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Postby buffalochipz » Fri May 13, 2005 10:38 pm

I'll post the answer in three days and remember, only cheaters Google. [;)]

John Cale of the Velvet Underground was to Squeeze as Andy Gill of Gang of Four was to.....
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Postby buffalochipz » Mon May 16, 2005 2:05 pm

Well, I can see this has been a wildly popular thread! [B)]
The correct answer is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'll tell ya why tomorrow. I'm off to get a whopping four hours of sleep.

*slinks slowly away upon realizing the question was hopelessly obs
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Postby 2Nu » Mon May 16, 2005 9:51 pm

That was too much like one of those godawful SAT questions. Stayed well away from that one![B)]
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Postby i_like_lectric_motors » Mon May 16, 2005 9:59 pm

I guessed RHCP since it seemed like the least likely choice. I have no idea why it's correct. [:D]
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Postby ru480s2 » Mon May 16, 2005 10:03 pm

I guessed RHCP cause of the number of years between.
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Postby buffalochipz » Mon May 16, 2005 10:41 pm

John Cale produced the debut album from Squeeze (the one with the hot pink cover and the flexing bodybuilder.) Cale originally wanted to call the album "Gay Guys." [:0]

Andy Gill produced the debut album from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band didn'
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Postby raserx » Mon May 16, 2005 11:48 pm

Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo is to Batman the movie as Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo is to Rugrats the movie...ouch my head hurts.[;)]
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Postby red x red » Tue May 17, 2005 2:34 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by raserx[/i]
<br>Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo is to Batman the movie as Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo is to Rugrat
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Postby raserx » Tue May 17, 2005 8:25 am

No ,no ,no....Danny Elfman is to Weird Science as Mark Mothersbaugh is to Dr. Detroit....silly![:D]
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