I have gone back to my sources and recalculated the list. Not just 100 deep; I've got a full 500 songs this time.
It should be noted that upon deeper inspection, four of the top 500 lists I used last time were evidently prepared by the same PR firm. Their lower reaches had some consistently questionable choices. All the lists were from Canada, with many selections by Canadian bands. Like a dozen songs by the Tragically Hip. Does anyone really think they deserve 12 spots in the top 500? The real problem was that it was the same dozen songs on all 4 lists, and the same mostly-obscure Canadian songs elsewhere on the lists. Obviously from a single source and with a screwy song selection, so I tossed them all out.
This left the following lists as sources:
Manchester, UK 106.1 Rock Radio - 2010 - the list with the most metal
Arrow Classic Rock, Netherlands - 2007 - the most prog rock, and the only list to name more than two Golden Earring songs
102.9 Classic Rock MGK, Philadelphia - 2008
Q104.3, New York City - 2004
KZOK 102.5, Seattle - 2004
93.7 KKRW, Houston - 2010
The US stations had about 350 songs on all four lists, but each station's other 150 provided some interesting input.
To add some more variety of the typical critical acclaim type, I also added Rolling Stone's top 500 list and Digital Dream Door's top 300 list.
The game: I'm rating the difficulty of clues from 1 to 5 - and it's also how many points you get for a correct guess. Post as many guesses as you like. The first person to get a clue right gets a bonus point. Anyone who then posts the same right answer gets the normal points for it. I'll keep a running total of the points, of course.
The twist: if you win a round, you don't get to play next round. You can post, but you won't get points. This way, no one should be able to run away with the win.
The clues!
Remember we're starting from #500 - these songs will be well known, but there's no "Bohemian Rhapsody" down here.
#500. Whatever, nevermind. (1)
#499. Google "motto". (1)
#498. Not something you'd expect to hear said quietly. (3)
#497. Courtesy cubed. (2)
#496. The other hit by a one-hit wonder. (4)
#495. Formal warfare. (1)
#494. It gives a sense of the difference. (5)
#493. Posthumously released. (4)
#492. 1988 movie. (1)
#491. The subject of this song saw it performed at Woodstock. (4)
It should be noted that upon deeper inspection, four of the top 500 lists I used last time were evidently prepared by the same PR firm. Their lower reaches had some consistently questionable choices. All the lists were from Canada, with many selections by Canadian bands. Like a dozen songs by the Tragically Hip. Does anyone really think they deserve 12 spots in the top 500? The real problem was that it was the same dozen songs on all 4 lists, and the same mostly-obscure Canadian songs elsewhere on the lists. Obviously from a single source and with a screwy song selection, so I tossed them all out.
This left the following lists as sources:
Manchester, UK 106.1 Rock Radio - 2010 - the list with the most metal
Arrow Classic Rock, Netherlands - 2007 - the most prog rock, and the only list to name more than two Golden Earring songs
102.9 Classic Rock MGK, Philadelphia - 2008
Q104.3, New York City - 2004
KZOK 102.5, Seattle - 2004
93.7 KKRW, Houston - 2010
The US stations had about 350 songs on all four lists, but each station's other 150 provided some interesting input.
To add some more variety of the typical critical acclaim type, I also added Rolling Stone's top 500 list and Digital Dream Door's top 300 list.
The game: I'm rating the difficulty of clues from 1 to 5 - and it's also how many points you get for a correct guess. Post as many guesses as you like. The first person to get a clue right gets a bonus point. Anyone who then posts the same right answer gets the normal points for it. I'll keep a running total of the points, of course.
The twist: if you win a round, you don't get to play next round. You can post, but you won't get points. This way, no one should be able to run away with the win.
The clues!
Remember we're starting from #500 - these songs will be well known, but there's no "Bohemian Rhapsody" down here.
#500. Whatever, nevermind. (1)
#499. Google "motto". (1)
#498. Not something you'd expect to hear said quietly. (3)
#497. Courtesy cubed. (2)
#496. The other hit by a one-hit wonder. (4)
#495. Formal warfare. (1)
#494. It gives a sense of the difference. (5)
#493. Posthumously released. (4)
#492. 1988 movie. (1)
#491. The subject of this song saw it performed at Woodstock. (4)
So I'll try another.
