In what year? Poptastic.....

[TightEnd]

A reminder of the scoring

+1 point for every year away from the correct year

- 2 points if you get the correct answer of the artist WHO FIRST HAD A TOP 40 UK HIT with the song


The year, getting close, is the main determining factor of success

[TightEnd]

1 "Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky"



One of the easier ones.

Almost everyone knew it was U2

Charted in 1984

Player         Answer         Score    Band correct Overall Score

Graham C         U2 1984         0   Yes      -2
Kinboshi         U2 1984         0   Yes      -2
Nakor                 U2 1984         0   Yes      -2
MintTrav         U2 1984         0   Yes      -2
buzzharvey22      U2 1983         1   Yes      -1
Doobs         U2 1983         1   Yes      -1
HutchGF         U2 1985         1   Yes      -1
REDSIMON         U2 1983         1   Yes      -1
Tal                 U2 1991         7   Yes      5
redsgirl   dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch - 1975    9   No      9




      Overall Score                     

Graham C      -2                     
Kinboshi      -2                     
Nakor      -2                     
MintTrav      -2                     
Doobs      -1                     
buzzharvey22      -1
HutchGF      -1
redsimon       -1
Tal      5
redsgirl      9

[tikay]

Dave, Dee, Dozy etc?

Awesome.

[TightEnd]

2 "but I did not shoot the deputy"      

Things begin to go pear-shaped here

It was a song on a Bob Marley and the Wailers 1968 album but did not become a UK hit for Marley until posthumuously over 30 years later

the first hit version, was the most successful version



Eric Clapton

1974

Player         Answer         Score    Band correct   Overall Score

redsimon         eric clapton 1972         2   yes      0
MintTrav         10cc 1974                  0   no      0
doobs         bob marley 1973         1   no      1
Tal                 bob marley 1975         1   no      1
Kinboshi         bob marley 1975         1   no      1
Graham C         bob marley 1976         2   no      2
nakor                 bob marley 1971         3   No      3
buzzharvey22      bob marley 1971         3   No      3
HutchGF         bob marley 1971         3   no      3
redsgirl         bob marley 1978         4   no      4




      Overall Score                     

MintTrav      -2                     
Kinboshi      -1                     
redsimon      -1                     
Graham C      0                     
doobs      0
nakor       1
buzzharvey22   2
HutchGF      2
Tal              6
redsgirl      13


 

[TightEnd]

3 "I thought, I saw a man brought to life            
He was warm, he came around and he was dignified            
He showed me what it was to cry"   


I learnt something here as I assumed the huge hit version was the original. However geeky nerdy Nakor caused me to look at the song and discover it was originally penned by an American indie band ednaswap 4 years earlier. It did not chart though

   

and because it always makes me smile, especially when the artist herself joins in

   

natalie imbruglia   1997   

My court order forbidding me from going within 100 feet of Natalie runs out next year


Player         Answer         Score    Band correct      Overall Score

Kinboshi         natalie imbruglia 1997         0   Yes      -2
buzzharvey22      natalie imbruglia 1997         0   Yes      -2
Tal                 natalie imbruglia 1997         0   Yes      -2
HutchGF         natalie imbruglia 1997         0   Yes      -2
redsgirl         natalie imbruglia 1996         1   yes      -1
Graham C         natalie imbruglia 1999         2   yes      0
doobs         natalie imbruglia 1992         5   yes      3
Nakor                  ednaswap 1993         4   no      4
MintTrav         tammy wynette and klf 1991         6   no      6
redsimon         natalie imbruglia 1982         15   yes      13

      Overall Score                     

Kinboshi      -3                     
Graham C      0                     
buzzharvey22   0                     
HutchGF      0                     
doobs      3                     
MintTrav      4                     
TaL              4                     
nakor              5                     
redsgirl      12                     
redsimon      12                     
   

[tikay]

Ooh, Natalie.

What price can I get on Redsgirl winning this?

[TightEnd]

Ooh, Natalie.

What price can I get on Redsgirl winning this?

100,000 to 1

[nirvana]

Darn, forgot to get my answers in although only knew 6 so wouldn't have competed - would have abso done my bollo's betting on the U2 opener was earlier than 84, not as old as I thought I was

[Doobs]

Ooh, Natalie.

What price can I get on Redsgirl winning this?

100,000 to 1

Same price on me winning? 

[TightEnd]

4 "The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,         
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,"         


this surprised me a little, given the ubiquity of talent shows, and this being the most recent song

Only 5 of the 10 contestants knew the band, and three passes used



One direction, 2011



Player         Answer             Score    Band correct   overall Score

Kinboshi      Pass                  0
Doobs      Pass                  0
nakor         Pass                  0
Tal         one direction 2011         0   yes      -2
buzzharvey22   one direction 2011         0   yes      -2
HutchGF      one direction 2013         2   yes      0
redsgirl      one direction 2013         2   yes      0
Graham C      one direction 2013         2   yes      0
redsimon      culture club 1982         29   no      29
MintTrav      andy gibb 1978                 33   no      33


      Overall Score                     

Kinboshi      -3                     
buzzharvey22   -2                     
HutchGF      0                     
Graham C      0                     
Tal              2                     
doobs      3                     
nakor              5                     
redsgirl      12                     
MintTrav      37                     
redsimon      41

[TightEnd]

Ooh, Natalie.

What price can I get on Redsgirl winning this?

100,000 to 1

Same price on me winning? 

in bigger size

[nirvana]

Only 5 of the 10 contestants knew the band, and three passes used

Possible they knew but were rightly ashamed to admit it ?

[Doobs]

4 "The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,         
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,"         


this surprised me a little, given the ubiquity of talent shows, and this being the most recent song

Only 5 of the 10 contestants knew the band, and three passes used



One direction, 2011



Player         Answer             Score    Band correct   overall Score

Kinboshi      Pass                  0
Doobs      Pass                  0
nakor         Pass                  0
Tal         one direction 2011         0   yes      -2
buzzharvey22   one direction 2011         0   yes      -2
HutchGF      one direction 2013         2   yes      0
redsgirl      one direction 2013         2   yes      0
Graham C      one direction 2013         2   yes      0
redsimon      culture club 1982         29   no      29
MintTrav      andy gibb 1978                 33   no      33


      Overall Score                     

Kinboshi      -3                     
buzzharvey22   -2                     
HutchGF      0                     
Graham C      0                     
Tal              2                     
doobs      3                     
nakor              5                     
redsgirl      12                     
MintTrav      37                     
redsimon      41

Knew I should have asked my daughter. 

[MintTrav]

Darn, forgot to get my answers in although only knew 6 so wouldn't have competed - would have abso done my bollo's betting on the U2 opener was earlier than 84, not as old as I thought I was

You know 6? Massive favourite.

[TightEnd]

5 "There ain't no use in you crying         
Cause I'm more hurt than you         
I should not been out flirting         
But now my love is true"         


The most difficult question in the quiz

Well done to Nakor, impressive

Redsgirl and kinboshi hit the crossbar, as eddie grant was of course the lead singer of the equals before he walked down to electric avenue etc

I didn't know, until researching, that Grant wrote this when struggling with controlling his toddler walking in Jamaica in 1967




The Equals 1968


Player         Answer                       Score    Band correct Overall Score


buzzharvey22      pass                  0
HutchGF         Pass                  0
redsimon         pass                  0
nakor                 the equals 1966                 2   yes      0
Kinboshi         eddie grant 1974                 6   no      6
MintTrav         julio iglesias 1981                 13   no      13
redsgirl         eddie grant 1982                  14   no      14
Graham C         madonna 1985                 17   no      17
doobs         shakin stevens 1987         19   no      19
Tal                 UB40 1994                         26   no      26
                           

      Overall Score                     


buzzharvey22   -2                     
HutchGF      0                     
Kinboshi      3                     
nakor              5                     
Graham C      17                     
doobs      22                     
redsgirl      26
Tal             28
redsimon      41
MintTrav      50


doobs almost disqualified for suggesting in his that i might be a Shakin Stevens fan