It's Quiz Night Tuesday
Your challenge for tonight is to name 10 songs with a bird in the song title.
Bonus points if there is more than one bird in the title.
Good luck.
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A quick bit of news from the weekend. I went to see Project Wild Thing and watch the waders at New Brighton. I will be doing a blog about his later on, but here's an Oyster Catcher to make this post a bit birdier (if that is a word).
Well here I my 10 songs with the help of Dad's old music
Eagle - ABBA
Wings of a Dove - Madness
Starlings - Elbow
Mocking Bird - Eminem
Swan - Right Said Fred
His Eyes on the Sparrow - Lauryn Hill
Flamingo - Duke Ellington
Rockin Robin - Jackson 5
Hummingbird Heart Beat - Katy Perry
The Raven - The Stranglers
So lets post your answers and see how you did, and the winner has to sing them all and post it on You Tube!
Blackbird - The Beatles
ReplyDeleteRide a white Swan - Marc Bolan, T Rex
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
Song Bird - Fleetwood Mac (could be many birds..... bonus points eh)
Rockin Robin - ?
Mocking Bird - ?
Hmm not too good
Thanks for having a go, at least you wont have to sing them all
DeleteHI Finlay Well I have completed that! 10 songs.
ReplyDeleteright, here goes, I'm pretty good on music! Might be a few obscure ones in here mind you ;o)...
ReplyDelete'Night of the Swallow' - Kate Bush
'Three Magpies' - Minotaur Shock
'Eagle' - ABBA
'Albatross' - Fleetwood Mac
'When Doves Cry' - Prince
'Sensing Owls' - Jose Gonzalez
'Ride a White Swan' - T-Rex
'Cowbirds' - Throwing Muses
'Pelican Narrows' - Caribou
'Rockin' Robin' - Michael Jackson
I wonder how many of these you've heard though!
- cheers, Stuart (@thelightoutside on twitter)
Brilliant 10 out of 10
DeleteLove the oystercatcher.
ReplyDeleteLet's see...
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Rockin Robin
Yellow Bird
Mockingbird Hill
Bye Bye Blackbird
Fly Like an Eagle
Turkey Trot
....that's all I can think of right off hand.
I am laughing at the Turkey Trot, is there a dance to go with it?
DeleteWhat a great question Findlay; and a bit of a tough one.
ReplyDeleteFinally got 10.
Albatross ....... Fleetwood Mac
Magpie ........Beth Orton
Bluebird ....... ELO
When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbing along ...... Al Jolson
Black Swan ..... Megadeth
Woodpecker ..... Chuck Berry
Blackbird ...... Beatles
The Raven ...... Alan Parsons Project
Canary bird ...... Muddy Waters
Peacock ...... Katy Perry
Now I've got a headache lol
you got some that no-one else did - 10 out of 10 well done
DeleteLark in the morning - The Dubliners
ReplyDeleteMerlin's theme - Al Stewart
Nightingale - Norah Jones
Puffin - Soft Machine
Kite - Kate (gorgeous) Bush
Arc of a diver - Steve Winwood
Big dipper - Elton John
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
Oh for the wings of a dove - Mendelssohn
Cuckoo song - A Silent Film
Eagle - Abba
Rockin robin - Michael Jackson
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square - Vera Lynn
Tit willow - Gilbert & Sullivan
Blackbird - The Beatles
Swan Song - Jesse Ware
Best one...
Song of the gulls - King Crimson
Cheers
DaveyMan
You know loads of songs and I really like the Songs of the Gulls title
DeletePetrol by northern Irish band Ash
ReplyDelete16th century greenshank by Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Lady in red start by Chris de Burgh
A fun quiz Findlay!
ReplyDeleteBlackbird- Beatles
Night Bird Flying- Jimi Hendrix
Birds of Paradise- Pretenders
High Flying Bird- Elton John
Bird Song- Grateful Dead
Snowbird- Anne Murray
White Winged Dove- Fleetwood Mac
Fly Like An Eagle- Steve Miller Band
Little Bird- Annie Lennox
Bird on the Wire- Leonard Cohen
Full marks. You might like next weeks quiz too.
DeleteHere's a good one Lay Lady (Amhurst's Pheasant) Lay - Bob Dylan...got my tickets to see him later in the month :-)))
ReplyDeleteCheers
DaveyMan
YES I GET ONE RIGHT, FINALLY :o)
ReplyDeleteBlackbird-The Beatles
Peacock Suit-Paul Weller
Pretty Flamingo-Manfred Mann
Cockney Sparrow-Max Bygreaves (I am ashamed to know that one)
Rockin-Robin-Jackson 5
Where Bleubirds Fly-Radiohead
Mockingbird-James Taylor and Carly Simon
Wounded Bird- The Black Crowes
Birds of Paradise-The Pretenders
The Raven-The Stranglers
.....Lets Go fly a Kite-Mary Poppins...ok thats a stretch lol
Songbird-Oasis
and after all them birds in true "rspb" stlye you need to build them all a home so.....Birdhouse in Your Soul-They Might be Giants and can you have actual singers/artists like Taylor Swift?...
I think you might have won this week
DeleteNice picture! First ever bad I saw live was called Hawkwind - so thats a kind of birdy connection!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tweet about WBW!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Very birdy connection.
DeleteNice capture!
ReplyDeleteGood question Findlay..got me thinking, and sorting through my CD's...and showing my age..lol.
ReplyDelete1. Albatross - Fleetwood Mac (the best!)
2. Single Pigeon - Paul McCartney and Wings
3. Blackbird - The Beatles
4. Ride a White Swan - T Rex
5. White Dove - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann
7. Rocking Robin - Jackson 5
now, here come the oldies!!...
8. (There'll be Bluebirds over) the White Cliffs of Dover - Vera Lynn
9. When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob Bobbing Along) - Various
10. A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square - Various
A few that no-one else had, maybe we should make a bird music CD
DeleteNot so easy as it sounds! OK, so here goes (every one from my own record collection!):
ReplyDelete1. Road Runner by Bo Diddley
2. Constipated Duck by Jeff Beck
3. As The Crow Flies by Joe Bonamassa
4. The Hawk by Albert Collins
5. Albatross by Fleetwood Mac
6. Rockin' Goose by Johhny and the Hurricanes
7. Serenade to a Cuckoo by Jethro Tull
8. Bird of Paradise by Snowy White
9. Fried Chicken by Steve Vai
10. Nightingale by The Eagles (extra point claimed for bird in title and artiste!)
Not sure whether you'd have allowed The Dormouse Rides the Rails by The Savoy Brown Blues Band - if so it'd have been two points as 'rails' is plural!
I guarantee that there's a few in my list that no one else will nominate!
I even found some owl ones:
The Hoot Owl by John Mayall
Night Owl Walk by Booker T and the MGs
Great fun!
Many thanks - Richard
Mum and dad are googling the constipated duck one right now. We've all been laughing at that one. Thanks for playing.
DeleteGreat Quiz Findlay We have a new Blog for Flash and Snow http://swanwatchwithflashandsnow.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/bonding-and-filming-flash-and-snow-the-mute-swans/
ReplyDeleteBirdier - I like that word. Nice shot of the Oyster Catcher.
ReplyDeleteHang on a mo Finn - we haven't just done your homework for you have we???
ReplyDeleteIf you find all those tunes on YouTube you'll have a had a really good introduction to a huge range of musical genres. Think my fave of the ones I didn't get was REO Speedwagon's Flying Turkey Trot - one for your brother to learn on his guitar
Get those headphones on...
Cheers
DaveyMan
How about The Stringer's Anthem - Bluebirds over The White Cliff's of Dover - sung by Vera Lynn
ReplyDeleteMockingbird - Barclay James Harvest...a nice blast from the past. Now where's my box of cassettes?
ReplyDeleteThis quiz is addictive! But then I found this website http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_with_birds_in_the_title.php although some above aren't on it
Cheers
DM