Artist of the Week III – Quiz #29

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2019 Artists of the Week (so far): George Harrison, Notorious B.I.G., Amy Winehouse, Van Halen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mariah Carey, Elton John, Gorillaz, Led Zeppelin, Aretha Franklin, Cheap Trick, Can, Kanye West, Fleetwood Mac, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Black Sabbath, Tina Turner, Jeff Buckley, The Monkees, Fiona Apple, Kiss, Dr. Dre, Ella Fitzgerald, Pixies, Supertramp, The Strokes, Common

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My thanks to all who have participated in the “Artist of the Week” quizzes so far.

Congrats to all those who correctly identified Common last week.

The results after 28 weeks (as of Friday afternoon – results submitted after that time will be added to next week’s spreadsheet):

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Ready for Quiz #29?

Go!

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Quiz Rules/Format
(Same as last year, feel free to skip to the quiz if you know the rules already)

Your Task: Name the mystery Artist, ideally with as few clues as possible.

Correctly guess the artist on the first clue? 500 points.

After scrolling down to the second clue? 400 points.

Still don’t know after the fifth clue? 0 points, but a crisp high-five for participating.

I’ll use google translate to put the correct answer at the bottom in Arabic (if you read Arabic, that’s fantastic, but no cheating by reading ahead!) and you can translate it back to the language of your choice to confirm your answer.

In the comments, please enter your POINTS earned (not the artist name) and I’ll keep track of the running totals in a spreadsheet.

In addition to eternal bragging rights, the winner at the end of the year may even get something as prestigious as a digital certificate.

Here goes!

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Artist of the Week #29
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points………………..Terrific, if somewhat maddeningly inconsistent, still active American band; case in point, on the track-list of their 1994 album (Vitalogy), one of the finest songs ever committed to tape (Corduroy) leads into one of the all-time great listener endurance tests (Bugs)!

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400 points……………….Although I am a big fan of the band now, this was not always the case, as shown by this irate letter from 1992/93...

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300 points……………….Their album, Ten, is on the 1001 list…and their lead singer, Eddie Vedder, had the definitive ’90s voice that was often imitated & never quite duplicated

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200 points………………..The solution to the film title puzzle below:

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100 points………………..The artist is P______ J___

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Answer: مربى اللؤلؤ

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

On August 20, 2016 (the night of the final Tragically Hip concert), at this group’s show in Chicago, Eddie Vedder made a really nice on-stage tribute to Gord Downie. Well worth a view here.