# The Daily Feud: R-O-C-K Out of the U.S.A. by bmoak \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 26, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686 "2008-10-26T21:56:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/41 "2008-10-27T12:05:48Z")
1. Dancing Queen 2. Agnetha 3. The Cardigans 4. Lady Marmalade 5. Olivia Newton-John 6. Michael Jackson 7. Reggae 8. sitar 9. American Woman 10. Ladysmith Black Mambazo This was a tough one! ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/42 "2008-10-27T12:23:50Z")
1. Mamma Mia 2. Bjoern Ulvaeus 3. Roxette 4. Rock Me Amadeus 5. Bee Gees 6. Billy Joel 7. Reggae 8. Gong 9. Can’t think of one right now, sorry 10. Bob Marley Comment: #4: Despite the English title and a lot of English words in the lyrics, the lyrics are actually mostly German. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/43 "2008-10-27T13:20:28Z")
1. Dancing Queen 2. Agnetha 3. Bjork 4. La Bamba 5. Air Supply 6. pass- hopefully my other answers make up for this. 7. Reggae 8. Sitar 9. Rio, by Duran Duran 10. Ravi Shankar - - OK, # 9 is no doubt a bad answer, but I didn’t just say it because it’s an SDMB cliche. I genuinely can’t think of a song by a foriegn singer about America in general. At least the Rio Grande is partially in America, and Duran Duran were British. ---
**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 27, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/44 "2008-10-27T13:45:10Z")
1. Dancing Queen 2. Bjorn Ulvaeus 3. A-Ha 4. 99 Luftbalons 5. Men at Work 6. Deep Purple 7. Reggae 8. Sitar 9. Rio 10. A. R. Rahman ---
**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 27, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/45 "2008-10-27T13:49:00Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > 1. Rio, by Duran Duran > > - > - OK, # 9 is no doubt a bad answer, but I didn’t just say it because it’s an SDMB cliche. I genuinely can’t think of a song by a foriegn singer about America in general. At least the Rio Grande is partially in America, and Duran Duran were British. Actually, Rio _is_ about the U.S. It was Duran Duran’s tribute to their American fanbase. The female is a personification, not an actual person. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/46 "2008-10-27T14:35:29Z")
1. “Dancing Queen” 2. Benny Andersson 3. a-ha 4. “C’est La Vie” 5. INXS 6. Cheap Trick 7. Calypso 8. Didgeridoo 9. “American Woman” 10. Gipsy Kings ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/47 "2008-10-27T14:38:17Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] 3. a-ha 4. “C’est La Vie” 9. “American Woman” 10. Gipsy Kings [/QUOTE] 3. “Take On Me” is still in my list of Top 10 Videos EVAH. 4. Robbie Nevil, 1987. #1 for two weeks. 4a. _headsmack_ How did I forget “99 Luftballons?” We’re trying to teach my daughter the German lyrics! 9. The Guess Who version, not the Lenny Kravitz version. 10. Not sure if these guys actually qualify, but I like them, so they made my list, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/48 "2008-10-27T14:44:17Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > 4a. _headsmack_ How did I forget “99 Luftballons?” We’re trying to teach my daughter the German lyrics! On further review of other people’s answers … look, I have a LOT of music on my iPod, and a LOT of songs that other people mentioned as answers for all these questions, and the best “foreign language” song I could come up with was “C’est La Vie”? Really? _I’m a dumbass._ (Although I do love that song.) ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/49 "2008-10-27T15:07:19Z")
1. Dancing Queen 2. Björn Ulvaeus 3. A Ha 4. 99 Luftballons 5. Men At Work 6. Michael Jackson 7. Calypso 8. didgeridoo 9. American Woman by the Guess Who 10. Clannad 11. I know that’s not the spirit of the expression “big in Japan,” but I couldn’t think of anything else. And he is actually big in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/50 "2008-10-27T15:32:16Z")
1. Dancing Queen 2. Agnetha 3. Ace of Base 4. 99 Luftbaloons 5. Men at Work 6. Britney Spears 7. Reggae 8. Sitar 9. I’m afraid of Americans - David Bowie 10. Enya 11. I hope I don’t need a last name. I just remember that really cool first name. 12. is a complete guess, based on the fact that the Japanese seem to love the school girl fetish, at least if anime is any guide. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/51 "2008-10-27T15:50:53Z")
1. Dancing Queen 2. Benny Andersson 3. A-ha 4. 99 Luftballoons 5. INXS 6. Judas Priest 7. Raggae? 8. Sitar 9. I’m Afraid of Americans, by David Bowie 10. Ravi Shankar ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/52 "2008-10-27T15:54:22Z")
Hoopy Frood: > [@](#): > > Actually, Rio is about the U.S. It was Duran Duran’s tribute to their American fanbase. The female is a personification, not an actual person. Well, learned something new today. Thanks - glad I won’t be getting 0 for that answer! ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/53 "2008-10-27T16:15:10Z")
1. Waterloo 2. Benny Andersson 3. A-Ha 4. Michelle 5. AC/DC 6. Firehouse 7. Reggae 8. Sitar 9. Breakfast in America 10. Ladysmith Black Mambazo ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/54 "2008-10-27T16:31:54Z")
1. Dancing Queen 2. Agnetha Faltskog 3. a-ha 4. 99 Luftballons 5. Men at Work 6. Matthew Sweet 7. reggae 8. sitar 9. “Some Americans” by Squeeze 10. Ladysmith Black Mambazo ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/55 "2008-10-27T16:35:12Z")
1. Name a hit song by ABBA. 2. Name a member of ABBA. 3. Other than ABBA, name a Scandinavian pop/rock act. 4. Name a song with non-English lyrics that was a U.S. hit. 5. Name a famous Australian singer or band. 6. Name an American singer or band that has been described as “big in Japan.” 7. Name a musical style that originated in the West Indes. 8. Name a non-Western musical instrument. 9. Name a song about America by a non-American act. 10. Name a singer/act you can find in the World Music section of the record store. 11. Dancing Queen 12. Agnetha Fältskog 13. Ace of Base 14. 99 Luftballoons 15. Men At Work 16. Cheap Trick 17. Regge 18. Sitar 19. Shook Me All Night Long 20. Ladysmith Black Mambazo 21. “Knockin’ me out with those American thighs” ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/56 "2008-10-27T16:42:02Z")
Doesn’t anyone know about Rammstein!?! Sigh… _goes off to bake the pie_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/57 "2008-10-27T16:44:55Z")
Ramm_what_? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/58 "2008-10-27T16:50:37Z")
Surprised at the lack of love for Olivia Neutron-Bomb ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/59 "2008-10-27T16:59:52Z")
I may have to do a “German bands that are better known outside of Germany”-Feud to correct your ignorance 😃 [Rammstein](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammstein) It would be a very short 1 question Feud though. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686/60 "2008-10-27T17:20:01Z")
1. Dancing Queen 2. Bjorn 3. The Hives 4. 99 Luftballoons 5. AC/DC 6. Cheap Trick 7. Reggae 8. Sitar 9. I’m So Bored With the USA - The Clash 10. Ladysmith Black Mambazo 4 - Just heard it on the radio this morning in the original German 6 - I originally said Spinal Tap, but they weren’t American (or real). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-r-o-c-k-out-of-the-u-s-a-by-bmoak-game-over/469686.md?page=4)