Country Quizzin’ – 02/03/09 Edition
February 3, 2009
UPDATE: Well, y’all pretty much kicked my butt this week. I guess it was foolish of me to underestimate your knowledge of 90’s/00’s mainstream singles, since a whopping thirteen of you scored perfectly, and tons more of you trailed behind by only a point or half a point.
Given that figure, I’m going to to hold off on posting rankings until next week, ’cause it’s kind of like…what’s the point, when I’d have to list over half of you?
Of course, there are still three more weeks of super-intense quzzin’ ahead, and we’ve no clear frontrunners yet, so don’t get cocky (or discouraged, depending) just yet!
As always, thanks for playing, and I’ll catch y’all next week! – Dan
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Hiya everyone. Since the first month of Country Quizzin’ was a success (thanks!), we will be implementing a monthly prize system from here on out. You are now competing each month for a $20 Amazon gift certificate, which you can naturally use for any sort of purchase from the Amazon store. OK, so maybe it’s not a life-changing freebie for those of us who aren’t college students, but still – pretty neato bonus for just answering a bunch of silly questions, right?
Each month we will choose a winner based on whosoever has achieved that month’s highest cumulative score. In the event of a tie…um, we’ll figure that out when we get there. In order to ensure a diversity of prize winners, all winners will be ineligible from winning again for six months from their time of their victory. You can always keep playing after you win, of course, but the prize will go to the second-place finisher in the event that you win again within the six-month period. Make sense?
Naturally, you’re going to have to play each week if you want a shot at the prize. Remember: never be discouraged if you don’t know a bunch of the answers – just try your best, learn from your mistakes and hope the next week is more in your element!
So that’s settled. Tonight’s rules:
- 12 questions on classic songs which became hits as contemporary covers. Covers have always been at least somewhat prevalent in country music, so I’m narrowing the field this week to singles that were released in the 90s or 2000s. This theme was suggested by commenter Michael, so kudos to him!
- No cheating.
- You have until tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10:00 pm EST to answer.
- Your answer will be invisible to everyone but you until 10:30 pm EST (the extra half-hour is so I have time to grade your responses, so try to avoid late submissions if possible).
- At that time, the comments and answers will be revealed, along with rankings of this week’s top scorers.
Go!
You just have to name the song title for each question. If you can’t remember the title, you can scrounge some half-credit by describing what the song is about.
1. It was a signature song for Dottie West in 1980 and spent 7 weeks at #2 for Jo Dee Messina in 1999. It’s about waiting around for karma to hit your ex in the face.
ANSWER: “Lesson in Leavin’”
2. This silly number was co-written by Roger Miller and George Jones but never released as a single until Alan Jackson brought it to #1 in 1995. It finds its narrator making lots of cute and largely unkeepable promises in return for a woman’s love.
ANSWER: “Tall, Tall Trees”
3. This appraisal of one’s own romantic let-down was a big hit for Bonnie Tyler in 1978 and a moderate one for Trick Pony in 2005.
ANSWER: “It’s a Heartache”
4. 2003 saw Lonestar breathe surprising new life into this oft-covered 1991 one-hit-wonder by Marc Cohn.
ANSWER: “Walking in Memphis”
5. Tim McGraw got his Urban Cowboy on in 2007 with this cover of a 1979 Eddie Rabbitt hit about being all paranoid that someone’s gonna steal your hot girlfriend.
ANSWER: “Suspicions”
6. Brooks & Dunn’s #1 1996 cover of this 1973 pop hit by B.W. Stevenson may actually be the definitive version now, thanks to all of the recurrent airplay it still gets.
ANSWER: “My Maria”
7. This plainspoken promise of devotion by Bob Dylan was actually written not long before its 1998 cover by Garth Brooks, so it technically shouldn’t qualify for this list. Whatever, good song.
ANSWER: “To Make You Feel My Love”
8. This truck-drivin’ anthem was a hit for Dave Dudley back in 1963 and a hit for Sawyer Brown in 1997.
ANSWER: “Six Days on the Road”
9. Conway Twitty and Blake Shelton both went Top-10 with their respective versions of this coming-to-terms-with-the-end power ballad, the former in 1988, the latter in 2005.
ANSWER: “Goodbye Time”
10. Garth Brooks had arguably one of the best hits of his career (in 1994) when he covered this thumping New Grass Revival song (from 1989) about travelling around while you still have someone on your mind (sorry, if I get more specific than that, I’ll give it away).
ANSWER: “Callin’ Baton Rogue”
11. Here’s a gimme: the Dixie Chicks had a 2002 hit with this cover of the famous Stevie Nicks song from 1975 about growing older and wiser and being twenty-seven and stuff.
ANSWER: “Landslide”
12. The second Brooks & Dunn-covered song on our list (this one from 1998) is also the second one written by Roger Miller (who released it in 1966). It’s a beautiful reflection on the nature of collapsing relationships.
ANSWER: “Husbands & Wives”
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Wow, I know the answer to all of these this time, but I’m not eligible to win.
1. “Lesson In Leaving”
2.
3.
4.
5. “Suspicions”
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11. “Landslide”
12.
Wow. I feel like when I find out the real answers, I know I’ll feel stupid. I know I know almost all of these, but these are all the titles I came up with…
1. It was a signature song for Dottie West in 1980 and spent 7 weeks at #2 for Jo Dee Messina in 1999. It’s about waiting around for karma to hit your ex
in the face.
“Lesson In Leavin’”
2. This silly number was co-written by Roger Miller and George Jones but never released as a single until Alan Jackson brought it to #1 in 1995. It finds
its narrator making lots of cute and largely unkeepable promises in return for a woman’s love.
“Tall, Tall Trees”
3. This appraisal of one’s own romantic let-down was a big hit for Bonnie Tyler in 1978 and a moderate one for Trick Pony in 2005.
“It’s A Heartache”
4. 2003 saw Lonestar breathe surprising new life into this oft-covered 1991 one-hit-wonder by Marc Cohn.
“Memphis” (can’t remember the rest of the title)
5. Tim McGraw got his Urban Cowboy on in 2007 with this cover of a 1979 Eddie Rabbitt hit about being all paranoid that someone’s gonna steal your hot girlfriend.
“Suspicions”
6. Brooks & Dunn’s #1 1996 cover of this falsetto-y 1973 pop hit by B.W. Stevenson may actually be the definitive version now, thanks to all of the recurrent
airplay it still gets.
“My Maria”
7. This plainspoken promise of devotion by Bob Dylan was actually written not long before its 1998 cover by Garth Brooks, so it technically shouldn’t qualify
for this list. Whatever, good song.
“To Make You Feel My Love”
8. This truck-drivin’ anthem was a hit for Dave Dudley back in 1963 and a hit for Sawyer Brown in 1997.
“Six Days on the Road”
9. Conway Twitty and Blake Shelton both went Top-10 with their respective versions of this coming-to-terms-with-the-end power ballad, the former in 1988,
the latter in 2005.
“Goodbye Time”
10. Garth Brooks had arguably one of the best hits of his career (in 1994) when he covered this thumping New Grass Revival song (from 1989) about travelling
around while you still have someone on your mind (sorry, if I get more specific than that, I’ll give it away).
“Callin’ Batton rouge”
11. Here’s a gimme: the Dixie Chicks had a 2002 hit with this cover of the famous Stevie Nicks song from 1975 about growing older and wiser and being twenty-seven
and stuff.
“Landslide”
12. The second Brooks & Dunn-covered song on our list (this one from 1998) is also the second one written by Roger Miller (who released it in 1966). It’s
a beautiful reflection on the nature of collapsing relationships.
“Husbands And Wives”
1. “Lesson in Leavin’”
2. “Tall, Tall Trees”
3. “It’s a Heartache”
4. “Walkin’ in Memphis”
5. “Suspicions”
6. “My Maria”
7. “To Make You Feel My Love”
8. “Six Days on the Road”
9. “Goodbye Time”
10. “Callin’ Baton Rouge”
11. “Landslide”
12. “Husbands and Wives”
Dan you’re making this too easy! : )
01. Lesson In Leavin’ (also covered by Bobbie Cryner)
02. Tall, Tall Trees
03. It’s A Heartache
04. Walking In Memphis
05. Suspicions
06. My Maria
07. To Make You Feel My Love
08. Six Days On The Road
09. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands & Wives
I have yet to take first place in one of these things, but I’m pretty sure I’ve got everything this time, only the Sawyer Brown one I’m not sure of I’ve never been too familiar with their work, but I’m prett sure it was them who covered it.
1. lesson in leavin
2. tall, tall, trees
3. it’s a heartache
4. walking in memphis
5. suspicions
6. my maria
7. the river
8. six days on the road
9. goodbye time
10. I will be free
11. landslide
12. how long gone
1. Lesson In Leaving
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. It’s a Heartache
4. Walkin’ In Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love (check out the Adele version)
8. Six Days on the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
1. “Lesson in Leavin’ ”
2. “Tall, Tall Trees”
3. “It’s a Heartache”
4. –
5. “Suspicions”
6. “My Maria”
7. “To Make You Feel My Love” (Trisha’s version on the “Hope Floats” soundtrack is worth a listen)
8. –
9. “Goodbye Time”
10. “Callin’ Baton Rouge”
11. “Landslide”
12. –
1. “Lesson In Leaving”
2. “I’m A Fool, Fool, Fool For You”
3. “It’s A Heartache”
4. “Walking In Memphis”
5. “Suspicions”
6. “My Maria”
7. “To Make You Feel My Love”
8. “Six Days On The Road”
9. “Goodbye Time”
10. “Callin’ Baton Rouge”
11. “Landslide”
12. “Husbands And Wives”
1. “Lesson In Leavin’”
2. “Tall Tall Trees”
3. “It’s A Heartache”
4. “Walking In Memphis”
5. “Suspicions”
6. “My Maria”
7. “To Make You Feel My Love”
8. “Six Days On The Road”
9. “Goodbye Time”
10. “Callin’ Baton Rouge”?
11. “Landslide”
12. “Husbands & Wives”
1) Lesson In Leaving
2) Tall Tall Trees
3) It’s a heartaches
4) Walking In Memphis
5) Suspicions
6) My Maria
7) To Make You Feel My Love
8) 6 Days On The Road
9) Goodbye Time
10) Hard Luck Woman
11) Landslide
12) Husbands and Wives
1. “Stand Beside Me”
2. “Tall, Tall Trees”?
3. “It’s a Heartache”
4. “Walking in Memphis”
5. “Suspicions”
6. “My Maria”
7. “Make You Feel My Love”
8. “Six Days on the Road”?
9. “Goodbye Time”
10. “Callin’ Baton Rouge”
11. “Landslide”
12. “Husbands and Wives”
1, Lesson in Leavin
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. It’s a Heartache
4. Walkin in Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Six days on the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
1.
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. It’s a Heartache
4. Walking in Memphis
5. When the Stars Go Blue
6. My Maria
7. In Another’s Eyes
8.
9. Goodbye Time
10. Calling Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12.
Shoot. I can already tell I made it too easy again. :(
1. Lesson In Leaving
2. Fool For You? (I’ll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas, I’m a fool fool fool for you)
3. It’s A Heartache
4. Walking In Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria?
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Six Days on the Road?
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands & Wives?
1. Bye, Bye Love
2. Tall, Tall Trees
3.Can’t think of it, but it’s the one with the black and white video and they are all on the beach and there’s just one thing that red like a rose or whatever.
4. Walking In Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. 6 Days On The Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
1. Lesson in Leaving
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. It’s A Heartache
4. Walking in Memphis
5. Suspicion
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Six Days on the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10.
11. Landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
Finally something I know!! Yay! Number 10 is on the tip of my tongue! I’m gonna have to look it up and kick myself after I find out what it is!
My new favorite version of “Six Days on the Road” is Aaron Tippin’s from his new Overdrive album. I never really took to the song before.
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How much fun was this?!!!
1. Lesson in Leavin’
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. It’s A Heartache
4. Walking in Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Six Days on the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands & Wives
1. Lesson In Leavin’
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. It’s a Heartache
4. Walking In Memphis
5. Suspisions
6. My Maria
7. ???
8. Six Days On the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
1. Lesson in Leaving
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. Total Eclipse of the Heart (?)
4. Walking in Memphis
5. Suspicion
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Six Days On the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husband and Wives
1. “Lesson in Leavin’”
2. Don’t know
3. “It’s a Heartache”
4. “Walkin’ in Memphis”
5. “Suspicions”
6. “My Maria”
7. “To Make You Feel My Love”
8. Don’t Know
9. “Goodbye Time”
10. “Callin’ Baton Rouge”
11. “Landslide”
12. “Don’t Know”
1. Lesson in Leaving
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. It’s a Heartache
4. Walking in Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. I was too curious about this one and had to look it up. Seems obvious now that I know the answer, but don’t think I would have thought of it by myself.
8. Six Days on the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
01. Lesson In Leavin’
02. Tall, Tall Trees
03. It’s a Heartache
04. Walking In Memphis
05. Suspicions
06. My Maria
07. To Make You Feel My Love
08. Six Days on the Road
09. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands & Wives
Thanks! :)
1. Lesson In Leaving
2. Tall Tall Trees?
3. It’s A Heartache
4. Walking In Memphis
5. Suspicions?
6. My Maria? (wild guess here)
7. Pass
8. Six Days On the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands And Wives
1. hmmm… I’m not sure of the title.. “Fool hearted man”?
2. Tall Tall Trees
3. no idea
4. nope
5. blank
6. Maria
7. to make you feel my love. excellent song.
8. 6 days on the road.
9. goodbye time? oh yeah, and Blake, cutting a Conway song…awesome, cutting a 1988 Conway song….not awesome.
10. callin’ baton rouge
11. landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
1. Lesson In Leavin’
2. Tall, Tall Trees
3. It’s A Heartache
4. Walking In Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Six Days On The Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands & Wives
1. Lesson In Leavin’
2. Tall, Tall Trees
3. It’s A Heartache
4. Walkin’ In Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. Make You Feel My Love
8. Six Days On The Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands & Wives
1. Lesson in Leavin’
2. ?
3. It’s a Heartache
4.Walking in Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. Under a Neon Moon (?)
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. ?
9. Goodbye Time
10. Calling Baton Rogue (?)
11. Landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
1. “Lesson In Leavin”
2. “Tall, Tall Trees”
3. “It’s A Heartache”
4. “Walking In Memphis”
5. “Suspicions”
6. “My Maria”
7. “To Make You Feel My Love”
8. “Six Days On The Road”
9. “Goodbye Time”
10. “Callin’ Baton Rouge”
11. “Landslife”
12. “Husbands And Wives”
The only song that I had a hard time wrapping my mindgrapes around was #2. Then I thought “DUH…”
11 should be “Landslide,” not “Landslife”
1. A LESSON IN LEAVIN’
2. TALL TALL TREES
3. IT’S A HEARTACHE
4. WALKIN’ IN MEMPHIS
5. SUSPICIONS
6. MY MARIA
7. TO MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE
8. SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD
9. GOODBYE TIME
10. CALLIN’ BATON ROUGE
11. LANDSLIDE
12. HUSBANDS AND WIVES
1. A Lesson In Leavin’
2. Tall, Tall Trees
3. It’s A Heartache
4. Walkin’ In Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Six Days On The Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Calllin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands & Wives
5. Suspicions
8. Six Days on the Road
9. Austin
11. Landslide
I feel like I should know #1 and #3, but I can’t remember the names of many of their songs.
Late this week, but still under the buzzer …
1. Lesson in Leavin’
2. Tall, Tall Trees (one of my favorite Jackson tunes)
3. It’s a Heartache
4. Walkin’ In Memphis
5. Suspicions
6. My Maria
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Six Days on the Road
9. Goodbye Time
10. Callin’ Baton Rouge
11. Landslide
12. Husbands and Wives
… I love every one of these songs. And they’re all in my library – by one artist or another.
Am I the only one who still sees all the comments as comment hidden?
Sorry CMW, that was my bad – I forgot to turn the comments back on when I updated it. Lame.
Unfortunately I didn’t get to post in this one before the deadline, but I did take it afterward (while covering up the answers) and got all but one (I put “Superstitions” instead of “Suspicions” for #5.) This one was pretty easy :D.
Suggestions:
maybe country songs made for movie soundtracks?
songs that name or feature a legendary country singer in the lyrics?
politically-driven/subject songs?
signature or big fan hit songs (that weren’t big radio hits?)
one about famous producers?
one/two-hit wonders?
rock/pop/hip-hop/etc. country crossovers (either way)?
songs that name or feature a legendary country singer in the lyrics?
Please, no.
Why the strong aversion, J.R.?
Those kinds of songs are usually not my favorites … actually, I tend to despise name-dropping songs. But the rest of CF’s suggestions were really interesting.
How about the name-dropping song that puts all others to shame — Clint Black’s “Tuckered Out”?
I’ve seen more than a Little Texas, and a Playboy always knows
A man does what he Wills as long as he stays on his toes
He can Russell up a fortune, any man could strike it Rich
But I’m doing good to keep it Strait and keep my wheels out of the ditch
Ain’t no Foster for the Desert Rose, the babblin’ Brooks are Dunn
That Crystal ball won’t even book me one day in the Sun
I’m Haggard, worn and Waylon from the bottom of my Restless Heart
Don’t know Wy the Black cloud’s tailin’ me, there seems to be no Parton from the dark
And I’ve had it to the Gills of knowin’ what the Nitty Gritty’s all about
Bein’ McEntired and Loveless I can’t Lovett if I’m all Tuckered out
Well, I never meant to set out like a half-cocked Gatlin gun
No highway Head Hunter’s gonna let this Rabbitt run
I ain’t Raven ’bout The Ride, I probably got no fate to Seal
If I can’t roll through Alabama half Asleepin’ At The Wheel
All my Paycheckes are like dried up Wells and way too small to Cash
Or I’d find a roadside motel, lay some money down to Crash
I’m Haggard, worn and Waylon from the bottom of my Restless Heart
Don’t know Wy the Black cloud’s tailin’ me, there seems to be no Parton from the dark
And I’ve had it to the Gills of knowin’ what the Nitty Gritty’s all about
Bein’ McEntired and Loveless I can’t Lovett if I’m all Tuckered out
THAT is the way to write a name-dropping song. All or nothing. I like it.
But there is actually some good “name-dropping” songs lol. One song that immediately came to mind is Lee Ann Womack’s “I Think I Know” and Ashley Monroe’s “Hank’s Cadillac”, etc. Those two probably wouldn’t be on any quiz since they’re not known by a whole lot of people, for the most part (some good ones that are well known even could be like Trisha mentioning Patsy and Aretha in “XXX’s and OOO’s”). But they are some good ones, and plenty of bad ones as we know (“Johnny Cash”, “Kristofferson”, “Tim McGraw”, and I guess for some people, Alan Jackson mentioning Brooks & Dunn in “Good Time”).
It can get creative. I mean, the quiz rules don’t say we have to like the songs. Just that we know about them. I think it would be fun.
And yes, Clint outdid everybody with that one haha.
(O.K., I just realized I put Aretha, McGraw, and B&D in there, even though I put “legendary country singer”, but it doesn’t have to limit itself to that category. Anyway, just had to clear that up. I forgot I used those specific words lol).
I don’t like all name checking songs, but there are plenty that I enjoy. It just depends on how they’re executed.