Labor Day Songs Quiz - Sept. 3, 2006
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Labor Day Songs Quiz - Sept. 3, 2006
Good morning folks! It’s been mighty quiet this weekend so I hope this means you all are enjoying the Labor Day weekend here in the States. I hope our international friends are enjoying the weekend as well!
To celebrate Labor Day let’s test your knowledge of “working” songs. Below is a list of 20 “working” songs. The challenge is to match the song title with the songwriter who wrote it. The list could have been made up with nothing but Woody Guthrie songs!….but Woody is represented only once. To make it a little more interesting, I’m going to ask you all to reply with only one answer. Let’s see how long it takes 20 of you to come up with the remaining 20 correct matches after I start us off with the first one. Our list includes both very traditional as well as very contemporary songs.
1. Workingman’s Blues #2
2. Pittsburgh Town
3. Working Joe
4. Looking for a Job
5. Quecreek
6. Coal Miner’s Blues
7. Grand Central Station
8. Iron
9. Greatest Story Never Told
10. 9 to 5
11. Broke and Hungry
12. White Line Fever
13. A Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today
14. Coal Tatoo
15. 18 Wheels
16. U.S. Steel
17. Union Maid
18. Working Girl Blues
19. Working Stiff
20. Kenworth of My Dreams
21. White Freight Liner Blues
And the songwriters:
1. Sam Baker
2. Tom Russell
3. Pete Seeger
4. John McCutcheon
5. Ellis Paul
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter
7. Malvern Taylor (recently covered by Slaid Cleaves)
8. Buddy Miller
9. Joe Ely
10. The Carter Family
11. Todd Snider
12. Townes Van Zandt
13. Richard Shindell
14. Woody Guthrie
15. Merle Haggard
16. Stan Rogers
17. The Burns Sisters
18. Billy Ed Wheeler (recently covered by Red Molly)
19. Bob Dylan
20. Dolly Parton
21. Fred J. Eaglesmith
OK...I'll start us off by saying that Pete Seeger wrote "Pittsburgh Town".
KarenZ
To celebrate Labor Day let’s test your knowledge of “working” songs. Below is a list of 20 “working” songs. The challenge is to match the song title with the songwriter who wrote it. The list could have been made up with nothing but Woody Guthrie songs!….but Woody is represented only once. To make it a little more interesting, I’m going to ask you all to reply with only one answer. Let’s see how long it takes 20 of you to come up with the remaining 20 correct matches after I start us off with the first one. Our list includes both very traditional as well as very contemporary songs.
1. Workingman’s Blues #2
2. Pittsburgh Town
3. Working Joe
4. Looking for a Job
5. Quecreek
6. Coal Miner’s Blues
7. Grand Central Station
8. Iron
9. Greatest Story Never Told
10. 9 to 5
11. Broke and Hungry
12. White Line Fever
13. A Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today
14. Coal Tatoo
15. 18 Wheels
16. U.S. Steel
17. Union Maid
18. Working Girl Blues
19. Working Stiff
20. Kenworth of My Dreams
21. White Freight Liner Blues
And the songwriters:
1. Sam Baker
2. Tom Russell
3. Pete Seeger
4. John McCutcheon
5. Ellis Paul
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter
7. Malvern Taylor (recently covered by Slaid Cleaves)
8. Buddy Miller
9. Joe Ely
10. The Carter Family
11. Todd Snider
12. Townes Van Zandt
13. Richard Shindell
14. Woody Guthrie
15. Merle Haggard
16. Stan Rogers
17. The Burns Sisters
18. Billy Ed Wheeler (recently covered by Red Molly)
19. Bob Dylan
20. Dolly Parton
21. Fred J. Eaglesmith
OK...I'll start us off by saying that Pete Seeger wrote "Pittsburgh Town".
KarenZ
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Right.
I'll yield the field quickly.
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I'll yield the field quickly.
Sue Ellen
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Jela, I just knew you would post with the Tom Russell answer! I just knew it!
Sue Ellen I know you know the Dolly Parton song!
Paddy, see original post and reply with one answer only!
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Sue Ellen I know you know the Dolly Parton song!
Paddy, see original post and reply with one answer only!
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Oh, you are right, I do know one: Dolly Parton, 9 to 5.
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We're on a roll folks. Four correct answers. Can we get 16 more before day's end?
US Steel - Tom Russell (Jela)
Dolly Parton, 9 to 5. (Sue Ellen)
A Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today - Merle Haggard (Lauren)
Townes Van Zandt and White Freightliner Blues. (Jeff)
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US Steel - Tom Russell (Jela)
Dolly Parton, 9 to 5. (Sue Ellen)
A Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today - Merle Haggard (Lauren)
Townes Van Zandt and White Freightliner Blues. (Jeff)
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Wendy, yay! You probably got the hardest one.
OK....we've gotten 7 out of 20. That leaves 13. If anyone wants to try to match up the remaining 13, I'll mail them a used copy of Into the Wild as a prize. The only stipulation is that the winner must them promise to participate in the Book Club discussion beginning on Sept. 25!
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OK....we've gotten 7 out of 20. That leaves 13. If anyone wants to try to match up the remaining 13, I'll mail them a used copy of Into the Wild as a prize. The only stipulation is that the winner must them promise to participate in the Book Club discussion beginning on Sept. 25!
KarenZ
"Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see." -- Ann Patchett in Bel Canto.
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I think I have the answers for 5, but I doubt if I'll be able to get all 13! Hmmm....I'd really like a copy of that book. I need to re-read it and my copy of the book is up in Tulsa. Oh, well...I'm anxiously awaiting finding out all the answers to this quiz...it's a very good one for Labor Day!
Becky
I think I have the answers for 5, but I doubt if I'll be able to get all 13! Hmmm....I'd really like a copy of that book. I need to re-read it and my copy of the book is up in Tulsa. Oh, well...I'm anxiously awaiting finding out all the answers to this quiz...it's a very good one for Labor Day!
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That seems like cheating, Paddy! Oh, well, I found a few on Google. Anyway, here's what I have so far...
Workingman's Blues #2 - Bob Dylan
Looking for a Job - Todd Snider
Quecreek - Buddy Miller
Coal Miner-s Blues - Carter Family
Iron - Sam Baker
Greatest Story Never Told - John McCutcheon
White Line Fever - Joe Ely
18 Wheels - Fred Eaglesmith
Union Maid - Woody Guthrie
Working Girl Blues - Burns Sisters
The others would have to be a guess....
Becky
Workingman's Blues #2 - Bob Dylan
Looking for a Job - Todd Snider
Quecreek - Buddy Miller
Coal Miner-s Blues - Carter Family
Iron - Sam Baker
Greatest Story Never Told - John McCutcheon
White Line Fever - Joe Ely
18 Wheels - Fred Eaglesmith
Union Maid - Woody Guthrie
Working Girl Blues - Burns Sisters
The others would have to be a guess....
Becky
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Excellent Becky! That leaves us with only four:
SONGS:
1. Pittsburgh Town
2. Grand Central Station
3. Coal Tatoo
4. Working Stiff
ARTISTS:
1. Pete Seeger
2. Mary Chapin Carpenter
3. Malvern Taylor (recently covered by Slaid Cleaves)
4. Billy Ed Wheeler (recently covered by Red Molly)
Gee.....we may finish this quiz yet!
KarenZ
SONGS:
1. Pittsburgh Town
2. Grand Central Station
3. Coal Tatoo
4. Working Stiff
ARTISTS:
1. Pete Seeger
2. Mary Chapin Carpenter
3. Malvern Taylor (recently covered by Slaid Cleaves)
4. Billy Ed Wheeler (recently covered by Red Molly)
Gee.....we may finish this quiz yet!
KarenZ
"Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see." -- Ann Patchett in Bel Canto.
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Way to go Susan! Please PM me with your snail mail address within the next 7 days and I'll put the book into the mail.
Whew! That was a tough one!
KarenZ
Whew! That was a tough one!
KarenZ
"Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see." -- Ann Patchett in Bel Canto.
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If you'd like to participate in the Book Club discussion, then I'm sure.
KarenZ
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"Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see." -- Ann Patchett in Bel Canto.
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