Artist of the Week IV – Quiz #38

Exceptional Artist of the Week IV Series logo by Sarca @ caughtmegaming

2020 Artists of the Week (so far):

The Cure, Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Taylor Swift, Venom, Chuck Berry, Dixie Chicks, Billy Idol, Randy Newman, Jay-Z, Alanis Morissette, Pulp, The Byrds, Love, Queen Latifah, Muddy Waters, Robbie Williams, Rage Against the Machine, The Cars, Janet Jackson, King Crimson, Arcade Fire, James Brown, Daft Punk, PJ Harvey, Soundgarden, Dave Matthews Band, Stephen Stills, New Order, The Wallflowers, Billie Holiday, Earth Wind & Fire, Nirvana, Nick Drake, The Guess Who, Norah Jones, Cat Stevens

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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 Cat Stevens last week.

The results after 37 weeks (as of Wednesday evening – results submitted after that time will be added to next week’s spreadsheet):

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Ready for Quiz #38?

There’s No Other Way!

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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 #38
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

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500 points…………………British band, formed in London in the late 1980s. They hit their commercial peak, selling millions of albums to Girls & Boys worldwide, in the mid-90s ‘Britpop’ era.

Impressively, despite a couple of hiatuses and a brief early 2000s window as a 3-piece, the band lineup has been consistent: drummer Dave Rowntree, bassist Alex James, guitarist Graham Coxon…

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400 points…………………and singer Damon Albarn (who in addition to being the lead vocalist for this group, also provides vocals for the virtual band, Gorillaz)

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300 points……………………They have a trio of albums on the 1001 list: Modern Life is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994), and their 1997 self-titled / lo-fi masterpiece (featuring the inescapable-at-the-time Song 2). Woo hoo indeed!

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200 points………………..The fittingly-named effect used on this photo of the band, to render it unclear!

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100 points………………..The artist is B____

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Answer: طمس

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

The Universal – easily in my all-time Top 15 songs!