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1. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

2. Going Down - The Stone Roses

3. Cherry Bomb - Runaways

4. Into Your Arms - Lemonheads

5. Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy - Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs

6. Man In The Corner Shop - The Jam

7. 24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney

8. Feel Good Hit of the Summer - Queens of the Stone Age

9. Alex Chilton - The Replacements

10. Love Comes In Spurts - Richard Hell & the Voidoids

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1-We're All Alone - Boz Scaggs - 1976 I also like Rita Coolidge's version.

2-24 Hours from Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 1963

3-The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy - 1976

4-Sweet Old World - Emmylou Harris - 1995 Never heard this one before. Very pretty.

5-Tower Of Song - Leonard Cohen - 1988

6-Sorry - Easybeats, the - 1966

7-Windfall - Son Volt - 1995

8-Cars - Gary Numan - 1979

9-Alex Chilton - Replacements, the - 1987 Hard to believe he was only 16 when he recorded The Letter with The Boxtops.

10-Konichiwa Bitches - Robyn - 2007 For the pure fun of it...the video sold it.

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Hey Joe (I used to say that to my ex-wife all the time. It never gets old!),

It looks like you win tonight's secret bonus prize for being the first person to not include the Runaways in their ten. Add that to your complimentary Chiko Roll for voting for an Australian act, and you just did pretty well for yourself.

Congrats!

LBB

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Nice list Lee. I only knew four or five of those so I got to hear some new stuff. I like that :D

1.The Winner Takes It All - Abba

2.We're All Alone - Boz Scaggs

3.Tower of song - Leonard Cohen

4.Cars - Gary Numan

5.The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

6.Eleanor Rigby - Zoot

7.Everything Counts - Depeche Mode

8.Get Some Sleep - Bic Runga

9.Souvenir - OMD

10.Strong - Robbie Williams

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as one of the few (I'm pretty sure) Prefab Sprout fans in the entire US of A, I have to say 'cool list Lee'!!!!

1. A Good Year For The Roses - George Jones - 1970

2. Friction - Television - 1977

3. Man in the Corner Shop - The Jam - 1980

4. Everything Counts - Depeche Mode - 1983

5. Oblivious - Aztec Camera - 1983

6. Appetite - Prefab Sprout - 1985

7. Tower of song - Leonard Cohen - 1988

8. I've Been Waiting - Matthew Sweet - 1991

9. Vicious World - Rufus Wainwright - 2003

10. Perfect Way - Scritti Politti - 1985

I'll try a few answers....

4. Which two feature Richard Lloyd?

Love Comes In Spurts - Richard Hell & the Voidoids and Friction - Television

7. Which one is produced by Thomas Dolby?

Appetite - Prefab Sprout

10. Which one was covered as a single by the Screaming Jets?

Shivers - The Boys Next Door

oh, and one more.....

19. Which one was covered as a single by Elvis Costello?

A Good Year For The Roses - George Jones

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I´m sure UncleJoe will be glad to share the prize with me... I didn´t vote The Runaways either :shades:

OK, it wasn´t the Easybeats... but I was right for "Evie"... :shades:

Oh, apologies! Admirably immune to girls in their undies. I'll have to come up with two bonus prizes now, and of course you get a Chicko Roll for the Easybeats. Not quite as winning as Katie, who gets 8 Chicko Rolls, if I'm not mistaken...

Yes, those Easybeats are tricky. Most of the classic Easybeats stuff is actually Wright/Young. Friday On My Mind is really the first major Vanda/Young track. (but it's a beautie!)

Thanks,

LBB

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1.Friction - Television

2. How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly

3. A Good Day For The Roses - George Jones

4. 24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney

5. Feel Good Hit Of The Summer - Queens Of The Stone Age

6. Dallas - The Flatlanders

7. Eyes Like Sparks - Grandpaboy

8. Windfall - Son Volt

9. Tower Of Song - Leonard Cohen

10. Oblivious - Aztec Camera

Good tunes Lee. I enjoyed listening.

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I'll try a couple of the trivia questions.

2. Which two feature Robert Quine?

I'll say the Richard Hell & Mathew Sweet songs.

18. Paul Kelly (one of the acts here) directly borrowed from one of the other songs here when writing "Have you ever seen Sydney from a 747 at night?". Which song did he borrow from?

I'll say Dallas by The Flatlanders

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Okay, you nailed all four of those, J. But there's definitely one more question there especially for you. Thanks for playing,

LBB

..heh... you're scareing me there a little Lee, hmmm, well looking back at your ?'s ... I think I may know this one, (but there could be multiple answers to it too, maybe)

16. Which one of these features the singer from another of these on guitar?

..Friction ~ Television (Lloyd / Verlaine )

...as to which could be my special ? :confused: hmmmmm, I hope it has nothing to do with the musical saw (but somehow I'm afraid that it might :D )

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..heh... you're scareing me there a little Lee, hmmm, well looking back at your ?'s ... I think I may know this one, (but there could be multiple answers to it too, maybe)

16. Which one of these features the singer from another of these on guitar?

..Friction ~ Television (Lloyd / Verlaine )

...as to which could be my special ? :confused: hmmmmm, I hope it has nothing to do with the musical saw (but somehow I'm afraid that it might :D )

Well, Friction was certainly not the song I was thinking of, but there's a good chance you are correct anyway. As you say, there are possibly multiple answers for that one. So... can you justify your answer? ;-)

As for your special question, let me say that the Prefab Sprout track is definitely the answer to one more question.

thanks heaps!

LBB

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I'll try a couple of the trivia questions.

2. Which two feature Robert Quine?

I'll say the Richard Hell & Mathew Sweet songs.

18. Paul Kelly (one of the acts here) directly borrowed from one of the other songs here when writing "Have you ever seen Sydney from a 747 at night?". Which song did he borrow from?

I'll say Dallas by The Flatlanders

Well done, Phil. You got 'em both.

Thanks!

LB

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1. Sweet Old World - Emmylou Harris - 1995

2. Tower of song - Leonard Cohen - 1988

3. Vicious World - Rufus Wainwright - 2003

4. Sorry - Easybeats, the - 1966

5. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy - 1976

6. Women In Uniform - Skyhooks - 1978

7. Alex Chilton - Replacements, the - 1987

8. How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly - 1996

9. Good Year For Roses - George Jones

10. Girls On The Avenue - Richard Clapton

Great list, Lee! A wide range of music, most new to me and very, very enjoyable.

:coolio:

I'll take a shot at this:

20. Which of these artists is the only guest musician to ever get a line of dialogue in Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

I'm thinking Rufus Wainwright, for some reason.

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Great list, Lee! A wide range of music, most new to me and very, very enjoyable.

:coolio:

I'll take a shot at this:

20. Which of these artists is the only guest musician to ever get a line of dialogue in Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

I'm thinking Rufus Wainwright, for some reason.

Ooh, many thanks, but I'm sorry... Rufus is not the Buffy guy.

See ya,

LBB

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Well, Friction was certainly not the song I was thinking of, but there's a good chance you are correct anyway. As you say, there are possibly multiple answers for that one. So... can you justify your answer? ;-)

As for your special question, let me say that the Prefab Sprout track is definitely the answer to one more question.

thanks heaps!

LBB

OK :D imay need to look through the ?'s again, but didn't R. Lloyd (later, R. Hell) play a lot of guitar while Tom V. sang most lead vocals on Television's first couple of records?

and now I need to read the ?'s again, maybe I din't know Paddy and company as well as I thought :cool:

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1. Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy - Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs - 1972

2. Evie (part 1) - Stevie Wright - 1974

3. Flame Trees - Cold Chisel - 1984

4. Sorry - Easybeats, the - 1966

5. Better Get A Lawyer - Cruel Sea, the - 1995

6. How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly - 1996

7. Women In Uniform - Skyhooks - 1978

8. Girls On The Avenue - Richard Clapton - 1975

9. Summer Love - Sherbet - 1975

10. Yesterday's Hero - John Paul Young - 1975

Me? Obsessed with Australian music? Never! :grin: :bow:

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As for your special question, let me say that the Prefab Sprout track is definitely the answer to one more question.

thanks heaps!

LBB

OK, I'm thinking it may be ? #16. I know their 2nd album was named after an American actor who's family didn't like the idea much, so in the states it was released as "Two Wheels Good". But I don't know the Orwellian connection.

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