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For the Weekend Genius Challenge, we’ve done anagrams and clues and various wordplay. This weekend, we go musical!
Just like we found lots of percussion introductions in songs from 1980, we found softer openings (piano, acoustic guitar, even ukulele) in a bunch of songs from 1970. So your job is to identify all 15 of the songs in this medley. If you’re the first to get them all (or the first to get more than anyone else) you’ll win a T-shirt of your choice from the mental floss store. Here’s the music file in mp3 format:
You may have to click twice to get the player to work, depending on your browser. There are no obscure songs here… all but one hit Top-20 on the pop chart in 1970. Answer by commenting below, with all your guesses (and your T-shirt choice) in a single comment. You only get one crack at it, so make your guesses count! The correct songs will be revealed on Monday. Good luck!
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Instant Karama, John Lennon / What THe World Needs Now, THe Carpenters / Come and Get It, Beatles / Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, ? / Looking Out My Back Door, Credance Clearwater Revival / ? / ? / Turn You on, Beatles / Let It Be, Beatles / Giv ME A Ticket, Joe Cocker / Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkle / LoLa, The Kinks / CrossRoads, Allman Brothers / ? / Fire and Rain, James Taylor /
posted by bradley on 12-22-2007 at 1:19 pm
Okay, I’m short three of em, but maybe I can help fill in someone else’s blanks!
1- Instant Karma (John Lennon)
2- Close To You (The Carpenters)
3- Come And Get It (Badfinger)
4- Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head (BJ Thomas)
5- Lookin’ Out My Back Door (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
6- No Damn Idea (Joe Maz)
7- Solitary Man (Neil Diamond)
8- Clueless Poster (Joe And The Maz-Tones)
9- Let It Be (The Beatles)
10- The Letter (Joe Cocker)
11- Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
12- Lola (The Kinks)
13- Make It With You (Bread)
14- Twelve Out Of Fifteen Ain’t Bad (Maz Loaf)
15- Fire And Rain (James Taylor)
Nobel Dy-No-Mite, Size Large! This was enormous buckets o’ fun, by the way!
posted by Joe Maz on 12-22-2007 at 2:00 pm
1. Instant Karma-John Lennon
2. Close to You-Carpenters
3. Come and Get It-Badfinger
4. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head- B. J. Thomas
5. Looking Out My Back Door-
Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. Tell It Like It Is-The Neville Bros
7. Solitary Man-Neil Diamond
8. Reflections Of My Life-Marmalade
9. Let It Be-Beatles
10. The Letter-Joe Cocker
11. Bridge Over Troubled Water-
Simon and Garfunkle
12. Lola-The Kinks
13. Make It With You-Bread
14. Blowing In The Wind
15. Fire and Rain-James Taylor
posted by Brian on 12-22-2007 at 2:59 pm
1. Instant Karma – John Lennon
2. Close to You – Carpenters
3. Come and Get It – Badfinger
4. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head – B. J. Thomas
5. Looking Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. Hey There, Lonely Girl – Eddie Holman
7. Solitary Man – Neil Diamond
8. Reflections Of My Life – Marmalade
9. Let It Be – Beatles
10. The Letter – Joe Cocker
11. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
12. Lola – The Kinks
13. Make It With You – Bread
14. Look What They’ve Done to My Song – New Seekers
15. Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Mental Floss Logo Shirt in Large, if I’m right
posted by R. E. Cohen on 12-22-2007 at 3:35 pm
Brian, I bow to your superior Pop Fu. Now I’m gonna go see if iTunes has that Marmalade song.
posted by Joe Maz on 12-22-2007 at 3:55 pm
1 Instant Karma – John Lennon
2 Close to You – Carpenters
3 Come and Get It – Badfinger
4 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head – BJ Thomas
5 Looking Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Tell It Like It Is – Neville Brothers
7 Solitary Man – Neil Diamond
8 Reflections Of My Life – Marmalade
9 Let It Be – Beatles
10 The Letter – Joe Cocker
11 Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
12 Lola – The Kinks
13 Make It With You – Bread
14 Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma – New Seekers
15 Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Women’s Gregor Mendel Large
posted by Carly S on 12-22-2007 at 4:13 pm
1.John Lennon – Instant Karma
2.The Carpenters – Close to you
3.Bad Finger – Come and get it
4.BJ Thomas – Raindrops keep falling on my head
5.Creedence Clear Water Revival – Lookin out my back door
6.The Neville Brothers – Tell it like it is
7.Neil Diamond – Solitary Man
8.Marmalade – Reflections of my life
9.The Beatles – Let it be
10.Joe Cocker – The Letter
11.Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
12.The Kinks – Lola
13.Bread – Make it with you
14.Peter, Paul and Mary – Blowing in the wind
15.James Taylor – Fire and Rain
I would like the Rhesus T-shirt in size XXL
posted by Gilbert on 12-22-2007 at 4:26 pm
1. Instant Karma (John Lennon)
2. Close to You (The Carpenters)
3. Come and Get It (Badfinger)
4. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head (B.J. Thomas)
5. Looking Out My Back Door (CCR)
6. Reason to Believe (Rod Stewart)
7. Solitary Man (Neil Diamond)
8. Reflections of My Life (Marmalade)
9. Let It Be (The Beatles)
10. The Letter (Joe Cocker)
11. Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon & Garfunkle)
12. Lola (The Kinks)
13. I Wanna Make It With You (Bread)
14. Blowin’ In The Wind (Bob Dylan)
15. Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
Pavlov (long-sleeve) XXL
posted by Claudia on 12-22-2007 at 5:07 pm
1. Instant Karma! (We All Shine on)—John Lennon
2. Close to You—The Carpenters
3. Come and Get It—Badfinger
4. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head—B. J. Thomas
5. Lookin’ Out My Back Door—Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. Tell It Like It Is—The Neville Brothers
7. Solitary Man—Neil Diamond
8. Reflections of My Life—Marmalade
9. Let It Be—The Beatles
10. The Letter—Joe Cocker
11. Bridge Over Troubled Water—Simon and Garfunkel
12. Lola—The Kinks
13. Make It with You—Bread
14. Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma—Melanie Safka
15. Fire and Rain—James Taylor
Idioms T, size L
posted by Jack da Bomb on 12-23-2007 at 1:09 am
I got 12, but others beat me to it.
posted by gus on 12-23-2007 at 1:10 pm
1. Instant Karama – Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon)
2. Close To You – The Carpenters
3. Come and Get It – Badfinger
4. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – B.J. Thomas
5. Looking Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. The Bells – The Originals
7. Solitary Man – Neil Diamond
8. Reflections Of My Life – The Marmalade
9. Let It Be – The Beatles
10. The Letter – Joe Cocker
11. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon And Garfunkel
12. Lola – The Kinks
13. Make It With You – Bread
14. Look What They Have Done With My Song, Ma – The New Seekers
15. Fire and Rain – James Taylor
If I have them all correct I’d like a mens non-fitted ‘Pluto R.I.P. T-shirt’ in Extra Large.
posted by Ben Stucky on 12-23-2007 at 1:16 pm
Hey! No fair- I wasn’t even alive in the 70’s!
posted by Anon on 12-23-2007 at 3:15 pm