How well do you know your music? Let’s find out with a quiz that accompanies this week playlist.
The subjects du jour are : Suggs, Sparklehorse, The Crystal Method, The Stranglers, Rage Against The Machine, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Flaming Lips, Dire Straits, Everclear, A, Mike Oldfield, Elcka
They are the performers of twelve vintage amusing, puzzling and sometimes shocking videos of songs that were ranked in various charts, this week (35/52) BUT… in the Nineties 90s.
For TWENTY FOUR more ‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ – Vintage 90s Music Videos – week 35/52 – click here and here
Tracklist
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1 . Suggs – I AmFeatured on the 1998 album “The Three Pyramids Club”.
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2 . Sparklehorse – RainmakerFeatured on the 1995 album “Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot”.
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3 . The Crystal Method – Busy ChildFeatured on the 1997 album “Vegas”.
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4 . The Stranglers – Heaven Or HellFeatured on the 1992 album “In The Night”.
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5 . Rage Against The Machine – BombtrackFeatured on the 1992 album “Rage Against The Machine“.
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6 . Pop Will Eat Itself – BulletproofFeatured on the 1992 album “The Looks Or The Lifestyle?”.
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7 . The Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use JellyFeatured on the 1993 album “Transmissions from the Satellite Heart”.
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8 . Dire Straits – Calling ElvisFeatured on the 1991 album “On Every Street”.
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9 . Everclear – Santa MonicaFeatured on the 1995 album “Sparkle and Fade”.
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10 . A – I [Love] Lake TahoeFeatured on the 1999 album ” ‘A’ Vs Monkey Kong”.
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11 . Mike Oldfield – Let There Be LightFeatured on the 1995 album “The Songs of Distant Earth”. |
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12 . Elcka – SuperchargedFeatured on the 1997 album “Rubbernecking”.
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And the correct answers (in case you missed one or two) are:
1. The song “I Am” is attributed to Suggs, whose real name is Graham McPherson, and Nick Feldman. It appears on Suggs’s second solo album released in 1998.
2. “Rainmaker” is noted for its distorted vocals and heavy drum patterns. These elements contribute to its hard-edged sound profile.
3. The Crystal Method’s single from the album Vegas reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
4. “Vicious Circles” is listed as a B-side in relation to the album Stranglers in the Night, not an album track itself.
5. The single by the band with Che Guevara artwork features an adapted Jim Fitzpatrick version of the famous image.
6. “Bulletproof!” by Pop Will Eat Itself was released under RCA Records. It exhibits the band’s sample-driven style.
7. The Flaming Lips song released in October 1993 and included on their sixth studio album runs for 3:40.
8. The Dire Straits song from On Every Street references the phrase “Elvis has left the building,” acknowledging the band’s famous banter.
9. Art Alexakis stated that “Santa Monica” incorporates Southern California imagery, although he wrote it in Oregon.
10. “I (Love) Lake Tahoe” was released by the band A in 1999, from their second album.
11. Space motifs in “Let There Be Light” reflect its inspiration from Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel.
12. The UK single initially released in August 1997 holds a first chart date of August 16, 1997, in official records.