Here, a thread featuring translations of song titles from their commonly known designation and into ACADEMESE, and then involving guess-work as to the original nomenclature in order to make a competi

xpost - Yes we're supposed to guess.

my mother told me: you better shop around

how about:

"it might be merely a form of popular music arising from and incorporating a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music, and gospel, originating in the United States in the 1950s and characterized by electronically amplified instrumentation, a heavily accented beat, and relatively simple phrase structure, but it increases left-side brain activity near my forehead".

hint: it's a jazz standard

"It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To"

??

vahid's is hard: it's too complicated to be "d'you know what time it is?"

did i get yr radius one right curtis?

mark i thought yours was "tiny dancer"

if i give a clue it gives it away

otherwise i am stuck

Somewhere over the Rainbow?

(bah, xpost)

(But is the narrator actually stating his personal belief in the mythological figure?)

In the title at least :)

Fair point, yes.

A contrafactual scenario involving a vocational choice of a pre-messianic nature

― Tuomas, 7. joulukuuta 2008 3:38 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Hint: this one is sung by Harry Belafonte, among others.

There is a possibility that the populace self-identify with the temporal dimension; otherwise in the marginal no-man's land separating two thoroughfares in the city of Los Angeles

a physiological event in which the diaphragm contracts reflexively, resulting in a rapid, shallow inhalation which is promptly interrupted by the closure of the glottis. This event manifests itself as a "gulping" or "squeaking" sound emanating from the bucal cavity. Curiously, it is accompanied by the expulsion of water-soluble crystalline carbohydrates (probably glucose) from the aforementioned cavity.

*buccal cavity, even

A contrafactual scenario involving a vocational choice of a pre-messianic nature

"I Wish I Was a Carpenter"

[Editor's note: At first blush, the song's title suggests an enormous, unattainable speed, suitable only for science fiction tales about plasma-powered hot rods and physics-defying alien spacecraft. Hovever, a simple unit conversion places the figure at a mere 216 mph (348 kph). By the mid-to-late 1960s, manned starships reached velocities in excess of 20,000 mph (32,000 kph), rocket-powered airplanes raced across the skies at 4,500 mph (7,200 kph), the fastest land vehicle had attained a speed of just over 600 mph (966 kph), and even sea vessels could travel at over 300 mph (483 kph). The title hints at the incalculably fast pace and unnaturally high demands of modern teenage life, yet the narrator's hyperbole is deflated somewhat in the eyes of the discerning, science-savvy listener.]

a physiological event in which the diaphragm contracts reflexively, resulting in a rapid, shallow inhalation which is promptly interrupted by the closure of the glottis. This event manifests itself as a "gulping" or "squeaking" sound emanating from the bucal cavity. Curiously, it is accompanied by the expulsion of water-soluble crystalline carbohydrates (probably glucose) from the aforementioned cavity.

Sugar Hiccup

still trying to figure out youcangoyourownway's...something to do with kissing?

Yes, you are on the right track!

A contrafactual scenario involving a vocational choice of a pre-messianic nature

"I Wish I Was a Carpenter"

Actually, the song is called "If I Were a Carpenter", but that's close enough.

Masses of dense connective tissue that articulate with the femur, patella, fibula and talus - "A complex behavior that requires significant muscular coordination that is particularly dependent on the orbicularis oris muscle done upon those who lack labia"

yes!

My alltime favorite thread is back. There goes my day...

3 songs familiar to classic rock radio....

1. A goodwill salutation issued upon the subject’s initiation into the automation process, perhaps indicating membership.

2. A sugary circular confection comprised of dairy products that, when exposed to increased temperatures; result in a beloved thixotropic substance.

3. Enigmatic attainment

1 = Welcome to the Machine

3 = Mystery Achievement

hahaha, from last april = e-40, "gouda"

btw, if you need a hint, the artist name can alternately be evalauted by taking the natural logarithm of (4.24835426 × 10^-18)

moonship, no wonder it was solved so quick when you're giving stuff like that away

The conundrum presented here is that while the narrator is incapable of harmonious spousal cohabitation with the object of his desire, he conversely feels that the reversal of this situation would result in an existence without meaning, or indeed sufficient anima to make this state of affairs preferable to death.

the narrator discourses on the sensation of becoming akin to a victim of an ancient Haitian ritual in which the recently deceased are transformed through either alchemical or magical means into obedient servants of the individual delivering the chemical agent or incantation.

[Editor's note: At first blush, the song's title suggests an enormous, unattainable speed, suitable only for science fiction tales about plasma-powered hot rods and physics-defying alien spacecraft. Hovever, a simple unit conversion places the figure at a mere 216 mph (348 kph). By the mid-to-late 1960s, manned starships reached velocities in excess of 20,000 mph (32,000 kph), rocket-powered airplanes raced across the skies at 4,500 mph (7,200 kph), the fastest land vehicle had attained a speed of just over 600 mph (966 kph), and even sea vessels could travel at over 300 mph (483 kph). The title hints at the incalculably fast pace and unnaturally high demands of modern teenage life, yet the narrator's hyperbole is deflated somewhat in the eyes of the discerning, science-savvy listener.]

― ¡¡¡¡¡inverted exclamation!!!!! (unregistered), Monday, 8 December 2008 00:28 (Yesterday) Permalink

Interstellar Overdrive???

"Lycanthropes of Britainic Capital"

"In pleasurable afterlife plane, beverage of fermented barley and hops cannot be attained."

"Uncomplicated Rotated bend crimp of Cerulean Emotional State"

I'm sure these are all titles from the next Of Montreal album.

Is the Haitian one Voodoo Child (slight return)?

Or is it "Now I'm Feeling Zombified"?

There is a possibility that the populace self-identify with the temporal dimension; otherwise in the marginal no-man's land separating two thoroughfares in the city of Los Angeles = "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale"

The conundrum presented here is that while the narrator is incapable of harmonious spousal cohabitation with the object of his desire, he conversely feels that the reversal of this situation would result in an existence without meaning, or indeed sufficient anima to make this state of affairs preferable to death.

"I Can't Live if Living is Without You"?

"Lycanthropes of Britainic Capital"

Werewolves of London

Exit this Roman shell!

"In pleasurable afterlife plane, beverage of fermented barley and hops cannot be attained."

in heaven there is no beer

Acrylic decorative enhancements are fastened to the garment of one employed in the bovine transport industry.

rhinestone cowboy

[Editor's note: At first blush, the song's title suggests an enormous, unattainable speed, suitable only for science fiction tales about plasma-powered hot rods and physics-defying alien spacecraft. Hovever, a simple unit conversion places the figure at a mere 216 mph (348 kph). By the mid-to-late 1960s, manned starships reached velocities in excess of 20,000 mph (32,000 kph), rocket-powered airplanes raced across the skies at 4,500 mph (7,200 kph), the fastest land vehicle had attained a speed of just over 600 mph (966 kph), and even sea vessels could travel at over 300 mph (483 kph). The title hints at the incalculably fast pace and unnaturally high demands of modern teenage life, yet the narrator's hyperbole is deflated somewhat in the eyes of the discerning, science-savvy listener.]

― ¡¡¡¡¡inverted exclamation!!!!! (unregistered), Monday, 8 December 2008 00:28 (Yesterday) Permalink

Interstellar Overdrive???

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, December 9, 2008 10:13 AM (7 hours ago)

nope :)

I bolded the clue words...

"Now I'm Feeling Zombified" is the correct answer

The close approach of two Cα atoms (< 7 Å), when the corresponding residues are not involved in a regular secondary structure element such as an alpha helix or beta sheet! A musical ornament consisting of a group of four or more notes that wind about the principal note by including the notes next above and next below! A complete transaction involving a purchase and sale of securities!

^^^^ actual Anthony Braxton title.

A state of a sincere need of nutrition that can be compared to a mammal, the largest wild member of the Canidae family, known as Canis Lupus.

Hungry like the Wolf

"Uncomplicated Rotated bend crimp of Cerulean Emotional State"

Simple Twist of Tangled Up in Blue? Wait, no...

Revive!

A narrator proves that the subject of said narrator's particular distaste is dissimilar to the (implicity implied) superior subset of which narrator is a member.

Not One Of Us?

Yes!

Wait, do you mean the Peter Gabriel song or a similarly-named recent smash?

I meant PG

A stepped structure which allows vertical ascent to a meeting place where gods and other celestial beings reside.

Stairway to Heaven

"Temporal Displacement Is Infeasible for Individuals Originating from Specific Rural Municipalities"

(Feel free to guess the original title 😄)

Can’t get there from here?

Individuals in emotional cynosure are inchoate

"Temporal Displacement Is Infeasible for Individuals Originating from Specific Rural Municipalities"

You Can't Do That In A Small Town?

Signifying the act of actively misplacing, or rueing the present absence of faith

Puncture in the Radax Permutation

Oh, hang on...