Below are fifteen songs. Next to each song is the name of a band who covered the song. Your task, without looking it up anywhere, is to name the person/band who wrote (or played) the original.
Some are old; some are new; all are borrowed; few are blue.
- Take Me To The River - Talking Heads Al Green - [Bobby L]
- Between The Bars - Madeleine Peyroux Elliot Smith - [M]
- Sound And Vision - Sea And Cake David Bowie - [Bobby L]
- Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm Micheal Jackson - [Bobby L]
- Where Have All The Good Times Gone - Van Halen
- Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Joni MItchell - [Bobby L]
- I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston Dolly Parton - [Bobby L]
- Bringin on the Heartbreak - Mariah Carey Def Leppard - [Bobby L]
- This Love - Natasha Bedingfield Maroon 5 - [Bobby L]
- Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins Fleetwood Mac - [Bobby L]
- Red Red Wine - UB40 Neil Diamond - [Bobby L]
- Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot Slade - [Rob C]
- Jolene - The White Stripes Dolly Parton - [Rob C]
- Hallelujah - Jeff BuckleyLeonard Cohen- [Rob C]
- Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner CCR - [Bobby L]
Post your answers in comments. I'll mark them off as people get them. Void where prohibited.
You can click here for the answers. But give it a good try, first!
Oooohhhh——can’t resist—–
1. Al Green
2. No flippin’ clue
3. Errr… David Bowie?
4. Michaela Jackson
5. Disgracefully, I knoweth not.
6. Joni Mitchell
7. Dolly P represeh-in’
8. Those wacky fellows in Def Leppard
9. Maroon…uh…6?
10. Fleetwood Mac
11. Neil Diamond
12. Christ, I thought they wrote that. A dubious distinction awaits…someone.
13. Errr…Ray LaMountain sp.?
14. Lernerd Cerstein
15. Cleedence Crearwater Revilevel
Good ‘un if you can stump this old song student.
heh. i knew you’d do well, but damn!
not gonna give you 14, though.
I hate this game.
the next game will be all puns
Cum on Feel the Noize – Slade
Jolene – Dolly Parton
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
the next game will be all puns
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
between the bars = elliott smith