# 70's Lyrics Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639 "2011-12-01T01:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/1 "2011-12-01T01:11:14Z")
Over a year ago, I posted a 70’s lyrics quiz. I thought I’d do another one! This one is a little different. You will get 1 point for the missing word, and 1 point for the band name/artist. There are 50 questions, so a total of 100 points are available. Some are hard, some are easy. Some use the rhyme, some don’t. I realized while making the list that some of these songs may be covers. All acceptable artists will be accepted. Spoiler your answer list like this: [noparse]1. missing word - band name 2. missing word - band name 3. missing word - band name 4. missing word - band name [/noparse] NO GOOGLING!!! We have to go on the honor system for this. Please don’t cheat. Quiz to follow. ETA: Crossposted at the Giraffe Boards ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/2 "2011-12-01T01:12:58Z")
1. I’m a rolling thunder, pourin rain I’m comin’ down like a \_\_\_\_\_\_ My lightning’s flashing across the sky You’re only young but you’re gonna die 2. I’m goin’ to the country, baby do you wanna go? If you can’t make it baby Your sister \_\_\_\_\_ said she wanna go 3. Do you, don’t you want me to love you I’m coming down fast but I’m miles above you Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer Well you may be a lover but you ain’t no \_\_\_\_ 4. So come on Virginia! Show me a sign- Send up a signal; I’ll throw you a line. The stained glass \_\_\_\_\_ you’re hidin’ behind Never lets in the sun… Darlin’ only the good die young! 5. You put your left foot out keep it all in place Work your way right into my case First you try to bed me you make my backbone \_\_\_\_\_ But when you found you bled me-- skip on by 6. Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so \_\_\_\_ 7. All our times have come Here but now they’re gone Seasons don’t fear the \_\_\_\_ Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain 8. She’s totally committed to major \_\_\_\_ But she’s a lady through and through She gives them quite a battle all that they can handle She’ll bruise some, she’ll hurt some too 9. Let me take you home tonight. Mama, now it’s alright. Let me take you home tonight, I’ll show you sweet \_\_\_. 10. Early in the evenin’ just about supper time Over by the courthouse they’re startin’ to \_\_\_\_ Four kids on the corner tryin’ to bring you up Willy picks a tune out and he blows it on the harp 11. Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the \_\_\_\_ Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze 12. It’s getting to the point where I’m no fun anymore, I am sorry Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, ‘I am lonely’ I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, You make it \_\_\_\_ 13. What’ll you do when you get lonely And nobody’s waiting by your side? You’ve been running and hiding much too long. You know it’s just your foolish \_\_\_\_. 14. He was a hard-headed man, he was brutally handsome And she was terminally \_\_\_\_ She held him up and he held her for ransom In the heart of the cold, cold city 15. Well, I’m a standin’ on a corner in \_\_\_\_\_, Arizona Such a fine sight to see It’s a girl my Lord in a flat-bed Ford Slowin’ down to take a look at me 16. Don’t give us none of your aggravation We had it with your \_\_\_\_\_ Saturday night’s alright for fighting Get a little action in 17. I get off on ’57 Chevy’s I get off on screaming \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Like the way it gets me every time it hits me I’ve got a rock and roll, I’ve got a rock and roll heart 18. All your life you’ve never seen A woman taken by the wind Would you stay if she promised you \_\_\_\_\_\_? Will you ever win? 19. Heard the roar of the crowd He could picture the scene Put his ear to the wall And like a distant \_\_\_\_\_\_ 20. I can feel the hand of a stranger, and it’s tightening around my throat. Heaven help me, heaven help me, take this stranger, from my \_\_\_. 21. Well, it’s a marvelous night for a \_\_\_ With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies 22. You lying so low in the weeds Bet you gonna ambush me You’d have me down, down, down to my knees Wouldn’t you, \_\_\_\_\_? 23. Doctor, my eyes have seen the years And the slow parade of fears without \_\_\_\_ Now I want to understand 24. The first of December was covered with snow So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to \_\_\_\_ The Berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go 25. Happy and I’m smiling, walk a mile to drink your \_\_\_\_. You know I’d love to love you, and above you there’s no other. We’ll go walking out while others shout of war’s disaster. 26. That’s when sport was a sport And groovin’ was groovin’ And dancin’ meant everything We were young and we were improvin’ Laughin’ laughin’ with our friends Holding hands meant somethin’ baby Outside the club “\_\_\_\_ Bomb” Where our hearts were really thumpin’ 27. And it’s whispered that soon if we all call the tune. Then the \_\_\_\_ will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn for those who stand long. And the forests will echo with laughter. 28. Well the crowd cleared away And I began to pray And the \_\_\_\_ fell on the floor And I’m telling you, son Well, it ain’t no fun Staring straight down a forty-four 29. I’ve been down around \_\_\_\_,Texas Where the sun shines most of the time I’ve been driving about six hours Tryin’ to reach that Arkansas line 30. Well, I dreamed I saw the silver \_\_\_ flying’ in the yellow haze of the sun, there were children crying’ and colors flying’ all around the chosen ones 31. I knew a man \_\_\_\_ and he danced for you in worn out shoes With silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants, the old soft shoe He jumped so high, he jumped so high, then he lightly touched down 32. Well, woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand Whose wine? What wine? Where the hell did I \_\_\_? Must have been a dream I don’t believe where I’ve been Come on, let’s do it again 33. There is no pain you are \_\_\_\_ A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying. 34. Hey I was just a skinny lad Never knew no good from bad But I knew love before I left my \_\_\_\_\_ Left alone with big fat Fanny She was such a naughty nanny Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me 35. Please allow me to introduce myself I’m a man of wealth and \_\_\_\_ I’ve been around for a long, long years Stole many a man’s soul and faith 36. When I come home, baby My house is dark and my \_\_\_ are cold You’re hangin’ round, baby With Jean and Joan and-a who knows who 37. Your everlasting summer You can see it fading fast So you grab a piece of something That you think is gonna last You wouldn’t know a \_\_\_\_ If you held it in your hand The things you think are precious I can’t understand 38. Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me If I spring a leak, she mends me I don’t have to speak, as she defends me A \_\_\_\_’s dream if I ever did see one 39. She’s walking down the street Blind to every eye she meets Do you think you’ll be the \_\_\_ To make the queen of the angels sigh? 40. Out here in the fields I fight for my meals I get my back into my living I don’t need to fight To prove I’m right I don’t need to be \_\_\_\_ 41. She’s a good girl, loves her mama Loves Jesus and America too She’s a good girl, crazy 'bout \_\_\_\_ Loves horses and her boyfriend too 42. Pretty woman, stop awhile Pretty woman, talk awhile Pretty woman, give your \_\_\_ to me 43. Top coat, top hat, And I don’t worry ‘cause my \_\_\_\_’s fat. Black shades, white gloves, Lookin’ sharp lookin’ for love. 44. I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire, I got a cobra snake for a necktie A brand new house on the road side, And it’s a-made out of rattlesnake hide Got a band new chimney put on top, And it’s a-made out of human \_\_\_\_\_ Come on take a little walk with me baby, And tell me who do you love? 45. Well we got no choice All the girls and boys Makin all that noise ‘Cause they found new toys Well we can’t salute ya Can’t find a \_\_\_\_\_ If that don’t suit ya That’s a drag 46. In the white room with black curtains near the station. Black-roof country, no gold pavements, tired \_\_\_\_\_. 47. Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in \_\_\_\_. 48. He wear no shoeshine He got toe jam \_\_\_\_ He got monkey finger He shoot Coca Cola 49. Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, \_\_\_\_\_ for the band Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you’ll marry a music man Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand And now she’s in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand 50. I been bad, I been good, Dallas, Texas, Hollywood. I ain’t askin’ for much. I said, Lord, take me \_\_\_\_, I’m just lookin’ for some tush. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/3 "2011-12-01T02:02:49Z")
Man, this was too much like a homework exercise. My responses and ? below. 1. hurricane - AC/D 2. ? - Country Joe and the Fish 3. dancer - The Beatles 4. curtain - Billy Joel 5. ? 6. unreal - Black Sabbeth 7. reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 8. ? - Bob Seger 9. delight - Eddy Money 10. unwind - Credence Clearwater Revival 11. trees - John Denver 12. hard - Crosby, Stills, and Nash 13. pride - Eric Clapton 14. pretty - The Eagles 15. Winslow - The Eagles 16. discipline - Elton John 17. ? 18. heaven - Stevie Nicks 19. scream - Bad Company 20. ? 21. moon dance - Van Morrison 22. barracuda - Heart 23. lying - Jackson Browne 24. Boston - Simon and Garfunkle 25. water - ? 26. Cherry - John Mellencamp 27. piper - Led Zeppelin 28. hush - Lynyrd Skynyrd 29. ? 30. spaceship - Neil Young 31. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 32. land - Peter Frampton 33. receiving - Pink Floyd 34. home - Queen 35. fame - The rolling Stones 36. pots - Santana 37. diamond - Steely Dan 38. drunkard - The band 39. guy - The Doors 40. forgiven - The Who 41. Elvis - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 42. love - Roy Orbison 43. wallet - ZZ Top 44. ? - Bo Diddly 45. flag - Alice Cooper 46. starlings - Cream 47. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 48. football - The Beatles 49. seamstress - Elton John 50. downtown - ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/4 "2011-12-01T03:01:45Z")
Yeah, that took longer than I thought it would… and a few of them are driving me nuts. I’m off to google as soon as this posts. 1. hurricane - dunno 2. Lucille - Allman Brothers 3. dancer - the Beatles 4. window - Billy Joel 5. 6. unreal - Black Sabbath 7. reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (umlauts omitted) 8. 9. 10. unwind - Credence Clearwater Revival 11. trees - John Denver 12. hard - Crosby Stills & Nash 13. pride - Derek and the Dominos 14. pretty - the Eagles 15. Winslow - the Eagles 16. lecturing? - Elton John 17. guitars - Eric Clapton? 18. heaven - Fleetwood Mac 19. dream?- Foreigner 20. boat - dunno 21. moondance - Van Morrison 22. 23. dunno - Jackson Browne 24. Boston - dunno 25. 26. cherry - John Mellencamp 27. piper - Led Zeppelin 28. water - Lynard Skynard 29. 30. spaceship - Neil Young 31. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker 32. 33. receding - Pink Floyd 34. dunno - Queen 35. taste - Rolling Stones 36. thoughts - Santana 37. diamond - Steely Dan 38. drunkard - the Band 39. 40. forgiven - the Who 41. Elvis - Tom Petty 42. smile - Roy Orbison (Van Halen, whatever) 43. wallet - ZZ Top 44. skulls - Bo Diddly 45. 46. starling - Cream 47. Ohio - Neil Young 48. football - the Beatles 49. seamstress - Elton John 50. downtown - ZZ Top ---
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I love these, Rebo! Thanks for putting this one together. I’m sad I didn’t know a few of them. 😃 1. hurricane - AC/DC 2. don’t know 3. don’t know 4. curtain - Billy Joel 5. slide - Billy Squier 6. unreal - ? 7. reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 8. independence - Bob Seger 9. delight - Boston 10. unwind - Credence Clearwater Revivial 11. sea - John Denver 12. hard - Crosby, Stills & Nash 13. Pride - Derek and the Dominos 14. Pretty - The Eagles 15. Winslow - The Eagles 16. discipline - Elton John 17. guitars - Eric Clapton 18. heaven - Fleetwood Mac 19. scream - Foreigner 20. don’t know 21. moondance - Van Morrison 22. don’t know 23. crying - Jackson Brown 24. don’t know 25. water - Jethro Tull 26. Cherry - John (Cougar) Mellencamp 27. piper - Led Zeppelin 28. don’t know 29. don’t know 30. don’t know 31. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 32. dine - Peter Frampton 33. receding - Pink Floyd 34. nursery - Queen 35. taste - Rolling Stones 36. pots - Santana 37. diamond - Steely Dan 38. drunkard’s - The Band 39. guy - The Doors 40. forgiven - The Who 41. Elvis - Tom Petty 42. smile - Roy Orbison 43. wallet’s - ZZ Top 44. skulls - George Thorogood 45. flag - Alice Cooper 46. starlings - Cream 47. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 48. football - The Beatles 49. seamstress - Elton John 50. downtown - ZZ Top ---
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Re #1 - why is the rain pouting? What did you do to it, you monster? Joe ---
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1. Hurricane - AC/DC 2. ??? - Canned Heat 3. Dancer - Beatles 4. Window - Billy Joel 5. ?? - ?? 6. Unreal - Black Sabbath 7. Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 8. ?? - ?? 9. Delight - Boston 10. Unwind - CCR 11. Trees - John Denver 12. Hard - Crosby, Stills, & Nash 13. Pride - Derek and the Dominoes 14. Pretty - Eagles 15. Winslow - Allman Brothers 16. ?? - Elton John 17. ?? - Eric Clapton 18. ?? - ?? 19. ?? - ?? 20. Ship - ?? 21. Moondance - Van Morrison 22. Barracuda - Heart 23. ?? - ?? 24. ?? - ?? 25. Water - Jethro Tull 26. Cherry - John Mellencamp 27. Piper - Led Zeppelin 28. Water - Lynyrd Skynyrd 29. ?? - ?? 30. Spaceship - Neil Young 31. Bojangles - ?? 32. ?? - Peter Frampton 33. Receding - Pink Floyd 34. Nursery - Queen 35. Taste - Rolling Stones 36. ?? - ?? 37. ?? - Steely Dan 38. Joker’s - The Band 39. One - ?? 40. Forgiven - The Who 41. Elvis - Tom Petty 42. Love - Roy Orbison 43. Wallet - ZZ Top 44. Skulls - George Thorogood and the Destroyers 45. Flag - Alice Cooper 46. Starling - Cream 47. Ohio - Neil Young 48. Football - Beatles 49. Seamstress - Elton John 50. Downtown - ZZ Top Joe ---
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1. Hurricane - ACDC 2. 3. Dancer - The Beatles 4. Window - Billy Joel 5. Slide - Billy Squire 6. Unreal - ? 7. Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 8. 9. Delight - Boston 10. Unwind - Creedence 11. ? - John Denver 12. Hard - Crosby Stills & Nash 13. Pride - ? 14. Pretty - The Eagles 15. Winslow - The Eagles 16. Discipline - Elton JOhn 17. 18. Heaven - Fleetwood Mac 19. Scream - Foreigner 20. 21. Moondance - Van Morrison 22. Barracuda - Heart 23. Crying - Jackson Browne 24. 25. 26. Cherry - John Cougar 27. Piper - Led Zeppelin 28. ?- Lynard Skynard 29. 30. 31. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 32. Dine - Peter Frampton 33. Receding - Pink Floyd 34. Nursery - Queen 35. Taste - The Rolling Stones 36. 37. Diamond - Steely Dan 38. 39. Guy - ? 40. Forgiven - The Who 41. Elvis - Tom Petty 42. Smile - Roy Orbison 43. Wallet - ZZ Top 44. Skulls - George Thorogood 45. Flag - Alice Cooper 46. ? - Cream 47. Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young 48. Football - The Beatles 49. Seamstress - Elton John 50. Downtown - ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/9 "2011-12-01T15:22:21Z")
1. ? - AC/DC 2. ? - ? 3. Dancer - The Beatles 4. Curtain - Billy Joel 5. ? - ? 6. Real - ? 7. Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 8. ? - ? 9. Delight - ? 10. Unwind - Creedence Clearwater Revival 11. Hills - John Denver 12. Hard - Crosby, Stills & Nash 13. Pride - Derek & the Dominos 14. Rich - The Eagles 15. Winslow - The Eagles 16. Discipline - Elton John 17. Guitars - Eric Clapton 18. Heaven - Fleetwood Mac 19. ? - ? 20. Boat - Grand Funk Railroad 21. Moondance - Van Morrison 22. Please - ? 23. Crying - Jackson Browne 24. Boston - James Taylor 25. ? - ? 26. Cherry - John Mellencamp 27. Piper - Led Zeppelin 28. ? - Lynyrd Skynyrd 29. ? - ? 30. Spaceships - Neil Young 31. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker (original)/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (hit version) 32. Dine - Peter Frampton 33. ? - Pink Floyd 34. Home - Queen 35. Taste - The Rolling Stones 36. Pots - Santana 37. Diamond - Steely Dan 38. Drunkard - The Band 39. Guy - The Doors 40. Forgiven - The Who 41. Elvis - Tom Petty 42. Smile - Roy Orbison (original)/Van Halen (70s cover) 43. Wallet - ZZ Top 44. Skull - Bo Diddley (original)/George Thorogood (80s cover) 45. Flag - Alice Cooper 46. Starlings - Cream 47. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 48. Football - The Beatles 49. Seamstress - Elton John 50. Downtown - ZZ Top Would it be nitpicking to note that #3,10,12,35,38,39,46 & 48 are from the 60s? And 26, 41 & 43 are from the 80s. ---
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I did my best, which wasn’t much. Though weren’t a couple of these 80s songs? 1. hurricane - ?? 4. ??-Billy Joel 6. unreal-?? 7. Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult 10. unwind-?? 11. mountains-John Denver 16. ??-Elton John 34. time-Queen 41. Elvis-Tom Petty (this isn’t a 70s song is it?) 43. wallet’s-ZZ Top 50. ??-ZZ Top ---
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> [@42fish](#): > > Would it be nitpicking to note that #3,10,12,35,38,39,46 & 48 are from the 60s? And 26, 41 & 43 are from the 80s. Yes. 😛 I’ve already been told this. Let’s just call it classic rock, shall we? ---
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Done quickly with no Googling and no peeking: 1 - hurricaine - AC/DC 2 - 3 - dancer - The Beatles 4 - window - Billy Joel 5 - slide - Billy Squier 6 - unreal (?) - can’t remember 7 - reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 8 - independence - Bob Seager 9 - delight - Bad Company 10 - unwind - Creedence Clearwater Revival 11 - trees - John Denver 12 - hard - Crosby, Stills and Nash 13 - pride - Eric Clapton 14 - pretty - The Eagles 15 - Winslow - The Eagles 16 - discipline - Elton John 17 - guitars - Eric Clapton 18 - heaven - can’t friggin remember 19 - scene - Foreigner 20 - boat - Grand Funk Railroad 21 - moondance - Van Morrison 22 - 23 - hiding (?) - Jackson Browne 24 - Boston - James Taylor 25 - 26 - Cherry - Johnny Cougar (Mellencamp) 27 - piper - Led Zeppelin 28 - water - Lynyrd Skynrd 29 - 30 - spaceship - Neil Young 31 - Bojangles - Average White Band (I think) 32 - dine - Peter Frampton 33 - receding - Pink Floyd 34 - luxury - Queen 35 - taste - The Rolling Stones 36 - 37 - diamond - Steely Dan 38 - drunkard - The Band 39 - guy (?) - The Doors 40 - forgiven - The Who 41 - Elvis - Tom Petty 42 - smile - Roy Orbison (or Van Halen) 43 - wallet - ZZ Top 44 - skulls - George Thurogood and the Delaware Destroyers 45 - flag - Alice Cooper 46 - blahbidiblah (no idea) - Procul Harem 47 - Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 48 - footbal - The Beatles 49 - seamstress - Elton John 50 - downtown - ZZ Top ---
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1. ? - ? 2. ? - Canned Heat? 3. ? - ? 4. window - Billy Joel 5. ? - ? 6. unreal - ? 7. reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 8. ? - ? 9. delight - Boston 10. unwind - CCR 11. trees - John Denver 12. hard - Crosby, Stills, and Nash 13. pride - Derek and the Dominoes 14. ? - Eagles 15. Winslow - Eagles 16. ? - Elton John 17. ? - ? 18. ? - ? 19. ? - ? 20. ? - ? 21. moondance - Van Morrison 22. ? - ? 23. ? - Jackson Browne 24. ? - ? 25. ? - ? 26. Cherry - John Mellencamp 27. piper - Led Zeppelin 28. ? - ? 29. Houston - Marshall Tucker Band 30. ? - ? 31. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker (and a million others as well) 32. ? - ? 33. ? - Pink Floyd 34. ? - Queen 35. taste - Rolling Stones 36. ? - ? 37. ? - Steely Dan 38. drunkard’s - The Band 39. ? - ? 40. forgiven - The Who 41. Elvis - Tom Petty 42. love - Roy Orbison 43. ? - ? 44. ? - ? 45. ? - ? 46. starling? - Cream 47. Ohio - Neil Young 48. football - The Beatles 49. seamstress - Elton John 50. downtown - ZZ Top It amuses me how for some of these songs I’m super familiar with, you picked the exact words out of the lyrics that I just kind of make vowel sounds with when they come on the radio. 🙂 And, while it’s already been said that these aren’t all 70s songs, let me say that anyone who disparages the 70s from a musical standpoint has got to have a few screws loose, as evidenced by the diverse and (mostly) awesome collection of songs in this quiz. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/14 "2011-12-01T16:53:31Z")
#2 is not a 70s song. And there are many other possible answers to the band than the one you’re thinking about. Blind Willie McTell, Taj Mahal, Alice Stuart, for starters ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/15 "2011-12-01T17:00:49Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > #2 is not a 70s song. [quote=post 11] I’ve already been told this. Let’s just call it classic rock, shall we? > [@RealityChuck](#): > > And there are many other possible answers to the band than the one you’re thinking about. [QUOTE=OP] I realized while making the list that some of these songs may be covers. All acceptable artists will be accepted. ---
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1. hurricane - AC/DC 2. 3. dancer - The Beatles 4 ??? - Billy Joel 4. 5. unreal - Black Sabbath 6. reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 7. independence - Bob Segar 8. 9. unwind - Creedence Clearwater Revival 10. 11. hard - CSN 12. pride - 13. vain - The Eagles 14. Winslow - The Eagles 15. - Elton John 16. 17. heaven - Fleetwood Mac 18. scream - Foreigner 19. 20. moondance - Van Morrison 21. barracuda - Heart 22. ?? - Jackson Browne 23. 24. 25. cherry - John Cougar Mellancamp 26. voices - Led Zeppelin 27. - Lynyrd Skynyrd 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. receding - Pink Floyd 33. nursery - Queen 34. taste - Rolling Stones 35. 36. diamond - Steely Dan 37. ?? - The Band 38. guy - The Doors 39. forgiven - The Who 40. Elvis - Tom Petty 41. smile - Roy Orbison 42. wallet - ZZ Top 43. skull - Bo Diddley 44. flag - Alice Cooper 45. starling - Cream 46. Ohio - CSN&Y 47. football - Beatles 48. ?? - Elton John 49. downtown - ZZ Top I wonder how many of these I will get wrong because I’ve misheard the lyrics all these years. Off to Google #46, because my answer is what I’ve always heard, but seeing it print doesn’t make any sense. ---
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What? I was actually right. Still doesn’t make any sense. ---
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Man. I thought I knew this stuff. I’m way off on a few of these. ---
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Not enough metal. 1. Hurricane - AC/DC 2. Done 3. Dancer 4. Window 5. Slide - Billy Squier 6. Unreal - Black Sabbath 7. Change 8. 9. 10. Chant 11. Sun 12. 13. Pride - Derek and the Dominoes 14. Ill 15. Phoenix 16. Nation 17. Hard 18. Love 19. Submarine 20. Side 21. Picnic 22. Barracuda - Heart 23. Understanding 24. 25. Tears 26. Atom 27. Madmen 28. Preacher 29. 30. Flag 31. 32. 33. 34. Mama 35. Taste - the Rolling Stones 36. 37. 38. 39. Guy 40. A hero 41. 42. Name 43. Wallet 44. Skin 45. Flag - Alice Cooper 46. Starlings - Cream 47. 48. Football - The Beatles 49. Down 50. Downtown - ZZ Top ETA: I can’t believe I didn’t know what #34 was. :smack: ---
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[spoiler] 1. hurricane - ac/dc 2. curtain - billy joel 3. slide - billy squire 4. unreal - black sabbath 5. reaper - blue oyster cult 6. independence - bob seger 7. delight - boston 8. unwind - creedence clearwater revival 9. trees - john denver 10. hard - CSN(Y?) 11. pride - derek and The dominoes/eric clapton 12. pretty - the eagles 13. Winsolow - the eagles 14. \ - elton john 15. guitar - eric clapton 16. heaven - stevie nicks 17. scream - foreigner 18. moondance - van morrison 19. barricuda - heart 20. crying? - jackson brown 21. cherry - john cougar/john mellencamp/john couger mellancamp 22. piper - led zeppelin 23. water - lynnard skynnard 24. bo jangles - (don’t remember who originally did it, but sammy davis did at one point) 25. receding - pink floyd 26. nusery - queen 27. taste - rolling stones 28. pots - santana 29. drunkard’s - the band 30. guy - the doors 31. forgiven - the who 32. elvis - tom petty 33. smile - roy orbinson 34. wallet’s - zz top 35. skulls - george thorogood (and the destroyers) 36. flag - alice cooper 37. starlings - cream 38. ohio - csn(y?) 39. football - beatles 40. seamstress - elton john 41. downtown - zz top[/spoiler] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639.md?page=2)