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Three Songs with a Common Link
Handybird wrote: "They're all songs from second albums?"They may be but that's not I'm looking for ...
Not a word in common.Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
Annie's Song - John Denver
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Hints:
1. "Not a word in common" says what type of puzzle it isn't. It's also a very big clue to what the link is.
2. Karaoke singers and cover artists are more likely to be aware of what these songs have in common than the casual listener.
3. Songs with this property are in a very small minority percentage-wise. I picked well-known ones so that even casual listeners will immediately recognise the answer once it's revealed.
4. No musical ability required. Even a tone-deaf person can get this.
Grizzlygrump wrote: "I'm still none the wiser :)"Without actually giving the answer, I'm running out of hints!
5. What can you say about the titles of all these songs that's pretty rare with pop songs?
They're all good songs?
I'm thinking now that the song title does not feature in the lyrics.
I'm thinking now that the song title does not feature in the lyrics.
Grizzlygrump wrote: " ... I'm thinking now that the song title does not feature in the lyrics."That is absolutely true! You're 90% there. However the following song complies with your suggestion:
A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Yet it does not quite satisfy the criterion I'm looking for. Think of the very first hint :-)
Damn you man!
That was my best guess :)
That was my best guess :)
It's so close, I'll feel guilty not to give it to you. Maybe it's unreasonable of me to expect the last tiny detail.Shall I just tell you?
Go on, please put me out of my misery or I won't sleep tonight.
Besides....I can't get the cork back in the Champagne! :)
Besides....I can't get the cork back in the Champagne! :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Go on, please put me out of my misery or I won't sleep tonight.Besides....I can't get the cork back in the Champagne! :)"
Haha!
Not only do the titles not appear in the lyrics - not a single word of the title appears in the lyrics!
(Whereas, with "A day in the life" for example, some of the individual words can be found in the lyrics)
Leave it with me for a bit, I'll see what I can come up with.
Let's see what you make of this;
Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
Up The Junction - Squeeze
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
Up The Junction - Squeeze
Penny Lane - The Beatles
The titles all feature in movies in some way?Streets Of Philadelphia - film Philadelphia (1993)
Up the Junction - film Up the Junction (1968)
Penny Lane - film Almost Famous (2000)
That's not the connection I was thinking of, but I'm glad to see you not going for the obvious "road" link :)
The very last words sung are the title.
Another good one but still not the answer I'm looking for :)
The initial letters form a word - SUP
They were listed in no particular order, and I never noticed that.
Let's add another:
American Pie - Don McLean
Let's add another:
American Pie - Don McLean
I'm off to work now, back in the morning :)
Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
Up The Junction - Squeeze
Penny Lane - The Beatles
American Pie - Don McLean
Grizzle hasn't said if there's any links on the above, if so, how many?
Good morning;
It is not any particular word that links a word in either the song titles or artists' names, it is something that these songs all have in common.
My apologies for not making that clear in the first instance.
It is not any particular word that links a word in either the song titles or artists' names, it is something that these songs all have in common.
My apologies for not making that clear in the first instance.
All the songs feature a narrative witnessed by the singer, "I" and "me", kind of semi-autobiographical.
Again, not what I am thinking.
Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
Up The Junction - Squeeze
Penny Lane - The Beatles
American Pie - Don McLean
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
Up The Junction - Squeeze
Penny Lane - The Beatles
American Pie - Don McLean
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Did they all peak at number 2 in the charts?
More specifically, they all peaked at number 2 in the UK singles charts.
Well done TB, I thought I might have to list some of the more obvious ones, like Vienna - Ultravox :)
Over to you to do your fiendish worst :)
Well done TB, I thought I might have to list some of the more obvious ones, like Vienna - Ultravox :)
Over to you to do your fiendish worst :)
Not a 'word-in-common' type puzzle.Eye Level (Van der Valk Theme) - the Simon Park Orchestra
I Told You I Was Mean - Elle King
When All Is Said And Done - ABBA
All contain palindromes?Eye
Elle
ABBA
Yes, and 'Level'!Over to you nc.
Back to the traditional form:River Deep Mountain High - Ike and Tina Turner
Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Forth?River Forth
Sally forth
Forthright
Sorry nc, busy weekend. I won't get to it today, so if someone else wants to step into the breach that's fine by me.
SussexWelsh wrote: ... if someone else wants to step into the breach that's fine by me."Okay, here's a traditional word-in-common puzzle:
Sia - Big Girls Cry
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
Andy Williams - Can't Get Used To Losing You
Merle Haggard - The Running Kind
Man?Big man
Linesman
'Andyman :)
Mankind
Not man1 link
Sia - Big Girls Cry
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
Andy Williams - Can't Get Used To Losing You
Merle Haggard - The Running Kind
Day?
Big day
Robin Day
Today
Day running (?)
Big day
Robin Day
Today
Day running (?)
Not day1 link
Grizzlygrump wrote: "That link being 'big'?"That would be telling! Can you explain your logic? :-)
TwoddleBungler wrote: "Grizzlygrump wrote: "That link being 'big'?"
That would be telling! Can you explain your logic? :-)"
On the basis that both nocheese and myself used the word 'big' and we both only got one link :)
That would be telling! Can you explain your logic? :-)"
On the basis that both nocheese and myself used the word 'big' and we both only got one link :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: ...On the basis that both nocheese and myself used the word 'big' and we both only got one link :) "
Ah, but it could be that 'big' was wrong and you each got a different link right. (Hint!)
Not a word in common.
Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana