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[seaside]

Just wondered if anyone could suggest music/song connection round subjects. I would like to play 9 songs and then have people guess the connection. My movie knowledge is good but songs are more than a bit rusty. I saw one idea about American cities, any help would be fanastic. Cheers

[canine plums]

New York, New York - Frank Sinatra

Chatanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller

Wichata Lineman - Glen Campbell

Galveston - ??

anything by - Gloria Estafan and the Miami Sound Machine

Do you know the way to San Jose - ??

Is this the way to Amarillo - Tony Christie

There are a few ideas to start with.

[*purplequiz*]

I do musical connections too - here are a few ideas I've used in the past. Sorry - my music collection isn't very up-to-date though, as will become obvious...!

Beatles songs - loads of people have done Beatles covers!

Red, white and Blue - if you're doing nine songs, how about three 'Reds' (eg Little Red Rooster / Old Red Eyes is Back) then three 'Whites' (White Wedding / Nights in White Satin) and three 'Blues' (Blue Monday / I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues) ?

Fruit and Veg! - Blueberry Hill / Sergeant Pepper / Peaches and so on

Wedding Anniversaries - China Girl / Silver Lining / Ruby Tuesday / Gold / Diamonds are Forever

Songs with French Titles - Cherie Amour / Femme Fatale / C'est La Vie / Voulez Vous.....

Newspapers - Independent Woman / Mirror Mirror / Express Yourself / Here Comes the Sun etc

Names beginning with... - Annie's Song / Alison / Angie / Alice, What's the Matter

& how about some connections between the singers rather than the songs -

One word names (Bjork / Sting / Madonna / Dido / Enya / Seal)

People who've done James Bond themes (eg. Sheryl Crow / Garbage / Duran Duran / Madonna)


Hope it's useful!

[seaside]

that's fantatic, gives me plenty to work with. cheers.

[Patrice]

Eh up, Seaside.

Don't know if you're still having trouble, but found this website recently which has helped me do themed connected music rounds in the past:

http://www.everyhit.com/

They have a search engine which you can use to narrow down your titles.

It's brilliant!

[seaside]

Thanks for that. It was a site I knew of. I'm short of imagination. Cheers

[Zevon]

FOOD AND DRINK

Loads of songs and artists with a food/drink conection. I did one of these recently and finished with Just like Eddie by Heinz and Dianne by the Batchelors, both makes of soup. Other good ones are,

Since yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade

History - Mai Tai

Woodstock - Mathews Southern Comfort

Have fun :D

[Fraenulum]

Depends on how smart the target audience is...

How about groups that are just letters/numbers, UB40, ELO, M, ELP, OMD, OMC, AC/DC...

Or groups that have brothers within it, Bros, Spandau Ballet, Credence Clearwater Revival, UB40, Kinks, Proclaimers, Sparks...

[Fraenulum]

Here's another....

Songs by Rod Stewart, Elton John, Craig David, Dean Martin, Bob Dylan, Billy Paul, Toni Basil, George Micheal, Paul Simon, Buddy Holly, Gary Jules, Etta James, Billy Joel.... (do you know what it is yet!)

Or songs titles that contain parts of the body... Cry your eyes out (Streets), Under my skin (Sinatra), Hold your hand (Beatles), Arms wide open (creed), Under my thumb (Stones), Lying eyes (Eagles), Hot legs (Rod Stewart), Tiger feet (Mud), Little Willy (Sweet), Won't back down (Tom Petty), Can't get you outa my head (Kylie), Great balls of fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)....

Songs used in movies... don't name the song, but name the movie.

There are loads of songs with a number in the title... 9 million bycicles, 3 times a lady, take 5, 1812 overture, 2 little boys, when I'm 64, 7 seas of rhye, 500 miles, Pennyslvania 65000, 99 red balloons (I love those German armpits), the night has a 1000 eyes, 24hrs to Tulsa... ask for one answer only.... what's the sum of the lot! Could be a million out!.

Good luck.

[seaside]

Cheers everyone. :D

[emerald125]

Hi All

Bit late here but there is a great podcast I listen to call the Music I-Quiz. Its a theme based music quiz with 20 songs each week.. all in some way related...

Some previous ones have been songs about mothers, birds, years, letters of the alphabet - up to K i think - There are over 80 quizes on the site to download and listen to.

http://musiciquiz.libsyn.com/

Emerald

[vxwk]

Old thread but here's some more ideas if anyone else is making a similar quiz:

Royal Titles:
Killer Queen, SirDuke or songs by Lorde or Prince

UK Prime Ministers:
Maggie May, Brown Eyed Girl, Major Tom/Major Lazer

Maths Symbols:
Joy Division, The Equals, Sign of the Times

Playing Cards:
Club Foot, Heart of Glass, Diamonds are forever

Senses:
Can't Touch This, Smells like Teen Spirit, Love at First Sight

Bands formed in (Sheffield):
Heaven 17, Arctic Monkeys, Human League

[sundayquiz]

Hi,

I run a regular quiz and one of the more difficult connections I was pleased with was:

1. We Will Rock You - Queen
2. Half the World Away - Oasis
3. You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
4. How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
5. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
6. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
7. The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
8. Hound Dog - Elvis
9. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
10. Into the Groove - Madonna

If I think of any more then I'm happy to let you know. I'm going through my quiz archives at the moment to put on my site. There are around 8 music rounds on there at the moment with .MP3, Spotify or YouTube playlists.

[crazybone]

Hi

Some animal related ones. All number ones as far as I am aware.

DANCE MONKEY TONES & I
DARE GORILLAZ
DON'T CHA PUSSYCAT DOLLS FT BUSTA RHYMES
EYE OF THE TIGER SURVIVOR
GECKO (OVERDRIVE) OLIVER HELDENS & BECKY HILL
I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR ARCTIC MONKEYS
I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS BOOMTOWN RATS
MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS BRIAN AND MICHAEL
MISSISSIPPI PUSSYCAT
MOULDY OLD DOUGH LIEUTENANT PIGEON
RAT TRAP THE BOOMTOWN RATS
RUNNING BEAR JOHNNY PRESTON
THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT TIGHT FIT
THREE LIONS BADDIEL/SKINNER/LIGHTNING SEEDS
TIGER FEET MUD
5 COLOURS IN HER HAIR MCFLY <-- this is a cheeky one (HARE)
KARMA CHAMELEON CULTURE CLUB

[crazybone]

Some more for colours. All UK number 1 to the best of my knowledge.

99 RED BALLOONS NENA
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PINK FLOYD
ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART CILLA BLACK
BLACK COFFEE ALL SAINTS
BLACK OR WHITE MICHAEL JACKSON
BLUE MOON MARCELS
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S DEEP BLUE SOMETHING
FAIRGROUND SIMPLY RED
FIRE! CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN
FORGET YOU CEE LO GREEN
GO NOW THE MOODY BLUES
GREEN DOOR SHAKIN' STEVENS
GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME TOM JONES
I GOTTA FEELING BLACK EYED PEAS
ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI BOMBALURINA
LILY THE PINK THE SCAFFOLD
LITTLE RED ROOSTER THE ROLLING STONES
MEN IN BLACK WILL SMITH
RED RED WINE UB40
RIDE ON TIME BLACK BOX
SILVER LADY DAVID SOUL
SO WHAT PINK
THE LADY IN RED CHRIS DE BURGH
TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE TONY ORLANDO & DAWN
TOO CLOSE BLUE
TRUE BLUE MADONNA
WHERE IS THE LOVE BLACK EYED PEAS
YELLOW RIVER CHRISTIE