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Here's some more Neil trivia -- sort of after the fact. See the Neil Young FAQ for more useful information.

From a RUST Trivia contest in May 1995 put together by Jason "Bush League Batter" at University of Oregon.

Answers below.

• 1. Name as many Neil songs as you can with the word Blue or Blues in the title?

• 2. Name as many NY songs as you can with the words lonely, alone, loneliness, or loner in the title.

• 3. On the Freedom CD, the song Crime in the City is listed as Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero, Part One). What other NY songs from official releases are given parenthetical subtitles/alternate names?

• 4. What songs are each of the following lyrics from?
  A. One day, when you talked to me I saw myself again

  B. Hello woman of my dreams

  C. That big ol' plane fell from the sky Me and the boys kissed the world goodbye

  D. I used to build these buildings I used to walk next to you

  E. Well I used to be a woman, you know

  F. Sometimes I see what really isn't there Like my true lover; and I care

• 5. Which officially released albums contain the following songs?
  A. Thrasher
  B. Stringman
  C. T-Bone
  D. Misfits
  E. Lost in Space

• 6. Name NY's albums officially released on the Geffen label.

• 7. Which NY songs have the word Love in the title?

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• 1. Name as many Neil songs as you can with the word Blue or Blues in the title?
  Love Art Blues
  Blue Eden
  Payola Blues
  I ain't Got the Blues
  Depression Blues
  My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
  Barstool Blues
  Ambulance Blues
  Beautiful Bluebird
  Vampire Blues
  Revolution Blues
  Citizen Kane Jr. Blues
  Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  Fountainebleau
  Bluebird
  12/8 Blues (All the Same)
  Spud Blues

• 2. Name as many NY songs as you can with the words lonely, alone, loneliness, or loner in the title.
  Too Lonely
  When Your Lonely Heart Breaks
  The Loner
  Oh, Lonesome Me
  Bad Fog of Loneliness
  Hello Lonely Woman
  Everybody's Alone
  Lonely Weekend

• 3. On the Freedom CD, the song Crime in the City is listed as Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero, Part One). What other NY songs from official releases are given parenthetical subtitles/alternate names?
  Round and Round (It Won't Be Long)
  Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)
  The Losing End (When You're On)
  Words (Between the Lines of Age)
  Motion Pictures (For Carrie)
  Roll Another Number (For the Road)
  My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
  Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)
  Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher)
  Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero, Part One)
  Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)

• 4. What songs are each of the following lyrics from?
  A. One day, when you talked to me I saw myself again -- The Bridge

  B. Hello woman of my dreams -- Cowgirl in the Sand

  C. That big ol' plane fell from the sky Me and the boys kissed the world goodbye -- Get Gone

  D. I used to build these buildings I used to walk next to you -- Goin' Back

  E. Well I used to be a woman, you know -- Last Trip to Tulsa

  F. Sometimes I see what really isn't there Like my true lover; and I care -- Will to Love

• 5. Which officially released albums contain the following songs?
  A. Thrasher-- Rust Never Sleeps
  B. Stringman-- Unplugged
  C. T-Bone-- Reactor
  D. Misfits-- Old Ways
  E. Lost in Space-- Hawks and Doves

• 6. Name NY's albums officially released on the Geffen label.
  Lucky Thirteen
  Old Ways
  Trans
  Everybody's Rockin'
  Life
  Landing on Water

• 7. Which NY songs have the word Love in the title?
  Look Out for My Love
  Lookin for a Love
  Lotta Love
  Love and Only Love
  Love in Mind
  Love is a Rose
  Love to Burn
  Name of Love
  Only Love Can Break Your Heart
  Train of Love
  The Ways of Love
  When You Dance I Can Really Love
  Will to Love
  Don't Take Your Love Away from Me
  Feel Your Love
  Heavy Love
  Hold on to your Love
  I've Loved Her so Long
  Little Thing Called Love
  I Need Her Love to Get By
  Love Art Blues
  If You Got Love
  I'm a Fool for your Love
  Love Hotel
  Once I was in Love
  Razor Love
  Your Love

  Scoring: You should for the most part be able to score your own quiz. However, if you prefer, you can mail me your responses and I'll score it for you. I believe that over 200 pts are possible. Grading is as follows:

  200+ Too Far Gone
  180-199 Neil Genius
  150-179 Professor of Rustology
  120-149 Neil Junkie
  110-119 Road Eye
  80-109 Bush League Batter
  0- 79 Pissin' in the Wind
  

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