Botticelli, July 2011

Thread Games
121

No, I was not.

  1. Real person
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with “B”
  4. Dead
  5. Born in the 20th century
  6. Not involved with sports/athletics
  7. American
  8. Not involved in politics
  9. Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
  10. Best known for work done between 1950-2000
  11. Best known as a writer in the field of music
  12. Never wrote a movie screenplay.
  13. Never wrote novels or short stories
  14. Not generally regarded as humorous or comical
  15. Not a playwright
  16. Rarely performed my own material.
  17. A successful songwriter in pop and at least one other genre.
  18. Not a conductor or bandleader
122

Brian Eno.

DQ: Dead before 1975?

IQ: Were you a songwriter who shared a last name with a major city?

123

No, not yet dead in 1975.

  1. Real person
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with “B”
  4. Dead
  5. Born in the 20th century
  6. Not involved with sports/athletics
  7. American
  8. Not involved in politics
  9. Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
  10. Best known for work done between 1950-2000
  11. Best known as a writer in the field of music
  12. Never wrote a movie screenplay.
  13. Never wrote novels or short stories
  14. Not generally regarded as humorous or comical
  15. Not a playwright
  16. Rarely performed my own material.
  17. A successful songwriter in pop and at least one other genre.
  18. Not a conductor or bandleader
  19. Still alive as of 1975
124

Not Irving Berlin
And… I already gave you a DQ, but I’m not at all sure Brian Eno produced any Genesis albums. Talking Heads, U2, Devo, yes. But I don’t think he ever produced Genesis.

125

IQ: Have you ever collaborated with Yip Harburg on a Broadway musical?

126

IQ: Do you co-write your songs with your more flamboyant partner?

127

On ‘The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’, Eno was credited with ‘Enossifications’…

128

Not Burton Lane

What can I say? I grew up a theater geek (“How are things in Glocamoooraaa…”)

129

No, not Bernie Taupin.

130

IQ: Are you a co-discoverer of insulin?

131

We only have one DQ left, sportsfans. I confess I can’t think of anyone who fits all 19 of the answered DQs so far.

132

IQ: Did you start out with your school chum Steve Miller?

133

Once again, I didn’t mean this to be a huge challenge.

Since we’re near the end, I’ll add a few clues:

  1. I started out as a classical violinist and composer, thought of myself as a country artist, but am best remembered for writing rock and roll.

  2. Six of my songs are in heavy rotation on “oldies” radio, one of my songs is in heavy rotation on “classic rock” radio, and one of my songs gets played by a marching band after touchdowns.

134

Was your big hit on the “Back to the Future” soundtrack?

135

Not Chuck Berry (but you’re in the right era)

136

bert bacharach

137

IQ: Did you fight the law and lose?

138

Nope.

139

Not Bobby Fuller.

140

IQ: were you sometimes known as the “fifth Beatle” towards the end of their run?