perripken

Hi all,
I'm so sorry I let the time lapse so long on this! I'm at a very busy point in my life! Anyways... I think I might have asked this question on the old board, but here goes:

This singer was the frontman for the band Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics. Name him!

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pan6467

You did ask before it's Paul Carrack (an aside: I know he sang their biggest hit "Living Years but did he sing "All I Need...." or did Paul Young?)

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perripken

Not sure Pan... you're question, sir!

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And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

pan6467

Ray Davies is coming out with his second solo album so this maybe a good promo question....

What VH1 show was developed by his late 90's stage appearances?

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Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.
I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.
JOHN LENNON (1940-1980)

perripken

I'm going to take a wild guess, I no longer have cable so I'm not up to date on VH1- "Behind the Music" ?

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God of Thunder

My SWAG (Scientific Wild Assed Guess) guess is "Storytellers"

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The_Jazz

How about "Pop Up Video"?

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pan6467

Very good guess and accurate.

When his "Unauthorized" Autobiography came out he went on a book signing tour that eventually became "Ray Davies Storyteller/20th Century Man". That led to him doing a shortened version on VH1 and the show "Storytellers" was born.

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Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.
I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.
JOHN LENNON (1940-1980)

God of Thunder

I'll lob a softball out to try and capture some new blood to the thread.

Alright, everyone. Hands on buzzers...


Renowned film composer Danny Elfman founded what band with his brother in 1972?

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Martian

What, nobody but GoT and I know that Danny Elfman was a founding member of Oingo Boingo?

I'll wait for confirmation, even though I'm almost entirely certain I'm correct. I need to come up with a new question anyway.

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- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

mixedmedia

Well, I knew it, but I thought we were waiting on someone new to come along.

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God of Thunder

Yes Martian, you are correct. Danny and his brother founded "The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo", later shortened to just Oingo Boingo

Looks like we had no new takers MM Oh well, jump in next time.

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Leto

well, i looked at the Q, and didn't know the name, so I'm new, but dumb.

God of Thunder

Keep looking in this thread Leto, you'll find something you can answer.

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Martian

Oh, I hadn't realized we were trying to draw some fresh blood in. Very well, I throw another easy one out there.

Tom Morello is widely known for his innovative guitar techniques, used to good effect in both Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. However, he also writes acoustic folk songs. He does so under what alias?

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

God of Thunder

It's all good Martian. New blood is welcome anytime.

Truth be told, I threw out a softball question because it was the only thing I could think of at the time.

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cj2112

The Night Watchman?

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

Martian

Fresh meat! Ha!

*ahem*

I mean, that is correct. He actually spells it all as one word, but there's just no way I'm going to be that much of a pedant.

Your question, sir.

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

cj2112

Who was the punk rocker who ran for Governor against Arnold Shwarzenegger?

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

Anxst

Jello Biafra?

Sounds like something he would do...and I would have voted for him. Total guess, though.

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cj2112

Nope

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

Leto

wasn't the punker a woman?

cj2112

Nope.

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

mixedmedia

man, I'm totally stumped...

wild guess

Lee Ving?

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

The_Jazz

Henry Rollins

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

cj2112

Nope, and Nope...

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

mixedmedia

John Doe?

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

cj2112

Nope...

How long should I let this go?

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

The_Jazz

Another 7 hours

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

mixedmedia

can we ask for clues?

was this person from the west coast scene in the late 70s/early 80s?

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

cj2112

Most definitely, west coast, and during that time period.

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

cj2112

Ok That one was probably a bit too obscure. Jack Grisham of True Sounds Of Liberty (T.S.O.L.) was the answer. He lived down the street from a girl I dated in High School.

Who did the lead vocals on Bob and Doug McKenzie's song "Take Off"?

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

Punk.of.Ages

Lame, I knew the Jack Grisham one. I'm almost twelve hours late though. Damn my tardiness.

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mixedmedia

Damn. I know that group, but I've never known the names of any members of the band.

I almost said Keith Morris from the Circle Jerks, but I knew that couldn't be true, lol.

Next question!

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

Leto

That would be Geddy Lee of Rush (eh?)

- I knew I would get one: Lee guest starred on the Hoser's hit tune, Take Off, while Doug & Bob provide background. I have an advantage in that my father was a teacher at the high school where Rush members were students.


As for TSOL, I was a punker in the late '70's, but must confess to not knowing them.

cj2112

T.S.O.L. was big on the west coast, especially in Long Beach, CA. where they are from.


Geddy Lee would be correct...your up Leto

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"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying--that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976--establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime." Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Committee Print I-IX, 1-23 (1982).

Leto

Which group did Nils Lofgren start out with (long before he hooked up with the E-Street Band)?

Anxst

I think he was a member of Crazy Horse, but I might be thinking of the wrong guy.

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Leto

ya, game on Anxst... (Neal Young anyway)

Anxst

This band's fans rioted at Red Rocks amphitheatre in 1971, causing the police to drop tear gas from helicopters on the crowd. The band played on through the riot, putting on what reviewers claimed was a great show. The incident caused Red Rocks to not allow rock concerts for years afterwards.

Who were they?

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