Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music Quiz

Greil Marcus

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Prologue

Harmonica Frank - 1951

Robert Johnson - 1938

The Band - Pilgrims' Progress (Comprising sections Introduction through Crossing the Border)

The Band - Pilgrims' Progress (Comprising sections The Righteous Land through The Weight)

Sly Stone - The Myth of Staggerlee (Comprising sections Introduction through Riot)

Sly Stone - The Myth of Staggerlee (Comprising sections Sly Versus Superfly through A Quiet Rebellion)

Randy Newman - Every Man is Free

Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Fanfare through The Rockabilly Moment)

Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Elvis Moves Out through Finale)

Epilogue

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Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music Quiz

Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music Quiz

Who said "if I couldn't perform I'd give up . . . It's not a question of the money side of it. . . not having that ninety minutes up there anymore. Phew. I don't like to think about it"? (from Randy Newman - Every Man is Free)

In what song does Sly Stone mock his own song "Thank you falettinme be mice elf Agin"? (from Sly Stone - The Myth of Staggerlee (Comprising sections Introduction through Riot))

What Randy Newman song does Marcus claim suggests that the we are being laughed at and life is a joke? (from Randy Newman - Every Man is Free)

In "The Band," to what does Marcus compare the song "We Can Talk About It Now"? (from The Band - Pilgrims' Progress (Comprising sections Introduction through Crossing the Border))

According to Marcus, what problem does the storyteller of <i>Stage Fright</i> face? (from The Band - Pilgrims' Progress (Comprising sections The Righteous Land through The Weight))