From: sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.music.misc,alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: The second Summer lyric quiz
Date: 10 Apr 92 21:10:43 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Enea Data AB

(Reposted, since the first posting seemed have gone nowhere.)

         I N   T H E   S T A T E   O F   T E L E P H O N E S
                             or
                THE SECOND SUMMER LYRIC QUIZ

This is the second of at least five in the my series of lyrics 
quizzes. These quizzes are probably more difficult than the average 
quiz, but since the quiz also include a list of the artists appearing
in the quiz there is room for guesses, intelligent or plain random
chances. Since the artist part is the most rewarding in these quizzes,
don't abstain if you only know a few, but answer them and guess the 
rest!

This quiz has two themes: American states and telephone. But as
with the number quiz, only about half the songs are related to
any of these themes.

Be careful to read the rules if you haven't done so before. It
certainly won't degrade your chances!


The rules:
1) The quiz consists of a list of 30 artists and 30 entries, with
   each artist contributing with exactly one song. Some entries
   have two quotes. They are from different places in the same
   song.

2) I am always asking for the *original* appearance of the quotes.

3) For each entry you are to give the artist (3 points), the name
   of the song (2 points) and also the album (1 pointy) unless the
   quote is marked with NO ALBUM. (This occurs because the song was
   only a single, or simply because I don't know.) There is a 100%
   bonus for the entrant who is alone to spot an item. If two entrants
   are alone on an item, they get a 50% bonus each. (An item is either
   artist, song or album.) There is no bonus if three or more have
   the item right.

4) The list of artists should not be construed as exact. For instance,
   if the list says "Elvis Costello", this does not rule out songs
   which the record credits to Elvis Costello and the Attractions.

5) In most cases, I will be fairly liberal with song titles and
   give you full points when the title you give is reasonably close.

6) Answers by mail (post and you will be flamed to ashes) to me at
   sommar@enea.se latest by Wednesday April 29th.

7) Preferred format:
   Artist - Song title - Album

8) Please include the quotes you *answer*, but nothing else from
   this article. Folks who return this introduction will run the
   risk of getting their letters in return.

9) HAVE FUN!

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The artists:

     ABBA                      Joe Jackson         Roxy Music
     Act                       Elton John          Simon & Garfunkel
     Asia                      Kansas              Steely Dan
     The Beatles               M                   Sweet
     Blue Oyster Cult          Joni Mitchell       Talking Heads
     Flash and the Pan         Robert Palmer       T.C. Matic
     Genesis                   The Police          10 C.C.
     Gillan & Glover           Procol Harum        Tanita Tikaram
     Herman Hermits            Lou Reed            Neil Young
     Hunters & Collectors      Tom Robinson        Frank Zappa


The quotes:

 1)  "It's crazy, but I'm frightened by the sound of the telephone"

 2)  "Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike"
     (NO ALBUM)

 3)  "Words must become flesh"

 4)  "Nothing lasts forever, of that I'm sure"

 5)  "It's the international motel fantasy"

 6)  "The telephone is ringing, is that my mother on the phone?"
     "Every girl I go out with becomes my mother in the end"

 7)  "Je ne suis pas un communiste"

 8)  "Tystnaden k{nns s} total"
     ("{" = dotted "a", "}" = "a" with ring)

 9)  "If the radio doesn't get me, the TV will"

10)  "The king and queen are gone each piece is the same"
     "Big brother is watching and he likes what he sees"

11)  "Got a good reason for taking the easy way out now"
     (NO ALBUM)

12)  "Your Cadillac has got one wheel in the ditch and one on the track"

13)  "These French girls always like to bite"

14)  "Pretty girls having love affairs with their eyes and their shiny hair"

15)  "Even the trashman says:
      'You got a dustbin romance, it's going down the drain'"

16)  "Look, my eyes are just hologrammes"

17)  "The minds of our daughters are posioned by you,
      With your communistic politics and them negro blues"

18)  "Communication is a good thing, but I like to let the mother ring"

19)  "They decorated all the generals, who fought the war behind the lines"

20)  "All her friends call her Alaska"

21)  "I could have sworn her hair was made of rayon"

22)  "See that happy couple, so inseparable
      They are married but of course, not to each other"

23)  "The bottle stands forlorn"
     (NO ALBUM)

24)  "OK, you think you've got a pretty face,
      But the rest of you is out of place"

25)  "Heard about Huston, heard about Detroit, heard about Pittsburg PA"
     "We're tapping phone lines, I know that ain't allowed"

26)  "How can he speak for the Prince of Peace, When he's hawk-right-militant"
     "I think we should send the United States Marines loose on that
      little island south of Florida and stop that problem!"

27)  "Souvent pour s'amuser les hommes d'equipage,
      And it's like talking to a stranger"
     (NO ALBUM)

     Bonus question (5 points): from where does the French part of this
     quote orignially come from?


28)  "I crossed my old man back in Oregon"

29)  "So throw off your coat, butter some toast, put another coffee on..."

30)  "And no one answers the telephone"
-- 
Erland Sommarskog - ENEA Data, Stockholm - sommar@enea.se
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.arts.movies