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AT40 Music Trivia Answers

1) If you want to do your thing
Do it now…
Come on now, don`t you be ashamed
.. it can be a woman
Or a man, do your thing..
The Staple Singers Oh La De Dah!

2) Like nine cans of shaving powder
The Ohio Players Funky Worm

3) I’m so self contented that it sometimes frightens me
I can do most anything with no one helping me
Ronnie Dyson One Man Band

4) college didn’t turn out like you planned
Steely Dan Reeling in the Years

5) Lift us up to the heaven of holiness, oh source of our being
Hummingbird Seals & Croft

6) f.l.a.
Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side

7) All over the road, technicolor man!
Loudon Wainwright III Dead Skunk
(I had such a huge crush on this guy when he appeared on M*A*S*H)

8) good things not bad
The Carpenters Sing

9) the whole damn bus
Tony Orlando & Dawn Tie a Yellow Ribbon around the Old Oak Tree

10 (the number one song this week:)
andy lying on the floor
Vicki Lawrence Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

Interesting to find out that Seals & Croft were Baha’i: so also were England Dan and John Ford Coley. Other 70s stars were also influenced by this religion which seems to be the “Quaker/Inner Light” form of the Islamic tradition, “quiet pentecostalism” like Hasidism is for Judaism.

Which one is Tony, which one is Orlando and which one is Dawn?

Yep. It’s true…

I just purchased the entire first season (1976) of Wonderwoman off of the iTunes Music Store. 14 hours of Classic TV for $24 isn’t too bad. Lynda Carter… in her satin tights, fighting for our rights. I was a devout watcher of this show when I was in Jr High School. We won’t get into the True Confessions aspect but suffice to say that in 1976, everyone should have known.

A Desktop image for your amusement:

A writer once theorised that gay kids preferred Bewitched to I Dream of Jeannie. Strangely enough nearly everyone on Bewitched was either queer or involved in queer-activism in the 80s and 90s. I liked the Jeannie show too because it involved Astronauts - I wanted to be one when I grew up.

Anyway, I digress. I think all my friends, gay and straight, had an attachment to Lynda Carter. (And yes, Lyle Waggoner was pretty hot.)

AT40 Music Trivia Quiz

From 14 April 1973:

In April 1973 “All In The Family”, “Sanford & Son”, and “Hawaii 5-0″ were leading the pack on TV, and “The Godfather”, “The Candidate”, and “The Poseidon Adventure” were leading the pack at the Academy Awards. Meanwhile in Hollywood the king of all countdowns Casey Kasem was preparing his weekly American Top 40 show so you could hear the biggest hits in all the land!

Here are the lyrics. Name the songs. As always, fewer words mean I think you’ll find it too easy; and the answers will show up Monday night. Deodato’s Also Sprach Zarathustra (radio version), a funky instrumental, was in this countdown at #14. This gave Mr Kasem a chance to expound on the Zoroastrian prophet. He did this without mentioning any of the other religious themes that popped up in this countdown - which I found interesting. Duelling Banjoes was also in this countdown: no lyrics though. Pity, cu’z you sure do have a pretty mouth…

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Damn Hippies…

NPR has posted this Rilly Trippy Acid Flashback to the 70s… documenting on the history (and reunion) of “The Family” and their founder (now dead, and not at the reunion) YaHoWa13… It’s a three-parter and here’s a link to part 3: YaHoWa13: A ’70s Spiritual Rock Commune Reunites. That page has links to parts one and two. There are some amazing pictures as well. It’s an interesting view of the spiritual energies that also brought us the Jesus Freaks, the Vineyard movement and the Evangelical Orthodox movement (and thus much of modern US Antiochianism).

AT40 Music Trivia Answers

Here are the answers to Saturday’s Trivia Game.

1) Went down to geisha minah
Queen Killer Queen

2) I’m running out of ways makin you care
Helen Ready Emotion

3) The band performs in the nude.
Sugarloaf Don’t call us we’ll call you

4) Touch me and my troubles abate
Styx Lady

5) so sad that it makes everybody cry
BJ Thomas Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (I got to see him in concert once, in 1980.)

6) Better keep your eyes on the road, son
Better slow this vehicle down
Sammy Johns Chevy Van

7) this time before you leave my arms
The Supremes Stop in the Name of Love

8) just one of those things You put down to experience
Sweet Sensation Sad Sweet Dreamer

9) Remember one monkey don’t stop no show
Shirley and Company Shame Shame Shame

10) If you don’t mind the fact that all the merchandise is used
Dolly Parton The Bargain Store

The #1 song for the week of 29 March 1975, as tabulated by Billboard based on record sales and radio plays:

He’s living his brave life of lies
Labelle Lady Marmalade

AT40 Trivia Game

Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 from 29 March 1975 Here are the lyrics - what are the songs? (Answers will post Monday Night.) As always - if I think the song is popular, there are fewer words: YMMV.

1) Went down to geisha minah

2) I’m running out of ways makin you care

3) The band performs in the nude.

4) Touch me and my troubles abate

5) so sad that it makes everybody cry

6) Better keep your eyes on the road, son

7) this time before you leave my arms

8) just one of those things You put down to experience

9) Remember one monkey don’t stop no show

10) If you don’t mind the fact that all the merchandise is used

The #1 song for the week of 29 March 1975, as tabulated by Billboard’s record survey; based on record sales and radio plays:

He’s living his brave life of lies

Music Trivia Answers (from AT40 10 March 1979)

Here’s the answers

1) On your ladder I’ll be a peg
Chic I want your love

2) I get the saddest thoughts for you and me
Gino Vanelli I Just Want To Stop

3) Too Slow To Unriddle Your Problems
Nigel Olsson Dancing Shoes

4) my last swallow
Kenny Rogers The Gambler

5) Some people go around the world for love
But they may never find what they dream of
Bobby Caldwell What You Won’t Do for Love

6) danced without a net upon the wire
Melissa Manchester Don’t Cry Out Loud

7) Hoppin and boppin
Elton John Crocodile Rock

8) days of stopping at the Savoy
Chic Le Freak

9) He sees to it That I get enough
Amii Stewart Knock on Wood

Music Trivia from AT40 10 March 1979

Here’s the lyrics! The answers will show up later! (As always, if I think you’ll know the song, there are fewer words. But what I think is rare you may find common.)

1) On your ladder I’ll be a peg

2) I get the saddest thoughts for you and me

3) Too Slow To Unriddle Your Problems

4) my last swallow

5) Some people go around the world for love
But they may never find what they dream of

6) danced without a net upon the wire

7) Hoppin and boppin

8) days of stopping at the Savoy

9) He sees to it That I get enough

#10 on the Countdown Dire Straits Sultans of Swing
#9 The Village People YMCA
#8 The Doobie Brothers What a Fool Believes
#7 Peaches and Herb Shake Your Groove Thang
#6 Olivia Newton John A Little More Love
…

OOPS. This countdown got interrupted by some errands when I forgot to take the XM receiver to the car. So we’ll have to stop it there…

(You can see the 80s were just around the corner, eh?)

Music Trivia Answers: AT40 4 Mar 1972

1) a fly with a buzz and a sky with no clouds
America A Horse with No Name

2) Aye no. Oh. Ma. Ma. Ma!
Baby. Darling. Diga me. Ah!
No. No. No. Noooo!
Soi. Soi! Soi! (Ugggggg!)
AHhhhhhhhhaaaaaa. Ahhhhhhhhaaaaa. (Mmmmmm.)
Chakachas Jungle Fever

3) Headed for Las Vegas, only made it out to Needles.
Three Dog Night Never Been to Spain

4) Don’t shed a tear for me / That’s not your style
Bee Gees My World

5) People never stay the same forever.
Somebody always loves a little more.
Beverly Bremers Don’t Say You Don’t Remember

6) the course of a lifetime runs over and over again
Paul Simon Mother and Child Reunion

7) we were all in one place
Don McLean’s American Pie

8) When he sets you free
Just the way that you
Said goodbye to me
Chere The Way of Love

9) untamed youth that’s the truth with your cloak full of eagles
T-Rex Bang a Gong

10) “your face as you were leaving”
Harry Nilsson Without You