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
– Mew, Apocalypso (fds)
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.
Sure 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.
There 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
11: 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?
Ha! 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
#15 is Astronomy by Blue Öyster Cult
It is indeed. More Ümläüts…
As 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
I’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.
Good 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).
18 is “Hunting Song” by Railroad Earth on ELKO. Sorry I missed that.
Somehow I thought you’d guess that one, Scott.
8. MEW -APOCALYPSO
Fds – it is indeed (and I’d completely forgotten about this one – I never got round to posting the answers)