Songs for Mother by DixonD

Champion(s):

BringMoreLegos
Never rank; always tier. (I'm LowdenB in LL.)


Runner(s)-Up:

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Quiz Description

A quiz about mothers in pop music-- closes Mother's Day.

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Questions:

Name this artist whose 1996 hit, heard here, was the last time a female solo artist reached the top of the Billboard Alternative/Modern Rock Songs chart until 2013 (when Lorde hit with "Royals").

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Tracy Bonham ("Mother Mother")

Name this hip-hop group, founded in Atlanta in 1988.

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Arrested Development ("Mama's Always On Stage")

Name this band (or its leader) performing the uncharacteristically somber song, "Mom & Dad".

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The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa)

Name this track from The Eminem Show. (He later apologized to his mom in the song "Headlights".)

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Cleanin' Out My Closet

Name either of the singers in this duet, "The Sweetest Gift", about a mother visiting her son in prison.

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Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris

Name this song written about the tranquilizer Miltown (meprobamate), for a time popular among housewives.

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Mother's Little Helper (by The Rolling Stones)

This Pixies parody, "Motherbanger", was created by what British producer of TV shows Brass Eye and The Day Today, and director of the film Four Lions?

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Chris Morris

Name this artist whose mother died unexpectedly two years after this song was released, possibly from complications of cosmetic surgery.

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Kanye West

This 1983 song features a rare lead vocal appearance by what musician?

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Andy Summers (The Police, "Mother" aka "the track on Synchronicity everyone skips")

Name this singer/songwriter whose 2015 album Carrie & Lowell deals with his estranged mother's death.

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Sufjan Stevens ("Death With Dignity")

This song first appeared on what album?

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Little Earthquakes (Tori Amos, "Mother")

Name two of the three artists in this mashup (by Norwegian Recycling).

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2Pac ("Dear Mama") / Spice Girls ("Mama", which samples Talking Heads' "Naive Melody")) / Nas ("Dance") (edited at 8:37 am, May 9, 2017 (PDT))