maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Toast said: I'm a bit confused. Re charting, do you mean the album or the song? Was the song released as a single? Album (this song is highly unlikely ever to be a hit) - I'll edit the post to make that clear Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 3, 2019 On 01/03/2019 at 17:28, maryportfuncity said: If another can go can I leap in with summat that might take more than a few seconds to solve? An album track from a collection that charted higher in the UK than anywhere else significant - though the album dropped like a stone after chart entry and only went gold in the US. Released by an act everyone (near as makes no odds hereabouts) will have heard of. Thing is, you'd easily be confused if you heard this song on its own because all the vocals are supplied by the hired help and the whole song is a pretty wilful act of lyrical banality (repeating the few words with some slight musical and vocal embellishment) meaning it's credited to the act who made the album but bears few of the hallmarks of the acts typical style. For all that it's a pretty tune! Didn't mean to kill the thread off with this one - honestly LOADS of people will have heard it. Additional information; this album topped the UK charts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted March 3, 2019 51 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Didn't mean to kill the thread off with this one - honestly LOADS of people will have heard it. Additional information; this album topped the UK charts Well at least, you gave me the inspiration for my next song... So... "collection of songs"...is it a film soundtrack? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,287 Posted March 3, 2019 rock'n'roll part 2 Gary Glitter hired help the Glitterband? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 3, 2019 Double Dutch on Now that's what I call music #1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 3, 2019 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Well at least, you gave me the inspiration for my next song... So... "collection of songs"...is it a film soundtrack? Nope Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 3, 2019 Ain't Double Dutch or Gary Glitter either - though Rock N Roll Part 2 is an interesting story - there's this amazing book called The Devil's Jukebox that explains why the banged up nonce still creams it on the back of that banger despite the fact it's so pig-simple that claiming a "writing" credit borders on taking the piss and the bulk of what you hear is indeed the Glitterband (though apparently GG himself contributes to their handclaps). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-Jukebox-Neil-Nixon/dp/1908728566/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1551615579&sr=1-1&keywords=the+devil's+jukebox 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 4, 2019 22 hours ago, maryportfuncity said: Didn't mean to kill the thread off with this one - honestly LOADS of people will have heard it. Additional information; this album topped the UK charts AND It's the opening track C'mon people!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 5, 2019 On 01/03/2019 at 17:28, maryportfuncity said: If another can go can I leap in with summat that might take more than a few seconds to solve? An album track from a collection that charted higher in the UK than anywhere else significant - though the album dropped like a stone after chart entry and only went gold in the US. Released by an act everyone (near as makes no odds hereabouts) will have heard of. Thing is, you'd easily be confused if you heard this song on its own because all the vocals are supplied by the hired help and the whole song is a pretty wilful act of lyrical banality (repeating the few words with some slight musical and vocal embellishment) meaning it's credited to the act who made the album but bears few of the hallmarks of the acts typical style. For all that it's a pretty tune! Aw, c'mon - I'll add a clue a day until one of you cracks this it isn't that f'kin' hard Album went to UK #1 It's the opening cut and - today's big clue - 1970's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted March 5, 2019 58 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Aw, c'mon - I'll add a clue a day until one of you cracks this it isn't that f'kin' hard Album went to UK #1 It's the opening cut and - today's big clue - 1970's Achilles Last Stand? I know it's not, I just wanted you to have a guess. (Actually, was going to go for Tubular Bells till i twigged "vocals") Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 5, 2019 Born Free off Andy Williams Greatest Hits. * Mary said compilation I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, charon said: Born Free off Andy Williams Greatest Hits. * Mary said compilation I think. NOT a compilation - an original album - by a really well known act Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 5, 2019 11 minutes ago, msc said: Achilles Last Stand? I know it's not, I just wanted you to have a guess. (Actually, was going to go for Tubular Bells till i twigged "vocals") Nope but - trivia note - apparently the Zep track Jimmy Page himself rates as their best Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted March 5, 2019 All the Tired Horses from Bob Dylan's critically panned Self Portrait album? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted March 5, 2019 1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said: Nope but - trivia note - apparently the Zep track Jimmy Page himself rates as their best Probably the Zep track I rate best tbh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 5, 2019 3 hours ago, The Dead Cow said: All the Tired Horses from Bob Dylan's critically panned Self Portrait album? RESULT!!! Set us a challenge! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted March 5, 2019 Alright then, here's one for the metalheads. This track by a pioneering act of a particular subgenre of metal contains within the title, the name of another act who, at first adopted the aforementioned subgenre, and then pioneered another subgenre of metal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 5, 2019 2 hours ago, The Dead Cow said: Alright then, here's one for the metalheads. This track by a pioneering act of a particular subgenre of metal contains within the title, the name of another act who, at first adopted the aforementioned subgenre, and then pioneered another subgenre of metal. Other than what you'd call a metal band Motorhead by Hawkwind fits the bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted March 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Other than what you'd call a metal band Motorhead by Hawkwind fits the bill I wouldn't consider Hawkwind metal myself, and I don't recall Motorhead ever playing space rock/metal, so it's not thaf. The acts I'm thinking of are both indisputably metal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 5, 2019 Motorhead and Girlschool widve worked too but you ruled them out. A Perfect Circle did the theme to Constantine which contains the lyric "cold and catatonic" who also were a metalish band, but it wasn't in the title. I think you need the Deathers Horn, but he's flounced off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted March 5, 2019 You may be right, I think this'd be up Deathers' street. I'll give a rather massive clue then, both of the subgenres generated the most success in Norway, a country neither of these bands are from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 5, 2019 Lordi and Who's your daddy lololololol *I know who's your daddy aren't metal , but I'm bored. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted March 5, 2019 Really not my field, but: Venom - Poison? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted March 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Really not my field, but: Venom - Poison? Very close, Venom is indeed the first band I was thinking of, but Poison were never black metal to my knowledge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted March 5, 2019 Also, I should emphasise that the other band's name is only part of the song title, not necessarily the whole song title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
