Friday, March 28th, 2008

Name That Tune, Game Eleven

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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    • MichaelFortes
      #13 - "A Message To You Rudy" by the Specials
      #8 - "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" by Elton John
      #5 - "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones
    • Eric
      9. Dionne Farris - I Know
      18. Motels - Only The Lonely
      20. Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket
    • All of Eric's and MichaelFortes's guesses are correct.
    • Old_Davy
      1. New Year's Day - U2
      4. It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt
      15. Foreigner - Cold As Ice
    • "New Year's Day," "It's So Easy," and "Cold as Ice" are all correct.
    • Damnit! The only two I recognized (1 and 20) have already been identified, and I was wrong about the only other one (I thought 5 was Pretty in Pink).
    • Man, I never guess right which ones are going to be easy.
    • All the easy ones got taken...

      I'm going to hazard a guess at #19 being Kraftwerk doing "Autobahn."

      And that's all I've got today.
    • "Autobahn" is a good guess, but is incorrect.
    • dang. this week is full of clips i recognize but can't place. i think 7 is Grass Roots "Live for Today"?
    • "Let's Live for Today" is correct.
    • Half the regular songs have been guessed, so it's time for an OFFICIAL UPDATE:

      01 U U2, New Year's Day (old davy)
      02
      03
      04 L Linda Ronstadt, It's So Easy (old davy)
      05 U Undertones, Teenage Kicks (michael fortes)
      06
      07 G Grass Roots, Let's Live for Today (drcastrato)
      08 E Elton John, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (michael fortes)
      09 D Dionne Farris, I Know (eric)
      10
      11
      12
      13 S Specials, A Message to You Rudy (michael fortes)
      14
      15 F Foreigner, Cold as Ice (old davy)
      16
      17
      18 M Motels, Only the Lonely (eric)
      19
      20 C Cake, Short Skirt, Long Jacket (eric)

      21 the puzzle song
    • ok, clips 1-9 should spell UNPLUGGED, so i'm gonna take a crazy guess and say #6 is Ginuwine "In Those Jeans" ?
    • "In Those Jeans" is a good guess, but incorrect.
    • I got nothin' this week. : (
    • Old_Davy
      10. Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
    • "Gonna Fly Now" is correct.
    • MichaelFortes
      #12 sounds like "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by the Ohio Express
    • "Yummy Yummy Yummy" is correct.
    • WHarrisBullzEye
      Is #3 a-ha's "Take On Me"?
    • MichaelFortes
      Nah, sounds like something by the Pet Shop Boys to me.
    • "Take On Me" is incorrect.
    • #3. Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
    • "It's a Sin" is correct.
    • Rats. I knew eight of them at the first pass, but they've all been guessed.
    • #6 i'll guess "Differences" by Ginuwine?
    • "Differences" is correct.
    • 14. Third Eye Blind - How's It Going to Be
    • "How's It Going to Be" is correct.
    • Five left, plus the puzzle song.

      OFFICIAL UPDATE:

      01 U U2, New Year's Day (old davy)
      02
      03 P Pet Shop Boys, It's a Sin (matthew bolin)
      04 L Linda Ronstadt, It's So Easy (old davy)
      05 U Undertones, Teenage Kicks (michael fortes)
      06 G Ginuwine, Differences (drcastrato)
      07 G Grass Roots, Let's Live for Today (drcastrato)
      08 E Elton John, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (michael fortes)
      09 D Dionne Farris, I Know (eric)
      10 B Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now (old davy)
      11
      12 O Ohio Express, Yummy Yummy Yummy (michael fortes)
      13 S Specials, A Message to You Rudy (michael fortes)
      14 T Third Eye Blind, How's It Going to Be (matthew bolin)
      15 F Foreigner, Cold as Ice (old davy)
      16
      17
      18 M Motels, Only the Lonely (eric)
      19
      20 C Cake, Short Skirt, Long Jacket (eric)

      21 the puzzle song
    • Volley
      16 is Redbone - The witch queen of New Orleans
    • 17. Outkast - Spread
    • Old_Davy
      2. Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Ha
    • Correct:
      "Spread"
      "The Witch Queen of New Orleans"

      Incorrect:
      "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha"
    • 01 U U2, New Year's Day (old davy)
      02
      03 P Pet Shop Boys, It's a Sin (matthew bolin)
      04 L Linda Ronstadt, It's So Easy (old davy)
      05 U Undertones, Teenage Kicks (michael fortes)
      06 G Ginuwine, Differences (drcastrato)
      07 G Grass Roots, Let's Live for Today (drcastrato)
      08 E Elton John, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (michael fortes)
      09 D Dionne Farris, I Know (eric)
      10 B Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now (old davy)
      11
      12 O Ohio Express, Yummy Yummy Yummy (michael fortes)
      13 S Specials, A Message to You Rudy (michael fortes)
      14 T Third Eye Blind, How's It Going to Be (matthew bolin)
      15 F Foreigner, Cold as Ice (old davy)
      16 R Redbone, The Witch Queen of New Orleans (volley)
      17 O OutKast, Spread (matthew bolin)
      18 M Motels, Only the Lonely (eric)
      19
      20 C Cake, Short Skirt, Long Jacket (eric)

      21 the puzzle song
    • Rich
      19 sounded like Erasure, but looks like we need a "D" there, so is it Depeche? Something from Speak & Spell? not my genre, really.
    • Funny, I was thinking O.C., not D.C. D.C. makes more sense.
      Unless, of course, it's E.C. - Clapton...Unplugged... Whatever, I still don't know what the song is.
    • 19. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

      I'm hoping 21 is Velocity Girl, but I can't quite place it.

      This is the last week I'll be in class when this is released, so maybe I'll actually get one next time.
    • 19 is not any Vince Clarke project, but I think it likely that he was influenced by #19, as many others were.
    • Velocity Girl will make it in here sometime, but 21 is not Velocity Girl.
    • Eric
      I'm thinking #19 is something by Devo, but I can't place it.

      Something by the Orb for #11 possibly?
    • Way back at the beginning of the game, I noted that the first guess on #19 was a good guess.
    • JonCummings
      I believe #19 is by OMD, but I can't place the song.
    • 19. Kraftwerk - Europe Endless
    • JonCummings
      This seems right.
    • I know 19 is by Kraftwerk, but I can't find the song! Here goes, nothing, I'm sure this is incorrect...

      "Trans Europe Express"
    • Right album, anyway!
    • "Europe Endless" is correct.
    • Two songs left, plus the puzzle song. Guessing is now wide open for everybody.

      01 U U2, New Year's Day (old davy)
      02 - 1950S NOVELTY HIT
      03 P Pet Shop Boys, It's a Sin (matthew bolin)
      04 L Linda Ronstadt, It's So Easy (old davy)
      05 U Undertones, Teenage Kicks (michael fortes)
      06 G Ginuwine, Differences (drcastrato)
      07 G Grass Roots, Let's Live for Today (drcastrato)
      08 E Elton John, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (michael fortes)
      09 D Dionne Farris, I Know (eric)
      10 B Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now (old davy)
      11 - LEAD TRACK FROM CLASSIC ELECTRONICA ALBUM
      12 O Ohio Express, Yummy Yummy Yummy (michael fortes)
      13 S Specials, A Message to You Rudy (michael fortes)
      14 T Third Eye Blind, How's It Going to Be (matthew bolin)
      15 F Foreigner, Cold as Ice (old davy)
      16 R Redbone, The Witch Queen of New Orleans (volley)
      17 O OutKast, Spread (matthew bolin)
      18 M Motels, Only the Lonely (eric)
      19 K Kraftwerk, Europe Endless (matthew bolin)
      20 C Cake, Short Skirt, Long Jacket (eric)

      21 the puzzle song
    • JonCummings
      No. 11 -- The Orb, Delta MkII ????
    • Is "All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople the puzzle song? Just a hunch. And probably a bad one.
    • Not the Orb, and not Mott the Hoople.
    • JonCummings
      #2 is absolutely, positively Nervous Norvous, "Transfusion."
    • "Transfusion" it is.
    • Since the C in the puzzle seems to be leading people astray, I will volunteer that it is an initial, but does not stand for City.
    • JonCummings
      On #11, when you say "lead track," do you mean the first track on the CD, or the first single released from it?
    • First track. Sorry for the confusion.
    • JonCummings
      Kim Carnes? Karen Carpenter? Keith Carradine?
    • Old_Davy
      Kelly Clarkson?
    • JonCummings
      #11-- Orbital, The Girl with the Sun in Her Head ?????
    • "The Girl with the Sun in Her Head" is correct.

      All that's left is the puzzle song.
    • So, does the acrostic help anyone at all here? If not, I'll post a longer clip sometime tomorrow, probably noonish.

      01 U U2, New Year's Day (old davy)
      02 N Nervous Norvus, Transfusion (jon cummings)
      03 P Pet Shop Boys, It's a Sin (matthew bolin)
      04 L Linda Ronstadt, It's So Easy (old davy)
      05 U Undertones, Teenage Kicks (michael fortes)
      06 G Ginuwine, Differences (drcastrato)
      07 G Grass Roots, Let's Live for Today (drcastrato)
      08 E Elton John, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (michael fortes)
      09 D Dionne Farris, I Know (eric)
      10 B Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now (old davy)
      11 O Orbital, The Girl with the Sun in Her Head (jon cummings)
      12 O Ohio Express, Yummy Yummy Yummy (michael fortes)
      13 S Specials, A Message to You Rudy (michael fortes)
      14 T Third Eye Blind, How's It Going to Be (matthew bolin)
      15 F Foreigner, Cold as Ice (old davy)
      16 R Redbone, The Witch Queen of New Orleans (volley)
      17 O OutKast, Spread (matthew bolin)
      18 M Motels, Only the Lonely (eric)
      19 K Kraftwerk, Europe Endless (matthew bolin)
      20 C Cake, Short Skirt, Long Jacket (eric)

      21 the puzzle song
    • Take me down to the Kraftwerk City, where the grass is functionally synthesized ...
    • JonCummings
      Wild guess on the Puzzle song: I'm going for "KC" meaning Kurt Cobain, so a song from Nirvana Unplugged. Is it the Meat Puppets' "Lake of Fire"?
    • YES, it is "Lake of Fire" by the Meat Puppets! Nicely done!

      I believe if you drop a note to Jefito at popdose dot com, he will have a prize for you.

      Thanks everybody for playing!
    • wow. so i was on the right track after all, thinking it might be E.C. - eric clapton, uplugged. right idea, wrong artist. good work everyone, and thanks for the wonderful game, scraps.
    • Old_Davy
      I think it would be very interesting if Scraps told us which clips he thought would be the easy ones and which would be the hard ones to guess while setting up the game.
    • Just saw this. I'm actually trying to make all of them about equivalently hard, making shorter clips or clips from hard-to-guess parts of the song for more famous songs, and making more obvious clips for more obscure songs, etc. Most of the time when I've had some idea that clips are particularly easy or hard, I've been wrong.
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