done :D

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

6 points, yay! And no, and no.

[cosmolinguist]

1. Everly Brothers, "Cathy's Clown"

2. Elvis Presley "Jailhouse Rock"

3 Engelbert Humperdinck - Please Release Me

4 Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance

5 Eminem - Stan

6. Elton John "Rocket Man"

10. The Police "Every Breath You Take"

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

14 points

[khrister.livejournal.com]

As usual, I suck at this.

2) is Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock.

5) has to be Stan by Eminem.

10) is Every breath you take by...uh...Police, wasn't it?

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

6 points. Yes, it was.

[haggis.livejournal.com]

2. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
5. Eminem - Stan
6. Elton John - Rocket Man
9. Electric 6 - Gay Bar
10. Sting/The Police - Every breath you take.

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

10 points.

[trialia]

Not so much on this one.

2 - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
9 - Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
10 - Police - Every Breath You Take

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

6 points

[the-hunter.livejournal.com]

1) Everly brothers, Cathy's Clown
2) Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock
3) Eee...tricky...see, I had this on albums, by both Elvis Presley and Englebert Humperdink, so... anyway, it is *Please Release me, let me go*
4) Eddy Grant, I don't wanna dance (with you baby no more)
5) Not got a clue
6) Heh, this is Rocket Man. I have it on MP3 by William Shatner, but I guess you're looking at the...argh! What's his name? Elton John! (Brain fart happened!)
7) Beautiful, Orinoco flow (Save a whale) by Enya
8) Not a clue. Again
9) *Sigh* Nope, not a clue
10) Sting, Every Breath you take

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

13 points - half for the confusion over number 3, and half for Sting instead of The Police.

[elfdragonlord.livejournal.com]

1. ?
2. Elvis Presley 'Jailhouse Rock'
3. ?
4. Eddie Grant 'I don't wanna dance'
5. Eminem 'Stan'
6. ?
7. ?
8. 'Gay Bar' - can't remember who it's by
9. Evanescence 'Bring me to Life'
10. The Police 'Every Breath You Take'

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

11 points.

[scaree.livejournal.com]

1) Don't want your love any more, don't want your kisses, that's for sure. I die each time I hear this sound
Everley Brothers - Cathy's Clown

2) The warden threw a party in the county jail, the prison band was there and they began to wail
Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock

3) For I don't love you any more. To waste our lives would be a sin
Engelbert Humperdink Please Release Me

4) I'll never do something to hurt you, though - oh but the feeling is bad, the feeling is bad

5) And in the car they found a tape, but they didn't say who it was to. Come to think about, his name was...
?Eminem?

6) And all the science I don't understand, it's just my job five days a week
Elton John Rocket Man

7) Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli
Enya Orionco Flow

8) I've got something to put in you, I've got something to put in you, I've got something to put in you
Electric something - GaY bar (Thought this was straight to Karaoke?)

9) How can you see into my eyes like open doors, leading you down into my core

10) Oh, can't you see, you belong to me? How my poor heart aches
The Police - Every breath you take

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

15 points

[celticwitch-0.livejournal.com]

1) Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers.
2) Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley.
3) Release Me - Englebert Humperdink.
4) I don't want to dance - Eddie Grant.
5) Stan - Eminem.
6) Rocket Man - Elton John.
7) Orinoco Flow - Enya.
8) Pass..
9) Bring me to life - Evanescence
10) Every breathe you take - The Police.

[shinydan.livejournal.com]

18 points and another win!