November headliners

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

Well, hell...

November 1: U2
November 8: One Hit Wonders
November 15: Eric Clapton
November 22: Women in Country
November 29: Madonna

tchoiniere · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:56 pm

I will play U2 next week then done...

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:21 am

tchoiniere wrote:

I will play U2 next week then done...

U2 is a possibility. We will be at a Notre Dame game for Clapton. My wife may want to play Country Women.

mudee · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:07 pm

I will play the first 3. I may play the last 2 if my daughter wants to, not my cup-o-tea though.

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:27 am

mudee wrote:

I will play the first 3. I may play the last 2 if my daughter wants to, not my cup-o-tea though.

Somehow, I don't think we will see songs like "Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide" or "Jenny (867-5309)" in the One Hit Wonders game.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

BGTUNA wrote:

mudee wrote:

I will play the first 3. I may play the last 2 if my daughter wants to, not my cup-o-tea though.

Somehow, I don't think we will see songs like "Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide" or "Jenny (867-5309)" in the One Hit Wonders game.

Heh, maybe there is more than a lil chance that there won't be a Katy Perry question.

MitchWolf · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2014 1:15 pm

BGTUNA wrote:

mudee wrote:

I will play the first 3. I may play the last 2 if my daughter wants to, not my cup-o-tea though.

Somehow, I don't think we will see songs like "Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide" or "Jenny (867-5309)" in the One Hit Wonders game.

Don't know any recent one hit wonders other that guys who brought you "The Macarena"

scar · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:57 pm **Posts:** 2218

MitchWolf wrote:

BGTUNA wrote:

mudee wrote:

I will play the first 3. I may play the last 2 if my daughter wants to, not my cup-o-tea though.

Somehow, I don't think we will see songs like "Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide" or "Jenny (867-5309)" in the One Hit Wonders game.

Don't know any recent one hit wonders other that guys who brought you "The Macarena"

Daft Punk ?

-BO- · **Joined:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:20 pm **Posts:** 2291

scar wrote:

MitchWolf wrote:

Don't know any recent one hit wonders other that guys who brought you "The Macarena"

Daft Punk ?

No way! I've got their Tron Legacy soundtrack from 2010!

MitchWolf · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2014 5:38 pm

scar wrote:

MitchWolf wrote:

BGTUNA wrote:

Somehow, I don't think we will see songs like "Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide" or "Jenny (867-5309)" in the One Hit Wonders game.

Don't know any recent one hit wonders other that guys who brought you "The Macarena"

Daft Punk ?

They never will be one-hit wonders

clark · **Joined:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:28 pm **Posts:** 273

Okay, here is a recap of a Topix one-hit wonder game from this past winter, I remember driving in 10 feet of snow to play it. The way they repeat questions, I expect to see the Macy Gray question again, and yes Goyte is still a one-hit wonder..

Below is a recap of One Hit Wonders topix game. Multiple choice made this much easier since each artist only had one hit (for the most part):

1) Who had a hit in 2006 with “Crazy”? Gnarls Barkley
2) Who had a hit with “Futures So Bright, Gotta Wear Shades”? Timbuk 3 (1986)
3) Who had hit in 2011 with “Call Me Maybe”? Carly Rae Jepsen ( I called her, no answer)
4) Who had hit with “One of Us”? Joan Osborne (1996)
5) Foster the People had hit with: Pumped Up Kicks (2010)
6) Who had hit with “A Thousand Miles”? Vanessa Carlton (2002)
7) The Waitresses had a hit with: I Know What Boys Like (1982)
8) Who had hit with “Somebody That I Used to Know”? Goyte (2011)
9) Butthole Surfers had a hit with? Pepper (1996)
10) Who had hit with “Who Let the Dogs Out”? Baha Men (how did this song get on radio, 2000)
11) Daniel Powter’s lyrics, blah blah rain… Bad Day (2006)
12) Who had hit with “Wherever You Will Go” in 2001? The Calling
13) Who had hit with “Sorry” in 2007? Buckcherry (um, Crazy Bitch)
14) Who had another remake hit with “Sukiyaki”? 4 P.M. (1995)
15) What are opening lyrics to “ I Try” ? Games, changes, and fear (dammit) (2000)

Summary: 2000-2011: 10, 1990-1999: 3, 1982-1989: 2, 1900-1981: 0

Seems a little soon to call some of these folks one hit wonders, but I’m predicting they’re spot on with Goyte

MitchWolf · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:29 pm

clark wrote:

Summary: 2000-2011: 10, 1990-1999: 3, 1982-1989: 2, 1900-1981: 0

Seems a little soon to call some of these folks one hit wonders, but I’m predicting they’re spot on with Goyte

The female singer in the Gotye song didnt break out like Bruno Mars and Charlie Xcx did when their debut was featuring in others' songs

clark · **Joined:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:28 pm **Posts:** 273

MitchWolf wrote:

The female singer in the Gotye song didnt break out like Bruno Mars and Charlie Xcx did when their debut was featuring in others' songs

I guess she's just somebody that we used to know...

craig921 · **Joined:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:03 pm **Posts:** 81

November 1: U2
November 8: One Hit Wonders
November 15: Eric Clapton
November 22: Women in Country
November 29: Madonna

So, maybe a day after I mentioned to someone that NTN really does seem to be getting better at questions and editing, we get.....I don't know what to call it....the scrambled eggs game? For a minute there, I wouldn't have been surprised if the Pyramid round from Showdown replaced the Headliner round. And then a basic repeat question for question of the headliner round from the first time they had U2? With Clapton coming around for the third time, and Madonna for a second time later this month? Is this what we have to look forward to?

You know what, Rob, that IS a light at the end of the tunnel, and the word just above it does read AMTRAK.

clark · **Joined:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:28 pm **Posts:** 273

craig921 wrote:

November 1: U2
November 8: One Hit Wonders
November 15: Eric Clapton
November 22: Women in Country
November 29: Madonna

So, maybe a day after I mentioned to someone that NTN really does seem to be getting better at questions and editing, we get.....I don't know what to call it....the scrambled eggs game? For a minute there, I wouldn't have been surprised if the Pyramid round from Showdown replaced the Headliner round. And then a basic repeat question for question of the headliner round from the first time they had U2? With Clapton coming around for the third time, and Madonna for a second time later this month? Is this what we have to look forward to?

You know what, Rob, that IS a light at the end of the tunnel, and the word just above it does read AMTRAK.

I was on pace for an 81k game but missed the One being released as a charity single.

The lyrics round was strange, it was like a countdown round with the clues given to you immediately. There was only one question we didn't know, but still got 940 points out of 1000 because the clues came up so fast. Since Playback doesn't normally give clues, I have no idea how that was created. Then the lyrics round showed up in the pound round (copyright TOLLE). I kinda liked that format, they should keep that.

poman · **Joined:** Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:05 pm **Posts:** 1513

craig921 wrote:

November 1: U2

So, maybe a day after I mentioned to someone that NTN really does seem to be getting better at questions and editing, we get.....I don't know what to call it....the scrambled eggs game? For a minute there, I wouldn't have been surprised if the Pyramid round from Showdown replaced the Headliner round. And then a basic repeat question for question of the headliner round from the first time they had U2? With Clapton coming around for the third time, and Madonna for a second time later this month? Is this what we have to look forward to?

You know what, Rob, that IS a light at the end of the tunnel, and the word just above it does read AMTRAK.

The only good thing about last week's game is we got new questions.

But now buzztime is back in full repeat-o-rama mode. (Guess they're starting Thanksgiving break a little early this year :lol:

)

I just wish buzztime would spend as much time & effort on their 1-hour premium games (which people are still playing, even though the numbers have been continually on the decline the past several years) as they do on their Opinion Nation games (which almost nobody is playing).

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

Well, hell. There were a couple of brief power outages where this lil old grumpy bastard was banging away, so my first thought was that those outages hosed the Playback download. :roll:

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:16 am

clark wrote:

craig921 wrote:

November 1: U2
November 8: One Hit Wonders
November 15: Eric Clapton
November 22: Women in Country
November 29: Madonna

So, maybe a day after I mentioned to someone that NTN really does seem to be getting better at questions and editing, we get.....I don't know what to call it....the scrambled eggs game? For a minute there, I wouldn't have been surprised if the Pyramid round from Showdown replaced the Headliner round. And then a basic repeat question for question of the headliner round from the first time they had U2? With Clapton coming around for the third time, and Madonna for a second time later this month? Is this what we have to look forward to?

You know what, Rob, that IS a light at the end of the tunnel, and the word just above it does read AMTRAK.

I was on pace for an 81k game but missed the One being released as a charity single.

The lyrics round was strange, it was like a countdown round with the clues given to you immediately. There was only one question we didn't know, but still got 940 points out of 1000 because the clues came up so fast. Since Playback doesn't normally give clues, I have no idea how that was created. Then the lyrics round showed up in the pound round (copyright TOLLE). I kinda liked that format, they should keep that.

I kinda liked it too. However, I bet it wasn't done on purpose. I think someone fell asleep at the switch and put the wrong questions in the wrong round.

mudee · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:31 pm

I opted out of that game, wish I would have played now. :roll:

I guess we will see if they do it again. If so, I would bet it has something to do with changing the format of the game to work better with tablets.

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:57 am

mudee wrote:

I opted out of that game, wish I would have played now. :roll:

I guess we will see if they do it again. If so, I would bet it has something to do with changing the format of the game to work better with tablets.

Hmm, interesting theory! I guess we will see on Saturday.

poman · **Joined:** Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:05 pm **Posts:** 1513

clark wrote:

Okay, here is a recap of a Topix one-hit wonder game from this past winter, I remember driving in 10 feet of snow to play it. The way they repeat questions, I expect to see the Macy Gray question again, and yes Goyte is still a one-hit wonder..

6) Who had hit with “A Thousand Miles”? Vanessa Carlton (2002)
10) Who had hit with “Who Let the Dogs Out”? Baha Men (how did this song get on radio, 2000)

Seems a little soon to call some of these folks one hit wonders, but I’m predicting they’re spot on with Goyte

I like "Ordinary Day" (peak #30) better than "A Thousand Miles" (peak #5). But the funny thing about that comparison is that "Who Let The Dogs Out" only peaked at #40. And a really good trivia question, their follow up song, "You All Dat" did dent the Hot 100 chart at #94.

Overall, that game actually was mostly true one hit wonders, albeit way too 2000s heavy.

I doubt they'll do better tonight. But as we all fear, they'll probably just use mostly/all repeats from that game

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:45 pm

Do I get bonus points for singing "My Sharona" during the break before the final question?

poman · **Joined:** Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:05 pm **Posts:** 1513

BGTUNA wrote:

Do I get bonus points for singing "My Sharona" during the break before the final question?

And that was actually the 2nd worst question of the round since The Knack has had three top 40 hits, including one that peaked at #11. Definitely not a one hit wonder.

The worst question was the Vanilla Ice one. His first two hits both made the top 5 and both went gold. You could say he's a one album wonder, but not a one hit wonder.

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:44 am

We were talking with a guy (who doesn't play Playback) about One Hit Wonders they missed. The song we brought up at the same time was "The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace. No one could really hear us talking so I don't think this was done on purpose, but in the middle of our discussion, that song came on the jukebox. Very odd.

By the way, I once won a bottle of Night Train for knowing that bit of One Hit Wonder information. :lol:

spotes · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:27 pm **Posts:** 1558

poman wrote:

BGTUNA wrote:

Do I get bonus points for singing "My Sharona" during the break before the final question?

And that was actually the 2nd worst question of the round since The Knack has had three top 40 hits, including one that peaked at #11. Definitely not a one hit wonder.

I'm assuming Good Girls Don't is that #11 song. I can't think of another Top 40 hit for them from Get the Knack so I'm guessing I missed something from a later album or possibly I did hear it and the endorphins kicked in to mask the memory of the pain.

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