Answers from yesterday’s ‘Monday Mind Workout’
WERE YOU ON SONG?
Lyrics: “Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!”
2 From a 1950s classic musical, it certainly won’t put a dampener on your mood: Singin’ in the Rain
Lyrics: “I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain.”
3 This rock masterpiece was rumoured to be the most expensive single ever made on its 1975 release: Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Lyrics: “Because I’m easy come, easy go
A little high, little low.”
4 This ballad was written to comfort one of the band member’s sons: Hey Jude – The Beatles
Lyrics: “Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin.”
5 Patriotic song associated with the Royal Navy: Rule Britannia
Lyrics: “When Britain first, at Heaven’s command
Arose from out the azure main.”
6 The unofficial anthem of Yorkshire: On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘At
Lyrics: “Wheear ‘ast tha bin sin’ ah saw thee, ah saw thee?”
7 Ol’ Blue Eyes made it one of the most famous tunes in the world: My Way – Frank Sinatra
Lyrics: “Regrets, I’ve had a few
But then again, too few to mention.”
8 Fun times in a Yorkshire seaside town: Scarborough Fair
Lyrics: “Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine.”
9 This band certainly had an Edge in it: With or Without You – U2
Lyrics: “Through the storm, we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more.”
10 A regular feature of Last Night of the Proms: Land of Hope and Glory
Lyrics: “Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.”
11.It only hit the number one spot in the British charts after the singer’s untimely death in 1980: Imagine – John Lennon
Lyrics: “I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one.”
12 Typical Cockney’s song, according to the musical Me and My Girl: Lambeth Walk
Lyrics: “Any evening, any day
You’ll find us all
Doin’ the ——- —-.”
13 This 1997 movie theme song’s success did not sink like the ship: My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Lyrics: “Far across the distance
And spaces between us.
You have come to show you, go on.”
14 The band’s warring brothers hate each other: Wonderwall – Oasis
Lyrics: “And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding.”
15 Always Sung before the FA Cup Final: Abide With Me
Lyrics: “Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away.”
16 A favourite from The Forces’ Sweetheart: (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover – Vera Lynn
Lyrics: “I’ll never forget the people I met
Braving those angry skies
I remember well as the shadows fell
The light of hope in their eyes.”
17 It was the first record by a Welsh artist to top the US chart: Total Eclipse Of The Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Lyrics: “And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever.”
18 Popular in New Orleans and football grounds: When the Saints Go Marching In
Lyrics: “Oh when the trumpet sounds the call
Oh lord I want to be in that number.”
19 Found fame a second time around thanks to one of a hit film’s most romantic scenes: Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Lyrics: “Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea.”
20 Penned when the writers were just 17, it features a famous sax riff: Careless Whisper – George Michael
Lyrics: “So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you.”
