Name That Tune, Game One
Friday, January 4th, 2008 by Scraps
UPDATE: Longer clips have been added for songs 1, 3, 9, and 13.
Hey folks. This is the first of a planned series of games of Name That Tune. Each of them is also a puzzle. Here’s how this one works:
I have uploaded twenty-one very brief song clips. Most of the songs are famous; none of them are obscure. They are drawn from a variety of styles and decades, from the 1950s to the present. 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). The first letters of the names of the musicians for songs one through twenty spell a clue to the identity of song 21. (And if song 21 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.
The Rules (subject to modification in future games):
- Maximum 3 guesses between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. (Updates will be made in the comments, filling in the spaces with the correct guesses so people can see the puzzle coming together.)
- 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.
And here are the song clips:
- Clip 1
- Clip 2
- Clip 3
- Clip 4
- Clip 5
- Clip 6
- Clip 7
- Clip 8
- Clip 9
- Clip 10
- Clip 11
- Clip 12
- Clip 13
- Clip 14
- Clip 15
- Clip 16
- Clip 17
- Clip 18
- Clip 19
- Clip 20
And the Big Puzzle Clip:
Clip 21
If you’d prefer to download all the clips at once, we have a zip file and an rar file.
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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My knowledge of Willa Ford and NSync got you a prize, Gary - at least I'm happy the sh*t in my brain is being put to some good use! :)
Thank you. I'd like to thank Sergey Brin and Larry Page for Google, the AllMusic guide for their David Bowie and John Cale discographies, and all the other fine players who knew songs I would have never gotten in eleventy kajillion years. And most of all, thanks to Scraps, for all the effort in putting together such a fun game.
Way to go, Gary! Head to our Contact Page and drop me a line with your address -- we've got a prize for you.
Ding ding ding!
Gary has it: "The Red Telephone" from the great FOREVER CHANGES by Love. "We're All Normal and We Want Our Freedom" was used as the title for the tribute album to Love in 1995.
the final results:
1. 'N Sync, This I Promise You
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3. Roger Miller, England Swings
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5. Alice in Chains, Angry Chair
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8. Robyn, Show Me Love
9. Ernie K-Doe, Mother-in-Law
10. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13. Modern Lovers, Pablo Picasso
14. Willa Ford, I Wanna Be Bad
15. Animotion, Obsession
16. Naughty by Nature, Feel Me Flow
17. Temptations, Ball of Confusion
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out
and the puzzle song:
21. Love, The Red Telephone
Congratulations, Gary, and thank you for playing, everybody! The game will be back with a new puzzle next Friday at 12:30 PM.
#21 - "The Red Telephone" by Love
Just looked up the lyrics. "We are normal and we want our freedom." Boom shacka lacka lacka lacka. There's your winner.
Is this on Forever Changes? I need to get that record.
I had never heard this song, but upon digging up the lyrics and a sample at AllMusic, I think Gary has nailed it. Along with half the list. Great work.
#21--The Eagles, "Take It to the Limit"?
1. General Public, Tenderness
13. Modern Lovers, Pablo Picasso
Not Slave.
Well, I'll be hornswaggled.
The clue looks like it'll read "Normal Freedom Wanters", but the only song that makes me think of is "We Are Normal" by the Bonzo Dog Band, and Clip 21 certainly doesn't sound like that.
I be stumped, yo.
Ach.
The clue is a reference to a lyric within the song, well known to fans.
If the clip reminds unguessed by 12:30 PM tomorrow -- 48 hours after the game started -- I'll post a considerably longer clip and a more explicit clue.
I'm not sure how many people are following at this point, but I remain -- perhaps misguidedly -- confident that there are people reading this site who know the song.
Even with the longer clip and the clue - the puzzle clip is ridiculously difficult. Still have no clue.
A longer clip for the Puzzle Song:
Puzzle Song
The clue is NORMAL FREEDOM WANTERS.
"Pablo Picasso" it is.
Looks like I'm going to have to make a longer clip of the puzzle song. Hang on--
#13 - "Pablo Picasso" by the Modern Lovers
no frickin' clue on #21
"Mother-in-Law" is correct (and the songwriter/pianist is Allen Toussaint).
One to go -- plus the puzzle song.
#9 - "Mother-in-Law" by Ernie K-Doe
Song 9 was a number one pop and r&b hit, by far the biggest hit of its performer's career. The song was written, though, by a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, responsible for many hits, who can be heard playing piano on this clip.
Song 13 was not a hit single, but is a well known song from a famous album often cited as a proto-punk album. It has been covered by David Bowie, John Cale, and Television Personalities, and features prominently in a cult movie.
NORMAL FREEDOM WANTERS is indeed the clue for clip 21.
Normal Freedom Wanters?
I like "NORMAL FRIED ON WANTERS", but no, that is not the clue.
NORMAL FRIED ON WANTERS?
Indeed it is "This I Promise You".
God, I hate you for this. And by "Hate" I mean LOVE!!! This is awesome. But I swear that song #1 has been on the tip of my tongue for hours now - I kept going back to Richard Marx and well, Richard Marx wrote #1 for *NSync - "This I Promise You"
Don't even ask how a grown man knows this, or how a grown man without children pulled this off his CD rack to listen to it. I won't tell ya.
I'm going to be gone for a couple hours. Here's how it looks:
1.
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3. Roger Miller, England Swings
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5. Alice in Chains, Angry Chair
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8. Robyn, Show Me Love
9.
10. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13.
14. Willa Ford, I Wanna Be Bad
15. Animotion, Obsession
16. Naughty by Nature, Feel Me Flow
17. Temptations, Ball of Confusion
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out
plus the puzzle song still remains.
I have no idea what the remaining songs are. However, the clue will read, "normal freedom wanters". Is the mystery song by Slave?
I have no Idea what the remaining songs are. However the clue should read, "normal freedom wanters". So I'm wondering, is the mystery song by Slave?
"England Swings" is correct.
"Brand New Key" is not.
Longer clips have been uploaded for the four remaining songs:
1 - longer clip 1
3 - longer clip 3
9 - longer clip 9
13 - longer clip 13
#3 - "England Swings" by Roger Miller
OK, #3 sounds like "Brand New Key" by Melanie.
"Feel Me Flow" and "I Wanna Be Bad" are correct! Only four songs left (plus the puzzle song):
1.
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3.
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5. Alice in Chains, Angry Chair
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8. Robyn, Show Me Love
9.
10. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13.
14. Willa Ford, I Wanna Be Bad
15. Animotion, Obsession
16. Naughty by Nature, Feel Me Flow
17. Temptations, Ball of Confusion
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out
I'm going to make longer clips for the remaining four.