RECORD STORE TALES Mk II: Getting More Tale
#325: Unreleased 4-Play Quiz No. 1
At the conclusion of Record Store Tales, I told the story of how I earned the nickname LeBrain. It’s a fairly common question. It all came down to a contest on the Craig Fee Show (on 107.5 Dave FM) called the 4 O’Clock 4-Play…which I dominated. I was the undisputed champion. I had more wins under my belt than anyone, including two wins on the very first song. I also sent Craig numerous 4-Plays of my own creation, some of which still haven’t been used yet. I thought it would be fun to post one or two that I especially liked. Here’s my favourite.
The challenge is to figure out the common thread that ties all four songs together. I had to choose songs that Dave FM would be willing to play. This one isn’t overly difficult (although I may have thrown a curveball in there), but I did enjoy constructing it. So put yourselves in the shoes of a listener, and trying to figure out the theme one song at a time. Also keep in mind that Craig would not tell you what song he is about to play. A casual listener could easily mistake the Freddie Mercury track for Queen, or the David Lee Roth song for Van Halen. This could potentially affect your guess. But the theme could be anything: lyrical, musical, background trivia, artist…and I liked to come up with unique themes.
Play the tracks in order as a listener would, and make a guess in the comments section!
1. Iron Maiden – “Flight of Icarus”
2. Nirvana – “Lithium”
3. Freddie Mercury – “Mr. Bad Guy”
4. David Lee Roth – “Just Like Paradise”
I’ll post the answer right here later today, so check back. Good luck! Take a swing at the piñata and post a guess!
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Is it to do with fathers?
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Ooo tht’s a good guess.
I was gonna say either flying, flying on drugs, or drugs…
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Nope, nobody’s close yet.
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Nope.
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I’ll throw in a Clue Train: the fourth song is the tricky link.
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At first I thought Dad, then Baby, then a Dave thing. But I settled on Periodic table of elements.
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Nailed it.
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Or rocks, geology, the earth etc.
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Oh man. Is it to do with the videos?
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Here’s one of my own. This one’s fairly easy-
Iron Maiden- The Unbeliever
Led Zeppelin- In My Time of Dying
Beatles- Helter Skelter
Neutral Milk Hotel – Oh Comely
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I don’t know the last one so I will get back to you.
Murder?
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Nope. A listen to the tracks should give this one away
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I forgot about these, I’ll just put the answers here so you don’t have to bother with wasting time decoding them.
This one was- All the songs have studio chatter at the end
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Those were all really, really good.
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Thanks, I’ll admit that the Brian May one may have been a bit unfair. It couldn’t be solved without specific knowledge of the Sunflower Superjam
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