Name That Tune, Game Nine

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!

    • 17 - inxs - need you tonight
      18 - vince guaraldi - linus & lucy
    • i love this game. i can always get a couple, and there are always some i have never heard. but the fun is when you hear one you KNOW you know, but just can't place. And you agonize over it for a while, and finally someone else gets it. like #8. what is that?!
    • Eric
      I know what you mean. I knew I'd heard #12 before but I couldn't place it. I was kicking myself when I saw the correct answer.
    • "Need You Tonight" and "Linus and Lucy" are correct.
    • Eric
      1. I Started A Joke - Bee Gees
      5. What Is Love? - Haddaway
      16. I Know There's Something Going On - Frida
    • 3. O'Kaysions - "Girl Watcher"
      12. Eric Burdon and War - "Spill the Wine"
    • Old_Davy
      1. Bee Gees - I Started A Joke
      12. Eric Burdon and War - Spill The Wine
      17. INXS - Need You Tonight
    • Correct:
      "Girl Watcher"
      "Spill the Wine"
      "I Know There's Something Going On"
      "What Is Love?"
      "I Started a Joke"
    • 6. Earth, Wind & Fire - "Getaway"
    • (Bad luck for Old Davy, correct on all three guesses but beaten to the punch by just a couple minutes on each of them.)
    • Old_Davy
      If I didn't have to answer the stupid phone, I would have had them in on time!!
    • "Getaway" is correct.
    • #2: Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield
      #4: I Do The Rock - Tim Curry (excellent!)
    • Is #7: "Blitzkrieg Bop" by the Ramones?
    • Correct:
      "I Do the Rock"
      "Don't Talk to Strangers"

      Incorrect (but a good guess):
      "Blitzkrieg Bop"
    • Jerry
      11. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
      19. Suedehead - Morrissey
    • Half the songs have been guessed -- in less than forty minutes -- so it's time for an OFFICIAL LIST UPDATE:

      01 B Bee Gees - I Started a Joke (eric)
      02 R Rick Springfield - Don't Talk to Strangers (brian ibbott)
      03 O O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher (gary oxford)
      04 T Tim Curry - I Do the Rock (brian ibbott)
      05 H Haddaway - What Is Love? (eric)
      06 E Earth Wind and Fire - Getaway (gary oxford)
      07
      08
      09
      10
      11
      12 E Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (gary oxford)
      13
      14
      15
      16 F Frida - I Know There's Something Going On (eric)
      17 I INXS - Need You Tonight (drcastrato)
      18 V Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy (drcastrato)
      19

      20
    • Correct:
      "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"

      Incorrect:
      "Suedehead"

      Jerry, you guessed before the update, so you're still entitled to three guesses.
    • Rank Outsider
      7 Is it "I Wanna Be Sedated" - Ramones
    • Not "I Wanna Be Sedated".
    • Rank Outsider
      I know it's a Ramones song but there all the same 3 chords.

      I think 20 is 'Enjoy Yourself" by the Jackson Five.
    • You're very close.
    • Old_Davy
      7. Ramones - Rock n Roll High School
    • It pains me to say so, because it's very close, but the guess for #20 is not quite right.
    • Not "Rock and Roll High School".
    • Rank Outsider
      "Enjoy Yourself" by The Jacksons? I think they were credited this way in 1976.
    • Eric
      Good job on that one. I was thinking either Jackson 5 or the Osmonds but I couldn't place the song.
    • And Rank Outsider nails the puzzle song, earlier than any previous game! It is indeed "Enjoy Yourself" by the Jacksons, who had to change their name when they moved to Epic because those nice people at Motown owned the name Jackson 5.

      R.O., send an email to jefito at popdose dot com for a prize.

      Still eight songs left to guess!
    • Damn. Again, I actually have to work today and came late to the game, so all of mine have been guessed. Though, I do agree with drcastrato - #8 is a song I know - I just can't place it.
    • Good for Rank Outsider!!! I had actually pulled out my iPod to listen to "Lovely One" by The Jacksons - so I'm happy I was on the right track at least.
    • Rank Outsider
      I'm working on the clue. it may help out with some of the bands. I think it may be along the lines of:

      BROTHERSONCE_ _ _ FIVE
    • 19 is Echo and the Bunnymen, "Seven Seas."
    • Damn, I had like 9 of these, but 8 of them were already identified. I figured I'd be the one to tip in "I Do The Rock" by Tim Curry.

      My sole contribution is that Clip 8 is "The Fitted Shirt" by Spoon.
    • yes! spoon! i knew i knew that from somewhere. good job ken.
    • "Seven Seas" and "The Fitted Shirt" are correct.
    • LIST UPDATE:

      01 B Bee Gees - I Started a Joke (eric)
      02 R Rick Springfield - Don't Talk to Strangers (brian ibbott)
      03 O O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher (gary oxford)
      04 T Tim Curry - I Do the Rock (brian ibbott)
      05 H Haddaway - What Is Love? (eric)
      06 E Earth Wind and Fire - Getaway (gary oxford)
      07
      08 S Spoon - The Fitted Shirt (ken gaper's blog)
      09
      10
      11 V Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (jerry)
      12 E Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (gary oxford)
      13
      14
      15
      16 F Frida - I Know There's Something Going On (eric)
      17 I INXS - Need You Tonight (drcastrato)
      18 V Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy (drcastrato)
      19 E Echo and the Bunnymen - Seven Seas (jackfear)

      20 Jacksons, Enjoy Yourself (rank outsider)
    • Jeff Gee
      Number 7-- Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plstic Bertrand?
    • Ah, I love Plastic Bertrand. But no.
    • Six songs left. Hints:

      01 B Bee Gees - I Started a Joke (eric)
      02 R Rick Springfield - Don't Talk to Strangers (brian ibbott)
      03 O O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher (gary oxford)
      04 T Tim Curry - I Do the Rock (brian ibbott)
      05 H Haddaway - What Is Love? (eric)
      06 E Earth Wind and Fire - Getaway (gary oxford)
      07 -- WHY YES IT IS THE RAMONES. ANY MORE GUESSES?
      08 S Spoon - The Fitted Shirt (ken gaper's blog)
      09 -- WRITTEN BY A GUY WHO WAS IN TWO INFLUENTIAL BANDS (INCLUDING THIS CLIP) THOUGH HE ISN'T THE MOST FAMOUS GUY IN EITHER BAND
      10 -- COVER SONG ON IMPORTANT R&B ALBUM
      11 V Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (jerry)
      12 E Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (gary oxford)
      13 -- PIANO PLAYER BETTER KNOWN AS GREAT SINGER
      14 -- INFLUENTIAL METAL BAND
      15 -- RAP HIT WHOSE PRODUCER WOULD BECOME MORE FAMOUS
      16 F Frida - I Know There's Something Going On (eric)
      17 I INXS - Need You Tonight (drcastrato)
      18 V Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy (drcastrato)
      19 E Echo and the Bunnymen - Seven Seas (jackfear)

      20 Jacksons, Enjoy Yourself (rank outsider)
    • sheena is a punk rocker?
    • 14 is an influential metal band? you're not saying that in a "Jethro Tull is Metal" sort of way, are you?
    • Chris
      Number 7 obviously begins with R, so how about Rockaway Beach?
    • "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is correct! Whew.

      When I say metal, I don't mean metal as defined by the Grammys but as defined by metalheads.
    • Darius
      9 is Crosby Stills Nash & Young. Which one was in the Byrds? I should know the song, but I'm drawing a blank.

      13 No idea what the song is, but from the sound and the clue, I'm thinking Nat "King" Cole.
    • MichaelFortes
      #10 is "Walk on By" by Isaac Hayes.
    • M.
      I'll go with Nina Simone for # 13.
      What song? I have no idea! What the hay, let's say "Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair?"
    • "Walk on By" is correct.

      Number 9 is not CSNY (or any variant thereof).

      13 is a Nina Simone song.

      Longer clips go up in a few minutes for the four remaining songs.
    • esque
      13 is Nina Simone, "Don't Smoke In Bed."
    • esque
      15 is Twista, "Overnight Celebrity"??
    • Rank Outsider
      The music and clue for #9 sounds like it could be Chris Hillman but I thought all his songs got co-writer credit with either McGuinn or Parsons.
    • esque
      Wikipedia shows that he has some solo credits with the Byrds (but not with Flying Burrito Brothers). I was scouring for Timothy B. Schmit-penned songs for Poco, but your guess is better.
    • Jeff Gee
      15 sounds like Miss Swan but I'm guessing it's not...
    • "Don't Smoke in Bed" and "Overnight Celebrity" are correct.
    • My clue for #9 was a bad, bad clue. I should have said that the songwriter wrote songs for two influential bands; he was only in one of them. And yes, you are circling near the answer, though you haven't named the songwriter.

      As for the influential metal band, they are European and modern, and perhaps they have no fans reading this thread.
    • M.
      Alright, let's try

      Gene Clark, "Tried So Hard," for number 9.
    • "Tried So Hard" is correct!

      One to go.
    • Or rather -- I get excited -- the song is correct, and it was written by Gene Clark. What band recorded the version heard here?
    • M.
      Flying Burrito Brothers, "Tried So Hard"
    • Rank Outsider
      Well if the clue is "BROTHERSFIVENOTFIVE" Then I would guess the band might be Opeth but I'll be damned if I'll be able to get the song.
    • I actually am a fan of Opeth, scraps - and I'm assuming that's the band in 14. But hell, even that longer clip you have up could be anyone of like 30 tunes - but I'll make the guess of "To Bid You Farewell" off the Morningrise album.
    • "Tried So Hard " by the FBB is correct, naturally.

      Okay, yes, it is Opeth, and it's even off Morningrise. I will admit defeat -- the first song that hasn't been guessed in the game -- even the right Ramones song got guessed eventually! -- and give it away: "Advent".

      I tried to make it a little more challenging this time, with some album tracks mixed in with the singles and radio hits, so thank you everyone for your patience, and for playing. I honestly never know which ones will end up being the hard ones. I wouldn't have guessed that "I Do the Rock" was an easy one, for example.

      I'm going to be gone next week, so see you all on the 21st!
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