Name That Tune, Game Thirty-Four

It’s back, bitches!

While our beloved Scraps continues to work his way back from the stroke he suffered late last year, Lord Jefito has granted my wish to resurrect Name That Tune because, well, I missed it as much as you guys did. Fret not, Cover Me fans, the album cover quiz will be back next week and every other week going forward.

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.”
  • 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.

There is also no puzzle or acrostic this week, but there is a theme.

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. 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!

UPDATE: I have uploaded longer cuts of the still-remaining songs!
clip 4
clip 9
clip 12
clip 19
clip 22

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  • Jerry
    I'm so glad Name That Tune is back. Hope Scraps is recovering well.

    Here are me guesses:

    14. Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
    17. Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project
    21. Lift Me Up - Howard Jones
  • 11. Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
    17. Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me
  • Clip 2: Hold me - Fleetwood Mac
  • Clip 3: "Hold Me Now" - Thompson Twins
  • ATM Kid
    1. Call Me - Blondie
  • Clip 6: "Never Let Me Down" - Depeche Mode
  • I always test these out on my wife, and she was getting mad at me because she thought the clips were too short. I said, "They are, and yet, the Popdose readers will get them right." And sure enough, you have.

    All guesses so far are correct.
  • Ann
    My guesses are right below your comment brother.
  • Ann
    10-Take Me Home -Phil Collins
    20. Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone- Glass Tiger
    25. Trouble Me- 10,000 M
  • luffy66
    5. pour some sugar on me- Def Leppard
    20 Hold me, touch me, thrill me- U2
  • Close enough for jazz, though you're missing two of the verbs in the actual title to the U2 song. :)
  • 10,000 Maniacs, U2, Def Leppard and Phil Collins are correct.

    Hey, sis. Sorry, but Glass Tiger is incorrect
  • Ann
    #7 is killing me.
  • Ha! You met the person who sings that.
  • Ann
    7. Save Me- Aimee Mann
  • Hey, looks like we're halfway through,, so it's time for an official UPDATE:

    1. "Call Me," Blondie (ATM Kid)
    2. "Hold Me," Fleetwood Mac (DRXL)
    3. "Hold Me Now," Thompson Twins (DRXL)
    4.
    5. "Pour Some Sugar on Me," Def Leppard (luffy66)
    6. "Never Let Me Down Again," Depeche Mode (DRXL)
    7.
    8.
    9.
    10. "Take Me Home," Phil Collins (Ann)
    11. "Let Me Go," Heaven 17 (arensb)
    12.
    13.
    14. "Cover Me," Bruce Springsteen (Jerry)
    15.
    16.
    17. "Don't Answer Me," Alan Parsons Project (Jerry)
    18.
    19.
    20. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me," U2 (luffy66)
    21. "Lift Me Up," Howard Jones (Jerry)
    22.
    23.
    24.
    25. "Trouble Me," 10,000 Maniacs (Ann)
  • Aimee Mann is correct.
  • Ann
    16. Tell Me Something Good- Rufus & Chaka Khan
  • TuffGong
    13. A-ha - Take On Me
    15. Nirvana - Rape Me
  • Jerry
    13. Take on Me - a-ha
    18. Kiss Me - Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy

    And this one's a guess...

    15. Rape Me - Nirvana
  • Rufus, A-ha and Nirvana are correct.
  • Whoops, Jerry, you just missed two of them. Tin Tin is correct, though.
  • Jerry
    Since I got beaten to the punch, let's try this one:

    23. Send Me an Angel - Real Life
  • Now I am not so sure, but isn't 24 "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer?
  • Real Life is correct.
  • Sixpence None the Richer is incorrect. I'll admit that's a super-obscure band...which I'm writing up for Pop Goes the World next week (cough, shameless plug, cough).
  • Clip No. 8: "Love Me" by Love and Rockets
  • Love and Rockets is correct.
  • I know U2 was already used in #20 but I swear #12 is Sunday Bloody Sunday.
  • Nope. #12 is the newest song of the bunch, and a logical follow-up to #11...
  • Ann
    22. Close to Me- The Cure
  • The Cure is incorrect.
  • Ann
    24. Bleed Like Me- Garbage
  • Garbage is incorrect. I'll give you a hint, though: #24 is a band that Steve and I were really into when we lived together. Think local band...

    Actually, two hints: Garbage is on this list somewhere, but it isn't #24.
  • Ann
    Can you update the full list?
  • Johnny Canuck
    13. Take On Me - a-ha
  • Per my sister's request, here's what the list looks like at the moment:

    1. "Call Me," Blondie (ATM Kid)
    2. "Hold Me," Fleetwood Mac (DRXL)
    3. "Hold Me Now," Thompson Twins (DRXL)
    4.
    5. "Pour Some Sugar on Me," Def Leppard (luffy66)
    6. "Never Let Me Down Again," Depeche Mode (DRXL)
    7. "Save Me," Aimee Mann (Ann)
    8. "Love Me," Love and Rockets (DRXL)
    9.
    10. "Take Me Home," Phil Collins (Ann)
    11. "Let Me Go," Heaven 17 (arensb)
    12.
    13. "Take on Me," A-ha (TuffGong)
    14. "Cover Me," Bruce Springsteen (Jerry)
    15. "Rape Me,' Nirvana (TuffGong)
    16. "Tell Me Something Good," Rufus & Chaka Khan (Ann)
    17. "Don't Answer Me," Alan Parsons Project (Jerry)
    18. "Kiss Me," Tin Tin (Jerry)
    19.
    20. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me," U2 (luffy66)
    21. "Lift Me Up," Howard Jones (Jerry)
    22.
    23. "Send Me an Angel," Real Life (Jerry)
    24.
    25. "Trouble Me," 10,000 Maniacs (Ann)
  • Ann
    4. Bleed like Me- garbage

    I'm guessing now.

    You've really got me searching my memory for #24.
  • 12 - take me out - franz ferdinand?
  • by the way, i'm so happy this game is back.
  • Ann
    24. Rescue me- Tribe
  • Ericl
    Is #24 Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots?
  • Yes! Tribe is correct. Franz Ferdinand is incorrect, but a good guess. #12 came out last year.

    #4 is Garbage, but different song.
  • Ann
    4. Garbage- Tell Me Where It Hurts
  • Ha! Nope, Look for one that closely resembles the title just above it...
  • Ann
    4-Garbage-Why Do You Love Me
  • UPDATED, LONGER CLIPS OF THE REMAINING SONGS ARE UP ABOVE. CHECK 'EM OUT.
  • 12 is the ting tings. shut up and let me go
  • and 19 is the who, see me feel me. the longer posts make it obvious.
  • That was a hard one, because it's almost all vocals.
  • Elaine
    #4 is Fix Me Now but I never heard the 1st (smaller) clip in it. I tried, after your hint! Oh well. :) This is my very first time playing btw.
  • The Ting Tings, the Who and "Fix Me Now" are correct. Welcome to the game, Elaine!
  • Hank
    22 is "Watch me bleeed" by Tears For Fears
  • Tears for Fears is correct. One left. It's a cover, and it was released in 1990. That's all I'm telling you.
  • TheCloneRanger
    hmm.. I must confess I don't know... but...
    the sax sounds like either sanborn or jim horn
    the keys sound like elton john

    didn't elton john record a cover version of "give peace a chance" for the 1990 box set?
  • Not Elton John. The sax is by Kirk Whalum.
  • DMBindaATL
    #9 everything but the girl - take me
  • Everything but the Girl is correct. Thanks for playing, everyone. Cover Me returns next week, but Name That Tune will return in two weeks.
  • Ann
    who did it first? and who did the remake?
  • Cecelia
    22 - Watch Me Bleed - Tears For Fears
  • Cecelia
    12. Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings
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