The Greatest Hits Quiz!

Prop wrote:3 Bad Seeds

With Nick of course, but I'll give it to you.


1. Dry The Rain
2. Sunshine On A Rainy Day - Zoe (KrazeeEyezKilla)
3. Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Prop)
4. Heat Wave
5. The Storm
6. Windpower
7. Thunderstruck - AC/DC (KrazeeEyezKilla)
8. Clouds Across The Moon - The Rah Band (KrazeeEyezKilla)
9. Lightning Bolt - Jake Bugg (Prop)
10. Do The Whirlwind

4 Wiley?

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:4 Wiley?

No. Wiley has released something called Heatwave, but it is unrelated to the classic Motown track of the same name (which is the one I'm after).

Gladys Knight & The Pips

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Gladys Knight & The Pips

Not Gladys and the Pips, but you're very much in the right ballpark.

I knew a couple of these would need clues but I'm quite surprised that a couple of others haven't gone yet. Let's see if this helps.

1. Scottish band formed by Steve Mason and Gordon Anderson in 1996. This track was on the first of three EPs that they released; these were later compiled into their first album, appropriately titled "The Three EPs".

4. American female vocal group signed to Motown Records. Other well-known recordings include "Nowhere To Run", "Jimmy Mack" and another that I won't mention for now, as it would be too much of a giveaway.

5. English indie-pop band briefly successful in the early 1990s. The B-side of this single was a cover of "She's A Rainbow", originally by the Rolling Stones. Their vocalist, Tony Ogden, died in 2006 at the age of 44.

6. English musician whose surname is the same as an audio noise-reduction process. Other releases include "She Blinded Me With Science" and "Hyperactive".

10. Australian indie-pop band mainly active in the 2000s, now on hiatus. Their name refers to the buildings and other structures in a specific Scandinavian city.

Prop wrote:1 Beta Band
6 Tom Dolby

Correct on both! Moves you into the lead for the time being.

4. Martha & the Vandellas
10. Architecture in Helsinki ?

Reg Varney wrote:4. Martha & the Vandellas
10. Architecture in Helsinki ?

Yes to both! A very timely intervention. If you can get the last one, you can force a tiebreak with Prop.


1. Dry The Rain - The Beta Band (Prop)
2. Sunshine On A Rainy Day - Zoe (KrazeeEyezKilla)
3. Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Prop)
4. Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas (Reg Varney)
5. The Storm
6. Windpower - Thomas Dolby (Prop)
7. Thunderstruck - AC/DC (KrazeeEyezKilla)
8. Clouds Across The Moon - The Rah Band (KrazeeEyezKilla)
9. Lightning Bolt - Jake Bugg (Prop)
10. Do The Whirlwind - Architecture In Helsinki (Reg Varney)

James Bentley wrote:Yes to both! A very timely intervention. If you can get the last one, you can force a tiebreak with Prop.

I'm usually pretty good on 90s Indie, but I can't recall a vocalist called Tony Ogden at all.

Reg Varney wrote:I'm usually pretty good on 90s Indie, but I can't recall a vocalist called Tony Ogden at all.

They were a bit of a flash in the pan to be fair. I saw them live in 1991 or 1992, they were pretty cool. They had a sort of early Roxy Music vibe going on, not so much sound-wise, but Tony Ogden had something of the Bryan Ferry about him in his stage manner, plus they had an enigmatic keyboard player (whose name I can't remember) who was very reminiscent of Eno.

Is 5 World of Twist?

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Is 5 World of Twist?

It is World of Twist! Very good call.


1. Dry The Rain - The Beta Band (Prop)
2. Sunshine On A Rainy Day - Zoe (KrazeeEyezKilla)
3. Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Prop)
4. Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas (Reg Varney)
5. The Storm - World of Twist (KrazeeEyezKilla) *
6. Windpower - Thomas Dolby (Prop)
7. Thunderstruck - AC/DC (KrazeeEyezKilla)
8. Clouds Across The Moon - The Rah Band (KrazeeEyezKilla)
9. Lightning Bolt - Jake Bugg (Prop)
10. Do The Whirlwind - Architecture In Helsinki (Reg Varney)

KrazeeEyezKilla takes the bonus point and therefore the overall win with 5 points. Tough luck to Prop with 4 and Reg with 2, both of whom were in it right up until the end. Thanks as usual to everyone for playing!

That one just flew into my head. There have other bands I'm more familiar with where I couldn't get it.

Sometime today. I'm not sure exactly when.

Didn't get the chance to do this yesterday. I'll have it in the afternoon.

1 Planet Caravan
2 Hang Me Out To Dry
3 Cold Blooded
4 C'mon C'mon
5 Don't Break My Heart
6 Free Man In Paris
7 Boops
8 Don't Tell Me
9 Shutterbugg
10 Drop The Pilot

8. Blancmange (but I've a feeling it'll be a different song also called Don't Tell Me)
10. Joan Armatrading

It's the Blancmange one.

1 Planet Caravan
2 Hang Me Out To Dry
3 Cold Blooded
4 C'mon C'mon
5 Don't Break My Heart - UB40 (Juddernaut88)
6 Free Man In Paris
7 Boops
8 Don't Tell Me - Blancmange (James Bentley)
9 Shutterbugg
10 Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading (James Bentley)

2. Cold War Kids
4. Von Bondies

SteveJJ wrote:2. Cold War Kids
4. Von Bondies

Both right