Musically Yours
A quiz after a long time in this blog..
1. A simple one to begin with, ‘Wish you were here’ by Pink Floyd is a ‘calling’ to a very special person. Who?
2. This ‘kid’ I’m talking about topped the list of "25 Greatest Short Dudes of All Time" [MAXIM]. Who am I talking about?
3. Its all right - One of the greatest hits by G’NR is a cover of which band’s ‘mild’ hit?
4. This album was fully conceived and done completely in hotel rooms, where the singer, with his guitar, and his sound engineer, with his computer, stayed during his tours. The name of the album is also reflected on this fact. Give the album and singer?
5. X, a rap group on its way to the top in the 80’s. One of their great successes was a cover of Y [“Walk this way”] a rock group who were then ridin’ high and now one of the legends in rock music. Nearly twenty years later, Z, a rap legend in makin’ asked Y to lend their music to his song bringing the circle to complete! Identify X, Y and Z.
6. This highly influential punk rock group released just a single album in their lifetime. Their songs were considered to be tight and extremely vibrant with the fury reflected in their live performances. Their album cover was in top 100 album covers of all time by VH1. During their last gig, the lead singer, in true punk, just dropped the mike and left, signaling the end of the band after a mere three years of existence. Now which band am I talking about?
7. This singer made his debut in film music as a singer in 1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna. He holds the Guinness record for having sung the most number of song recordings by any single male singer. Who?
8. At just 16 years old, he produced television serials for TV which included serials such as “Andaz” & “Amar Prem”. His first big break came when Salman Khan gave him the chance to be a music director for the movie “Bandhan” along with the composer Anand Raj Anand, though this was not his first but it was first film in which he was billed. Identify?
9. This composer I’m talking of was a habitual chain smoker of cigarettes. A diagnosis of throat cancer led his doctors to recommend a new and experimental treatment called radiation therapy, which was being offered in Brussels, Belgium. He died there on November 29, 1924 from complications from the treatment. Uncontrolled bleeding led to a heart attack one day after undergoing surgery. News of his death reached Rome during a performance of La bohème. The opera was immediately stopped, and the orchestra played Chopin's Funeral March for the stunned audience. Name?
10. Name all musicians ‘associated’ with Pamela Anderson (Officially)?
1. A simple one to begin with, ‘Wish you were here’ by Pink Floyd is a ‘calling’ to a very special person. Who?
2. This ‘kid’ I’m talking about topped the list of "25 Greatest Short Dudes of All Time" [MAXIM]. Who am I talking about?
3. Its all right - One of the greatest hits by G’NR is a cover of which band’s ‘mild’ hit?
4. This album was fully conceived and done completely in hotel rooms, where the singer, with his guitar, and his sound engineer, with his computer, stayed during his tours. The name of the album is also reflected on this fact. Give the album and singer?
5. X, a rap group on its way to the top in the 80’s. One of their great successes was a cover of Y [“Walk this way”] a rock group who were then ridin’ high and now one of the legends in rock music. Nearly twenty years later, Z, a rap legend in makin’ asked Y to lend their music to his song bringing the circle to complete! Identify X, Y and Z.
6. This highly influential punk rock group released just a single album in their lifetime. Their songs were considered to be tight and extremely vibrant with the fury reflected in their live performances. Their album cover was in top 100 album covers of all time by VH1. During their last gig, the lead singer, in true punk, just dropped the mike and left, signaling the end of the band after a mere three years of existence. Now which band am I talking about?
7. This singer made his debut in film music as a singer in 1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna. He holds the Guinness record for having sung the most number of song recordings by any single male singer. Who?
8. At just 16 years old, he produced television serials for TV which included serials such as “Andaz” & “Amar Prem”. His first big break came when Salman Khan gave him the chance to be a music director for the movie “Bandhan” along with the composer Anand Raj Anand, though this was not his first but it was first film in which he was billed. Identify?
9. This composer I’m talking of was a habitual chain smoker of cigarettes. A diagnosis of throat cancer led his doctors to recommend a new and experimental treatment called radiation therapy, which was being offered in Brussels, Belgium. He died there on November 29, 1924 from complications from the treatment. Uncontrolled bleeding led to a heart attack one day after undergoing surgery. News of his death reached Rome during a performance of La bohème. The opera was immediately stopped, and the orchestra played Chopin's Funeral March for the stunned audience. Name?
10. Name all musicians ‘associated’ with Pamela Anderson (Officially)?
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