So I had my 25 for today all planned out…and then I was struck with a really fun idea while listening to The Band and Muddy Waters on the boPod.
So here are 25 little music trivia questions.
1. What was Muddy Waters’ second cousin’s name?
2. On “Chocolate City” by Parliament, who does George propose be named First Lady?
3. What does Prince suggest he and his lady name their baby? And what is that name conditional upon?
4. What high school did Phife Dawg attend?
5. What the hell was Willie D. thinking when he put on that purple acid wash thing before the Geto Boys shot the album cover for We Can’t Be Stopped?
(I should retract that question because no one knows the answer to that. Further, Willie D. is one of the three last rappers I’d like to throw hands with.)
6. Finish the following Otis Redding lyric: “Pretty lil thang, lemme light yo candle/cuz mama i’m so hard to handle, now/….” What are the dots?
7. What is the setting of OutKast’s “Player’s Ball?”
8. On what album would I find LL Cool J’s “Goin Back to Cali?”
9. What’s that chick’s name that keeps popping up all over the Counting Crows’ August and Everything After?
10. Stagger Lee threw 7. What did Billy swear he threw?
11. What R&B legend showed up to his mentor’s funeral with his mentor’s wife and, according to witness, wore one of his mentor’s suits?
12. What did Neil Young hear on “Southern Man?”
13. On “Bold As Love,” Hendrix said, “my mellow, in this case, is not so mellow. In fact I’m trying to say it’s frightened like…” Dots?
14. What did Jagger say black girl “just like” on “Some Girls?”
15. On a similar theme, what did Lou Reed want his girlfriend’s name to be on “I Wanna Be Black?”
16. Marvin Gaye had a song called “Sanctified Lady.” What did he originally want that song to be titled, a song he tried to get released for years?
17. According to The White Album, what is happiness?
18. What is Van Morrison’s “Madame George” about?
19. What cologne does Slick Rick wear on “La-Di-Da-Di?”
20. What cologne does Snoop Doggy Dogg wear on “Lodi Dodi?”
21. How come Meth lost track of “The Killer” tape?
22. On “Supersonic,” what’s the “E” stand for?
23. Fill in the blank from teh following Haile Selassie quote–“until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than ______, me say war.”
24. How is it that Stevie Wonder makes so many visual references in his songs?
25. If Biggie told you to go to room 112, who would you say sent you?
Have fun. Most can be found on Google, but why cheat?
Here are the answers.