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Hope you’ve had a banger of a short week my friends! Welcome to the hints.
Please use the below format to send your answers to thelyricsquiz@gmail.com by 3pm today (NZ time). Answers will be out sometime after that.
Team/name:
1960s (US): “Title Title (Title Title Title Title Title)”, [Artist]
1960s (UK): “Title Title Title”, [Artist]
1980s: “Title Title (Title Title Title)”, [Artist]
2000s (A): “Title Title”, [Artist]
2000s (B): “Title Title”, [Artist 1], [Artist 2] & [Artist 3]
2020s: “Title!”, [Artist]
We can do it friends!
Kirsti.
1960s (US): “Title Title (Title Title Title Title Title)”, [Artist]
I was five and he was six
We rode on horses made of sticks
He wore black and I wore white
He would always win the fight
Bang bang, he shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down
Hint: These days most people are more familiar with Nancy Sinatra’s cover version that was used in Kill Bill, but I’m looking for the original artist this week. She believes in life after love, wants us to all to shoop shoop (it’s in his kiss), and if she could turn back time…well. Song title in lyrics quoted.
1960s (UK): “Title Title Title”, [Artist]
Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test tube, oh, oh, oh, oh
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
"Can I take you out to the pictures, Joa-oa-oa-oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
Hint: I didn’t know this band had a song about a (fictitious) murder, but I guess they did! Apparently the recording sessions for this song were the *worst*, You might know this band from such songs as “Love Me Do”, “Revolution” or “Help”. Song title in lyrics quoted.
1980s: “Title Title (Title Title Title)”, [Artist]
Well, I'm an axe grinder, pile-driver
Mama says that I never, never mind her
Got no brains, I'm insane
The teacher says that I'm one big pain
I'm like a laser, six-string razor
I got a mouth like an alligator
I want it louder, more power
I'm gonna rock it ‘til it strikes the hour
Bang your head
Metal health will drive you mad
Hint: This song was one of the biggest hits for this American heavy metal band best known for their cover of Slade’s “Cum On Feel the Noize”, which I didn’t know was a cover until now. This song was this band’s second and final top 40 hit, peaking at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band’s name is something of a oxymoron, with the first word being something not loud at all and the second word being something very loud indeed. Song title in lyrics quoted.
2000s (A): “Title Title”, [Artist]
I get my kicks, and I wanna start a rager
I wanna dance like I'm on the video
I got a fever for the violent behavior
I'm sweatin' bullets like a modern Romeo
Bang! Bang! Gimme fame!
Shoot me up to entertain (Ah-ah)
I am a semi-automatic lonely boy
You're dead! I'm well fed!
Give me death or gimme head (Ah-ah)
Daddy's little psycho, and Mommy's little soldier
Hint: A fast-paced banger about the culture of mass shooting that happens in America mixed with narcissistic social media from an American punk trio who don’t want to be American idiots. Song title in lyrics quoted.
2000s (B): “Title Title”, [Artist 1], [Artist 2] & [Artist 3]
She got a body like an hourglass
But I can give it to you all the time
She got a booty like a Cadillac
But I can send you into overdrive, oh
You've been waiting for that
Step on up, swing your bat
See, anybody could be bad to you
You need a good girl to blow your mind, yeah
Bang, bang into the room (I know you want it)
Hint: This 2014 song unites three of music’s hottest women for a fast-paced track about having fun and being bad girls. Artist 1: an English singer-songwriter best known for her songs “Price Tag” and “Dominos”, as well as this song. Artist 2: an American singer-songwriter known for such songs as “Thank U, Next”, “7 Rings”, and “Yes, And?”. Artist 3: a Trinidadian-born rapper and singer based in the United States known for such songs as “Super Bass”, “Starships”, and “Anaconda”. Song title in lyrics quoted.
2020s: “Title!”, [Artist]
I'm way too young to lie here forever
I'm way too old to try so whatever
Come hang
Let's go out with a bang
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Feel like I'm gonna puke
'Cause my taxes are due
Do my password begin with a one or a two?
Been a hell of a ride
But I'm thinking it's time to grow
Bang! Bang! Bang! (Metronome!)
Hint: This bop is from an American indie pop band founded by brothers Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met, collectively a trio of vocalists, multi-instrumentalists, and songwriters. You may know them from such songs as “Weak”, “Burn the House Down”, “Sober Up”, and “Way Less Sad”. Song title in lyrics quoted.