OT - Jumbled Song Puzzle - Page 2

cthomer5000 · 07-09-2003, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by QuikSand
Why don't you work on my anagram... you'll get what you deserve.

shit, I just can't figure this out.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2003, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bee
I agree, but not really.

Exactly, sort of.

Craptacular · 07-09-2003, 02:44 PM

Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters?

M (1)
U2
REM
Asia
Oasis (5)
Staind
Lou Vega
The Verve
David Gray
Eddie Money (10)
Pet Shop Boys
Talking Heads
The Rembrandts
Michael Jackson
Weird Al Yankovic (15)
Dave Matthews Band
Simon and Garfunkel
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cherry Poppin Daddies
Hootie and the Blowfish (20)
Dashboard Confessional
Frankie Goes to Hollywood (22)

How's that?

By the way, it's Weird Al Yankovic ... no h

honestly, I don't know, is it Verve or The Verve?

VPI97 · 07-09-2003, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Craptacular
Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters?

That may lead to a solution, but I doubt it.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2003, 02:53 PM

Offically, it's The Verve.

TredWel · 07-09-2003, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Craptacular
Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters?

That's it there. We decode the message as being:

"Movie Starring Jamie Bell."

Which appears to be Billy Elliot. For whatever that's worth.

cthomer5000 · 07-09-2003, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Craptacular
Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters?

M
U2
REM
Asia
Oasis
Staind
Lou Vega
The Verve
David Gray
Eddie Money
...

By the way, it's Weird Al Yankovic ... no h

honestly, I don't know, is it Verve or The Verve?

Code:



this theory is confirmed:

m
U2
REM
asia
oasis
staind
lou bega
the verve 
david gray
eddie money
pet shop boys
talking heads
the rembrandts
michael jackson
Weird Al Yankovic
dave matthews band
simon and garfunkel
red hot chili peppers
cherry poppin' daddies
hootie and the blowfish
dashboard confessional
frankie goes to hollywood

Bee · 07-09-2003, 02:58 PM

If you take the first letter of each missing word in that order it might spell something.

cthomer5000 · 07-09-2003, 03:01 PM

it's a pretty solid movie. but no T.Rex in the puzzle?

Bee · 07-09-2003, 03:11 PM

I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know if it's any good or not.

Buzzbee · 07-09-2003, 03:14 PM

Of course to take the puzzle a step further, Billy Elliot could also be a reference to Bill Elliot the NASCAR driver, who races against Kevin Harvick, who we all know is the favorite driver of...you guessed it, our favorite banned king of unintentional comedy...Happy29.

So, this was all an elaborate ruse by QS to bring up Happy29.

OR...we can take this another route. Billy Elliot could also be a reference to Bill Elliot the NASCAR driver, which could be a reference to Days of Thunder which is a movie about NASCAR starring Tom Cruise, who was in the movie Cocktail with Elizabeth Shue, who was in the movie Hollow Man with...you guessed it:

Kevin Bacon.

So, this was all an elaborate ploy to link these songs to Kevin Bacon.

Shameless.

QuikSand · 07-09-2003, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Buzzbee
Shameless.

Better than "dick."

QuikSand · 07-09-2003, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ronnie Dobbs2
Other than "Cement Rex," I have come up with nothing.

Looks like you ain't got shit, then.

digamma · 07-09-2003, 08:22 PM

Is there something more to it than Billy Elliot?

cthomer5000 · 07-09-2003, 09:15 PM

I don't know what to do from here. The riddler will probably never let us know if we're done, and I'm coming up with nothing when trying to rearrange anything to spell Billy Elliot (which I figure might lead to something else).

anyone else still messing around with this?

TredWel · 07-09-2003, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cthomer5000
Anyone else still messing around with this?

The trail has grown cold. We have no more directives to go on. We took missing words from songs and ordered them in some way to spell out a clue. We then took that clue and found a concrete object - a movie title. If Quik wanted us to do anything more with that, he hasn't said as much. I've reread his first post a couple of times, and can't find any sort of hidden directive with which to act upon our current object.

We have an answer, and no more questions. That being said, unless somebody can prove me wrong, I'm satisfied that we have an answer.

Pumpy Tudors · 07-09-2003, 11:12 PM

Kickstand has made two references to shit in this thread. Perhaps we need to start digging through shit now.

QuikSand · 07-10-2003, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by digamma
Is there something more to it than Billy Elliot?

No, sorry. That's it. "Billy Elliot" was the answer to the original puzzle. Sorry for my lack of a "ding ding" response.

My oblique fecal references were to those who got sidetracked with the example anagram... nothing to do with the main puzzle.

Nice job to those of you who worked through the main puzzle.

cthomer5000 · 07-10-2003, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by QuikSand
No, sorry. That's it. "Billy Elliot" was the answer to the original puzzle. Sorry for my lack of a "ding ding" response.

My oblique fecal references were to those who got sidetracked with the example anagram... nothing to do with the main puzzle.

Nice job to those of you who worked through the main puzzle.

great work on this, it was a lot fun having the whole audio segment to get through before getting into the paper and pencil puzzle aspects of it.

cuervo72 · 12-29-2012, 11:32 PM

Heard Asia on the XM today. Thought of this damned puzzle. Still know nothing about Billy Elliot.

Passacaglia · 12-30-2012, 01:16 AM

I know that it starts out with a very bad cover of a Morrissey song.

finketr · 01-02-2013, 06:10 PM

nine and a half years for a thread ressurection?

07-09-2003, 02:44 PM	#53
Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters? M (1) U2 REM Asia Oasis (5) Staind Lou Vega The Verve David Gray Eddie Money (10) Pet Shop Boys Talking Heads The Rembrandts Michael Jackson Weird Al Yankovic (15) Dave Matthews Band Simon and Garfunkel Red Hot Chili Peppers Cherry Poppin Daddies Hootie and the Blowfish (20) Dashboard Confessional Frankie Goes to Hollywood (22) How's that? By the way, it's Weird Al Yankovic ... no h honestly, I don't know, is it Verve or The Verve? Last edited by Craptacular : 07-09-2003 at 03:01 PM.

07-09-2003, 02:53 PM	#55
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Offically, it's The Verve. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-09-2003, 02:58 PM	#58
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	If you take the first letter of each missing word in that order it might spell something. Last edited by Bee : 07-09-2003 at 03:10 PM.

07-09-2003, 03:14 PM	#61
Buzzbee College Starter Join Date: Jun 2002	Of course to take the puzzle a step further, Billy Elliot could also be a reference to Bill Elliot the NASCAR driver, who races against Kevin Harvick, who we all know is the favorite driver of...you guessed it, our favorite banned king of unintentional comedy...Happy29. So, this was all an elaborate ruse by QS to bring up Happy29. OR...we can take this another route. Billy Elliot could also be a reference to Bill Elliot the NASCAR driver, which could be a reference to Days of Thunder which is a movie about NASCAR starring Tom Cruise, who was in the movie Cocktail with Elizabeth Shue, who was in the movie Hollow Man with...you guessed it: Kevin Bacon. So, this was all an elaborate ploy to link these songs to Kevin Bacon. Shameless. __________________ Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. - Lou Holtz

07-09-2003, 11:12 PM	#67
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Kickstand has made two references to shit in this thread. Perhaps we need to start digging through shit now. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

07-09-2003, 03:11 PM	#60
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know if it's any good or not.

07-09-2003, 08:22 PM	#64
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	Is there something more to it than Billy Elliot?

12-29-2012, 11:32 PM	#70
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Heard Asia on the XM today. Thought of this damned puzzle. Still know nothing about Billy Elliot. __________________ null

12-30-2012, 01:16 AM	#71
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	I know that it starts out with a very bad cover of a Morrissey song.

01-02-2013, 06:10 PM	#72
finketr College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inland Empire, PRC	nine and a half years for a thread ressurection?

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