Name That Tune, Game Forty-Five

David Medsker November 16, 2009 69

The Rules:

  • 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 with the words “OFFICIAL UPDATE.” “Guess” is officially defined as “attempting to identify any one song.” Therefore, one comment that lists three songs counts as 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-five very brief song clips. Please bear in mind that both my record collection and knowledge of music are probably 5% of that of Scraps’, so these quizzes won’t be nearly as comprehensive – or even hit-based – as his were. I will use mostly well-known songs, but I reserve the right to use something obscure if it suits my needs, like it does this week. Live versions and covers are also fair game, though I will stay away from remixes, because that’s just mean.

There is a puzzle this week, and the songs in the game will offer a (painfully obvious) clue as to the puzzle song’s identity.

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. Lastly, here’s the puzzle song:
    Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post to more easily follow the progress of the game. Remember — please! — NO MORE THAN THREE GUESSES between updates of the list. Have fun!

  • MichaelFortes

    1. The Byrds – Eight Miles High
    9. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
    20. The Rolling Stones – 2,000 Light Years From Home

  • sthooligan

    #4 is Song 2 by Blur

  • http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/ arensb

    7. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11
    8. The Cure – Six Different Ways
    12. Wire – Three Girl Rhumba

    #18 sounds familiar, and I look forward to kicking myself when someone reminds me what it is.

  • SB

    4. I got my mind set on you- George Harrison
    16. I would walk 5000 miles-the Proclaimers
    18. I don't want to go to Chelsea-Elvis Costello

  • sthooligan

    #16 is the 500 Miles by the Proclaimers.

    This would have been easier if you'd put them in numerical order….

  • luffy66

    19. Seventeen – Winger
    25 Hey Nineteen Steely Dan

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Oh, you definitely know #18.

    All guesses so far are correct.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Please, this quiz is easy enough as it is. If I had put them in order, it'd be over in ten minutes.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    The Proclaimers, Winger and Steely Dan are correct. George Harrison and Elvis Costello are incorrect.

  • sthooligan

    #25 is Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan

  • sthooligan

    #25 is Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan

  • gthradecky

    11. “One Simple Thing” – Stabilizers

  • sthooligan

    #18 is driving me nuts too.

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    Is 22 “A Million Things” by Xymox?

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    The Stabilizers is correct. Xymox is incorrect.

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    Man, it sure has that dark wave vibe. I'll kick myself when I see the right answer. In the meantime, is 15 “A Million Miles Away” by The Plimsoles?

    (18 also on the tip of my tongue, as with the guys above)

  • http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/ arensb

    What's annoying is that in my mind, I can hear the next few bars of the solo, but not quite enough to get to the next verse.

    My brain has failed me again. Bad, bad brain!

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    The Plimsouls is correct. Let's do an early OFFICIAL UPDATE:

    1. “Eight Miles High,” The Byrds (MichaelFortes)
    2.
    3.
    4. “Song 2,” Blur (sthooligan)
    5.
    6.
    7. “Love Missle F1-11,” Sigue Sigue Sputnik (arensb)
    8. “Six Different Ways,” The Cure (arensb)
    9. “Seven Nation Army,” White Stripes (MichaelFortes)
    10.
    11. “One Simple Thing,” The Stabilizers (gthradecky)
    12. “Three Girl Rhumba,” Wire (arensb)
    13.
    14.
    15. “A Million Miles Away,” The Plimsouls (RLB)
    16. “I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles),” The Proclaimers (SB)
    17.
    18.
    19. “Seventeen,” Winger (luffy66)
    20. “2000 Light Years from Home,” Rolling Stones (MichaelFortes)
    21.
    22.
    23.
    24.
    25. “Hey Nineteen,” Steely Dan (luffy66)
    Puzzle:

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    The Plimsouls is correct. Let's do an early OFFICIAL UPDATE:

    1. “Eight Miles High,” The Byrds (MichaelFortes)
    2.
    3.
    4. “Song 2,” Blur (sthooligan)
    5.
    6.
    7. “Love Missle F1-11,” Sigue Sigue Sputnik (arensb)
    8. “Six Different Ways,” The Cure (arensb)
    9. “Seven Nation Army,” White Stripes (MichaelFortes)
    10.
    11. “One Simple Thing,” The Stabilizers (gthradecky)
    12. “Three Girl Rhumba,” Wire (arensb)
    13.
    14.
    15. “A Million Miles Away,” The Plimsouls (RLB)
    16. “I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles),” The Proclaimers (SB)
    17.
    18.
    19. “Seventeen,” Winger (luffy66)
    20. “2000 Light Years from Home,” Rolling Stones (MichaelFortes)
    21.
    22.
    23.
    24.
    25. “Hey Nineteen,” Steely Dan (luffy66)
    Puzzle:

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    I'll take a ludicrous guess at the puzzle… Elvis C's “Less Than Zero.”

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    I'll take a ludicrous guess at the puzzle… Elvis C's “Less Than Zero.”

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    I'll take a ludicrous guess at the puzzle… Elvis C's “Less Than Zero.”

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Ooh, didn't even think of that one. Good guess, but no.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Ooh, didn't even think of that one. Good guess, but no.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Ooh, didn't even think of that one. Good guess, but no.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Ooh, didn't even think of that one. Good guess, but no.

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    Long shot based on just that one note – but is the puzzle “The One Thing” by INXS?

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    Long shot based on just that one note – but is the puzzle “The One Thing” by INXS?

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    Long shot based on just that one note – but is the puzzle “The One Thing” by INXS?

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    Long shot based on just that one note – but is the puzzle “The One Thing” by INXS?

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    Long shot based on just that one note – but is the puzzle “The One Thing” by INXS?

  • eddie_w

    #23 – “Three Times a Lady”, by the Commodores?

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Man, didn't think of that one, either. Not INXS.

  • JerryM

    2. One Lonely Night – REO Speedwagon

  • http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/ arensb

    22. Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    #6 – 99 Problems – Jay-Z

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Now we're cooking! The Commodores, Frankie, REO and Jay-Z are correct.

  • sthooligan

    #17 is Sixteen Military Wives by the Decemberists…..maybe?

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Yep.

  • sthooligan

    I wish someone would identify it and put the rest of us out of our misery. I too can hear the rest of the solo, but not quite enough more to figure it out. AAAAAHHHH!!!

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    Ah! Frankie Say, “OF COURSE.”

  • luffy66

    I got it I got it!

    18. One way or Another- Blondie

    It was driving me nuts!

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    Now we're just in guessing country. Puzzle… Bryan Ferry's “One Way Love”?

    (the other sound it reminds me of is the opening beat in Talk Talk's “It's My Life,” but that's obviously wrong)

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    It's not Talk Talk, but it was released the same year as “It's My Life.”

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    Sure enough, right at 1:50. Man that was maddening.

  • sthooligan

    thank you for putting me out of my misery.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Blondie is correct. Let's do another UPDATE with CLUES. Still a lot left…

    1. “Eight Miles High,” The Byrds (MichaelFortes)
    2. “One Lonely Night,” REO Speedwagon (JerryM)
    3. Hipster kids know this one.
    4. “Song 2,” Blur (sthooligan)
    5. Lord Jefito summed up this man's lyrical prowess brilliantly for Bullz-Eye.
    6. “99 Problems,” Jay-Z (steed)
    7. “Love Missle F1-11,” Sigue Sigue Sputnik (arensb)
    8. “Six Different Ways,” The Cure (arensb)
    9. “Seven Nation Army,” White Stripes (MichaelFortes)
    10. Statutory rock
    11. “One Simple Thing,” The Stabilizers (gthradecky)
    12. “Three Girl Rhumba,” Wire (arensb)
    13. Um, they're arguably the biggest band in the world.
    14. Has a similar title to #13.
    15. “A Million Miles Away,” The Plimsouls (RLB)
    16. “I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles),” The Proclaimers (SB)
    17. “16 Military Wives,” The Decemberists (sthooligan)
    18. “One Way or Another,” Blondie (luffy66)
    19. “Seventeen,” Winger (luffy66)
    20. “2000 Light Years from Home,” Rolling Stones (MichaelFortes)
    21. Add one to a nearby title.
    22. “Two Tribes,” Frankie Goes to Hollywood (arensb)
    23. “Three Times a Lady,” Commodores (eddie_w)
    24. Tony Visconti produced this.
    25. “Hey Nineteen,” Steely Dan (luffy66)
    Puzzle: Has two numbers in the title, and neither of them is in the other 25 songs.

  • http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/ arensb

    Thank you!

  • http://arensb.livejournal.com/ arensb

    Completely random stab in the dark:
    Puzzle: The B-52s, 6060-842

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Ha! Another excellent suggestion, but no.