Lyrics puzzle

QuikSand · 04-13-2016, 11:38 AM

So, just today, I was listening to a song that I like a bit. I heard a lyric and decided to google the specific phrase. Ended up, instead, learning something new dating back to my old days of console gaming. Hey, how about that.

What song was I listening to?

AnalBumCover · 04-13-2016, 11:53 AM

Cee-Lo Green "F**** You"?

cartman · 04-13-2016, 11:56 AM

Didn't peg you as a 'Pac-Man Fever' fan

digamma · 04-13-2016, 12:12 PM

Sort of lost at where to start.

Does the lyric relate to console gaming? Or just the time period? I'm guessing we're talking about NES days. Super Mario? Zelda? Contra?

Music genre could be anything as well? Rap lyric?

QuikSand · 04-13-2016, 12:16 PM

This was meant to be a clue:

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Ended up, instead, learning something new

What I want you to get from it is that I had no idea my google search would turn up anything to do with console gaming. Admittedly, it was a pretty generic phrase, and could have turned up any number of things beyond just the song (I was kinda lazy about it). But this week, it brought up...this.

And...oh, what the heck, NES.

cartman · 04-13-2016, 12:22 PM

My serious guess:

"In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, when you searched brought up a reference to Mike Tyson's sing-along from The Hangover, which then brought up the recently discovered Easter Egg about the one punch knockout clue in Mike Tyson's Punchout on the NES.

edit: Or, the song also could have been Eminem's 'Stan', with the same logic applied because you searched on the lyrics that mentioned 'In the Air Tonight'

AnalBumCover · 04-13-2016, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

learning something new dating back to my old days of console gaming.

Maybe you just now learned about the "up up down down left right left right B A start" secret code...

Moldy Peaches "Anyone Else But You"

Radii · 04-13-2016, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AnalBumCover

Maybe you just now learned about the "up up down down left right left right B A start" secret code...

Moldy Peaches "Anyone Else But You"

was just coming to post this too. Not sure if the "instead" clue fits but it was my first thought.

larrymcg421 · 04-13-2016, 12:54 PM

I thought of that too, but it doesn't really fit "generic phrase".

AnalBumCover · 04-13-2016, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Radii

was just coming to post this too. Not sure if the "instead" clue fits but it was my first thought.

"instead" would fit perfectly here. Listening to the lyrics and hearing "up up down down left right... " would trigger a visit to Google.

But instead of finding the lyric in question, he learns about the secret code that he had no idea existed.

AnalBumCover · 04-13-2016, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

I thought of that too, but it doesn't really fit "generic phrase".

"up up down down" seems to be generic enough to the uninitiated, I would think. Like a dance move... "to the left, to the left, to the right, to the right..."

QuikSand · 04-13-2016, 01:22 PM

That's a great guess... probably better than my original answer.

New hint: this puzzle wouldn't have worked at all a week ago. And in a month, it will be much much harder to solve.

panerd · 04-13-2016, 01:24 PM

What's the matter with the mushrooms I'm eating?
"Can't you tell king koppas not on our side?"
Donkey Kong is where I spend my dollars
been playing Zelda since the age of 5.
where has mario been fightin out lately hunny
Play tetris on highest difficulty
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new gamecube
Funny, but it's still Nintendo to me

albionmoonlight · 04-13-2016, 01:24 PM

Having googled NES in google news, I see that some Texas company decided to make a real gun in the style of the Duck Hunt gun. No idea what lyric could possibly result in that popping up.

NobodyHere · 04-13-2016, 01:34 PM

The only recent NES news I can think of is this

Weirdness: A New Animation is Found in Super Mario Bros. 3 - Nintendo Life

or maybe something like this

New 'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out' Easter Egg Discovered After Nearly 30 Years : PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times

QuikSand · 04-13-2016, 01:36 PM

It's the latter article that came up - though I got several articles with a slightly different headline.

NobodyHere · 04-13-2016, 01:38 PM

Does it have to do with the Reddit name "midwesternhousewives"?

AnalBumCover · 04-13-2016, 01:39 PM

The National "29 Years" ?

cartman · 04-13-2016, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

It's the latter article that came up - though I got several articles with a slightly different headline.

Anything in post #6 of this thread that matches?

QuikSand · 04-13-2016, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnalBumCover

The National "29 Years" ?

Ding. Full credit.

Actually, I was listening to another song of theirs, Slow Show, but they deliberately borrow one of their own older lines in that song. I am not a huge huge fan, but I went to look up where else they use that lyric... and ended up with a new easter egg for Punch Out.

Yes, yes, I know this was hard without the hints. Sorry about that. It's a lot easier to give too little and have to drop a few extra bread crumbs then to give up too much and ruin the puzzle immediately.

britrock88 · 04-13-2016, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panerd

What's the matter with the mushrooms I'm eating?
"Can't you tell king koppas not on our side?"
Donkey Kong is where I spend my dollars
been playing Zelda since the age of 5.
where has mario been fightin out lately hunny
Play tetris on highest difficulty
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new gamecube
Funny, but it's still Nintendo to me

CrimsonFox · 04-13-2016, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

This was meant to be a clue:

What I want you to get from it is that I had no idea my google search would turn up anything to do with console gaming. Admittedly, it was a pretty generic phrase, and could have turned up any number of things beyond just the song (I was kinda lazy about it). But this week, it brought up...this.

And...oh, what the heck, NES.

yeah i was honing in on the word instead. was confusing.

So the phrase you wanted to look up was not actually what google gave you but instead something CLOSE to that that is NES was related.

i was thinking about nes and atari when you said that.

CrimsonFox · 04-13-2016, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panerd

What's the matter with the mushrooms I'm eating?
"Can't you tell king koppas not on our side?"
Donkey Kong is where I spend my dollars
been playing Zelda since the age of 5.
where has mario been fightin out lately hunny
Play tetris on highest difficulty
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new gamecube
Funny, but it's still Nintendo to me

ALRIGHT BOWSER!!!!
(sax solo)

Draft Dodger · 04-13-2016, 03:17 PM

seriously? No one guess Billy Joel? fucking cowards.

QuikSand · 04-13-2016, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

So the phrase you wanted to look up was not actually what google gave you but instead something CLOSE to that that is NES was related.

Just to be clear... the song lyric was "29 years" and when I googled that exact phrase, I was hit with the story about NES Punch out, where most headlines noted specifically that the game was 29 years old (not "nearly 30" as the one above).

Punch-Out!! secrets: New discovery in NES classic | BGR

NES Punch-Out!! easter egg took 29 years to discover | Games | Geek.com

New Punch-Out!! Visual Cue Discovered 29 Years Later - IGN

04-13-2016, 11:56 AM	#3
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Didn't peg you as a 'Pac-Man Fever' fan __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

04-13-2016, 12:54 PM	#9
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	I thought of that too, but it doesn't really fit "generic phrase". __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

04-13-2016, 01:34 PM	#15
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	The only recent NES news I can think of is this Weirdness: A New Animation is Found in Super Mario Bros. 3 - Nintendo Life or maybe something like this New 'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out' Easter Egg Discovered After Nearly 30 Years : PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

04-13-2016, 01:38 PM	#17
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	Does it have to do with the Reddit name "midwesternhousewives"? __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

04-13-2016, 03:17 PM	#24
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	seriously? No one guess Billy Joel? fucking cowards. __________________ Mile High Hockey

04-13-2016, 11:53 AM	#2
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	Cee-Lo Green "F**** You"?

04-13-2016, 12:12 PM	#4
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	Sort of lost at where to start. Does the lyric relate to console gaming? Or just the time period? I'm guessing we're talking about NES days. Super Mario? Zelda? Contra? Music genre could be anything as well? Rap lyric?

04-13-2016, 12:22 PM	#6
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	My serious guess: "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, when you searched brought up a reference to Mike Tyson's sing-along from The Hangover, which then brought up the recently discovered Easter Egg about the one punch knockout clue in Mike Tyson's Punchout on the NES. edit: Or, the song also could have been Eminem's 'Stan', with the same logic applied because you searched on the lyrics that mentioned 'In the Air Tonight' __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 04-13-2016 at 01:07 PM.

04-13-2016, 01:22 PM	#12
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	That's a great guess... probably better than my original answer. New hint: this puzzle wouldn't have worked at all a week ago. And in a month, it will be much much harder to solve.

04-13-2016, 01:24 PM	#13
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	What's the matter with the mushrooms I'm eating? "Can't you tell king koppas not on our side?" Donkey Kong is where I spend my dollars been playing Zelda since the age of 5. where has mario been fightin out lately hunny Play tetris on highest difficulty Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new gamecube Funny, but it's still Nintendo to me

04-13-2016, 01:24 PM	#14
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Having googled NES in google news, I see that some Texas company decided to make a real gun in the style of the Duck Hunt gun. No idea what lyric could possibly result in that popping up.

04-13-2016, 01:36 PM	#16
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	It's the latter article that came up - though I got several articles with a slightly different headline.

04-13-2016, 01:39 PM	#18
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	The National "29 Years" ?

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