Name That Tune, Game Forty

David Medsker August 31, 2009 44

Now with 100% longer clips! Seriously, I made them longer this time.

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!

  • http://www.yarnivore.com/francis Francis

    #3: Dire Straits, “Walk of Life”?

  • http://www.yarnivore.com/francis Francis

    #10: XTC, “The Mayor of Simpleton”

  • http://www.yarnivore.com/francis Francis

    I know a few more of these, but I guess I'll tajke #14, The Police, “King of Pain”.

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

    Yeah, this one's super easy this week. All your guesses are correct.

  • The Man I Used To Be

    #20 – Hall and Oates – “Out of Touch”
    #24 – Robert Hazard – “Escalator of Life”

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    1. Big Country “Fields of Fire”
    4. Lightning Seeds, “Life of Riley”
    13. Juice Newton, “Queen of Hearts” (mom's favorite song!)

  • DMBindaATL

    They all have “of” in the title??

  • DMBindaATL

    #6 Knights of Cydonia – Muse

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

    Again, all guesses so far are correct.

  • The Man I Used To Be

    #2 Run D MC – “King of Rock”

  • garylucy

    16. NEW ORDER Age of Consent

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    Puzzle Song: Dan Ackroyd & Tom Hanks, “City of Crime”

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    #12 is the sound of Slayer – I'm thinking “South of Heaven”?

  • MarkoP

    19. The Clash – Guns of Brixton
    15. The Offspring – Meaning of Life

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

    Ding ding ding! “City of Crime” is correct. I knew one of you Popdosers would get it. Congrats, Matthew.

    All guesses so far are correct, except for Slayer. (Right band, wrong song.)

  • MarkoP

    22. The Replacements – Bastards of Young

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

    The Clash is correct. The Offspring is incorrect.

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

    The 'Mats is correct. Time for an OFFICIAL UPDATE:

    1. “Fields of Fire,” Big Country (RLB)
    2. “King of Rock,” Run-DMC (The Man I Used to Be)
    3. “Walk of Life,” Dire Straits (Francis)
    4. “The Life of Riley,” The Lightning Seeds (RLB)
    5.
    6. “Knights of Cydonia,” Muse (DMBindaATL)
    7.
    8.
    9.
    10. “The Mayor of Simpleton,” XTC (Francis)
    11.
    12.
    13. “Queen of Hearts,” Juice Newton (RLB)
    14. “King of Pain,” The Police (Francis)
    15.
    16. “Age of Consent,” New Order (Gary Lucy)
    17.
    18.
    19. “The Guns of Brixton,” The Clash (MarkoP)
    20. “Out of Touch,” Daryl Hall & John Oates (The Man I Used to Be)
    21.
    22. “Bastards of Young,” The Replacements (MarkoP)
    23.
    24. “Escalator of Life,” Robert Hazard (The Man I Used to Be)
    25.
    Puzzle: “City of Crime,” Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks (Matthew Bolin)

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    8. Simple Minds “Wall of Love”
    9. The The “Dogs of Lust”
    17 Kate Bush “Hounds of Love”

    (You'd think Dogs would love and Hounds would lust. Hm.)

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    11. Pixies, “Planet of Sound”
    25. Paul McCartney, “Pipes of Peace”

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    #12 – if it's not “South of Heaven” it must be “Skeletons of Society”

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

    The The, Kate Bush, the Pixies, Motorhead and Paul McCartney. Simple Minds and sorry Steed, but Slayer is once again incorrect.

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    And I call myself a Slayer fan…

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

    The funny thing is, the three songs you guessed all have something in common besides the quiz's main theme. Look at 9 and 17, and you'll figure out 8.

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    I wasn't too sure of that guess – alas!

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    I'll take a random shot with the dog theme and say “Dogs of War,” by Pink Floyd?

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

    Bingo!

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

    Awfully quiet on the range. Here's an OFFICIAL UPDATE plus CLUES:

    1. “Fields of Fire,” Big Country (RLB)
    2. “King of Rock,” Run-DMC (The Man I Used to Be)
    3. “Walk of Life,” Dire Straits (Francis)
    4. “The Life of Riley,” The Lightning Seeds (RLB)
    5. CLUE – This song just showed up in a recent Bottom Feeders column
    6. “Knights of Cydonia,” Muse (DMBindaATL)
    7. CLUE – Album track from New Romantic debut
    8. “The Dogs of War,” Pink Floyd (RLB)
    9. “Dogs of Lust,” The The (RLB)
    10. “The Mayor of Simpleton,” XTC (Francis)
    11. “Planet of Sound,” The Pixies (Matthew Bolin)
    12. CLUE – It's Slayer. And it was sampled by Public Enemy.
    13. “Queen of Hearts,” Juice Newton (RLB)
    14. “King of Pain,” The Police (Francis)
    15. “Ace of Spades,” Motorhead (Matthew Bolin)
    16. “Age of Consent,” New Order (Gary Lucy)
    17. “Hounds of Love,” Kate Bush (RLB)
    18. CLUE – This made a couple Popdosers' Top of the First lists. Including mine.
    19. “The Guns of Brixton,” The Clash (MarkoP)
    20. “Out of Touch,” Daryl Hall & John Oates (The Man I Used to Be)
    21. CLUE – They were supposed to be huge. Like, U2 huge.
    22. “Bastards of Young,” The Replacements (MarkoP)
    23. CLUE – I wrote this up for Mope Like Me a while back.
    24. “Escalator of Life,” Robert Hazard (The Man I Used to Be)
    25. “Pipes of Peace,” Paul McCartney (Matthew Bolin)
    Puzzle: “City of Crime,” Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks (Matthew Bolin)

  • JerryM

    12. Angel of Death – Slayer

    So glad to see that clue. I was sure it was SHE WATCH CHANNEL ZERO, and when I realized the theme, I thought I was going crazy.

  • Scraps

    The Divine Comedy, “The Certainty of Chance”

  • Scraps

    (I got it before the clue.)

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

    Scraps! Always nice to see you on the boards, sir.

    “Angel of Death” and Divine Comedy are correct.

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    Son Of Bitch.

    Angel of Death was the next on my list – but I couldn't keep guessing wrong.

  • JerryM

    7. Friends of Mine – Duran Duran

  • http://www.drcastrato.blogspot.com drcastrato

    18 – Doves – Kingdom of Rust

  • Rebecca

    18 is The Doves “Kingdom of Rust” Love that album!

  • Rebecca

    Darn.

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

    Duran Duran and Doves are correct. Only one left…

  • RoyBatty

    Was with you on South…but c'mon! Angel was easy after that. ;-)

  • tangstrom

    #5 – Discipline of Love – Robert Palmer

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

    Robert Palmer is correct. One left, and I'd bet dollars to donuts half of you have their best-of. Which, ironically, does not include this song. (Hint: it was also a Bottom Feeder.)

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

    All right, I'm putting this to bed. #21 is “Presence of Love” by the Alarm. Thanks for playing, and see you at Cover Me next Monday.

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

    All right, I'm putting this to bed. #21 is “Presence of Love” by the Alarm. Thanks for playing, and see you at Cover Me next Monday.

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

    All right, I'm putting this to bed. #21 is “Presence of Love” by the Alarm. Thanks for playing, and see you at Cover Me next Monday.