From: marshall@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Bob Marshall)
Subject: C&W LYRICS QUIZ : ANSWERS/RESULTS
Reply-To: marshall@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 02:35:23 GMT

Here are the results and answers for the C&W lyrics quiz I posted last
week. This one was a little bit harder than the last one, but several
people did very well. Congratulations to June Ellis, who really aced
it, getting 17 out of 20 correct (she admits that she spends entirely
too much time listening to country music; but I guess there are a lot
worse ways to spend your time!).

Here are the scores. I gave 1/2 a point if you got the song right but
got the wrong artist, or vice-versa :
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ellis@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (June Ellis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
cbetz@romulus.cray.com (Charles Betz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
OLSON@macalstr.edu (Geri Anne Olson). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
thughes@lonestar.utsa.edu (Toby Hughes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
lyndap@techpubs2.doc.provo.novell.com (). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
mcp@drutx.att.com (Mike Paugh). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6-1/2
turner@reed.edu (Johanna Turner). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5-1/2
pscott@NUTMEG.NTU.EDU.AU (Phil Scott) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4-1/2
stuckey@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Anthony Stuckey). . . . . . . . . . .  4
carnes@ico.isc.com (Steve Carnes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-1/2
aa536@cleveland@freenet.edu (Alayne Whaley) . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
fischer@netmbx.metmbx.de (Axel Fishcher). . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1/2
burhan@csn.org (Jackie Burhans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1/2
 
I'll be posting another quiz shortly, probably about the same level of
difficulty as this one.

Here are the answers; you can start kicking yourself now :
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 1. "She was starin' at her coffee cup
     He was tryin' to keep his courage up by applying booze"
AMAZING RHYTHM ACES, "THIRD RATE ROMANCE" (I tried to find an obscure
lyric in this one, but I couldn't! I think no matter which line I picked,
it still would have been easy!)

 2. "I can't help it, honey
     You're that much a part of me now"
JIMMY BUFFETT, "COME MONDAY" (OK, maybe it's not real country, but...)

 3. "...fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six..."
JOHNNY CASH, "ONE PIECE AT A TIME" (This is the song where the guy takes
home pieces of a Cadillac in his lunch box "one piece at a time" and
finally has enough pieces to build a car. When he shows it to a friend,
the friend asks "What year is it?", to which Johnny Cash answers
"Well, it's a forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three,
fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six, (etc, etc)". Great song!)

 4. "I rushed home from work like I always do
     I spent my whole day just thinking of you"
VINCE GILL, "WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME" (Recent "Song of the Year"; I'm 
surprised that only two people identified it)

 5. "You ought to get down on your knees and thank your lucky stars
     That you got someone to go home to"
VERN GOSDIN, "CHISELED IN STONE" (Boy, is this guy underrated. He is
*REAL* country. Garth may get all the headlines, but you really have
to respect guys like Vern. OK, maybe you don't *HAVE* to, but *I* do.)

 6. "In spite of all my Sunday learnin'
     Towards the bad I kept on turnin'"
MERLE HAGGARD, "MAMA TRIED" (A classic. One of the best Merle songs ever,
along with "Sing Me Back Home", IMHO).

 7. "But you don't have a heart or any feelings
     So I can't even ask for sympathy"
HIGHWAY 101, "WHISKEY, IF YOU WERE A WOMAN"

 8. "But she said it's too late, what's done is done"
ALAN JACKSON, "SOMEDAY" (Thought this was pretty easy, since it should
still be fresh in people's minds. But only a few people got it.)

 9. "Well, here I sit by the window of this big ol' lonely mansion
     Looking out over the Smokies and owning everything I can see"
GEORGE JONES/TAMMY WYNETTE, "SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA" (What a team; no one
makes music like this anymore. What a shame.)

10. "Started slow, it's coming fast
     I got a feeling, it's gonna last"
PATTY LOVELESS, "TIMBER, I'M FALLING IN LOVE" (Another one I thought
should be easy; only one person got it. Great song (just too short)!)

11. "Six long months on a dust-covered trail
     They say heaven's at the end but so far it's been hell"
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, "FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN" (If you've ever heard the song,
this one is easy. I guess there's not a lot of fans of Southern country
rock out there; no one got this one.)

12. "And me I cross the border every chance I get"
K.T. OSLIN, "80'S LADIES" (The only decent song K.T. ever recorded, IMHO)

13. "They didn't understand it and I tried to make them see
     That one is only poor only if they choose to be"
DOLLY PARTON, "COAT OF MANY COLORS" (Ahhhhh...Dolly!)

14. "But the day that I stop counting
     That's the day my world will end"
RAY PRICE, "HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER" (Yes, a lot of people recorded this.
But, unless you are using a different alphabet than the one I am familiar
with, "DWIGHT YOAKAM" doesn't fit here!)

15. "Everybody said you'd make it big someday
     And I guess we were only in your way"
DAN SEALS, "EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS (IS NOT GOLD)" (A fantastic song, IMHO.
One of my all-time favorites! Sorry, I left out a "that" after "guess".)

16. "I just thought you needed time
     To spread your wings and fly"
DOUG STONE, "I'D BE BETTER OFF IN A PINE BOX" (If they ever held a contest
for the most non-upbeat song title, I think this one would win hands down.
I was surprised that only one person identified it.)

17. "Girl, your memory won't ever haunt me
     Cause I don't love you"
GEORGE STRAIT, "OCEANFRONT PROPERTY" (Easy)

18. "But you proved again, no one ropes the wind"
SYLVIA, "DRIFTER" (She had a fantastic debut album, then the producers got
hold of her and ruined her with songs like "Nobody" and "The Snapshot". Just
compare the album covers on her first album (which has her dressed like a
cowgirl) and the second (which has her all made up). What a shame, she had
a beautiful voice.)

19. "Time to disassemble this assembly line"
KEITH WHITLEY, "QUITTIN' TIME" (I knew this would be a toughie. This wasn't
a single, but on many country stations I listen to this song is played at
5:00 PM every Friday, along with "Take This Job and Shove It". I was sure
that everyone had heard it, but only June Ellis identified it.)

20. "Today I sat alone at the window
     And I watched our little girl outside at play"
TAMMY WYNETTE, "I DON'T WANNA PLAY HOUSE". (Sort of an unusual song. One
verse, then the chorus repeated twice.)

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Tie-breakers :

 A. "Adios to all this concrete
     Gonna get me some dirt road back street"
JERRY JEFF WALKER, "L.A. FREEWAY" (A fantastic Guy Clark song. Jerry's
version is the more popular one, since it crossed over to the pop charts,
but several people also identified Guy Clark, which is just as correct here.)

 B. "I got passed by a beaver in a Camaro
     I was cruising along going so slow
     I could count every button on that frilly blouse she was wearin'
     ...course, there weren't but one!"
CLEDUS MAGGARD, "THE WHITE KNIGHT" (Certainly everyone remembers this song
from the mid-70's! It even got airplay on the top-40 stations during the
middle of the CB craze. Remember :
   "Ten-four, back door
    Put the pedal to the metal and let 'er roar
    ...
    And my handle is the White Knight"

No? Well, I guess I don't blame you. It's a pretty forgettable song. I'm
embarassed to admit that I even have a copy of the album! But Charlie Betz
relieved my embarassment a bit by confiding that he *ALSO* owns the album.
Not only that, Charlie even admitted that he also owns a copy of C.W. McCall's
"Wolf Creek Pass" album! This man is sick! (OK, OK, I also own a copy
of "Wolf Creek Pass"). Hope none of you women out there were offended by
the "beaver" reference - just remember, *I* didn't say it, Cledus did!)
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Sunnyvale, CA                      \\    It ain't the years, boys,
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