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1. Which song by Blues Traveler contains the phrase "game show contestant" in its lyrics?
2. Which song by Sting contains the phrase "game show hosts"?
3. Which song by Donna Summer contains the phrase "the price is right"?
4. Which song by Survivor contains the phrase "wheel of fortune"?
5. This quiz would not be complete without the Greg Kihn Band's biggest hit. Name it.
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1. Run-Around
2. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
3. Bad Girls
4. High On You
5. Jeopardy
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Guess it's too late to play.
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5. Jeopardy
Wrong...sorry.....
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Wrong...sorry.....
According to Billboard's book of Top 40 Hits 1955-1999, "Jeopardy" was a #2 hit for the Greg Kihn Band in 1983. Their only other Top 40 hit (and the one I like better) was "The Breakup Song" from 1981, checking in at #15. So "Jeopardy" was the Greg Kihn Band's biggest hit.
If this was an attempt at sarcasm, then I apologize in advance for not catching it...:)
ObGameShows: One of my favorite game shows, "Sale of the Century," had a revival on NBC in 1983.
Anthony
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[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'Jul 1 2005, 08:32 PM\']
5. Jeopardy
Wrong...sorry.....
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My mistake. What is "Jeopardy"?
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Sorry, we have to take your first answer. And since you didn't phrase it in the form of a question, that's going to cost you.
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Phrase THIS! ;-)
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What, no mention of the famous rapper who referenced a phrase from To Tell The Truth?
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Here's one more, for 25 points and a chance at the toaster oven...
Name both the Canadian band and their 1998 hit in which the singer wondered if, "on a 30th-century night," he'll see his girlfriend running down the aisle on "The Price is Right." 30th century?!?! Yeah, Bob'll probably still be alive then, too...:)
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That's the horrible Barenaked Ladies song "It's All Been Done."
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The late, great Otis Redding had singles named "Match Game" and "Tell the Truth."
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And another question:
Whose song included the line "The folks are home playing beat the clock?"
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 1 2005, 10:47 PM\'][quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'Jul 1 2005, 08:32 PM\']
5. Jeopardy
Wrong...sorry.....
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My mistake. What is "Jeopardy"?
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I've not seen the song titled simply as "Jeopardy". So, following your post, the correct response is "What is 'Our Love's In Jeopardy'"?
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[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 05:32 PM\']And another question:
Whose song included the line "The folks are home playing beat the clock?"
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Jackson Browne's Boulevard(#19 in 1980 from the album Hold Out)
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I've not seen the song titled simply as "Jeopardy". So, following your post, the correct response is "What is 'Our Love's In Jeopardy'"?
Whipping out the trusty Billboard book of Top 40 Hits, 1955-1999, the song is entitled simply "Jeopardy." I have never seen it titled the way you have it; either that's how somebody entered it on one of the p2p fileshare programs or you may have seen it possibly subtitled (Our Love's in) Jeopardy.
However, for completeness, the actual song title is "Jeopardy," so whoserman was right...:)
Now, it's my turn: What song had the following line?
"As I was walking down the street one day, being pushed and shoved by people trying to beat the clock..."
Anthony
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[quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 07:35 PM\']right...:)
Now, it's my turn: What song had the following line?
"As I was walking down the street one day, being pushed and shoved by people trying to beat the clock..."
Anthony
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Chicago's Does Anybody Really Know what Time it is? This song has been a collaboration between CHicago and Earth Wind and Fire on their current concert tour(they jammed this song on the Today show yesterday morning)
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On the country side, Earl Thomas Conley had a hit in the late '80s called "That Was a Close One." What fan-favorite game show was mentioned in the song?
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 07:50 PM\']On the country side, Earl Thomas Conley had a hit in the late '80s called "That Was a Close One." What fan-favorite game show was mentioned in the song?
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A quick Google search says it's Whew! Song even makes reference to Winter of 1979, just before the show premiered.
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You guys are good.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 06:14 PM\']You guys are good.
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Given just a little bit of knowledge about how to do it, searching song lyrics on the Internet isn't exactly a taxing proposition.
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Let's see if anyone know this one:
What Aldo Nova song contains the prhase "The Price is Right?"
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[quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 08:59 PM\']Let's see if anyone know this one:
What Aldo Nova song contains the prhase "The Price is Right?"
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His only top 40 hit, 1982's Fantasy.
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While we're at it, which 80s hit contains the lines, "The Hollywood Squares are/Living in Disneyland"?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 08:53 PM\'][quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 06:14 PM\']You guys are good.
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Given just a little bit of knowledge about how to do it, searching song lyrics on the Internet isn't exactly a taxing proposition.
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Don't let any politicos or the RIAA hear that or they will make it one.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 09:29 PM\']While we're at it, which 80s hit contains the lines, "The Hollywood Squares are/Living in Disneyland"?
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Sly Fox's Lets Go all the Way #7 1986, right around the time Davidson HS debuted.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 06:22 PM\'][quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 08:59 PM\']Let's see if anyone know this one:
What Aldo Nova song contains the prhase "The Price is Right?"
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His only top 40 hit, 1982's Fantasy.
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Correct! It was actually 1981, though, but who really cares?
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[quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 09:47 PM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 06:22 PM\'][quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 08:59 PM\']Let's see if anyone know this one:
What Aldo Nova song contains the prhase "The Price is Right?"
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His only top 40 hit, 1982's Fantasy.
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Correct! It was actually 1981, though, but who really cares?
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If you go by peak year on the charts (which is my preferred method of cataloguing music), then Zach's right--it was 5/29/82 when "Fantasy" hit #23 on the BILLBOARD Hot 100.
Doug -- and the countdown to 1300 continues
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 06:55 PM\']If you go by peak year on the charts (which is my preferred method of cataloguing music), then Zach's right--it was 5/29/82 when "Fantasy" hit #23 on the BILLBOARD Hot 100.
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I was going by release year, so we're both right I guess.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 07:55 PM\']If you go by peak year on the charts (which is my preferred method of cataloguing music),
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Which is totally ridiculous, because you set yourself up for a situation where you have different "birth years" for singles off of the same album, particularly with some of those mega-albums of the 1980's that spawned many many singles. (Huey Lewis & The News' "Sports", The Cars' "Heartbeat City" and Def Leppard's "Hysteria" come to mind.)
You further set yourselp up for situations where a single was released more than once, and charted higher the second time. "Relax" from Frankie Goes To Hollywood and "People Are People" from Depeche Mode come to mind here.
It also suggests a certain nationalism, though this is a far minor point. Duran Duran's first album was released in 1981, yet it didn't see US shores until 1983. Pet Shop Boys released their first album's singles in a different order in the UK than they did in the US.
If you could buy the album with the song on it in a certain year, that's the year you oughta go by. My own damn opinion. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 10:16 PM\'][quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 2 2005, 07:55 PM\']If you go by peak year on the charts (which is my preferred method of cataloguing music),
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Which is totally ridiculous, because you set yourself up for a situation where you have different "birth years" for singles off of the same album, particularly with some of those mega-albums of the 1980's that spawned many many singles. (Huey Lewis & The News' "Sports", The Cars' "Heartbeat City" and Def Leppard's "Hysteria" come to mind.)
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Well, not TOTALLY ridiculous (opinions being opinions and all). :)
Not being an albums person, I tend to associate songs with the time they were being played to death on the radio, not to mention the possibility that edited or remixed versions of a song might have been the single version released well after the album's been out for awhile. "Walking On A Thin Line" comes to mind--it was the fifth single released off of "Sports", so the edited single version hit radio, retail and the charts just about as the one-year anniversary of the album version was first being played on victrolas. :) So I don't associate "WOATL" with the fall of 1983, rather the fall of 1984.
OTOH, I don't completely rely on charts for cataloguing my library. For example, Capitol released "Sgt. Pepper" backed with "With A Little Help From My Friends" as a single in 1978 (in spite of the movie ;-) ), and it happened to chart (I think it peaked at 71 that fall), but I still associate the two tunes with the LP's original release in 1967. So while I do prefer to use charts as my guide, I'm not inflexible.
Your argument has a lot of merit (and mine prolly doesn't in your view, but it's MY preference dagnammit ;-) ).
Doug -- and the countdown to 1300 continues
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I can see where Doug's going on this. Not only am I a game show fan, but also a music lover by nature. I usually go by the year the song peaked on the charts based on the fact that it was at that zenith on the charts at that point. Whether it came from a newly released album or when it was re-released(sometimes as much as 9 years after it was recorded thanks to a Beatles hit), that's where my peak year chriteria comes into play.
ObGameShows: Casey Kasem hosted 100%.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jul 3 2005, 12:37 AM\']I usually go by the year the song peaked on the charts based on the fact that it was at that zenith on the charts at that point.
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Doug: I rest my case. ;)
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Not being an albums person, I tend to associate songs with the time they were being played to death on the radio, not to mention the possibility that edited or remixed versions of a song might have been the single version released well after the album's been out for awhile. "Walking On A Thin Line" comes to mind--it was the fifth single released off of "Sports", so the edited single version hit radio, retail and the charts just about as the one-year anniversary of the album version was first being played on victrolas. :)
I have to agree with Doug on this one. There were many cases in the '80s where albums were still churning out singles as much as a year and a half after their original release. If an album came out in late 1983, for example, like Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man", but the last single wasn't out until early 1985 ("Keeping the Faith"), then to me, that last hit is from the year 1985 - especially since in that case it was a remix not available on the album. Even Def Leppard's "Hysteria" took from August 1987 to March 1989 to release all seven singles from it.
I always compile my own personal favorite lists at the end of each year, and I always take the hit songs from that year - regardless of when the album came out. These days, there are so few singles released that it's not really an issue anymore, but to each his own. We all have our own preferences in the way we do things.
To put this back on topic, country singer George Strait had a song called "Hollywood Squares" in the early '80s.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jul 3 2005, 07:26 PM\']
To put this back on topic, country singer George Strait had a song called "Hollywood Squares" in the early '80s.
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While I'm not a big fan of country music, I like that song..
"...I got ex's all over the place and I owe so much..."
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jul 3 2005, 03:26 PM\']George Strait had a song called "Hollywood Squares" in the early '80s.
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Ah ha! That reminds me of another trivia bit I'll throw out to you guys. Which late 80s metal band's demo was titled "Hollywood Squares?"
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And no need to answer this, since it's already been answered, but has Alex yet to intone this...
"We're admittedly fond of this Greg Kihn hit from 1983."
Followed by...
"Pat and Vanna prefer this 1955 Kay Starr hit."
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[quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 3 2005, 07:55 PM\']Ah ha! That reminds me of another trivia bit I'll throw out to you guys. Which late 80s metal band's demo was titled "Hollywood Squares?"
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Enuff Z'nuff.
And continuing, what relatively recent hardcore metal group had a song entitled "Hollywood Squares" as a track on their 2002 EP?
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All this and nobody's mentioned Marvin Gaye's tribute to his favorite game show, "What's Going On?"
Right on.