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Name That Tune, Game Thirty-Two

Scraps October 3, 2008 31

Hey everybody, welcome to the thirty-second knuckle-popping week of Name That Tune at Popdose. By popular acclaim, here are the rules:

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”.
  • The Puzzle clip may only be guessed once between updates, but may still be guessed if you have used up your regular 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-six 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, and you can’t hold it against them). There are two parts to this game. The first is guessing the songs themselves. The second part is guessing the puzzle song (clip 26). No acrostic this time. This week, the first 25 clips all have something in common that points to the identity of the Puzzle Song. Some songs may go unguessed the first time round. If songs remain unguessed after a day, I’ll provide clues and/or 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
  21. clip 21
  22. clip 22
  23. clip 23
  24. clip 24
  25. clip 25

And the Puzzle Song:
The 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!

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Your name of Scraps has made you an intransigent person, deeply crunchy and prone to glucose intolerance. Never quick to catch a hint or a jest, you are forever decanting liquids upon people's heads in frustration and occasionally crop-dusting their property. You excel at things that no one cares about, such as paper clip separation and the ability to distinguish gauges of model trains at a distance. Your keen attention to detail makes you no fun at parties, but you don't enjoy parties anyway. When left alone you are inclined to lose yourself in the world's deeper questions, such as why triangle-sealing envelopes are more popular than other shapes, and whether the prize at the bottom of the cereal box is lonely before it's discovered. Slow to live and petulant in death, you are the ideal dinner companion for the person who is careless with their utensils. You have a future in fiber analysis and orgone recovery. You are an expert at Roust-the-Hobo and other games of the mind. You are well matched with persons named Serge and Crompton, and you prefer the company of badgers and other woodland creatures. You have no favorite color. Tonight you will dream of not waking up, and in the morning, as ever, you will forget your dreams.
  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    11. Bananarama – “Cruel Summer”
    13. Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love”
    14. The Lemon Pipers – “Green Tambourine”

  • Jerry

    15. Cherry Bomb – John Mellencamp
    17. 1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
    19. Buffalo Stance – Neneh Cherry

  • mrsmartin

    #15 Cherry Bomb-John Mellencamp
    #22 Tangerine-Led Zeppelin
    #24 Elderberry Wine-Elton John

  • mrsmartin

    Scratch the Cherry Bomb guess,
    #2 Play That Funky Music- Wild Cherry

  • Jude

    1. walter murphy — a fifth of beethoven (?)
    2. wild cherry — play that funky music
    6. peaches & herb — shake your groove thing

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    Puzzle Song: UB40, “Strange Fruit”

  • eddie

    5. Osmonds-One Bad Apple
    16. Marvin Gaye-I Heard It Through The Grapevine
    18.Jay And The Techniques-Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie

  • YUI

    20. Nilsson – Coconut
    25. Perez Prado and His Orchestra – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White

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

    Man, I knew a bunch of them this week, but came too late to guess them.

    20) Harry Nilsson, Coconut

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

    D'oh! Still too late.

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

    8) Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Good?

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

    Wow. All guesses are correct, including frequent winner Matthew Bolin nailing the puzzle song, UB40's version of “Strange Fruit”. Well done!

    I'll come back with an update in a few minutes. In the meantime, GUESSING IS NOW OPEN for the remaining songs.

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

    OFFICIAL UPDATE:

    01 Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band – A Fifth of Beethoven (jude)
    02 Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music (mrs martin)
    03
    04
    05 Osmonds – One Bad Apple (eddie)
    06 Peaches & Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing (jude)
    07
    08 Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode (david medsker)
    09 John Prine – Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
    10
    11 Banarama – Cruel Summer (matthew bolin)
    12
    13 Tears for Fears – Sowing the Seeds of Love (matthew bolin)
    14 Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine (matthew bolin)
    15 John Mellencamp – Cherry Bomb (jerry)
    16 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (eddie)
    17 Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (jerry)
    18 Jay & the Techniques – Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie (eddie)
    19 Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance (jerry)
    20 Harry Nilsson – Coconut (yui)
    21
    22 Led Zeppelin – Tangerine (mrs martin)
    23
    24 Elton John – Elderberry Wine (mrs martin)
    25 Perez Prado – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (yui)

    Puzzle Song (26) UB40 – Strange Fruit (matthew bolin)

  • mrsmartin

    #12 Cherry Cherry- Neil Diamond

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

    “Cherry Cherry” by Neil Diamond is correct.

  • Hank

    12. Tremoloes – Here comes My Baby

  • HoonKim

    #3 Harry Belafonte – Day-O (The Banana Boat song)

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

    correct:
    #3 Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat (Day-O)

    incorrect:
    #12 Tremeloes – Here Comes My Baby

  • MichaelFortes

    10. 1910 Fruitgum Company – 1,2,3 Red Light

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

    correct:

    10. 1910 Fruitgum Company – 1,2,3 Red Light

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

    correct:
    10. 1910 Fruitgum Company – 1,2,3 Red Light

  • http://adayforadaydream.blogspot.com/ DizzyMissLizzy

    7. M.I.A. – Mango Pickle Down River

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

    correct:
    7. M.I.A. – Mango Pickle Down River

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

    Three songs left.

    01 Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band – A Fifth of Beethoven (jude)
    02 Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music (mrs martin)
    03 Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat (Day-o) (hoon kim)
    04
    05 Osmonds – One Bad Apple (eddie)
    06 Peaches & Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing (jude)
    07 M.I.A. – Mango Pickle Down River (dizzy miss lizzy)
    08 Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode (david medsker)
    09 John Prine – Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
    10 1910 Fruitgum Company – 1 2 3 Red Light (michael fortes)
    11 Banarama – Cruel Summer (matthew bolin)
    12 Neil Diamond – Cherry Cherry (mrs martin)
    13 Tears for Fears – Sowing the Seeds of Love (matthew bolin)
    14 Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine (matthew bolin)
    15 John Mellencamp – Cherry Bomb (jerry)
    16 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (eddie)
    17 Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (jerry)
    18 Jay & the Techniques – Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie (eddie)
    19 Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance (jerry)
    20 Harry Nilsson – Coconut (yui)
    21
    22 Led Zeppelin – Tangerine (mrs martin)
    23
    24 Elton John – Elderberry Wine (mrs martin)
    25 Perez Prado – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (yui)

    Puzzle Song (26) UB40 – Strange Fruit (matthew bolin)

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

    Track 4 is from an eponymous-but-not-debut album by an acclaimed modern singer-songwriter who died young.

    Track 21 was by far the biggest career hit for this performer, and won the Grammy for best song in 1969. The writrer of the song wrote a few other big hits of the period for other people; the singer later retired to be a preacher.

    Track 23 was a big doo-wop hit in 1961, and was later covered by a member of a famous family group.

  • MichaelFortes

    4. Elliott Smith – “Clementine”

  • MichaelFortes

    21. O.C. Smith – “Little Green Apples”

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

    “Clementine” by Elliott Smith and “Little Green Apples” by O.C. Smith are both correct.

  • mrsmartin

    #23 Daddy's Home – Shep & The Limelites

  • mrsmartin

    #23 Daddy's Home – Shep & The Limelites

  • mrsmartin

    #23 Daddy's Home – Shep & The Limelites