DISQUS

drcastrato · 1 year ago

i'm gonna grab the easy ones:
8 is Dream Weaver by Gary Wright
9 is Lay Down Sally by Eric Clapton
and 10 is Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan?

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

3. "Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers
9. "Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton
10. "Josie" - Steely Dan

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Ain't No Sunshine", "Lay Down Sally", "Josie", and "Dream Weaver" are correct.

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

Boy scraps - this one is much tougher than the one two weeks ago - at least for an 80's guy. Good challenge.

is 16 Cherry Bomb by John Mellencamp?

lisa marie · 1 year ago

clip one is "She's Just My Style" by Gary Lewis & the playboys
clip three is "ain't no sunshine" by Bill withers
clip five is city of new orleans by arlo guthrie
clip seven is give me love by george harrison
clip eight is dream weaver by gary wright
clip nine is lay down sally by eric clapton
clip ten is hey nineteen by steely dan
clip 14 is no no no song by ringo starr
clip 16 is ain't that america by john mellencamp
cip 18 everyday is a winding road by sheryl crow
~lisa marie

Rob · 1 year ago

#1 is "Shape of Things to Come" by the Yardbirds?
#16 is "Cherry Bomb" by John Mellencamp?

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

19 - Cool Night by Paul Davis?

Scraps · 1 year ago

Lisa Marie, players are only allowed three guesses between updates of the list.

Neither "The Shape of Things" nor "Cherry Bomb".

Brian Ibbott · 1 year ago

Were Lisa marie's guesses correct, by the way? (or at least three of them?) :)

Scraps · 1 year ago

I'm treating them as unguessed. She can specify three of them. Anyone else can guess them, if they think they're correct.

lisa marie · 1 year ago

sorry, am new here and didn't know.

Scraps · 1 year ago

It's okay. Feel free to guess now; the list has been updated.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not "Cool Night".

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

Then 16 must be Pink Houses - that's a mellencamp sound all the way.

Scraps · 1 year ago

It's not "Pink Houses", and it's not in fact Mellencamp.

Brian Ibbott · 1 year ago

I think 11 is "Strange Way" by Firefall.

MatthewBolin · 1 year ago

Here's my three guess for now:

4-Randy Newman "Baby Take Off Your Hat"
15-Elvis Costello "God's Comic"
19-Pure Prairie League "Let Me Love You Tonight"

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

Wow! I'm floored that's not Mellencamp. He should sue whoever is copying him like this! :)

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Strange Way" and "God's Comic" are correct. I'll accept "Baby Take Off Your Hat" as a strange variant on Randy Newman's "Leave Your Hat On", which is correct.

Not "Let Me Love You Tonight".

MatthewBolin · 1 year ago

D'oh!

MatthewBolin · 1 year ago

Well, I figured out the link between all the songs, but I'm not saying until next time the list is posted!

nm8tion · 1 year ago

#2 You're No Good -- Linda Ronstadt
#5 City of New Orleans -- Arlo Guthrie
#14 No No Song -- Ringo Starr
#18 Everyday is a Winding Road -- Sheryl Crow

Scraps · 1 year ago

'Sokay, go ahead and guess three of them.

nm8tion · 1 year ago

Boy did I screw up with the rules. Didn't even see Lisa Marie's guesses.

Sorry 'bout that.

Scraps · 1 year ago

1
2
3 Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine
4 Randy Newman, Leave Your Hat One
5
6
7
8 Gary Wright, Dream Weaver
9 Eric Clapton, Lay Down Sally
10 Steely Dan, Josie
11 Firefall, Strange Way
12
13
14
15 Elvis Costello, God's Comic
16
17
18
19
20

21

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

2. Carole King - "It's Too Late"
20. Elton John - "Levon"

nm8tion · 1 year ago

Formal Guesses:

2 You're no Good --Ronstadt
5 City of New Orleans --Guthrie
19 Here You Come Again -- Dolly Parton

Scraps · 1 year ago

Neither "It's Too Late" nor "Levon".

Eric · 1 year ago

7 - Give me love, give me peace on earth - George Harrison
18 - Everyday is a winding road - Sheryl Crow

And a total guess on #19, How Sweet It Is - James Taylor?

Scraps · 1 year ago

"City of New Orleans" and "Here You Come Again" are correct.

Not "You're No Good".

Todd · 1 year ago

20 - Elton John: Daniel
19 - 10cc: Things We Do For Love
18 - Cheryl Crow: Every Day /Winding Road
17 -
16 - Mellencamp: Cherry Bomb
15
14 - Ringo starr: no no no song by ringo starr
13
12
11
10 - Steely Dan: When Josie Comes Home
9 - Clapton: LDS
8 - Gary Wright: Drmwvr
7 - Gerorge Harrison: GML
6 - Don Henley: I'm Gonna Love You
5 - Arlo Guthrie: TCoNO
4 -
3 - Wilco: Jesus, Etc.
2 - The Commodores: Lady - you bring me up
1 - Cream: World of Pain

MatthewBolin · 1 year ago

You can guess three a time.

Todd · 1 year ago

Sorry; here goes:
19 - 10cc: Things We Do For Love
2 - The Commodores: Lady - you bring me up
1 - Cream: World of Pain

Scraps · 1 year ago

I think I need to put the rules at the beginning of the post.

HiItsMe · 1 year ago

18- Sheryl Crow- Every Day is a Winding Road

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Give Me Love" and "Every Day Is a Winding Road" are correct.

Not "How Sweet It Is".

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not "The Things We Do For Love" -- my favorite pop song of the 1970s, so it will turn up sometime -- "You Bring Me Up", or "World of Pain".

Brian Ibbott · 1 year ago

Is Jim Keltner the drummer for all of these?

We should be seeing a Rockpile track on here!

Scraps · 1 year ago

Yes! Jim Keltner is the drummer for all of these. (So far as I can confirm; there may be one or two where he was on he album but not on the particular song. But I think he's on all of them.)

Todd · 1 year ago

Wow, you guys are serious! I don't know if I can hang.

Brian Ibbott · 1 year ago

And the final song...is it "Don't Bug Me When I'm Working" by LIttle Village? (They were such a great band)

nm8tion · 1 year ago

#2 Carly Simon -- Haven't Got Time for the Pain

Scraps · 1 year ago

Brian wins again! The puzzle song is indeed "Don't Bug Me When I'm Working" by Little Village.

And nm8tion nails #2, which people have been circling near: "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" is correct.

Brian Ibbott · 1 year ago

Woo-hoo! Actually, this is my first win. I've guessed a lot in the past couple weeks, but never won!

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

Well played, Old Chap! The Keltner leap was downright inspired.

Scraps · 1 year ago

1
2
3 Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine
4 Randy Newman, Leave Your Hat One
5 Arlo Guthrie, City of New Orleans
6
7 George Harrison, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
8 Gary Wright, Dream Weaver
9 Eric Clapton, Lay Down Sally
10 Steely Dan, Josie
11 Firefall, Strange Way
12
13
14
15 Elvis Costello, God's Comic
16
17
18 Sheryl Crow, Every Day Is a Winding Road"
19 Dolly Parton, Here You Come Again
20

21 Little Village, Don't Bug Me When I'm Working

ken · 1 year ago

#16 "Happy Birthday To Me" Cracker That's the only one that I knew that hasn't been guessed correctly already.

nm8tion · 1 year ago

#17 Stupid Thing -- Aimee Mann

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Stupid Thing" is correct, and so is "Happy Birthday to Me", which evidently sounds a lot like a Mellencamp song.

Beau · 1 year ago

So I was right on 9, 10 and 18.

I was wrong on 16, but so was everyone else. (I figured it out when I read the Keltner clue. Mellencamp was still with Aronoff then, I believe.)

That leaves one guess:

17. Ricky Gervais' (David Brent's) version of "If You Don't Know Me By Now"

Scraps · 1 year ago

1
2 Carly Simon, Haven't Got Time for the Pain
3 Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine
4 Randy Newman, Leave Your Hat One
5 Arlo Guthrie, City of New Orleans
6
7 George Harrison, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
8 Gary Wright, Dream Weaver
9 Eric Clapton, Lay Down Sally
10 Steely Dan, Josie
11 Firefall, Strange Way
12
13
14
15 Elvis Costello, God's Comic
16 Cracker, Happy Birthday to Me
17 Aimee Mann, Stupid Thing
18 Sheryl Crow, Every Day Is a Winding Road
19 Dolly Parton, Here You Come Again
20

21 Little Village, Don't Bug Me When I'm Working

Two of the ones remaining were guessed by people who made too many guesses. I'm not sure whether to just fill them in now or let people guess them.

GrayFlannelSuit · 1 year ago

#1 - She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Scraps · 1 year ago

"She's Just My Style" is correct.

Five left.

Scraps · 1 year ago

1 Gary Lewis & the Playboys, She's Just My Style
2 Carly Simon, Haven't Got Time for the Pain
3 Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine
4 Randy Newman, Leave Your Hat One
5 Arlo Guthrie, City of New Orleans
6
7 George Harrison, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
8 Gary Wright, Dream Weaver
9 Eric Clapton, Lay Down Sally
10 Steely Dan, Josie
11 Firefall, Strange Way
12
13
14 Ringo Starr, The No No Song
15 Elvis Costello, God's Comic
16 Cracker, Happy Birthday to Me
17 Aimee Mann, Stupid Thing
18 Sheryl Crow, Every Day Is a Winding Road
19 Dolly Parton, Here You Come Again
20

21 Little Village, Don't Bug Me When I'm Working

I decided I might as well list "The No No Song" since it's been guessed twice.

Scraps · 1 year ago

6 - The most recent song on the list. The album was a critical success and a commercial failure. (The critics are right.)

12 - Big 1970s hit by a singer who had a few of them.

13 - Cult hero. The producer of this played keyboard on 15.

20 - A huge hit by a songwriter who didn't write this one. Would tend to be covered by the same type of singers who'd cover #12.

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

I know he was on the last Money Mark record - so is #6 Brand New By Tomorrow by Money Mark?

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not Money Mark. Though the album #6 was on was a commercial failure, that's a relative description; the artist is still far more commercially successful than Money Mark.

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

that describes Jerry Lee Lewis perfectly - but I couldn't even remotely tell you what track Jim was on.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not Jerry Lee Lewis.

davewillie · 1 year ago

13. Steve Nieve was Costello's usual keyboard player. Am I getting warm?

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not Steve Nieve on keyboards.

Here are longer clips:

longer clip 6
longer clip 12
longer clip 13
longer clip 20

MichaelFortes · 1 year ago

Is #12 "This Will Be" by Natalie Cole?
Is #20 "Without You" by Harry Nilsson?

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Without You" is correct!

Not "This Will Be".

nm8tion · 1 year ago

#6 "I Know" Fiona Apple
#12 "Don't Cry Out Loud" Melissa Manchester

nm8tion · 1 year ago

And #13 is Mitchell Froom on keyboards, but darn if I know what the track is...

Scraps · 1 year ago

It is Mitchell Froom on keyboards on 13 -- the only song remaining, because "I Know" and "Don't Cry Out Loud" are correct.

nm8tion · 1 year ago

AAAUUUGGGHHH!!!! This is killing me!!!

Scraps · 1 year ago

Or rather, Froom produced 13. (And played keyboards on 15.)

13 is both a major figure in rock and roll and someone whose career has never escaped being a cult figure. The general public still doesn't know who he is, but I'll bet most people reading this site at least have heard of him.

Scraps · 1 year ago

The artist of 13 was namechecked in a hipster way in a movie.

Scraps · 1 year ago

In a popular movie, I meant to say.

nm8tion · 1 year ago

The only "cult figure" I can think of that Froom produced would be Richard Thompson. But I don't know his stuff.

You picked a good one for #13.

MichaelFortes · 1 year ago

"Al Bowlly's in Heaven" by Richard Thompson sounds like the one to me.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Yes! "Al Bowlly's in Heaven" by Richard Thompson was the last one.

the final list:

1 Gary Lewis & the Playboys, She's Just My Style
2 Carly Simon, Haven't Got Time for the Pain
3 Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine
4 Randy Newman, Leave Your Hat On
5 Arlo Guthrie, City of New Orleans
6 Fiona Apple, I Know
7 George Harrison, Give Me Love
8 Gary Wright, Dream Weaver
9 Eric Clapton, Lay Down Sally
10 Steely Dan, Josie
11 Firefall, Strange Way
12 Melissa Manchester, Don't Cry Out Loud
13 Richard Thompson, Al Bowlly's in Heaven
14 Ringo Starr, No No Song
15 Elvis Costello, God's Comic
16 Cracker, Happy Birthday to Me
17 Aimee Mann, Stupid Thing
18 Sheryl Crow, Every Day Is a Winding Road
19 Dolly Parton, Here You Come Again
20 Nilsson, Without You

and the puzzle song:

21 Little Village, Don't Bug Me When I'm Working

Brian, if you give us your contact info, there's a prize for you.

Thanks, again, everyone for playing!

Brian Ibbott · 1 year ago

Sweet! I'll send my info right away!