Son of 20 First Lines Rides Again
Another one. Same rules as before, if you think you recognise any, put your answers in the comments, and no cheating by searching in Google. This lot has a lot of classic 70s prog-rock.
1. A well-known Bognor restraunt owner disappeared early this morning
-- Harold the Barrel, Genesis (Steve Jones)
2. Attention class, here we come, we kick your ass, that's lesson one.
3. Cat's foot, iron claw, neurosurgeons scream for more
-- 21st Century Schizoid Man, King Crimson (Rob)
4. Hello Mirror - so glad to see you my friend
5. I had a mother chasing planets, shopping doctors for her Vicodin
-- Surfing down the avalanche, Spocks Beard (Steve Jones)
6. I stood upon the balcony with my brandy glass.
7. I'd like to visit Kashmir and shout over this land.
8. In nolan time sign what does the mind cover
9. It would appear that male pattern baldness has set in
-- Bald, The Darkness (Rob)
10. Kerran vain haaveeni nähdä sain
11. Mother, what's it all about
12. She was the keeper of all my reason
-- Queen of Hearts, David Coverdale (Steve Jones)
13. Somewhere in your eyes that very special glow
-- Salisbury, Uriah Heep (Steve Jones)
14. Standing in the space that holds the silent lace of night
-- The Emperor in his War Room, Van der Graaf Generator (Steve Jones)
15. The clock strikes twelve, and moondrops burst
-- Astronomy, Blue Öyster Cult (Murray Ewing)
16. The sky is red, I don't understand
-- Burn, Deep Purple (Steve Jones)
17. Train arriving, sixteen coaches long
-- Mystery Train, UFO or Elvis (Chris)
18. When I was a boy, at the cold blue lake
-- Hunting Song, Railroad Earth (Scott)
19. When did life get so, get so complicated
20. Yesterday as morning came a smile upon your face
-- Yours is no disgrace, Yes (Fred Webb)
#9 is "Bald" by The Darkness. Doubtkless others will come to me.
Posted by: Rob on August 21, 2006 02:24 PMSure enough - #3 is "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson. I had it in my head that it was Black Sabbath, which fooled me for a few minutes.
Posted by: Rob on August 21, 2006 02:47 PMThere are several more classic 70s prog-rock songs in there (precisely how many depends on where you draw the line between prog and heavy metal)
11 must be Mother by the Floyd and 10 looks like it could be Hungarian. 17 Train, Train? Or is that just the chorus - UFO
Posted by: Chris on August 21, 2006 08:59 PM11: Wrong! It's not the Floyd
10: The language isn't Hungarian.
17: You've got the song, but that's the chorus, not the title :)
If it's not Humgarian, is it Finnish - Nightwish? Lordi?
Posted by: Chris on August 23, 2006 06:55 PMHa! I can tell that you know something about linguistics. It's all the ümläüts in it that's a dead giveway.
You've named two bands that appear in the 20 :)
Posted by: Tim Hall on August 23, 2006 09:43 PM#15 is Astronomy by Blue �yster Cult
Posted by: Murray on August 24, 2006 06:39 PMIt is indeed. More Ümläüts...
Posted by: Tim Hall on August 24, 2006 09:50 PMAs always, I can do the 'showing your age' section...
1: Genesis - Harold The Barrel
5: Spock's Beard - Surfing Down The Avalanche
12: Whitesnake - Queen of Hearts
13: Uriah Heep - Salisbury
14: Van Der Graaf Generator - The Emperor In His War Room
16: Burn - Deep Purple
Posted by: Steve Jones on August 27, 2006 02:56 PMI'll have to find something by Ash Burton and the 14XXs...
The album "Northwinds" containing "Queen of Hearts" wasn't released under the Whitesname name, but as a David Coverdale solo album. Several members of what was to become Whitesnake played on it, though.
Posted by: Tim Hall on August 27, 2006 03:22 PMGood point, I guess that's what happens when I do things from memory :-)
'Northwinds' is easily my favourite unPurple Coverdale, closely followed by the 'Whitesnake' album. Although I frequently enjoyed them live once everything became Whitesnake The Band, I felt the albums lacked a little subtlety ;-)
I think I agree with you there. Both Whitesnakes (the British blues-metal one and the American hair-metal version) were a bit one-dimensional.
Northwinds is far more varied. Pity it's become an obscure rarity; I'm not sure it's even in print any more (though I do have it on CD).
Posted by: Tim Hall on August 27, 2006 07:41 PM18 is "Hunting Song" by Railroad Earth on ELKO. Sorry I missed that. :)
Posted by: Scott on August 28, 2006 02:34 PMSomehow I thought you'd guess that one, Scott.
Posted by: Tim Hall on August 28, 2006 03:55 PM