Name That Tune #13

By request, here's a new Name That Tune!

You know how it goes: there are twenty song clips below, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Name the song and the artist.

Rules

  1. You get 1 point if you name the song.
  2. You get 1 point if you name the artist.
  3. Therefore, you get two points if you name both.
  4. Leave your answers in comments.
  5. Your answers will be hidden from everyone but you and me.
  6. The contest ends on Friday, August 27th, 12:00pm EST (GMT -4). I'll reveal the comments, and the answers, and total up the points, then.
  7. I'll provide hints Wednesday afternoon, for any songs which haven't been correctly identified.
  8. The person with the most points will win a wonderful prize !

Clip Hints?
Song #1 --
Song #2 Minneapolis Punksters
Song #3 --
Song #4 --
Song #5 --
Song #6 --
Song #7 --
Song #8 He doesn't use this name anymore
Song #9 --
Song #10 --
Song #11 --
Song #12 Dark prog from 74
Song #13 --
Song #14 He recently declared the internet "over"
Song #15 --
Song #16 --
Song #17 Tyrant King Of Glam
Song #18 --
Song #19 --
Song #20 --

General Hints

  • There is no theme this time. Just a bunch of clips. (that's not much of a hint, I know)

38 thoughts on “Name That Tune #13

  1. MikeJ

    9 & 10 both point to last week’s quiz. I went ahead and got this week’s, but unless url fiddling is part of the contest you might want to change it.

  2. MikeJ

    01
    02
    03 Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz
    04 James Gang Funk 49
    05 Captain & Tenille Love will keep us together
    06 Billy Squier – The Stroke
    07 The Cars Touch and Go
    08
    09 Green Day American Idiot
    09a
    10 matt pond PA – Sunlight
    10a Police Peanuts
    11 John Lennon – Watching the wheels
    12
    13 Primus Jerry was a race car driver
    14
    15 Rush spirit of radio
    16 Eagles I can’t tell you why
    17
    18 Talking heads – this must be the place
    19 I have a guess here, but I’m researching to double check.
    20 Bare Naked Ladies – If I had a million dollars

    More to come, I hope. I know I actually own 4 or 5 of those that I can’t yet name, and it’s driving me nuts.

  3. Cris

    1. Heart – Magic Man
    3. Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz
    4. James Gang – Funk #49
    5. Captain & Tenille – Love Will Keep Us Together (lol)
    9. Paul Simon – You can Call Me Al
    10. The Police – Peanuts
    11. John Lennon – Watching the Wheels
    15. Rush – Spirit of the Radio
    16. Eagles – I Can’t Tell You Why
    20. BareNaked Ladies – If I Had A $1,000,000

    I immediately pegged #7 as Tom Petty – “You Got Lucky” then double-checked my work to find I was wrong, wrong, wrong.

  4. Brian

    5. Love Will Keep Us Together (Captain and Tennille)
    9. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon)
    11. Watching The Wheels (John Lennon)
    16. I Can’t Tell You Why (The Eagles)
    19. You Better, You Bet (The Who)
    20. If I Had $1000000 (Barenaked Ladies)

    (My thanks to my brother Cris, above, for sending me your way. This is fun!)

  5. Cris

    Curse you MikeJ! Okay, I have to try to catch up.

    I had my doubts at first, but now I think my first impression was right:
    19. The Who — You Better, You Bet

    And a guy in the office assured me that he knew #18, so I’ll steal his lead:
    18. Talking Heads — This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

    I have 17 in my sights!

  6. MikeJ

    I can guess at some artists based on the hints, but I still haven’t got the tunes.

    2 Hüsker Dü? (and yes, I’ve been playing the whole discography all day.)
    8 E?
    12 King Crimson?
    14 Prince

    I figure that’s a shoo-in for at least 1 more point.

  7. platosearwax

    1. this is driving me nuts…I hear this now all day long and can’t figure out the song!
    2. Husker Du…but I am not sure the song yet
    3. Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz
    4. Led Zeppelin
    5. Captain and Tenille – Love Will Keep Us Together (how do I know this instantly but can’t place the Husker Du song????)
    6. Billy Squire – The Stroke
    7. The Cars – Touch and Go
    8.
    9.
    10. The Police – Peanuts
    11. John Lennon – Watching the Wheels
    12.
    13. Primus – Jerry Was a Racecar Driver
    14. Prince – I Would Die 4 U
    15. Rush – Spirit of Radio
    16.
    17.
    18. Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
    19. The Who- You Better You Bet
    20. Barenaked Ladies – If I Had a Million Dollars.

    I’m gonna try to get back to the Zep and Husker Du songs and that annoying damn number 1 before this evening.

  8. cleek

    platosearwax : 31
    MikeJ: 30
    Cris : 26
    Brian :12
    Modesto : 4

    all artists have been identified by at least one person, but there still are a couple of songs which haven’t been correctly identified by anyone.

  9. MikeJ

    At this point I will probably concede that there is a sadder music geek than I. Unless I wake up at 3am with 2 or 3 of the titles.

  10. cleek

    platosearwax : 36
    MikeJ: 33
    Cris : 26
    Brian : 12
    Modesto : 4

    (recalc’d the points and found a couple i’d missed in the previous counts. oops)

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