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Life in song titles

2008-11-06

I grabbed this baton I saw first saw at Konna’s officially from tshalina (both German) – the task:

Describe yourself with song titles from iTunes your hard disk, formerly known as record shelf.

For simplicity and the fun of it, I’m using only songs from Queen (+ solo). (And I got all of those in my CD shelf, too, of course.) Each linked to Youtube (some live) or LastFM (the 2nd isn’t currently available, though).

  • Male or female: White Man (A Day At The Races, 1976)
  • Describe yourself: Dirty Mind (The Cross: New Dark Ages, 1991)
  • How do others think about you: Stone Cold Crazy (Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)
  • How do you think about yourself: I’m Going Slightly Mad (Innuendo, 1991)
  • Describe where you’d like to be: Seaside Rendezvous (A Night At The Opera, 1975)
  • Describe what you’d like to be: The Guv’nor (Brian May: Another World, 1998)
  • Describe your life style: Foolin’ Around (Freddie Mercury: Mr Bad Guy, 1985)
  • Your favorite hobby: Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon (A Night At The Opera, 1975)
  • Your town: I can’t decide between Let Me Out and Man Made Paradise. ;) (Brian May: Star Fleet EP, 1983 / Freddie Mercury: Mr Bad Guy, 1985)
  • Where do you see yourself in 10 years: On Top Of The World Ma (The Cross: Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know, 1990)
  • Characteristics you like on people: Staying Power (Hot Space, 1982)
  • Characteristics that annoy you: Liar, Liar (Queen I, 1973 and The Cross: Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know, 1990)
  • Life motto: Believe In Yourself (Roger Taylor: Electric Fire, 1998)
  • Goal/wish for 2009: Fun It (Jazz, 1978)
  • And finally a few words of wisdom: Don’t Lose Your Head (A Kind Of Magic, 1986)

If you like, take this baton – the German bloggers I’m passing it to: Prinzzess, Hans and David.

Music Quiz 36

2008-11-04

Welcome to the latest music quiz, this time with picture riddles again. Will some of them be too easy today again…?

Let’s start with a rebus:

1.) Which song title (by whom) is this?

Musik-Quiz 36.1

Gelöst von Julia: “Glory Days” von Bruce Springsteen (Goal or y daisy) (Video)

2.) Which song title (by whom) is this?

Musik-Quiz 36.2

Gelöst von symBadisch: “Holy Diver” von Dio (Video)

3.) Which song title (by whom) is this?

Musik-Quiz 36.3
Hagebutten-Foto von benedeki/sxc

Gelöst von Julia: “Hip To Be Square” von Huey Lewis and the News (Hagebutte=hip, 2 bee(s), im Quadrat=square) (Video)

Zum Abschluss noch ein einfaches, und das wäre dann alles, was ich vorbereitet habe:

4.) Which song title (by whom) is this?

Musik-Quiz 36.4

Gelöst von Julia, David und symBadisch waren nur ein kleines bisschen später dran: “Infinity 2008” von Guru Josh Project (Video; und das Original von 1990, besser, da ohne den blöden Text)

Das war’s für heute, danke fürs Mitmachen, bis nächsten Dienstag!

Music Quiz 35

2008-10-28

Welcome to the latest music quiz – this time as initial letter riddle: I show the first letters of each word of titles or several lines from the lyrics, and you have to guess title and artist.

If you need examples, check out the quiz from 5 Aug…

Like last time: There’s a bunch of 5 riddles this afternoon – and another 5 at about 20:00! And if needed, I’ll give hints from time to time (but in German, unless there actually is an English participant)… In case of doubt, I used the lyrics versions from LyricWiki.

Artist / Title

#

Artist

Title

Hints

Solution

1:

D P

S O T W

Klassiker

Deep Purple: Smoke On The Water
solved by Julia

2:

A M

T I T L

Amy Macdonald: This Is The Life
solved by Julia

Lyrics

#

Lyrics

Hints

Solution

3:

I g t a l t d m a f y
T n t a h m o m c e d
I b t r d i A
G t s t t d t t w n h, o

kontinental

Toto: Africa
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had, ooh
solved by Konna

4:

N n n n n n n
I w s a f
N n n n n n n
I w s a f

S s w
I s a r s
I g m r m
A I d n y

Charts

Pink: So What
Na na na na na na na
I wanna start a fight
Na na na na na na na
I wanna start a fight

So so what?
I’m still a rock star
I got my rock moves
And I don’t need you
solved by Julia

5:

B y a b m a b n
P i t s g b a b m s d
Y g m o y f
Y b d
K y c a o t p

Klassiker;
← 3 Zeilen ergänzt;
königlich

Queen: We Will Rock You
Buddy you’re a boy make a big noise
Playin’ in the street gonna be a big man some day
Ya got mud on yo’ face
Ya big disgrace
Kickin’ your can all over the place
solved by Julia

And here’s the rest, as announced:

Artist / Title

#

Artist

Title

Hints

Solution

6:

R

T T E O A C

2008

Reamonn: Through The Eyes Of A Child
solved by David

7:

P F

D S o t M

Album
a classic

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
solved by David

Lyrics

#

Lyrics

Hints

Solution

8:

I a t
N b a f
D t m o w a n g u

I a t
N a d-t
I d h t p t k i o t u

2008
a very small band, if you will;
problematic;
by the way, is there a console game from this band? ;)

Weezer: Troublemaker
I’m a troublemaker
Never been a faker
Doing things my own way and never giving up

I’m a troublemaker
Not a double-taker
I don’t have the patience to keep it on the up
solved by Julia

9:

T n w b, w n u h b
C I j h t s, w s w m
I t m, d f m a t
W a t f r, o j s k o h
6 t n o t b
H a f w s t b r

1982
look at the number…
it’s also an abbreviation
and the important thing here;
höllisch schwer, hm?

Iron Maiden – The number of the beast
The night was black, was no use holding back,
‘Cause I just had to see, was someone watching me.
In the mist, dark figures move and twist,
Was all this for real, or just some kind of hell.
666 the Number of the Beast.
Hell and fire was spawned to be released.
solved by Julia

10:

O y e, o y m
P l a g d p t b b
T i y, b o i
B t m t w i y h

W y o m s t
I I e n t
W y g i t r
I I c e

1997
don’t be blind…
and a little pride can’t hurt

Guano Apes: Open Your Eyes
Open your eyes, open your mind
proud like a god don’t pretend to be blind
trapped in yourself, break out instead
beat the machine that works in your head

Will you offer me some tricks
if I ever need them
would you go into that room
if I call ’em
solved by David

Danke fürs Mitmachen, bis nächsten Dienstag, wieder um 16 Uhr. :bye:

Music Quiz 34

2008-10-22

Welcome to my music quiz – whichever type you may have expected, it’s picture riddle time again. :)

1.) Which song title (by whom) is displayed here?

Musik-Quiz 34.1

Gelöst von Pierre: “Saints of Los Angeles” von Mötley Crüe – Video auf Youtube

2.) Which song title (by whom) is displayed here?

Musik-Quiz 34.2

Zuerst gelöst von David (Pierre kam 21 Sekunden später): “Eyes Without A Face” von Billy Idol (Gesicht ohne Augen, aber andersrum) – Video auf Youtube

3.) Und welcher Liedtitel (von wem) ist das?

Vielleicht etwas fies, dieser Rebus – aber man muss ihn nicht unbedingt komplett lösen, um aufs Lied zu kommen:

Musik-Quiz 34.3

Gelöst von Julia: “Maybellene i Hofteholder” von Volbeat – Video auf Youtube

4.) Welcher BANDNAME ist das?

Musik-Quiz 34.4

Gelöst von David (27 Sekunden vor Josie): Black Stone Cherry (Video von “Blind Man”).

Danke fürs Mitmachen, nächsten Dienstag um 16 Uhr gibt’s das nächste Quiz!

The longest line of song lyrics (and a good song, too)

2008-10-20

58 words in one line are quite a lot, aren’t they? It looks like this (together with the line before that ends with “single”):

And if anyone can show me just one example in the history of the world of a single
Spiritual or religious person who has been able to prove either logically or empirically the existence of a higher power that has any consciousness or interest in the human race or ability to punish or reward humans for there moral choices or that there is any reason – other than fear – to believe in any version of an afterlife

And as you can see, the contents are good, too :mrgreen: – it’s “If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out (Take My Wife)” by Tim Minchin, here’s the video:

You can also listen to and download the MP3 file of this and other songs on his official site. The full lyrics can be found elsewhere, e.g. here.

(via GWUP-Blog)

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