Make Sure You READ This
 

a literary theme. each grouping of song(s) suggests an author. Name the author for 5 points. Each clue is also worth a point, so explain how you got the answer. (So question 1 is actually worth 9 points - 5 for the answer, and 1 for the explanation of each clue...) The most points wins...

1.Eric Johnson - Trademark "GOSPEL OF MARK"
Iona - Luke , The Calf "GOSPEL OF LUKE"
Mike Rutherford - Romani "EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS"
Traffic - John Barleycorn "GOSPEL OF JOHN"
NEW TESTAMENT - RICK AND ROLL

2.Heon - The Punishment "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"
Porcupine Tree - Idiot Prayer "THE IDIOT"
Salada - Local Do Crime "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY - JAMFORTE

3. Dominic Miller - Otis "THE MILLER'S TALE"
Afterglow - Knight Of The Sun "THE KNIGHT'S TALE"
Leah Waybright - Monkshood "THE MONK'S TALE"
Jane Siberry - Caravan "CANTERBURY"
GEOFFERY CHAUCER - KEITH WAYE

4. Journey - Cookie Duster "THE GRAPES OF WRATH"
East Of Eden - Nymphenburger "EAST OF EDEN"
Marillion - Sugar Mice "OF MICE AND MEN"
JOHN STEINBECK - RICK AND ROLL

5.Beatles - Dear Prudence
Richard Leo Johnson - Heart Of The Beast "DICK"
Yes - Don't Kill The Whale "WHALE"
HERMAN MELVILLE - MOSES

6.Steely Dan - Home At Last "THE ODYSSEY"
HOMER - JAMFORTE

7. Counting Crows - The Rain King "HENDERSON THE RAIN KING"
SAUL BELLOW - JAMFORTE

8. Rush - Losing It "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS"
Galleon - Before The Sunrise "THE SUN ALSO RISES"
ERNEST HEMINGWAY - ZVINKI

9. Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl "LITTLE WOMEN"
Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl "LITTLE WOMEN"
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT - MOSES

10. Paranoise - Private Power "THE POWER & THE GLORY"
Brian Eno - Another Green World "GRAHAM GREENE"
Steve Cochrane - To The Glory Of Man "THE POWER & THE GLORY"
GRAHAM GREENE - YESSPAZ

11. my favorite book..."TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE"
ROBERT HEINLEIN - RICK AND ROLL

Tiebreaker if needed:
Yanni - Within Attraction
Godspeed YBE - Static (etc etc)
Curlew - Still
Kate Bush - The Jig Of Life

JamForte - 21 points
Yesspaz - 12 points
Moses - 14 points
Zvinki - 7 points
Rick - 18 points
Keithie - 9 points
others - 0

A Vacation!!!!
 

I know as much about literary happenings as the San Diego Chargers know about winning, so I will step aside, and watch the battle rage.............................

Re: Make Sure You READ This
 

Wow, what a hard quiz!

John Barleycorn is a book by Jack London, John Barleycorn, or Alcoholic Memoirs. Luke is the Gospel of Luke from the Bible, written by, uh, Luke. Connection? No stinking idea....

hard? I was worried they might be too easy. Seems like my last two were easy compared to everyone else's, so I'm glad these are challenging.

You may be a little too literal here Spaz. Be a little looser in your associations and I think you'll guess #1 quickly.

arrrr, ye matey
 

This one seems to remind me of Melville. Dear Prudence - Bartleby the Scrivener, and the other two are of course Moby Dick. However, I've only ever read Billy Budd and have only a passing knowledge of the others, so maybe I'm way off.

Re: arrrr, ye matey
 

Melville is correct, as is your reasoning for the second two clues. The first clue is simpler than your guess. 7 points for Moses...

Re: Make Sure You READ This
 

Emeril. He writes cookbooks :rolleyes:

Re: Re: arrrr, ye matey
 

Maybe Prudence was as big as a whale, and....

:D sorry, I did say I would take a pass on these didn't I?

ps may know the Rush but ............

Ernest Hemingway
 

I believe that Ernest Hemingway is the answer to this one.

Rush's Losing It has a line "The bell tolls for thee" in reference to Hemingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

Galleon's Before the Sunrise probably refers to Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"

Did I get one!?!?!!?

how about Metallica?
 

Zvinki got one! Let me get up from the floor!

Could have used "For Whom The Bell Tolls". Hey you snuck Counting Crows in there, so why not?

Re: Ernest Hemingway
 

oui, bien sur!

Hemingway is correct, as is "The Bell Tolls.." and "The Sun Also..."
I don't know if Galleon intended the Hemingway reference with their song, but I did...

#7
 

Saul Bellow ...

Henderson the Rain King.

henderson gets at least a direct mention in the lyric of the song. erm maybe that's the inspiration of the song ... but I never read the book.

:D

#2
 

something makes me want to put:
Fyodor Dostoevsky .. I guess it's the crime and punishment in the titles of two of the songs.

but I can't figure out the PT reference .. and it's another one I haven't actually read. :(

prudence
 

it seems that (maybe) Melville was noted for making references to the desirability of prudence....

Re: #7
 

correct! It's an interesting book, and it is the direct inspiration for the song.

also correct on Dostoyevsky.

speaking of books I haven't read
 

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
for #9?

isn't # 11
 

Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love"?

Saw it on the deset island post:)

Doesn't Sting mention Nabokov in the Police's "Don't Stand So Close To Me"? I was confused since the Ian Anderson is there twice (although it's probably intentional).

No to Emeril (Spaz)
No to Nabokov (for Moses, but good guess)
Yes to Heinlein, from the desert Island post - 6 points for Rick...

Sting does indeed mention Nabokov in "Don't Stand So..." And yes, listing the Ian Anderson song more than once was intentional.

additional info
 

on number one, I guess it's more a book I'm asking for than an author.

#6
 

can't decide between
William Burroughs (Steely Dan's name) or
Sara Giffin (Home at Last) .. or I'm on the wrong track (quite likely)...