Music Meme!

[haldoor]

Both halfdutch and janie_tangerine did this meme, and of course I can't resist anything musical!

Open your iTunes / Winamp player.
Put to shuffle mode.
Find pictures of the first 25 artists. If repeated, skip it.

Have your friends list guess the 25 artists.



1. Hint: big eighties hits included 'Urgent' and 'I Want to Know What Love Is'
Foreigner guessed by green_grrl and siluria


2. Thirsty Merc guessed by pleasebekidding


3. Bic Runga (Kiwi artist) guessed by pleasebekidding


4. James Blunt guessed by siluria, marius2045 and gregoria44 (and Bloke!)


5. Josh Groban guessed by ciaimpala


6. Colin James guessed by gottalovev


7. Bruno Mars guessed by ciaimpala


8. Glen Campbell guessed by tkeylasunset


9. Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) guessed by green_grrl


10. Simon & Garfunkel guessed by ciaimpala


11. Michael Jackson guessed by ciaimpala


12. ABBA guessed by green_grrl


13. Crowded House (Kiwi/Aussie group) guessed by pleasebekidding


14. The Cars guessed by green_grrl


15. Chris Isaak guessed by green_grrl


16. Jimmy Buffett guessed by tkeylasunset


17. The Beatles guessed by tkeylasunset and green_grrl


18. The Decemberists guessed by pleasebekidding


19. OMC (Pauly Fuemana - Kiwi artist, died recently) guessed by gregoria44 (and Bloke!)


20. Gorillaz guessed by siluria


21. Chris Rea guessed by siluria and gregoria44 (and Bloke!)


22. John Mellencamp guessed by tkeylasunset and green_grrl


23. The Moody Blues guessed by halfdutch and pleasebekidding


24. The Bee Gees (so young!) guessed by halfdutch


25. Billy Idol guessed by green_grrl


Good luck! I tried to find some obscure pics for some of them, but others were just too hard to find obscure pics for! Let's hope I made them a tiny bit hard. And some are Kiwi artists, so they might be difficult for most of you, though at least two of them have international hits.

Comments

[ciaimpala.livejournal.com]

5. Josh Groban

7. Bruno Mars

10. Simon and Garfunkel

11. Michael Jackson

12. Mamas and the Papas?

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Four out of five! The last one is not the Mamas & the Papas. ;-)

[ciaimpala.livejournal.com]

That is the one I was really not sure about ;)

I'm doing this meme as we speak :)

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Cool! I can't wait to see who you have!

[ciaimpala.livejournal.com]

& it's up :)

[tkeylasunset.livejournal.com]

1. Led Zeppelin?
8. Glen Campbell
14. Rolling Stones
16. Jimmy Buffet
17. The Beetles
22. John Mellencamp

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Four right: 8, 16, 17 & 22. 1 has a voice who could probably pull off Robert Plant, but not quite LZ! 14 are American, so sadly, not the Stones. ;-)

[tkeylasunset.livejournal.com]

Well, better than I thought I might do!!!

Fun. Thanks.

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

12 ABBA
14 The Cars
15 Chris Isaak
17 The Beatles
22 John Cougar Mellencamp
25 Billy Idol?

I know I shoul know some of the others, but those were the "off the top of my head" ones.

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, is 9 ELO?

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

You are too good! All correct! ;-)

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

\o/ That's better than I thought I'd do after seeing the first few.

[halfdutch.livejournal.com]

OMG, these are REALLY HARD! I have no idea on any of these that haven't already been guessed.

Wild guess that 20 is Blur although I'm sure that's not right. The lead singer actually reminds me more of Carson Daly!

1 Is clearly some hard rock band from the '60s or '70s...
6 Uh, Paul Kelly (I do remember him and he's an Aussie, right? If that's him, that is)
23. Hmm, Herman's Hermits? That's surely not right either.
24. The Nelson brothers? (Sons of Ozzie & Harriet?)

And I love the Beatles "in disguise" LOL!

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

None right, I'm sorry, but I'll give you some clues:

1. more 70's & 80's; half-English, half-American band.
6. Canadian rocker
20. I had to search hard for this; they're not normally seen onscreen
23. right era to begin, although these guys still perform, unlike Hermits Hermits!
24. *giggles* I don't know the Nelsons. No, these boys are one of the biggest-selling bands ever, and no longer perform as one of them died a few years ago.

That should help!

I love the Beatles pic too! It was impossible to find one of them that didn't look like them, but that one just caught my fancy as being a little off-beat! ;-)

[sorry if you got a repeat of this comment, slightly altered... I thought LJ hadn't accepted it, then when I reposted, found it had! Crazy! Use any extra clues I gave you, though!]

[halfdutch.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the extra clues, although I think they've only helped on two of these.

Hmmm, I am still drawing a blank on 1. Not Bad Company or the Scorpions... who are German, anyway. The lead singer does look familiar but I can't place him. Argh. I must know!

23. Moody Blues?
24. Oh! Must be the Bee Gees! I don't think I've ever seen a pic of them so young!

And the only Canadian rocker I can think of is Bryan Adams! (At least I think he's Canadian!) Oh and Rush, LOL.

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Yes to both! Hee, the young one of the Bee Gees was a must, cos they are pretty easy to recognise once they're famous. And yay for the Moodies!

You will know 1, I'm sure of it.

Ha! I suppose I know a few more Canadians as I lived there for a year once. I'm surprised how little known outside of Canada some of those acts are though; especially since it's right next door to the US! This guy is pretty good, too. I kinda wished I'd had my other favourite Canadians come up though: Blue Rodeo, who are so under-appreciated outside of Canada it's not funny!

[halfdutch.livejournal.com]

I do know of more Canadian musicians than that, of course, but haven't heard of Blue Rodeo. I don't think I will ever guess who #1 is.

But a bit of googling led me here (http://www.whosdatedwho.com/ctn_14073878/canadian-male-singers/) so I'm going to guess Matthew Good for #6 even though you're right, I don't know who he is!

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

OMG! Blue Rodeo are awesome, although of course it's subjective! But if you have any interest in groups like the Eagles, I'm sure you'd be able to appreciate them.

No, not Matthew Goode and then I went thru pages and pages of that list until he finally showed up at something like 458!!! I'd heard of a number of the other Canadians on the list (mostly way higher), and since you're probably wanting to be put out of your misery, I'll do the same thing for you that you did for me and link you to #6 (http://www.last.fm/music/Colin%2520James?ac=colin%20james)

Oh, and #1 (http://www.last.fm/music/Foreigner?ac=foreigner) too, in case you're dying to know!

[halfdutch.livejournal.com]

OH! I totally know who he is! Just not what he looks like now! He was a HUGE deal back when and I definitely remember the hubbub over him. ;) I may have even seen him live, although I couldn't swear to it. I love Steve Ray Vaughn and so it's very likely I did see him since he was hailed as the second coming! He's aged quite well but he does look quite different! I even saw his names on one of those lists and just kept going because I was sure it wasn't him.

As for the Eagles, some of their songs I like, some not so much. I'd peg them as more of a guilty pleasure, probably. Part of me is still very averse to embracing anything mainstream!

ETA: Just saw you'd unveiled #1. Wow, never ever would have gotten it, although of course I know who they are. I had no idea that some of them were British! They do look familiar but in only the vaguest way! I guess I couldn't have picked them out of a crowd!

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

I figured you might probably know both of the acts, even if you weren't that familiar with them!

As for the mainstream - I can totally see that, going by your past! I can understand that; I've always had a slight aversion to some of the over-hyped bands, though some songs of the 'popular' people do kinda seep in. ABBA in the day, U2 and Coldplay are examples that spring to mind, although yeah, I'm a sucker for a catchy tune, so it's not quite the same!

[halfdutch.livejournal.com]

Ahh, who doesn't love ABBA? I remember as a kid finding a music book in a store and looking them up and finding, to my horror, that they were regarded as a complete joke! Guess they had the last laugh.

And U2, well, damn, they're just a great band. I didn't quite get in on the ground floor there but very early on. Definitely one of my all-time favorite bands.

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is quite funny! I enjoy them more now than I used to in the seventies! Same with U2 really, because although both are good in very different ways, I was just a little averse to anything too many people thought was wonderful. I have my favourites with both, but have to say I still can't tell the differnce between I Still Don't Know What I'm Looking For Where the Streets Have No Name so I just call both songs the one extended name! ;-P But hey, I can certainly rock out to them when I want - there's nothing quite like Sunday Bloody Sunday and All I Want is You (The Edge really can kick ass with his guitar).

[halfdutch.livejournal.com]

Did you see "It Might Get Loud?" Loved it! Although I'm not really a Jack White fan so I don't see why he was included. He's innovative and I like his retro clothing style, but I don't really like a lot of his music. But who can beat Jimmy Page and the Edge, together?!

I got a bit tired of U2 during Rattle & Hum and I never got into Pop but otherwise, love, love, love. Oddly, Joshua Tree hasn't aged as well for me. I prefer War, Unforgettable Fire & Achtung Baby.

Taking a look at your lists, I've never heard of #2 or #3 but I do know Crowded House. I didn't recognize as them as they look today, though!

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

No, I've not heard of that! I don't know Jack White at all! Wow to Jimmy Page and The Edge together though; that would be awesome.

Yeah, it's funny with U2. I actually don't own any of their albums, although my hubby has Joshua Tree so it's kind of the only one I know all the way through... I think (memory slips) we may have a compilation album which is probably all I'd bother with as I'm extremely meh about whole albums, despite Edge's style!

I figured you probably would know Crowded House, since they're basically our most famous export! I guess I thought too that Neil Finn would kind of give them away in that pic!

Thirsty Merc are Australian rockers, very Aussie sounding for want of a better description. They had a big hit with 'Tommy & Krista' recently, and before that there was one they used in an advert here - title escapes me again, I'm afraid, but it was a car ad and the music was awesome.

Bic Runga is a Kiwi - we have her 'Beautiful Collision' album and she continues to be fantastic. It's hard to even think who to compare her to. If you're interested, I can find a vid or two for you to check out. She always needs more exposure!

[halfdutch.livejournal.com]

You should definitely check out It Might Get Loud! As I said, I could have done without a lot of the Jack White stuff. I liked hearing him talk about his influences and his upbringing but when he plays... not so much, LOL. He's the lead singer of The White Stripes and is also in The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather. But the Edge and Jimmy were awesome! (My icon is Jimmy Page playing where they recorded Led Zeppelin VI).

I picture Crowded House as they (mostly just Neil Finn, right?) looked in the "Don't Dream It's Over" video! I haven't followed them through the years so that wasn't an obvious one for me.

And did you see that Brett McKenzie won an Oscar?! :) I'm sure it's all over the NZ media, LOL. I haven't really watched Flight of the Conchords but they did one of the best Simpsons episodes in years where Lisa goes to arts camp.

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

I will watch out for that one!

Yeah, Neil writes most of the songs, sings and plays lead and is certainly the 'known face' of Crowded House.

Oh yes, Bret was all over the news yesterday and is bound to be in the papers this morning - I'll see when I get to work! FOTC are pretty cool, and the humour is slightly warped, but very Kiwi! I love them - you should definitely check them out more if you like a little humour in your music. ;-)

[pleasebekidding.livejournal.com]

Do I spy Joe Satriani in the first pic? with HAIR?

[pleasebekidding.livejournal.com]

Oh BTW 2 is Thirsty Merc (facial hair FTW) 3 is most definitely the adorable Bic Runga... 13 Crowded House (OF COURSE THEY ARE IN THERE)(though I don't know what year's lineup that is)(or is it split enz?) 18 is the decembrists, methinks. 23 Moody Blues. TADA
(sporadic internet access and I use it for THIS? HAHAHA yes I do.)

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Right on all counts! I'm not sure what year's line-up that was for Crowded House either, but of course, you're right, they had to be in there! ;-)

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

No, I'm afraid not!

[gottalovev.livejournal.com]

hahaha! I am crap at music meme, probably why I had not clicked at first, but I think you put 6 for meeeeeeeee!

it's my man, Colin James ♥ ♥ ♥

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

it is indeed, my love! he ame up randomly, but of course I thought of you first when he did! ♥ ♥ ♥

[siluria]

#4 looks an awful lot like James Blunt, but I don't know if he travelled over there! :)

And #20 looks like Damon Albarn... so that could be Blur or Gorillaz, although female in background if not a backing singer would mean Gorillaz.

And is #21 Chris Rea??

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

It is James Blunt! I wanted something a little less obviously him and this seemed to fit the bill!

It's Gorillaz, according to what I found online! Good guess - I wouldn't know the lead singer from a bar of soap!

21 is indeed Chris Rea!

You did well! ;-)

[siluria]

I like Blur, so I know Damon, he had another project as well I seem to recall, but Blur and Gorillaz are in my collection so I went for them :)

#1 is going to be Foreigner now with that hint. There was a guy I used to know who sung that all the time... and badly :)

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Yup. knowing bands certainly make a difference! (I don't know a single Blur song,. but I have a whole Gorillaz album)

And yes, Foreigner! Actually, I just went in to edit, cos green_grrl got this too, and their song, 'Waiting for a Girl Like You' came on the radio, which did make me laugh - how coincidental is that?

[siluria]

I now find myself humming the theme from the Twilight Zone ;)

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Ha! Those kind of coincidences always seem to be happening to me! msb66 says TINSTAC: There Is No Such Thing As Coincidence, and I must admit, I've been a proponent of 'Nothing is Random' ever since the X Files!

[siluria]

It's all fate :)

[marius2045.livejournal.com]

4. James Blunt
20. One Republic?

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Yes to #4 and no to #20. Well done! ;-)

[gregoria44.livejournal.com]

Hee! I've got Bloke in on this, cos he's got another seven years experience than me ;D

We're saying #1 Europe, #4 James Blunt, #19 Pauly Fuemana (OMC), #20 I'm guessing is not Blur, though obv Damon Albarn. The Good the Bad and the Queen? #21 Chris Rea.

Any good?!

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Hee, two heads are always better than one!

#1 no, #4 yes, #19 YES! (I wondered if anyone would get him! AND bonus for getting his real name!), #20 no (although you clearly know more than me about the lead singer - as I said to siluria, a bar of soap!), and #21 yes!

So only #1 left and no one seems to be able to get them... goodness where was everyone in 1981 when the album 4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_(Foreigner_album)) was so big?

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha to the hint! The hint for me would have been Cold as Ice, which will now be stuck in my head all day.

Foreigner

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

You got it, baby! You are way too 'Hot Blooded' to be 'Cold As Ice'!!! *smooches*

Edit: and you would NOT believe it, but as I opened up the post to edit your name in, 'Waiting For a Girl Like You' came on the radio!

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

There Is No Such Thing As Coincidence! :D

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Scary, but true!