I got the same scores as the two contestants today.

 

Round 1 : 33 Didn't get

Gin Blossoms

 

Round 2 : 30 Didn't get

Stanley Road, Jigsaw

 

 

3 in 10 : 3

Rivers Of Babylon, Rasputin, Ma Baker

 

Round 1: 21 (didn't get:

The Selecter, Jon and Vangelis, The Gin Blossoms, Simple Minds, Argent

)

Round 2: 21 (didn't get:

Paul Weller, The Jam, Del Amitri, Jigsaw

)

Three-in-Ten: 3

Rivers of Babylon, Daddy Cool, Ma Baker

 

 

not my best day!

Round 1: 15 (missed

The Selecter (-3), either Jon & Vangelis song (-3), Gin Blossoms (-6), 'Up On The Catwalk' (-3), 'Jealous Mind' (-6), Argent (-3)

)

Round 2: 18 (missed

Chris Rea (-3), 'Lucky Number' (-3), 'The Eton Rifles' (-6), 1984 (-3), Del Amitri (-3), 'Sky High' (-3)

)

3 in 10: 3/3 (

'Rivers Of Babylon', 'Daddy Cool', 'Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord'

)

 

#1 albums sessions planning memory to the rescue with

Paul Weller's first solo album

! 3 years late for the round 2 year, really should have got that one oop.

Round 1: 24 - didn't get

Jon & Vangelis, Simple Minds, Alvin Stardust, Argent (changed my mind to Kiss, forgetting it was Argent who did the original)

 

 

Round 2: 36 - didn't get

Jigsaw

(last question, tsk)

 

Three in ten: 3 -

Rivers of Babylon, Ma Baker, Rasputin

 

Round 1: 27 - didn't get

INXS, Crosby Stills & Nash

 

 

Round 2: 27 - didn't get

Paul Jones, 1982 (guessed 81), Peter Skellern

 

 

Three in ten: 3 -

Hot Love, Ride A White Swan, Jeepster (#2 sessions to the fore!)

 

Round 1 : 27 Didn't get

Ronan Keating, Lighthouse Family, Marrakesh Express

 

Round 2 : 36 Didn't get

Another Level

 

 

3 in 10 : 3

Ride A White Swan, Hot Love, Metal Guru

 

Round 1: 12 (didn't get:

M People, INXS, 1976, Soft Cell, Nick Lowe, Lighthouse Family, Crosby Stills & Nash

)

Round 2: 24 (didn't get:

Paul Jones, Oran “Juice” Jones, Peter Skellern

)

Three-in-Ten: 3

(Get It On, Metal Guru, Hot Love)

 

 

Oops R1 is my lowest score in a long time!

Well it's much easier for me to post the ones I did get rather than the ones I missed today...

 

Round 1: none of them :cheeseblock:

Round 2:

'Common People' and U2

- the latter of which I only barely got in time before the contestant said it

 

I might have to retire from playing this again in shame xx

 

Got the 3 in 10 though (

'Get It On', 'Ride A White Swan', 'Hot Love'

). Thanks to the #2s session yesterday as I think I might have only got 2/3 otherwise :P

Round 1: 30 - didn't get

1987 (guessed 88), Jimmy Somerville, The Skids

 

 

Round 2: 27 - didn't get

Dr Hook, The Drifters, Stefan Dennis

(the last 3 questions!)

 

Three in ten: 3 -

Rotterdam, Song For Whoever, Don't Marry Her

 

Edited July 4, 20232 yr by jimwatts

Round 1: 30 (didn't get:

Aerosmith, 1987 (one year out), The Skids

)

Round 2: 21 (didn't get:

KT Tunstall, 1998 (one year out), Dr. Hook, The Drifters, Stefan Dennis

)

Three-in-Ten: 3

(Rotterdam, A Little Time, Perfect 10)

 

Round 1 : 30 Didn't get

Soul Asylum, Jimmy Somerville, The Skids

 

Round 2 : 27 Didn't get

KT Tunstall, the year, The Drifters

 

 

Today I learned that the last few seconds of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis share the same melody and lyrics as that song by

The Drifters, 'On Broadway'

, I had not heard it before.

 

3 in 10 : 3

A Little Time, Old Red Eyes Is Back, Perfect 10

 

 

 

Round 1: 30 - didn't get

Kenny, Dina Carroll

(both annoying misses)

 

Round 2: 24 - didn't get

Nik Kershaw, Marillion, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

 

 

Three in ten: 3 -

Shout, Where The Poor Boys Dance, Boom Bang-A-Bang

 

Round 1: 30 (didn't get:

Elvis, Kenny, Martine McCutcheon

)

Round 2: 12 (didn't get:

Nik Kershaw, Marillion, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, UB40, 1975, Daniel Bedingfield

)

Three-in-Ten: 3

(Shout, Boom Bang A Bang, Relight My Fire)

 

Round 1 : 27 Didn't get

Elvis Presley, Dina Carroll, Martine McCutcheon

 

Round 2 : 30 Didn't get

UB40, Daniel Bedingfield

 

 

3 in 10 : 3

Boom Bang A Bang, Shout, Relight My Fire

 

Yesterday:

 

Round 1: 21 (missed

'Sugar Baby Love' (-3), Aerosmith (-3), Soul Asylum (-3), 1987 (-3), 'To Love Somebody' (-3), The Skids (-3)

)

Round 2: 21 (missed

Paul McCartney (-3), 'Black Horse And The Cherry Tree' (-3), Dr. Hook (-3), The Drifters (-6), 'Don't It Make You Feel Good' (-3)

)

3 in 10: 2/3 (

'Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)', 'Perfect 10'

) - definitely should have remembered

'A Little Time'

as well oop x

 

1 year early for the first year. Almost got all of the bonuses but foiled by the final one!

I managed to guess both the Wings album and Culture Club so was a bit lucky to get 5/6

.

 

~

 

Today:

 

Round 1: 11? (missed

Chaka Khan (-3), Thomas Dolby (-3), 'Rubberneckin'' (-3), 'Excerpt From 'A Teenage Opera'' (-6 / -4? I said 'Theme From 'A Teenage Opera'', I think that's probably worth 2 points, may have helped if I remembered to pay attention to the name of the bonus category lol), Kenny (-3), 1980 (-3), Dina Carroll (-6), either Martine McCutcheon song (-3)

)

Round 2: 18 (missed

Nik Kershaw (-3), Marillion (-6), 'You Always Hurt The One You Love' (-6), UB40 (-3), 1975 (-3)

)

3 in 10: 3/3 (

'Shout', 'We've Got Tonight', 'Boom Bang-A-Bang'

)

 

1 year late on both years today grr (so that's 1 year out 3 of the last 4 year questions). Oops missing

Chaka Khan

was a bit of a brain fart. But then managed to get

Daniel Bedingfield

as a guess which I really thought was wrong!

 

At least these were better results than Monday :kink:

Round 1: 36 - didn't get

Geordie

 

 

Round 2: 30 - didn't get

The Partridge Family, Detroit Spinners

 

 

Three in ten: 3 -

Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up, Games Without Frontiers

 

Round 1: 30 (didn't get:

Cathy Dennis, Geordie

)

Round 2: 15 (didn't get:

Dollar, Van Morrison, Gary Byrd & The GB Experience, Travis, The Partridge Family, The Detroit Spinners

)

Three-in-Ten: 3

(Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up, Games Without Frontiers)

 

it's been a long time, but I'm back with Ken today, no pressure with the high scores above already... :o

 

Round 1: 36 points (contestant gave up on

Arcadia

title before my brain got in gear) :lol:

 

Round 2: 39 points - obv more my era!

 

3 in 10: got 5 in 10, whoo hoo :lol:

Round 1 : 33 Didn't get

Arcadia, Geordie

 

Round 2 : 30 Didn't get

Donna Summer, the year, Detroit Spinners

 

 

3 in 10 : 3

Sledgehammer, Steam, Games Without Frontiers

 

Welcome back John! (me pushed back down to the 5th best player in the thread :D)

 

Round 1: 24 (missed

1995 (-3), Cathy Dennis (-6), 'Election Day' (-3), Geordie (-3)

)

Round 2: 9 (missed

Dollar (-3), Donna Summer (-3), 2002 (-3), M People (-6), 'The Crown' (-3), Travis (-3), The Partridge Family (-6), 'Ghetto Child' (-3)

)

3 in 10: 1/3 (

'Sledgehammer'

) - also thought of a couple of his more recent songs but not chart hits ofc

 

5 years early for the first year and 1 year early for the second.

 

I guessed

Kylie

for both the 2nd and 3rd bonuses in round 1, at least one of them was right! :lol:

Depeche Mode

was also a guess, getting lucky lately.