Name That Tune, Game Six

Scraps February 15, 2008 43

 

Hey everybody. Welcome to the sixth game of Name That Tune at Popdose. Let’s start with the rules:

The Rules (subject to modification in future games):

  • Maximum three guesses between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play.
  • 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-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, from the 1920s 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 main twenty songs. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 21). This time there’s no acrostic — no real puzzle, in fact — song 21 is just harder (I think) than the others. All the songs share something in common that will quickly become obvious, and the thing they have in common is truer of song 21 than any of the others. In addition, the order of the first twenty songs points toward song 21 (just not in a spelling way this time).

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:
clip 21

I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Have fun!

  • http://www.minneapolisfuckingrocks.blogspot.com/ tara

    1. Will Smith – Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
    3. Arrested Development – Mr. Wendel
    4. Duran Duran – Hungry Like a Wolf
    14.Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
    20. Mary Poppins – I Love To Laugh

    Tough.

  • http://blatherwincerepeat.blogspot.com Gary Oxford

    10. “Isn't She Lovely” – Stevie Wonder
    14. “Big Yellow Taxi” – Joni Mitchell

  • http://blatherwincerepeat.blogspot.com Gary Oxford

    19. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” – Napoleon XIV

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    Tara: Please check rule #1.
    You may pick any of those three and reguess them.

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    8. The Pretenders – Tattooed Love Boys

  • Scraps

    “Tattooed Love Boys”, “They're Coming to Take Me Away”, “Big Yellow Taxi”, “Isn't She Lovely”, “Gettin' Jiggy Wit It”, “Mr. Wendall”, “Hungry Like the Wolf”, and “I Love to Laugh” are all correct.

    Tara, I've verified your guesses, but as Matthew said, please guess no more than three songs between updates of the list.

  • http://www.coverville.com Brian Ibbott

    17. The Laughing Gnome – David Bowie

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    18. The Beatles – I Am the Walrus

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    16. James Brown – Cold Sweat

  • http://jackfear.blogspot.com Jack Feerick

    5. is “I Know What Boys Like,” The Waitresses.

    20. is “I Love To Laugh” from Mary Poppins—that's Ed Wynn chuckling away.

    15 …is that from Al Green's cover of “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”?

  • http://jackfear.blogspot.com Jack Feerick

    (Actually, I just checked – and no, it isn't. And I see that someone beat me to “I Love To Laugh,” too. Damn. At least I was first with the Waitresses track…!)

  • http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/ GrayFlannelSuit

    15 – “Tighten Up”, Archie Bell & the Drells

  • http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/ GrayFlannelSuit

    2. “Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check”, Busta Rhymes

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    “The Laughing Gnome”. “Woo Hah! Got You All in Check”, “Tighten Up”, “I Know What Boys Like”, “Cold Sweat”, and “I Am the Walrus” are all correct.

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    Oh, and “I Know What Boys Like” is of course correct as well.

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    Before a single update, we're down to six songs, plus the puzzle song!

    01 Will Smith – Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
    02 Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah! Got You All in Check
    03 Arrested Development – Mr. Wendall
    04 Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
    05 Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
    06
    07
    08 Pretenders – Tattooed Love Boys
    09
    10 Stevie Wonder – Isn't She Lovely
    11
    12
    13
    14 Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
    15 Archie Bell and the Drells – Tighten Up
    16 James Brown – Cold Sweat
    17 David Bowie – The Laughing Gnome
    18 Beatles – I Am the Walrus
    19 Napoleon XIV – They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!
    20 Ed Wynn and Dick Van Dyke – I Love to Laugh

    21

  • http://blatherwincerepeat.blogspot.com Gary Oxford

    11. Moonlight Feels Right” – Starbuck

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    “Moonlight Feels Right” is correct.

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

    That's what I get for showing up late. The ones I spotted have already been guessed.

  • http://blatherwincerepeat.blogspot.com Gary Oxford

    21. “The Laughing Policeman” – Charlie Penrose

  • http://mostlymodernmedia.wordpress.com Beau

    Is 13 “University” by Throwing Muses?

    Probably not, but since everyone else guessed the ones I knew while I was Tai Chi, I'm left with the hard ones as usual.

    Though I could've sworn I heard Fishbone on either 2 or 3 …

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    Gary takes away the big prize with Charles Penrose's “The Laughing Policeman”, a huge 1920s hit that has never entirely vanished in England. Its chorus entirely consists of variations on laughing.

    Good work, Gary!

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    Not “University”, and not Fishbone.

    Five songs to go.

  • http://jackfear.blogspot.com Jack Feerick

    So the order of the songs is the year of release, in reverse chronological order, pointing backward to the 1920s. Very cool, Scraps.

    I love this feature, BTW. I was missing it last Friday!

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    Thanks! Sorry for the absence last week. And you're right about the song order.

  • http://www.bastardradio.com Bastard_Number_1

    D'oh. I actually have to do work at work and I miss the whole thing. But at least 7 sounds very familiar to me…

  • Cryptic Ned

    The only ones I recognized were 1, 5, 8, and 9, and now I see that nobody else recognized 9. It's “Leppo and the Jooves” by the Soft Boys.

    -Cryptic Ned

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    “Leppo and the Jooves” is correct.

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    01 Will Smith – Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
    02 Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah! Got You All in Check
    03 Arrested Development – Mr. Wendall
    04 Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
    05 Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
    06 SINGLE BY FAMOUS AMERICAN PUNK BAND
    07 SINGLE BY LESS FAMOUS PUNK BAND FROM SAME CITY
    08 Pretenders – Tattooed Love Boys
    09 Soft Boys – Leppo and the Jooves
    10 Stevie Wonder – Isn't She Lovely
    11 Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right
    12 FROM INFLUENTIAL ALBUM, KINDA SURPRISED IT'S UNGUESSED
    13 HIT SINGLE BY A GUY WHO HAD A MUCH MORE FAMOUS SINGLE
    14 Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
    15 Archie Bell and the Drells – Tighten Up
    16 James Brown – Cold Sweat
    17 David Bowie – The Laughing Gnome
    18 Beatles – I Am the Walrus
    19 Napoleon XIV – They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!
    20 Ed Wynn and Dick Van Dyke – I Love to Laugh

    21 Charles Penrose – The Laughing Policeman

  • Old_Davy

    I think #13 is “Claire” by Gilbert O'Sullivan

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    “Clair” is correct.

    Three to go.

  • MichaelFortes

    #7 sounds to me like “Ha Ha Ha” by Flipper.

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    “Ha Ha Ha” is correct.

    Just two more. I didn't expect them to be the last two.

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    6. Dead Kennedys – Bleed for Me

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    “Bleed for Me” is correct.

    One more!

    #12 is from the first solo album by one of the most influential figures in modern music.

  • Cryptic Ned

    The clues help now…#6 is “Bleed For Me” by the Dead Kennedys

    The clip makes it sound like the tempo is slower than the song really is.

  • Cryptic Ned

    Oops, someone was clued in by the San Francisconess of Flipper before I was. Sorry.

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    Yeah, that part of the song is where the ferocity cuts out for a more restrained menace.

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    Ah. Got it now….

    12. Brian Eno – Dead Finks Don't Talk

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    That's the last one!

    01 Will Smith – Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
    02 Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah! Got You All in Check
    03 Arrested Development – Mr. Wendall
    04 Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
    05 Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
    06 Dead Kennedys – Bleed for Me
    07 Flipper – Ha Ha Ha
    08 Pretenders – Tattooed Love Boys
    09 Soft Boys – Leppo and the Jooves
    10 Stevie Wonder – Isn't She Lovely
    11 Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right
    12 Brian Eno – Dead Finks Don't Talk
    13 Gilbert O'Sullivan – Clair
    14 Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
    15 Archie Bell and the Drells – Tighten Up
    16 James Brown – Cold Sweat
    17 David Bowie – The Laughing Gnome
    18 Beatles – I Am the Walrus
    19 Napoleon XIV – They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!
    20 Ed Wynn and Dick Van Dyke – I Love to Laugh

    21 Charles Penrose – The Laughing Policeman

    Thanks for playing, everybody!

  • http://www.minneapolisfuckingrocks.blogspot.com/ tara

    Ah, sorry about that. I've never been great with directions :/

  • http://www.minneapolisfuckingrocks.blogspot.com/ tara

    Ah, sorry about that. I've never been great with directions :/

  • http://www.minneapolisfuckingrocks.blogspot.com/ tara

    Ah, sorry about that. I've never been great with directions :/