HOGMANAY
WHICH FILM DIRECTOR DECIDED IT WAS CRAZY CLOWN TIME? Ed That’s a terrible name for an album, so it would have to be someone quite out there. David Lynch?
Jamie: David Lynch. ANSWER Both correct.
WHO WROTE THE SOUNDTRACK FOR BRIT INDIE FLICK SUBMARINE? Ed Oh! I know this. That monkey man. Arctic Monkeys guy. I have seen the film as well, so I should know this. Alex something. Turner? Alex Turner. Jamie Alex Turner.
ANSWER Both correct.
YES. AND FOR A BONUS POINT, WHO GUESTED ON OPENING ALBUM TRACK, ‘PINKY’S DREAM’? Ed I’d need a clue. The List A stylish lady from the States. Ed Zooey Deschanel? No. Scarlett. She’s done some singing, so it might have been her. Jamie Karen O.
WHICH DANISH MODEL INSPIRED A SMASH SINGLE BY THE VACCINES? Ed I have absolutely no idea. I’m not really up on my model trivia . . . Jamie I don’t know. [After hearing the answer] Aw, I was gonna say ‘Nørgaard’, but I didn’t realise that was a person.
ANSWER Karen O. Jamie gets the point. ANSWER Amanda Nørgaard.
IN 2011 . . .
WHICH SMITHS SONG WAS COVERED IN A JOHN LEWIS AD CAMPAIGN? Jamie I don’t know – I know that it’s caused a huge brawl but I’m not a very big Smiths fan. Is it something to do with ‘You’re All That I Want’? Ed Oh, God, it was that awful cover. ‘Please Please Stop Ruining This Song’. The sentiment seems strange – please let me get what I want from your shop. We did a cover of ‘Strangelove’ by Depeche Mode for a Gucci ad but I don’t think our music really appeals to vintage Depeche Mode fans so we probably didn’t upset anyone.
ANSWER ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want’ – one-nil to Ed.
RADIOHEAD SURPRISED THE WORLD WITH A NEW ALBUM, CALLED WHAT? Ed I want to say Hail to the Thief but that wasn’t this year . . . King of Limbs. Jamie King of Limbs.
ANSWER Both correct.
HOW MUCH, ON AVERAGE, WOULD A THOUSAND PLAYS ON SPOTIFY EARN YOU?
ANSWER Ed wins this one – correct answer is £195. WHAT DID OFWGKTA STAND FOR?
Jamie Can you repeat it? The List OFWGKTA Jamie Oh, Odd Future Kill Them All. Wait – Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. Ed Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. We saw their set at SXSW and it was great. My only issue with them is that Wolf Gang sounds a bit too much like Wu Tang, but that’s probably the vibe they’re going for. ANSWER Both correct..
FOR A HALF BONUS POINT, NAME ANOTHER BAND WITH THE WORD WOLF IN THEIR NAME? Ed Wolf Mother. Jamie Wolf Gang.
ANSWER Both correct.
Bobby Gillespie: which of his songs was murdered by an X Factor oik?
WHICH SONG DID POP BRAT FRANKIE COCOZZA SING ON X-FACTOR, INFURIATING BOBBY GILLESPIE? Ed I don’t have much knowledge of the Primal Scream back catalogue or X-Factor, so I’ll go for ‘Country Girl’. We’re away on tour so much that we hardly ever get time to watch good British telly, let alone the bad stuff . . . Jamie ‘Country Girl’?
Jamie I reckon about a quid. Ed 70p. ANSWER Both wrong – the correct answer was ‘Rocks’.
ANSWER Jamie is closest – it’s £1.20.
HOW MUCH DID A GLASTONBURY TICKET COST IN 2011? Ed Somewhere in the region of £200? Jamie £170.
WHICH RAP STARS PLUNDERED THE FOLLOWING SONGS (ONE POINT EACH):
‘DOMINOS’ BY THE BIG PINK; ‘YOUR
WOMAN’ BY WHITE TOWN; ‘I’LL TAKE CARE OF U’ BY GIL SCOTT-HERON
AND JAMIE XX?
Ed ‘Dominos’, I have no idea or Jamie XX but ‘Your Woman’ was covered by
Wiley, wasn’t it?
Jamie The last one was Rihanna, I don’t know the
others. [After hearing the answer] Oh yeah, that Nicki Minaj one
was terrible!
WHO SHOULD HAVE WON THE MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE THIS YEAR? Ed Was it Peej that won in the end? That was a great album but I think the Mercury should be about helping people onto the next stage of their career. Even with James Blake, most of the parts of his songs that I like are the parts that aren’t even by him, so I’d vote for Wild Beasts. Jamie Do I get a point whatever I say? I think Metronomy.
ANSWER Both are equally valid choices, although Ed is blatantly sucking up to his stage-mates.
ED’S BONUS QUESTION: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FICTIONAL AIRLINE IN THE FRIENDLY FIRES VIDEO FOR ‘HAWAIIAN AIR’? Pala Air. I remember the director bringing in the little seat covers with the logo on and being really pleased. We tried to film most of the video in southern Spain but it was so completely grey when we got there that we might as well have stayed at home as it was the height of summer in the UK.
ANSWER Correct.
ANSWER Nicki Minaj, Wiley and Drake featuring Rihanna respectively. Ed gets one point out of a possible three, Jamie gets a half.
JAMIE’S BONUS QUESTION: THE VIDEO FOR ‘SHUFFLE’ SHOWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR EUROPEAN TOUR. ONE OF THE VENUES YOU PLAYED IS NAMED IN THE VIDEO – WHAT IS IT? The Waterhole. That’s the end of the night, where we’re all dancing. The footage of the actual gig is the Lido in Berlin. [There’s also a third venue shown signposted.] That might be the Ould Zaal at the Melkweg then.
ANSWER Correct.
RESULTS: MacColl put up a valiant effort, scoring 8.5 out of a possible 15, but Macfarlane emerges as the victor with 9.5. Ed, you are on fire! James, on yer bike.
Friendly Fires headline the West End stage, while Bombay Bicycle Club support Primal Scream at the Concert in the Gardens, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Sat 31 Dec. For full details of the Edinburgh's Hogmanay line-up see edinburghshogmanay.com or the Pocket Guide, packaged with this issue. Concert in the Gardens Tickets: £35; Street Party tickets: £15. Available online or from the Box Office, 0844 573 8455.
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