Comments on Eine Kleine Nichtmusik: 25 first lines

PhilThanks for dropping by, having inspired the wh...

2006-07-06T18:58:00.000Z

Phil

Thanks for dropping by, having inspired the whole thing. I didn't cross out numbers 12 and 16 as I had actually posted the answers further upblog by then, but I assume you came in via my direct link from your comment stream. Well done though.

Gentle Giant, hurrah! (16, "A dog's life"). (I don...

2006-07-05T22:05:00.000Z

Gentle Giant, hurrah! (16, "A dog's life"). (I don't really like that stuff any more, but I was so into them as a teenager that I still feel a kind of loyalty.)

12 is called "Hot Burrito", possibly with a number after it. I've heard it done by Starsailor, but I'm pretty sure that was a cover.

I know at least two of the others, but the details aren't coming back to me. Yet.

No, I still don't recognise #25. If it's on an al...

2006-07-03T21:23:00.000Z

No, I still don't recognise #25. If it's on an album I've got I'll probably kick myself, but it's probably on one of many Zappa albums I don't own.

Well done Udge.I'll probably post answers some tim...

2006-07-03T17:47:00.000Z

Well done Udge.

I'll probably post answers some time this week. I like to think there will be at least some self-kicking going on out there.

It's been really interesting seeing which ones were guessed first. If I'd been doing it on someone else's blog I would definitely have got 7, 9, 19, 24 and 25 straight off, and probably 5, 12, 15 and 20 after a little thought. After more thought I would hope I'd have got 10 and 22, though who can tell?

18: "I'm accustomed to a smooth ride" is Paul Simo...

2006-07-01T18:07:00.000Z

18: "I'm accustomed to a smooth ride" is Paul Simon, "The obvious child" from "The Rhythm of the Saints". Can't do the rest, though. Interesting stuff, how much longer will you let us guess?

Funny, Claire, that's what Rob said about mine :)

2006-06-27T21:07:00.000Z

Funny, Claire, that's what Rob said about mine :)

Yup, thought so. I haven't a clue. About any of th...

2006-06-27T13:23:00.000Z

Yup, thought so. I haven't a clue. About any of them.

Sorry!

Joe - the thought of trying to digitize all my vin...

2006-06-25T23:49:00.000Z

Joe - the thought of trying to digitize all my vinyl fills me with horror. And I've already got portable CD and MD players. Enough already.

Which line did you think you had?

Congrats on figuring out how to do this without an...

2006-06-24T18:44:00.000Z

Congrats on figuring out how to do this without an Ipod. (when are you going to get one?)
I Googled one of the lines I thought I knew (didn't) and found that you and this post was at the top of the list - even before the lyrics page.

Oh, well done Sam. It's "Dance Called America" fro...

2006-06-24T11:25:00.000Z

Oh, well done Sam. It's "Dance Called America" from "Heartland".

#10 is a Runrig song, but I can't remember which o...

2006-06-24T08:01:00.000Z

#10 is a Runrig song, but I can't remember which one, right at the minute.

I really ought to guess 16, but I can't :(I've tag...

2006-06-23T22:41:00.000Z

I really ought to guess 16, but I can't :(

I've tagged myself, BTW. See if you can guess mine.

It is indeed. #16 is from another classic prog-roc...

2006-06-23T20:57:00.000Z

It is indeed. #16 is from another classic prog-rock album of a few years later..

15 is King Crimson's "Epitaph".

2006-06-23T20:50:00.000Z

15 is King Crimson's "Epitaph".

Heh! I'd predicted to myself that those three trac...

2006-06-23T20:02:00.000Z

Heh! I'd predicted to myself that those three tracks would be the first to go. There are a few other reasonably low-hanging plums (a fairly popular album of 2005, and a few not-especially-obscure tracks by mega-big names).

But well done both of you. Of course I though of Lisa when number 5 fell out of the number-crunching!

20 - Sir Duke.

2006-06-23T17:37:00.000Z

20 - Sir Duke.

Well, duh... No5 is the WONDERFUL "Underwear" by P...

2006-06-23T07:37:00.000Z

Well, duh... No5 is the WONDERFUL "Underwear" by Pulp (still one of my favourite tracks of theirs ever).

Oooh! Ooh! And I think No9 is "Does Your Mother Know That You're Out?" by Abba!

Otherwise... I'm going to kick myself...