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[PUZZLE] #117 - Green - Band Name Etymology
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Scott
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 		[PUZZLE] #117 - Green - Band Name Etymology
(submitted by jeremy)

Ever wondered how certain bands got their names? Well, wonder no more as we delve into the mysterious world of band name etymology. The letters in the red spaces spell out a lyric from a famous song. Name the song!

Clues:
First dog in space (5) - red 2
Medieval torture device (4,6) - red 4,8
Albert Camus novel (3,4) - red 1,2
No-one ever really dies (4) - red 2
1983 Nicole Kidman movie (3,7) - red 1,5
His assassination started WWI (5,9) - red 4
Japanese words for 'new' and 'old' (7) - red 1,5
Antique US fire engine (3,10) - red 1,13
Slang expression for UFOs in WWII (3,8 ) - red 9
Roald Dahl character (6,4) - red 1
French for 'fast fashion' (7,4) - red 4
Portuguese for 'panther' (7) - red 6
Clown from Stephen King book 'It' (9) - red 6,9
Villain from Barbarella (5,5) - red 4,8
Title of Woody Allen movie (7) - red 1
Small town near Bristol (10) - red 9
Milk drink from Clockwork Orange (6) - red 1
Song by Tim Buckley (10) - red 6
Dadaist café in Zurich (7,8 ) - red 1

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:11 pm
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spugmeistress
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 		so far i've got
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laika
iron maiden
the fall
NERD
BMX Bandits
Franz Ferdinand
______?
REO Speedwagon
Foo Fighters
Veruca Salt
Depeche Mode
Pantera
Pennywise
Duran Duran
Sleeper
Portishead
Moloko
Starsailor
Cabaret Voltaire


with some help from google and some from the lovely people in IRC (hi scott and jeb)

so far it seems to be coming out as
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andtheban__rneverwearsamac


anyone recognise? or know the japanese one?

rach =)

p.s. this card rocks, caine has decent taste in music :)

p.p.s i think the background image is clue to the band ;)

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:26 pm
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appleTRON
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The song is The Beatles' Penny Lane: "The little children laugh at the banker behind his back, and the banker never wears a mac."


And lo! Who's that in silhouette in the background?

Man, that Caine is so awesome. Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:47 pm
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GuyP
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 		Good going! The missing artist is "Kosheen", for all you completists.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:12 pm
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drizjr
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 		So, how did The Beatles get their name?
The card begs the question, "How did 'The Beatles' get their name?
A quick Google and this site explains that in early 1960, the band's favourite music was by Buddy Holly and the Crickets. Beetles came from a play on that, then Beatles to include 'beat'; which is how they described their music.
For a long time though, people believed John Lennon named the band from a vision in a dream of 'A Man on a Flaming Pie'.
Laughing

PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:00 am
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Bronnko
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 		Didn't like
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Troubadour instead of Starsailor
? Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:28 pm
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Hiriyuu
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 		Kosheen really threw me off, because that's not how it's spelled, just pronounced. For anyone wondering, the words are Shin (New) and Ko (Old). So I was like...Shinko? <Blinks> But yeah, thanks for enlightening me on that bit.

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frankieroberto
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 		This was one of my most fun cards to solve (I didn't look at this forum, just used a bit of Googling help).

And yeah, the silhoutte is a bit of a 'doh!' at the end... Smile
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LilPickle-Amplizine
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 		Howdy
Yeah, so I'm new to the game and these forums, but I'm having a blast and getting all my friends addicted at once. So far, this is definitely one of my favorite cards--good clues all around, except that nearly impossible Japanese one. I ended up having to skip those two characters, but that's not terrible.

For those that are working on this card, I'd just like to list some of the better resources for this card that helped me out quite a bit.

http://www.allmusic.com
http://www.letssingit.com (not as useful as it used to be)
The wiki, imdb, and google of course, specifically google "language tools" and then cross reference with allmusic

This card kinda strikes home in some of the most bizarre ways I've ever encountered...
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I had just watched "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" that mentions the Iron Maiden
While working this puzzle, winamp played numerous tracks by Depeche Mode, REO Speedwagon, and Duran Duran but somehow avoided the Franz Ferdinand
My copy of Camus' The Stranger (that also listed other Camus books such as "The Fall") was sitting next to me on my living room table, near my Voltaire's Candide

There are way too many coincidences going on here for me to NOT think something is going on Confused
But that Foo Fighters trivia is awesome, I had no idea that's where the term came from!



PostPosted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:23 am
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dolmeck
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 		Japanese band name
spugmeistress wrote:
so far i've got
Spoiler (Rollover to View):

laika
iron maiden
the fall
NERD
BMX Bandits
Franz Ferdinand
______?
REO Speedwagon
Foo Fighters
Veruca Salt
Depeche Mode
Pantera
Pennywise
Duran Duran
Sleeper
Portishead
Moloko
Starsailor
Cabaret Voltaire


with some help from google and some from the lovely people in IRC (hi scott and jeb)

so far it seems to be coming out as
Spoiler (Rollover to View):

andtheban__rneverwearsamac


anyone recognise? or know the japanese one?

rach =)

p.s. this card rocks, caine has decent taste in music Smile

p.p.s i think the background image is clue to the band Wink


Kosheen is the japanese name for new and old

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