Can we ID all the song snippets from this 1988 CBC radio contest sound collage? (from Nightlines hosted by David Wisdom)

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I got this sound collage from a tape belonging to a friend of a friend, taped from a 1988 radio show (Nightlines) hosted by David Wisdom. Listen here. It starts with a bit of the beginning of Raspberry Beret by Prince, and goes into a few other count-offs from several songs, then I caught the Police, Wire, Dave Brubeck, New Order, and lots more from the 50s to the 80s. David Wisdom has apparently been referred to as the CBC's John Peel.

christopher.ivan, Thursday, 12 December 2024 15:49 (one week ago) link

This is kind of a funny test of which things you know in a millisecond and which ones you definitely recognize but would have to think about to produce a name. (For me the instant-recognition stuff is ... Jonathan Richman, Wilson Pickett, Joe Jackson, Police, Dire Straits, Procol Harum, New Order, XTC, Big Black, T'Pau, The Who, Cyndi Lauper, Four Tops, REM, Camper Van Beethoven, Television, Undertones, Jam, Smiths, Aretha, Midnight Oil, John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, Fall, Nick Lowe, Slits, Cocteau Twins, Sugarcubes, Pogues, Squeeze, Grandmaster Flash, Cure, Frankie Goes to Hollywood...)

ን (nabisco), Thursday, 12 December 2024 16:25 (one week ago) link

I bothered typing that cuz I want this thread to attract someone bored / not-busy enough to dig in with a full list and help me get over the few that were kinda nagging at me

ን (nabisco), Thursday, 12 December 2024 16:39 (one week ago) link

awesome collage. i don't have time to ID these now but am listening

budo jeru, Thursday, 12 December 2024 20:41 (one week ago) link

Here is the first 60 seconds - anyone want to improve this or tackle the next 60?
*Raspberry Beret - Prince
*?
*?
*?
*Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman
*?
*The Shangri-las - Leader of the Pack
*?
*?
*?
*Invisible Sun - The Police
*? Dire Straights?
*Faith - George Michael
*Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
*Blue Monday - New Order
*???
*? Hendrix?
*?
*Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
*?
*?
*?
*?
*When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

christopher.ivan, Friday, 13 December 2024 23:49 (one week ago) link

Here is the first 60 seconds - anyone want to improve this or tackle the next 60?

  • Raspberry Beret - Prince
*?*?
*?
*Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman
*?
*The Shangri-las - Leader of the Pack
*?
*?
*?
*Invisible Sun - The Police
*? Dire Straights?
*Faith - George Michael
*Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
*Blue Monday - New Order
*???
*? Hendrix?
*?
*Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
*?
*?
*?
*?
*When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

christopher.ivan, Friday, 13 December 2024 23:51 (one week ago) link

Ok - apparently I am a complete failure at making a bulleted list...

christopher.ivan, Friday, 13 December 2024 23:52 (one week ago) link

0’43 is Making Plans for Nigel by XTC

Dan Worsley, Friday, 13 December 2024 23:56 (one week ago) link

1’09 You keep me hanging on by The Supremes?
1’21 Tom Sawyer by Rush?
1’23 I can’t help myself by The Four Tops?
1’28 Take the Skinheads Bowling by Camper Van Beethoven
1’30 Patti Smith?

Dan Worsley, Saturday, 14 December 2024 00:04 (one week ago) link

0'51" Big Black - The Model

Also the pitch is running a little fast overall which might be offputting

Maresn3st, Saturday, 14 December 2024 00:21 (one week ago) link

1'26" REM - It's The End Of The World...

Maresn3st, Saturday, 14 December 2024 00:23 (one week ago) link

The two after Raspberry Beret are
Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances
Young Rascals - Good Lovin'

After the Shangri-Las' Leader of the Pack is The Ronettes - Be My Baby

The Hendrix one is "Foxey Lady"

Josefa, Saturday, 14 December 2024 00:37 (one week ago) link

the Dire Straits one is "Walk of Life."

Lily Dale, Saturday, 14 December 2024 01:29 (one week ago) link

Some progress - thanks folks! Getting some help from Reddit too: https://www.reddit.com/r/puzzles/comments/1hdpzpt/audio_puzzle_contest_from_a_1988_cbc_radio_show/
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  • Raspberry Beret - Prince
  • Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
  • Good Lovin' - Young Rascals
  • Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman
  • ?
  • The Shangri-las - Leader of the Pack
  • Be My Baby - The Ronettes
  • ?
  • ?
  • Invisible Sun - The Police
  • The Walk of Life - Dire Straights
  • Faith - George Michael
  • Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
  • Blue Monday - New Order
  • ???
  • Foxy Lady - Hendrix
  • ?
  • Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
  • Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
  • ?
  • ?
  • The Model - Big Black
  • ?
  • When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
  • Baba O'riley - The Who
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
  • Dancing Queen? - Abba?
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
  • I can’t help myself - The Four Tops
  • ?
  • Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
  • ?
  • ?

christopher.ivan, Saturday, 14 December 2024 14:34 (one week ago) link

1'01" The Zombies - Tell Her No
1'16" Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby
1'34" The Guess Who - These Eyes (*Canadian Content)

There's actually just one clip between "Be My Baby" and "Invisible Sun" and it's driving me crazy, the electro-funk thing... it was a hit and should be obvious but I can't grasp it.

Josefa, Saturday, 14 December 2024 15:09 (one week ago) link

The drum intro between Big Black and Led Zep is *exactly* the same as The Disappointed by XTC but the drums sound too dry

Maresn3st, Saturday, 14 December 2024 16:27 (one week ago) link

1’14” i’m pretty sure is Severed Heads - Hot With Fleas

donna rouge, Saturday, 14 December 2024 16:33 (one week ago) link

and the snare drum at 1’26” sounds like “It’s the End of the World As We Know It”

donna rouge, Saturday, 14 December 2024 16:36 (one week ago) link

Which someone already IDed lol sorry

donna rouge, Saturday, 14 December 2024 16:36 (one week ago) link

also the Kate Bush song before XTC is Running Up That Hill, not HoL

1’41” - Leonard Cohen - Suzanne

donna rouge, Saturday, 14 December 2024 16:55 (one week ago) link

No-one's yet mentioned:

0.35 Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream
0.45 Ying and Yang the Flowerpot Man - Love and Rockets
0.57 One Gun - 54.40
1.05 Neon Lights - Kraftwerk
1.10 I Shall Be Released - The Band
1.45 Ballerina - Van Morrison

Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 14 December 2024 17:08 (one week ago) link

DR is right, that's Severed Heads for sure

Maresn3st, Saturday, 14 December 2024 18:03 (one week ago) link

Here's an update. I tried to incorporate all suggestions so far and fix all edits. Get's hard around 2 minutes...
- - - -

  • Raspberry Beret - Prince
  • Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
  • Good Lovin' - Young Rascals
  • Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman
  • ?
  • The Shangri-las - Leader of the Pack
  • Be My Baby - The Ronettes
  • ?
  • Invisible Sun - The Police
  • The Walk of Life - Dire Straights
  • Faith - George Michael
  • Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
  • Blue Monday - New Order
  • ???
  • Foxy Lady - Hendrix
  • ?
  • Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
  • Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
  • ?
  • ?
  • The Model - Big Black
  • ?
  • When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
  • One Gun - 54:40
  • Tell Her No - The Zombies
  • ?
  • Baba O'riley - The Who
  • ?
  • ?
  • Neon Lights?? - Kraftwerk??
  • ?
  • I Shall Be Released - The Band
  • Hot With Fleas - Severed Heads
  • Dancing Queen? - Abba?
  • I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby - Barry White
  • ?
  • ?
  • I can’t help myself - The Four Tops
  • It’s the End of the World As We Know It - REM
  • Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
  • ? These Eyes - The Guess Who
  • ?
  • ?
  • ?
  • Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
  • ?
  • Ballerina - Van Morrison
  • ?
  • ?

christopher.ivan, Sunday, 15 December 2024 18:45 (one week ago) link

2:02 I think is Television, "Marquee Moon"

rob, Sunday, 15 December 2024 19:11 (one week ago) link

let my mind wander but the Slits "Typical Girls" comes in at 4:12

rob, Sunday, 15 December 2024 19:16 (one week ago) link

There's fewer question marks, we've actually solved most of these up to 1.49.

Incidentally, almost all of these samples are taken right from the opening seconds of the given songs.

Blue Monday - New Order
Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream
Foxy Lady - Hendrix
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
Ying and Yang the Flowerpot Man - Love and Rockets
? - can't tell if there are one or two songs here
The Model - Big Black
?
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
One Gun - 54:40
Tell Her No - The Zombies
Neon Lights - Kraftwerk
Baba O'riley - The Who
You keep me hanging on - The Supremes
I Shall Be Released - The Band
Hot With Fleas - Severed Heads
Dancing Queen - Abba
I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby - Barry White
I can’t help myself - The Four Tops
It’s the End of the World As We Know It - REM
Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
? - is this a song or just tape hum
Gloria - Patti Smith
These Eyes - The Guess Who
?
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Ballerina - Van Morrison

Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 15 December 2024 19:23 (one week ago) link

Very nitpicky, but Jimi Hendrix spelled it “Foxey’ Lady, which no one since has ever done

Josefa, Sunday, 15 December 2024 19:45 (one week ago) link

Here's what I can make out from here to the end:

2.08 Teenage Kicks - Undertones
2.36 Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
2.43 What Difference Does It Make - Smiths
2.51 Clash City Rockers - Clash
2.56 19th Nervous Breakdown - Rolling Stones
2.59 Dancing in the Streets - Martha & Vandellas
3.00 Respect - Aretha Franklin
3.02 It's a Man's Man's Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown
3.06 Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil
3.11 Misterioso - Thelonious Monk
3.14 something by John Coltrane?
3.22 Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis
3.38 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) - Neil Young
3.45 I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
3.56 I Love You - Yello
4.15 Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
4.20 Birthday - Sugarcubes
4.28 Fairytale of New York - Pogues
4.40 Black Coffee in Bed - Squeeze
4.48 The Message - Grandmaster Flash
5.05 Boys Don't Cry - Cure
5.12 something by Frankie Goes to Hollywood?

Upthread nabisco mentioned T'Pau, Cyndi Lauper, The Fall and Nick Lowe, but I can't identify these.

Also an addition:

Ying and Yang the Flowerpot Man - Love and Rockets
? - can't tell if there are one or two songs here - might be Raised on Robbery by Joni Mitchell
The Model - Big Black

Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 15 December 2024 20:05 (one week ago) link

Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
The Shangri-las - Leader of the Pack

Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 15 December 2024 20:10 (one week ago) link

5.16 Turn It Around - Husker Du

Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 15 December 2024 20:24 (one week ago) link

Here's what I can make out from here to the end:

2.08 Teenage Kicks - Undertones
2.36 Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
2.43 What Difference Does It Make - Smiths
2.51 Clash City Rockers - Clash
2.56 19th Nervous Breakdown - Rolling Stones
2.59 Dancing in the Streets - Martha & Vandellas
3.00 Respect - Aretha Franklin
3.02 It's a Man's Man's Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown
3.06 Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil
3.11 Misterioso - Thelonious Monk
3.14 something by John Coltrane?
3.22 Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis
3.38 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) - Neil Young
3.45 I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
3.56 I Love You - Yello
4.15 Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
4.20 Birthday - Sugarcubes
4.28 Fairytale of New York - Pogues
4.40 Black Coffee in Bed - Squeeze
4.48 The Message - Grandmaster Flash
5.05 Boys Don't Cry - Cure
5.12 something by Frankie Goes to Hollywood?

Upthread nabisco mentioned T'Pau, Cyndi Lauper, The Fall and Nick Lowe, but I can't identify these.
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Also an addition:

Ying and Yang the Flowerpot Man - Love and Rockets
? - can't tell if there are one or two songs here - might be Raised on Robbery by Joni Mitchell
The Model - Big Black

― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, December 15, 2024 8:05 PM

I think that's the Fall's Totally Wired creeping in just after "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" in that segment you've just deep-dived on.

etc, Sunday, 15 December 2024 21:03 (one week ago) link

This is a lot of fun - I'm a huge fan of Osymyso's "Intro-Inspection" and this scratches the same itch.

etc, Sunday, 15 December 2024 21:06 (one week ago) link

“So It Goes” by Nick Lowe at 3:51

Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Sunday, 15 December 2024 21:33 (one week ago) link

2'40" - The Jam - Start
2'46" - Public Image Ltd - The Body
3'08" - Frank Sinatra - I Got You Under My Skin
4'12" - The Slits - Typical Girls
4'36" - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Shipbuilding
4'45" - Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go

Maresn3st, Sunday, 15 December 2024 23:49 (one week ago) link

5'10" Adam & the Ants - Antmusic

Josefa, Monday, 16 December 2024 01:58 (six days ago) link


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