Guess the Song, 4AM-style

[cuervo72]

So I'm in bed, and I hear footsteps shuffling in my room. My daughter is coming to ask me something (not my wife...but me). It's 4AM.

Sigh...ok, so what is it that's that important, I wonder. Seems she woke up and wants me to change the radio in her room to a different song (sometimes we'll put the radio or a cd on in my kids' rooms, and we don't always turn them off). *That's* what's so important that you have to wake me up? Just wait a bit and it'll change. "I don't want to listen to the farm music any more." ??? So I go into her room and immediately her problem makes much more sense to me, from the standpoint of a 5yo.

What song was playing on the radio?

[Butter]

The Emergency Broadcast System test pattern.

I got nothin'.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

What song was playing on the radio?

Boogie Woogie Choo-Choo Train - The Tractors

[rkmsuf]

This shit's bananas....B A N A N A S.

[kurtism]

Maggie's Farm?

[cuervo72]

Maggie's Farm?

Heh...not that literal on "farm" music. More an interesting classification of what she was hearing.

[Pumpy Tudors]

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

[kurtism]

Second guess - War Pigs?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Wait, it was some shit by Akon, wasn't it?

[albionmoonlight]

Who let the Dogs Out?

[cuervo72]

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Getting closer to "farmish" (this probably more so than the actual artist).

Second guess - War Pigs?

Heh. No, but a good guess.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Disco Duck?

[SnDvls]

What about that annoying dancing hampster song?

[Pumpy Tudors]

The Chicken Dance?

[kurtism]

One might provide an additional clue at this juncture... ;)

[cuervo72]

What about that annoying dancing hampster song?

Would they actually play that on the radio?

No animals were harmed in the singing of this particular song (though the artist *has* mentioned animals in at least one other song).

[Critch]

Just tell us already.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Don't tell us yet.

[cuervo72]

One might provide an additional clue at this juncture... ;)

Well, ask yourself why else War Pigs might have been a good guess. :)

[Young Drachma]

Three Little Pigs by Green Jelly?

[RendeR]

WELL????

[Draft Dodger]

something country?

[Passacaglia]

Spider Pig?

[Pumpy Tudors]

"Eskimo" by Corky and the Juice Pigs?

[cuervo72]

something country?

Not country, but my daughter interpreted the sound as "farm". It's not spot on, but I see where it fits. Either way, she wasn't liking it - gets that from her mom (the song happens to be in my iTunes).

[lighthousekeeper]

*goes off to check cuervo's voting history in Tournament of Rock*

[Passacaglia]

Good Morning Good Morning by the Beatles?

[albionmoonlight]

Good Morning Good Morning by the Beatles?

Good guess.

[MikeVic]

Over and over and over and over and over again by Nelly and Tim McGraw?

[headtrauma]

Something from Pink Floyd's Animals

or F*ck Like a Beast by W.A.S.P. Yes, yes, that's it.

[path12]

Pigs by Pink Floyd? That'd freak the fuck out of me at 4AM if I was a little kid.

[cuervo72]

Over and over and over and over and over again by Nelly and Tim McGraw?

No - but I'm guessing repetition might have been part of what started to annoy my daughter.

[stevew]

Pony by Genuwine?

[cuervo72]

No animals were harmed in the singing of this particular song (though the artist *has* mentioned animals in at least one other song).

Well, ask yourself why else War Pigs might have been a good guess. :)

War Pigs and the song have a common attribute, and it's not pigs.

[VPI97]

Don McLean - American Pie

[rkmsuf]

War Pigs and the song have a common attribute, and it's not pigs.

WAR!

[lighthousekeeper]

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

[cuervo72]

Don McLean - American Pie

You got the right attribute. Not the right song, but decent guess.

[MikeVic]

This is our country by that truck selling guy.

[rkmsuf]

eat bite fuck suck gobble nibble chew,
nipple boosom hair pie finger fuck screw

moose piss cat pud orangutang tit,
sheep pussy camel crack pig and lion shit

well... i went to a party and what did they do, they took off their socks and
they took off their shoes, they took off their shirts and they took off their
pants, i had a hunch they werent gonna dance

[headtrauma]

Something by Country Joe and the Fish.

[VPI97]

Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do?

[cuervo72]

Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do?

Not "farm" enough.

[Butter]

QuikSand would've figured this out 6 hours ago.

Yes, before the post was even made.

[cuervo72]

"Farm" is strictly my daughter's (I assume derogatory) categorization of the sound of the music, fwiw (one I can understand).

[Pumpy Tudors]

"Piano Man"

[Passacaglia]

War Pigs and the song have a common attribute, and it's not pigs.

War Farm?

[lighthousekeeper]

Iron Man

[rkmsuf]

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[korme]

square dance by eminem

just kiddin... right attribute? American Girl by Petty?

[rkmsuf]

Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm

[MikeVic]

American Woman by Lenny Kravitz?

[kurtism]

Warrior by Patty Smythe and Scandal?

[Pumpy Tudors]

AKON

[rkmsuf]

Warrior by Patty Smythe and Scandal?

Shooting at the walls of heartache, bang bang. I am the warrior.







you bastege.

[cuervo72]

This is our country by that truck selling guy.

No, but the artist has been used in ad campaigns.

Actually...so has the song.

[rkmsuf]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say nobody has any idea at all at this point.

[Qwikshot]

Johnny Cash "I've Been Everywhere"

Have no idea how that relates to war...

Unless it's "Mad World" from the silly Gears of War commercial...

or is it Wilco's "War on War"...

[cuervo72]

Have no idea how that relates to war...

I have no idea either, considering that was never part of the original premise, nor was it given as a clue! :)

[Qwikshot]

I have no idea either, considering that was never part of the original premise, nor was it given as a clue! :)

I just going with what I read about War Pigs, and how it didn't relate to Pigs...maybe I need to reread.

[Qwikshot]

Alice's Restaurant...War Pigs shares an attribute...I'm guessing anti-war...and that song is damn long and countryish...

[flounder]

Sex Farm - Spinal Tap

[cuervo72]

Alice's Restaurant...War Pigs shares an attribute...I'm guessing anti-war...and that song is damn long and countryish...


Actually, length *is* the attribute.

To summarize:

1. the song is long.
2. Mrs. Cuervo doesn't like the artist, though I do
3. Daughter Cuervo apparently doesn't like the artist either, what with the annoying "farm music" sound
4. The artist has been used in at least one ad campaign
5. The song has been used in at least one ad campaign

[rkmsuf]

6. it's not about pigs

[Butter]

Sweet Home Alabama?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Dueling Akons

[Fidatelo]

Ok guys, I'm thinking of a song. It was made in the last 45 years and, while not really true, I agree that the song can be described as "snowy".

Clock starts....... NOW

[rkmsuf]

Ok guys, I'm thinking of a song. It was made in the last 45 years and, while not really true, I agree that the song can be described as "snowy".

Clock starts....... NOW

What is Rock Me Amadeus by Falco?

[kurtism]

Actually, length *is* the attribute.

To summarize:

1. the song is long.
2. Mrs. Cuervo doesn't like the artist, though I do
3. Daughter Cuervo apparently doesn't like the artist either, what with the annoying "farm music" sound
4. The artist has been used in at least one ad campaign
5. The song has been used in at least one ad campaign

Excellent! With these clues, the options have narrowed down to EVERY AD SONG EVAR!!1!!!1!1 Gee, thanks Cuervo! ;)

[Fidatelo]

What is Rock Me Amadeus by Falco?

Holy crap! Well done!

[MikeVic]

Ok guys, I'm thinking of a song. It was made in the last 45 years and, while not really true, I agree that the song can be described as "snowy".

Clock starts....... NOW

White Christmas?

edit: damn, i'm wrong.

[Pumpy Tudors]

So I like to switch to a 5-4-1 when we get a lead in the final 20 minutes, but then I pretty much feel like I need to turn off the long ball tactic and switch to a more direct passing approach. Are my feelings unfounded here?

[MikeVic]

So I like to switch to a 5-4-1 when we get a lead in the final 20 minutes, but then I pretty much feel like I need to turn off the long ball tactic and switch to a more direct passing approach. Are my feelings unfounded here?

No it makes sense. Otherwise, you'd be long passing to just the one forward and you'd get icing called a lot since the forward can't catch up to all the balls coming his way.

[rkmsuf]

yeah but what if you get called for 3 seconds?

[Fidatelo]

White Christmas?

edit: damn, i'm wrong.

Wow were you ever! Haha, not. even. close.

[MikeVic]

yeah but what if you get called for 3 seconds?

Yeah true, never thought about that. Maybe play a 4-4-2 with long passing.

[gstelmack]

So I like to switch to a 5-4-1 when we get a lead in the final 20 minutes, but then I pretty much feel like I need to turn off the long ball tactic and switch to a more direct passing approach. Are my feelings unfounded here?

Up until this post, I was going to give you a solid sixth man award for your support off the bench keeping this thread going. I was really looking forward to seeing your variation on the Akon theme every 10 posts or so. Then you lost your way and took a tangent somewhere. I'm sad now.

[MikeVic]

Up until this post, I was going to give you a solid sixth man award for your support off the bench keeping this thread going. I was really looking forward to seeing your variation on the Akon theme every 10 posts or so. Then you lost your way and took a tangent somewhere. I'm sad now.

It's all the drugs and baby-making. Pumpy needs an intervention.

[TurnerONU22]

Soulja Boy??

[Butter]

And cuervo completely disappears! Nice.

[MikeVic]

Great, is this one of the "Izulde needs three words for what now?" threads?

[SnDvls]

Yeah true, never thought about that. Maybe play a 4-4-2 with long passing.

where's the last player play at

[MikeVic]

where's the last player play at

Cherry-picker, duh.

[korme]

I know what song it is

[korme]

FREE BIRD by Skynyrd

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

This thread obviously needs more cowbell.

[cuervo72]

Excellent! With these clues, the options have narrowed down to EVERY AD SONG EVAR!!1!!!1!1 Gee, thanks Cuervo! ;)

And cuervo completely disappears! Nice.

Not disappeared, just waiting for more guesses, and I've been entering FA information for the FOBL.

Kurt...by long, I mean LONG. Not quite In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida long, but long. Long enough that yeah, I can see it becoming annoying for a 5yo.

Ads...pretty sure more than one of the artist's songs has been used in commercials. One *somewhat* controversially in recent years.

As for *this* song, it was adapted for a pretty famous ad.

[korme]

FWIW, I am enjoying guessing wildly. Please do not give us the answer at all costs, cuervo.

[cuervo72]

FREE BIRD by Skynyrd

Not Free Bird, but not a bad guess. Same general era.

[MikeVic]

Champagne Supernova by Oasis.

[korme]

Not Free Bird, but not a bad guess. Same general era.

Skynyrd sounds more farmish than my next guess, but it's just as long:

Stairway to Heaven?

[Bee]

I'm going to go with the Oscar Meyer theme song.

[Pumpy Tudors]

IT'S SOME SHIT BY FOREIGNER ISN'T IT

[rkmsuf]

Bohemian Rhapsody

no fucking clue how that relates to war, pigs or a farm

[gstelmack]

IT'S SOME SHIT BY FOREIGNER ISN'T IT

Ahh, back on track. Thanks Pumpy, I missed you :D

[Pumpy Tudors]

Did Akon maybe cover "Purple Rain" or something, perhaps?

[rkmsuf]

War - Low Rider

[Pumpy Tudors]

Regardless of the clues in this thread, I think it was something by Lil Jon.

[gstelmack]

Cotton-Eyed Joe

Fond memories of Carolina Cobras Arena League games...

[Dr. Sak]

War Pigs and the song have a common attribute, and it's not pigs.

More people die each year getting eaten by pigs than sharks...

I am scared of pigs...

[FrogMan]

smoke on the water?

no clue how it would relate to a farm or whatever ither clues have been given though...

FM

[Pumpy Tudors]

Cotton-Eyed Joe

Fond memories of Carolina Cobras Arena League games...
I SAW THE COBRAS ONCE WHEN THEY VISITED THE VOODOO AND ONE TEAM BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THE OTHER TEAM BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH

AND THEN I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF AKON BUT HE SHITS ON STAGE SO WELP

[cuervo72]

smoke on the water?

no clue how it would relate to a farm or whatever ither clues have been given though...

FM

If my daughter ever bad-mouths Deep Purple, she's getting her radio taken away.

[Dr. Sak]

Okay someone check on Pumpy...I think he morphed into JBMagic...

[Atocep]

I just read this whole thread and I still don't know what the damn song is.

You can all go to hell.

[Pumpy Tudors]

If my daughter ever bad-mouths Deep Purple...
ok this is teetering on the edge of something horrible

[kurtism]

Alice's Restaurant?

[stevew]

In-a-gadda-da-vita?

I got nothing.

[cuervo72]

Alice's Restaurant?

Guessed by QuikShot and QuikSand (in chat). Not it.

In-a-gadda-da-vita?

I got nothing.

Well, I mentioned that one myself.

Trying to think of other clues that won't be completely obvious.

[Pumpy Tudors]

chocolate rain

[cuervo72]

chocolate rain

They (ok, it's a they) have sung about rain.

[MikeVic]

They (ok, it's a they) have sung about rain.

Paradise City, Guns N Roses

[SnDvls]

hxxp://www.lacarte.org/songs/rain/

here's all I could find. All these songs have something to do w/ rain.

[stevew]

Kashmir?

Something by Zeppelin(Rain Song)

[kurtism]

*sobs*

[kurtism]

dola. If nothing else, my futility here might actually get me out of High School post count territory.

[cuervo72]

*sobs*

Stay proud!

[albionmoonlight]

Rain. From the 70s or so.

Maybe CCR . . .?

[kurtism]

Methinks albion has hit the band. Song = Proud Mary.

[cuervo72]

Right band, wrong song.

("proud" was just a general CCR clue)

[albionmoonlight]

Methinks albion has hit the band. Song = Proud Mary.

But it is neither particularly long nor farm-like. Unless I am remembering it wrong.

[Radii]

Either Lodi or Fortunate Son would be my guesses based on everything said so far.

[MikeVic]

This guessing game is for old people.

[VPI97]

Right band, wrong song.

("proud" was just a general CCR clue)
CCR's cover of I Heard it through the Grapevine?

[cuervo72]

But it is neither particularly long nor farm-like. Unless I am remembering it wrong.

The song at it's heart isn't, really. But it amused me that she described CCR that way, which kind of makes sense for a 5yo mind.

[cuervo72]

CCR's cover of I Heard it through the Grapevine?

http://www.usatoday.com/money/photos/raisin22.jpg

Winner.

[Pumpy Tudors]

what

[MikeVic]

What does that have to do with War Pigs?

[Pumpy Tudors]

I'd ask what it has to do with Akon, but I see that cuervo posted a picture of Akon, so we're cool.

[korme]

CCR! IT ALL MAKES SENSE.

[MikeVic]

I'd ask what it has to do with Akon, but I see that cuervo posted a picture of Akon, so we're cool.

So now Akon looks like a prune?

[Pumpy Tudors]

So now Akon looks like a prune?
You tell me.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3639/akon2top8rtk0.jpg

[MikeVic]

You tell me.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3639/akon2top8rtk0.jpg

I scarily do see the resemblance.

[Subby]

Mooo mooo through the grapevine...not much moooo mooo would you be mine! Oh I mooo moooo moooo grapevine!

I cannot get it out of my head now, jerkface.

[lighthousekeeper]

i still don't understand why she referred to it as 'farm music'

[rkmsuf]

man, how could nobody have guessed that 8 hours earlier

[cuervo72]

You can all rest easy today - my daughter slept through the night.

[Pumpy Tudors]

You can all rest easy today - my daughter slept through the night.
Play some Akon for her tonight and see how well she sleeps, then report back.

[Draft Dodger]

and the answer is:

"What contest is worse than the Winston Churchill contest?"