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G'day Maddog  :D

#3   Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress - Hollies
#16  He's Gonna Step On You Again - John Kongos ?
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Hiya jaytee!

#3 is correct and #16 is the correct song. You've given the orginal artist though (John Kongos), who I don't think had any Manchester connection. The song was covered in the early 90s by a Manchester (well, Salford actually) group....

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Morning Maddog  :D

Oooh, I know nearly all of these !

2. Ever Fallen In Love With Someone (You shouldn't Have Fallen In Love With) - The Buzzcocks. Murdered by TFYC - can't even bear to their name a bit like you with Rod Stewart !
12. Fools Gold  - Stone Roses.
15. Bingo-Masters Breakout - The Fall.
20. This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets.
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Morning Lesley :)

4 for 4, excellent! I thought #15 might be too obscure and  need a clue or two, so well done.

Maybe I'll have a stab at a Yorkshire quiz next if I can bring myself to make that mental leap across the Pennines ;).  

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Hi maddog167! ;D :D
9.Sit Down by James
11.How Soon Is Now by The Smiths
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Hi Lanie :)
Well, the girls are on fire this morning, that's another 2 down, including a typically joyful song to uplift the spirits from Morrissey at #11 (not!).

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#18 M People - One Night in Heaven
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karen "can't be bothered"!?
Come on young lady, what sort of example is that to set, eh? ;) (sorry, lapsing into Dad-speak here....)

Oh, and you're correct on #18, well done!

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karen "can't be bothered"!?
Come on young lady, what sort of example is that to set, eh? ;) (sorry, lapsing into Dad-speak here....)

Oh, and you're correct on #18, well done!
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I am at work and just looked at the quiz while waiting for some visitors.  Couldn't be bothered to log in properly at the time

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Hi maddog...

Was looking for a bit of Bernard Cribbins in here, but no luck...

Here's four...

#5. Rubber Bullets - 10cc (owners of Strawberry Studios up there, which is where Neil Sedaka recorded a lot of his 'comeback' material...)...leads me nicely to...

#19. Wedding Bells - Godley & Creme...50% of the above group, probably better known for their video production work...

#14. Blue Monday - New Order (still our best-selling 12-inch record)...and that brings me nicely to...

#17. Getting Away With It - Electronic (Bernie from New Order in the roll-call along with Johnny Marr & Neil Tennant 'mongst others...good song...)
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My English teacher at school used to give 12 out of 10 marks for submitted homework that surpassed all expectations...so 12/10 for you here Paul!

And Bernard Cribbins, son of Oldham (I think) - how could I have forgotten him!?

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6. Cigarettes And Alcohol - Oasis
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Correct Bobo :)!

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16 is Happy Mondays.
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Indeed it is Indy :)

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Hi Madddog

# 7   Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees
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That's correct Fuss!

The Gibb family resided for a short time in Manchester during the boys' childhood before taking the incomprehensible step of leaving this beautiful city and moving on to live in the Isle of Man, Australia, New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
What were they thinking of!?

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Hi Maddog!  :)

Tough quiz!

#4 is "Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red.  :)
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Hi there CF!

Yes, I think it's mostly the tough ones that are left, except for this one (which I knew you'd get 'cos you've spotted exactly the same lyric in one of my quizzes a few weeks ago ;)!)

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Hi maddog !

#13  Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Good song  :D
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Hey there mandamoo :D - that's correct, thanks for reviving the quiz! Limit is now off if anyone else wants to finish it up, although I think I may have to add some hints for the remaining songs.

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#1. Kung-Fu International - John Cooper Clarke
...the man as quoted in your text - a 'punk poet' being the best way to describe him...I only have the 'Gimmix!' single...I'm sure I saw him doing a breakfast cereal commercial (of all things!)

#10. Heads Down No-Nonsense Mindless Boogie - Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
...who he describes as 'an utter bunch of lunatics who must have played every known student union gig in their heyday' - done a thing called 'Snuff Rock' before this, as I remember...
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Hiya Paul - both correct!
I recently bought John Cooper Clarke's "greatest hits" CD in a record shop sale, I've been playing it in the car and it was the inspiration for this quiz. JCC did indeed do the "Sugar Puffs" commercial in the 80s, dancing around with the Honey Monster, what was he thinking? (about the money, I guess  ::))

(Oh, and I just noticed you're right, Clarke does have an 'e' at the end...)

And yes, the Albertos were a comedy/punk/rock band of the late 70s, sort of Manchester's answer to The Tubes...this was their only hit single, a parody of Status Quo.

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And, come along...only a couple more for 'four-figure' status...!
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I'm getting there slowly ;)

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Guessing from the hints, #8 sounds like Kelly's Heroes by Black Grape.
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Correct Indy!
I love the album this song is on, "It's Great When You're Straight, Yeah", I recommend it thoroughly to everyone :).

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#21 The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It ?
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Correct Lesley, very good - and that's a wrap!

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Started to think of bands from Yorkshire but could only get as far as The Woolpackers - Hillbilly Rock, Hillbilly Roll !!
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I don't know that one - is it the cast of "Emmerdale"!?
My Yorkshire quiz is work in progress at the moment, watch this space....

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Can assist with half of the clear-up, maddog...


His name is Paul as well (which leads me to think that anyone blessed with this name is some kind of anorak...!)

Anyways...

#1. Kung-Fu International - John Cooper Clarke
...the man as quoted in your text - a 'punk poet' being the best way to describe him...I only have the 'Gimmix!' single...I'm sure I saw him doing a breakfast cereal commercial (of all things!)

#10. Heads Down No-Nonsense Mindless Boogie - Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
...who he describes as 'an utter bunch of lunatics who must have played every known student union gig in their heyday' - End Quote

Spookily, my eldest brother Paul likes both of these artists!