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It's Pop Quiz time again! After two artist-based quizzes in a row (The Magnetic Fields and The Wedding Present - follow the Pop quiz tag on the right to find them), it's now time for the first quiz based on a geographic location.
After thirty-plus years of outstanding left-of-the-field pop, choosing Scotland for this quiz was easy. Not so easy was who to include, and who to leave out...and stopping after ten clips wasn't an option either. So, for this quiz, there are thirteen introductions to Scottish underground pop songs, ranging in date from circa 1978 to the mid-2000s.
Press Play on the player below. Listen to the thirteen clips. There are short gaps in between each intro in which you can Pause the player to note down your answer. There are a maximum of 26 points available - one point for each correct song title; one for each correct artist. If you score more than 12 points, consider yourself a Scotpop Expert! Be warned though: this is a tough old quiz...
[Spoiler space - don't scroll down if you're planning to do the quiz!]
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2. Orange Juice - Blue Boy
3. Josef K - ?
4. Camera Obscura - Teenager
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7. The Pastels - Nothing To Be Done
8. Bis - Icky-Poo Air Raid
9. Shop Assistants - Safety Net (yay!)
10. Ballboy - ?
11. Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
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13. The Vaselines - ?
A magnificent 15/26! Excellent! I crown you Loobie-Lou, Queen of Scotpop!
ReplyDeleteI'll post up the missing answers in a day or two...
And the answers are...
ReplyDelete1. Into the Valley - The Skids
2. Blue Boy - Orange Juice
3. Radio Drill Time - Josef K
4. Teenager - Camera Obscura
5. Everything Goes Around the Water - The Delgados
6. Phasers on Stun - Urusei Yatsura
7. Nothing to be Done - The Pastels
8. Icky-Poo Air Raid - Bis
9. Safety Net - Shop Assistants
10. A Day in Space - Ballboy
11. Lazy Line Painter Jane - Belle and Sebastian
12. Top of the Pops - The Rezillos
13. Dying for It - The Vaselines
No Jesus and Mary Chain, Arab Strap, Yummy Fur...Blimey!
I'm dithering whether to make the next quiz an Antipodean Special, restrict it to The Go-Betweens only, or do one based on a specific year. Hmmm...