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Ding....
Ding ding ding...
diddly ing dig ding
ding-ding ding de ding... (fast computer drum roll fades in...)

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:29 (twenty-two years ago)

could it possibly be Robert Miles 'Children'?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:37 (twenty-two years ago)

arrgh, yeah, point to stevem. Next intro please...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:38 (twenty-two years ago)

dun-dun dun dun-dunnn dun dun-dunnn dun dun-dunnn dun
dun-dun dun dun-dunnn dun dun-dunnn dun dun-dunnn dun
(repeat and add the following underneath)
dummm dum dummm dum dummmm dum dum dum
dummm dum dummm dum dummmm dum dum dum

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Fool's Gold?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

nay

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:44 (twenty-two years ago)

same era tho

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:44 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread really makes you appreciate the invention of music notation...

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:46 (twenty-two years ago)

"Step On" Happy Mondays?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:46 (twenty-two years ago)

is it...

'eye of the tiger'?

cos it SOUNDS LIKE IT IS!

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Naah, that's DUNK DUNK DUNK DUNK de dum DUNK etc..

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Charlatans'"The Only One I Know"

― willem (willem), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:56 (twenty-two years ago)

all wrong so far!

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:56 (twenty-two years ago)

it has something in common with both 'Children' and 'Step On'

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:57 (twenty-two years ago)

i bet the n to m switch is supposed to be the hint? :)

― willem (willem), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Then it must be 808 state.

Pacific?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

i can't think what 'pacific' has in common with 'children' AND 'step on' - so no

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i guess i should add that there are drums also going on and the track doesn't really HAVE an intro as such, it just starts as it means to go on

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:02 (twenty-two years ago)

808 state

Instrumental as per Children, Manchester as per HapMons. Anyway, I'm wrong so nevermind..

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:03 (twenty-two years ago)

what i meant was they all have the SAME thing in common

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

cheesy pianos?

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i think more than enough clues have been given

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it Ride On Time?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"In Common" - Pianos?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

not Black Box

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it French Kiss? (Works in *my* head at any rate...)

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:12 (twenty-two years ago)

no, all the guesses have been good but not right

― roy walker (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:13 (twenty-two years ago)

another clue: it's British

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Blue Monday 88?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, it must be...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

nope, PIANO remember (i didn't confirm that before but it seemed obvious)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

"Don' Go" - Hothouse Flowers?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

no they're Irish

British, piano-led 'intro', from same period as 'Fool's Gold' (i.e. '89, '90, '91...)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)

three more guesses then i'll reveal the answer, to which i'm sure someone will say 'oh that's not how it goes at all!' (but it does)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

The Sultans of Ping FC - Give Him A Ball And A Yard Of Grass

― Captain Bongo, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

The only other piano coming in now for me is "Shocked" Kylie...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Sultans Of Ping were Irish too weren't they?

How about Inspiral Carpets?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

no, the answer is...

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

..(piano roll)..

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' by St Etienne - I couldn't really do the drums but I hope you would all agree it was a reasonably accurate description of the piano and bassline

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, next one

"One two three eh..."

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Gah...and I'd just become CERTAIN it was "Killer", as well.

"One two three eh..." makes me think of "Groove Is In The Heart", but that's in the middle of the track...er...I think.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

it's 'Hey Ya' no? but not sure about the 'eh' bit

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

It was.. Your go,

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Isn't the intro to "Hey Ya":

"Waarrn two three fowah- dun"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

1. Watery spilling sound
2. Cough cough cough
3. Hott Beat

Song title involves #1.

― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

hey it's my turn! but ok you go seeing as mine are too hard ;)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Whoa shit sorry steve! How about we go simultaneously this time, like a double ended dilda!

― L:e Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Song title is in German and is spoken during the water sound.

― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Cmon steve do one too or I'll feel like shit! I didn't even read the rules.

― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Der Komissar?

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

ok...

(murmrmururuhububuububuubu BEEP! murmrmurur...BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!)
bwaaooooow bwaow wow wow waaaoooooow
waoow waow wow waaaooooow
waoow waow wow waaaooooow
waaooow waoow
bwaaooooow bwaow wow wow waaaoooooow
waoow waow wow waaaooooow
waoow waow wow waaaooooow
waaooow waoow
bom...cha bom...cha bom...cha bom...cha........

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

In your face?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:04 (twenty-two years ago)

OMD, Maid of Orleans.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Chicks On Speed: "Kaltes Klares Wasser"?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' by St Etienne

oh no!

and, i can see it completely now as well.

well, that's it, i give up. if i can't even recognise my favourite songs there's no hope.
eye of the fucking tiger, get a grip, hobart..

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

mike t wins mine!

and for steves, Da funk?

― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

If it is Da Funk, I hand my turn off to mike t so the turns thing can be tidied up.

― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, since we seem to be double threading now:

(inhale)
Yeah yeah yeah, yeye yeh-yeh yeah
Yeah yeye yeh-yeh yeah...

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Da Funk it was

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

mike that's the new LCD Soundsystem right?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Shit, that was waaaaay too easy. You're It!

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

dumdumdum dadadum dum, dumdumdumdum dadadum dum
dumdumdum dadadum dum, dumdumdumdum dadadum dum
plink plonk

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:59 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the greatest thread ever.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Under Pressure.

(Oh, hang on, do the extra fourth "dum"s make it Ice Ice Baby? But Ice Ice Baby doesn't go "plink plonk".)

Yes, Under Pressure.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Ice Ice Baby does have the piano but not in the intro so yeah Under Pressure was what i was thinking of

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Tunk tunk tunk tunk...
DOW DADOO DOW, DAH DAH...?!
...du dudu dudu duu, du duh...?!

[tumbleweed]

duh?

just keep going man

doot?

Tunk tunk tunk tunk...

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

nah, see "Under Pressure" goes

dumdumdum dadadum dum, dumdumdumdum dadadum dum

but "Ice, Ice Baby" goes

dumdumdum dada dum dum CHK, dumdumdum dadadum dum

Totally different.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

clangclangclang clangclang
clangclangclang clangclang
clangclangclang clangclang
clangclangclang clangclang

bass:
dumdum da dadu-dum, da dumdum da dadu-dum
dumdum da dadu-dum, da dumdum da dadu-dum

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, are we double threading again? *pout*

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Ice Ice Baby, isn't that?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, sorry Mike. Yours seems extremely familiar, as well.

(no--apart from the lack of any obvious "clang" sound in IIB, the bass part is missing a syllable)

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Is the clang a cowbell by any chance?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Chic - Good Times (or Rapper's Delight)

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

house of jealous lovers?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Gah! House Of Jealous Lovers - so it is!

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I claim that one.

Next intro will be here shortly.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Mine is sort of loosely connected, stylistically. Think innovators rather than imitators.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, from last year., Won't trouble you too much...

Darum dum da da da dummm dummm
Darum dum da da da dummm dummm
daTHUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP etc...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Tomcraft - "Loneliness"?

― Nick H (Nick H), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

nope.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Junior Senior, d-d-d?

― Vasquesz, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

[points feebly back up the page]

So, er, no guesses at all for mine then?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

No, its quite slow by comparison. Sparse, even.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Come on... Dummm dum tum tum tum dummm dummm, ddThump thump etc...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Satisfaction?

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

No its like a walking pace. They married. Or not. Who knows? Everybody.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

seven nation army

― tomp (tomp), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Good guess tomp!

(this reminds me of playing movie trivia on AOL in the 90's - "gg fla605! yw! cast connect please!")

― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

dum dum dum dumdum dum dumdum dum dum dum
dum dum dum dumdum dum dumdum dum dum dum
dum dum dum dumdum dum dumdum dum dum dum
dum dum dum dumdum dum dumdum dum dum dum
dum dum dum dumdum dummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

― tomp (tomp), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry, i meant...
dum dum dum dumdum dum dumdum dum dum dum
dum dum dum dumdum dum dumdum dum dum dum
dum dum dum dumdum dum dumdum dum dum dum
dum dum dum dumdum dummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

― tomp (tomp), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

[now waving and gesticulating wildly, right arm straining and practically coming out of its socket]

Here are some clues for mine.
Scottish, 1979/80, proto-punk-funk, indie hit but not a chart hit.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Pigbag? or Josef K?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Tomp- "Psycho Killer"?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark: Nope. Of the two, Josef K is... warmer.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

That would mean "Orange Juice" = "Poor old soul"?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

dom- no much more recent (summer 2000)

― tomp (tomp), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark: Nope. Neither colder nor hotter.

Tomp: Storm - "Time To Burn"?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

mike: miles away, think rock.

― tomp (tomp), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Win? or Hipsway?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

dum dum dum dum dum dum dumdumdum
dum dum dum dum dum dum dumdumdum

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Win is awfully, awfully close, actually.
Hipsway is much, much colder.

The biggest musical clue is the "just keep going" false start.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess I won't know it from the intro.

Paul Quinn?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Fire Engines - no idea which track though

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Half a point for the Fire Engines. And the track is?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

like i said .. no bloody idea. only got from the Win clue ! off to allmusic to cheat ..
i want that extra half point

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Allmusic does indeed have the answer.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, if it's not Candyskin, I dunno.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

[drums fingers impatiently on desk]

We can wait here all night if we have to, you know. I thought you people were in the top stream? Why, there are people in my remedial class who would know this. Nobody's going to get A-grades with this sort of performance!

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

ho ho. i'm off back into the real world. (Parenting). i suspec that the answer will be revelaed by then. otherwise i will start posting FIre Engine track names till i get the groove.
onwards ..

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Get Up and Use Me?

― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it "Fond" by the Fire Engines?

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Zebedee has it. Your turn...

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Due to the limitations of the format, putting over a well known into can be a difficult process, from the successful interpretation of the beginning of the item, and the recognition of same. So, Seven Nation Army proved to be hard to perform and recognise.

(bloody get up and use me ....)

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)

doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-
doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
daaaaammmmmmmmmmmmm.... dwaaammmmmmmmmmmmmm....
ba-da-da bam bam bammmmmmm, ba-da-da dam dam dam dummmmmmmmm BIDIP!

― zebedee (zebedee), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sensing that some stonking rhythm track kicks in right after the BIDIP...

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)

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