WWTBAM Bored

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:44 am**

Okay, now that I've shown that I can strike most of you out, I'll go back to throwing some batting practice. All of these songs have something in their titles that unites them as a theme.

1. Look out or they'll tell you
You're a superstar
Two weeks and you're an all-time legend
I think the games have gone much too far

2. Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool, keep it cool

3. You walked out of my dream
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine

4. Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
The middle of life

5. So many things can get you high
I'm gonna try em all just once before I die
And you can analyze this situation
To me it's all just mental masturbation

6. I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride

7. I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

8. Holding onto
Words that teach me
I will conquer
Space around me
Maybe I'll Win

9. Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever… forever, no

10. Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now since you left me
You're always laughin' way down at me

Bonus: Identify today's theme.

Double Bonus: What is the real name of the singer for song #7, and who gave him his stage name? (10 points each)

Final Bonus: Why are the events described in song #9 unlikely to have been based on real life experience?

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:51 am**

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Okay, now that I've shown that I can strike most of you out, I'll go back to throwing some batting practice. All of these songs have something in their titles that unites them as a theme.

1. Look out or they'll tell you
You're a superstar
Two weeks and you're an all-time legend
I think the games have gone much too far
Very familiar...

2. Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool, keep it cool
Carn Evil #9 - Emerson Lake & Palmer

3. You walked out of my dream
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine

4. Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
The middle of life

5. So many things can get you high
I'm gonna try em all just once before I die
And you can analyze this situation
To me it's all just mental masturbation

6. I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride

7. I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad - Meatloaf (The song that launched Wierd Al's Flashback Friday on the Bored....)

8. Holding onto
Words that teach me
I will conquer
Space around me
Maybe I'll Win
That last line tells me I know this one....

9. Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever… forever, no
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

10. Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now since you left me
You're always laughin' way down at me
96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

Bonus: Identify today's theme. - Numbers in the titles

Double Bonus: What is the real name of the singer for song #7, and who gave him his stage name? (10 points each)

Final Bonus: Why are the events described in song #9 unlikely to have been based on real life experience? - Jimmy didn't quit, and Jody never got married....

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:52 am**

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1.
2.
3. You're 16, ________ but one of the Beatles, I think Ringo, covered it
4.
5.
6. When I'm 64, the Beatles
7. 2 out of 3 Ain't Bad, Brooklyn Bridge/Johnny Maestro
8.
9.
10. 96 Tears, ? and the Mysterians

Bonus: It was starting to look like powers of 2, but #10 didn't fit. So I'll fall back to numbers -- even numbers, in the ones I was able to identify.

Double Bonus: ___________

Final Bonus: ____________

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:10 am**

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1. Goody Two Shows - Adam Ant
2. Karn Evil 9 - ELP
3. You're Sixteen - Ringo or Johnny Burnette
4. I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper
5. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
6. When I'm 64 - Beatles
7. Two Out of Three ain't Bad - Meatloaf
8. Saved by Zero - The Fix
9. Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
10. 96 Tears - Question Mark & The Mysterians

Bonus; Numbers in the song titles

D.B.: Meat's real name is Michael Aday.

F.B.: He wasn't old enough in 1969 to have done the things he sung about.

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:14 am**

Whew! I think I can play competently today!

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astrnomr wrote:Okay, now that I've shown that I can strike most of you out, I'll go back to throwing some batting practice. All of these songs have something in their titles that unites them as a theme.

1. Look out or they'll tell you
You're a superstar
Two weeks and you're an all-time legend
I think the games have gone much too far

Goody Two Shoes! Love this. Adam Ant

2. Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool, keep it cool

I thought this was called something like Welcome Back My Friends or The Show That Never Ends. But it doesn't fit the theme. Huh. Emerson, Lake and Palmer

3. You walked out of my dream
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine

You're 16, Ringo Starr? Don't think it's all the Beatles.

4. Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
The middle of life

I'm 18, Alice Cooper

5. So many things can get you high
I'm gonna try em all just once before I die
And you can analyze this situation
To me it's all just mental masturbation

Familiar.

6. I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride

When I'm 64. NOW it's all the Beatles!

7. I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, Meat Loaf.

8. Holding onto
Words that teach me
I will conquer
Space around me
Maybe I'll Win

Thanks for the phrasing, or I wouldn't have gotten this! Saved by Zero, the Fixx

9. Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever… forever, no

Summer of '69, Bryan Adams

10. Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now since you left me
You're always laughin' way down at me

96 Tears, ? and the Mysterians? I'm guessing...

Bonus: Identify today's theme.

Numbers in the title of the songs.

Double Bonus: What is the real name of the singer for song #7, and who gave him his stage name? (10 points each)

Marvin Aday? Or Marvin Lee Aday? Something like that. I don't know who called him Meat, though.

Final Bonus: Why are the events described in song #9 unlikely to have been based on real life experience?

I suppose in 1969 Bryan Adams was maybe in elementary school?

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:17 am**

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3. You walked out of my dream
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine

Earth Angel?

6. I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride

When I'm 64? - The Beatles

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:18 am**

minimetoo26 wrote:
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2. Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool, keep it cool

I thought this was called something like Welcome Back My Friends or The Show That Never Ends. But it doesn't fit the theme.

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That's what YOU think....

IHS9

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:24 am**

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1. "Goody Two Shoes", Adam Ant
2. pass
3. "You're Sixteen", Ringo Starr
4. pass
5. pass
6. "When I'm 64", the Beatles
7. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", Meat Loaf
8. pass
9. "Summer of '69", Bryan Adams
10. "96 Tears", ? and the Mysterians
Bonus: numerical titles
Double Bonus: Marvin Aday... I saw his biographical film years ago, but I can't remember who gave him his stage name
Final Bonus: because Bryan Adams was only 9 or 10 years old in the summer of 1969

Interestingly enough, both "Summer of '69" and "96 Tears" had underlying references to the 69 sexual position.

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:01 am**

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
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Interestingly enough, both "Summer of '69" and "96 Tears" had underlying references to the 69 sexual position.

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Years back, I had a big argument with a coworker over whether or not Adams says "Me and my baby in '69" or "Me and my baby in a 69" near the end of the song. It's not written that way in the liner notes (obviously), but it sure sounds like he puts "a" in there.

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:55 am**

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1. Look out or they'll tell you
You're a superstar
Two weeks and you're an all-time legend
I think the games have gone much too far
Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant

2. Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool, keep it cool
Karn Evil 9 - Emerson, Lake and Palmer

3. You walked out of my dream
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine
?

4. Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
The middle of life
I'm 18 - Alice Cooper

5. So many things can get you high
I'm gonna try em all just once before I die
And you can analyze this situation
To me it's all just mental masturbation
?

6. I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
When I'm Sixty-Four - the Beatles

7. I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meat Loaf

8. Holding onto
Words that teach me
I will conquer
Space around me
Maybe I'll Win
Saved By Zero - The Fixx (technically, the first band I ever saw in concert, since they were opening for Supertramp)

9. Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever… forever, no
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

10. Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now since you left me
You're always laughin' way down at me
96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

Bonus: Identify today's theme.
Numbers in the song titles

Double Bonus: What is the real name of the singer for song #7, and who gave him his stage name? (10 points each)
?

Final Bonus: Why are the events described in song #9 unlikely to have been based on real life experience?
Well, the obvious answer is that they describe someone who rocks and who has some soul, which kind of rules out Bryan Adams.

Also, he was much too young for any of the stuff he describes.

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:38 pm**

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2. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Karnevil (sp?) No. 9
3. Ringo Starr - You're 16
4. Alice Cooper - I'm 18
6. Beatles - When I'm 64
7. Meat Loaf - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
10. ? and the Mysterians - 96 Tears

Bonus: Numbers in the titles.
Double Bonus: Marvin Lee Aday

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:45 pm**

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1. Look out or they'll tell you
You're a superstar
Two weeks and you're an all-time legend
I think the games have gone much too far

2. Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool, keep it cool

3. You walked out of my dream
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine

4. Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
The middle of life

5. So many things can get you high
I'm gonna try em all just once before I die
And you can analyze this situation
To me it's all just mental masturbation

6. I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride

When I'm 64 - Beatles

7. I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad (Most honest love song ever) - Meatloaf

8. Holding onto
Words that teach me
I will conquer
Space around me
Maybe I'll Win

9. Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever… forever, no

Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

10. Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now since you left me
You're always laughin' way down at me

96 Tears - ? And The Mysterions

Bonus: Identify today's theme. All titles have numbers in them

Double Bonus: What is the real name of the singer for song #7, and who gave him his stage name? (10 points each)

Final Bonus: Why are the events described in song #9 unlikely to have been based on real life experience? WAG - Bryan Adams is too young?

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:13 pm**

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1-
2-Karn Evil 9 1st Impression-Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3-You're Sixteen-Ringo Starr
4-I'm Eighteen-Alice Cooper
5-
6-When I'm Sixty-Four-Beatles
7-Two Out of Three Ain't Bad-MeatLoaf
8-Saved by Zero-The Fixx
9-Summer of '69-Bryan Adams
10-96 Tears-? & the Mysterians

Bonus: Numbers in the Titles
Double Bonus: Marvin Aday/His high school football coach?
Final Bonus: Bryan Adams was too young to have done those things in the Summer of '69.

Posted: **Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:05 pm**

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1. Goody Two Shoes - Adam and the Ants
2. Geez, I always thought this was called "Come and See the Show"...obviously, I'm wrong. It's ELP, regardless.
3. You're 16 - Ringo Starr
4. Eighteen - Alice Cooper
5. Nope
6. When I'm 64 - The Beatles
7. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meat Loaf
8. Nope
9. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
10. The ubiquitous LS staple. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

Bonus: Identify today's theme.

Let me count the ways...Songs with titles that contain numbers, except for the ELP one?

Double Bonus: What is the real name of the singer for song #7, and who gave him his stage name? (10 points each)

Marvin Aday is his real name, but I have no idea who gave him the name "Meat Loaf".

Final Bonus: Why are the events described in song #9 unlikely to have been based on real life experience?

Cuz Bryan Adams is about my age, which would have made him 6 in 1969.

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:38 am**

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astrnomr wrote: 1. Look out or they'll tell you
You're a superstar
Two weeks and you're an all-time legend
I think the games have gone much too far

2. Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool, keep it cool

3. You walked out of my dream
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine
YOU'RE SIXTEEN (YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL AND YOU'RE MINE) RINGO STARR OR JOHNNY BURNETTE

4. Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
The middle of life
I'M 18 (OR IS IT EIGHTEEN?) -- ALICE COOPER

5. So many things can get you high
I'm gonna try em all just once before I die
And you can analyze this situation
To me it's all just mental masturbation

6. I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
WHEN I'M 64 -- BEATLES

7. I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

8. Holding onto
Words that teach me
I will conquer
Space around me
Maybe I'll Win

9. Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever… forever, no

10. Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now since you left me
You're always laughin' way down at me
96 TEARS -- ? AND THE MYSTERIANS

WAG FOR ALL THE OTHERS -- HEY NINETEEN -- STEELY DAN

Bonus: Identify today's theme.
SONGS WITH NUMBERS IN THE TITLE

Double Bonus: What is the real name of the singer for song #7, and who gave him his stage name? (10 points each)

Final Bonus: Why are the events described in song #9 unlikely to have been based on real life experience? BECAUSE THE SINGER IS GAY?

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:14 am**

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1. Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
2. Karn Evil 9 - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
3. You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr, among others
4. Nope
5. Nope
6. When I'm 64 - Beatles
7. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meat Loaf
8. Saved By Zero - The Fixx
9. Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
10. Nope

Bonus 1 - Numbers in the titles
Bonus 2 - His real name is Marvin Lee Aday. I have no clue who gave him his stage name, but I'll guess Jim Steinman.
Bonus 3 - Because Bryan Adams was too young to have been experiencing those things in the Summer of 1969.

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:00 am**

astrnomr wrote: 1. Look out or they'll tell you
You're a superstar
Two weeks and you're an all-time legend
I think the games have gone much too far
Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

2. Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool, keep it cool
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression, Part 2

3. You walked out of my dream
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine
Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen

4. Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
The middle of life
Alice Cooper - Eighteen

5. So many things can get you high
I'm gonna try em all just once before I die
And you can analyze this situation
To me it's all just mental masturbation
Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way to Rock

6. I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four

7. I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away
Meat Loaf - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

8. Holding onto
Words that teach me
I will conquer
Space around me
Maybe I'll Win
The Fixx - Saved by Zero

9. Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever… forever, no
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69

10. Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now since you left me
You're always laughin' way down at me
? and The Mysterians - 96 Tears

Bonus: Identify today's theme.
Songs with numbers in the titles

Double Bonus: What is the real name of the singer for song #7, and who gave him his stage name? (10 points each)
Marvin Lee Aday. He picked up the nickname "Meat Loaf" from his high school football coach, supposedly when he stepped on the coach's foot.

Final Bonus: Why are the events described in song #9 unlikely to have been based on real life experience?
Adams was born on 11/5/59, so he would have only been 9 years old during the summer of 1969 and unlikely to have experience all the grown-up things described in the story (like a band member running off to get married)... which lends even more creedance to the theory that the song is not about the year but the sexual position instead.

Results:
220 Sir_Galahad
200 T_Bone0806
200 minimetoo26
180 ToLiveIsToFly
180 KillerTomato
170 starfish
150 NellyLunatic1980
140 elwoodblues
100 kroxquo
92 TheConfessor
90 littlebeast13
80 mntetn
20 MarleysGh0st

I gave Ed the Confessor two points for suggesting "Hey Nineteen". I definitely would have used that song if I had thought of it.

Standings:
1300 ToLiveIsToFly
1235 T_Bone0806
942 starfish
920 Sir_Galahad
910 NellyLunatic1980
835 littlebeast13
810 elwoodblues
800 KillerTomato
760 minimetoo26
730 TheConfessor
658 kroxquo
490 mellytu74
460 mntetn
404 megaaddict
330 traininvain
264 gsabc
210 macrae1234
200 SportsFan68
190 VAdame
170 Bob78164
165 MarleysGh0st
160 ghostjmf
100 ShamelessWeasel
74 etaoin22

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:18 pm**

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3. You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful, & You're Mine/Bobby Darin

6. When I'm Sixty-Five/The Beatles

10. 96 Tears/? & The Mysterians

Theme: Song Titles with Numbers in them

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