This time, the theme is: modern alternative rock. I've been going easy on y'all with all that softball classic rock. But now it's time to see if you've been paying attention to new music.

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As usual, there are twenty song clips below, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Name them, song and artist.

Rules

1. You get 1 point if you name the song.
2. You get 1 point if you name the artist who performed the song.
3. Leave your answers in comments.
4. Your comments will be hidden from everyone but you and me.
5. Hints may or may not be provided. Don't count on them.
6. The contest ends on Friday, Feb 20^th, 12:00pm EST (GMT -5). I'll reveal the comments, and the answers, and total up the points, then.
7. The person with the most points wins a wonderful prize!!!

General Hints

• Only one two of these songs is are more than 10 years old.
• In most cases, the song is the most popular iTunes download on its album.

Another nearly-exciting Name That Tune has ended. Thanks to all who participated and especially to my employer, without whose blind eye I could not be blogging all day every day.

And without further doodoo, the winner is...

Congratulations! You win (a picture of) this amazing belt buckle:

Awesome!

And here are the answers and point tallies for everyone who participated:

Feel free to double-check your answers vs. my tallies!

And special congratulations to russell for guessing the "theme" : songs released in 1970. As he also correctly guessed, 1970 was the year of my glorious birth. But there were no extra points for guessing that.

Someday, I'll do another one of these. A harder one. :)

There are twenty song clips below, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Think you can name them all? I doubt it.

Rules

1. You get 1 point if you name the song.
2. You get 1 point if you name the artist who performed the song.
3. There is a theme, and it's fairly specific. But you'll have to figure it out on your own...
4. ... and you get 5 points if you can tell me what the theme is.
5. Leave your answers in comments.
6. Your comments will be hidden from everyone but you and me.
7. Hints may or may not be provided. Don't count on them.
8. The contest ends on Wednesday, Feb 4^th, 12:00pm EST (GMT -5). I'll reveal the comments, and the answers, and total up the points, then.
9. The person with the most points wins a wonderful prize!!!

Remember, looking up things is the easy way out.

General Hints

• None. Yet (?)

It's been two months since that last one? Damn. I'm a slack.

The fifth installment of Name That Tune is over!

Here are the scores (2 points for song title + artist, 2 points for title + original artist, 1 point extra, for both).

(feel free to double-check my scoring)

Cris, the honorable contestant, declined to count songs that he looked-up. That would've put him well into the lead. But, as it stands, Paige wins! And what does she win? Well, this is a special treat, because Paige has won...a night on the town with the lovely Mrs. Cleek!

Night and town T.B.D..
Car pictured above may not be available in all markets.
Consult Dawn for details.

Congratulations!

It's Over! - Paige wins. And it's over. Over!

There are twenty song clips below, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Same as before. But this time, the rules are different:

1. Each song is a cover.
2. You get 2 points if you name the song and the artist in the clip.
3. You get 2 points if you name the song and the artist who originally performed the song.
4. You get 1 extra point if you name both - so, there are a total of 5 points per song, and 100 points for all 20.
5. Leave your answers in comments.
6. Your comments will be hidden from everyone but you and me.
7. The contest ends on Friday, November 28^th, 11:59pm EST (GMT -5). I'll open up the comments and total up the points, then.
8. The person with the most points wins a wonderful prize.

Remember, looking up things is the easy way out.

General Hints

• In this set of songs, many of the artists appear both as coverer of one song and as coveree of another.

It's Over.

You guys/gals/ghouls got them all, this time. But, early bird Cris got the most, again! Congratulations!

And so to Cris, I present this lovely medal:

I'll do another one, someday (so stay turned to ok-cleek.com), but I'd like to change the way answers are handled. The way I'm doing it now, there's obviously a huge advantage to getting here first, and I'm not trying to encourage anyone to wake up early...

So, here are a couple of options:

1. Set an end date/time and take the answers via email.
2. Accept comments, but hide them until the contest's over. (or keep comments turned off until it's over)

Any other ideas?

There are twenty song clips below, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Can you identify them, both the song name and the artist ?

Done!
This is the first time you've named all twenty! WooHoo! And you did it in just one day.

Hints

• This week's Name That Tune is brought to you by the letters B and C.
• #8 - That's one powerful feline.
• #10 - The drummer's name is Roland. It's a song about allegations of child abuse! Yay! This was before the singer/guitar player became a big-time record producer/engineer.
• #11 - This album was recorded in an old church. C is for Canada.
• #14 - From their ultra-gloomy period.
• #18 - Maybe you should be made to wear earphones?

Leave your answers in comments. I'll mark them off as people get them.

The person with the most correct answers will win a medal!

Name That Tune #3 is over, and contestant Cris has demolished the competition. For that, Cris wins this magnificent trophy:

And, thanks to all for participating, and making this event such a fantastic success. I'll do another one... someday.

It's over!

Dear readers, an entire week has passed since the last Name That Tune. And, since you guys and gals didn't get them all, I'm going to give y'all another chance...

And so, as before, there are twenty song clips below, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Can you identify them, both the song name and the artist ?

Hints
#1 - G&D want to sing Rock & Roll.
#2 - Ron not Rod, on this one.
#4 - Aussies, 1976. Bon. Angus.
#5 - The man, he is dead. Because.
#8 - Title track to the 2005 album. Canadian supergroup.
#10 - Steve was pleasantly surprised when they played this on 90210. Orange hair.
#11 - I agree, that drum break was good. Turntables.
#14 - It's the unplugged version
#16 - Its title is a synonym for any one of the items in this list. Dischordant. post-Minor Threat.
#17 - It's about beating-off
#18 - Some are here and some are there. Post-Uncle tupelo.

Leave your answers in comments. I'll mark them off as people get them.

Hints will be provided if necessary.

The person with the most correct answers will win a wonderful trophy!

The judges have tallied the results and russell is the winner of Name That Tune #2.

As promised, he wins the gold star:

Look for #3 tomorrow.