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
- You get 1 point if you name the song.
- You get 1 point if you name the artist.
- Therefore, you get two points if you name both.
- Leave your answers in comments.
- Your answers will be hidden from everyone but you and me.
- 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.
- I'll provide hints Wednesday afternoon, for any songs which haven't been correctly identified.
- 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)
#3 is Mercedes Benz by Big Brother & The Holding Company
#7 is Walking on the Moon by the Police
#11 is Watching the Wheels by John Lennon
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.
(9 & 10 fixed)
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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.
Or rather, “by Janis Joplin”.
19 is The Who You Better You Bet.
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.
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!)
totals so far:
Modesto Kid : 4
MikeJ : 26
Cris : 20
Brian: 12
Woo-hoo!
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!
totals so far:
Modesto Kid : 4
MikeJ : 26
Cris : 24
Brian: 12
looks like there’s a race!
I’m about done so hang on…
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.
17-T-Rex — Jeepster
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.
Oh man! Magic Man by Heart! Now I can concentrate the rest of the day.
And actually, is number 4 The James Gang with Funk some number?
MikeJ : 29
platosearwax: 27
Cris: 26
Brian: 12
Modesto Kid : 4
new hint on 8:
I know this thanks to the movie “Rushmore”
Number 8 is Cat Stevens – Here Comes My Baby. Thanks to the Rushmore hint.
And the Husker Du song at number 2 is Could You Be the One. I knew that was on Warehouse.
and with that, platosearwax takes the lead.
Number 9 is the next one that is killing me….My wife is asking what the hell I am doing listening to it over and over and over and over…
Here Comes My Baby – Cat Stevens
You should have posted the YLT version.
MikeJ up by 1
16 is the Eagles with I Can’t Tell You Why.
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.
12 is King Crimson with Red. I had a feeling it was them from the clue so it was off to the LP boxes…
Or rather Starless FROM Red. Jeez…
Number 9 is going to kill me….Not sure I can even go to bed tonight without figuring it out.
That Hüsker Dü song is: Could You Be the One?.
platosearwax : 33
MikeJ: 31
Cris : 26
Brian :12
Modesto : 4
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.
I’m gonna say T Rex for 17 just as a guess. I am going to die when I find out what 9 is. Not sure I have time to do any more before the deadline.
17 T-Rex?
you’re both right.
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)