Well, we're due for a good puzzle here at FOFC, and I'm hoping this proves to be worthwhile.

Thansk to SkyDog who is hosting the file that you will need to work on this puzzle. Rather than concoct a story to set the whole thing up, I think I will just post the file, and let you have a go at it. It's an MP3 file (zipped), so you will need some sort of media player that is compatible with that format.

Here's a link to the file:

Sound Puzzle (www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/soundpuzzle.zip)

Enjoy.

Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Mambo #5 - Lou Bega :)
Pop Musik - M
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)- Pet Shop Boys
Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
I'll Be There For You - The Rembrandts

Heat of the Moment - Asia

Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money

I Am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
??? - Dave Mathews Band
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money

I am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkel (?)

Not sure cuervo but for some reason I think there's more to the puzzle than just the song puzzle. If you listen to the songs there are certain words cut out of some of the songs. For instance, in Once in a Lifetime, nasty is cut but then the song continues. Or the Rembrandts song gear is cut but then it continues. Maybe this has something to do with the puzzle. It could be like you say and just name the songs in which case:

Only Wanna Be With You-Hootiw and The Blowfish

1. asia - heat of the moments - missing word - incidents

??? - Hootie and the Blowfish
??? - R.E.M.
??? - U2

(some of the artists are easy to pick out, even if I don't know the song)

Originally posted by lcjjdnh
Not sure cuervo but for some reason I think there's more to the puzzle than just the song puzzle. If you listen to the songs there are certain words cut out of some of the songs. For instance, in Once in a Lifetime, nasty is cut but then the song continues. Or the Rembrandts song gear is cut but then it continues. Maybe this has something to do with the puzzle. It could be like you say and just name the songs in which case:

Only Wanna Be With You-Hootiw and The Blowfish

You could be right....but it might be to make it harder to look up lyrics, or to make the song a little harder to identify? I don't know. Maybe there is a "higher purpose" to the puzzle. Knowing QS, you might be right.

I believe one of them is Zoot Suit Riot By Cherry Poppin' Daddies


And another is Can't Stop by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

hootie and the blowfish - only wanna be with you - missing word end

I think the missing words combined will be the puzzle. It might even be as complex as finding all the missing words and then arranging them to mean something.

Well then by figuring the titles it will be easier to figure the missing words.


By the way

Burning Down the House by Talking Heads is missing the word Nasty

And the word incidents is missing from the Asia song

4. Dave Matthews Band, (Everyday), The Space Between; missing madness
11. Thriller - Missing "jaws"
13.Opportunities - missing "inclination"
15. Rembrandts - missing "gear"
5. Babylon (David Grey) - missing "ridicule"
9. Mambo #5 - missing "trumpet"

OK, we need to get organized. Lets try to figure out everything in sequence.


<pre><font face=courier><font color=blue>
# artist song word</font>
1. asia heat of the moment incidents
2. cherry poppin' daddies zoot suit riot
3.
4. dave matthews
5. david gray babylon ridicule</font></pre>

Zoot Suit Riot is missing the word Brown

I am a Rock is missing the work Island

Here's my list I just created: (and am updating)

1. incidents (Asia - heat of the moment)
2. brown (eyed) (Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot)
3. laugh - (Dashboard Confessional - Screaming Infidelities)
4. madness (Dave Matthews Band - The Space Between)
5. ridicule (David Gray - Babylon)
6. Ronnie (Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight)
7&8. laser beams (Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax)
9. end (Hootie & The Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You)
10. trumpet (Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5)
11. Munich (M - Pop Muzik)
12. jaws (Michael Jackson - Thriller)
13. education (Oasis - Don't Go Away)
14. ??
15. engineering (Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop)
16. violent (REM - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?)
17. island (Simon & Garfunkel - I am a Rock)
18. silence (Staind - For You)
19. nasty (Talking Heads - Burning Down The House)
20. gear (Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You)
21. airways (The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony)
22. overtake (U2 - Peace On Earth)
23. ??

I'll go back through everyone elses posts and update this.


<pre><font face=courier><font color=blue>
# artist song word</font>
1. asia heat of the moment incidents
2. cherry poppin' daddies zoot suit riot brown
3.
4. dave matthews
5. david gray babylon ridicule
6. eddie money take me home tonight
7.
8. m pop music
9. hootie and the blowfish only wanne be with you end
10. lou bega mambo #5
11. m pop music (again)
12. michael jackson thriller
13. oasis?
14.
15. red hot chili peppers
16. REM what's the frequency kennety violent
17. simon and garfunkel i am a rock island
18.
19. talking heads burning down the house nasty
20. rembrandts i'll be there for you gear
21. verve bittersweet symphony
22.
23. </font></pre>

I think you're treating 7 & 8 as two songs, but it's Relax by Frankie goes to hollywood. I *think* it's missing "laser beams". Pop Musik I believe is missing "Munich".

After S&G is "For you" by Staind, the word is "silence".

15. Can't Stop- Red Hot Chilli Pepper's-Engineering missing word

thanks for the corrections. bringing us completely up to date:
updated: 11.24 am EST


<pre><font face=courier><font color=blue>
# artist song word</font>
1. asia heat of the moment incidents
2. cherry poppin' daddies zoot suit riot brown
3. dashboard confessional screaming infidelities laugh
4. dave matthews the space between madness
5. david gray babylon ridicule
6. eddie money take me home tonight ronnie?
7. frankie goes to... relax laser beams?
8. hootie and the blowfish only wanna be with you end
9. lou bega mambo #5 trumpet
10. m pop music munich?
11. michael jackson thriller jaws
12. oasis don't go away education
13. pet shop boys opportunity inclination
14. red hot chili peppers can't stop engineering
15. REM what's the frequency kenneth violent
16. simon and garfunkel i am a rock island
17. staind for you silence
18. talking heads burning down the house nasty
19. rembrandts i'll be there for you gear
20. verve bittersweet symphony airways
21. U2 peace on earth overtake
22. </font></pre>

3. laugh - (Dashboard Confessional - Screaming Infidelities)
12. education (Oasis - Don't Go Away)
20. airways (The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony)
21. overtake (U2 - Peace On Earth)

That last song I can't place yet, but I'm working on it.

'Don't go away' by Oasis...the word is "education".

The bands are in alphabetical order (if you add "The" to the front of Rembrandts and Verve), so we're looking for a band in the last song that's after U2 in the alphabet.

Last song sounds like U2 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me

Dashboard Confessional is band #3

Originally posted by TredWel
The bands are in alphabetical order (if you add "The" to the front of Rembrandts and Verve), so we're looking for a band in the last song that's after U2 in the alphabet.

nice. great clue.

The song also has a VERY similar sound to part of "Hold Me, Kiss Me, Thrill Me", if that helps.

Originally posted by Qwikshot
Last song sounds like U2 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me



I definitely agree, but it's either a cover by someone else, a really shitty version, or someone using the strings from the original song and singing something else over it.

Ah! 'Cavity Search' by Weird Al?

edit: absurd!

Final word is "absurd" then

<pre><font face=courier><font color=blue>
# artist song word</font>
1. asia heat of the moment incidents
2. cherry poppin' daddies zoot suit riot brown
3. dashboard confessional screaming infidelities laugh
4. dave matthews the space between madness
5. david gray babylon ridicule
6. eddie money take me home tonight ronnie?
7. frankie goes to... relax laser beams?
8. hootie and the blowfish only wanna be with you end
9. lou bega mambo #5 trumpet
10. m pop music munich?
11. michael jackson thriller jaws
12. oasis don't go away education
13. pet shop boys opportunity inclination
14. red hot chili peppers can't stop engineering
15. REM what's the frequency kenneth violent
16. simon and garfunkel i am a rock island
17. staind for you silence
18. talking heads burning down the house nasty
19. rembrandts i'll be there for you gear
20. verve bittersweet symphony airways
21. U2 peace on earth overtake
22. Weird Al Yankovich cavity search absurd</font></pre>

So, now what? Are we supposed to look for some sort of hidden meaning in these words/songs/artists, or have we solved the puzzle?

Originally posted by TredWel
So, now what? Are we supposed to look for some sort of hidden meaning in these words/songs/artists, or have we solved the puzzle?

my guess is the missing words are now part 2 of the puzzle.

Heh, the words make me think of 'Moonraker', but somehow I don't think that's it :D There was a trumpet player named Ronnie Brown??

Originally posted by cuervo72
Heh, the words make me think of 'Moonraker', but somehow I don't think that's it :D There was a trumpet player named Ronnie Brown??

Jaws was a villian. I think we've got something here!

Brown is 'Braun' in german....anything to do with Werner von Braun? Studied in Munich, his engineering led to a violent explosion on an island (Japan), after which there was much silence. Ronald Reagan (Ronnie) then had an inclination to shoot laser beams at nuclear weapons years later, an idea that was greatly ridiculed?

I'm really reaching for straws here :D

the trumpet though... hmm.

Originally posted by TredWel
So, now what? Are we supposed to look for some sort of hidden meaning in these words/songs/artists, or have we solved the puzzle?

You are supposed to look for some sort of hidden meaning in these words/songs/artists.

Originally posted by QuikSand
You are supposed to look for some sort of hidden meaning in these words/songs/artists.

how about a bit more guidance?

I = baffled.

I've looked at the artists, titles and missing words over and over and nothing's clicked yet. I've sorted them by song name and missing word and no pattern has been found. I'm obsessing.

The sad thing is that I haven't even listened to the mp3 because my PC here at work doesn't have sound...I'm hoping that you guys haven't missed any other clues from the clip.

Originally posted by VPI97
I've looked at the artists, titles and missing words over and over and nothing's clicked yet. I've sorted them by song name and missing word and no pattern has been found. I'm obsessing.

Well, I guess you just haven't done enough, then. There are more patterns in this world than alphabetical order.

It's interesting that (except for verve and U2) the artists were all in alphabetical order.

Originally posted by ShagVT
It's interesting that (except for verve and U2) the artists were all in alphabetical order.

I think it's supposed to be "The Rembrandts" and "The Verve".

Anyone looked at these in the order they were released? Don't know if that would make any sense or not.

Originally posted by ShagVT
It's interesting that (except for verve and U2) the artists were all in alphabetical order.

Or, perhaps that is deliberately uninteresting.

For example, when you see an anagram puzzle, often the puzzle will be presented to you with the letters in alphabetical order.
(Example: C E E E M N R T X) The fact that it's presented in that order is not a clue in itself, but rather it's in thet order to prevent the suggestion that it is being put into a particular order for some purpose.

Hope that helps... but I doubt it.

Originally posted by QuikSand
Hope that helps... but I doubt it.

Dick. :D

Originally posted by Ksyrup
Dick.

Why don't you work on my anagram... you'll get what you deserve.

I don't have a sound card at work, so no way to listen and thus, I wasn't able to involve myself in the first part of the puzzle. I've looked at the compiled list of songs briefly but haven't had time to really figure it out.

I think I could help, but I doubt it.

Originally posted by Ksyrup

I think I could help, but I doubt it.

I agree, but not really.

Originally posted by QuikSand
Why don't you work on my anagram... you'll get what you deserve.

shit, I just can't figure this out. ;)

Originally posted by Bee
I agree, but not really.

Exactly, sort of.

Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters?

M (1)
U2
REM
Asia
Oasis (5)
Staind
Lou Vega
The Verve
David Gray
Eddie Money (10)
Pet Shop Boys
Talking Heads
The Rembrandts
Michael Jackson
Weird Al Yankovic (15)
Dave Matthews Band
Simon and Garfunkel
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cherry Poppin Daddies
Hootie and the Blowfish (20)
Dashboard Confessional
Frankie Goes to Hollywood (22)

How's that?

By the way, it's Weird Al Yankovic ... no h

honestly, I don't know, is it Verve or The Verve?

Originally posted by Craptacular
Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters?That may lead to a solution, but I doubt it.

Offically, it's The Verve.

Originally posted by Craptacular
Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters?


That's it there. We decode the message as being:

"Movie Starring Jamie Bell."

Which appears to be <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0249462">Billy Elliot</a>. For whatever that's worth.

Originally posted by Craptacular
Haven't verified this yet, but if you spell the full and correct names of the artists / bands, doesn't each one have a different number of total letters?

M
U2
REM
Asia
Oasis
Staind
Lou Vega
The Verve
David Gray
Eddie Money
...

By the way, it's Weird Al Yankovic ... no h

honestly, I don't know, is it Verve or The Verve? <pre><font face=courier>

this theory is confirmed:

m
U2
REM
asia
oasis
staind
lou bega
the verve
david gray
eddie money
pet shop boys
talking heads
the rembrandts
michael jackson
Weird Al Yankovic
dave matthews band
simon and garfunkel
red hot chili peppers
cherry poppin' daddies
hootie and the blowfish
dashboard confessional
frankie goes to hollywood</font></pre>

If you take the first letter of each missing word in that order it might spell something.

it's a pretty solid movie. but no T.Rex in the puzzle?

I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know if it's any good or not.

Of course to take the puzzle a step further, Billy Elliot could also be a reference to Bill Elliot the NASCAR driver, who races against Kevin Harvick, who we all know is the favorite driver of...you guessed it, our favorite banned king of unintentional comedy...Happy29.

So, this was all an elaborate ruse by QS to bring up Happy29.

OR...we can take this another route. Billy Elliot could also be a reference to Bill Elliot the NASCAR driver, which could be a reference to Days of Thunder which is a movie about NASCAR starring Tom Cruise, who was in the movie Cocktail with Elizabeth Shue, who was in the movie Hollow Man with...you guessed it:

Kevin Bacon.

So, this was all an elaborate ploy to link these songs to Kevin Bacon.

Shameless.

Originally posted by Buzzbee
Shameless.

Better than "dick."

Originally posted by Ronnie Dobbs2
Other than "Cement Rex," I have come up with nothing.

Looks like you ain't got shit, then.

Is there something more to it than Billy Elliot?

I don't know what to do from here. The riddler will probably never let us know if we're done, and I'm coming up with nothing when trying to rearrange anything to spell Billy Elliot (which I figure might lead to something else).

anyone else still messing around with this?

Originally posted by cthomer5000
Anyone else still messing around with this?

The trail has grown cold. We have no more directives to go on. We took missing words from songs and ordered them in some way to spell out a clue. We then took that clue and found a concrete object - a movie title. If Quik wanted us to do anything more with that, he hasn't said as much. I've reread his first post a couple of times, and can't find any sort of hidden directive with which to act upon our current object.

We have an answer, and no more questions. That being said, unless somebody can prove me wrong, I'm satisfied that we have an answer.

Kickstand has made two references to shit in this thread. Perhaps we need to start digging through shit now.

Originally posted by digamma
Is there something more to it than Billy Elliot?

No, sorry. That's it. "Billy Elliot" was the answer to the original puzzle. Sorry for my lack of a "ding ding" response.

My oblique fecal references were to those who got sidetracked with the example anagram... nothing to do with the main puzzle.

Nice job to those of you who worked through the main puzzle.

Originally posted by QuikSand
No, sorry. That's it. "Billy Elliot" was the answer to the original puzzle. Sorry for my lack of a "ding ding" response.

My oblique fecal references were to those who got sidetracked with the example anagram... nothing to do with the main puzzle.

Nice job to those of you who worked through the main puzzle.

great work on this, it was a lot fun having the whole audio segment to get through before getting into the paper and pencil puzzle aspects of it.

Heard Asia on the XM today. Thought of this damned puzzle. Still know nothing about Billy Elliot.

I know that it starts out with a very bad cover of a Morrissey song.

nine and a half years for a thread ressurection?