GL Lyrics fan(atics) fun quizzers and more !

[geodeticman.5]

Update as of 9:30 AM Wed., Jan 7th, '09

Mende sweeps a first round in the Winter Lightfoot Lyrics Olympics
- 4 right back to back.

Who will drop the puck in next ? I think we know who can sing the Anthem....

Anyone else ?

It would seem so far maybe I made them too easy ? Maybe just those 4..

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Q246 Toss ....

Q247 .... mansion .... Joveski gets it with Seven Island Suite

Q248 .... soft winds ....

Q249 .... no more

Q250 And wiley ....

Q251 .... bright lights Joveski gets it with Make Way for the Lady

Q252 Seems like ....

Q253 .... lace Joveski gets it agaaiiinn with Looking at the Rain

Q254 ....tide shall .... Joveski gets it again with Mister Rock of Ages

Q255 .... can't conceive

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Holy Cow

All songs written by Gordon Lightfoot .

Enjoy ! 6 more !

[RM]

Originally Posted by geodeticman.5

Who will drop the puck in next ?

I don't have a puck....so a mayonnaise jar lid will have to do.....

Q246 Toss....

Song : The List

Lyric : Toss around what is up, what is down.

[charlene]

Q248 - ...soft winds...
Song - Pussywillows, Cat-tails
Lyric - Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses

[geodeticman.5]

Originally Posted by RM

I don't have a puck....so a mayonnaise jar lid will have to do.....
Q246 Toss....
Song : The List
Lyric : Toss around what is up, what is down.

In short, Ron - You got it, with 'The List' - Congrats ! I'll chart it after answering Char's next. Thanks for playing again !

[geodeticman.5]

Originally Posted by charlene

Q248 - ...soft winds...
Song - Pussywillows, Cat-tails
Lyric - Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses

Char - you got it with Pussywillows, Cat-tails - Congrats

I'll post yours and Ron's in the next post here uno momento

Thanks for playing again , too !

[geodeticman.5]

Update as of 5:55 PM, Wed., Jan 7th, '09

Ron and Char nail the 2nd round in the Winter Lightfoot Lyrics Olympics

Congratulations !

Updated status chart below !

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Q246 Toss .... Ron gets it with 'The List'

Q247 .... mansion .... Joveski gets it with Seven Island Suite

Q248 .... soft winds .... Char gets it with Pussywillows, Cat-Tails

Q249 .... no more - Remains Unanswered

Q250 And wiley .... - Remains Unanswered

Q251 .... bright lights Joveski gets it with Make Way for the Lady

Q252 Seems like .... - Remains Unanswered


Q253 .... lace Joveski gets it agaaiiinn with Looking at the Rain

Q254 ....tide shall .... Joveski gets it again with Mister Rock of Ages

Q255 .... can't conceive - Remains Unanswered - Remember this is the old one from Chateau's 'Early Lightfoot' c '1963
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Smooth Sailing !

All songs written by Gordon Lightfoot .

Enjoy ! Now only 4 more !

[formerlylavender]

Q249 - no more

The dawn will come no more
Home From the Forest

[geodeticman.5]

Originally Posted by formerlylavender

Q249 - no more

The dawn will come no more
Home From the Forest

FormeryLavender, You Got a valid ambiguous song that I hadn't thought of !

You win it ! I had put down My Pony won't go as intended, but

yours works ! Your lyrics from Home from the Forest ~gl :

The dawn will come no more
Home From the Forest

versus Wayne's world:

And to an old forgotten soldier the dawn will come no more
For the old man has come home from the forest

Oh, oh my mistake duhh I see you what you've got - simply the ends of each

long verse - absolutely correct. Congrats ! I'll post it. Thanks for

playing !

[geodeticman.5]

Update as of 11:25 PM, Thurs., Jan 8th, '09

FormerlyLavender nails the 3rd round in the Winter Lightfoot Lyrics Olympics

Congratulations !

Updated status chart below !

BIG 'X' is back, as suggested ! Please let me know if it is an eyesore ! As you'll recall, it indicates
that the given clue is won and done.
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Q246 Toss .... X Ron gets it with 'The List'

Q247 .... mansion .... X Joveski gets it with Seven Island Suite

Q248 .... soft winds .... X Char gets it with Pussywillows, Cat-Tails

Q249 .... no more - X FormerlyLavender gets it with Home From the Forest

Q250 And wiley .... - Remains Unanswered

Q251 .... bright lights X Joveski gets it with Make Way for the Lady

Q252 Seems like .... - Remains Unanswered


Q253 .... lace X Joveski gets it agaaiiinn with Looking at the Rain

Q254 ....tide shall .... X Joveski gets it again with Mister Rock of Ages

Q255 .... can't conceive - Remains Unanswered - Remember this is the old one from Chateau's 'Early Lightfoot' c '1963
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Smooth Sailing !

All songs written by Gordon Lightfoot .

Enjoy ! Now only 3 more to go !

[RM]

Q252 Seems like.......

Song : Inspiration Lady

Lyrics : Seems like I will always love her

[geodeticman.5]

Originally Posted by RM

Q252 Seems like.......

Song : Inspiration Lady

Lyrics : Seems like I will always love her

Absolutely correct Ron, thanks for playing ! I'll post it.

[geodeticman.5]

Update as of Noon, Mtn Std Time, Thurs. Jan. 8th, 2009

Ron Meason 'RM' wins round 4 in the Lightfoot Winter Lyrics Olympics !

Did you have good Holidays, Ron ? Hope so.

And Meason is pronounced 'Mason', as in 'Shea Stadium' !

BIG 'X' is back, as suggested ! Please let me know if it is an eyesore ! As you'll recall, it indicates that the given clue is won and done.
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Q246 Toss .... X Ron gets it with 'The List'

Q247 .... mansion .... X Joveski gets it with Seven Island Suite

Q248 .... soft winds .... X Char gets it with Pussywillows, Cat-Tails

Q249 .... no more - X FormerlyLavender gets it with Home From the Forest

Q250 And wiley .... - Remains Unanswered

Q251 .... bright lights X Joveski gets it with Make Way for the Lady

Q252 Seems like .... - X Ron gets it with Inspiration Lady

Q253 .... lace X Joveski gets it agaaiiinn with Looking at the Rain

Q254 ....tide shall .... X Joveski gets it again with Mister Rock of Ages

Q255 .... can't conceive - Remains Unanswered - Remember this is the old one from Chateau's 'Early Lightfoot' c '1963
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Smooth Sailing !

All songs written by Gordon Lightfoot .

Enjoy ! Now just 2 more to go !

[Oh, Linda]

Q 250: And wiley ....

Song: Sea of Tranquility

Lyrics: "And wiley old weasels in rotted out logs" ~GL

[geodeticman.5]

Originally Posted by Oh, Linda

Q 250: And wiley ....

Song: Sea of Tranquility

Lyrics: "And wiley old weasels in rotted out logs" ~GL

Howdy Linda, hope your Holidays were great !

Gotta love that red font, the way it rises off of the blue background. Fascinating photic phenomenon - regarding my comment lol...

Q250 Sea of Tranquility - you got it ! - Congrats ! - I'll chart it.

Thanks for playing

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Everyone:

This batch has lasted 4 days so far, maybe the easy/hard is OK, waddya you folks think ? How about that '63 Chateau Early Lightfoot Q ? (sounds like a wine I can't afford) Should we wax those ?

I waxed the story Q's - Ron's noble effort last set was appreciated, but I
can't help but think the vagenuess and ambiguity of the clues are too
biased by my interpretation, whereas the regular Q-clues are straight from lyrics verbatim.

As we all interpret songs differently, it seems to me that fact alone is enough to safely say its not a matter of 'too hard', I think its more likely to be the vague nature of individual interpretation that makes them far too unlikely to get, even with better clues than I give. They are too much of a quessing game when one man's clue is another man's "huh ?" lol

Unless a surprise player uprising takes place and someone asks for them back, which I kinda doubt lol...., I'll let them rest in peace.
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Well, again, nicely done Linda. Happy New Year !

[charlene]

the yellow X is perfect..
January is a 'slow' time for visits to websites so once folks get back in the groove there will be more players I'm sure.
I've been crazy busy with some other things and haven't had the time to devote to wracking a poor memory for lyrics..too much other 'stuff' slamming around in my head right now tho..

[geodeticman.5]

Update as of 5:20 pm, Mtn Std Time, Sat., Jan. 10th, 2009

Linda wins round 5 in the Lightfoot Winter Lyrics Olympics !

BIG 'X' As you'll recall, it indicates that the given clue is won and done.
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Q246 Toss .... X Ron gets it with 'The List'

Q247 .... mansion .... X Joveski gets it with Seven Island Suite

Q248 .... soft winds .... X Char gets it with Pussywillows, Cat-Tails

Q249 .... no more - X FormerlyLavender gets it with Home From the Forest

Q250 And wiley .... X - Linda gets it, with Sea of Tranquility

Q251 .... bright lights X Joveski gets it with Make Way for the Lady

Q252 Seems like .... - X Ron gets it with Inspiration Lady

Q253 .... lace X Joveski gets it agaaiiinn with Looking at the Rain

Q254 ....tide shall .... X Joveski gets it again with Mister Rock of Ages

Q255 .... can't conceive - Remains Unanswered - Remember this is the old one from Chateau's 'Early Lightfoot' c '1963. 2ND Clue: - (not verbage from the lyrics, just a helpful thought, I hope - "Hey wait a minute, that's not your song"
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Smooth Sailing !

All songs written by Gordon Lightfoot .

Enjoy ! Now just 1 more to go !

That 'one' to go is subject to being voted out of the game categorically (pre UA oldies, even when in Lightfoot.ca, which Q255 is). Thoughts ?

jj got the last oldie; Joveski before that as I recall, but it took some difficult scanning of lyrcs/chords to find. Not fun, I would think. ? ?

Ten new one lie waiting if someone gets Q255, or we categorically vote oldies out.

Have fun !

[geodeticman.5]

Originally Posted by charlene

the yellow X is perfect..
January is a 'slow' time for visits to websites so once folks get back in the groove there will be more players I'm sure.
I've been crazy busy with some other things and haven't had the time to devote to wracking a poor memory for lyrics..too much other 'stuff' slamming around in my head right now tho..

Thanks Char for the cheerful input. Yea, gotta admit, I like the old big X.

Heck, I'm not complaining of the paucity of players, its just good to see each one come back one by one I'm very pleased with the pace - I'm not holding things up lol.... !

Next Q on the burner is whether to wax oldies, i.e. Q255 pre UA.

As to # of players - yup, I prognosticated (sp?) when I first posted before Christmas and then again close to the New Year that I didn't expect much traffic in the game through the Holidays,....Frankly, I am surprised available time was such for people that this current set of ten is virtually toast allready !

Ten new ones await !

Thanks Char, hope your Holidays were nice !

[geodeticman.5]

Originally Posted by charlene

[edited by steve for just this part next] -"other 'stuff' slamming around in my head"

Ouch ! sounds like a hockey game !

Speaking of sports, I suspect tomorrow will slow down a bit from how fast the current ten went..... -football, pizza, beer, America at its time off best !

Was Santa good to you Char ?

[charlene]

well .... I AM watching the Leafs and Phillies..
lolol

[geodeticman.5]

HERE ARE TEN NEW CLUES FOR 8:15 P.M.,TUESDAY, JAN 13, 2009 !

I NUKED Q255, the oldie/rarities are too hard when many do not have the LP's or CD'. So the only one clue from the last set left unsolved is history. If you are interested, the answer was: Q255: .... can't conceive This Is My Song

'Less is more' (re: rules):

The game is simpler; less rules now. To summarize: same as the last set, except no more rarities, oldies, or story clues; and lookin at written lyrics is fine. And no lyrics patch is necessary, but it may help make your case on an ambig !

All songs can be found in Lightfoot.ca under Lyrics/Chords.

This set there will be NO OLDIES, NO pre '65,NO pre UA songs at all. Stated otherwise, all songs are from the 'classic 20' albums. No story clues, no rarities, only the songs we ALL know

Let me know if these minor changes make it too easy or less fun in any way.

Having fun is the whole point. There are hardly any 'rules' ..lol.. left, except the ones that are intended to be of help to you - the dots for position, and caps.

Have fun !

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Q256 .... each day

Q257 Turning ....

Q258 .... on ye ....

Q259 .... sunshine

Q260 .... cry too

Q261 .... a man

Q262 Anywhere ....

Q263 .... dead ....

Q264 Oft ....

Q265 .... wonderful ....

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All songs written by Gordon Lightfoot.

Looking at the clues again; I think they are a tad harder than recent sets.

No worries; I've found my guesses as to difficulty are usually wrong !

Enjoy !

[joveski]

> Q257 Turning ....

carefree highway (turning back the pages..)


>Q262 Anywhere ....

I'll prove my love (take your pick from the 2nd verse!)

i know the "oft" one but cant think of the title (without giving an extra clue!)

[geodeticman.5]

Originally Posted by joveski

> Q257 Turning ....
carefree highway (turning back the pages..)
>Q262 Anywhere ....
I'll prove my love (take your pick from the 2nd verse!)
i know the "oft" one but cant think of the title (without giving an extra clue!)

'tseeer

Q257 Turning.... = Carefree Highway - correct congrats Mende !


Q262 Anywhere.... = I'll Prove My Love - also right, nicely done Mende!

Q264 Oft .... - (and you want another clue allready ? sheeesh ! lol)

maybe if it lags behind the others, I'll give ya a 2nd clue then OKeedokee ?

Thats the first 2 out of the gate correct. If that, compared to Mende's first posting from last set may be compared, in which he got 4 right out of the shoot correct, with a paucity of data may we extrapolate the overall difficulty of the ten Q's ? Statistically, no. But I will anyway. That said, lets 'tseeer: since last set took 5 days (inclusive) - 1/6 - 1/10, we may therefor apply the coefficient of 2, or 'm' - the Mende factor. Therefor, this list should take 10 days, if my outlandish extrapolation proves viable. a hahahahaha I R good at math.

I'll post 'em Mende - thanks for playing.

[geodeticman.5]

Status update as of 12:15 am, Wed.,Jan. 14th, 2009

Having established the Mende coefficient of 'm', useful in forecasting how long this list of 10 Q's will take, we have 9 more days to go. My money is on beating that formulae. Math is so cold. If we do not finish in 9 more days, we may blame Mende arbitrarily, for lack of any viable assignment of blame. Moreover, we will ascribe intent to the coefficient being wrong, in which case, Mende, unknowingly, will have knowingly committed a malpheasance.
Don't worry Mende, we'll be there for you on your day in court !

I know a good atorrney. Never been able to afford him, but he's good. The atorney I have used (and paid a lot of money to) went nuts and was institutionalized right in the middle of my case. I can't imagine what the problem was. I even corrected all the positions of her paper clips in her desk organizer, so they all faced magnetic North, somewhere in Hudson'sBay, and pragmatically explained to her how it moves systematically twice a day; this is known as diurnal change. It also changes moves progressively thru the year, with respect to the agonic line. I was explaining this to her and she burst into flames (she was a drinker; they are known to spontaneously explode anyway) and ran out the door. Next thing I hear, she is in the State Hospital. Quite sad, in reality. Don't worry Mende, we'll get another good one that passes the paper clip test.


BIG 'X' As you'll recall, it indicates that the given clue is won and done.
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Q256 .... each day - Remains Unanswered

Q257 Turning .... X Joveski gets it with 'Carefree Highway'

Q258 .... on ye .... - Remains Unanswered

Q259 .... sunshine - Remains Unanswered

Q260 .... cry too - Remains Unanswered

Q261 .... a man - Remains Unanswered

Q262 Anywhere .... X Joveski gets it with 'I'll Prove My Love'

Q263 .... dead .... - Remains Unanswered

Q264 Oft .... - Remains Unanswered

Q265 .... wonderful .... - Remains Unanswered

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All songs written by Gordon Lightfoot .

Enjoy ! Now just 8 more to go !

[formerlylavender]

Q260 - cry too
Harmony
"And if you can cry I can cry too"

[formerlylavender]

Sorry, this one just came to me...

Q261 - a man
If You Need Me
"since I was a man"