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That's the song CJ.

Copycats ripped off my words
Copycats ripped off my songs
Copycats ripped off my melody
It doesn't matter what they say
It doesn't matter what they do
All that matters is my relationship to you

Gonna take you out
Get you in my car
We're going for a long long drive
We're going down to A Town Called Paradise
Down where we can be free
We're gonna drink that wine
We're gonna jump for joy
In a town called Paradise

We're going up the mountainside
Child you can look for miles
And see the vision on the west
We're gonna swing round
And look from north to south
Swing round from east to west
And go round in a circle too
And we're gonna start dancing
Like we've never done before
I'm gonna take you in my arms
I'm gonna squeeze you tight
Everything will be alright
We're gonna get that squealin' feelin'
Gonna take you down to a town called Paradise,
Down where we can be free
It doesn't matter what they say
It doesn't matter what they do
All that matters is my relationship to you
By the river we will linger
As we drive down to be free
We're gonna ride all night long
All along the ancient highway
Gonna be there for the mornin' comes

Next question to you.

Van the Man... He's an artist I've come to appreciate more as I get older.


A tribute song to Kurt Cobain has the following lyrics:

By the Grace of God go I
Into the Great Unknown
Things are going to change
In our favour

Name that tune and the band that wrote it.

Uh-oh, killed another thread.

Quick hint, the lead singer also suffered an untimely death.

Mighty K.C. by For Squirrels. Someone just mentioned that band in another thread. Was it you CJ?

Yeah, LL. I was listening to the cd when I came up with the question. Didn't realize I copied myself.

You hadn't mentioned the song but you had mentioned what happened to the group. Just kinda stuck in my head.

I'll post a question in a bit.

Let's try a New Wave question.

Which album by a classic New Wave artist had elephants on the cover, the words 'emotional fascist' written on the inside sleeve and included free postcards?

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello

We have a winner!

Next to you OM.

He was originally going to title the record "Emotional Fascism", hence the words on the inside sleeve.

Back with a question in a bit.

Who once used the alias "x-sample"?

That sounds familiar. Didn't Clapton record a techno album using that alias?

Yeppers.

With his songwriting partner Simon Climie. It was called Retail Therapy and the band name was TDF (short for Total Disfunctional Family).

Great job, LL! Your turn.

I always wondered what TDF stood for. I'll try to post a new question later tonight.

I always wondered what STU stood for.

You know, I guess I'm not really up on my rock trivia. Scanning this thread, I realized that I can answer maybe 5% of the questions (being generous).

Okay Stuey, here's a hard rock one, just for you.

Who did Bruce Dickinson replace in Iron Maiden and why?

paul dianno
i am not sure of the reason why other then dianno felt the second album was not up to standard and didnt like the direction of the band so he left.

The actual reason the band gave for parting ways wit Di'Anno was his alcoholism. The rest of the group kind of forced him out.

But good enough for me. Next to you Labradorian.

this may turn out to be easy, maybe Stu will get this one.
Before joining Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson sang for what band?

It was Samson, and he was known as Bruce Bruce if I'm not mistaken.

correct
not sure about the bruce bruce part, but you got my question right.
youre up

At bleedin’ last.

Since September I’ve been trying this thread, and finally a question that I can answer, and before anyone else did. Hooray!

To quote the VH1.com biography for Dickinson – “during his tenure with Samson, Dickinson went by the name Bruce Bruce.”

I believe it had something to do with the Monty Python “Bruces” sketch.


Sticking with the Samson theme then. A two part question.

1. Which vocalist replaced Bruce Bruce (Dickinson) in Samson?

2. What was the name of the band that this person subsequently formed with, amongst others, Paul Samsons sometimes co-conspirator John McCoy?

Well, no-ones even attempted an answer here for almost a week, so does that mean that I win?

Or is it just a sign of general apathy?

Anyways, for anyone that's still interested, the answers are

1. The rather excellent Nicky Moore,
2. Mammoth.

I guess I'm going to have to come up with another question now. I'll need some time to think......

Now see, I didn't even know there was a connection between Mammoth Samson.

Well, there you go.

I would heartily recommend "Before The Storm" by Samson, if you like NMs vocal talents.