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Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 24 2005, 16:22 This is just for fun. All of the following are acronyms for album titles, shows (theatre or TV), books, films and other things that I found around the WWW. Can you identify them all? Rules: 1) Answers given in more than one post by the same person are valid. 2) Answers giving alternate meanings for an acronym (i.e. not what I have in mind) are valid, if the meaning you give complies with what I say the acronym is used for. 3) Googling is allowed; usage of the Acronym Finder, absolutely not. Here I go: RHPS, or TRHPS - movie JATATD, or J&TATD - show JCS - show and movie DADOES or DADoES - book TAO - album and website. Two different meanings, one is enough. DSOTR - movie PSB - band name SYL - album TGE - book, movie and album MM or MMTM - two acronyms referred to the same show. One meaning is enough. GDM or, later, GTM - show and (later) album AYNIL - song (60s) SPR - movie (by Steven Spielberg) 3sC - TV show WAT - TV show 6FU - TV show DITL - album BS - album. Not 'bullshit'. BN or BsN - band name AFOS - 80s band name BR - movie LIB - album TOAFC - album BOMPST - album (by Prince) SPLHCB - album ADIDAS - song (by Korn) DTKIC, or DTNIC - song (80s and 2000s, same song) HAF, or H&F - album (2000s) CFG - album and DVD SFRJ - album and DVD ITTOD - album APLP - band name F&F or TF&TF - movie BOOH2, also known as BIH - album MATW - album (by Elton John) TCSR - album (by Simon and Garfunkel) DD or D'sD - song (by Depeche Mode) V4S - classical album from the early 90s ...and finally an easy one: HTDAAB - album. Good luck! -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Jan. 24 2005, 19:47 I never realised you were a Sir Andrew Lloyd webber fan Ugo..not quite sure if that is good, bad or sad. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 24 2005, 19:53 I don't know if I can call myself a fan of his... I just like his music a lot. And I never had any idea about this being bad, or sad. And, BTW, since only two items in the list are ALW's, here's another one to add to it: POTO. Considering what you and I wrote, Andy, that should be very easy. So, I guess you know some of the answers, don't you? -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

skibbylabab skibbylabab Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Jan. 24 2005, 20:22 With a little help from my friend: TRHPS --> The Rocky Horror Picture Show J&TATD --> Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat JCS --> Jesus Christ Superstar DADoES --> Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep ( !!!! ) TAO --> The Avenue Online DSOTR --> Dark Side Of The Rainbow SYL --> Strapping Young Lad MMTM --> More Machine Than Man SPR --> Saving Private Ryan 3sC --> Three sides of a circle 6FU --> Six Feet Under DITL --> Day In The Life AFOS --> A Flock Of Seagulls BR --> Blade Runner (make a reverence, please!!!! ) LIB --> Let It Be TOAFC --> Turn Of A Friendly Card (did you notice my new tatoo look? ) SPLHCB --> Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ADIDAS --> All Day I Dream About Sex ITTOD --> In Through The Out Door APLP --> Alan Parsons Live Project TF&TF --> The Fast and The Furious BOOH2 --> Bat out of Hell 2 MATW --> Madman Across The Water TCSR --> The Complete Stone Roses HTDAAB --> How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Although some acronyms have resisted still, my friend has helped me in most of my answers. Her name is Google. And I love her. -------------- «Hasta mis debilidades son más fuertes que yo» Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 24 2005, 21:25 Has anyone else heard Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Variations"? It is downright Oldfieldian in parts. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Jameson Kimball Group: Members Posts: 148 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Jan. 24 2005, 23:32 In response to skibbylabab skibbylabab's Google remark, that was very clever. Not looking the words up on Google, but saying "she" was your friend!!! That Was FUNNY.lol. Oh yeah acronyms................................................wait got one.......................nope lost it .........................................................crap I cant think of any................................................GOOGLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------- www.soundcloud.com/jamesonkimball Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 25 2005, 05:18 Quote (skibbylabab skibbylabab @ Jan. 25 2005, 02:22) 3sC --> Three sides of a circle SYL --> Strapping Young Lad MMTM --> More Machine Than Man [...] DITL --> Day In The Life [...] TCSR --> The Complete Stone Roses Skibby: very very very good , but I need some clarifications. 1) Is Three sides a TV show? I never heard of it. The proper acronym for what I meant, though, would be 3'sC. 2) Is Strapping Young Lad an album? Ditto as above. If the answer to the above two is 'yes', they're valid. 3) I said that DITL was an album. "Day In The Life", AFAIK, is not. 4) I also said that TCSR was by Simon & Garfunkel. ...and don't forget POTO. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

c_haese Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: Nov. 2003 Posted: Jan. 25 2005, 13:08 Quote (Ugo @ Jan. 25 2005, 05:18) 1) Is Three sides a TV show? I never heard of it. The proper acronym for what I meant, though, would be 3'sC. I'll take a stab at it and guess that 3'sC stands for Three's Company. Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Jan. 25 2005, 16:25 TCSR - The Columbia Studio Recordings. 3 clicks and the answer is there. Google takes all the fun out of these things BTW, I have an original cast recording of JATATDC somewhere in the attic from the late 70's, bought after a school trip to London. SPR - Mr Hanks turns into Jimmy Stewart as Saving Private Ryan V4S - Vivaldi's four Seasons PSB - oh come on, your fave band? That's too easy Ugo... I'll leave it for now andy -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 25 2005, 16:58 @ c_haese: Very good. @ Andy: very good as well. PSB is one of my fav bands. Would you also try SYL, MM (both not guessed by Skibby), B'sN, WAT, DTKIC, H&F, the two DVDs (CFG and SFRJ) and D'sD? I'd be very glad if you tried. P.S. @ Andy: does the guy who sings "Any dreams will do" on your copy of J&TATD sing it better or worse than Jason Donovan? -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

timshen Unregistered Posted: Jan. 26 2005, 07:15 POTO = Phantom of the Opera   There, I didn't forget it. Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Jan. 26 2005, 18:53 And more.. DTKIC?  cue Bono "..And tonight thank God it's them instead of yooooou" DD - Depeche Modes Death's Door , but I got stuck thinking of Princess Di's new Dress SYL - Skibby's answer is really an album, it's the top of google's suggestions, bless her. Don't think Sonic Youth did a self-titled live album. So...i give up for now. BN - following your rules I can have the Blue Nile as a band name. AYNIL - All you need is Love (repeat as required) BOMPST - nearly got me there, until i added "Original Motion Picture Sound Track". Nicholson rules in that movie. PSB - Actually Dkay's fave band. Back later.. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 27 2005, 05:06 @ Andy: very good again. OK for SYL - the one Skibby had was more properly a band name in my mind, but however I can give it valid both to you and him (although the album I had in mind was by Vangelis, and maybe SYL is not the proper acronym for it...). About Blue Nile, AFAIK they're not a real band, apart from being Annie Lennox's backing band - did they make any albums on their own? If they did, it's valid. As I said in the previous post, the proper acronym for the one I meant would be B's N. BTW, what's all this stuff about Google being female? I never really had any serious thought about such a thing.   -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Jan. 27 2005, 18:48 I don't want this thread to turn into our own personal discussion, but I'll just add the one for Vangelis. It had "memories of Green" a long long time before it became part of the BladeRunner soundtack. And, yes it is up in the attic along with Joseph and his Dream Coat. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 28 2005, 05:20 Quote (olracUK @ Jan. 28 2005, 00:48) It had "memories of Green" a long long time before it became part of the BladeRunner soundtack. And, yes it is up in the attic along with Joseph and his Dream Coat. Erm... well... yes, I know. I have it too (on CD). -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 28 2005, 14:31 As far as I know, the only Vangelis I own is "666 Aphrodite's Child"...an LP. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Jan. 29 2005, 01:33 Alphabet Soup?! -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

skibbylabab skibbylabab Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Jan. 29 2005, 09:07 Hey, Ugo, brother, I can't tell you much about these TV series or programs since I'm not living in the USA. I'm playing away this game, so I've nothing to do but trust my lovely Googie advices ...although I'm begining to suspect about her fidelity: I've just taken note of Kimball's remark which makes me doubt about her sexual identity indeed! (I mean, ADIDAS but I've always moderated myself not trying to go too far with her). Quite later OracUK boasts about having 'invoked' her and flirting and clicking her buttons... Is she cheating on me? Vangelis? Umh... Has he got something to do with my fav scene in the very whole universal worldwide world? «I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die.» It's a pity, but I can't remember now the film... -------------- «Hasta mis debilidades son más fuertes que yo» Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 29 2005, 10:39 Luckily for me, I see that all of you are still gettin' the fun side of this.   Let's see what's still missing... oh yeah, WAT. A very recent TV show on the style of CSI; B's N, which I thought it was easy as a band name, yet no-one's guessed it yet ; TGE (great movie, and great album as well IMHO, though absolutely unrelated to the same-titled movie); GDM (Hiawatha, where are you? ); the two DVD+CD packages (CFG and SFRJ, both featuring the same artist and both recent); and MM (another one I thought easy...). Anyone got a take on any of these? P.S. @ Skibby: that's one of my all-time fav movie quotes as well. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Jan. 29 2005, 20:00 WAT - Wierd and Terrible! ok, made that one up TGE - The Great Escape, yeh I got one! MM - Marilyn Monroe or Marilyn Manson I don't understand this game. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

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