Decipher the Song Titles, Name the Artist

[murlough23]

Leave.
Strange.
Imitation of Life.
Endgame.
Try Not to Breathe
Belong.

I'm surprised that nobody got any of those - none of them were particularly difficult (although I suppose it's easy enough to forget the title of an instrumental piece).

You're right; I should have gotten all of those. I was thinking too hard.

I give up.

Full-frontal nudity was screwed over = Monty Got a Raw Deal

[danny316]

Yeesh - try not to imagine the ending. My beloved automobile. Have faith. Don't take that away from me. Doctor's lobby. I, who's pathetic. Your tune.

OK, so nobody tried this one. See, Murlough introduced this game at CMC a few years ago and this band was one of his first few puzzles. "Try not to imagine the ending" is "Don't Dream it's Over" - and I figured that would give this away for the slightly more difficult ones. I only did really easy ones and new songs.

My beloved automobile. = My Dear Machine
Have faith. = Trust
Don't take that away from me. = Give it Back
Doctor's lobby. = The Waiting Room
I, who's pathetic. = Loser Like Me
Your tune. = Melody of You

...and no, I'm not telling you who the artist is.

[murlough23]

OK, so nobody tried this one. See, Murlough introduced this game at CMC a few years ago and this band was one of his first few puzzles. "Try not to imagine the ending" is "Don't Dream it's Over" - and I figured that would give this away for the slightly more difficult ones. I only did really easy ones and new songs.

I don't know the titles of any of Sixpence's new songs, and there weren't that many clues to begin with, so I assumed it was an artist I wasn't familiar with.

[danny316]

Full-frontal nudity was screwed over = Monty Got a Raw Deal

What the heck? Am I too young to get this one?

[murlough23]

What the heck? Am I too young to get this one?

Ever heard of the Full Monty?

And getting a raw deal means you got screwed over by someone trying to cheat you.

Maybe I should have said "Mr. Python was the recipient of an uncooked transaction."

NP: "Thank God", After Edmund

[murlough23]

One more, just to see if folks are getting tired of this or not.

Set #10: Coldplay
Leader of the world's longest involuntary wilderness excursion.

Already Guessed:
770 mph. (Speed of Sound)
Convoluted reasoning. (Twisted Logic)
None of us are dynamic. (We Never Change)
All stuff can be found. (Everything's Not Lost)
Yahweh brightened your countenance. (God Put a Smile Upon Your Face)
Experimental individual. (The Scientist)
Upgraded sundials. (Clocks)
A conveyance of information not to be overheard. (A Whisper)
Intoxicated amphetamine. (High Speed)
Involuntary response to hypothermia. (Shiver)
Perpetraitors of espionage. (Spies)
Bother. (Trouble)
Cowardly, according to cowboys. (Yellow)
Downward acceleration dampeners. (Parachutes)
Advice to galactic hitchhikers. (Don't Panic)
Typical axis labels. (X&Y)
Thing to leave when I don't answer. (A Message)
Hazard indicator. (Warning Sign)
Succumbed to a tsunami. (Swallowed in the Sea)
Electrostatic discharges. (Sparks)
Photographic inverse of silhouettes. (White Shadows)
Most challenging component. (Hardest Part)
Where my stand-in stands. (In My Place)
What St. Peter likely experienced while dying. (A Rush of Blood to the Head)
Envious facial characteristics. (Green Eyes)
PBS show about math. (Square One)
That which is saved in March (formerly April). (Daylight)

[danny316]

Coldplay?

770 mph is the Speed of Sound.

Actually, I think I see a few others here:

Convoluted reasoning = Twisted Logic
None of us are dynamic = We Never Change
All Stuff Can Be Found = Everything's Not Lost
Hazard Indicator = Warning
Yahweh brightened your countenance = God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Experimental individual = The Scientist
Upgraded sundials = Clocks
A conveyance of information not to be overheard = Whisper

[murlough23]

Coldplay?

Yes.

Hazard Indicator = Warning

All of your answers so far are right except for this one (you're on the right track, but the song title is inaccurate).

[spacebrat311]

Intoxicated amphetamine. = High Speed
Involuntary response to hypothermia. = Shiver
Perpetraitors of espionage. = spies
Bother. =trouble
Cowardly, = yellow
Downward acceleration dampeners. = parachutes
Advice to galactic hitchhikers. = don't panic
Typical axis labels. = x&y
Thing to leave when I don't answer. = message

[murlough23]

Intoxicated amphetamine. = High Speed
Involuntary response to hypothermia. = Shiver
Perpetraitors of espionage. = spies
Bother. =trouble
Cowardly, = yellow
Downward acceleration dampeners. = parachutes
Advice to galactic hitchhikers. = don't panic
Typical axis labels. = x&y
Thing to leave when I don't answer. = message

All of those are correct (it's "A Message", and "Cowardly, according to cowboys" was all one clue, but that's inconsequential; you got the right answers).

[spacebrat311]

Hahaha, I mentally separated "according to cowboys." I got cowardly fine on its own, but i couldn't figure out what the hell song according to cowboys was reffereing to.

[danny316]

"Warning" shoud be "Warning Sign".

In my defense, I only picked up A Rush of Blood to the Head this past weekend - I haven't hadn't a chance to really get to know any of their non-Parachutes material yet.

[murlough23]

In my defense, I only picked up A Rush of Blood to the Head this past weekend - I haven't hadn't a chance to really get to know any of their non-Parachutes material yet.

There are 4 left from Rush, and 1 left from Parachutes. I didn't throw anything from the new album in there since it's not out yet. And there's no pre-Parachutes material on the list. That oughta narrow it down.

[danny316]

Set D3: Over the Rhine
A place to stop if you want to die. (this one is difficult)
We're trying everything, and we can't afford acquittals!

Solved:
Female third person pronoun = She
A popular piece of luggage = Suitcase
What you say at a wedding = Hej (I Do)
I won't eat anyone responsible for a song about believing "in a thing called love" = I Will Not Eat the Darkness
Baby Einstein = Little Genius
Homocide. = Murder
Female sibling. = Sister
Bother. = Trouble
Troubled. = Bothered
You can't start a fire without it = Spark
Just all is required = All I Need Is Everything
Ought = Should
Guesses from the murderous driver's distracting passenger = Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Around here, folks are friendly = The People Here Are Not Shy
A type of bug attracted to light = Moth
A type of bug that gives off light = Firefly
"Dear God, I am hung over" = Drunkard's Prayer
You know I'm joking - really, is anyone else here fooled? = Who'm I Kidding But Me?
If water fills my lungs = If I'm Drowning
A song for the maker of shit = Poopsmith Song
Similar to a musical piece of furniture = Like A Radio
A dance with Jesus' mother = Mary's Waltz
What was sent to the author of "On the Road" in February = Jack's Valentine
Second volume of a Led Zeppelin's greatest hits set = Latter Days
Constant radius of silence = Circle of Quiet
My memory won't fail me = I Will Remember
I can procrastinate the planet's priorities = The World Can Wait
Shush, immediately = Hush Now
Reliably risky = Faithfully Dangerous
A town in New York = Poughkeepsie (I also would have accepted "Jig Newton", a rarity I haven't even heard myself yet)
I don't wanna get up = Let's Spend the Day In Bed
Estranged immediate relative = Long Lost Brother
Don't let us forget = Remind Us
What is the duration of your drug use? = How Long Have You Been Stoned?
Who says in his heart "there is no God" = Fool
Ancient European pasture = Flanders Fields
So long, Chuck = Goodbye Charles
I left easy-to-trace graffiti on a bridge = I Painted My Name
It's in a man's pocket. = Il Est Dans Mon Poche

[danny316]

Set #10: Coldplay
Succumbed to a tsunami. = Swallowed in the Sea
Electrostatic discharges. = Sparks
 Photographic inverse of silhouettes. = White Shadows
Most challenging component. = Hardest Part
Where my stand-in stands. = In My Place

Leader of the world's longest involuntary wilderness excursion.

What St. Peter likely experienced while dying. = A Rush of Blood to the Head
Envious facial characteristics. = Green Eyes
PBS show about math.  = Square One
That which is saved in March (formerly April). = Daylight

That last one is one of the remaining 6 songs:
Low
Talk
Fix You
What If
Politik
Amsterdam

[NinjaRob17]

Set D3 is Over the Rhine.

Homocide = Murder
What You Say at a Wedding = Changes Come?
Female Sibling = Sister
A Type of Bug Attracted To Light = Moth

[enemy anemone]

I made an OtR set already (a much shorter one) and did some of the same songs with similar clues. I'll wait to post so someone else can join in the fun.

[danny316]

Schil, I remembered liking one that you had for "Lucy", but I didn't realize you had a larger set. In the interest of following the "don't be a dick" rule of courtesy, here are her clues, my similar clues, and their answers:

lacking someone in first place  = There is no first place. = Nobody Number One
round on both ends and high in the middle = Midwestern state. = OHIO
Missourian motto = Missouri's nickname. = Show Me (oddly enough, neither clue was particularly good, since it's actually part of the nickname)
but is it hello? = Goodbye (This is not Goodbye) (I did not include this one)
the doctor is in and dislikes the beagle = Lucy (I knew I couldn't top Schil's)
my holiday gifts are without exception the same cerulean = All I Ever Get For Christmas is Blue (which I didn't try)

[murlough23]

Succumbed to a tsunami. = Swallowed in the Sea
Electrostatic discharges. = Sparks
 Photographic inverse of silhouettes. = White Shadows
Most challenging component. = Hardest Part
Where my stand-in stands. = In My Place
What St. Peter likely experienced while dying. = A Rush of Blood to the Head
Envious facial characteristics. = Green Eyes
PBS show about math.  = Square One
That which is saved in March (formerly April). = Daylight

Yes.

That last one is one of the remaining 6 songs:
Low
Talk
Fix You
What If
Politik
Amsterdam

No.

[danny316]

Mur, I went through the tracklists on Amazon track-by-track. I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything.

[murlough23]

Mur, I went through the tracklists on Amazon track-by-track. I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything.

I said the song wasn't pre-Parachutes and it wasn't from their new album. I didn't say it was from a studio album.

[danny316]

Set D3 is Over the Rhine.

Homocide = Murder
Female Sibling = Sister

Yes.

What You Say at a Wedding = Changes Come?
A Type of Bug Attracted To Light = Moth

No on the first one. I probably should have noted that as difficult - the song sort of has two titles. It's also one of the few songs of theirs that I really don't like.

Moth is correct, but that clue looks very good next to the one after it, so I'll leave it in for now.

I'm surprised that nobody chuckled at some of my clues actually being song lyrics.

[murlough23]

I chuckled at this.

Bother = Trouble
Troubled = Bothered

Punk.

[danny316]

Punk.

Reusing your clue was just way too tempting.

[danny316]

Unfortunately, it looks like another game is at the top of the games phorum now.

Fortunately, I can bump this! It's still here, and we didn't finish either of the last two!

[enemy anemone]

LOL. nobody wants to play the other game. and I think I've given enough time for someone else to work on your OtR set. so I am going to partake of the fun. the ones that have lyrics in them are confusing. also a few share words with the title so maybe they're not right either.

Just all is required = All I Need Is Everything
Ought = Should
Guesses from the murderous driver's distracting passenger = Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
A type of bug attracted to light = Moth
A type of bug that gives off light = Firefly
"Dear God, I am hung over" = Drunkard's Prayer
You know I'm joking - really, is anyone else here fooled? = Who'm I Kidding But Me?
If water fills my lungs = If I'm Drowning
A song for the maker of shit = Poopsmith Song
Similar to a musical piece of furniture = Like A Radio
A dance with Jesus' mother = Mary's Waltz
What was sent to the author of "On the Road" in February = Jack's Valentine
Constant radius of silence = Circle of Quiet
My memory won't fail me = I Will Remember
Female third person pronoun = She
A popular piece of luggage = Suitcase
What you say at a wedding = Hej (I Do)
Around here, folks are friendly = The People Here Are Not Shy
I can procrastinate the planet's priorities = The World Can Wait
You can't start a fire without it = Spark
Shush, immediately = Hush Now
Reliably risky = Faithfully Dangerous
A town in New York = Poughkeepsie
I don't wanna get up = Let's Spend the Day In Bed
Estranged immediate relative = Long Lost Brother
Don't let us forget = Remind Us
What is the duration of your drug use? = How Long Have You Been Stoned?
Who says in his heart "there is no God" = Fool
Ancient European pasture = Flanders Fields
So long, Chuck = Goodbye Charles
I won't eat anyone responsible for a song about believing "in a thing called love" = I Will Not Eat the Darkness
Second volume of a Led Zeppelin's greatest hits set = Latter Days
Baby Einstein = Little Genius

We're trying everything, and we can't afford acquittals! = Only God Can Save Us Now?
I left easy-to-trace graffiti on a bridge = I Painted My Name?
It's in a man's pocket (it can't be Il Est Dans Mon Poche because that would be too easy and "mon poche" is "my pocket". they don't seem to have a song called Handkerchief, Pocketwatch, or Wallet though. don't tell me it has to do with a gun or happy to...be so.)
A place to stop if you want to die. (this one is difficult) = Toledo? Ruby Tuesday? Little Town?

also I want to note that nobody has guessed at the one I keep adding things to! (it's here.)

[danny316]

We're trying everything, and we can't afford acquittals! = Only God Can Save Us Now?

Nope. The song I have in mind has actually appeared on an album.

A town in New York = Poughkeepsie

That's what I was looking for, but if non-album tracks are in, then "Jig Newton" is also acceptable.

I left easy-to-trace graffiti on a bridge = I Painted My Name?

Correct (as are all of the other ones I'm not mentioning separately).

It's in a man's pocket (it can't be Il Est Dans Mon Poche because that would be too easy and "mon poche" is "my pocket". they don't seem to have a song called Handkerchief, Pocketwatch, or Wallet though. don't tell me it has to do with a gun or happy to...be so.)

You were right with "Il Est Dans Mon Poche". See, they don't really know French and they made an embarrassing grammar mistake in the lyrics and title of that one. The gender of "Mon" in "Mon Poche" implies that the speaker is a man.

...as for that last one, you should hear how atrocious my attempts to find a clue for "Happy With Myself?" were.

A place to stop if you want to die. (this one is difficult) = Toledo? Ruby Tuesday? Little Town?

If you're not familiar with The Twilight Zone, you won't get that one. It really is kind of difficult. Also, one of Ric's songs.

also I want to note that nobody has guessed at the one I keep adding things to! (it's here.)

You have me stumped. Is it an artist I'm familiar with? Is it Van Morrison?

[enemy anemone]

See, they don't really know French and they made an embarrassing grammar mistake in the lyrics and title of that one. The gender of "Mon" in "Mon Poche" implies that the speaker is a man.

oh, that's right, I remember reading something about that! (I don't really know French either, just that "mon" is "my". I forgot about the gender of "my". guess I'd better not be calling anyone "mon ami", huh.)

I will think some more on the ones I didn't get...

You have me stumped. Is it an artist I'm familiar with? Is it Van Morrison?

not Van Morrison. I did a phorum search and the following phorumers have made mention of the artist/a song by the artist:
TheWanderer
Brenden
Josh Powell
bethany
Nathan
cowdude
murlough
Vlad!
bloop
dgp
Josh
Tom

[Aaron]

Because I suck at deciphering the titles, I figured I'd make a batch of my own:

Sam Clemens' famous boy - Tom Sawyer
Double Yankee Zulu
Large Cash - The Big Money
Bowling Skeleton
Miss Daisy Was This - Driven
Faroff Notice At Dawn
Tiny Singular Win
Employed Chap
Terrible Nicholas Cage Movie
Nearing The Four-Chamber Organ
Redwoods and Evergreens
Polished Planet
MMCXII
Oh Canada - Anthem
Soar Nocturnally - Fly By Night
Weird City
Robert Greenwald Film
Glass Slipper Dude
Exam in Grand Canyon
Display Without Talking
Easy to carry fruit used in pie
Don't bother that!
Not Predestination - Freewill
French Holiday
Adios Henry, Richard, and George
Glenn Miller tune

[murlough23]

I don't have the first clue for the artist is, but some of these titles appear to translate to the following:

Sam Clemens' famous boy = Either Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn.
Large Cash = Big Money?
Miss Daisy Was This = Driven?
Terrible Nicholas Cage Movie = Family Man? (Oh, but there are so many...)
MMCXII = 1992?
Oh Canada = Anthem?
Soar Nocturnally = Fly by Night?
Glass Slipper Dude = Prince Charming?
Not Predestination = Free Will (since I doubt someone would write a song called "Arminianism")

[Aaron]

you got 6 right. You were off on Terrible Nicholas Cage movie, MMXCII, and Glass Slipper Dude

[murlough23]

you got 6 right. You were off on Terrible Nicholas Cage movie, MMXCII, and Glass Slipper Dude

MMXCII is 2092. Don't know how I screwed that one up the first time.

...Oh, but that can't be the answer, since AllMusic.com doesn't give any exact matches for a song titled "2092". So I'm baffled.

[Aaron]

MMXCII is 2092. Don't know how I screwed that one up the first time.

...Oh, but that can't be the answer, since AllMusic.com doesn't give any exact matches for a song titled "2092". So I'm baffled.

i typed it right in the first post, wrong in the second...MMCXII is the correct one, not MMXCII.  That makes a huge difference

[murlough23]

i typed it right in the first post, wrong in the second...MMCXII is the correct one, not MMXCII.  That makes a huge difference

2112! It's Rush! Woohoo!

(What, no clue about Toronto International Airport?)

[Aaron]

2112! It's Rush! Woohoo!

Yeah, I figured a couple of the clues would give the artist away fairly easily.  Some of the other songs might take a bit more to get.

[enemy anemone]

I haven't given up on this getting solved!

Thatcher against the majority of epistles
soiled cutlery
burgundy pretty girls
it's Allen's other name (and it's not Phillips) added clue: answer is one word.
thus spake Tony and Woods  added clues: album title; also changed "bright burning ones" to "Tony and Woods"
a dragging skirt out of a metro area straddling two states
shared by pirates and woodsmen added clue: answer is one word
metal filament showed the way
bye-o heater closet added clue: album title
her husband's dead and her bread is browned
perhaps, little bird
finally
tabloid; Amish movie edited to add the semicolon
Alison Krauss has a new one added clue: answer is one word
pails of precipitation
adolescent emotion
pound on the door
toilet viewed the numeral
on the register of the ones denied privileges added clues: album title; answer is one word
Starbuck, Racetrack, Athena, Boomer, and Seelix
NC-17
knitting tool arrived on the ground
lefty's paw, Toyota truck, half of Muffet's meal




the artist might go around in something with the same name. added clue: (the hint is in the Japanese name.)

[murlough23]

Nobody's gotten my last Coldplay song yet.

Leader of the world's longest involuntary wilderness excursion.
Hint: This particular wilderness excursion lasted about four decades.

[enemy anemone]

do they have a song called Moses?

[murlough23]

do they have a song called Moses?

Yes indeed. It's from their Live 2003 album and I thought that it had been released as a single, but if not, then maybe it's more obscure than I thought it was.

[spacebrat311]

I haven't given up on this getting solved!

Thatcher against the majority of epistles
soiled cutlery
burgundy pretty girls
it's Allen's other name (and it's not Phillips) added clue: answer is one word.
thus spake Tony and Woods  added clues: album title; also changed "bright burning ones" to "Tony and Woods"
a dragging skirt out of a metro area straddling two states
shared by pirates and woodsmen added clue: answer is one word
metal filament showed the way
bye-o heater closet added clue: album title
her husband's dead and her bread is browned
perhaps, little bird
finally
tabloid; Amish movie edited to add the semicolon
Alison Krauss has a new one added clue: answer is one word
pails of precipitation
adolescent emotion
pound on the door
toilet viewed the numeral
on the register of the ones denied privileges added clues: album title; answer is one word
Starbuck, Racetrack, Athena, Boomer, and Seelix
NC-17
knitting tool arrived on the ground
lefty's paw, Toyota truck, half of Muffet's meal




the artist might go around in something with the same name. added clue: (the hint is in the Japanese name.)

Artist = Neko Case