Commonalities Quiz: (for us common types)

I did this in the hope that it would be a little easier than the mind-melters usually posted here. I love quizzes, but I'm from the U.S., and haven't had the education most have had. :lol: So, name what these acts have in common, it could be song titles, band members, producers, or anything really… :whistle: Enjoy!!

COMMONALITIES QUIZZ

EASY:

a. The Soft Machine & The Police (huh: Andy Summers played guitar in both groups.)

b. The Rolling Stones & Kirsty MacColl (DJAsh: Both have albums produced by Steve Lillywhite (MacColl was married to him as well) The Stones album in question is their worst-ever: "Dirty Work".)

c. XTC & The Pretenders (rainmaster: Both Pretenders and XTC had drummers whose surnames were Chambers.)

d. Cornershop & The Buzzcocks (rainmaster: both have songs with "shit" in the title. "Good Shit" - Cornershop, and "Oh Shit" - Buzzcocks.)

e. The Replacements & The Who (Mere Pseud.: both had records with male first names [Tim and Tommy].)

MEDIUM:

f. Led Zeppelin & Sid Vicious (Mere pseud.:They both covered Eddie Cochran's ""C'mon Everybody")

g. Jimi Hendrix & Cilla Black (New Profile Razor Unit: Both opened for The Monkees on their 1967 tour.)

h. The Breeders & Cibo Matto (inherant vowel-uh: both had music featured in Buffy the vampire slayer)

i. Sex Pistols & Blur (Gene Vincents Amphetamine Breath: They both cover The Who's "Substitute.")

j. Shonen Knife & The Beatles* (New Profile Razor Unit:: They both cover The Shirelles' "Boys." In both cases, the drummer sings it...

DIFFICULT-ish:

k. Rank & File & Joni Mitchell (Mere pseud.: they both have songs called "Coyote.")

l. Nancy Sinatra & Björk (Mere pseud.: They both covered the Bond Theme : "You Only Live Twice." And Björk's is better!)

m. Thomas Dolby & Rick Wakeman (New Profile Razor Unit: Dolby and Wakeman have both done Ken Russell soundtracks. Wakeman did Lisztomania [And "Crimes Of Passion" as well.] Dolby did "Gothic".)

n. Martha & the Muffins & Bob Dylan (Mere pseud.: Both have albums produced by Daniel Lanois.)

o. Dread Zeppelin & The Attractions (rainmaster: both bands are fronted by guys named Elvis, neither of whom are the actual Elvis. Elvis Costello & "Tortelvis")

BONUS, TOOO EFFIN DIFFICULT?:

p. Dr. Jack Kervorkian & The Knack (rainmaster: 'Doug Fieger, singer with The Knack, was the brother of the Detroit attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, who represented Kervokian in some of his assisted suicide cases.' FL sez: The brothers look almost identical by the way, so when I turned on the T.V. one day and saw the singer for the Knack defending Kervorkian, I was surprised.... but it was just the brother, after all.)

q. The Fall & The Dukes Of Stratosphear (DJAsh: both have albums produced by John Leckie)

*Shonen Knife did a version of The Beatles' "Rain", but that's NOT what I'm looking for. I'm looking for an occasion where they behaved alike...

POINTS:

DJAsh: 2
huh: 1
Mere pseud.: 5
rainmaster: 4
New Profile Razor Unit: 3
Gene Vincents Amphetamine Breath: 1
inherant vowel-uh: 1

(Bonus Points)

rainmaster (for a better answer than the actual one)
DJAsh (for mentioning that Blur kicked Oasis' ass)
My Balloon (for mentioning Jubilee :lol: )
Gene Vincents Amphetamine Breath (for mentioning the classic: "Dogs.")
New Profile Razor Unit (for, like RM, coming up with a better answer than the one I was looking for)
spiring (for a better answer than the actual one... I'm the wrong one to be doing quizzes!)
(?) (for helping inherant vowel-uh out) :lol:

Q. Is John Leckie

B Did Steve Lillywhite produce some latterday Stones album? ( He was married to KM)

Nice quiz. I have to tell you though, you might think it's easy but I don't have a clue and could use several :lol: Thanks for the work in putting it together.

No.1 is Andy Summers, but i can't think why, it just is, i think.

edit, sorry 'a.'

The only thing I can think of is that the Rolling Stones(Brian) and Kirsty both met their ends in waterborne accidents.

C. Has Dave Gregory played with the Pretenders. Or Barry Andrews?

"accidents" mired in a lot controversy and conjecture

You bet your Ash! :lol:

Wow, give some others a chance, will ya? :lol: cos you're right again!

Hate to say it, but, no, that's not it. But an interesting connection...

We have a winner! When The Soft Machine, in their early years, were trying out guitarists, one was a young Andy Summers. They eventually went guitar-free...

Thanks DP! I almost put "Frank Zappa & The Penguins" but that would have been lobbing you an easy one: :lol:

No. But you're getting warmer... :rollover:

L. Just a wild stab in the dark, but did Bjork possibly cover a Nancy Sinatra song on her 1977 debut album (aged 11)?

No... not on that album... but I like the way you think! warmness is thine... :devil:

So we're talking a Nancy cover version on a later Bjork album...

Hmm... :unsure:

ooh, I hate clues, but it's not on an album... on reflection, (and a quick check of iTunes) that one should have been in the Extra-Friggin' Difficult category... :ohdear: I have to go to work, but if that question aint been solved by the time I return, I'll give it to RM, by default...

g. Hendrix appeared on Cilla's TV show?

Ah... nooo... back in a few hours.

l. Björk once covered "You Only Live Twice", made famous by Nancy Sinatra.

Both had gigs promoted by B Epstein

Wasn't he the only person to be in two (otherwise completely different in personnel) Soft Machines?

f. They both covered Eddie Cochran's ""C'mon Everybody".

Bugger. :angry:

n. I'm pretty sure M+M were once produced by Daniel Lanois who definitely worked for Bob Dylan.

Daniel Lanois was in Martha and the Muffins. (just a spectator here, I would never had made the connection).

j. They both played on a rooftop?

Pseud, you got it! Sorry RM... :ohdear:

Didn't know that! And not what I'm looking for... :ohdear:

Not that I know of. I think they abandoned guitars after Daevid Allen left...

ding ding ding! Winna!!! :lol:

Yup! You are on a roll. Jocelyne Lanois was the Lanois who was actually IN M + M (on Bass); I don't know what relation she is to Daniel, but there has to be one.

Is it that they both duetted with Dusty Springfield... sort of? :unsure:

:lol: keep going...

And the police got called

ha ha... no. But I loves me some Dusty! :wub:

No! What I meant by keep going, is, keep trying. Nothing to do with rooftops, policemen, or concerts. :(

Colin Moulding then....

Doh! Good quiz, by the way.

Dusty and Jimi doing "Mocking Bird" ^_^