tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post646977350884132717..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: Oh no, not another feckin' quiz!Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-84408049342565479452008-04-28T14:36:00.000+01:002008-04-28T14:36:00.000+01:00Can I come back in now?Can I come back in now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-17337545715503142072008-04-26T22:16:00.000+01:002008-04-26T22:16:00.000+01:00Bingo!Thank you TB, for putting us all out of our ...Bingo!<BR/><BR/>Thank you TB, for putting us all out of our misery.<BR/><BR/>Happy now, debbym?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for playing.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, setting this made me realise how many songs have an intro that is just a bit of noodling for DJs to talk over. The intro often seems to bear no relation to the song itself, and hence isn't remembered by us.<BR/><BR/>Equally, there a few exceptions, where the intro is so brilliant, we remember it well (and hence it's not much use in an intros quiz - songs like 'You really got me', 'Good Vibrations' 'Wild thing' and so on)glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-49707409996986012832008-04-26T20:22:00.000+01:002008-04-26T20:22:00.000+01:00Got it! The one remaining track is:'2000 Light Yea...Got it! The one remaining track is:<BR/><BR/>'2000 Light Years From Home' from the Rolling Stones' 1967 album Their Satantic Majesties Request.ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-46757886810843099582008-04-26T12:44:00.000+01:002008-04-26T12:44:00.000+01:00TB, you are so right. So, debbym, it seems your wi...TB, you are so right. <BR/><BR/>So, debbym, it seems your wish will be granted, courtesy of the skill & dedication of the 'spill community.<BR/><BR/>Only one more to go, and you already know the band. Think Sgt Pepper...glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-46620720762029987432008-04-26T12:32:00.000+01:002008-04-26T12:32:00.000+01:00I think that number 3 might be Spies by Coldplay.....I think that number 3 might be Spies by Coldplay...ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-29510636750048350432008-04-26T09:52:00.000+01:002008-04-26T09:52:00.000+01:00... just see (above) the effect it's having on my ...... just see (above) the effect it's having on my typing (knoe, symtons, completely missed the preview button...)debbymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320617950592467866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-13628840780755869322008-04-26T09:49:00.000+01:002008-04-26T09:49:00.000+01:00Dearest, dearest, darlingest GHE (wee bit of slimi...Dearest, dearest, darlingest GHE (wee bit of sliming going on there),<BR/>could you pleeeeeeease post the two remaining answers before Monday lunchtime? Pretty, pretty please? I'm off with my Gorgeous Girlie to "take the waters" for 3 or 4 weeks, depending upon how we get on - and my Pre-Teen will be testing his first non-familial flatshare whlie we're gone; all very exciting! - but I don't knoe HOW they're going to be able to teach me to sleep better if, on top of the RR/'Spill withdrawal symtons I'll be suffering per se, I STILL don't know all the answers to this quizdebbymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320617950592467866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-1123313204072666682008-04-25T23:22:00.000+01:002008-04-25T23:22:00.000+01:00Welcome TB, you're not too late as this has been ...Welcome TB, you're not too late as this has been a slow burner. There's no Muse, 'cos I've stuck to stadium fillers in the misguided hope of making it easy. <BR/><BR/>Yes, it's just 3 & 5 left, and I've already let slip that one is the Stones. The other is from a band's first and best album, released - by deduction from evidence above - in the noughties.glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-10107658004012676862008-04-25T22:12:00.000+01:002008-04-25T22:12:00.000+01:00Coming to this very late and inevitably the two th...Coming to this very late and inevitably the two that I knew (Nightswimming and I Feel Fine) have long gone.<BR/><BR/>Is it just 3 and 5 that are still missing?<BR/><BR/>Any more clues you can give us - I thought there might be some Muse there but I can't find anything that fits the bill.ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-64018958916314677822008-04-25T16:34:00.000+01:002008-04-25T16:34:00.000+01:00Good on you, Daft - that's knocked off No 7. Two l...Good on you, Daft - that's knocked off No 7. Two left.<BR/><BR/>Have you tried my patent earworm linctus? All profits go to my record acquisition fund...glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-80918824390759429622008-04-25T16:25:00.000+01:002008-04-25T16:25:00.000+01:00Blondie, The Tide is High. Thanks a million. Now i...Blondie, The Tide is High. Thanks a million. Now it'll be stuck in my head all day. Why couldn't you have used the intro from Union City Blue?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189345689175521833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-2194133641706819392008-04-25T11:18:00.000+01:002008-04-25T11:18:00.000+01:00Yay, No 6 is Oasis - Champagne Supernova, so you'v...Yay, No 6 is Oasis - Champagne Supernova, so you've now overtaken eejaydee with the number of correct guesses - how good does that feel...<BR/>But no Yazoo I'm afraid.glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-81388349204241955632008-04-24T23:44:00.000+01:002008-04-24T23:44:00.000+01:00And the reformed band Yazoo? (Tried posting this e...And the reformed band Yazoo? (Tried posting this earlier, but it disappeared)debbymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320617950592467866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-49524676764472250812008-04-24T23:43:00.000+01:002008-04-24T23:43:00.000+01:00Is the watery band name Oasis? Champagne Supernova...Is the watery band name Oasis? Champagne Supernova?debbymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320617950592467866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-49639694686373339012008-04-24T23:02:00.000+01:002008-04-24T23:02:00.000+01:00OK, I feel your pain. More clues:* We've had the B...OK, I feel your pain. More clues:<BR/>* We've had the Beatles & Dylan - the remaining song from the '60s is by the Stones (I'm really givin' it away now...)<BR/>* The band representing the eighties has reformed, and will play a string of dates in the UK this summer<BR/>* So by deduction, the remaining 2 tracks were released in the '90s & Noughties, by major major bands (well, they think so, anyway)glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-39823002032571849702008-04-24T12:46:00.000+01:002008-04-24T12:46:00.000+01:00Sorry DsD, but there's no jam in this rockcake (gr...Sorry DsD, but there's no jam in this rockcake (great track as it is - did it get in the Trains list on RR?)<BR/><BR/>Also, sorry for not spotting that debbym hasn't yet had enough coffee, and got her numbering wrong.<BR/><BR/>So the runners and riders are:<BR/>1. 10cc - Une nuit a Paris<BR/>2. Beach boys - All summer long<BR/>3. ??<BR/>4. REM - nightswimming<BR/>5. ??<BR/>6. ??<BR/>7. ??<BR/>8. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk<BR/>9. Beatles - I feel fine<BR/>10. Dylan - Just like a womanglasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-6167266139979360172008-04-24T11:05:00.000+01:002008-04-24T11:05:00.000+01:00I'm guessing now, 'cause I don't own it, but is #8...I'm guessing now, 'cause I don't own it, but is #8 The Jam's Down In The Tube Station At Midnight?<BR/><BR/>And a bizarre I.T. note: debbym's posts haven't been sent as email comments to me, but ghe's response has. WTF?!DarceysDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127535982454288939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-8196863522545591552008-04-24T10:46:00.000+01:002008-04-24T10:46:00.000+01:00You can breathe a sigh of well earned relief, 'cos...You can breathe a sigh of well earned relief, 'cos you are right on both counts.<BR/><BR/>Only 4 to go.glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-22917141027394438612008-04-24T09:35:00.000+01:002008-04-24T09:35:00.000+01:00Apologies to FP and eejaydee, I DO know which acce...Apologies to FP and eejaydee, I DO know which accent belongs on àdebbymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320617950592467866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-75122702132924663432008-04-24T09:33:00.000+01:002008-04-24T09:33:00.000+01:00#1 Une Nuit á Paris, 10cc from The Original Soundt...#1 Une Nuit á Paris, 10cc from The Original Soundtrack (groooooan)!<BR/>#7 Tusk, Fleetwood Mac??<BR/><BR/>Found this quiz at 5 this morning: panic, no sound on the computer. Kids both ferried to school, rushed home (thanking the deities that today's my day off), fiddled, sound on again... still only 2 tracks that I recognise, but at least that's 2 more than in the other quizzes. At last! Thanks, GHE (you do realise I'm going to be Devastated if I'm not right, don't you?)debbymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320617950592467866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-37348239469422397512008-04-24T09:15:00.000+01:002008-04-24T09:15:00.000+01:00Oh, hello Mr DNA, I didn't see you there in the do...Oh, hello Mr DNA, I didn't see you there in the doorway. Do come in, we need you...glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-53640863220756202092008-04-24T09:14:00.000+01:002008-04-24T09:14:00.000+01:00REM caught in the slips by Catcher - well done. Th...REM caught in the slips by Catcher - well done. The title of song 7 is also about water. But the one that sounds watery (clip 6) is nothing to do with water (unlike the band's name).<BR/>So now you folk aren't clueless...glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-30284627514404405932008-04-23T23:39:00.000+01:002008-04-23T23:39:00.000+01:00Yes, I see that paying closer attention to previou...Yes, I see that paying closer attention to previous comments would indeed render my guesses on the last one even more embarrassing than I thought. Bugger.Catcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482176727788044536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-8578074877581972562008-04-23T23:37:00.000+01:002008-04-23T23:37:00.000+01:00Did I hear REM's "Nightswimming" in there (the orc...Did I hear REM's "Nightswimming" in there (the orchestral tune-up)? And, as a complete stab in the dark, Im going to say the last one is either "Sometimes" by James or "Candy Everybody Wants" by 10,000 Maniacs, though both are probably embarrassingly wrong. Another sounds like it comes from a Kubrick film!Catcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482176727788044536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-44656499434626960532008-04-23T23:20:00.000+01:002008-04-23T23:20:00.000+01:00God it's fun being on the other side of the cursor...God it's fun being on the other side of the cursor for a change.<BR/><BR/>I'm off for some shutteye, so you'll have to fight amongst yourselves, and I'll adjudicate on the wreckage in the morning...<BR/><BR/>@DsD - Neat cop out, but you'll probably know - if not like, or own - all of these tracks...glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.com