Name That Tune, Game Twenty

Hey everybody. Welcome to the twentieth dendrite-drubbing week of Name That Tune at Popdose. This week we have a Very Special Name That Tune, with songs chosen and acrostic puzzle assembled by Popdoser Michael Fortes!

THIS WEEK: Win Name That Tune, Win a Prize! We have two CDs to give away this week (we can’t tell you which one, as the puzzle song is on the CD!). CDs will be sent to the person who solves the puzzle song as well as the person who names the last remaining tune.

Of course, it wouldn’t be Name That Tune without a few soul-stifling rules:

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.
  • 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-four very brief song clips. The clips are drawn from a variety of styles and decades. This time some of the songs are harder than in past weeks (and I’ve made some of the clips a little longer to compensate), but none of them are obscure. 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 24). Once again, we’re doing an acrostic game: This time, the first letter of the name of the ARTIST for the first 23 clips 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 give clues.

    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

    And the Puzzle Song:
    The Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. And again: This time it’s the first letter of the name of the artists that’s spelling out the clue. Have fun — and thank you, Michael Fortes!

    • Jee Gee
      22 is "Wonderwall." And once again, "Earth Angel" is nowhere to be found.
    • hzsogood
      3. I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie
      5. Celebrate - 3 Dog Night
      13. White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day
      16. Do You Want to Dance - Bobby Freeman
      21. Rock and Roll Woman - Buffalo Springfield
      -r
    • Those are all correct, and I'm going to list them, because the game needs more correct guesses. Thanks for helping out!

      In the future, though, please limit yourself to three guesses between updates of the list (as it says in the rules). Thanks!
    • JonCummings
      19 is "Wishing You Were Here" by Chicago.
    • Gary Lucy
      8. Tommy James "Crimson & Clover"
      10. Urge Overkill "Bottle of Fur"
      19. Chicago "Wishing You Were Here"
    • Gary Lucy
      D'oh,,,jon snuck in w/Chicago while I was composing. So I'll take a mulligan on my 3rd with a longshot...
      11. Foreigner "Headknocker"
    • Jerry
      I think #10 is Positive Bleeding by Urge Overkill, but I never would've gotten it without Gary Lucy's guess.

      Other than that, I'm stumped. Good clips this week!
    • JonCummings
      12 is "You Make Lovin' Fun" by Fleetwood Mac. And my wild crack at the Puzzle Song is "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." But if that's true, who's the first artist listed? Stevie?
    • Jee Gee, I'm going to assume everyone knows who did "Wonderwall", so I'll give you that one: but in the future, the artist must be guessed too with the song. :-)
    • Jee Gee
      You're the best, dude.
    • correct:
      22 Oasis, Wonderwall
      19 Chicago, Wishing You Were Here
      10 Urge Overkill, Positive Bleeding
      12 Fleetwood Mac, You Make Living Fun

      incorrect:
      Tommy James, Crimson and Clover
      Urge Overkill, Bottle of Fur
      Foreigner, Headknocker
      Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks, Stop Dragging My Heart Around

      (Bad luck, Gary Lucy!)
    • volley
      #15 Paul McCartney, Hope of deliverance
      #4 Foreigner, Urgent

      Would you please tell us the last songs of Game 19?
    • I will do that; let me see if I can track it down from here.
    • from game 19:

      4 - The Worst That Could Happen by the Brooklyn Bridge

      6 - Tijuana Taxi by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

      8 - The Past Is a Grotesque Animal by Of Montreal
    • "Hope of Deliverance" and "Urgent" are incorrect.
    • 1. Whirly Girl, Oxo
      4. Rhythm of Love, Yes (not 100% sure on this one)
      6. At My Most Beautiful, REM
    • Jerry
      What the hell -- is #6 At My Most Beautiful by REM?
    • Jerry
      Whoops - should've hit "refresh" before I guessed.
    • Correct:
      "Whirly Girl" by Oxo
      "Rhythm of Love" by Yes (nice guess!)
      "At My Most Beautiful" by R.E.M.
    • Until I heard Fleetwood Mac and Oasis, I thought you were doing a three-letter band theme here. :)
    • Ha!
    • ddsoutherland
      Is #17 "Smoke From A Distant Fire" by Sanford & Townsend?
    • Hm, this may be a little tougher than I'd thought. Let's do an early OFFICIAL UPDATE:

      01 - O Oxo – Whirly Girl (david medsker)
      02
      03
      04 - Y Yes – Rhythm of Love (david medsker)
      05
      06 - R R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful (david medsker)
      07
      08
      09
      10 - U Urge Overkill – Positive Bleeding (jerry)
      11
      12 - F Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun (jon cummings)
      13
      14
      15
      16
      17
      18
      19 - C Chicago – Wishing You Were Here (jon cummings)
      20
      21
      22 - O Oasis – Wonderwall (jee gee)
      23

      Puzzle Song (24)
    • Not "Smoke from a Distant Fire".
    • 13. O'Jays - "Backstabbers"
      17. Earth, Wind & Fire - "Got to Get You into My Life"
      23. Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
    • Gary Lucy
      I think I meant #8 was Crimson & Clover. Now I'm not sure of anything. Bottle of Fur indeed.
    • Gary Lucy
      Wait...I did say #8. I'm going to go lay down. Have fun everybody.
    • Correct:
      Earth Wind & Fire - Got to Get You into My Life
      Yardbirds - Heart Full of Soul

      Incorrect:
      O'Jays - Backstabbers
    • 9. Neil Young - Long May You Run
    • I'll give a partial for "Long May You Run", if someone can adjust the artist guess...
    • Oh, you meant the Stills-Young Band.
      Yeah, that always gets me, because I know it more from Decade than the original album.
    • Stills-Young Band - "Long May You Run" is correct.
    • It now looks like this -- go ahead and consider this an OFFICIAL UPDATE:

      01 - O Oxo – Whirly Girl (david medsker)
      02
      03
      04 - Y Yes – Rhythm of Love (david medsker)
      05
      06 - R R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful (david medsker)
      07
      08
      09 - S Stills-Young Band – Long May You Run (matthew bolin)
      10 - U Urge Overkill – Positive Bleeding (jerry)
      11
      12 - F Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun (jon cummings)
      13
      14
      15
      16
      17 - E Earth Wind & Fire – Got to Get You Into My Life (bediver)
      18
      19 - C Chicago – Wishing You Were Here (jon cummings)
      20
      21
      22 - O Oasis – Wonderwall (jee gee)
      23 - Y Yardbirds – Heart Full of Soul (bediver)

      Puzzle Song (24)
    • Correct guesses from further down the thread:

      3 - Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
      5 - Three Dog Night - Celebrate
      13 - It's a Beautiful Day - White Bird
      16 - Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance
      21 - Buffalo Springfield - Rock and Roll Woman
    • OFFICIAL UPDATE:

      01 - O Oxo – Whirly Girl (david medsker)
      02
      03 - L Lou Christie – I’m Gonna Make You Mine (hzsogood)
      04 - Y Yes – Rhythm of Love (david medsker)
      05 - T Three Dog Night – Celebrate (hzsogood)
      06 - R R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful (david medsker)
      07
      08
      09 - S Stills-Young Band – Long May You Run (matthew bolin)
      10 - U Urge Overkill – Positive Bleeding (jerry)
      11
      12 - F Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun (jon cummings)
      13 - I It’s a Beautiful Day – White Bird (hzsogood)
      14
      15
      16 - B Bobby Freeman – Do You Want to Dance? (hzsogood)
      17 - E Earth Wind & Fire – Got to Get You Into My Life (bediver)
      18
      19 - C Chicago – Wishing You Were Here (jon cummings)
      20
      21 - B Buffalo Springfield – Rock N’ Roll Woman (hzsogood)
      22 - O Oasis – Wonderwall (jee gee)
      23 - Y Yardbirds – Heart Full of Soul (bediver)

      Puzzle Song (24)
    • I'm heading out for the evening, and may not be able to check this till much later. I think there's enough showing here to make some good guesses, though.
    • Puzzle Song:

      Dennis Wilson - River Song
    • MichaelFortes
      I'm going to step in for Scraps just to confirm that... YES, you are correct, sir!

      ...which means you get one of the two copies of the new double disc edition of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue.
    • # 2 "Sliver" Nirvana
    • Unless I'm very much mistaken, #15 is Guns n' Roses - Look at your game girl, which is a Charles Manson cover, and a hidden track on The Spaghetti Incident.
    • MichaelFortes
      Both "Sliver" by Nirvana and "Look at Your Game, Girl" by Guns N' Roses are correct.
    • Scraps
      Thanks, Michael!
    • Would anyone care to take a guess at the acrostic, now that the puzzle song -- Dennis Wilson's "River Song" - has been identified? It would help with guessing the rest of the songs.
    • Only True Surfing Beach Boy
    • ONLY TRUE SURFING BEACH BOY is correct. So we have:

      01 - O Oxo – Whirly Girl (david medsker)
      02 - N Nirvana - Sliver (ken gaper's blog)
      03 - L Lou Christie – I’m Gonna Make You Mine (hzsogood)
      04 - Y Yes – Rhythm of Love (david medsker)
      05 - T Three Dog Night – Celebrate (hzsogood)
      06 - R R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful (david medsker)
      07 - F
      08 - I
      09 - S Stills-Young Band – Long May You Run (matthew bolin)
      10 - U Urge Overkill – Positive Bleeding (jerry)
      11 - R
      12 - F Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun (jon cummings)
      13 - I It’s a Beautiful Day – White Bird (hzsogood)
      14 - N
      15 - G Guns n' Roses - Look at Your Game Girl (evil nickname)
      16 - B Bobby Freeman – Do You Want to Dance? (hzsogood)
      17 - E Earth Wind & Fire – Got to Get You Into My Life (bediver)
      18 - A
      19 - C Chicago – Wishing You Were Here (jon cummings)
      20 - H
      21 - B Buffalo Springfield – Rock N’ Roll Woman (hzsogood)
      22 - O Oasis – Wonderwall (jee gee)
      23 - Y Yardbirds – Heart Full of Soul (bediver)

      Puzzle Song (24) - Dennis Wilson - River Song (matthew bolin)
    • Or rather, we have:

      01 - O Oxo – Whirly Girl (david medsker)
      02 - N Nirvana - Sliver (ken gaper's blog)
      03 - L Lou Christie – I’m Gonna Make You Mine (hzsogood)
      04 - Y Yes – Rhythm of Love (david medsker)
      05 - T Three Dog Night – Celebrate (hzsogood)
      06 - R R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful (david medsker)
      07 - U
      08 - E
      09 - S Stills-Young Band – Long May You Run (matthew bolin)
      10 - U Urge Overkill – Positive Bleeding (jerry)
      11 - R
      12 - F Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun (jon cummings)
      13 - I It’s a Beautiful Day – White Bird (hzsogood)
      14 - N
      15 - G Guns n' Roses - Look at Your Game Girl (evil nickname)
      16 - B Bobby Freeman – Do You Want to Dance? (hzsogood)
      17 - E Earth Wind & Fire – Got to Get You Into My Life (bediver)
      18 - A
      19 - C Chicago – Wishing You Were Here (jon cummings)
      20 - H
      21 - B Buffalo Springfield – Rock N’ Roll Woman (hzsogood)
      22 - O Oasis – Wonderwall (jee gee)
      23 - Y Yardbirds – Heart Full of Soul (bediver)

      Puzzle Song (24) - Dennis Wilson - River Song (matthew bolin)
    • A few hints:

      7. U - title track of classic album by famed reggae producer's 1970s studio group

      8. E - top ten hit by 1950s duo, covered by puzzle song artist's main group

      11. R - puzzle song artist's group inspired this album track by 1970s power pop progenitors

      14. N - biggest hit by 1970s R&B combo with an ever-changing lineup and multiple lead singers

      18. A - last u.s top 40 hit by reconstituted version of one of the original 1960s British invasion groups

      20. H - blues classic by one of Chess Records' finest
    • Jee Gee
      8. Everly Brothers-- Devoted to You? 18. The Animals-- Sky Pilot?
    • Jee Gee
      11. The Raspberries-- "On the Beach." Seven's got to be The Upsetters, but I'm not sure which title track-- "Eastwood Rides Again?" "Super Ape?" Let's go with "Super Ape."
    • Correct:
      7 - Upsetters, Super Ape
      8 - Everly Brothers, Devoted to You
      18 - Animals, Sky Pilot

      Incorrect:
      11 - Raspberries, On the Beach
    • Darius
      I really hate to do this, because I'm leaving the last tune and the prize on the table, but here goes.

      11. Rupert Holmes- The Pina Colada Song, and
      20. Howlin' Wolf- Spoonful
    • Incorrect:
      11. Rupert Holmes- The Pina Colada Song, and
      20. Howlin' Wolf- Spoonful

      On two of the three remaining, the correct artist has been guessed once.
    • I am making longer clips for the three remaining tunes.

      I actually thought #20 would be one of the first ones guessed. Go figure.
    • Okay, longer clips:

      11 - R


      14 - N


      20 - H
    • 11. Raspberries - "Drivin' Around"

      20. Howlin' Wolf - "Back Door Man"
    • Correct:
      11. Raspberries - "Drivin' Around"
      20. Howlin' Wolf - "Back Door Man"

      One song left!
    • 14. New Birth - "Dream Merchant"
    • That's it! Bedivere, email jefito at popdose dot com for your copy of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue.

      Thanks, Bedivere, for cleaning up the end of the game, and thanks to everyone for playing!
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