# New Game: Twin Songs of Different Mothers

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896 "2009-05-18T20:59:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
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> [@42fish](#):
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> QF2: Three Dog Night, Metallica and U2

One

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> QH1 - Ministry, Faith Hill

Breathe

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**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/22 "2009-05-19T02:01:04Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> QB#3: Olivia Newton-John, Cars, & Pilot

Magic

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/23 "2009-05-19T02:05:33Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> QB#3: Olivia Newton-John, Cars, & Pilot

Magic

QL2: Fleetwood Mac and the Cranberries  
QL3: Brenda Lee and John Denver

D’OH! Spent too long replying. Suse beat me to it.

ETA 2, QL4: Jefferson Airplane and Queen

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/24 "2009-05-19T02:08:55Z")

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Easy one:  
QR1: Kriss Kross, Van Halen

Harder:  
QR2: Danzig, Pink Floyd  
QR3: Garbage, Static X  
QR4: Depeche Mode, Stabbing Westward, Matchbox Twenty  
QR5: Megadeth, Keyshia Cole, KMFDM  
QR6: Eddie Money, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Neil Diamond  
QR7: Dope, U2  
QR8: Evanescence, Smashing Pumpkins, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/25 "2009-05-19T02:11:39Z")

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OK never mind last ETA…it’s repeated from above.

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/26 "2009-05-19T02:28:23Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Easy one:  
> QR1: Kriss Kross, Van Halen

I’ll take the gimme - AR1: Jump

Your hard ones are good, can’t think of any yet but I should know a few, hmmmmm…

ETA: Another easy one  
QH2: Incubus, Pink Floyd

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/27 "2009-05-19T02:30:01Z")

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> [@HongKongFooey](#):
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> I’ll take the gimme - AR1: Jump
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> Your hard ones are good, can’t think of any yet but I should know a few, hmmmmm…

Correct.

I probably shoulda put QR2 in the easy category too, since most people only know one Danzig song, and it’s the answer to the question.

ETA: AH2 - Wish You Were Here

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/28 "2009-05-19T02:33:43Z")

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Unfortunately the only Danzig song I can think of at the moment is _Tired of Being Alive_, pretty sure that’s not it…aargh!

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/29 "2009-05-19T02:35:44Z")

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Not that one.

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/30 "2009-05-19T04:15:30Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> QR2: Danzig, Pink Floyd

AR2: _Mother_

QH3: Death From Above 1979, Styx

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/31 "2009-05-19T04:23:27Z")

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> [@HongKongFooey](#):
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> AR2: _Mother_

Yup!

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/32 "2009-05-19T04:37:57Z")

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> [@lobotomyboy63](#):
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> QL2: Fleetwood Mac and the Cranberries

I do believe that would be _Dreams_

QTD1: Fleetwood Mac and Duran Duran  
QTD2: Erykah Badu, Dave Matthews Band, Jim Brickman

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/33 "2009-05-19T04:43:02Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> QR8: Evanescence, Smashing Pumpkins, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

AR8: _Zero_

QH4: Rolling Stones, ZZ Top

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/34 "2009-05-19T10:26:52Z")

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> [@tumbleddown](#):
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> I do believe that would be _Dreams_

Correct.

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/35 "2009-05-19T10:33:29Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> QT3 - Queen and Remy Zero

Seriously, dude - do Remy Zero have any other songs besides _Save Me_?

ETA: Dave Matthews has a _Save Me_ as well.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/36 "2009-05-19T11:30:42Z")

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> [@lobotomyboy63](#):
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> QL3: Brenda Lee and John Denver

“I’m Sorry”

QAS1: The Eagles and the Emotions  
QAS2: The Cars and the Everly Brothers  
QAS3: Van Halen & Cream  
QAS4: The Contours & Zero Mostel  
QAS5: Billy Joel and King Crimson  
QAS6: Ohio Players and The Crazy World of Artur Brown  
QA7: U2 and the Shadows of Knight  
QA8: Oasis and Lionel Richie

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/37 "2009-05-19T11:49:22Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> QB#2: Queen and the Mothers of Invention

“Love of My Life”

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/38 "2009-05-19T12:07:40Z")

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QAS4: The Contours & Zero Mostel - “Do you Love Me”

QAS6: Ohio Players and The Crazy World of Artur Brown - “Fire” (also Bruce Springsteen)

**QGY1: Julie London and Justin Timberlake**

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/39 "2009-05-19T12:33:03Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> QAS6: Ohio Players and The Crazy World of Artur Brown - “Fire” (also Bruce Springsteen)

And Jimmy Hendrix  
Pointer Sisters also had a song called “Jump” (with a parenthetical, though).

Here’s a tough one:

HF1: Dream Theater and Corey Hart

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[quote=“lobotomyboy63, post:12, topic:496896”]

A-Oh Darling. (I think the Beatles’ was “Oh! Darling.”)QUOTE]

You are correct about the exclamation points, but I was thinking of a different pair of songs.

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