I annoy my wife with these quizzes. You’ll get the idea pretty quick.
1. She can wound with her eyes. How can she kill?
2. Where did she take the midnight train to?
3. Where did he take the midnight train to?
4. How do I feel about your ability to find a better mate?
5. Who rings like a bell through the night?
6. Where was a woman’s soul made?
7. When is she stealing my heart, my soul.
8. What could a hundred men do?
9. What percentage of people danced to the jailhouse rock?
10. Once I begin, how often will I cease?
1. She can wound with her eyes. How can she kill?
She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes. (Billy Joel, She’s Always a Woman)
2. Where did she take the midnight train to?
She took the midnight train going anywhere (Journey, Don’t Stop Believing)
3. Where did he take the midnight train to?
Georgia. He’s leaving, on that Midnight Train to Georgia (Gladys Knight)
4. How do I feel about your ability to find a better mate?
You could’ve done better, but I don’t mind (Bob Dylan, Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright)
5. Who rings like a bell through the night?
Rhiannon. Wouldn’t you love to love her? (Fleetwood Mac)
6. Where was a woman’s soul made?
The soul of a woman was created below. (Led Zeppelin Dazed and Confused)
7. When is she stealing my heart, my soul.
Now. Even now. (Bob Seger)
8. What could a hundred men do?
Nothing. There’s nothing that a hundred men (or more) could ever do. (Toto, Africa)
9. What percentage of people danced to the jailhouse rock?
Unknown. We do know that everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the jailhouse rock. (Elvis Presley)
10. Once I begin, how often will I cease?
Never. If you start me up, I’ll never stop. Never, never, never stop. (Rolling Stones)
Look for more of these…
1) Mr. Brightside by The Killers. “Jealousy, turning saints into the sea…”
2) Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meatloaf. “…glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.”
I went 0 for 2 on the retaliation questions.
Dismal showing – this is all I can come up with:
1. Smile
2. Georgia
6. Below
9. 100%
Retaliation questions:
1. (hint – this is post 2000’s) What does jealousy turn saints into?
2. (pre-2000’s) What is our backseat romance glowing like?
I always assumed it meant that the marriage ceremony will be old-fashioned, but now I see the ambiguity.
From the same song, there are at least three Police/Sting songs that use the lyric, “It’s a big enough umbrella, but it’s always me that ends up getting wet.” Name them?
When Sting sings that “I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day and ask her if she will marry me in some old fashioned way”, is he suggesting that his method of asking her to marry him will be done in an old-fashioned way, or that he wishes the marriage ceremony itself be done in an old-fashioned way?