Sings At Festivals: Music Trivia For Feasts

By Melody Rose

Explore the music and songs of artists like Van Halen, Boy George, Andy Williams and Michael Bolton. Seventies Soul Artists: Delfonics, O'Jays, Jerry Butler, Teddy Pendergrass, Stylistics, Spinners and their Philadelphia label are discussed. Leon Russell, Bonnie and Delaney and influences on guitar greats like Clapton, Mason, Harrison and Allman are covered.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melody Rose
• Release date: Nov 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465771049

Melody Rose

Melody Rose, musician and author has written a series of six music trivia books about songs, songwriters and musicians. She investigates the social, political and personal life of an artist to shed new light on the creation of a song through lyric, beat and melody. Melody Rose is a native of Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley) and enjoys music, art, nature and history.

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Sings At Festivals -

Music Trivia For Feasts

by Melody Rose

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2011 Melody Rose

Introduction

Explore the music and songs of artists like Van Halen, Boy George, Andy Williams, and Michael Bolton. Seventies Soul artists: Delfonics, O’Jays, Jerry Butler, Teddy Pendergrass, Stylistics, Spinners and their Philadelphia label are discussed. Leon Russell, Bonnie and Delaney and influences on guitar greats like Clapton, Mason, Harrison and Allman are covered.

Dedication

To all the talents who encouraged others to greatness and sacrificed their own careers along the way. To the ones who were not acknowledged, praised or remembered, for them.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:

1-50q Time (Clock Of The Heart)

1-50a Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

Chapter 2:

51-100q Canadian Sunset

51-100a Village Of Saint Bernadette

Chapter 3:

101-150q Days Of Wine And Roses

101-150a Can’t Get Used To Losing You

Chapter 4:

151-200q Love Is A Wonderful Thing

151-200a Soul Provider

Chapter 5:

201-250q Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)

201-250a Betch By Golly Wow

Chapter 6:

251-300q You Don’t Know What You Got Until You Lose It

251-300a The Love I Lost

Chapter 7:

301-350q La La Means I Love You

301-350a Never Gonna Give You Up

Chapter 8:

351-400q Backstabbers

351-400a Wake Up Everybody

Chapter 9:

401-450q I’ll Be Around

401-450a One Of A Kind Love Affair

Chapter 10:

451-500q A Song For You

451-500a Tight Rope

Chapter 1 Questions - Time (Clock Of The Heart)

Chapter 1 Answers – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

1. What was boy George’s real name?

1a. Boy George was named George Alan O’Dowd.

2. Where was boy George born and raised?

2a. Boy George was born in June 1961 in Bexley, London. His parents were originally from Ireland and he was one of six children. Five boys and one girl made up the O’Dowd family. His father picked on him as a kid.

3. When did boy George start cross-dressing?

3a. George was a teenager as the punk music scene was taking place in London. He started leaving the house wearing make-up and dresses. His parents were not concerned about the neighbors and didn’t say anything about his unusual attire.

4. How did George get noticed?

4a. George and a friend hung out at a popular London club called the Blitz in the late 1970’s. Music executive Malcolm McLaren noticed George’s style and dress. He asked him to perform with a group he managed called Bow Wow Wow. The group already had a female lead singer named Annabella Lwin, yet George became more popular than Annabella. George left the group to form his own band.

5. How did boy George name his new group?

5a. Boy George formed a new group with bass player Mikey Craig. Jon Moss was added as drummer, along with Roy Hay. The group was first called, In Praise Of Lemmings, then changed it’s name to Sex Gang Children. Finally the group was renamed Culture Club.

6. What did Culture Club represent?

6a. Culture Club was a representation of the different nationalities, religions and sexual orientations of the members. George was an Irish cross-dresser. Jon Moss was Jewish, Mikey Craig was a black Briton and Roy Hay was an Anglo-Saxon Englishman. The diversity of the group was a good match for the new name: Culture Club. It was to be a group that would be accepted around the world.

7. Name the first big hit song for Culture Club.

7a. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me was Culture Club’s first number one hit song in 1982. It reached number one in the UK and number two in the U.S.. The song became a number one hit in over ten countries around the world. The album was titled, Kissing To Be Clever and would provide two other top ten hits for the group.

8. Name two other top ten hits from the album, Kissing To Be Clever.

8a. Time (Clock Of The Heart) became a number five hit song in the U.S. and Briton. I’ll Tumble 4 Ya became a number nine hit for the group in the U.S.. They had three top ten hits on the charts simultaneously.

9. What was Culture Club’s second album?

9a. Colour By Numbers was Culture Clubs second album. Four top twenty hits came from this album.

10. What song became Culture Club’s second number one hit?

10a. Karma Chameleon became Culture Club’s second number one international hit. Sixteen countries placed this song at number one. The uptempo beat, great lyrics, and strong vocals gave this song an edge. The theme is about changing personas with the group you’re with…Come-a, come-a, come-a chameleon. You come and go, you come and go and Your colors will light my dreams: red, gold and green. George used defiance of social expectations and gender identity to approve choice and change for social acceptance. The world was ready to listen to his clever lyric and message.

11. Name three other top twenty tunes on Colour By Numbers.

11a. Church Of The Poison Mind, Miss Me Blind and It’s A Miracle were three other top ten hits off the second album, Colour By Numbers.

12. Who inspired George’s songwriting?

12a. Boy George and drummer Jon Moss began having an affair in the early years Culture Club was together. Jon broke off an engagement with a girlfriend to be with George. Jon became George’s inspiration for many of his songs. Their affair remained secret; even band members Craig and Hay did not know.

13. What was Culture Club’s third album?

13a. Waking Up With The House On Fire was Culture Club’s third album. It was not as successful as the first two album. The War Song and Mistake No. 3 were two popular tunes from the album.

14. Why was the Culture Club’s music so popular on a world-wide level?

14a. Many hit songs by Culture Club had very danceable, uptempo beats. The listener could hear an inspiring message while dancing to a nice grove and hearing George’s soothing vocals.

15. What caused the demise of the group?

15a. George used recreational drugs moderately but by 1985 he had developed a serious heroin addiction. George and his lover Jon couldn’t tolerate each other. The group released it’s fourth album and things went downhill thereafter.

16. What was the name of Culture Club’s fourth album?

16a. From Luxury To Heartache was Culture Club’s fourth album. It’s one hit single was a song titled, Move Away.

17. What friend overdosed in George’s London home?

17a. Michael Rudetski, the keyboardist who helped write songs for the fourth album, overdosed on heroin. He was found in George’s home in London. The duo had planned an album to work on a solo album for George. Michael’s parents filed a lawsuit against George seeking damages. The case was settled in George’s favor but Culture Club was over.

18. What other close friend of George’s overdosed at a party?

18a. Friend Mark Golding overdosed on drugs at a party George was expected to attend. Instead, George was arrested on the way to the party for suspicion of carrying drugs.

19. When did George release his first solo album?

19a. George released his first solo album, Sold in 1987. It was successful in Europe with hits like, Everything I Own, Keep Me In Mind and To Be Reborn. George was kept out of the U.S. because of drug charges and his album did not do well over here.

20. Name another group George started in the 1990’s.

20a. Jesus Loves You was the name of a lesser known group George started in the 1990’s.

21. What group was the most popular hard rock group in 1983?

21a. Van Halen was the most popular hard rock group in 1983. Eddie Van Halen was a guitar virtuoso who played soaring rifts. Alex Van Halen, Eddie’s brother played drums. Michael Anthony played bass and David Lee Roth was the rowdy fun-loving lead vocalist.

22. Where was Eddie Van Halen born?

22a. Eddie Van Halen was born and raised in the Netherlands. His family moved to Pasadena, California when he was nine years old.

23. What musical instrument did Eddie first master?

23a. Eddie first mastered the piano before learning guitar. He was considered a child prodigy and won numerous competitions and awards as a pianist.

24. When did Eddie learn guitar?

24a. Eddie learned guitar at age fifteen after his brother Alex took over his drum set. Eddie cut school to practice guitar at home.

25. How were Eddie’s parents involved with music?

25a. Eddie’s father played clarinet for the Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra. Eddie’s mother played piano. The gift of music ran in the Van Halen family.

26. How did Eddie’s father show appreciation for his