War and Peace Music Quiz
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In the Elton John hit Daniel, where is his brother heading to forget the horrors of war?
Spain
Thailand
Australia
The Bahamas
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Who released protest song War first as a single?
Edwin Starr
Bruce Springsteen
The Temptations
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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Cat Steven's hit Peace Train was from which classic album?
Teaser and the Firecat
Matthew and Son
Tea for the Tillerman
Mona Bone Jakon
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Which of these lines from Billy Joel's 1983 hit Goodnight Saigon opens the song?
We held the day in the palm of our hands
We held the coastline, they held the highlands
We met as soul mates on Parris Island
We were sharp, as sharp as knives
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19 was a 1985 hit for whom?
Paul Young
Paul Simon
Paul McCartney
Paul Hardcastle
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Bruce Springsteen wrote Born in the USA about a Vietnam vet - but why did The Boss not get drafted?
He had poor eyesight
He had concussion after a motorbike accident
He feigned mental illness
He failed a drug test
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Which is true about John Lennon's Give Peace a Chance?
It was his first hit away from the Beatles
It was recorded in a hotel room
The lyrics were sold in 2008 for NZ$800,000
All of the above are true
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Who called Marvin Gaye's What's Going On "the worst song I have ever heard in my life"?
Motown head Berry Gordy
Music critic Jon Landau
US president Richard Nixon
Marvin's wife Anna Gordy
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Which of the Rolling Stone's hits, written about the Vietnam War, was named by Rolling Stone magazine as the band's best?
Gimme Shelter
Not Fade Away
As Tears Go By
Time is on My Side
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All Along the Watchtower became associated with the war - but who wrote it?
Jimi Hendrix
Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
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