Time for another music quizz…
While the last one was all about unearthing hidden samples, we are doing things a bit differently this time:
All track excerpts below are full on covers, rather than mere remixes of the originals. Styles of both original material and covers run across a very large span, so you all have a chance, no matter what your tastes veer to. We got a fairly even spread across rock, folk, house and electro. Often both between either version of a track.
Rules are simple: original song title and interpret gets you 1 point, cover artist gets you another. DO NOT post your answers in the comment area below, but use the contact form instead.
Results and name of lucky winner of a surprise worthless gift will be announced next weekend.
The tracks:
Update 01/05/07: Results have finally been posted here. Thanks for playing !
Well this one is gonna drive me crazy for a week. I got 4 original song titles and artists but no idea who’s covering them, another 2 are on the tip of my tongue – pretty sure I know the original artists but can’t remember which songs they are, and the other 4 – well, fuck me. I have NO IDEA who did ’em! But I will keep listening, I’m sure they’ll start to register with every new listen. This is fun.
Yikes! Just got your tip-off today. Please don’t post the answers till I have a bash at it.
seems the quiz is too hard…
Dear Dave,
I’m afraid I won’t be as knowledgeable as I’ve proven myself to be through your
previous quizzes 🙁
Let’s begin with basic facts: I have no idea what 3, 4, 6 8, 9 and 10 are
about. Be it originals or covers. No clue whatsoever. I’m afraid I won’t be
able to claim the “surprise worthless gift”, even though, if memory serves me
well, you still owe me a lait-fraise:)
However, I might have figured out some of the originals, even if I remain
totally ignorant of the covers, and
I can’t be bothered to checkI don’t want to cheat through Google:through
1)I was made for loving you – Kiss
2)je t’aime (moi non plus) – Gainsbourg
5) Kraftwerk (Can’t remember the title 🙁
7 – Les feuilles mortes – Yves Montand
Yep… 3,5 out of 10… More like 7 out of 20, if I understood the
original/cover pairs we had to find out… Not very proud of myself, here 🙁
Did you consider offering any consolation prize ?
Bise,
Plage 1 :
Version originale :
Kiss – I was made for loving you
Version reprise par Queen of Japan
Plage 2 :
Version originale :
Je t’aime, moi, non plus – Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
Version reprise par Miss Kittin & The hacker
Plage 3 :
Version originale :
Strings Of Life – Rhythim Is Rhythim
Version reprise par Williams Fairey Band
Plage 4 :
Version originale :
I wanna be your dog – The stooges
Version reprise par Dakar & Grinser
Plage 5 :
Version originale :
Radioactivity – Kraftwerk
Version reprise par Señor Coconut
Plage 6 :
Version originale :
?
Version reprise par ?
Plage 7 :
Version originale :
La chanson de Prévert – Serge Gainsbourg
Version reprise par Kaho Minami
Plage 8 :
Version originale :
Cat scratch fever – Ted Nuggent
Version reprise par Moog Cookbook
Plage 9 :
Version originale :
?
Version reprise par ?
Plage 10 :
Version originale :
A guy called gerald – Voodoo Ray
Version reprise par Williams Fairey Band
Quick bash this morning before work. Some of my answers will no doubt give you a
good laugh, but as I always told my students, whenever possible, it’s better to
hazard a guess than leave it blank.
1a Kiss – I was made for loving you
1b Queen of Japan
2a Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin – Je t’aime, moi non plus
2b Brian Molko & Asia Argento
3a Rhythim is Rhythim – Strings of Life
3b Williams Fairey Brass Band
4a New Order – Blue Monday
4b From As Heard on Radio Soulwax?
5a Emil Richards or Cal Tjader with Perez Prado (shouts at 12s) and the Tito
Puente Orchestra(?!) –
?
5b ?
6a Underworld – Born Slippy.NUXX
6b ?
7a Gainsbourg – Les feuilles mortes
7b Kaho Minami
8a Amii Stewart (first by Eddie Floyd) – Knock on Wood
8b Soulwax
9a Gary Numan – Cars
9b Beuh …
10a Voodoo Ray – A Guy Called Gerald
10b Williams Fairey Brass Band
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je t’aime.
the rest sound like kraftwerk fucking crash bandicoot.
you claim they are stylistically variant. in there original maybe. the covers
all sound like a nippon-o-fetishist’s-electro-love-fest.
i congratulate you.