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Title: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: cheaptoad on October 03, 2011, 12:11:36 AM
I have a few questions that I came up with (I'm sure others have also).

I would greatly appreciate your help.


1.  Name all the girls/women in their songs
2.  Name all the guys in their songs

Now here's the hard one.

3.  Name any song (theirs or other groups) that refer to the Beatles as a band or individually.


Here's a new one I came up with today.

4.  List any word in their songs never heard in any other song.

Even if you know only part of one of these please post and we'll make a list.  I don't expect anyone to know the answers off the top of their head.

TIA

CT
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Jema on October 03, 2011, 01:39:21 AM
For the first two questions do you want people to name the actual boy and girls in the song (for example Rita from Lovely Rita and Rocky Raccoon from Rocky Raccoon) or do you want people to name the person who inspired the song being wrote?I'm pretty sure you meant people like Rita so that's what I'm going to say.I'll also add names from cover songs.

1: Joan,Rose,Valerie,Pam,Prudence,Molly,Martha,Magil/Nancy,Julia,Sadie,Lizzy,Maggie Mae,Loretta,Mary,Sally,Madonna,Anna,Eleanor,Michelle,Lucy,Mrs.K (Mrs.Kite),Vera,Rita,Doris Day

2: Desmond,Maxwell,Bungalow Bill,John,Rocky Raccoon,Daniel,Chuck,Dave,Jojo,Jude,Robert,Lear,Mr.Kite,Sgt.Pepper,Pablo Fanque,BB King,Matt Busby,Mr.Barkley,Mr.Wilson,Mr.Heath

3: God by John (I don't believe in Beatles),All Those Years Ago by George (about John),When We Was Fab by George (about what it was like during the days of being a Beatle),How Do You Sleep by John (about Paul),Dear Friend by Paul (about John),Never Without You by Ringo (about George) - I know there's a bunch more by other people and bands but I can't think about any right now

4: Is this for words that were only in one Beatle song but not in any other Beatle song?If so then tomorrow I will fill this in.This was fun :)
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on October 03, 2011, 02:19:35 AM
3.  Name any song (theirs or other groups) that refer to the Beatles as a band or individually.

"The Seeker" by the Who.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: cheaptoad on October 03, 2011, 04:04:19 AM
Doesn't Billy Joel have a song that mentions them?


Male names:
Semolina pilchard (not a real name)
Hari Krishna
Mr. Mustard
Billy shears
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: cheaptoad on October 03, 2011, 04:13:07 AM
4: Is this for words that were only in one Beatle song but not in any other Beatle song?If so then tomorrow I will fill this in.This was fun :)

Any word that was in a Beatle song but never found in a song by any other group.  I think this will be a long list.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: stevie on October 03, 2011, 08:49:03 AM
'What Will We Be Singing In The Eighties' mentions Sgt. Pepper standing high on a hill, with George, John, Ringo and Paul

Also, ELO's 'Shangri-La' from A New World Record, says 'faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude'...
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Badgirl66 on October 03, 2011, 11:35:57 AM
4. Bulldog
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: zipp on October 03, 2011, 12:15:44 PM
1. The Duchess of Kircaldy
2. Paul (the walrus was...), Walter Raleigh, Captain Marvel
3. Do you count things like 'Come on George, rock on for Ringo one time'?
4. Plasticine and Submarine come to mind but there must be loads.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: glass onion on October 05, 2011, 09:44:32 AM
'all the young dudes' by mott the hoople references the beatles and stones.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Mr Mustard on October 05, 2011, 10:46:56 AM
Also, ELO's 'Shangri-La' from A New World Record, says 'faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude'...


Jeff Lynne's idolisation of The Beatles is well known:

electric light orchesra - beatles forever - out-take [1983] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DOr0HTCOoQ#)

"John and Paul and Ringo and George, were playing lovely tunes..."

Girl At The Window (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s83FTuCo8yM#)

Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Joost on October 05, 2011, 11:40:52 AM
4. Bulldog

4. Plasticine and Submarine come to mind but there must be loads.


All appear in dozens of other songs. Songtitles alone:
http://allmusic.com/search/song/bulldog (http://allmusic.com/search/song/bulldog)
http://allmusic.com/search/song/plasticine (http://allmusic.com/search/song/plasticine)
http://allmusic.com/search/song/submarine (http://allmusic.com/search/song/submarine)
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: zipp on October 05, 2011, 07:43:01 PM
All appear in dozens of other songs. Songtitles alone:
[url]http://allmusic.com/search/song/bulldog[/url] ([url]http://allmusic.com/search/song/bulldog[/url])
[url]http://allmusic.com/search/song/plasticine[/url] ([url]http://allmusic.com/search/song/plasticine[/url])
[url]http://allmusic.com/search/song/submarine[/url] ([url]http://allmusic.com/search/song/submarine[/url])


I think he means a word not used in any other Beatles songs. Otherwise the exercise is pointless.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Joost on October 05, 2011, 08:32:15 PM
I think he means a word not used in any other Beatles songs. Otherwise the exercise is pointless.
Any word that was in a Beatle song but never found in a song by any other group.  I think this will be a long list.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on October 06, 2011, 12:50:24 AM
I think he means a word not used in any other Beatles songs. Otherwise the exercise is pointless.

Joost is right, but it's truly pointless. How can you know every song ever recorded?
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: zipp on October 06, 2011, 11:00:57 AM

That's weird. For me it just says  "4.  List any word in their songs never heard in any other song."

Maybe it was edited at some time.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: peterbell1 on October 06, 2011, 05:32:25 PM
1. Mary Jane
2. "Dylan's Mr Jones", Peter Brown, Dennis O'Bell
3. There's a Clash song that mentions "phoney Beatlemania", there's a whole verse of American Pie about them, and the Monkees song "Randy Scouse Git" also mentions the "Kings of EMI" or something like that. There's a song called "I Feel Like Buddy Holly" that mentions Paul. And there's a Scissor Sisters song called "McCartney".
4. There are some quite unusual words in Beatles songs - semolina, pilchard, piggies, savoy, truffle, montelimar, Octopus's - but I don't know if you could ever prove that they haven't appeared in any other song written before or since.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Mr Mustard on October 06, 2011, 05:59:19 PM
I Just Shot John Lennon with lyrics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLaKdQSJnr8#)
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: KelMar on October 06, 2011, 07:01:58 PM
3.  Name any song (theirs or other groups) that refer to the Beatles as a band or individually.


The intro of "I Feel Fine" is all through this and John, Paul and George are mentioned by name at 1:48:
Don't Call Us We'll Call You- Sugarloaf- 1975 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3KeiPjbgcE#)

In spite of being long and rather depressing this one gets right to the point with the Beatles reference:
Bad Company - Shooting Star (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD2BwwGE9uo#)
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Ahme on October 06, 2011, 07:42:20 PM
3.
Barclay James Harvest - Titles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNTUbcycX7k#)
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Bobber on October 07, 2011, 08:05:09 AM
^I have always loved the atmosphere of that song.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Joost on October 07, 2011, 09:45:43 AM
That's weird. For me it just says  "4.  List any word in their songs never heard in any other song."

Maybe it was edited at some time.

He added that comment in the 5th post of this thread.
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Joost on October 07, 2011, 09:48:44 AM
3.  Name any song (theirs or other groups) that refer to the Beatles as a band or individually.


discipline- last of the hippies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtFiEXa6g14#)
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: Gary910 on October 08, 2011, 07:41:02 PM
Doesn't Billy Joel have a song that mentions them?

We Didn't Start The Fire
Title: Re: Please help with these trivia questions
Post by: KelMar on October 08, 2011, 10:18:51 PM
We Didn't Start The Fire

I found a really cool history unit based on this song when I was homeschooling my kids. That was fun.