Name That Tune Volume 12

[fritzb]

<font color="Blue"><B>Name That Tune Volume 12 - How Musically Rounded Are You?[/b]</font>

I think it's been pretty well established that the players of Name That Tune on this board are experts in the genre of New Wave, Punk, and 80s Alternative music in all its variety. Even the folks who score well below the average on these games would put the man in the street to shame with their knowledge of this music. With the many threads on non-New Wave music on this board, it's obvious that many of us have other musical interests, besides New Wave. With that said, I thought it might be fun for a change to see just how broad this knowledge really is. [8D]

This edition of NTT is the <B>How Musically Rounded Are You[/b] edition, so to speak. Instead of the usual mix of New Wave styles, this game will have everything <U>but</u> New Wave! [:p]

The styles run the gamut, from Classical to Techno and everything in between. In each case I have tried to pick very well known songs in their respective styles. There are no obscure rarities that only a true connoisseur of the genre would know. Of course if you are only into New Wave, Punk, and 80s Modern Rock, you may find this game pretty tough. [:I]

A few of the styles represented are Grunge, Disco, Old School Rap, Jazz Fusion, Big Band, British Invasion, Motown, Progressive Rock, Funk, Eurodance, Hip-Hop, House, Country, Metal, Techno, Classic Rock, Trance, Freestyle, and Classical. Also the tracks are loosely chronological, beginning with Classical and ending with current styles. I know I've missed a few popular styles, but there is just so much you can cram into 50 samples. [;)]

As usual, there are 50 songs clips - for a total of 100 points (1 point for artist, 1 point for title). There are 2 seconds of silence between song clips. Download your response form below and email it to me for tabulation when you're finished (my email address is on the form). Make sure to put your forum screen names on your answers, so I know who you are. I will send the Answer Sheet to everyone who sends me their responses (if you don't hear from me within 24 hours, I probably didn't get your email). Don't post your responses here!

Here's the link for the response form (my email address is on it):
<a href="http://home.comcast.net/~fritzb1/NameThatTune12-Blank.txt">Name That Tune 12 Response Form</a>

Here's the song sampler link:
<a href="http://home.comcast.net/~fritzb1/NameThatTune12.mp3">NameThatTune12.mp3</a>

Special notes: For the classical selections (#1 & #2), put the composer for the artist. I don't expect anyone to be able to tell the London Philharmonic from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Likewise, with the Big Band / Swing selections (#3 & #4), I'm looking for the name of the bandleader that made the songs famous, not who is playing them in the samples (they are modern recordings).

The game will end on <font color="red"><B>Friday August 13 at 4PM EDT[/b]</font>.

Good Luck! [:)]

Don't forget to grab the stumper songs from <a href="http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2286" target="blank">NTT11</a>! [8D]

[Frau_Blucher]

Awesome. Great job Fritz. Just the change of pace I was looking for...I say that until it kicks my ass of course!

[cubby]

Great one Fritz. People I work with call me a "walking encyclopedia of music", I guess this round will test that theory. I have a lot of them correctly answered already (I think); but there are some real stumpers. Again, great job!!

[skinnytie]

You're evil, fritz. I love it! [:D]

[fritzb]

I think a lot of us are considered "walking encyclopedias of music" by our musically challenged friends. [:p]

This edition is nearly all from my own collection, which is pretty diverse as you can see. The only exception is the Country tracks, which I

[Frau_Blucher]

Okay, my submission's in. Can't wait to see how (badly) I did. I'm pretty upset with you though Fritz - you made me admit to knowing a lot of crappy songs! Is it just me or was there a plethora of hi-NRG-like cheese in the second half?

Great job regar

[fritzb]

I agree that there are plenty of styles not represented or under-represented. There is only one Jazz Fusion song, one New Age, one Soundtrack cut, no Folk, no Classic Blues, no Opera, no Broadway, no Reggae, etc... In some cases, it's my own bias - I do

[Grayson]

Cool, brutal, you will have my response shortly... Thanks for another outstanding NTT Fritz! [:D]

[fritzb]

A game update...

You guys and gals are doing quite well, particularly on the first half. Classical, Rock, Motown, and Disco don't seem to be too tough for ya. [8D]

Currently the average score is 63 points. Only 3 songs are yet to be identified (#

[randy]

Well , I may always be near the bottom [:(!] , but at least I've been able to knock out a few stumpers several times now. Cross 49 off your list--answers coming soon.[:p]

[fritzb]

Only 1 unidentified song is left #3 and #33 still needs a correct title. [8D]

Time is running out for you procrastinators! [;)]

[S.]

[quote]Originally posted by fritzb
[br]Only 1 unidentified song is left #3 and #33 still needs a correct title. [8D]

Time is runn

[S.]

I take it back...now I see me some chicas!

I did lousy. I can't remember titles for hi-energy stuff I know every beat of...it's like a club-sickness.

-S.
(aka evoc on DayGloRadio)

[fritzb]

<font color="red"><B>LAST CALL!!![/b] The game ends tomorrow, Friday August 13 at 4PM EDT</font>. [:p]

Also, it's your last chance to get the stumpers songs from <a href="http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2286" target="blank">NTT11</a

[fritzb]

<font color="red"><B> NAME THAT TUNE VOLUME 12 RESULTS!!![/b]</font>

Here are the complete results for NTT12, along with the percentage of correct answers of those who sent me responses. This turned out to be a particularly interesting edition of t