# New Game: Twin Songs of Different Mothers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896>\
**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")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/61 "2009-05-19T18:29:06Z")

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> [@42fish](#):
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> QF10: Frankie Avalon and Bananarama

_Venus_

**Gyrate** : You were correct on _Wild Thing_.

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**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/62 "2009-05-19T19:28:55Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> not yet answered:
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> QB1: Plastic Ono Band & Leon Russell  
> QB5: Yes, Pablo Cruise, & Jackie DeShannon

AB1: “Give Peace A Chance”

AB5: “Love Will Find A Way”  
QDB1 Black Sabbath & Free  
QDB2 Black Sabbath & the James Gang  
QDB3 Marshall Tucker Band & Steve Miller Band  
QDB4 Yes & Eurhythmics  
QDB5 Robert Plant & Rush

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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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/63 "2009-05-19T20:39:03Z")

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> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> QJC5 - Sebadoh and Tool

AJC5 - _Flood_

QH5: TV on the Radio, U2  
QH6: Pitchshifter, Warren Zevon

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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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/64 "2009-05-19T20:54:42Z")

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> [@HongKongFooey](#):
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> QH6: Pitchshifter, Warren Zevon

_Genius_

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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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/65 "2009-05-19T21:17:07Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> “I’m Sorry”

Correct.

> [@astorian](#):
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> QAS1: The Eagles and the Emotions

In case nobody got it, _Best of My Love_

> [@astorian](#):
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> QAS2: The Cars and the Everly Brothers

I should know this…can’t think of it though.

> [@astorian](#):
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> QAS6: Ohio Players and The Crazy World of Artur Brown

In case nobody got it, _Fire_. I thought of this one on the way to work today, in fact. Add Springsteen and/or Pointer Sisters as well.

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**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:** [May 20, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/66 "2009-05-20T00:47:17Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> _Venus_

Yeah, but Bananarama’s version was a remake of the original Shocking Blue version.

And Butthole Surfers also had a song called _Venus_

> [@lobotomyboy63](#):
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> In case nobody got it, _Fire_. I thought of this one on the way to work today, in fact. Add Springsteen and/or Pointer Sisters as well.

And Jimi Hendrix (later covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers)

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/67 "2009-05-20T12:12:18Z")

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> [@HongKongFooey](#):
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> AJC5 - _Flood_

Right!

> [@DfrntBreign](#):
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> QDB5 Robert Plant & Rush

In The Mood

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/68 "2009-05-20T12:16:03Z")

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These are still open:

QJC1 - Sunny Day Real Estate and Led Zeppelin  
\*and Sebadoh, if you take out the “the”

QJC2 - Rush and Golden Earring

QJC3 - Rush and Voxtrot and Fountains of Wayne

QJC4 - Avril Lavigne and Velvet Revolver

QJC6 - Incubus and James Taylor and The Refreshments

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/69 "2009-05-20T12:29:24Z")

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> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> QJC4 - Avril Lavigne and Velvet Revolver

Fall To Pieces

Edit, and on the note of Levigne, this one’s still open from me:

QT5 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Avril Levigne

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**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:** [May 20, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/70 "2009-05-20T14:37:44Z")

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> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> In The Mood

And Glenn Miller

> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> These are still open:  
> QJC2 - Rush and Golden Earring

Twilight Zone

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/71 "2009-05-20T16:38:34Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> AW1: “Hot Stuff”  
> AW2: “Let’s Dance”
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> QB6: Rutles, Gentle Giant, Joni Mitchell, & Goldfrapp  
> QB7: Beatles, Bob Dylan, & Elvis Costello

Correct; in fact, all answers to mine are correct. Good on you all!

QB6: Hold My Hand  
QB7: I Want You  
QW7: Petula Clark and Paul McCartney  
QW8: Janis Joplin and Will Smith  
QW9: The Beatles and Johnny Nash

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/72 "2009-05-20T18:22:38Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> QW7: Petula Clark and Paul McCartney
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> QW9: The Beatles and Johnny Nash

W7: My Love  
W9: Hold Me Tight  
QF13: Peter & Gordon and John Lennon  
QF14: Judy Garland and The Jam

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**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/73 "2009-05-21T00:45:43Z")

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Originally Posted by astorian  
QAS2: The Cars and the Everly Brothers

Answer: Bye Bye Love

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/74 "2009-05-21T02:38:59Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> > [@](#):
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> > QB6: Rutles, Gentle Giant, Joni Mitchell, & Goldfrapp
> 
> QB6: Hold My Hand

Nope!

> [@DfrntBreign](#):
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> QDB4 Yes & Eurhythmics

> [@42fish](#):
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> QF13: Peter & Gordon and John Lennon

ADB4: “Sweet Dreams”

AF13: “Woman”  
QB8: The Beatles, Genesis, & Neil Young  
QB9: The Stranglers, Genesis, & Robert Wyatt

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/75 "2009-05-21T02:41:37Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> QW8: Janis Joplin and Will Smith

Summertime.

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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 21, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/76 "2009-05-21T09:50:55Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> Fall To Pieces
> 
> Edit, and on the note of Levigne, this one’s still open from me:
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> QT5 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Avril Levigne

That would be _Complicated_

These are still open:

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

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**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/77 "2009-05-21T20:53:54Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> QB8: The Beatles, Genesis, & Neil Young

Tell Me Why  
QB10 - Fleetwood Mac and The Rolling Stones

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/78 "2009-05-21T21:48:23Z")

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Fall to Pieces and The Twilight Zone are correct.

> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> These are still open:
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> QJC1 - Sunny Day Real Estate and Led Zeppelin  
> \*and Sebadoh, if you take out the “the”
> 
> QJC3 - Rush and Voxtrot and Fountains of Wayne
> 
> QJC6 - Incubus and James Taylor and The Refreshments

The rest of mine are The Ocean, Kid Gloves, and Mexico, respectively.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/79 "2009-05-21T21:53:56Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> QFS4: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Alana D., and the Vibrators

Reposting one.

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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 21, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-twin-songs-of-different-mothers/496896/80 "2009-05-21T22:57:01Z")

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Answers to my remaining ones:

QR3: Garbage, Static X: _Push It_  
QR4: Depeche Mode, Stabbing Westward, Matchbox Twenty: _Shame_  
QR5: Megadeth, Keyshia Cole, KMFDM: _Trust_  
QR7: Dope, U2: _With Or Without You_

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