A Music Quiz

Listed below are one or two lines from a song. All the songs were popular, at least in the U.S., and each one is by a different artist. Your challenge is to figure out the ARTIST, and SONG TITLE, from the words given. Duets and groups don't count as the 'same' artist (for example, Simon and Garfunkel, and then Paul Simon by himself, count as two separate artists). This one is 99% 70's music...there are a few that slipped by me that are actually late sixties or very early 80's (including several that were released at the end of '79 but didn't chart until '80), but they're close enough that I've left them in.

The links to the answers are next to each lyric - but if you have Javascript disabled you may not be able to use them. At the very bottom is a regular text link to the answer pages if you can't use the scripted ones.

01/13/02 - Okay, there is a sequel to the quiz now! It's not as long (yet), and hopefully there are no duplicates.

I am happy to answer questions about songs, feel free to email me or post it on the message board. The message board is probably better, since if I can't answer it, maybe another visitor can! Plus, I'm just not real good at keeping up with email all the time. :(

Oh, and one more thing I'd like to add. Since I put this quiz up, I've seen it copied and posted elsewhere a few times. I don't mind if you do that...but if you do, please at least give me credit as the author, or provide a link back to this page. I put a lot of work into this...please at least give me that much courtesy.

"Keep on Truckin'..."

Answer		1. "The night is young, and full of possibilities…well, come on, and let yourself be free"
Answer		2. "Before I go insane, I hold my pillow to my head, and spring up in my bed, screaming out the words I dread…"
Answer		3. "He was born on a summer day, 1951"
Answer		4. "I can see all obstacles in my way"
Answer		5. "Suddenly, the day turns into night…far away from the city"
Answer		6. "Like walkin' in the rain and the snow, when there's nowhere to go, and you're feeling like a part of you is dying"
Answer		7. "I was captured by your style, but I could not catch your eyes"
Answer		8. "Ocean Lady…child of nature, friend of man"
Answer		9. "I remember all my life, raining down as cold as ice"
Answer		10. "Hey, mister, can you tell me…where a man might find a bed"
Answer		11. "My mother, God rest her soul, couldn't understand why the only man she had ever loved had been taken"
Answer		12. "Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood…why should you care, if you're feeling good ?"
Answer		13. "One floor below me, you don't even know me, I love you"
Answer		14. "Lordy, mama…light my fuse"
Answer		15. "If you give a little more than you're asking for, your love will turn the key"
Answer		16. "And though you want to last forever, you know you never will…and the goodbye makes the journey harder still"
Answer		17. "Nobody else could ever know…the part of me that can't let go"
Answer		18. "Did you know I'd go to sleep and leave the lights on, hoping you'd come by and know that I was home and still awake"
Answer		19. "And when I'm gone, there'll be one child born in this world to carry on"
Answer		20. "And my dear mother left me when I was quite young…she said, "Lord, have mercy on my wicked son"…"
Answer		21. "All around my hometown, they're trying to track me down"
Answer		22. "Try to remember the magic that we shared…in time, your broken heart will mend"
Answer		23. "Them Creole babies…thin and brown, and downright lazy"
Answer		24. "I met a devil woman, she took my heart away"
Answer		25. "Oh, mirror in the sky…what is love?"
Answer		26. "You came along and stole my heart, when you entered my life...oooh, babe, you got what it takes, so I made you my wife"
Answer		27. "I got something that sho' nuff set your stuff on fire"
Answer		28. "Nothing lasts forever, but the earth and sky"
Answer		29. "Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul…I want to get lost in your rock-n-roll"
Answer		30. "So I took off my hat, and said, "Imagine that…me working for you"…"
Answer		31. "When the lights go down, I'm holding you so tight…got you in my arms, and it's paradise until the morning light"
Answer		32. "Girl, you're getting that look in your eyes, and it's starting to worry me"
Answer		33. "Take a little trip, take a little trip, take a little trip and see…take a little trip, take a little trip, take a little trip with me"
Answer		34. "Thirteen month old baby, broke the looking-glass"
Answer		35. "Oooh, when I'm alone with you, I get a feeling through and through, telling me that love is coming on"
Answer		36. "You, you belong to me, now…ain't gonna set you free, now…when those girls start hanging around, talking me down…"
Answer		37. "Took away our ways of life…the tomahawk and the Bowie knife…took away our native tongue, and taught their English to our young"
Answer		38. "Didn't I hear you cry this morning…didn't I feel you weep…teardrops falling down on me, like rivers in my sleep"
Answer		39. "I've got more important things to do, than spend my time growing old with you"
Answer		40. "It's written in the moonlight, and painted on the stars"
Answer		41. "He's got this dream about buying some land, he's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands"
Answer		42. "Soft and low, the music moans…I can't stop thinking about you"
Answer		43. "Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure, learn science, technology"
Answer		44. "Her and Bobby were stepping out…her and Bobby didn't know I'd found out"
Answer		45. "What's it like inside the bubble, does your head ever give you trouble?"
Answer		46. "I'd rather live in his world, than live without him in mine"
Answer		47. "But in the gray of the morning, my mind becomes confused...between the dead, and the sleeping, and the road that I must choose"
Answer		48. "Open up your window, let some air into this room…I think I'm almost choking from the smell of stale perfume"
Answer		49. "If you need me, let me know…gonna be around…if you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down"
Answer		50. "Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend…maybe it's not the end"
Answer		51. "Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice"
Answer		52. "Hand me down my walking cane, hand me down my hat…hurry now and don't be late, cause we ain't got time to chat"
Answer		53. "Falling in love is such an easy thing to do, and there's no guarantee that the one you love is gonna love you"
Answer		54. "Little light a-shining through the window, lets me know everything's all right"
Answer		55. "Think of me, you know that I'd be with you if I could…I'll come around to see you once in a while…or if I ever need a reason to smile…and spend the night, if you think I should"
Answer		56. "He's just as proud as he can be, of his anatomy…and he's gonna give us a peek"
Answer		57. "There's a port on a western bay, and it serves a hundred ships a day…lonely sailors pass the time away, and talk about their homes"
Answer		58. "Let me tell you, it's always cool…and the boss don't mind sometimes, if you act the fool"
Answer		59. "Making my entrance again, with my usual flair…sure of my lines…no-one is there"
Answer		60. "Prepare yourself, you know it's a must…gotta have a friend in Jesus"
Answer		61. "I don't know what I'd do without you, babe, don't know where I'd be…you're not just another lover, no, you're everything to me"
Answer		62. "Close your eyes and dream, and you can be with me…'neath the waves, through the caves of owls…long forgotten now"
Answer		63. "Strolling along country roads with my baby, it starts to rain, it begins to pour"
Answer		64. "Like a rubber-necked giraffe, you look into my path…well, maybe you're just too blind to see"
Answer		65. "I know I keep you amused…but I feel I'm being used"
Answer		66. "I don't need a whole lots of money…I don't need a big, fine car…I got everything that a man could want, I got more than I could ask for"
Answer		67. "Well, you're where you should be all the time…and when you're not, you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend"
Answer		68. "I met all the girls, and I loved myself a few, and to my surprise…like everything else that I've been through, it opened up my eyes"
Answer		69. "There are times when a woman has to say what's on her mind, even though she knows how much it's going to hurt"
Answer		70. "He can't even run his own life, I'll be damned if he'll run mine"
Answer		71. "Ever since I met you…seems I can't forget you…the thought of you keeps running through the back of my mind"
Answer		72. "Some people say I've done all right for a girl"
Answer		73. "I've never had a dream that made sweet love to me"
Answer		74. "We've been together, since way back when…sometimes, I never wanna see you again"
Answer		75. "In my life, I felt so self-assured...but suddenly, it's all changed"
Answer		76. "To avoid complications, she never kept the same address"
Answer		77. "I want to go where the people dance...I want some action...I want to live"
Answer		78. "I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long...like a worn-out recording of a favorite song"
Answer		79. "Suitcase and an old guitar, and something new to occupy my mind, mind, mind..."
Answer		80. "Baby, if I think about you, I think about love...darling, if I live without you, I live without love"
Answer		81. "Have you never been happy, just to hear your song...have you never let someone else be strong"
Answer		82. "To look in the mirror, in total surprise...at the hair on your shoulders, and the age in your eyes"
Answer		83. "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right"
Answer		84. "I keep falling in and out of love with you"
Answer		85. "And all your friends, they're calling you a fool...cause you don't know a good thing when you've got it in your hand"
Answer		86. "Danger, danger...when you taste brown sugar"
Answer		87. "You always smile, but in your eyes, your sorrow shows"
Answer		88. "Did you think I'd crumble, did you think I'd lay down and die...oh, no, not I"
Answer		89. "And the story it told of a river that flowed, made me sad to think it was dead"
Answer		90. "Sail on, silver girl...sail on by...your time has come to shine, all your dreams are on their way"
Answer		91. "Turned the stone and looked beneath it..."Peace on Earth" was all it said"
Answer		92. "Hey, shadow, summertime blues...jump up and down in your blue suede shoes"
Answer		93. "Seventy-three men sailed her, from the San Francisco Bay"
Answer		94. "So he takes a ladder, steals the stars from the sky...puts on Sinatra, and starts to cry"
Answer		95. "Baby, my heart is full of love and desire for you...now come on down and do what you've got to do"
Answer		96. "Tonight I'm gonna break away, just you wait and see"
Answer		97. "No cigarettes, no sleep...no light, no sound...nothing to eat, no books to read"
Answer		98. "And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers, ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steel"
Answer		99. "But the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach"
Answer		100. "He spoke through tears of fifteen years, how his dog and him traveled about"
Answer		101. "Starting soft and slow, like a small earthquake...and when he lets go, half the valley shakes"
Answer		102. "Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight"
Answer		103. "I'm a boy, and I'm a man"
Answer		104. "Cause I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"
Answer		105. "Watching as the pretty panties run"
Answer		106. "We sing about beauty and we sing about truth, at ten thousand dollars a show"
Answer		107. "Little boy blue, and the man in the moon"
Answer		108. "Well, your friends with their fancy persuasion, don't admit that it's part of a scheme"
Answer		109. "See, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun"
Answer		110. "Just snap your fingers and I'm walking, like a dog, hanging on your leash"
Answer		111. "There's been a hoot owl howling by my window now, for six nights in a row"
Answer		112. "I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with"
Answer		113. "Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining on me"
Answer		114. "They burned down the gambling house, it died with an awful sound"
Answer		115. "And if they shout, don't let it change a thing that you're doing"
Answer		116. "Cross the highways of fantasy...help me to forget today's pain"
Answer		117. "As I remember, your eyes were bluer than robin's eggs...my poetry was lousy, you said"
Answer		118. "There's a girl right next to you...and she's just waiting for something to do"
Answer		119. "Like a picture she was laying there...moonlight dancing off her hair"
Answer		120. "Every day in your indigo eyes...I watch the sun set, but I don't see it rise"
Answer		121. "You can rely on the old man's money"
Answer		122. "In the backroom, she was everybody's darling"
Answer		123. "Make a wish, baby, and I will make it come true...make a list, baby, of the things I'll do for you"
Answer		124. "Sometimes late at night, when there's nothing here except my old piano, I'd almost give my hands to make you see my way"
Answer		125. "Well, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand why she walked like a woman but talked like a man"
Answer		126. "I got silly and I found a frog, in the water by a hollow log, and I shook it at her, and said, "This frog's for you".."
Answer		127. "And I said I didn't like the way he got things done, sleeping on the job"
Answer		128. "If I promised you the moon and the stars, would you believe it"
Answer		129. "And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke, but there's someplace that he'd rather be"
Answer		130. "Out of work, I'm out of my head, out of self-respect, I'm out of bread...I'm underloved, I'm underfed, I wanna go home"
Answer		131. "If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal...if her daddy's poor, just do what you feel"
Answer		132. "You left in the rain, without closing the door...I didn't stand in your way"
Answer		133. "The brakes are good, the tires...fair"
Answer		134. "They would not listen, they did not know how...perhaps they'll listen, now"
Answer		135. "Got to keep on dancing, keep on dancing"
Answer		136. "Mama says she's worried, growing up in a hurry"
Answer		137. "The door was open, and the wind appeared...the candles blew and then disappeared...the curtains flew, and then he appeared, saying, "Don't be afraid"..."
Answer		138. "Dialed about a thousand numbers lately, almost rang the phone off the wall"
Answer		139. "I wanna stick around until I can't see straight"
Answer		140. "Never could believe the things you do to me...I never could believe the way you are"
Answer		141. "All day long, wearing a mask of false bravado...trying to keep up a smile to hide the tears"
Answer		142. "Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see"
Answer		143. "My mama used to dance for the money they'd throw"
Answer		144. "This lady she asked me if I would be her man...and you know that I told her, I'd do what I can"
Answer		145. "Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn"
Answer		146. "You put me high up on a pedestal...so high that I could almost see eternity"
Answer		147. "Let's move before they raise the parking rate"
Answer		148. "If I could only see that familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be"
Answer		149. "On the day that you were born the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true"
Answer		150. "If your broken heart should need repair, then I'm the man to see"
Answer		151. "Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo"
Answer		152. "Well, my old radio would play that old Opry show...so I never got lonesome or blue"
Answer		153. "Lovers appear in your room each night, and they whirl you across the floor...but they always seem to fade away, when your Daddy taps on the door"
Answer		154. "The 'morning after' blues, from my head down to my shoes"
Answer		155. "Staring blindly into space...getting up to splash my face...wanting just to stay awake...wond'ring how much I can take"
Answer		156. "With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats, you can't say we're satisfied"
Answer		157. "Something inside has died, and I can't hide, and I just can't fake it"
Answer		158. "Let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms...let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you"
Answer		159. "No-one else can make me feel the colors that you bring...stay with me, while we grow old, and we will live each day in springtime"
Answer		160. "Once, I said I wanted you, I don't remember why...I often wonder if it's true that you could make me cry"
Answer		161. "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk"
Answer		162. "Into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown...like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan"
Answer		163. "Well, the kids don't eat, and the dog can't sleep, there's no escape from the music in the whole damn street"
Answer		164. "And she's tryin' to make a devil out of me"
Answer		165. "The problem is all inside your head, she said to me...the answer is easy, if you take it logically"
Answer		166. "Do you love waking up next to me, as much as I love waking up next to you?"
Answer		167. "In and around the lake...mountains come out of the sky and they stand there"
Answer		168. "Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting...little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear"
Answer		169. "You can't plant me in your penthouse...I'm going back to my plow"
Answer		170. "When evening rolls around and it's time to go to town, where do you go to rock and roll?"
Answer		171. "You say you feel so empty, that our house just ain't a home...cause I'm always somewhere else, and you're always there alone"
Answer		172. "If you've got a problem, I don't care what it is...if you need a hand, I can assure you this..."
Answer		173. "Inventing lovers on the phone..who call to say, 'come dance with me'...and murmur vague obscenities"
Answer		174. "With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground"
Answer		175. "He say, 'one more job oughta get it...one last shot, 'fore we quit it...one for the road"
Answer		176. "I really learned a lot, really learned a lot...love is like a flame that burns you when it's hot"
Answer		177. "For you are beautiful...and I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell"
Answer		178. "Then I lost myself in a familiar song...closed my eyes, and I slipped away"
Answer		179. "And I dreamed I saw the bomber-death planes riding shotgun in the sky...turning into butterflies above our nation"
Answer		180. "I'd rather hurt you honestly, than mislead you with a lie"
Answer		181. "And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun...staring straight down a forty-four"
Answer		182. "My Maserati does 185...I lost my license, now I don't drive"
Answer		183. "They stand so low, you got to pick 'em up, just to say hello"
Answer		184. "Grab that cash with both hands, and make a stash"
Answer		185. "She was a black-haired beauty, with big dark eyes"
Answer		186. "And the first one said, to the second one there...'I hope you're having fun'..."
Answer		187. "Cause we were barely seventeen, and we were barely dressed"
Answer		188. "You can check out any time you like...but you can never leave..."
Answer		189. "Strumming my six-string, on my front porch swing"
Answer		190. "Must be the season when that love-light shines all around us"
Answer		191. "People go just where they will...I never noticed them until I got this feeling that it's later than it seems"
Answer		192. "You got to lose, to know how to win"
Answer		193. "Reflections in the waves spark my memory...some happy, some sad"
Answer		194. "There's a feeling I get, when I look to the west...and my spirit is crying for leaving"
Answer		195. "When I was young, I never needed anyone...and making love was just for fun...those days are gone"
Answer		196. "Feed the babies, who don't have enough to eat...shoe the children, with no shoes on their feet"
Answer		197. "Falling in love was the last thing I had on my mind...holding you is a warmth that I thought I could never find"
Answer		198. "You're the only light this empty room has ever had"
Answer		199. "You say he satisfies your mind, tells you all of his dreams...I know how much that means to you"
Answer		200. "Now if I'd known they'd line up just to see him...I'd have taken all my money, and bought me a museum"
Answer		201. "Well, you say you've got the blues, you've got holes in both your shoes…yeah, you're feeling alone and confused"
Answer		202. "Burning, you keep my whole body yearning"
Answer		203. "But if you want to know how I really feel, just get the cameras rolling, get the action going"
Answer		204. "So hard to find my way, now that I'm all on my own…I saw you just the other day, my how you have grown"
Answer		205. "Young and old are doing it, I'm told…just one try, and you too will be sold"
Answer		206. "Would you believe this man has gone as far as tearing Wallace stickers off the bumpers of cars, and he voted for George McGovern for President"
Answer		207. "Ain't it good, ain't it right, that you are with me here tonite…music playing, our bodies swaying in time"
Answer		208. "I know it's hard believing the words you've heard before…but darling, you must trust them just once more"
Answer		209. "Those were the times we had, sharing the joy that we thought would last"
Answer		210. "We have a chance to find the sunshine…let's keep on looking for the light"
Answer		211. "To make those rainbows in my mind, when I think of you sometime, and I want to spend some time with you"
Answer		212. "She knows she's built, and knows how to please...sure enough to knock a strong man to his knees"
Answer		213. "'Cause your love is better than any love I know…it's like thunder, lightning…the way you love me is frightening"
Answer		214. "With you I'm not shy, to show the way I feel…with you I might try, my secrets to reveal"
Answer		215. "The sergeant cried, "We've got to hang on, boys…we've got to hold this piece of ground"

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Wow...I never imagined how popular this site would get, when I put it up originally. I've gotten a lot of great emails since then, and helped a lot of folks find that 'one song' that they've been looking for for years. I know how that is, there are still some songs out there for me that are out of print/release that I'd love to have on CD. I figure someday they'll be re-released.

I got the idea for this quiz originally, when a friend at work printed out an email with an 80's music quiz on it. We sat down and worked that one, and then found a sequel and worked that one too (and no, I don't have copies of either one, unfortunately). I've given up trying to include links to any other music quizzes, because every time I put one up, the owner takes it down and I have to edit my page and find another. They're out there, put "80's Music Quiz" (with the quotes) into Google and I bet you'll find one.

Anyway, I had a link to an 80's quiz on my music page originally, and when someone notified me it was dead, I was about to take it down when I thought, "Hey, wouldn't it be neat to write my own, but on 70's instead of 80's?" So I did, and the rest is history, as they say.

So, that was how and why this quiz came to be, and I'm glad that all of you have enjoyed it. I enjoyed making it, too! It brought back a lot of memories for me, and hope it has for you as well.

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