Rate the extent of your musical knowledge in comparison with that of the average ILMer.

Below average on everything else.

(xpost) Dude, wait til you get to T. That's when it gets really good.

i got to h for all my louisville hardcore, free jazz and academic composition needs.

Plus - remember that those few people who know masses about all different types of music probably don't know shit about football, or art, or cinema, or something else that you do know about.

I comfort myself by thinking I'm still in my early 20s (and I am not one of those dudes who were into like Henry Cow and dub when i was 12 or whatever). And I know next to nothing about dance music (and feel ashamed for it).

Music Major Quiz:

Part one: Questions

1) This is a Kraftwerk album: ____bahn

2) Al _____ sang "Call Me," and James _____ sang "Try Me."
(hint: answers are 2 different colors)

3) ______ ______ was the band that Jerry Harrison was in prior to joining Talking Heads.

4) Name one album, song, or movie that Frank Zappa did.

5) Name Three songs on any of David Bowie's albums.

6) As closely as you can draw the symbol Prince changed his name to:

7) Name one musician/composser who worked with electronic sound prior to 1970.

8) What did the Residents where on thier heads during most of thier performances?
a) noses b) eyes c) card board boxes d) wigs

9) These Velvet Underground members last names are:
Lou ____, John ____, Sterling ________, and Moe ______.

10) Finish this line from an Elvis Presley song:
Blue Moon, ___ ___ __ ________ _____ without a dream in my heart.

Part two: Matching

1 John Coltrane A wrote the "Hey Song"
2 Miles Davis B Beetlejuice/ Pee wee/Edward Sissorhand composser
3 Thelonius Monk C Saxaphone Player
4 Bobby McFerrin D Saxaphone player
5 Danny Elfman E Piano Player
6 Gary Glitter F Tabla Player
7 Ornette Coleman G Trumpet Player
8 Zakir Hussein H Minimalist Composer
9 Ali Akbar Kahn I Vocalist
10 Philip Glass J Sarod Player

not that you're dumb if you don't know it, just that its something I'd like shared with the world.

how does "herky-jerky" fit into the equation, then??

2) Al Jolson sang "Call Me," and James At 15 sang "Try Me."
(hint: answers are 2 different colors)

3) Plastic Eyeball was the band that Jerry Harrison was in prior to joining Talking Heads.

4) Name one album, song, or movie that Frank Zappa did.
"Tittiebomb"
"Titties Are Keen"
"Smell My Titties"

5) Name Three songs on any of David Bowie's albums.
"Masque Of The Red Troll"
"Willem De Kooning"
"Let's Wiggle"
6) As closely as you can draw the symbol Prince changed his name to: F*CK (OFF)

7) Name one musician/composser who worked with electronic sound prior to 1970. Mrs.Miller

8) What did the Residents where on thier heads during most of thier performances?
a) noses b) eyes c) card board boxes d) wigs e) PHD's In Hippy Science

9) These Velvet Underground members last names are:
Lou Feingold, John Goldblatt, Sterling Clover , and Moe Howard.

10) Finish this line from an Elvis Presley song:
Blue Moon, Eat My Shit Stinky Cow without a dream in my heart.

Part two: Matching

1 John Coltrane wrote the "Junkie Song"
2 Miles Davis had penis scissorhands
3 Thelonius Monk played piano like a Saxaphone Player
4 Bobby McFerrin plays his penis like a Saxaphone player
5 Danny Elfman plays his mother like a Piano Player
6 Gary Glitter hit it like a Tabla Player
7 Ornette Coleman wishes he was a saxaphone Player
8 Zakir Hussein is a Sunni Minimalist piccolo fetishist
9 Ali Akbar Kahn is a Vocalist that only cats respond to
10 Philip Glass raped a Sarod Player

give an example of angular not staccato, then.

that's a score of a 0

I mean you can play the same note over in a staccato manner. you could do this in a herky jerky rhythm. you could enphasise angularity using this technique too. or you could just make like a machine gun.

Part one: Questions

1) This is a Kraftwerk album: Autobahn

2) Al Green sang "Call Me," and James Brown sang "Try Me."
(hint: answers are 2 different colors)

3) I dunno was the band that Jerry Harrison was in prior to joining Talking Heads.

4) Name one album, song, or movie that Frank Zappa did. FREAK OUT

5) Name Three songs on any of David Bowie's albums. Changes, Heroes, Ashes to Ashes

6) As closely as you can draw the symbol Prince changed his name to: err, I could draw it on paper, it's a combo of the symbols for male and female.

7) Name one musician/composser who worked with electronic sound prior to 1970. Walter Carlos?

8) What did the Residents where on thier heads during most of thier performances?
b) eyes

9) These Velvet Underground members last names are:
Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Moe Tucker.

10) Finish this line from an Elvis Presley song:
Blue Moon,I saw you standing alone(?) without a dream in my heart.

Part two: Matching

1 John Coltrane D A wrote the "Hey Song"
2 Miles Davis G B Beetlejuice/ Pee wee/Edward Sissorhand composser
3 Thelonius Monk E C Saxaphone Player
4 Bobby McFerrin I D Saxaphone player
5 Danny Elfman B E Piano Player
6 Gary Glitter A F Tabla Player
7 Ornette Coleman C G Trumpet Player
8 Zakir Hussein J H Minimalist Composer
9 Ali Akbar Kahn F I Vocalist
10 Philip Glass H J Sarod Player

Also 80's hardcore, bit o metal and some techno

And there are moments I'm embarassed by what I know but I'm generally not too embarassed by what I don't know.

That's what's great about ILM - ridicule is generally not part of the dialogue from post-to-post, though the written language is a rich and many-layered thing...

1. Name the person who co-produced "Now is the time" along with Scott Brown
2. Fill in the blanks in the name of this song by Chill FM "Ee _ __ _ __"
3. Name one song, one remix and one mix cd produced by Tom Wilson
4. Name three songs from any of The Time Frequency's albums
5. Name two members of Ultra-Sonic
6. Complete the names of these scottish happy hardcore musicians:
Davie ______
DJ Techno______
____ of Hardcore
Ryan ________

Part 2: matching

1. Bass Generator
2. FUBAR
3. Lenny Dee
4. MC Cyclone

A. Released the seminal "Power of scotland"
B. Was responsible for several drug deaths
C. "______ is god" was commonly written on the back of football shirts
D. Released a tune on Evolution Gold

"And there are moments I'm embarassed by what I know but I'm generally not too embarassed by what I don't know."

that is me totally.

Here's my quiz. If you get it all right you are truly a zen master of the music.

1) Name all the members of Grank Funk Railroad

2) Tell me what Prince was called by his mates when he was a squiggle

3) What are E's according to "Ebeneezer Goode" by the Shamen?
Have you ever taken E's? What was it like? Can I buy some off you?

4) Complete this:
Morrissey is ________ than a _________ ___________.

5) Without looking it up on allmusic, name all of Monteverdi's operas. Supply the dates and opus numbers.

6) If you like Megadeth subtract one point from your total so far.

7) Name the missing band in this sequence:
Kinks, Stone Roses, Tanita Tikaram, __________, Bon Jovi

8) "I like music, just as long as it's ___________.

9) Robert Johnson is reputed to have met someone at the crossroads at midinght who taught him how to play guitar, like, really really well. Was this

a) Eric Clapton
b) the Devil
c) Sheryl Crow
d) Fender Strat

10) Name THREE musicians who worked as gravediggers.

. have good history (Pre 1970s)
. Lived through the punk era and onwards
. Liked soul until 'disco' happened
. Have no great concept of IDE ("Ian Duncan Edward?")
. Modern day 'soul' passes me by (a few years ago, Kate and Jonny talked a lot of music on Big Brother, and I had absolutely no idea of any of it)
. In summary, apart from the above I have a good allroundness.

I thank you.

1) This is a Kraftwerk album: ____bahn
Autobahn
2) Al _____ sang "Call Me," and James _____ sang "Try Me."
(hint: answers are 2 different colors)
Al Green & James Brown
3) ______ ______ was the band that Jerry Harrison was in prior to joining Talking Heads.
Modern Lovers?
4) Name one album, song, or movie that Frank Zappa did.
Peaches En Regalia
5) Name Three songs on any of David Bowie's albums.
Always Crashing In The Same Car, Be My Wife, Sound & Vision
6) As closely as you can draw the symbol Prince changed his name to:
I can try, but not here.
7) Name one musician/composser who worked with electronic sound prior to 1970.
Wendy Carlos
8) What did the Residents where on thier heads during most of thier performances?
a) noses b) eyes c) card board boxes d) wigs
Wigs?
9) These Velvet Underground members last names are:
Lou ____, John ____, Sterling ________, and Moe ______.
Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Moss? Oh no, he’s a racing driver, Moe Tucker
10) Finish this line from an Elvis Presley song:
Blue Moon, ___ ___ __ ________ _____ without a dream in my heart.
Pass

Do I win?

I think this probably makes me an average ILMer.

At 42, I'm old enough to have absorbed a lot from the Kollege of Musical Knowledge (pretty conversant with soul, jazz, folk, punk & indie, general rock, latin, all things Prince-related; big blind spots on classical, metal & hip-hop, though I love some of each). I'm from a small, isolated town, though, meaning I don't have near the cultural access a lot of you more urban types do. What I know I REALLY know, with cargo-cult specificity.

It's rare I scan through the day's threads and don't learn something.

There seems to be somewhat more humor than substance sometimes, but if you dig enough....

Increasingly my musical tastes seem rather indiscriminate which leads me to wonder if I've lost whatever critical sharpness I ever had — I'm not really that passionate about some of these discussions, though they can be funny (if I get it) or innerestingly baffling (more often).

You know, "if it sounds good...." But then, how do I know? "Perplexing intangibilities...."

Delia Derbyshire, although technically she didn't write it (it was written by Ron Grainer but her interpretation is the one that made it to telly). Genius stuff though, as is most of the Radiophonic Workshop output from the 60s.

A potted history of the Who theme here.