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nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 13 2010, 19:58 Here's a challenge that may or may not amuse: choose a word from any of Mr O's records. The rest of us have to find a song by someone else that contains the word (Ugo has to find two). The person who finds a word that appears to be unique to Mr O is the winner. The prize is a lunch at McDonalds with Cooper Roy. To get the ball rolling, my word is "cinder", from "Hostage of the Heart". Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 02:01 Cinder thats a hard one. What about "Transfiguration" from Tricks of the Light? Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 02:02 "Return to Cinder" - Elvis. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 02:31 Epica- Burn to a Cinder. Epica Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 03:45 Ok Milander, the baton passes to you now. Is "transfiguration" your official word? And I was looking forward to sharing a quarter pounder with Cooper too... Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 04:07 Quote (nightspore @ Oct. 14 2010, 08:45) "transfiguration" Pass. Next... -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 07:02 Actually, I've found one (although I haven't heard the song... maybe we should make it a rule that you're not allowed to use google...) Here's the link to it: http://www.elyrics.net/read....cs.html So it's my choice again: "gardenia". Bearing in mind Wiga's interior decorating, I'll also accept "magnolia"!   Back to top

bob Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 13:35 Gardenia by Mandy Moore Here http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mandymoore/gardenia.html My choice Ommadawn Bob Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 17:29 @ nightspore: I have "The Transfiguration" by Sufjan Stevens (I was a bit unsure whether to quote this or not, because it's religious) and "Magnolia" by J.J. Cale. (An Italian band called Negrita also did a song called "Magnolia", but that was after the famous film starring Tom Cruise, and it doesn't contain the word itself). @ bob: there isn't a single other song which contains the word "Ommadawn" written the same way as Mike wrote it, but at one point, during the animated sequence in Mary Poppins, the fox refers to the dogs chasing him as "those fiery ommadawns". My choice? Well, I'd go for Hergest Ridge. "On Horseback", of course, doesn't count. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 14 2010, 21:05 Quote (Ugo @ Oct. 14 2010, 17:29) @ nightspore: I have "The Transfiguration" by Sufjan Stevens (I was a bit unsure whether to quote this or not, because it's religious) and "Magnolia" by J.J. Cale. (An Italian band called Negrita also did a song called "Magnolia", but that was after the famous film starring Tom Cruise, and it doesn't contain the word itself). @ bob: there isn't a single other song which contains the word "Ommadawn" written the same way as Mike wrote it, but at one point, during the animated sequence in Mary Poppins, the fox refers to the dogs chasing him as "those fiery ommadawns". My choice? Well, I'd go for Hergest Ridge. "On Horseback", of course, doesn't count. There's also "Sugar Magnolia", by the Grateful Dead. I'm not overly fond of the GD, but I quite like "Ripple" (except for the vocal style): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671AgW9xSiA&feature=related Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 01:42 Morpheus -from Pikky's in the Dark. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 02:39 Quote (milamber @ Oct. 15 2010, 01:42) Morpheus -from Pikky's in the Dark. Hmm... there's "Orpheus" in "Spirit" by John Denver - but I can't think of anything with Morpheus. Looks as though you might be enjoying Cooper's company in Macdonald's, Milamber! By the way, what do you think of the Grateful Dead? I've always found them a bit patchy, but occasionally they make the right moves. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 02:41 What am I thinking of... "Gentle Morpheus", an aria in Handel's Alceste! Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 03:27 Permission to request some easy words like "true", "five" or "out." ? -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 06:55 Good idea, Wiga. Here's one: "backyard", from "Runaway Son". Back to top

bob Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 07:04 Ok so Ommadawn was a stupid choce  please ignore it but how about squawk from five miles out  Bob Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 08:55 @ nightspore: "All the flowers that you planted, brother / in the backyard / all died when you went away" - "Nothing Compares 2 U", obviously written by Prince, made famous by Sinéad O'Connor. I think that the usage of the words "Hergest Ridge" in a song is unique to Mike O. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 10:25 Well done, Ugo! But I think you're right about "Hergest Ridge"; we should exclude very specific names, as obviously they're not going to be used by other people. OK, the baton is yours: choose a word! Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 10:28 By the way, there's another song featuring "backyard" - Kincade's "Dreams are Ten a Penny": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2QAfiyxqA4 Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 15 2010, 13:56 @ nightspore: thank you. My next choice is "candlelight". -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

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