Can you name the famous person that the song is about or is mentioned in the song? by Chocolate

Artist	Person	Song (year)
Hooters		All You Zombies (1985)
U2		Angel of Harlem (1988)
The Who		Baba O'Riley (1971)
The Beatles		The Ballad of [name] (1969)
Ramones		Bonzo Goes to Bitburg (1985)
Zac Efron & Corbin Bleu (High School Musical 3)		The Boys Are Back (2008)
Dire Straits		Calling [name] (1991)
Elton John		Candle in the Wind (1974)
Elton John		Candle in the Wind 1997 (1997)
Pink		Dear Mr. President (2006)
Warren Zevon		Detox Mansion (1987)
The Police		Don't Stand So Close to Me (1980)
Styx		Eddie (1979)
Creedence Clearwater Revival		Fortunate Son (1969)
A Chorus Line (Soundtrack)		Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love (1975)
John Lennon		How Do You Sleep? (1971)
Bob Dylan		Hurricane (1975)
REM		Ignoreland (1992)
Hair (Soundtrack)		Initials (1968)

Artist	Person	Song (year)
Derek and the Dominoes		Layla (1970)
Paul McCartney & Wings		Let Me Roll It (1974)
Simon & Garfunkel		Mrs. Robinson (1968)
Crosby Stills Nash & Young		Ohio (1970)
U2		Pride (In the Name of Love) (1984)
Tom Petty		Runnin' Down a Dream (1989)
The Beatles		Sexy Sadie (1968)
Lynyrd Skynyrd		Sweet Home Alabama (1974)
Bruce Springsteen		Thunder Road (1975)
Traveling Wilburys		Tweeter and the Monkey Man (1988)
Annie (Soundtrack)		We'd Like to Thank You [name] (1977)
Black Eyed Peas feat. Justin Timberlake		Where is the Love? (2004)
Green Day		Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? (1992)
Stevie Wonder		You Haven't Done Nothin' (1974)
Carly Simon		You're So Vain (1972)
Barenaked Ladies		[title of song] (1992)
Weezer		[title of song] (1994)
The Eagles		[title of song] (1974)
Sheryl Crow		[title of song] (2002)

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Who's That Song About? Quiz

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Created Oct 9, 2009 in Music
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	DerKomissar:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 03:34 GMT		2 points
	Good game, but Buddy Holly is from 1994, not 1974.

	btroup1:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 03:38 GMT		2 points
	I love the juxtaposition of Springsteen and the Wilburys there. And Happy Days may have been 1974, but not Weezer.

	YanksNY12225:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 03:47 GMT		4 points
	I'm pretty sure Mrs. Robinson was actually about Eleanor Roosevelt even though Joe Dimaggio was mentioned.

	bosoxfanzz:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 03:57 GMT		1 point
	I feel dumb, I spent about a minute trying to think of the governor of Alabama in 1974.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 05:11 GMT		1 point
	Billie Holiday spelled her name with one 'L.'

	debbiedoesnothin:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 05:11 GMT		1 point
	Also, I think you should take Princess Diana as an alternate. Great quiz idea.

	RandallPinkston:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 07:40 GMT		1 point
	Baba O'Riley is also named for the minimalist composer Terry Riley, so his name should count.

	betterspud:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 14:55 GMT		4 points
	How can one of the answers be 'Unknown'? What exactly qualifies it for the quiz if EVEN YOU don't know the answer?

	davebesag:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 16:33 GMT		2 points
	I answered unknown correctly as the point is that no-one knows the answer. Carly Simon has purposedly never said who it was about (it may even be more than one person). Nothing wrong with it appearing here.

	PhilSandifer:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 18:07 GMT		3 points
	Well, sure, but that raises the question of who, for instance, Smells Like Teen Spirit is about, or who any number of songs are about. At the very least, the widely speculated guesses like James Taylor and Mick Jagger should be accepted.

	Tahnan:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 19:00 GMT		7 points
	It's a neat idea for a quiz, but it's marred by a lot of little problems. There's a big difference in challenge between coming up with a name from a given song, and having to think through the entire Barenaked Ladies canon to come up with the right song. And I don't really like the fact that some of these songs mention the person in passing, even though they're not at all about that person (like Don't Stand So Close to Me), while others are all about a person but never mention them (like Layla). It makes it feel like two different quizzes stuck together.

	katesutton:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 19:13 GMT		0 points
	I definitely agree with Tahnan. Also, for a quiz on songs that are about someone (rather than just mentioning them), it's missing "Rosanna" by Toto. And if you want to go much more obscure, there's also "Grey-Green Eyes" by the Bacon Brothers.

	choza321:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 20:01 GMT		1 point
	Why don't you don't accept "Rubin Carter" for the person that Bob Dylan's Hurricane is about instead of "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter"? That was (is, he's still alive) his name, and that's also how Bob Dylan refers to him in the song.

	Chocolate:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT		1 point
	Thank you for the feedback. Thanks for catching the Weezer typo; it's been corrected. I added E. Roosevelt as an acceptable answer for Mrs. R.; and Princess Diana for the other song. The spelling for Billie H. has been fixed. Regarding Terry Riley, that was an intentional omission, because I didn't think he met the "famous" standard, but he's been added as an acceptable answer. Re: You're So Vain, Jagger and Beatty are acceptable, but Taylor is omitted because it would give away the answer to another question. Re: the 2 puzzles mashed together comment, I did consider that issue, but decided to go ahead and mix "about" with "mention", but to try to make the puzzle instructions clear. Re: Toto and Bacon Bros., thanks for the suggestions - however, Wikipedia says that Rosanna is not actually about R. Arquette, and I think the Bacons are too obscure. "Rubin Carter" has been added as an acceptable answer. Thanks, and hope you're enjoying the game.

	dodsface:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT		0 points
	i agree with choza321 u need to accept rubin carter, and u should simply accept hurricane as he was often reffered to. Also i agree that u should not ahve songs where the person it is about is in the song title becuase then u cant even guess it if its by a band whos songs u dont know. Finally, correct me if im wrong, but wasnt fortunate son about the vietnam war? I know it was inspired by eisenhower because he was raising morale for the army but then never even went to war in vietnam, but really, it was about the war itself. I think u need to change some things so theres no debate about whats what. Also u could add "run through the Jungle" by CCR as it is about gun crime in america.

	Kitnaz:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 20:27 GMT		1 point
	What about Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like A Lady" (Vince Neil) or RATM's "Killing In The Name of" or GreenDay's "American Idiot" (George Bush both)

	CaptainEasychord:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 21:32 GMT		3 points
	and where's alanis morrisette's 'you oughtta know?', which was written for dave coulier?

	CaptainEasychord:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 21:35 GMT		3 points
	also, seconding the comment re: two quizzes put together... songs about people is a lot more interesting than songs where someone is a lyric... but if you insist on keeping them together (or making one with names in lyrics), you should definitely add billy joel's 'we didn't start the fire'... I think it mentions a famous person somewhere...

	zigra:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 01:14 GMT		1 point
	There are a lot of tribute songs as well: Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke, Commodores "Night Shift", Don Maclean's "Starry Starry Night" and "American Pie". I like the idea of two separate quizzes better, since I spent a lot of time trying to figure out which category each song fell into (about someone v having a famous name in it).

	draftace:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 04:36 GMT		1 point
	mrs robinson is most definitely not about joe dimaggio. also, its kinda a stretch to say that Ohio is about nixon. its really more about the kent state shootings and the war in general.

	extraflux:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT		0 points
	Uh, what was The Beatles song called "John Lennon & Yoko Ono" released in 1992? I seem to have this song in my collection. There is "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" but that was from 1969.

	Wes_Mantooth:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 20:11 GMT		1 point
	Guessing the last names of presidents and Beatles gave me all but one of my answers.

	lucyinthesky9:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 18:51 GMT		2 points
	the beatles should be "the ballad of" as a hint with the song. your answer is john and yoko and the song as "song title" and the song is called "the ballad of john and yoko" it was hard to know what song you were talking about.

	biskutt:	Oct 13th, 2009 at 03:46 GMT		1 point
	i support the carly simon thing being on here as that has been made a pretty big deal over the years. i also support whoever said alanis morissette->dave coulier should be on here. haha.

	sdh:	Oct 13th, 2009 at 15:57 GMT		1 point
	Yoko Ono and the New Kids on the Block are also mentioned in the titles of Barenaked Ladies songs from 1992.