Happy first day of spring, though us Chicago-ans can’t believe it with our 22-degree wind chill this morning.  Potpourri this week.
03-20-09 – QUIZ #380 [scroll down for the previous quiz's answers]
1. “When you go, go, go, go, I know it never ends, never ends”
2. “Cause you’re my lady, I’m your fool, it makes me crazy [...]

Put on your dancing shoes and take today’s lyric quiz - all titles are on the theme of dancing.
03-06-09 – QUIZ #379  [scroll down for last week's answers]
1.    ”And a carpet ride to a foreign land at the time of Davey Crockett”
2.    ”Holding you I held everything, for a moment, wasn’t I a king”
3.    ”I’ll [...]

I’m on a hunger strike until Slappy returns, folks. It’s my passive-aggressive way of showing I care! But … can’t leave my lyric fans waiting. SO …
Some say “three’s a crowd.” I say, sometime it is all you need – drums, guitar, and bass. Today’s quiz features some pop and [...]

It’s Friday Lyric Quiz time, y’all. Potpourri this week.  Have a Happy Valentine’s Day, and enjoy the long holiday weekend, for the lucky among us.
02-13-09 – QUIZ #377 [scroll down for last week's answers]
1. “Oh, he tells me tears are something to hide, and something to fear”
2. “All the best DJs are saving, the slowest [...]

Musical comebacks are the thing of legends, but they aren’t always successful.  For every Britney there is a Michael Jackson in desperate need of re-invention.  Then there are the artists that come back in another form (Paula Abdul).  Today’s theme is such comebacks, but the songs are just from the artists (i.e., not necessarily their [...]

Potpourri this week.
01-30-09 – QUIZ #375 [scroll down for last week's answers]
1. “I’m on my way to New Orleans this morning, leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee”
2. “No special favors, make it out to cash. We`ll spend it later got to make this romance last”
3. “And our good times start and end without dollar one to [...]

12-05-08 – QUIZ #370 [scroll down for last week's answers]
1. “Take away my trouble, take away my grief, take away my heartache in the night like a thief”
2. “Asking all kinds of questions to myself, but never finding the answers. Crying at the top of my voice, and no one listening”
3. “I have made [...]

So, I wrote all this up yesterday, only to forget to send until, of course, now. All bands in this themed quiz are named after a food of some kind.
Hope everyone in the States had a lovely Thanksgiving!
11-28-08 – QUIZ #369 [scroll down for last week's answers]
1. “The more you change the less [...]

Sorry for last week’s hiatus.  Today is a potpourri.  Happy Thanksgiving, all!
11-21-08 – QUIZ #368 [scroll down for last week's answers]
1. “Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams, just go ahead, let your hair down”
2. “I go around a time or two, just to waste my time with you”
3. “Without a life [...]

Crazy make-up.  Fright wigs.  Booze and music.  Sounds like Halloween for many of us, but it was all in a day’s work for hair-metal bands back in the 80s and early 90s.  Happy Halloween folks – the theme is hair metal.  Be careful out there!
10-31-08 – QUIZ #366 [scroll down for last week's answers]
1. “Don’t [...]

Some songs are perfection at under 180 seconds – “Acoustic #3.”  “Yesterday.”  “What’s My Age Again.”  Others are more epic in nature.  Today’s quiz focuses on songs with a lengthy life span – all are six minutes are longer.
10-17-08 – QUIZ #364 [scroll down for last week's answers]
1. “Engineer boots, leather jackets and tight blue [...]

Potpourri this Friday.  Good luck and go … Devil Rays?
10-10-08 – QUIZ #363 [scroll down for last week's answers]
1. “Knock down the old gray wall, be a part of it all, nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do”
2. “I stumble into town, just like a sacred cow, visions of swastikas in my head”
3. [...]

Last weekend, a friend and I were discussing the pros and cons of letting one’s children listen to whatever music they want.  Can they deal with curse words or explicit content if it is properly prepared for?  Should parents keep a lid on the tunes until teenaged years or beyond? 
Meanwhile … Kidz Bop.  It’s one [...]

Fresh from OW again … a potpourri hodgepodge of rock-era hits.  (Answers to last week’s quiz at the bottom).
9-12-08 – QUIZ #359
1. “Oh I hate your friends, but I don’t know how and I don’t know when to open your eyes”
2. “No — it’s much better to face these kinds of things, with a [...]