Weekly Rock n Roll Trivia

[The Gipper]

@gftchris said:

I'm almost 30. Growing up I had british bands like Oasis and Blur, then the punk-rock-pop groups like green day, blink 182, offspring and sum 41.

Yea, sorry, we baby boomers had all the good music.

[The Cysko Kid]

Baby boomer music is highly overrated. Most of your "legendary" stuff actually sucks balls.

[Browns149]

I think the main reason for baby boomer music being overrated is it is played to death

If I never hear Boston, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, again, I will not miss it

[The Gipper]

@the-cysko-kid said:

Baby boomer music is highly overrated. Most of your "legendary" stuff actually sucks balls.

Some does. Much or Most is very good. Nearly all of your stuff sucks balls. (the term "legendary" cannot be applied).

[The Gipper]

@browns149 said:

I think the main reason for baby boomer music being overrated is it is played to death

If I never hear Boston, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, again, I will not miss it

But, it got that stuff being played to death for you to not want to hear it again. Most of your stuff leaves you with that same feeling after one listening.

[The Gipper]

Maybe next week I will tailor a trivia quiz around the music you whippersnappers listen to. What era/genre would you like me to come up with some stuff?

I mean, how much of Right Said Fred, Ace of Base and Hanson can I come up with?

[Westside Steve]

Very good and sucks balls are subjective descriptors.

I recently heard a couple radio personalities yammering about rock music stating one of them believed that Green Day was one of the greatest 5 American groups of all time.

My personal opinion is that no group comes close to the Beatles for influence and impact in the United States and worldwide. And it is unlikely with the explosion of media that there will ever be another in that category.

WSS

[The Gipper]

@the-gipper said:

I have been doing this on Facebook for a while now. Here is a set of 5 R&R Trivia questions that I posted today.

Here is your weekly Rock n Roll Trivia Quiz: 5 questions:

1. What was the name of Ted Nugents band?

2. What popular TV Theme song did Janis Joplin record as a birthday present for John Lennon?

3. What does the BJ stand for in BJ Thomas? (Raindrops singer)

4. What colleges did Kris Kristofferson attend?

5. What 2 rock icons died in the same apartment 4 years apart?

I will give the answers since you all have seem to forgotten what this thread is supposed to be about:

1. The Amboy Dukes

2. Happy Trails, Roy Rogers show song

3. Billie Joe

4. Pomona College and Oxford

5. Mama Cass Elliot and Keith Moon.

[The Gipper]

[The Gipper]

[The Gipper]

http://www.rockandrollgps.com/the-apartment-where-keith-moon-and-mama-cass-elliot-died/

[Westside Steve]

@the-gipper said:

I will give the answers since you all have seem to forgotten what this thread is supposed to be about:

1. The Amboy Dukes

2. Happy Trails, Roy Rogers show song

3. Billie Joe

4. Pomona College and Oxford

5. Mama Cass Elliot and Keith Moon.

I would guess Billy Joe would be spelled with a Y and not an IE.

WSS

[The Gipper]

@westside-steve said:

I would guess Billy Joe would be spelled with a Y and not an IE.

WSS

Not if I am doing an Ode to him.

[Westside Steve]

@the-gipper said:

Not if I am doing an Ode to him.

Then I stand corrected. I was under the foolish impression that you were talking about his actual name.

WSS

[The Cysko Kid]

@westside-steve said:

I would guess Billy Joe would be spelled with a Y and not an IE.

WSS

I'm pretty sure Billie joe Armstrong from green day at least is spelled like that

[The Cysko Kid]

I'm not going to respond further to Gipper's "get off my lawn you damn kids" posts. If you're not going to give music that's not in your generation it's due that's fine but you can't stop it from earning it's place in the zeitgeist.

[Westside Steve]

@the-cysko-kid said:

I'm pretty sure Billie joe Armstrong from green day at least is spelled like that

So we are actually talking about the old song and Green Day rather than BJ Thomas' name?

Thanks for the update.

WSS

[gftChris]

@the-gipper said:

Maybe next week I will tailor a trivia quiz around the music you whippersnappers listen to. What era/genre would you like me to come up with some stuff?

I mean, how much of Right Said Fred, Ace of Base and Hanson can I come up with?

You seem to have the impression that most modern music was originated by one hit wonders, whereas I have a slightly opposite feeling. It's just the era we grew up in that dictates our core tastes, then we hear bits and piece from elsewhere. Bands like Oasis, Blur, Coldplay, Blink, Green Day, Offspring - these guys were/have been around for decades.

On the other hand, the music scene these days is less 'out of control' - at least relative to the rest of society - that the things they do seem trivial (if you'll excuse the pun) in comparison to the who, the stones etc.

[DieHardBrownsFan]

Only in here could you have people getting pissed about music time periods. Who gives a fuck what someone else thinks? Its what you like that matters.

[Westside Steve]

I think you are correct Chris.

Still there's a big difference between a band having longevity over 50 years then 30.

And a huge amount of hit music today as well as 50 years ago is recorded by one or two hit wonders.

WSS