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Name That Tune #2

It's Over!

Ladies and gentlemen, nearly an entire week has passed since the last Name That Tune. And, because that one was so much fun (and you almost got them all), I'm gonna do another!

So.... below are twenty song clips, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Can you identify them, both the song name and the artist (or performer)?

Clip Artist / Title Who Got It
Song #1 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead Chris
Song #2 K.C. And The Sunshine Band / Boogie Shoes russell
Song #3 The Smiths / This Charming Man Gary Kirkham
Song #4 Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor Chris
Song #5 Beastie Boys - Eggman Chris
Song #6 Black Sabbath / Faeries Wear Boots Gary Kirkham
Song #7 Duran Duran / Girls On Film Gary Kirkham
Song #8 Gwen Stefani / Hollaback Girl --
Song #9 Bob Dylan / It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) Shimmy
Song #10 Beatles / She’s So Heavy russell
Song #11 Soundgarden / Jesus Christ Pose --
Song #12 Rick Springfield / Jesse's Girl Chris
Song #13 Metallica / Master Of Puppets Gary Kirkham
Song #14 Steely Dan / Peg russell
Song #15 Stevie Ray Vaughan / Pride And Joy russell
Song #16 Lady & The Tramp (Peggy Lee) / Siamese Cat Song Cris
Song #17 Jethro Tull / Thick As A Brick russell
Song #18 Smokey Robinson / Tracks of my Tears russell
Song #19 Buzzcocks / What Do I Get --
Song #20 Steve Miller Band / Wild Mountain Honey russell

Hints
#1. Bats. Belltower.
#4. Banquet.
#5. Boutique.
#8. No doubt, she's (not) that girl. No need to holla.
#9. Bring it back home, Bobby Z
#11. The video was banned on MTV, crossly. Seattle. Early 90s.
#16. It's a cartoon, cats.
#19. A punk classic gone commercial? Bzzz. Kox.

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 gets the gold star of his or her choice!

Name That Tune

It's Over!
You all got a solid 90% of them. Answers below...





Here are twenty short clips, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. The common theme is: these are all songs I've rated 5 stars in iTunes.

Name them : artist and song title.

Clip #1 Blondie - Dreaming [russel]
Clip #2 U2- Wire [russel]
Clip #3 Smashing Pumpkins - I Am One [dbati/tbati]
Clip #4 Spoon - Anything You Want [dbati/tbati]
Clip #5 Dino Jr. - Freak Scene [dbati/tbati]
Clip #6 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker [Eric Martin]
Clip #7 Shins - Turn A Square [dbati/tbati]
Clip #8 Replacements - Favorite Thing [russel]
Clip #9 Rolling Stones - Happy [neddie jingo]
Clip #10 REM - Little America [dbati/tbati]
Clip #11 Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes [russel]
Clip #12 Elliot Smith - Waltz #2
Clip #13 Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay [dbati/tbati]
Clip #14 Paul Simon - Kodachrome [russel]
Clip #15 Pavement - AT&T
Clip #16 The Cure - Close To Me [neddie jingo]
Clip #17 Jimi Hendrix - Red House [neddie jingo]
Clip #18 Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia [russel]
Clip #19 Pretenders - Mystery Achievement [neddie jingo]
Clip #20 David Bowie - Fashion [dbati/tbati]

Hints (I'll post new hints every day as the mood strikes me.)

  • More than half of them come from these 100 albums.
  • #1 : 1979, and it's free. Dagwood's wife?
  • #2 : Not as unforgettable as I thought ? You, too ?
  • #6 : 
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A:-------|---0--3~------------
E:--3b---|------------------3b
  • #8 : Minneapolis. Drunk. Let It Be?
  • #11 : He wants to drill a tiny hole into your head, with his looped violins, and the whistling.
  • #12 : it's in 3/4 time. RIP. XO. #2
  • #14 : hint. Nikon Camera?
  • #15 : Whenevah, whenevah, whenevah, whenevah . Not Verizon. Pre-Jicks.
  • #18 : Sister, he's singing the title of the song! Thurston?

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

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I'll put up a new one Wednesday 9/24!