1. Asong by this band depicts a conversation between lads and a policeman with the lines “have you been drinking, son, you don't look old enough to me, I'm sorry, officer, is there a certain age you're supposed to be". That song, Riot Van, is on this band’s first album along with the songs Still Take You Home and a song that tells “get on your dancing shoes, you sexy little swine”. This band’s second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, includes a song that includes the lines “you used to get it in your fishnets, now you only get it in your night dress”. A song by this band includes the lyrics “I’m a puppet on a string, Tracy Island, time-traveling diamond cutter-shaped heartaches”. Another song by this band includes the lyrics “so have you got the guts, been wondering if your heart’s still open, and if so what time it shuts” and “crawling back to you, ever thought of calling when you’ve had a few”. For ten points, identify this English band behind the songs Fluorescent Adolescent, R U Mine, and Do I Wanna Know.
ANSWER: Arctic Monkeys
2.The first song this artist recorded includes the lyrics “well mama, she done told me, papa done told me too, son, that gal you're foolin' with, she ain't no good for you". That song, That’s All Right, is on this artist’s album For LP Fans Only along with a song that tells “you’re a smooth talker, you’re a real cool walker, but now you have walked out of turn”. A song by this artist inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. includes the lyrics “we're lost in a cloud, with too much rain, we're trapped in a world, that's troubled with pain”. Another song by this artist describes how a character with the lyrics “and his hunger burns, so he starts to roam the streets at night, and he learns how to steal, and he learns how to fight” in the title place. This artist’s breakout hit begins with the lyrics “well, since my baby left to me, well, I found a new place to dwell”. A song by this artist tells someone who is “crying all the time” and “if you ain’t never caught a rabbit you ain’t no friend of mine”. For ten points, identify this artist behind songs like Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog, the King of Rock and Roll.
ANSWER: ElvisPrestley (accept either, of course; prompt on The King)
3. A Youtube supercut shows ironically how much this band likes variations of the word life. A song by this band includes the lyrics “my life's on time, but again my sense is late, feel a might unsteady, but still I have to play”. Another song by this band claims “I ain’t superstitious” “when a black cat crosses my path” and “as I break the looking glass”. Those songs are on this band’s 1986 album Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying along with the title track that asks “can you put a price on peace”. A song by this band inspired by Area 51 with 11 solos in a little over five minutes includes the lyrics “possibly I’ve seen too much” and “I know too much”. A song by this band includes the lyrics “A country that's divided, surely will not stand” and repeats the phrase “mercy killings”. Those songs are on this band’s album Rust in Peace. For ten points, identify this thrash metal band lead by Dave Mustaine known for the songs Holy Wars… The Punishment is Due and Hangar 18.
ANSWER: Megadeth
4. A song by this band about felines describes “he’s the all-night working cat” and that “the mouse police never sleeps”. A sequel to an album by this band catches up with the protagonist 40 years later and features the website StCleve on its cover. The cover for the original album is supposedly based on a poem written by the fictional Gerald Bostock, who is called “Little Milton” on the cover. A song by this band includes the lyrics “so lean upon him gently, and don't call on him to save you, from your social graces, and the sins you used to waive”. That song, My God, includes sections sung by a medieval choir and is on an album along with songs like Slipstream and Locomotive Breath, which describes a train with “no way to slow down”. The title track of an album by this band describes a man who is “feeling alone, the army’s up the road, salvation a la mode and a cup of tea” and begins with the lyrics “sitting on a park bench, eying little girls with bad intent”. For ten points, identify this British prog band best known for the song Aqualung and for Ian Anderson’s flute playing.
ANSWER: Jethro Tull
5. A song by this band begins with the lyrics “on the morning of the first eviction, they carried out the wishes of the landlord and his son”. The documentary Instrument, named after a song by this band on their album In On the Kill Taker, includes a scene where one member sings while upside down in a basketball hoop. One song by this band that begins with a double drum intro includes the lyrics “if I can make that call, why can’t I make that change”; that song, Ex-Spectator, is on their last album The Argument along with the songs Nightshop and Epic Problem. A song by this band includes the lyrics “you say I need a job” and “but to you, I’m nothing but a number” before counting “1 2 3”. Another song by this band begins with the lyrics “I don’t want the news, I cannot use it” and “I am a patient boy, I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait. For ten points, identify this band founded after Minor Threat by Ian MacKaye, a Washington D.C. punk group behind the album Repeater and the song Waiting Room.
ANSWER: Fugazi
6. A cover of a song by The Cookies is the fourth track on this album and includes the lyrics “my baby’s got me locked in chains, and they ain’t the kind, that you can see”. A song on this begins with the lyrics “the world is treating me bad” and “I’m the kind of guy, who never used to cry”. Another song on this album, subtitled (Go to Him), includes the lyrics “all my life, I’ve been searching for a girl, to love me like I love you”. Rolling Stone described this album as the first example of a “self-contained” rock band, because 8 of the 14 songs were written by the band’s songwriting duo. The first song on this album begins with the lyrics “well she was just 17, you know what I mean, and the way she looked was way beyond compare”. The title track of this album repeats the words “come on” and asks the title phrase, adding “whoa yeah, like I please you”. The last track on this album is a cover that includes the lyrics “you know you twist your little girl, you know you twist so fine”. For ten points, identify this debut Merseybeat album of The Beatles that includes the songs Love Me Do and I Saw Her Standing There.
ANSWER: Please Please Me (accept Twist and Shout because of the weird US and UK version split)
7.This artist described how he made one song on the album No New York, a compilation he had arranged for, sound like helicopter blades by using the echo of a guitar to trigger compression for the whole track. The title track of a 1974 album by this artist repeats the lines “nowhere to be”, “nothing to be”, and “nothing these days”. Another song on that album repeats the phrase “baby’s on fire” and comments “better throw her in the water”. That album is Here Come the Warm Jets, which this artist followed up with Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). A song by this artist repeats the line “I’ll keep running to tie your shoes”; that song is on this artist’s album Another Green World. This artist produced a trilogy of albums that includes Lodger and Low, and is also responsible for the spacious atmosphere of songs like Where the Streets Have No Name and With Or Without You. For ten points, identify this producer who added his ambient style of music to the Berlin Trilogy and The Joshua Tree.
ANSWER: Brian Eno
8. The last song on an album by this band includes the lyrics “way in back of the room there sits a cage, inside is a clock that you can win if you can guess its age”. The first song on that album includes the lyrics “the 3rd planet is sure that they're being watched, by an eye in the sky that can't be stopped”. A song by this band on their 2015 album Strangers to Ourselves, which shows a bird’s eye view of a strange geometrically shaped suburb, repeats the lines “well, the lampshade’s on fire when the light goes out” and “we’re all going”. A song by this band on their 2007 album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank repeats the lyrics “well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know, oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio”.Another song by this band begins with the lyrics “I backed my car into a cop car the other day, well, he just drove off” before repeating “and we’ll all” the title phrase “okay”. For ten points, identify this indie band lead by Isaac Brock known for songs like Dashboard and Float On.
ANSWER: Modest Mouse
9. The last song on this album includes the lyrics “if I was a junkman selling you cars, washing your windows and shining your stars” and repeats the line “singing words, words between the lines of age”. The title song of this album repeats the chorus “did she wake you up to tell you that, it was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup, with the promise of a man”. Along with a song on the release directly before it, After the Gold Rush, a song on this album which describes the title state as having “the weight on your shoulders, that’s breaking your back” lead to a response on Sweet Home Alabama. A song on this album asks the title character to “take a look at my life, I’m a lot like you”. Another song on this album includes the lyrics “I’ve been to Hollywood, I’ve been to Redwood, I crossed the ocean” for the title object, and comments “and I’m getting old”. For ten points, identify this folk rock album by Neil Young that includes the songs Old Man and Heart of Gold.
ANSWER: Harvest
10. A song by this band includes the lyrics “Well here it comes. I touch the plane, turn me up, won't turn you away”. This band filed an antitrust complaint against Ticketmaster after a feud over service fees, a legal battle that would lead to the cancellation of their 1995 tour. A song by this band that describes a woman who “lies and says she’s in love with him” and “dreams in colour, she dreams in red”. A song by this band begins with the lyrics “I admit, what’s to say, I’ll relieve it without pain” and “once upon a time I could control myself”. Another song by this band describes someone “kneeling, looking through the paper thought he doesn’t know to read” and the title phrase as “thoughts arrive like butterflies” and “someday yet, he’ll begin his life again”. Those songs, Once and Even Flow, are the first tracks on this band’s album Ten along with a song about a boy who “hit me with a surprise left” and “spoke in class today”. For ten points, identify this grunge band led by nose yodeller Eddie Vedder best known for the songs Alive and Jeremy.
ANSWER: Pearl Jam
11. In one movie, a cop asks a woman to turn down a stereo playing this song before she explains his ex-girlfriend left him a letter, and later this song plays while the woman dances around the man’s apartment while playing with a toy airplane. Those characters meet at a snack bar in the film Chungking Express, and this song is central to their relationship. In his most famous performance, Bud Shank recorded the alto flute solo on this song. One section of this song includes the lyrics “you know the preacher likes the cold, he knows I’m going to stay” after the lines “Stopped in to a church I passed along the way, well I got down on my knees, and I pretend to pray”. This song begins with “all the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray, I’ve been for a walk, on a winter’s day”. For ten points, identify this classic song about longing for warm weather recorded by the Mamas and the Papas.
ANSWER: California Dreamin’
12. A hidden track on an album by this band features a pitched-up and heavily cut George W. Bush speech; that album also includes a song originally called Tiny Little Hammers. Members of this band have also formed bands like Set Fire to Flames, Fly Pan Am, and HRSTA. Danny Boyle cited the music of this band as inspiration during the filming of 28 Days Later, and included one of their songs in the film. This band’s first release supposedly exists only on 33 cassettes, and fake copies frequently appear on the internet as hoaxes. A song by this band ends with a sample of local student protestors banging pots and pans. Another song by this band begins with a section that repeats the questions “with his arms outstretched” and “can you see him”. A song by this band called Dead Flag Blues, uses the lyrics “we are trapped in the belly of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death”. For ten points, identify this Canadian post-rock band behind albums like F#A# Infinity and Lift Yr Skinny Fists.
ANSWER: Godspeed You! Black Emperor or GYBE
13. A mindless song on this album includes the lyrics “so stop your love on the road, all your diggin' for gold, you make me wonder, yes I wonder”. Another song on this album includes the lyrics “heavy decibels are playing on my guitar, we got vibrations comin' up from the floor, we're just listenin' to the rockers givin' too much noise”. Those songs are What You Do For Money Honey and Rock and Roll Isn’t Noise Pollution. A song on this album includes the lyrics “shoot to thrill, play to kill, too many women with too many pills” and another begins with the sound of a 2,000-pound bell. The title track on this album includes the lyrics “yes, I'm let loose from the noose, that's kept me hanging about, I'm just looking at the sky 'cause it's getting me high” and repeats the lyric “hey yah yah yah” or some equivalent to that sang by Angus Young. For ten points, identify this classic 1980 album recorded by AC/DC that includes the songs You Shook Me All Night Long and Hells Bells.
ANSWER: Back in Black
14. A song by this band features a spoken word intro announcing “god damn, well let’s do a tune called Rawhide, okay”. That song is on an EP by this band that also includes a version of one of their best-known songs retitled We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now, which includes the lyrics “last call for alcohol, last call for your freedom of speech” and tells of a drink that’s “one part Jack Daniels, two parts purple Kool-Aid”. In the film Green Room, the main characters anger the audience at a concert by playing this band’s song Nazi Punks Fuck Off. A song by this band ends with the repetition of the name “Pol… Pot” and describes the title country as a place where “people dress in black” and “where the slums got so much soul. Another song by this band on their album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is a song that tells “zen fascists will control you” and “you will jog for the master race” and echoes the German national anthem for the title state. For ten points, identify this punk band from San Francisco led by Jello Biafra best known for the songs Holiday in Cambodia and California Uber Alles.
ANSWER: Dead Kennedys
15.An album named after one of these creatures includes the tracks Monkey Banana and Everything Scatter. The title track of that album sees a choir call out the name of these creatures after each of the lines “quick march, slow march, left turn, right turn, about turn, double up, salute”. A band named after these creatures recorded an album with the songs A Rose for Emily and Friends of Mine. That album ends with a song that repeats the lyrics “what's your name, who's your daddy, is he rich like me, has he taken any time, to show you what you need to live?”. A song about these creatures begins with the lines “another head hangs lowly, child is slowly taken, and the violence, caused such silence, who are we mistaken?”. That song’s music videos sees the singer painted gold in front a crucifix and includes the lyrics “but you see, it’s not me, it’s not my family” before telling that the title creatures are “in your head, in your head”. For ten points, identify this kind of creature central to The Cranberries’ most famous song.