Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: Paul on 05/04/09 at 4:14 pm
Funny thing is... I used this tune in my previous Instrumental quiz, and nobody came up with an answer (not even with the hints I provided).
Must have missed that...
I know the 'original' tune is Grieg's Piano Concerto (echoes of the famous Morecambe & Wise sketch!), but it must go under a different title...
HOLD THE FRONT PAGE, I've just remembered what it is! I'll tell you when the limit moves again! :D
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: karen on 05/04/09 at 4:17 pm
They played #25 on the radio today but I missed what it was called. And I see Paul has got the title now anyways
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: Henk on 05/04/09 at 4:21 pm
They played #25 on the radio today but I missed what it was called. And I see Paul has got the title now anyways
Bummer. :( Here's some karma to cheer you up. ;)
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: Henk on 05/04/09 at 4:26 pm
Must have missed that...
You weren't the only one to miss it, apparently. ;) I'm not sure, but I think I used a different part of the tune for that earlier quiz, so that might explain.
I know the 'original' tune is Grieg's Piano Concerto (echoes of the famous Morecambe & Wise sketch!), but it must go under a different title...
HOLD THE FRONT PAGE, I've just remembered what it is! I'll tell you when the limit moves again! :D
Unless someone else beats you to it, of course.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: maddog on 05/04/09 at 6:28 pm
Hi Henk
#28 is the fantastic Rumble by Link Wray, which I think is also on the soundtrack to "Pulp Fiction" and thereby identifies you as a possible Tarantino fan (with #20).
#40 is A Walk In The Black Forest - not sure of the artist but the biggest UK hit was by Horst Jankowski
#50 is Magic Fly - Space. I always hated this tune, although I can't explain why.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: whistledog on 05/04/09 at 7:34 pm
Many of these are very familiar. I know I definately recognize #46. I have it somewhere, but I can't for the life of me remember who it is or what it's called. It's killing me
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: whistledog on 05/04/09 at 7:37 pm
Many of these are very familiar. I know I definately recognize #46. I have it somewhere, but I can't for the life of me remember who it is or what it's called. It's killing me
It just came to me: It's the theme to the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics .. 'Give it All You Got' by Chuck Mangione
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: Henk on 05/05/09 at 12:44 pm
Hi Henk
#28 is the fantastic Rumble by Link Wray, which I think is also on the soundtrack to "Pulp Fiction" and thereby identifies you as a possible Tarantino fan (with #20).
Correct. 8)
I didn't know it was on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack (or any other, for that matter). That's purely coincidental.
Did you know that the tune was banned by a lot of (US) radio stations back in the day? Not because of its content (obviously) but because of the title (!).
Maybe Link should've kept to the original title ("Oddball") after all...
#40 is A Walk In The Black Forest - not sure of the artist but the biggest UK hit was by Horst Jankowski
And Horst Jankowski it is. :)
#50 is Magic Fly - Space. I always hated this tune, although I can't explain why.
Also correct. :)
It just came to me: It's the theme to the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics .. 'Give it All You Got' by Chuck Mangione
Finally... :D
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To Seven!)
Written By: whistledog on 05/05/09 at 7:56 pm
Finally... :D
I should have known right away from the flugelhorn. He was the only artist I would think to make a music career out of playing it in pop music LOL
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 1:31 pm
I've increased the limit even further, to TEN. Fire away...
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 1:48 pm
#15 Can I take a wild guess at "Dreaming" ?
#21 Greig's A minor Piano Concerto ~ Winifred Atwell
#30 is very familar, but the title escapes me
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 1:52 pm
#15 Can I take a wild guess at "Dreaming" ?
Yes you can, but it's incorrect I'm afraid.
#21 is based on Greig's A minor Piano Concerto
Indeed it is, and so is the title of this tune (that only made #35 in UK, but reached #8 on US). I can't give you any points for this information, though. :(
#30 is very familar, but the title escapes me
I know the feeling! ;D
I don't know about UK or US, but over here it was used for a game show (possibly The Price Is Right), where I must have heard it hundreds of times. I never realized it was actually an instrumental hit record by a jazz virtuoso.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 1:55 pm
I don't know about UK or US, but over here it was used for a game show (possibly The Price Is Right), where I must have heard it hundreds of times. I never realized it was actually an instrumental hit record by a jazz virtuoso.
it is that track that you can hear a sigh of relief from the musicains at the end as if they have finally made a complete and proper recording after performing many takes.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: karen on 05/07/09 at 1:59 pm
#7 Regatta de Blanc
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: karen on 05/07/09 at 2:01 pm
#3 sounds a bit like U2
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 2:08 pm
#7 Regatta de Blanc
Yes it is! :)
#3 sounds a bit like U2
Maybe this part does, but you wouldn't say this if you'd heard the entire tune. ;)
So, no... it's not U2. I can tell you that somebody recently started a thread regarding this band on this board, though (in the 2000's section ;)).
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 2:11 pm
Yes it is! :)
Maybe this part does, but you wouldn't say this if you'd heard the entire tune. ;)
So, no... it's not U2. I can tell you that somebody recently started a thread regarding this band on this board, though (in the 2000's section ;)).
Hurriedly rushes to the 2000's section!
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: karen on 05/07/09 at 2:12 pm
Hurriedly rushes to the 2000's section!
I did that but it didn't help!
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Paul on 05/07/09 at 3:58 pm
As threatened...
#21. 'Asia Minor' - Kokomo
#30. 'Unsquare Dance' - Dave Brubeck Quartet
#48. 'Who Pays The Ferryman' - Yannis Markopoulos
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 4:02 pm
I did that but it didn't help!
It was the same for me!
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 4:06 pm
As threatened...
#21. 'Asia Minor' - Kokomo
#30. 'Unsquare Dance' - Dave Brubeck Quartet
#48. 'Who Pays The Ferryman' - Yannis Markopoulos
Full marks once again. 8)
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: maddog on 05/07/09 at 4:45 pm
I'm pretty much stumped now, although #15 is maddeningly familiar.
I think the artist for #37 is Mark Knopfler (as a solo artist rather than as part of Dire Straits).
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: karen on 05/07/09 at 9:32 pm
#30. 'Unsquare Dance' - Dave Brubeck Quartet
I can never remember the name of this one - though I always recognise it. Was it used as a tv theme or in an advert in the UK? Years ago. Whenever I hear it I get a picture in my head of a girl skipping with a rope. :-\\
I'm pretty much stumped now, although #15 is maddeningly familiar.
I found several of them maddeningly familiar. The problem with instrumentals is you can't sing your way to the title!
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Paul on 05/08/09 at 6:52 am
I can never remember the name of this one - though I always recognise it. Was it used as a tv theme or in an advert in the UK? Years ago. Whenever I hear it I get a picture in my head of a girl skipping with a rope. :-\\
I think it has been used in numerous adverts (First Direct bank seems to spring to mind, but I could be wrong)...
Brubeck had this thing for strange time signatures...his big hit 'Take Five' was in 5/4 time and this was done in 7/4 (hence 'unsquare')...
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Henk on 05/08/09 at 1:37 pm
I think the artist for #37 is Mark Knopfler (as a solo artist rather than as part of Dire Straits).
That is correct. :)
I'm pretty much stumped now, although #15 is maddeningly familiar.
I found several of them maddeningly familiar. The problem with instrumentals is you can't sing your way to the title!
Oh, you're probably gonna kick yourself over a few, no doubt. I've also put in a few that I sorta knew weren't gonna be answered. And then there's a few left that were US hits only.
I think it has been used in numerous adverts (First Direct bank seems to spring to mind, but I could be wrong)...
Brubeck had this thing for strange time signatures...his big hit 'Take Five' was in 5/4 time and this was done in 7/4 (hence 'unsquare')...
I've read somewhere that "Unsquare Dance" is in 7/8 (not 7/4), but don't quote me on that.
I'll better start working on some hints...
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Henk on 05/08/09 at 1:39 pm
It was the same for me!
Thing is...you've actually been posting in the very thread I'm talking about! :o
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: karen on 05/08/09 at 1:54 pm
Nine Inch Nails then ^
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 1:58 pm
Nine Inch Nails then ^
That one ?
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Henk on 05/08/09 at 2:08 pm
Nine Inch Nails then ^
That one ?
Yes, that one. It's Nine Inch Nails.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 2:17 pm
Thing is...you've actually been posting in the very thread I'm talking about! :o
There again I have posted in so many different threads.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit Raised To TEN!)
Written By: Henk on 05/08/09 at 2:21 pm
There again I have posted in so many different threads.
True.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/09/09 at 9:34 am
OK, I've added hints.
Please note that the LIMIT IS STILL TEN!
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 9:36 am
#35, is the artist Billy Preston?
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 9:37 am
#14, the Who?
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/09/09 at 9:44 am
#35, is the artist Billy Preston?
Well, that wasn't too hard with the hints I gave, was it? ;D
#14, the Who?
I assume you meant to type #41 - in which case you're fully correct. :)
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 9:45 am
Well, that wasn't too hard with the hints I gave, was it? ;D
I assume you meant to type #41 - in which case you're fully correct. :)
Yes please 41.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: maddog on 05/10/09 at 4:39 am
Well Henk, with a bit of research from your clue, I believe that #15 is "Lisbon Antigua" by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
I can't place where I know this tune from, do you know if it was on a film soundtrack at all?
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/10/09 at 7:40 am
Well Henk, with a bit of research from your clue, I believe that #15 is "Lisbon Antigua" by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
Indeed it is! :)
I can't place where I know this tune from, do you know if it was on a film soundtrack at all?
I really couldn't tell. I'm not really into soundtracks and stuff. :-\\
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/09 at 7:54 am
Well Henk, with a bit of research from your clue, I believe that #15 is "Lisbon Antigua" by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
I can't place where I know this tune from, do you know if it was on a film soundtrack at all?
I really couldn't tell. I'm not really into soundtracks and stuff. :-\\
Bonus points time... ?
From the movie Lisbon (1956)
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Paul on 05/10/09 at 10:43 am
Well Henk, with a bit of research from your clue, I believe that #15 is "Lisbon Antigua" by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
'Lisbon Antigua'...(kicks self!)
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/10/09 at 4:23 pm
So...Is anybody gonna come up with any answers, or should I call this one quits?
Bonus points time... ?
From the movie Lisbon (1956)
And no, no bonus points.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: karen on 05/10/09 at 8:30 pm
#24 group = Bazzoka?
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/11/09 at 1:45 pm
#24 group = Bazzoka?
Close enough. It's Bazuka, a.k.a. Tony Camillo's Bazuka.
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/12/09 at 12:43 pm
So...Is anybody gonna come up with any answers, or should I call this one quits?
Hmmm... Awfully quiet.
Serious question: are there any tunes left that sound familiar to anyone? Or did I really make it too hard this time? ???
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: karen on 05/12/09 at 1:13 pm
Based on the clues
#10 dynamite
#45 balloons?
#47 carbon? or oxygene part whatever?
#51 sounds like a tv theme :-\\
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/12/09 at 3:52 pm
Based on the clues
#10 dynamite
Never knew dynamite was a sign of the zodiac. ;) I'll take it you meant to type #24 - in which case you're correct.
#45 balloons?
Brightly colored? Yes. Sweet? I don't think so. Here's one more clue: it's usually sold on a stick and it's most commonly pink.
#47 carbon? or oxygene part whatever?
Neither, sorry. Maybe I should've said: what we're genetically made of.
#51 sounds like a tv theme :-\\
Not that I'm aware. :-\\
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: karen on 05/12/09 at 3:57 pm
Never knew dynamite was a sign of the zodiac. ;) I'll take it you meant to type #24 - in which case you're correct.
Brightly colored? Yes. Sweet? I don't think so. Here's one more clue: it's usually sold on a stick and it's most commonly pink.
Neither, sorry. Maybe I should've said: what we're genetically made of.
Not that I'm aware. :-\\
Ha , yes I did mean #24!
#45 candyfloss or cotton candy depending. (I took sweet to mean cute at first)
#47 DNA
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/12/09 at 4:00 pm
#45 candyfloss or cotton candy depending. (I took sweet to mean cute at first)
Cotton Candy is the title. :) Now all we need is an artist to go with it.
#47 DNA
Correctamundo. 8)
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: karen on 05/12/09 at 4:21 pm
I got nothing more Henk.
These tunes are bloody annoying though. Nearly every morning I wake up with one of them going round my head! >:(
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/12/09 at 4:32 pm
I got nothing more Henk.
Well, the rest is pretty tough, I have to admit - maybe apart from the two US hits (if you're American, that is).
I am a bit surprised nobody has taken a stab at #41 yet, though. :-\\
These tunes are bloody annoying though. Nearly every morning I wake up with one of them going round my head! >:(
Mission accomplished. ::) ;D ;)
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Limit =TEN! With Hints)
Written By: Henk on 05/13/09 at 3:22 pm
Not likely anyone will come up with the remaining answers anymore.
03. The tune was used for trailers for the 2007 film "(The) 300", but was never released as a single.
Just Like You Imagined (- Nine Inch Nails)
10. One of the artists that's represented twice in this quiz. Hailing from the Motor City, the band bring an ode to a sign of
the zodiac (a US #18 hit).
Taurus - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
31. Not released as a single. Chemical warfare from Music For The Masses.
Agent Orange - Depeche Mode
41. Title track from an album by this questionable band.
Quadrophenia (- The Who)
42. One of the best instrumental tracks ever, according to many. A Canadian (Toronto based) band, with a tune that
consists of three letters towards the end of the alphabet.
YYZ - Rush
43. See #10. This tune made #6 in US.
Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
44. A tiny little village in Luxembourg and the band from #31. B-side of one of their singles.
Oberkorn (It's A Small Town) - Depeche Mode
45. A tune as sweet as the brightly colored real thing (Cotton Candy) by a man who also had a hit with a tune
about an Indonesian island. The tune made #15 in US.
(Cotton Candy - ) Al Hirt
49. A UK #34 and a US #4 by a Brooklyn based band, best known for "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)". This tune's about a high speed train.
Express - BT Express
51. You got #35, but you didn't get this one? Odd... This was a US #4 hit for the same artist.
Space Race (- Billy Preston)
54. Well, I didn't really expect you to get this one. The artist is Dutch, and has toured UK, US, Canda, Australia and Japan (as well as Europe).
He's Holland's #1 export product at the moment. The tune is also Dutch.
Olé Guapa - André Rieu & Orchestra
55. I asked my brother "What's your most favorite instrumental?", and he said "This one". An everlasting evening from a Czech guy.
I can totally see Don and Philip Michael cruising to this one...
Forever Tonight - Jan Hammer
56. Instrumental track (consisting of a year and a letter) by a British band, best known around here for their Falco cover.
This happens to be one of MY favorites.
1980-F - After The Fire
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Answers Revealed)
Written By: karen on 05/13/09 at 7:57 pm
Re: #41 maybe if you'd mentioned it was from a film :-\\
Anyway, good quiz Henk
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Answers Revealed)
Written By: karen on 05/17/09 at 10:14 am
Because it was nagging at me I googled about #51. Apparently it was used as a theme tune. American Bandstand host and executive producer Dick Clark enjoyed "Space Race" to the extent that he used the instrumental for the mid-show break for virtually the remainder of its run.
Kind of odd that I thought it was a tv theme and it turns out to be a theme to a show I've never seen!
Subject: Re: Z Is For Zugabe (Part 4: Going InstruMental! Again... Answers Revealed)
Written By: Henk on 05/17/09 at 10:21 am
Because it was nagging at me I googled about #51. Apparently it was used as a theme tune. American Bandstand host and executive producer Dick Clark enjoyed "Space Race" to the extent that he used the instrumental for the mid-show break for virtually the remainder of its run.
Kind of odd that I thought it was a tv theme and it turns out to be a theme to a show I've never seen!
Well how about them apples...? :D Karma for your perseverance. ;)