By the way, here is the cheat nugget for tonight’s music round at the Persevere. It’s Leonora who represented Denamrk at the Eurovision last year with this song:
A simple song for simple people like myself
A lot of Eurofans (of which I am one) strongly DISLIKED this song but I ended up really liking it.
It’s appeal is its simplicity. And
I’m a simple chap.
I like simple songs, and fish and chips.
It looks like this year’s Eurovision might be radically altered by the naughty wee COVIDS. We’ll see what happens.
Anyway – quiz goes ahead as usual. See you tonight!
Big news tonight: a new venue for young Michael out at Portobello: The Ormelie Tavern which is so old school is doesn’t have its own Facebook page and doesn’t have an in built sound system. This is how pubs used to be. Go and be entertained there TONIGHT at 8pm
Cheat Clues
The music round at the Strathie tonight contains this song by Chvrches who do a very good impression of people who don’t like to have a good time.
Cheer up love, it might never happen.
They are the sort of people who attract the comment “Cheer up love, it might never happen.”
I used to get that kind of comment, particularly when I was teenager. I think I had a quite a mopey face.
It was most annoying when I was feeling quietly blissful. How can you cheer up when there is already bliss? Annoying.
The other annoying thing about it was never quite understanding the exact meaning of the phrase.
“Cheer up – it might never happen”
What exactly was it that might never happen?
Did they mean something in the future? That whatever it is you could be worrying about might never happen? And therefore to stop worrying?
This seems reasonable up to a point. But why is the worry automatically assumed to relate to the future?
What if the worrying thing already happened?
Or did they mean that you could miss out?
Did they mean if you didn’t cheer up then you run the risk of missing “it” – the “it” being something good that you’d be doomed to miss because you’d be too busy being depressed.
I don’t know – that reading seems a little convoluted.
So what DID they mean?
Did you ever tell someone to cheer up “because it might never happen”?
Let me know in the comments what you actually meant by this. Or share it on the DR Paul Quiz Facebook group. It will solve a mystery. Thanks.
Anyway – get yourself to the Ormelie tonight and see this shining light of old-skool savvy in a millennial snowflake world or crying.
Quiz is mechanized and loaded for Wednesday. Come and feel it tonight.
CHEAT TIPS
Wednesday brings some proper 80s cheese to the music round at the Joker. It’s your old pal Alice Cooper:
A bloke called Alice
Alice Cooper was a weird guy – a carefully cultivated extreme image to do with facial make up and gore, but loads of really tame songs. This was his “comeback” after a few years of obscurity following his 70s peak.
It’s a great song. Could do with something like that in Eurovision this year, so far the 2020 songs already released have been mainly not amazing.
My favourite so far is Lithuania, but Iceland‘s all right as well.
It would be great if either won – neither country has ever won Eurovision.
Ahh. I’ve accidentally started talking about Eurovision again.
Sorry. (Not sorry).
Anyway – I promise not to talk about Eurovision TOO much tonight. Seriously. Honestly. Look me in the eye.
Best jackpot tonight is at the Argyle: offering £150. Kerry was off last week but is better this week and will be at both Portobello Tap and Argyle Bar.
Cheats
Here are the cheats for tonight. The first is for the music round at the Safari and comes to you straight form the Super Seventies. It’s Candi Staton:
Real cool
Proper Disco, class and glamour back in the days when NYC was cool.
Meanwhile, the music round at the Argyle will feature Lena who, as you will remember, won the Eurovision nine years ago with this:
A banger
Anyway – round up your team, come out to the quiz, and have yourself a merry wee Monday night.
Love,
Dr Paul
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By the way, here is the cheat nugget for tonight’s music round at the Tolbooth Tavern. It’s McFly who perfected their lads-with-guitars sound in the mid 2000s. They were slightly more convincing than Busted but eventually the country wasn’t big enough for both bands and they had to merge.
McFly – when they were still an independent trader
That was the 2000s. I wasn’t paying much attention to pop music at the time. I was probably listening to Belle and Sebastian, Pink Floyd and ELO.
Looking back, there were possibly some slightly tedious afternoons.
Anyway, I’ll be playing proper pop music between the questions tonight so no need to worry about getting Floyd-ed.
Quiz rolls on like a factual steamroller tonight. Be there! Be part of it!
CHEAT TIPS
Wednesday brings rock to the music round at the Monkey. It’s a modern band with a classic sound, Greta Van Fleet:
Greta Van Fleet
They’re trying their best to sound like Led Zep, that’s my assessment.
It’s not a criticism. It sounds good.
I saw a Led Zepellin tribute band once (at the Renfrew Ferry) called A Whole Lotta Led, and they were really good.
I saw a Beatles tribute band once and they were really good.
I was, on one occasion, a promote for a gig by a Smiths tribute band. They were really good as well. I spoke to the band and one of them said something along the lines of “As a tribute band, we HAVE to be really good, because people want us to sound just like the record and because we’re not the real people, the crowd don’t forgive us if we fuck around and fuck up.”
The jackpot is on the build again. Last time it got to £120. It’ll get there again unless you snap it up tonight.
Get down to Newhaven, breathe the sea air and get a nice burger. Maybe a cocktail. Mmmm.
Basils is at Annfield and it is proper nice. Come and have a look.
Cheat News
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Tonight’s music round includes this disco pop sensation from the old days, performed by Ottawan:
Massive in 1980
This is the exact pivot point between the 700s and the 80s. Disco goes completely mainstream and stops even trying to be cool.
From here on, it’s just Butlins-style, chicken-in-a-basket, end-of-the-pier, family entertainment.
And let it be truly said: that is NOT a bad thing.
This is the song that sent the Bee Gees back to school and plunged John Travolta into a cred wilderness from which he would not fully return until Pulp Fiction fifteen years later.
This is D.I.S.C.O.
But disco has had its day.
What the cool people are looking for now is Tuesday night quiz action.
Make sure you get it!
Tonight
Winning the quiz makes you feel nice and comfortable and happy and great.
Best jackpots tonight are at the later quizzes: both offering £150.
Cheats
Here are the cheats for tonight. The first is for the music round at the Brass Leith and it’s one of the best Scottish groups ever: Simple Minds:
The younger version of Simple Minds – being cool and forwards in 79
There’s no doubt that one of the prime influences on the younger, cooler Simple Minds was Roxy Music.
And Roxy just happen to be the cheat code for the Portobello Tap.
Here’s the song:
Top Notch
I love Roxy Music. Love Bryan Ferry, love the sax guy and the guitarist. Love the drama and the whole attitude.
This one’s a cracker – but they all are. I could happily spend the whole morning watching live Roxy performances from 70s TV (especially the ones from West German TV – the Musik Laden show in particular).
Anyway – great jackpots tonight – come and grab a slice of it before the Tories kill us all with artificial intelligence death robots.
Love,
Dr Paul
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