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[progdirjim(Admin)]

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

[Rick and Roll]

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.............................

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

1.Eric Johnson - Trademark
Iona - Luke . The Calf
Mike Rutherford - Romani
Traffic John Barleycorn

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....

[progdirjim(Admin)]

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.

[moses]

5.Beatles - Dear Prudence
Richard Leo Johnson - Heart Of The Beast
Yes - Don't Kill The Whale

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.

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by moses


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.

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

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

4. Journey - Cookie Duster
East Of Eden - Nymphenburger
Marillion - Sugar Mice

Emeril. He writes cookbooks

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by progdirjim


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

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

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

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

[zvinki]

8. Rush - Losing It
Galleon - Before The Sunrise

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!?!?!!?

[Rick and Roll]

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?

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by zvinki


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!?!?!!?

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...

[JamForte(Admin)]

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.

[JamForte(Admin)]

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.

[JamForte(Admin)]

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

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by JamForte
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.

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

also correct on Dostoyevsky.

[moses]

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
for #9?

[Rick and Roll]

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).

[progdirjim(Admin)]

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.

[progdirjim(Admin)]

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

[JamForte(Admin)]

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)...