Pick a Headliner

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:36 pm

Good idea Rockin' Robin!

I have not yet seen prog rock represented. How about either progressive rock as a generic category, or one of the better known prog rock bands as a specific category: Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson. Anybody who releases an album with only three songs should be represented!

MitchWolf · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:27 am

BGTUNA wrote:

Anybody who releases an album with only three songs should be represented!

Two bands did that recently like The Band Perry (Country) and Foster the People (alternative rock)

As for potential headliner: RUSH!!!!!!!!!!! as well Styx and ELO.

tchoiniere · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:31 am

Id like a Springsteen or Pearl Jam headliner.

Brandyb · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:30 pm **Posts:** 189

tchoiniere wrote:

Id like a Springsteen or Pearl Jam headliner.

They did Pearl Jam as a headliner already and managed to screw up one of the questions.

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:25 pm

tchoiniere wrote:

Id like a Springsteen or Pearl Jam headliner.

They did Springsteen as well...one of my two perfect headliner rounds.

tchoiniere · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:43 pm

BGTUNA wrote:

tchoiniere wrote:

Id like a Springsteen or Pearl Jam headliner.

They did Springsteen as well...one of my two perfect headliner rounds.

Apparently, I should have put a disclaimer that I have only been playing Playback for about 1.5 years so those 2 probably were before that. Do you remember what the Springsteen Final Question was?

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:47 pm

tchoiniere wrote:

Apparently, I should have put a disclaimer that I have only been playing Playback for about 1.5 years so those 2 probably were before that. Do you remember what the Springsteen Final Question was?

All of the following were on Born in the USA except:

My Hometown
All the Way Home
Glory Days
I'm On Fire
Dancing in the Dark

Even someone who is a casual Springsteen fan could get this no-brainer.

tchoiniere · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:51 pm

BGTUNA wrote:

tchoiniere wrote:

Apparently, I should have put a disclaimer that I have only been playing Playback for about 1.5 years so those 2 probably were before that. Do you remember what the Springsteen Final Question was?

All of the following were on Born in the USA except:

My Hometown
All the Way Home
Glory Days
I'm On Fire
Dancing in the Dark

Even someone who is a casual Springsteen fan could get this no-brainer.

Thanks. Definitely was a Slam Dunk. Yet weeks I play, I get saddled with old country bullshit...

GIRLIE · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:39 pm

I'd like Headliners for Justin Timberlake, Styx, Foreigner, America and of course Jimmy Buffett

tchoiniere · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:27 pm

GIRLIE wrote:

I'd like Headliners for Justin Timberlake, Styx, Foreigner, America and of course Jimmy Buffett

Id take any of those but Timberlake. Anybody want to bet the next headliner is Timberlake?

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:02 pm

tchoiniere wrote:

GIRLIE wrote:

I'd like Headliners for Justin Timberlake, Styx, Foreigner, America and of course Jimmy Buffett

Id take any of those but Timberlake. Anybody want to bet the next headliner is Timberlake?

That'll be more money I save. :mrgreen:

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

tchoiniere wrote:

GIRLIE wrote:

I'd like Headliners for Justin Timberlake, Styx, Foreigner, America and of course Jimmy Buffett

Id take any of those but Timberlake. Anybody want to bet the next headliner is Timberlake?

Could be (it would follow the trend), since they went old for the last two (Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand) and modern day (Black Eyed Peas) for the last one.

I want the happy medium between those two. Anything 1980s, please!

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

poman wrote:

tchoiniere wrote:

GIRLIE wrote:

I'd like Headliners for Justin Timberlake, Styx, Foreigner, America and of course Jimmy Buffett

Id take any of those but Timberlake. Anybody want to bet the next headliner is Timberlake?

Could be (it would follow the trend), since they went old for the last two (Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand) and modern day (Black Eyed Peas) for the last one.

I want the happy medium between those two. Anything 1980s, please!

Great, 11 questions about "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"

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

clark wrote:

Great, 11 questions about "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"

Would you rather have that or 11 questions on Miley Cyrus? :lol:

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:16 am

poman wrote:

clark wrote:

Great, 11 questions about "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"

Would you rather have that or 11 questions on Miley Cyrus? :lol:

Is death an option? :lol:

Dante · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:11 pm

BGTUNA wrote:

poman wrote:

clark wrote:

Great, 11 questions about "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"

Would you rather have that or 11 questions on Miley Cyrus? :lol:

Is death an option? :lol:

Death does good tunes man.

kaufman · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:55 pm

I myself would love a Weird Al game for a change of pace ...

Rocket Robin · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:56 pm

From Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums from 2009, here's the names of Top 50 artists that have not been used as Headliners since the redesigned game:

6 Johnny Mathis
9 Neil Diamond
10 The Temptations
12 The Beach Boys
13 Rod Stewart
14 Willie Nelson
15 Montovani
18 Ray Connitt
19 Prince
21 Aretha Franklin
22 George Strait
23 Jimmy Buffett
24 Pink Floyd
26 David Bowie
27 James Brown
29 Andy Williams
30 Bee Gees
31 Lawrence Welk
32 Van Morrison
33 Kenny Loggins
34 The Supremes
35 Grateful Dead
36 Henry Mancini
37 The Kingston Trio
38 Barry Manilow
40 Jimi Hendrix
41 Michael Jackson (although they did a 'Jackson Family' headliner)
42 Herb Alpert
44 Nat King Cole

51 to 100 if you ask politely

BGTUNA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:51 pm

Rocket Robin wrote:

From Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums from 2009, here's the names of Top 50 artists that have not been used as Headliners since the redesigned game:

6 Johnny Mathis
9 Neil Diamond
10 The Temptations
12 The Beach Boys
13 Rod Stewart
14 Willie Nelson
15 Montovani
18 Ray Connitt
19 Prince
21 Aretha Franklin
22 George Strait
23 Jimmy Buffett
24 Pink Floyd
26 David Bowie
27 James Brown
29 Andy Williams
30 Bee Gees
31 Lawrence Welk
32 Van Morrison
33 Kenny Loggins
34 The Supremes
35 Grateful Dead
36 Henry Mancini
37 The Kingston Trio
38 Barry Manilow
40 Jimi Hendrix
41 Michael Jackson (although they did a 'Jackson Family' headliner)
42 Herb Alpert
44 Nat King Cole

51 to 100 if you ask politely

If Ray Conniff is a headliner, I'm going to look for about 8 feet of rope.

QBB · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:22 am **Posts:** 68

I'd like to see Fleetwood Mac - (although I am still mad about the "Albatross" question they included in the "1969" game last year).

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

BGTUNA wrote:

Rocket Robin wrote:

From Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums from 2009, here's the names of Top 50 artists that have not been used as Headliners since the redesigned game:

6 Johnny Mathis
9 Neil Diamond
10 The Temptations
12 The Beach Boys
13 Rod Stewart
14 Willie Nelson
15 Montovani
18 Ray Connitt
19 Prince
21 Aretha Franklin
22 George Strait
23 Jimmy Buffett
24 Pink Floyd
26 David Bowie
27 James Brown
29 Andy Williams
30 Bee Gees
31 Lawrence Welk
32 Van Morrison
33 Kenny Loggins
34 The Supremes
35 Grateful Dead
36 Henry Mancini
37 The Kingston Trio
38 Barry Manilow
40 Jimi Hendrix
41 Michael Jackson (although they did a 'Jackson Family' headliner)
42 Herb Alpert
44 Nat King Cole

51 to 100 if you ask politely

If Ray Conniff is a headliner, I'm going to look for about 8 feet of rope.

Yikes, let's go away from those.. Who the hell is #15? I'm sure the Showdown people know....

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

clark wrote:

BGTUNA wrote:

Rocket Robin wrote:

From Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums from 2009, here's the names of Top 50 artists that have not been used as Headliners since the redesigned game:

6 Johnny Mathis
9 Neil Diamond
10 The Temptations
12 The Beach Boys
13 Rod Stewart
14 Willie Nelson
15 Montovani
18 Ray Connitt
19 Prince
21 Aretha Franklin
22 George Strait
23 Jimmy Buffett
24 Pink Floyd
26 David Bowie
27 James Brown
29 Andy Williams
30 Bee Gees
31 Lawrence Welk
32 Van Morrison
33 Kenny Loggins
34 The Supremes
35 Grateful Dead
36 Henry Mancini
37 The Kingston Trio
38 Barry Manilow
40 Jimi Hendrix
41 Michael Jackson (although they did a 'Jackson Family' headliner)
42 Herb Alpert
44 Nat King Cole

51 to 100 if you ask politely

If Ray Conniff is a headliner, I'm going to look for about 8 feet of rope.

Yikes, let's go away from those.. Who the hell is #15? I'm sure the Showdown people know....

He hasn't dropped much in 13 years (I have the 1996 edition). He was #8 that year. Lawrence Welk (who he'd be paired with) was #15 that year.

It looks like Whitburn's rankings highly favor quantity of charted albums. Mantovani had 49 charted albums, twelve which made the top, one #1, and seven that went gold.

Welk, in comparison, had 40 charted albums, ten which made the top 10, one #1 and two that went gold.

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

GIRLIE wrote:

I'd like Headliners for Justin Timberlake, Styx, Foreigner, America and of course Jimmy Buffett

They used CRAIG's suggestions this month, and I see they're using GIRLIE's suggestion next month [insert LILJOL reaction here

]. Who has next? CLARK?

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

poman wrote:

GIRLIE wrote:

I'd like Headliners for Justin Timberlake, Styx, Foreigner, America and of course Jimmy Buffett

They used CRAIG's suggestions this month, and I see they're using GIRLIE's suggestion next month [insert LILJOL reaction here

]. Who has next? CLARK?

SEKA · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2015 12:26 pm

From the NTN website, here are the remaining May and all of June 2015 Headliners for Playback:
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Upcoming Headliners:

May 23: Jazz Legends
May 30: Rush
June 6: Jimmy Buffett
June 13: The 80s
June 20: Mariah Carey
June 27: Pop Hits
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I'm fine with The 80's, and Pop Hits.

I will definitely stay at home on June 6th.

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