OK. it's over.
Update: Extended to the end of the week.
It's back.
The theme this time is : The Rock Cycle - redux.
The name-that-tune part is the same as always: you get one point for identifying the song, and another point for identifying the artist. But, the theme adds a new twist.
The "rock" part is easy - though it's not all "rock", and I've gone about as obscure as I dare go, this time. The "Cycle" part is a bit more involved.
Here's how it works. For each song in the list, the artist responsible for the song has a connection to the artist responsible for the next song. "Artist" may be a member of a band, a solo artist, a guest musician, half of a duet, etc.. And the rules for a "connection" are simple. To make a connection between one song and the next, one of the following must be true:
- The artist(s) involved in recording each song may have been in the same band (though not necessarily at the same time).
- One artist may have played on a recording with the other. Could be a featured guest spot - a duet, for example. Could be just dropping by the studio to play on a song or two. Either way, there must be at least one officially recorded and released song.
Songwriting doesn't count. Production doesn't count. Family relations don't count. Being part of a touring band doesn't count. Sharing the stage one night at a benefit somewhere does not count.
As an example, assume you've identified these four songs, and now you need to find the connections:
- Big Star - Morpha Too
- The Replacements - I. O. U.
- Guns And Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
- Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
Well, you can make a connection from Big Star to The Replacements because Alex Chilton of Big Star played on The Replacement's album "Please To Meet Me". And, you can make a connection from The Replacements to Guns And Roses because Tommy Stinson played bass in both bands. And finally, the guy Stinson replaced in GnR, Duff McKagan, went on to play in Jane's Addiction.
Got the idea?
Some of the connections are simple and obvious. Some are obscure. Just like the songs.
So, in addition to points for naming the song and artist, you will get one point if you can describe the connection from a song to the song that follows it.
You'll have to use your imagination for what to do on the last song.
Rules
- You get 1 point if you name the song.
- You get 1 point if you name the artist.
- You get 1 point if you identify the connection from one song to the song that follows.
- Therefore, there are three points possible for each song, 60 points total.
- Leave your answers in comments.
- Your answers will be hidden from everyone but me.
- The contest ends on Friday November 25th, 12:00pm EST. I'll reveal the comments, and the answers, and total up the points, then.
- I'll provide hints for any songs that haven't been identified, as of Monday noon.
- The person with the most points will win a prize !
OK, so here are the songs:
| Clip | Hints? | Clip | Hints? |
| Song #1 | It's a Gillian Welch song. | Song #2 | -- |
| Song #3 | -- | Song #4 | -- |
| Song #5 | From their first album, 1995 | Song #6 | -- |
| Song #7 | -- | Song #8 | -- |
| Song #9 | -- | Song #10 | Song was used on a Citibank commercial |
| Song #11 | -- | Song #12 | This band is Nuts |
| Song #13 | There aren't any songs about spiders on this | Song #14 | -- |
| Song #15 | -- | Song #16 | -- |
| Song #17 | Zappa's sometimes-friend | Song #18 | 1981, no longer Soft |
| Song #19 | -- | Song #20 | -- |
Have at it.
If I can figure out #3, I’ll have a chain of nine.
The ones I knew of the top of my head. I have theoris on many others (are you a fan of Tsunami too? I thought was the only one.)
2 We Are Nowhere and It’s Now bright eyes
8 Fiest 1 2 3 4
9 BSS?
14 no boy no aloha breeders
15 pixies
16 frank black los angeles
19 rem wolves, lower
20 Warren Zevon LG&M
And duh, the connections,
14->15kim deal->frank black->16
19->20 Hindu Love Gods
11 is The Seasons Reverse by Gastr Del Sol
Which means The Sea in Cake is lurking somewhere….is 10 them? That’s the one that I would swear was Tsunami/Grenadine/some other Jenny Toomy vehicle.
Damn you.
Won’t their only be 19 connections? =)
their => there… =/
nope, 20.
o.O So what connects to song #1? if each connection is from one song to the following song, there are only 19 permutations. Unless you are suggesting that everything comes full circle and song 20 references song 1? (not inherently implied by the instructions) Thanks!
you got it.
“You’ll have to use your imagination for what to do on the last song.”
i need to lern2read sometimes. it all made sense after listening!
This is hard. Half an hour of work:
2. Bright Eyes – We Are Nowhere and It’s Now – Jimmy Tamborello did drum programming for them
3. Postal Service – Such Great Heights – Jimmy Tamborello is a member
4. Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body – Ben Gibbard is a member of Postal Service and Death Cab
5. Must be Jay Farrar or Son Volt cuz him and Ben worked together but don’t know the song
6. Uncle Tupelo – I got Drunk – Jay Farrar is a member
13. sound like Pavement but wow, I’ve got nothing else at the moment
15. Pixies – Santos
16. Frank Black – Los Angeles (kickass song!) – member of Pixies.
19 is REM – Wolves, Lower – no connections yet….
Back to work!
7. Wilco – I Might Tweedy was a member of Uncle Tupelo
MikeJ : 19platosearwax: 18
platosearwax: 21
MikeJ : 19
Guess I should put up what I have, so I don’t forget.
1 – Emmylou Harris
Emmylou sings on the next track.
2 – Bright Eyes – We Are Nowhere and It’s Now
3 –
4 – Death Cab For Cutie – Soul Meets Body
DCFC’s Ben Gibbard and Son Volt’s Jay Farrar collaborated on One Fast Move or I’m Gone.
5 – Son Volt – Drown
Son Volt lead man Jay Farrar was a founding member of Uncle Tupelo.
6 – Uncle Tupelo – I Got Drunk
Jeff Tweedy (and pretty much the rest of Uncle Tupelo besides Jay) became Wilco.
7 – Wilco – I Might
Wilco (the album) includes a track with Leslie Feist.
8 – Feist – 1,2,3,4
9 –
10 –
11 – Gastr Del Sol – The Seasons Reverse
12 –
13 –
14 –
15 –
16 –
17 –
18 –
19 –
20 – Warren Zevon – Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Zevon’s friend Emmylou Harris sang on The Wind
Filling in some holes, thanks to the hints:
(8) Feist used to sing a lot with BSS.
9 – Broken Social Scene – 7/4 (Shoreline)
… seems that BSS and TSAC toured together, but I’m not finding the qualifying connection.
10 – The Sea and Cake – Jacking the Ball
Drummer John McEntire played with Sea and Cake and with Gastr Del Sol.
11 – Gastr Del Sol – The Seasons Reverse
David Grubbs founded both Gastr Del Sol and Squirrel Bait
12 – Squirrel Bait – Sun God
Both Brian McMahan and Britt Walford of Squirrel Bait later formed Slint.
13 – Slint – Good Morning, Captain
…
16 – Frank Black – Los Angeles
Eric Feldman? (keyboards with both the Pixies and the Magic band)
17 – Captain Beefheart – Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles
Cris: 23
platosearwax: 21
MikeJ : 19
Cris: 40
platosearwax: 21
MikeJ : 19
Hi-
Someone mentioned this contest over on Balloon juice, so I figured I’d give it a try. Assuming I got 100% right, I’m still well behind Cris at 40 points, but I still had fun doing it.
1. Emmylou Harris, “Orphan Girl.”
2. ?
3. I own this song and have heard it a million times, and I am going to kick myself for not being able to identify it.
4. ?
5. ?
6. Uncle Tupelo, “I Got Drunk And I Fell Down.” Jeff Tweedy was in Uncle Tupelo, and also in Wilco.
7. Wilco.
8. Feist, “1234.” According to Wikipedia, Feist seems to have been in, or at least toured as part of, with Broken Social Scene.
9. Broken Social Scene, “7/4 (Shoreline).”
10. Another one I’m going to kick myself for.
11. I’m going to guess this is Guided By Voices, seeing as #12 is Squirrel Bait and assuming some Ohio/Kentucky scene connection.
12. Squirrel Bait, “Sun God.”
13. Pere Ubu.
14. Breeders, “No Aloha.” Kim Deal played bass in the Pixies.
15. Pixies, “Santo.” Black Francis changed his name and became Frank Black.
16. Frank Black, “Los Angeles.” Eric Drew Feldman was in the band on this record and also played with Capt. Beefheart.
17. Capt. Beefheart.
18. Robyn Hitchcock, “Brenda’s Iron Sledge.” Robyn and R.E.M. played on each other’s records all through the late 80s.
19. R.E.M. “Wolves, Lower.” All the people in R.E.M. who were not Michael Stipe played in the Hindu Love Gods with Warren Zevon.
20. Warren Zevon, “Lawyers, Guns, and Money.”
Wait, wait. I want to amend my entry…I just got the “spider” hint. #13 is *not* Pere Ubu, it’s Slint and the song is “Nosferatu Man.”
Cris: 40
James Gary : 32
platosearwax: 21
MikeJ : 19
all songs have been named
#1 Emmylou Harris – Orphan Girl – Guest Vocals for…
#2 Bright Eyes – We Are Nowhere and It’s Now
#11 Gastr Del Sol – The Seasons Reverse – David Grubbs was in
#12 Squirrel Bait – Sun God – Britt Walford And Brian McMahan later formed
#13 Slint – Good Morning Captain
#15 Pixies – Santo – frontman was Black Francis, also known as…
#16 Frank Black – Los Angeles – Solo albums had Eric Drew Feldman from Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band
#17 Captain Beefheart – Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles –
#20 Warren Zevon – Lawyers Guns and Money – Emmylou Harris (#1) guested on “The Wind”
Cris: 40
James Gary : 32
Dr Squid: 24
platosearwax: 21
MikeJ : 19
Well, I am officially kicking myself for not recognizing the Postal Service– especially since it’s a running joke with a friend of mine that when I can’t identify a tune, I say “Who is this? They sound like the Postal Service.” I’ll definitely be back for the next contest.