Andy Sutton Poetry

Andy Sutton Poetry: There once was an artist or band

Quiz based on the round “There Once Was A Quiz Host Called Richard” from BBC TV’s “House of Games”.

How soon did you correctly identify them?

1
From young acting background he comes
But then joined a band of posh chums
When first singer went
In front he was sent
But still while recording played drums
Phil Collins

2
Though old now their touring’s not ceased
Together they've swung once at least
There’s winter song shiver
There's mist on the river
And home running in the North East
Lindisfarne

3
A family sings as they should
With Irish mystique in their blood
A Harry by name
Was known for his game
And songs of the rogue Robin Hood
Clannad

4
A suit maker maybe he’s not
A friend he has certainly got
He wrote for a King
With Carly he’d sing
And rain might get terribly hot
James Taylor

5
A darling of Radio Two
She sings with voice clear and true
Her band mates are males
From Barnsley she hails
And carols she sings quite a few
Kate Rusby

6
A tube at the end of the day
And guns at a school where you pay
A wedge that is red
They should spread on bread
And under the ground is their way
The Jam

7
A singer with lopsided hair
And two women singers who dare
Their huge Christmas hit
Had cocktails in it
And their dreams electric they’d share
The Human League

8
Though some of them paired they fell out
Their top album: word gets about
Those links are so strong
A bird’s in a song
Of news that is used they would shout
Fleetwood Mac

9
A West Midlands quartet like these
While spelling’s not their expertise
Had one mate called Stan
And festive dance gran
This band they would please and they’d squeeze
Slade

10
For felines it’s cold so they say
And happen in Clapham it may
With hearts that get nailed
And mussels impaled
While black coffee starts off the day
Squeeze

11
Have they found the U.S.A. yet?
In New York this duo first met
One bridge had a beat
On fifty-ninth street
And one crossed a stream that’s upset
Simon and Garfunkel

12
He sang of a Thomas in space
A lightning bolt sat on his face
From star men and ashes
To alien crashes
And rebel sung twice just in case
David Bowie

13
They all had degrees from the start
When more than six seas hit the chart
At Live Aid they shone
That show must go on
For Flash the soundtrack was their part
Queen

14
She’s rotating, so she might claim
And these days she’s dropped to one name
In her head I’m stuck
I should have some luck
An Aussi soap was her first fame
Kylie

15
Their lead man was born as a Scot
Though New York new wave scene’s their spot
A dwelling ablaze
A psycho français
That road going somewhere? It’s not!
Talking Heads

16
They sang of gem that’s insane
And also of easing the pain
It’s not the light side
But that brick divide
And money from which to abstain
Pink Floyd

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Quiz based on the round “There Once Was A Quiz Host Called Richard” from BBC TV’s “House of Games”.