DISQUS

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

#21 - "The Red Telephone" by Love

Beau · 1 year ago

I had never heard this song, but upon digging up the lyrics and a sample at AllMusic, I think Gary has nailed it. Along with half the list. Great work.

DavidMedsker · 1 year ago

Just looked up the lyrics. "We are normal and we want our freedom." Boom shacka lacka lacka lacka. There's your winner.

Is this on Forever Changes? I need to get that record.

DavidMedsker · 1 year ago

Normal Freedom Wanters?

drcastrato · 1 year ago

Wow, this is WAY harder than I thought. I'm gonna guess #4 is Broken Wings by Mr. Mister.

panhandler · 1 year ago

I concur, with 110% surety. I must suck at music, because I only got this one and #15.

panhandler · 1 year ago

Definitely "Broken Wings." 110% sure. I only got this and #15. I suck. (and I hope this doesn't double-post.)

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

#6 - "You're No Good" - Linda Rondstat
#7 - "Hang on Sloopy" - The McCoys
#12 - "Dance With Me" - Orleans
#18 - "Tell Him" - The Exciters
#19 - "Chuck E's in Love" - Rickie Lee Jones
#20 - "Take Your Mama" - Scissor Sisters

Scraps · 1 year ago

All guesses so far are correct except "Hang On Sloopy".

Gary, there's a maximum of three guesses allowed between updates of the list.

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

Sorry about my overzealousness. I'll calm it down next time.

Scraps · 1 year ago

No problem.

WHarrisBullzEye · 1 year ago

6 - 19 are, for whatever reason, hung up in "buffering" mode, but I think #2 might be "Sweet Freedom," by Michael McDonald.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not "Sweet Freedom".

DavidMedsker · 1 year ago

#2: "Breakin'" Ollie & Jerry
#15: "Obsession," Animotion

That big drum bit on #5 is killing me...

Scraps · 1 year ago

Those are both correct.

Scraps · 1 year ago

[This comment was a lengthy mistake.]

jasonhare · 1 year ago

Is #11 "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band?

suretytek · 1 year ago

#11 is Let it Whip by Dazz Band.

This is pretty fun, thanks Scraps!

Edit - drat, Jason beat me to it.

Doug · 1 year ago

This is way fun.
#7 is Sherry by The Four Seasons.

Doug · 1 year ago

This is way fun.
#7 is Sherry by The Four Seasons.

drcastrato · 1 year ago

My second guess is: #11 - Dazz Band "Let it Whip" ?

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Let It Whip" and "Sherry" are correct as well. Update to follow.

chmied01 · 1 year ago

I thought for sure that #12 was Mamaloi by the Doobie Brothers, though that would have been a bit obscure. But when I cued up "Dance with me" by the Orleans it definitely has that riff in it about 12 seconds from the end.

#10 sounds like Easy, by Lionel Ritchie

Good Luck

Scraps · 1 year ago

Here's the update:
<ol>
<li> </li>
<li>Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us) </li>
<li> </li>
<li>Mr. Mister, Broken Wings </li>
<li> </li>
<li>Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good </li>
<li>Four Seasons, Sherry </li>
<li> </li>
<li> </li>
<li> </li>
<li>Dazz Band, Let It Whip </li>
<li>Orleans, Dance With Me </li>
<li> </li>
<li> </li>
<li>Animotion, Obsession </li>
<li> </li>
<li> </li>
<li>Exciters, Tell Him </li>
<li>Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love </li>
<li>Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out </li>
</ol>

Everyone may make up to three guesses again (and one guess at the puzzle clip).

Scraps · 1 year ago

Let's try that again, without HTML:

1.
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3.
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5.
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8.
9.
10.
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13.
14.
15. Animotion, Obsession
16.
17.
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not "Easy".

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

10. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" - Elton John
17. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations

MichaelWSP · 1 year ago

First, great idea. Thank you for the hard work necessary in setting this up.

Secondly, anyone who knew any of these other than 12, 15 and 18. You all scare me. A LOT.



That would be excellent.

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Ball of Confusion" is correct.

"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is not.

Doug · 1 year ago

The only other one I know is #10: Easy by The Commodores

Scraps · 1 year ago

Apparently #10 sounds a good deal like "Easy", but it is not.

swede · 1 year ago

shine a light, rolling stones for #10?

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not "Shine a Light".

Melz · 1 year ago

#10 is Goodbye Yellowbrick Road by Elton John

#1 is I Could Fall In Love by Selena

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is correct! Gary Oxford's guess was close.

Not "I Could Fall In Love"

didyouevernotice · 1 year ago

1. I'm So Happy That I Can't Stop Crying - Sting

Melz · 1 year ago

#8 is Waterfalls by TLC

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not "Waterfalls".

Not "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying".

Scraps · 1 year ago

I'll be away from my computer for a few hours, so here's another update.

1.
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3.
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5.
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8.
9.
10. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13.
14.
15. Animotion, Obsession
16.
17. Temptations, Ball of Confusion
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out

I'll check in before going to sleep. If there are songs remaining unguessed by morning, I'll post longer clips (probably by noon).

Beau · 1 year ago

First attempt before reading any updates:

1. "Key Largo," Bertie Higgins
2. Something by the Jets
3. no idea
4. "Broken Wings," Mr. Mister
5. no idea
6. "You're No Good," Carly Simon
7. no idea
8. no idea
9. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," James Brown
10. "Everything I Do, I Do It For You," Bryan Adams
11. "Cruel to be Kind," Nick Lowe
12. no idea
13. no idea
14. are you kidding me?
15. "Stand Back," Stevie Nicks
16. what?
17. The People's Court
18. that song in all the ads
19. "Let's Get It On," Marvin Gaye
20. no idea
21. huh?

Beau · 1 year ago

Oh dear -- I misunderstood the instructions. Sorry about that.

I was only sure of #4 and #6 (though I see I got confused on the artist name for #6). The other guesses are basically jokes. At most, one of those is correct.

Beau · 1 year ago

So now that I've read everything, I'll submit two actual guesses. And I'll emphasize that they're GUESSES.

1. "Key Largo," Bertie Higgins
9. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," James Brown

Can't believe I missed Animotion and the Dazz Band.

Is it possible to delete my two previous comments?

Neel Mehta · 1 year ago

#4 sounds like both...

Cruisin' by Smokey Robinson AND
Show Me Love by Robyn

... but is probably neither.

Neel Mehta · 1 year ago

Sorry, meant #8. This way I can be twice as wrong.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Well, "Show Me Love" is right!

MC_Snocap · 1 year ago

Samplers Delight!

#9 = Lesley Gore, "It's My Party"?

MC_Snocap · 1 year ago

Aw, if #8 is Robyn, "L" can't be next. Sorry.

Scraps · 1 year ago

You're right: It's not Leslie Gore ( or any version of "It's My Party").

Jeremy1Esq · 1 year ago

16 is Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty by Nature?

Jeremy1Esq · 1 year ago

5 is If you leave by OMD?

Jeremy1Esq · 1 year ago

2 is Crush on You by the Jets?

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not "Crush", "If You Leave", or "Hip Hip Hooray", but one of those guesses is close.

DavidMedsker · 1 year ago

I'm convinced that #5 is an Aerosmith song. You can hear it in the drums. Is it "Cryin'"?

All I know is the word "Freedom" is staring me dead in the face when I look at the letters of the artists. In fact, the clue looks like "Formal Freedom" something or other. And I swear #14 is an *NSync song. I've searched up and down but I haven't found it yet. But it's some boy pop song, that I know. Curse you, Scraps.

MichaelFortes · 1 year ago

#5 sounds like "Angry Chair" by Alice In Chains.
#8 sounds like "Creep" by TLC.

Eli · 1 year ago

14 is definitely "Bye Bye Bye", N'Sync.

Um, almost definitely?

(It was my girlfriend who knew it! I swear!)

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Angry Chair" is correct (so not "Cryin'").

"Show Me Love" is correct (so not "Creep")/

Not "Bye Bye Bye".

Six songs left (plus the puzzle song):

1.
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3.
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5. Alice in Chains, Angry Chair
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8. Robyn, Show Me Love
9.
10. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13.
14.
15. Animotion, Obsession
16.
17. Temptations, Ball of Confusion
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out

DavidMedsker · 1 year ago

#16: Naughty by Nature, "Feel Me Flow"

Bastard · 1 year ago

The last poster must be right - #5 is Angry Chair by Alice in Chains.
I didn't see #14 as gotten yet - so my guess is "I Wanna Be Bad" by Willa Ford.

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Feel Me Flow" and "I Wanna Be Bad" are correct! Only four songs left (plus the puzzle song):

1.
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3.
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5. Alice in Chains, Angry Chair
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8. Robyn, Show Me Love
9.
10. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13.
14. Willa Ford, I Wanna Be Bad
15. Animotion, Obsession
16. Naughty by Nature, Feel Me Flow
17. Temptations, Ball of Confusion
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out

I'm going to make longer clips for the remaining four.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Longer clips have been uploaded for the four remaining songs:

1 - longer clip 1

3 - longer clip 3

9 - longer clip 9

13 - longer clip 13

MichaelFortes · 1 year ago

OK, #3 sounds like "Brand New Key" by Melanie.

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

#3 - "England Swings" by Roger Miller

Scraps · 1 year ago

"England Swings" is correct.

"Brand New Key" is not.

Scraps · 1 year ago

I'm going to be gone for a couple hours. Here's how it looks:

1.
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3. Roger Miller, England Swings
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5. Alice in Chains, Angry Chair
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8. Robyn, Show Me Love
9.
10. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13.
14. Willa Ford, I Wanna Be Bad
15. Animotion, Obsession
16. Naughty by Nature, Feel Me Flow
17. Temptations, Ball of Confusion
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out

plus the puzzle song still remains.

ripper · 1 year ago

I have no Idea what the remaining songs are. However the clue should read, "normal freedom wanters". So I'm wondering, is the mystery song by Slave?

ripper · 1 year ago

I have no idea what the remaining songs are. However, the clue will read, "normal freedom wanters". Is the mystery song by Slave?

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

God, I hate you for this. And by "Hate" I mean LOVE!!! This is awesome. But I swear that song #1 has been on the tip of my tongue for hours now - I kept going back to Richard Marx and well, Richard Marx wrote #1 for *NSync - "This I Promise You"

Don't even ask how a grown man knows this, or how a grown man without children pulled this off his CD rack to listen to it. I won't tell ya.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Indeed it is "This I Promise You".

Beau · 1 year ago

NORMAL FRIED ON WANTERS?

Scraps · 1 year ago

I like "NORMAL FRIED ON WANTERS", but no, that is not the clue.

Scraps · 1 year ago

NORMAL FREEDOM WANTERS is indeed the clue for clip 21.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Song 9 was a number one pop and r&b hit, by far the biggest hit of its performer's career. The song was written, though, by a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, responsible for many hits, who can be heard playing piano on this clip.

Song 13 was not a hit single, but is a well known song from a famous album often cited as a proto-punk album. It has been covered by David Bowie, John Cale, and Television Personalities, and features prominently in a cult movie.

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

#9 - "Mother-in-Law" by Ernie K-Doe

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Mother-in-Law" is correct (and the songwriter/pianist is Allen Toussaint).

One to go -- plus the puzzle song.

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

#13 - "Pablo Picasso" by the Modern Lovers

no frickin' clue on #21

Scraps · 1 year ago

"Pablo Picasso" it is.

Looks like I'm going to have to make a longer clip of the puzzle song. Hang on--

Scraps · 1 year ago

A longer clip for the Puzzle Song:

Puzzle Song

The clue is NORMAL FREEDOM WANTERS.

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

Even with the longer clip and the clue - the puzzle clip is ridiculously difficult. Still have no clue.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Ach.

The clue is a reference to a lyric within the song, well known to fans.

If the clip reminds unguessed by 12:30 PM tomorrow -- 48 hours after the game started -- I'll post a considerably longer clip and a more explicit clue.

I'm not sure how many people are following at this point, but I remain -- perhaps misguidedly -- confident that there are people reading this site who know the song.

ShalimarBojangles · 1 year ago

Well, I'll be hornswaggled.

The clue looks like it'll read "Normal Freedom Wanters", but the only song that makes me think of is "We Are Normal" by the Bonzo Dog Band, and Clip 21 certainly doesn't sound like that.

I be stumped, yo.

Scraps · 1 year ago

Not Slave.

Gavin · 1 year ago

1. General Public, Tenderness
13. Modern Lovers, Pablo Picasso

Gavin · 1 year ago

#21--The Eagles, "Take It to the Limit"?

Scraps · 1 year ago

Ding ding ding!

Gary has it: "The Red Telephone" from the great FOREVER CHANGES by Love. "We're All Normal and We Want Our Freedom" was used as the title for the tribute album to Love in 1995.

the final results:

1. 'N Sync, This I Promise You
2. Ollie & Jerry, Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us)
3. Roger Miller, England Swings
4. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
5. Alice in Chains, Angry Chair
6. Linda Ronstadt, You're No Good
7. Four Seasons, Sherry
8. Robyn, Show Me Love
9. Ernie K-Doe, Mother-in-Law
10. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Dazz Band, Let It Whip
12. Orleans, Dance With Me
13. Modern Lovers, Pablo Picasso
14. Willa Ford, I Wanna Be Bad
15. Animotion, Obsession
16. Naughty by Nature, Feel Me Flow
17. Temptations, Ball of Confusion
18. Exciters, Tell Him
19. Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E's In Love
20. Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mama Out

and the puzzle song:
21. Love, The Red Telephone

Congratulations, Gary, and thank you for playing, everybody! The game will be back with a new puzzle next Friday at 12:30 PM.

Gary Oxford · 1 year ago

Thank you. I'd like to thank Sergey Brin and Larry Page for Google, the AllMusic guide for their David Bowie and John Cale discographies, and all the other fine players who knew songs I would have never gotten in eleventy kajillion years. And most of all, thanks to Scraps, for all the effort in putting together such a fun game.

jefito · 1 year ago

Way to go, Gary! Head to our Contact Page and drop me a line with your address -- we've got a prize for you.

Bastard No. 1 · 1 year ago

My knowledge of Willa Ford and NSync got you a prize, Gary - at least I'm happy the sh*t in my brain is being put to some good use! :)