Encore-Musicians

[bobtheenchantedone]

I could totally start busting out two a day.

[Marduk]

I think Deadcat needs to start taking more of your Phineas and Ferb. Also, some of these are quite a stretch....

[bobtheenchantedone]

How so? I can defend all of them!

[Dead Cat]

"Just get together with your friends and play some rock and roll."

Phineas and Ferb, title unknown... maybe "Music Makes Us Better"?

Bob, sorry to tell you this, but it's "some friends" not "your friends." You're out.

Also, I'm going to narrow the scope a little bit. From now on, the musician must be named by name or title. You have to say they listen to Donny Osmond sing, are a digeridoo player, or was once kidnapped by MoTab. You cannot say that so-and-so is singing a song all day long at Hogwarts. Playing a note on the piano doesn't make you a musician but being a castrati does.

Any questions? Complaints? Fried brains?

[Katya]

1776. "He Plays the Violin."
Althouse, Jay. "We're the Men."
Arjona, Ricardo. "Animal Nocturno."
Bad Company. "Shooting Star."
Berry, Chuck. "Johnny B. Goode."
Bread. "Guitar Man."
The Clash. "London Calling."
Cohen, Leonard. "Hallelujah."
Drayton, Paul. "Masterpiece."
Fogelberg, Dan. "Leader of the Band."
Hairspray. "Without Love."
Joel, Billy. "The Entertainer."
----------."Piano Man."
The King's Singers. "Deconstructing Johann."
----------. "What Kinds of Things."
Phineas and Ferb. "Ain't Got Rhythm."
----------. "Danny's Song."
----------. "Fabulous"
----------. "Give Me a Grade."
----------. "Music Makes Us Better." (?)
Purcell, Henry. "Come Ye Sons of Art."
Ralph's World. "Sammy the Dog.'
----------. "Say Hi to the Animals."
Rockapella. "The Violin."
Teng, Vienna. "Boy at the Piano."
----------. "Grandmother Song."
Train. "Hey, Soul Sister."
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. "Beethoven Day."

[Dead Cat]

Day 6:
DC
C4
Mrdk

Messed Up:
Bob (and, by the way, the song title was right)

[Dead Cat]

"Do you know something, Schroeder? I think the way you play the PIAAAAAAANO is nice."

--"Schroeder" from You're a Good Man Charlie Brown


"So majestic is the bass so dark and deep as we proudly lead the way. All must listen. Pompous and strong, though at times we're wrong, we are gonna get it it, that's right!"

--"We're the Choir" by Kirby Shaw

C4 and Marduk, it's up to you if you want to do two per day, but I think I'll increase my own now.

[Marduk]

I'm not a fan of changing rules mid-stream, just sayin'.

As for the game itself,

"Johnny (you) rosin up your bow, and play your fiddle hard
'Cause Hell's broke loose in Georgia and the devil deals the cards
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold
But if you lose the devil gets your soul"

-Charlie Daniels (and Primus, who does a better version in my opinion) "The Devil Went down to Georgia"

With "you" inserted parenthetically since it is included in one version but not the other

[C is for]

"Like Frankie said: I did it my way."
Bon Jovi, "It's My Life"

But Marduk, when the game gets to a certain point we have to make it more stringent or it goes on for-ever.

[bobtheenchantedone]

Actually, I'd say you have to make it that stringent from the get-go. Either impose rules from the beginning or live and learn. : )

[Katya]

Actually, I'd say you have to make it that stringent from the get-go. Either impose rules from the beginning or live and learn. : )

Why?

[Marduk]

In order to keep a level playing field. This is why every game in existence has a set of rules in which exceptions are not made. If you change rules mid-game it gives way to favoring one player over another, especially if it is done unilaterally.

[Katya]

In order to keep a level playing field.

Right, but we're playing in daily rounds. I don't see how changing or clarifying the rules for the next day's round is not a level playing field. Yes, some people may do better than others, but that's true of any game. Do you think that changing the game to 2 songs per day would radically affect who wins the game? Also, a number of people misunderstood Dead Cat's original theme, and I definitely don't think it should be against the rules to clarify the theme in between rounds.

[Marduk]

I'm not accusing anyone of this, but I certainly think it could happen that a struggling person could change rules to better suit their capabilities. Also, we had a little discussion about those rules to begin with, and decided to go with the "misinterpreted" way. I just don't really like the idea of saying, mid game, "ok! We don't like this way, (or) it isn't working like I wanted it to, let's do something different!"

But I'm just a player, not the game creator.

[Katya]

I assume it would be the theme-picker who would change the rules, so they wouldn't have a vested interest in making the game come out a certain way, because they aren't officially playing.

Also, we had a little discussion about those rules to begin with, and decided to go with the "misinterpreted" way.

That's true, but the misinterpretation has led to some confusion about which songs have lyrics that count, which wouldn't have been the case with the original theme. (Maybe we need a day set aside to ask questions or get clarifications about the theme?)

I don't care if we change or clarify anything for this theme, but I think that if certain problems crop up over and over again, they should probably be addressed.

[Marduk]

I certainly agree that problems should be addressed. Also, the theme-picker is not officially playing? I remembered that being discussed, but didn't realize that we had made a judgement on that. I suppose if that were the case then it would assuage many of my concerns.

[C is for]

I certainly agree that problems should be addressed. Also, the theme-picker is not officially playing? I remembered that being discussed, but didn't realize that we had made a judgment on that. I suppose if that were the case then it would assuage many of my concerns.

They're playing, but they can't win.

Oh, I have a question that I meant to ask this morning. Would saying something like "We are the Prankster Band, blah blah blah" be okay, even though the Prankster band doesn't really exist (either in real life or in the fictional world of the Electric Company)? We're at least giving them a title as musicians, right?

(the lyrics go more like "when we play we play proudly, or loudly, and marching might be somewhere in there" instead of "blah blah blah" but it's pretty obvious why I'm not actually going to use it.)

[C is for]

I magically remembered more words to the following song:

"Put Sufjan Stevens on and we'll play your favorite song."
~Snow Patrol, "Hands Open"

There's another one where I have a name (a composer, even!) but I can only remember 4 words of it.

[Katya]

There's another one where I have a name (a composer, even!) but I can only remember 4 words of it.

I have two that I only know 3 words of. (I think I'll post them when the game ends.)

[Dead Cat]

I didn't narrow the rules to make it easier for me. I narrowed the rules to make it harder for everyone and partially because of this little sentence:

Also, some of these are quite a stretch....

And since I forgot to take my turn earlier today, I'll do so now.

"Mud is all around--guess it is spring. Name another crooner other than Bing."

--"Dot" from Animaniacs


"On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping..."

--"The Twelve Days of Christmas"