MUSIC QUIZ NO. 129 LYRICS

[magpie in the 80's]

Animal Magic. Identify the 10 song titles from their lyrics. Each song has an animal’s name in the title

1 Just a man and his will to survive
EYE OF THE TIGER
2 Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
I AM THE WALRUS
3 After three days in the desert sun my skin began to turn red
A HORSE WITH NO NAME
4 She’d rings on her fingers and she wore a sable coat
PADDY MCGINTY'S GOAT
5 Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own
CROCODILLE ROCK
6 I’ve got flowers and lots of hours to spend with you
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT
7 Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere
TEDDY BEAR
8 Play your didgeridoo blue
TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT
9 Take out the papers and the trash
YAKETY YAK
10 Out from the throats of the crowd came a mighty roar
LITTLE WHITE BULL

Think of a Number. Identify the 10 songs from their lyrics. Each song has a number in the title.

11 I’m crying icicles instead of tears
2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD
12 Deep in the castle and back from the war
SWORDS OF A 1000 MEN
13 The memories are all in my mind
THREE TIMES A LADY
14 You’ve turned into the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET SIXTEEN
15 I’m gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
500 MILES
16 And the wicked wind whispers and moans
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
17 Put your head against my life, what do you hear?
A MILLION LOVE SONGS
18 You just step out the back Jack
50 WAYS TO LOSE YOUR LOVER
19 There were copper bottom tympani in horse platoons
76 TROMBONES
20 Can you hear me you peers and privy councillors?
SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE

Sing a Rainbow. Identify the 10 songs from their lyrics. Each song has a colour in the title.

21 She looks like a sugar in the plum
BROWN GIRL IN THE RING
22 I see girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
PAINT IT BLACK
23 The Indiana rain and wind cut through me
SILVER LADY
24 I thought I had a heart of stone but now I’m in the danger zone
RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER
25 There’ll be love and laughter and peace ever after
THERE'LL BE BLUEBIRDS OVER THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER
26 Saving nickels saving dimes, working till the sun don’t shine
BLUE BAYOU
27 There’s an old piano and they play it hot
GREEN DOOR
28 I never wanted to be your weekend lover
PURPLE RAIN
29 In the back of a dream car twenty foot long
GOLDEN YEARS
30 In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea
YELLOW SUBMARINE

Rocking all over the World. Identify the 10 songs from their lyrics. Each song has a location in the title

31 Mama told me he was going to war and he was leaving
DURHAM TOWN
32 Let the wind blow right through your hair
LET'S GO TO SAN FRANCISCO
33 I’ll be your clown or your puppet or your April fool
LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL
34 And all the men are gargoyles dipped long in Irish stout
ROTTERDAM
35 Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
LONDON CALLING
36 You know the preacher likes the cold
CALIFORNIA DREAMING
37 Tell her to find me an acre of land
SCARBOROUGH FAIR
38 I hear the drums echoing tonight
AFRICA
39 In the street a band was playing and the crowd all danced
LOST IN FRANCE
40 Weeks turn into years and quickly pass
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE

Organ Music. Identify the 10 songs from their lyrics. Each song has a body part in the title.

41 And when I touch you I feel happy inside
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
42 He’s doing some deal up in Baltimore now
TAKE THAT LOOK OFF YOUR FACE
43 The light shines down the valley the wind blows down the alley
ARMS OF MARY
44 Once I had love and it was a gas
HEART OF GLASS
45 Telling lies well that’s no surprise
OUR LIPS ARE SEALED
46 But it’s enough to make a grown man cry
OVER MY SHOULDER
47 Carried your books from school
MY EYES ADORED YOU
48 Seem to vanish like a gamblers lucky streak
CHEEK TO CHEEK
49 I was standing in the station being pounded by the rain
UNDER YOUR THUNB
50 Fading away but I’m not yet expired
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

[godoubleblues]

Q2 - I am the walrus
Q3 - horse with no name
Q5 - crocodile rock
Q8 - tie me kangaroo down
Q11 - 2 out of 3 aint bad
Q15 - 500 miles
Q18 - 50 ways to leave your lover
Q26 - blue bayou
Q30 - yellow submarine
Q35 - london calling
Q41 - I wanna hold your hand
Q44 - heart of glass

[Hazbeen]

1. Eye of the Tiger
38. Africa

[Baron Greenback]

9. Yakkety Yak
22. Paint it Black

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 - I am the walrus
Q3 - horse with no name
Q5 - crocodile rock
Q8 - tie me kangaroo down
Q11 - 2 out of 3 aint bad
Q15 - 500 miles
Q18 - 50 ways to leave your lover
Q26 - blue bayou
Q30 - yellow submarine
Q35 - london calling
Q41 - I wanna hold your hand
Q44 - heart of glass

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Eye of the Tiger
38. Africa

CORRECT HB

[magpie in the 80's]

9. Yakkety Yak
22. Paint it Black

CORRECT CN

[old moz]

6--pussycat [ i love you ]
14 ---[ happy birthday ] sweet sixteen
16-- one of these nights

[FlyingHigh]

14/ Sweet sixteen (Happy Birthday)
45/ Lips are sealed

[old moz]

27--green door
29--golden years
37-- scarborough fair
36 ---california dreaming
43---laying in the arms of mary
40 --do you know the way to san jose [again]

[magpie in the 80's]

6--pussycat [ i love you ].....close enough...what's new pussycat
14 ---[ happy birthday ] sweet sixteen
16-- one of these nights

others correct om

[magpie in the 80's]

14/ Sweet sixteen (Happy Birthday)
45/ Lips are sealed

correct FH

[magpie in the 80's]

27--green door
29--golden years
37-- scarborough fair
36 ---california dreaming
43---laying in the arms of mary
40 --do you know the way to san jose [again]

correct om

[old moz]

7--teddy bear

[magpie in the 80's]

7--teddy bear

CORRECT OM

[Kahuna]

33/ Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
47/ My Eyes Adored You

[Footy Chick]

21. Brown girl in the ring (sha la la lala )

[Turkeywizz]

48 cheek to cheek

[old moz]

17 --a million love songs
20 --seven seas of rhye
39--lost in france
50--one foot in the grave

[magpie in the 80's]

33/ Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
47/ My Eyes Adored You

CORRECT K