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Name That Tune, Game Eighteen

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 by Scraps

Hey everybody, and everybody’s family and friends. Welcome to the eighteenth vertebra-vibrating week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Rules are a drag, but we can’t seem to shake ‘em:

The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates. You may guess the puzzle song if you have already made your three regular guesses.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. How the game is played:I have uploaded twenty-five very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will, maybe even everybody else).There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 25). No acrostic this time. The first twenty-four songs have something in common that points to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)

    Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain persistently unguessed, I’ll offer clues of dubious help.

    And here are the clips:

    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20
    21. clip 21
    22. clip 22
    23. clip 23
    24. clip 24

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Try not to hit you fellow contestants. Have fun!

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    Name That Tune, Game Seventeen

    Friday, May 16th, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody. Welcome to the seventeenth synapse-snapping week of Name That Tune at Popdose. A game without rules is a kind of anarchy, don’t you think? And we don’t want that. So:

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates, but may still be guessed if you have used up your regular three guesses.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. How the game is played:I have uploaded twenty-six very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will).

    There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 26). Once again, we’re doing an acrostic game: This time, the first letter of the name of the SONG for the first 25 clips spells out a clue to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)

    Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.

    And here are the clips:

    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20
    21. clip 21
    22. clip 22
    23. clip 23
    24. clip 24
    25. clip 25

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. And again: This time it’s the first letter of the name of the songs that’s spelling out the clue. Have fun!

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    Name That Tune, Game Sixteen

    Friday, May 9th, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody, and anyone else I’ve left out. Welcome to the sixteenth stoat-wrangling week of Name That Tune at Popdose. While we do impose a certain amount of structure on the game, I urge you to think of this structure not so much as a loose set of guidelines but more as a firm and unbreakable set of rules that you flout at your peril:

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates. You may guess the puzzle song if you have already made your three regular guesses.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. How the game is played:I have uploaded twenty-six very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will, to their pride or shame).

    There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 26). No acrostic this time. The first twenty-five songs have something in common that points to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)

    Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.

    And here are the clips:

    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20
    21. clip 21
    22. clip 22
    23. clip 23
    24. clip 24
    25. clip 25

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Don’t forget to eat lunch. Have fun!

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    Name That Tune, Game Fifteen

    Friday, May 2nd, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody. Welcome to the fifteenth eyebrow-raising week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Rules? What rules? These rules:

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. How the game is played:I have uploaded twenty-six very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will, damn them).

    There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 26). Once again, we’re doing an acrostic game: This time, the first letter of the name of the SONG for the first 25 clips spells out a clue to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)

    Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.

    And here are the clips:

    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20
    21. clip 21
    22. clip 22
    23. clip 23
    24. clip 24
    25. clip 25

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. And again: This time it’s the first letter of the name of the songs that’s spelling out the clue. Have fun!

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    Name That Tune, Game Fourteen

    Friday, April 18th, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody. Welcome to the fourteenth peace-disturbing week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Even among the most ancient peoples, games had rules, and traditionalists that we are, our games are no different, except we don’t club you if you break the rules:

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates. You may always guess the puzzle song once between updates, even if you have used up your three regular guesses.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. How the game is played:I have uploaded twenty-five very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will, damn them).There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 25). No acrostic this time: just twenty-five songs that have something in common, which taken together point to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)

    Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.

    And here are the clips:

    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20
    21. clip 21
    22. clip 22
    23. clip 23
    24. clip 24

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Have fun!

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    Name That Tune, Game Thirteen

    Friday, April 11th, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody. Welcome to the thirteenth finger-snapping week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Rules? We got your steenkin’ rules right here:

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. How the game is played:

    I have uploaded twenty-five very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will, damn them).

    There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 25). Once again, we’re doing an acrostic game: The first letter of the name of the artist of the first 24 songs spells out a clue to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)

    Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.

    And here are the clips:

    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20
    21. clip 21
    22. clip 22
    23. clip 23
    24. clip 24

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Have fun!

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    Name That Tune, Game Twelve

    Friday, April 4th, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody. Welcome to the twelfth scalp-tingling week of Name That Tune at Popdose. I hear you clamoring for rules, and I just happen to have a few:

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. How the game is played:I have uploaded twenty-five very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will, damn them).There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 25). Once again, we’re doing an acrostic game: The first letter of the name of the artist of the first 24 songs spells out a clue to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.And here are the clips:
    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20
    21. clip 21
    22. clip 22
    23. clip 23
    24. clip 24

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. One last reminder — not that you need it, I understand — Maximum three guesses between updates of the list. Have fun!

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    Name That Tune, Game Eleven

    Friday, March 28th, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody. Welcome to the eleventh hair-pulling week of Name That Tune at Popdose. You know what I like at the start of a game? A set of clear rules.

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation.For those new to the game, here’s how it works: I have uploaded twenty-one very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will).There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 21). Once again, we’re doing an acrostic game: The first letter of the name of the artist of the first 20 songs spells out a clue to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.And here are the clips:
    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Have fun! And one more time — because we continue to have some trouble with this — MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES BETWEEN OFFICIAL UPDATES OF THE LIST (which will be labeled “Official Update”). Thanks!

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    Name That Tune, Game Ten

    Friday, March 21st, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody. Get your eardrums (and hammers and stirrups) ready for the tenth brow-bunching week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Rules are the order of the day! And here they are:

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • The Puzzle Clip may only be guessed once between updates.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. We’ve got a bumper crop this week: thirty-four clips to guess. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will).There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 34). No acrostic this time, just a simple puzzle: the first 33 songs taken together are a clue to the identity of the puzzle song.Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.And here are the clips:
    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19
    20. clip 20
    21. clip 21
    22. clip 22
    23. clip 23
    24. clip 24
    25. clip 25
    26. clip 26
    27. clip 27
    28. clip 28
    29. clip 29
    30. clip 30
    31. clip 31
    32. clip 32
    33. clip 33

    And the Puzzle Song:
    clip 34

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Have fun!

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    Name That Tune, Game Nine

    Friday, March 7th, 2008 by Scraps

    Hey everybody. Welcome to the ninth ear-boggling week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Because everybody loves rules, let’s do the rules first:

    The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses.
  • Clip 21 may only be guessed once between updates.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation. For those new to the game, here’s how it works: I have uploaded twenty very brief song clips. Most of the songs are well known; none of them are obscure. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. It’s likely that you’ll find a few of them instantly recognizable, while a few others you won’t know at all (but other people will).There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 20). Once again, we’re doing an acrostic game: The first letter of the name of the artist of the first 19 songs spells out a clue to the identity of the puzzle song. (And of course, if the puzzle song is guessed early, that ought to help nail down the rest of the songs.)Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll upload longer clips.

    And here are the clips:

    1. clip 1
    2. clip 2
    3. clip 3
    4. clip 4
    5. clip 5
    6. clip 6
    7. clip 7
    8. clip 8
    9. clip 9
    10. clip 10
    11. clip 11
    12. clip 12
    13. clip 13
    14. clip 14
    15. clip 15
    16. clip 16
    17. clip 17
    18. clip 18
    19. clip 19

    And the Puzzle Song:
    clip 20

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Have fun!

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