Wednesday, October 15, 2008

It's another case of mistaken identity!

Inspired by Toffeeboy's homonyms game, I plunged into my own collection to see how many songs I could find that had the same name as some better known tunes. Surprisingly few, as it turned out. But here is, as House of Pain would say, the cream of the crop (apart from Blackbird, which is beautiful would be too obviously by a Mercury-nominated folk group from the north east).

In true RR fashion, I've stretched Toffeeboy's rules a bit – Cannonball is a one-word title but as a word, it's hardly been common currency since Cromwell, and It's a Wonderful Life isn't a homonym for Black's hit, but it's a great film and this list needed some alt.country – so, press play and guess the artist. There's precisely nothing here by

• The Mamas and The Papas!
• The Chemical Brothers!
• Iggy and the Stooges!
• Patsy Kensit and Eighth Wonder!
• Foreigner!
• Van Morrison!
• Stevie Wonder!
• James (thanks, gremlinfc)!
• The Four Tops!
• INXS!
• The Chemical Brothers (again!!)!
• James Stewart and Donna Reed!
• The Police!
• Queen!
• The Breeders!
• Radiohead!

As always, I hope you have fun…

EDIT: I'm turning this into a Podbean to see if that works…
EDIT2: The quiz is currently down for maintenance. It should be back up at lunchtime. Sorry about this.
EDIT3: Here we go again… and it works. Yeehaw! And Rich, you're right, that is Sparklehorse.

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26 comments:

  1. ShoegazerOctober 16, 2008 at 12:05 AM

    Aha, more fun with Boxtr - nice one.

    Working deaf, will take a stab at Damien Rice for Cannonball & The Jam for Setting Sun, even though it's the wrong type of sun.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 16, 2008 at 12:08 AM

    Gareth, are you out of bandwidth?

    I only got the 'wonderful' Sparklehorse to play before it jumped forward to Carole's KC Larks' Tongues.

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  3. gremlinfcOctober 16, 2008 at 12:09 AM

    it could be my machine but i can't heat owt!!!

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  4. gremlinfcOctober 16, 2008 at 12:11 AM

    that should say 'hear' of course

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  5. AnonymousOctober 16, 2008 at 12:25 AM

    That Baby Don't Cry is an ace piece of funk!

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  6. gremlinfcOctober 16, 2008 at 12:26 AM

    Guess work pure & simple :
    * Sex Pistols - No Fun
    * Orange jUICE - cAN'T hELP mYSELF
    * James or Placebo - Come Home
    How'd i do boss?

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  7. GarethIOctober 16, 2008 at 7:53 AM

    So far, we've got a right Sparklehorse, gremlin. Although I did hear the edited version of I Can't Help Myself on the radio last night. Why did Coe play the radio edit after 10pm? "Runts", indeed…
    DsD – my bandwidth seems to be alright.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 16, 2008 at 8:28 AM

    Don't have time this morning, but only 3 tunes would play last night.

    Back later.

    DsD

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  9. May1366October 16, 2008 at 12:25 PM

    Gah, I didn't miss out on pilfering the Orange Juice track while it was up on Boxstr. Will have to fathom out Blimpy's instructions for downloading off the Podbean players.

    Overall, though, holy hatful of homonymns, Batman - this must be the work of The Riddler.

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  10. May1366October 16, 2008 at 12:29 PM

    Missed out an anguished, "did I?" at the end of that first sentence. The answer is, yes, I did.

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  11. GarethIOctober 16, 2008 at 12:57 PM

    That's no Orange Juice, May1366. This one is so strong that you get the radio edit clean version after the watershed. In fact, had it been released in time, it would have been a beauty for the sweary songs list…

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  12. AnonymousOctober 16, 2008 at 1:33 PM

    Uunnhh? Where's me downloadable Boxstrs gone?!

    Bloody glad I got the Third Guitar safely into the Inbox last night.

    The voice on Can't Help Myself is annoying me with the bodyswerves it keeps giving my brain's Voicematcher® - it's not quite Nick Cave, and far too far south for Edwyn Collins; I'm gonna kick myself, I just know it ...

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  13. GarethIOctober 16, 2008 at 1:42 PM

    Rich, I took them all down as they weren't playing properly. I've turned them all into proper mp3s now, so will try to put them back up when I get back from HMHB.

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  14. ToffeeBoyOctober 16, 2008 at 8:20 PM

    I can't get the Podbean to work - each track takes ages to load then sits there doing nothing for a while...

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  15. gremlinfcOctober 16, 2008 at 10:23 PM

    Got one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    No Fun = Vitalic - get in !

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  16. gremlinfcOctober 16, 2008 at 10:57 PM

    Got another 1 !!!
    Tourist = Gonzales!!!!!!!!!
    Go Gremlin go Gremlin...........

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  17. gremlinfcOctober 16, 2008 at 11:02 PM

    Hattrick!!!
    Come Home = Findlay Brown.
    Will stop there before i spoil everyone's fun.
    PS - has noone recognised the rock god on my post? Blad patch just to throw you...

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  18. AnonymousOctober 16, 2008 at 11:10 PM

    @ gremlin - What? You mean it ISN'T Hugh Cornwell?? Or were my references actually too subtle?
    [*Splutter!* "Subtle? DsD?! Mutually exclusive, I'd say! - Ed.]

    @ Gareth - Sorry, didn't mean to sound sulky earlier! I did start listening this evening, but have been distracted by Calexico completely transforming the forgettable album version of Red Blooms into a thing of total guitar beauty on FabChannel.

    Anyway, I'm being a wuss tonight 'cause I'm knackered.

    G'night all.

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  19. gremlinfcOctober 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM

    @darceysdad - oh away wit cha you are a one ain't cha - you are most correct good sir - it's the man himself and what an absolute gent he is too.

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  20. GarethIOctober 17, 2008 at 12:27 AM

    Rich, relax – you didn't sound sulky. It's annoying for me when you put something like this up and it won't work for some of you and Toffeeboy. Have you tried it in another browser, Toffeeboy? I'm using Firefox (both here and at work) and it's playing without problems on that.

    Anyway:
    3 is Vitalic (gremlinfc),
    8 is Findlay Brown (gremlinfc),
    12 is Sparklehorse (DsD),
    16 is Gonzales (gremlinfc)

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  21. ToffeeBoyOctober 17, 2008 at 10:03 AM

    @ garethi - it's working now - listening and enjoying in ignorant bliss (so far).

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  22. ToffeeBoyOctober 17, 2008 at 10:18 AM

    Well #6 is The Isley Brothers- and a dang fine track it is too.

    In fact garethi, if you ever get tired of your record collection I think I could find a home for it - I'm loving this playlist.

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  23. GarethIOctober 17, 2008 at 10:24 AM

    Thanks, Toffeeboy. I've been casting around for an Isley Brothers CD with this and Fight The Power on it – both of mine are from compilations.

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  24. ToffeeBoyOctober 17, 2008 at 10:30 AM

    Brown Eyed Girl was on Live It Up - which I once had on vinyl but it's long since disappeared into the ether...

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  25. AnonymousOctober 18, 2008 at 9:57 AM

    Setting Sun is The Aliens (bit of a giveaway at the end of the track)

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  26. GarethIOctober 21, 2008 at 10:14 PM

    Yeah, it is a bit of a giveaway, but I like it…
    Anyway, the full list is:
    1. Sing For Your Supper - Cathy Davey
    2. Setting Sun - Howling Bells
    3. No Fun - Vitalic
    4. I'm Not Scared - Ladytron
    5. Cold As Ice - Atlas Sound
    6. Brown Eyed Girl - The Isley Brothers
    7. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Pelle Carlberg
    8. Come Home - Findlay Brown
    9. I Can't Help Myself – The Bookhouse Boys
    10. Baby Don't Cry - Third Guitar
    11. Setting Sun - The Aliens
    12. It's A Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse
    13. Walking On The Moon - Rev. Jamel & Bob Johnson
    14. The Show Must Go On - The Real Tuesday Weld
    15. Cannonball - Cathy Davey
    16. The Tourist - Gonzales

    Rich, Baby Don't Cry is from The World's Rarest Funk 45s Volume 2. It's worth getting the whole album.

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