# Musical Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 29, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587 "2013-10-29T20:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/1 "2013-10-29T20:13:19Z")
Here are 10 questions. The questions are answered directly in the lines from rock and roll songs. There are several eras and sub-genres. They range from simple to not-so-simple. When all 10 questions have been answered, someone may posit another 10. 1. He’s been working on a cocktail. What’s it called? 2. What is a fine sight to see in Winslow Arizona? 3. What’s at the end of Lonely Street? 4. What did Mama do when my name gets mentioned? 5. What did I say to my reflection? 6. What, or Who, should I have a beer with? 7. Where should we set an open course to? 8. When does the Revolution start? 9. Who found Gideon’s Bible in the room? 10. Why can’t he be a man? ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/2 "2013-10-29T20:25:51Z")
1. I am 2. Heartbreak Hotel 3. The Virgin Sea ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/3 "2013-10-29T20:27:41Z")
1. Mama looks down and spits on the ground 2. Rocky Raccoon ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/4 "2013-10-29T20:31:17Z")
1. A girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowin’ down to take a look at me 2. Let’s get out of the place 3. Because he doesn’t smoke the same cigarettes as me ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/5 "2013-10-29T20:34:32Z")
1. " A girl" 2. “I’m asking him to change his ways” 3. He can’t be a man because he doesn’t smoke the same cigarettes as me." ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/6 "2013-10-29T20:35:47Z")
1. Working on a cocktail called “Grounds for Divorce.” ---
**Author:** ![kambria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@kambria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambria)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/7 "2013-10-29T20:42:37Z")
nvm ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/8 "2013-10-29T20:46:54Z")
All that is left: 1. What, or Who, should I have a beer with? 2. When does the Revolution start? The correct answer to number 5 was : Let’s get out of the place ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/9 "2013-10-29T21:10:08Z")
1. According to Steve Earle, it starts now. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/10 "2013-10-29T21:12:38Z")
Correct! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/11 "2013-10-30T01:12:19Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > The correct answer to number 5 was : > > Let’s get out of the place And the correct answer to No. 2 should be the first answer that was given. The girl in the flatbed Ford might be a fine sight herself, but the lyrics clearly indicate that the singer (Glenn Frey) is referring to himself (alternately, it could be Jackson Brown who cowrote it to which the lyrics refer) which is why the girl slows down to take a look at him. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/12 "2013-10-30T02:18:50Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > And the correct answer to No. 2 should be the first answer that was given. > > The girl in the flatbed Ford might be a fine sight herself, but the lyrics clearly indicate that the singer (Glenn Frey) is referring to himself (alternately, it could be Jackson Brown who cowrote it to which the lyrics refer) which is why the girl slows down to take a look at him. When I read the answer to #2, I chuckled, but realized the ambiguity. My assumption is that the phrase was supposed to be the girl in the flatbed Ford, but if you parse it out literally, the object of the phrase is written in such a way that the singer should refer to the singer. “Well, I’m a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona/ and such a fine sight to see/ It’s a girl, my Lord in a flatbed Ford/slowin’ down to take a look at me.” My thought is that the intention is: “Well, I’m a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see: It’s a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin’ down to take a look at me.” Not that the singer/narrator of the song is the “such a fine sight to see,” but the syntax is ambiguous. I find it unlikely, though, that the singer was talking about himself as “such a fine sight.” ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/13 "2013-10-30T16:26:20Z")
How about Jesus for #6? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/14 "2013-10-30T16:30:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I find it unlikely, though, that the singer was talking about himself as “such a fine sight.” I agree. Glen Frey was a bit full of himself, but not THAT full of himself. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/15 "2013-10-30T16:33:19Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > How about Jesus for #6? Jesus is a possible, but incorrect answer. What, no punks around here? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/16 "2013-10-30T18:36:42Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Jesus is a possible, but incorrect answer. > > What, no punks around here? FEAR! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/17 "2013-10-30T20:24:33Z")
YES! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/18 "2013-10-30T20:25:56Z")
1. Where is day night? 2. Who punched me in the nose? 3. Who reflects it in their art? 4. What do you need (and I’m not fooling)? 5. Who said there’s no time to lose? 6. What’s grown longer overnight? 7. What happens if you eat ripe fru_it_? 8. What happened when she squeezed me tight? 9. Who are we gonna get to pay the check? 10. What was she raised on? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/19 "2013-10-30T20:48:49Z")
1. She was raised on robbery. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/20 "2013-10-30T22:09:23Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > 1. She was raised on robbery. Not what I was thinking of, but that’s interesting. I’m not familiar with that song. Yet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587.md?page=2)