How well do you know your music? Let’s find out with a quiz that accompanies this week playlist.
The subjects du jour are : Snow Patrol, Gusgus, Tramp Attack, The Go! Team, Suede, Devendra Banhart, Palladium, The Dead 60S, Wolfmother, Clinic, Towers Of London, Billy Gilman
They are the performers of twelve vintage amusing, puzzling and sometimes shocking videos of songs that were ranked in the UK charts, this week (48/52) BUT… in the Noughties 2000s.
1. Which chart position did Snow Patrol’s “Ask Me How I Am” reach on the UK Indie Chart?
- A 25
- B 74
- C 96
2. Which genre does GusGus’s “Desire” NOT incorporate?
- A House
- B Trip Hop
- C Punk
3. What TV show featured Tramp Attack’s “Oh When the Sun Goes Down” in its opening titles?
- A The Responder
- B EastEnders
- C Coronation Street
4. Why was The Go! Team’s “Thunder, Lightning, Strike” reissued in 2005?
- A Unresolved demo issues
- B Sample clearance
- C Remastering request
5. Who directed the music video for Suede’s “Obsessions”?
- A Simon Henwood
- B Grant Gee
- C Stephen Street
6. Which artist appears in the music video for Devendra Banhart’s “Heard Somebody Say”?
- A Antony Hegarty
- B Marc Bolan
- C John Lennon
7. Which band that Palladium toured with is known for the hit song “Rehab”?
- A The Thrills
- B Mika
- C Amy Winehouse
8. What genre mix characterizes The Dead 60s’ “Ghostfaced Killer”?
- A Punk, ska, reggae
- B Jazz, funk, soul
- C Country, folk, blues
9. Which band wrote a song featuring a “joker” and a “thief” referenced in Wolfmother’s work?
- A The Rolling Stones
- B Led Zeppelin
- C Bob Dylan
10. What musical concept is referenced in Clinic’s “Circle of Fifths”?
- A Counterpoint
- B Circle of fifths
- C Dodecaphony
11. In what year was Towers of London’s “How Rude She Was” released?
- A 2005
- B 2006
- C 2007
12. What is noteworthy about Billy Gilman’s release of “One Voice”?
- A Youngest male Billboard top 40
- B First Grammy-winning country song
- C First number one debut single
For TWENTY FOUR more ‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ – Vintage 2000s Music Videos – week 48/52 – click here and here
Tracklist
1 . Snow Patrol – Ask Me How I Am |
‘So we’d make a good team right away’
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Featured on the 2001 album “When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
2 . Gusgus – Desire |
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Featured on the 2002 album “Attention”. Lyrics >> More by the same : Official Site |
3 . Tramp Attack – Oh! When The Sun Goes Down |
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Featured on the 2004 album “Attack! Attack! Attack!”. More by the same : Facebook |
4 . The Go! Team – Ladyflash |
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Featured on the 2004 album “Thunder, Lightning, Strike”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
5 . Suede – Obsessions |
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Featured on the 2002 album “A New Morning”. Lyrics >> More by the same : Official Site |
6 . Devendra Banhart – Heard Somebody Say |
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Featured on the 2005 album “Cripple Crow”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
7 . Palladium – High 5 |
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8 . The Dead 60S – Ghostfaced Killer |
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Featured on the 2005 album “The Dead 60s”. More by the same : Official Site |
9 . Wolfmother – Joker And The Thief |
‘The wilder beast is searching for sight’
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Featured on the 2005 album “Wolfmother”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
10 . Clinic – Circle Of Fifths |
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Featured on the 2004 album “Winchester Cathedral”. Lyrics >> More by the same : Official Site |
11 . Towers Of London – How Rude She Was |
‘Boozing at Koko she don’t wanna pogo’
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Featured on the 2006 album “Blood Sweat and Towers”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
12 . Billy Gilman – One Voice |
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Featured on the 2000 album “One Voice”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
And the correct answers (in case you missed one or two) are:
1. “Ask Me How I Am” by Snow Patrol peaked at 25 on the UK Indie Chart. Not quite a chart-topper, but respectable for a single with a max CD companion.
2. “Desire” by GusGus blends electronic, house, and trip hop elements. Punk remains securely outside their sonic reach.
3. Tramp Attack’s “Oh When the Sun Goes Down” scored a feature in “The Responder.” A prime time spotlight for the Liverpudlian tune.
4. The Go! Team tackled legal hurdles with a 2005 reissued “Thunder, Lightning, Strike” due to sample clearance headaches. Keeping them lawyers dancing.
5. Grant Gee crafted the storyline for Suede’s “Obsessions.” Every step in its music video delineated by a Gee-led vision.
6. Antony Hegarty guest-starred in Banhart’s “Heard Somebody Say” video. If “freak folk” needed a visual wisp, they found it.
7. Palladium hit the road with Amy Winehouse, catching the aftertaste of “Rehab.” Just a side-kick in Winehouse’s massive shadow.
8. Living ‘Ghostfaced’, The Dead 60s merged punk, ska, and reggae in a rhythm collision. Dialects of disharmony blended smoothly.
9. Bob Dylan’s iconic “All Along the Watchtower” inspired Wolfmother’s thievish exploits. Lyric thievery is no crime in rock n’ roll.
10. Clinic’s “Circle of Fifths” nods to music theory, circling around key chord relationships. A melodious lesson in title form.
11. Towers of London’s “How Rude She Was” entered brash history books in 2006. A sonic footnote in punk meets glam lore.
12. Billy Gilman’s “One Voice” made him the youngest solo male to enter the country’s Billboard top 40. Child’s play indeed.
For THE FULL ‘VOUS AVEZ DIT BIZARRE’ COLLECTION click here
NB . You may wonder what are these “Quotes” attached to certain photos above. Well! For a specific song, we select a still image from the video on one side and choose a lyric from the song on the other side. We ensure that the lyric has a connection to the image, although sometimes the connection may be far-fetched or based on a double entendre, creating a humorous or meme-like combination when the two are merged together. Et voilà!
Bizarre Quotes • So we’d make a good team right away (Snow Patrol) • The wilder beast is searching for sight (Wolfmother) • Boozing at Koko she don’t wanna pogo (Towers Of London) •
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