music intelligence quiz

[baldrick]

132/180.

thought i'd get much less than that

 

[Annierak]

Affirmative, geeks do rule, but only in things that matter! Musical 'facts' dont count. We feel the music, dammit!

I feel the music too but the facts matter, they just do

 

[Orang Utan]

heh

easy listening my arse

Hmm, the thing is, easy listening isn't a specific genre, so you can get easy listening jazz, easy listening country, easy listening folk.
So you could put stuff like Jazz FMs Dinner Jazz comps in easy listening rather than jazz. Peggy Lee is very easy on the ears, so it might be more useful for the customers for her CDs to go in easy listening.

 

[girasol]

Also there are no questions about 'world music' (crap category name - but I suppose 'not sang in English music' is even worse) there, my score would be a lot better if there was

 

[Magic Sam]

132/180

 

[Looby]

132/180

I wondered how long it would take you.

 

[Aldebaran]

Not fair in my view. Besides the obvious Beethoven nothing on classical music.
Shows that those who made the quiz have not much of a clue themselves

salaam.

 

[Mr Moose]

111 - A bit crap really as I once worked in a record shop

 

[sojourner]

Hmm, the thing is, easy listening isn't a specific genre, so you can get easy listening jazz, easy listening country, easy listening folk.
So you could put stuff like Jazz FMs Dinner Jazz comps in easy listening rather than jazz. Peggy Lee is very easy on the ears, so it might be more useful for the customers for her CDs to go in easy listening.

mate, the fucking butthole surfers are easy on MY ears, but i'm damned sure they shouldn't be fucking filed under Easy Listening

 

[Annierak]

111 - A bit crap really as I once worked in a record shop

So did i but that music store didn't teach me anything, was just like working in a supermarket. I already had the knowledge

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Hmm, the thing is, easy listening isn't a specific genre, so you can get easy listening jazz, easy listening country, easy listening folk.
So you could put stuff like Jazz FMs Dinner Jazz comps in easy listening rather than jazz. Peggy Lee is very easy on the ears, so it might be more useful for the customers for her CDs to go in easy listening.

Would anyone who was actually into jazz ever have gone to Our Price anyway?

 

[mattie]

78, which included some complete stabs in the dark.

 

[Fez909]

Also there are no questions about 'world music' (crap category name - but I suppose 'not sang in English music' is even worse) there, my score would be a lot better if there was

Fela Kuti?

 

[The Groke]

156.


I reckon I guessed about 10 completely and made "informed guesses" on a few more though.

 

[the button]

126.

Astonishingly high, I thought.

 

[isvicthere?]

138/180

Mix tape master! Yay!

 

[isvicthere?]

Geeks!!

Music is more about feeling than facts and figures!

So, low score then?

 

[rekil]

Your final score was 150/180

 

[twistedAM]

126.

Astonishingly high, I thought.

Same here. Demos have rotted my brain. Plus I have no interest in The Beatles, Ronnie Scott and Cldply.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

162 - I got the Monterey, Coldplay and Arcade Fire ones wrong, and lucked out on Ryan Adams and MF Doom. The description is not me at all though.

 

[8ball]

Not fair in my view. Besides the obvious Beethoven nothing on classical music.
Shows that those who made the quiz have not much of a clue themselves

salaam.

I don't think it was fair either - they asked questions I didn't know!

<throws toys out of pram>

Birthday Party DJ, me

 

[idioteque]

108. Not amazing but never mind, at least my classical knowledge was useful for the Beethoven question.

 

[girasol]

Fela Kuti?

I got that one right (Although he sang in English, no?)

 

[danny la rouge]

Your final score was 130/180

Mix-Tape Master (109-144 points)

I didn't understand the question about dreadlocks.

 

[ska invita]

13. Which of these people is not a member of the Arcade Fire?
Win Butler
Regine Chassagne
Britt Daniel
Jerry Gara

14. Miles Davis primarily played what instrument?
trumpet
tenor saxophone
piano
upright bass

 

[CalmerChameleon]

I got 141, I'm reasonably happy with that performance, though only a few marks away from Musical Magician!

 

[danny la rouge]

I get it now! It was asking: if post punk is to punk, what is to reggae!



I just saw random words!

 

[girasol]

I get it now! It was asking: if post punk is to punk, what is to reggae!



I just saw random words!

That was just a straight forward logic type of question because none of the other answers fitted, it had to be dub. Same for question 7, no music knowledge required either.

As for question 18 (How many symphonies did Beethoven compose), I wasn't sure of the answer but as I've never heard of the 10th symphony...

 

[danny la rouge]

That was just a straight forward logic type of question because none of the other answers fitted, it had to be dub. Same for question 7, no music knowledge required either.

I can see now that it was looking for a sequence, but at the time I couldn't see what it was asking for. Nothing "fitted" as far as I could see.

 

[Firky]

Your final score was 129/180

Mix-Tape Master (109-144 points)
You are a music evangelist: the person in your network of friends who always has the coolest new song, the one whose iPod gets picked to DJ every party. You understand the art of the segue, how the key to the best mix-tape isn't just the songs you pick, but how they interlock with each other. You also know who the up-and-coming acts are and are quick to recognise where their influences lie and whether they will make it big. You work hard at the pursuit of this knowledge, scouring music blogs, magazines and record stores. Most importantly, you are generous with your passion – and your friends should be very, very grateful. Still, it’s always good to get new inspiration for your latest mix