| Author | Message | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 602 Registered: 9-2010 |
For many years, I had a scrund about the success of a certain musical performer. Who is this mystery musician, and why did I have such a scrund? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1393 Registered: 6-2008 |
1,582 minutes before this puzzle was 1:00 AM on Sunday, January 9. Relevant? The performer: HAM? HAF? Did you have a scrund about the magnitude of the success? The type of music he/she became successful performing? The range of years over which he/she was most successful? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 276 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is he H/A/M? Still alive? If he's dead, [LTPF list of decades] that he lived in please. Was the scrund related to him as a person? To concerts he played? Records he sold? Instruments he played? Does he perform classical music? Jazz? Rock? Pop? Other? Does he also write/compose music? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 605 Registered: 9-2010 |
1,582 minutes before this puzzle was 1:00 AM on Sunday, January 9. Relevant? Check your math, but yes, though check some other detail too. The performer: HAM? Yes HAF? Did you have a scrund about the magnitude of the success? The type of music he/she became successful performing? The range of years over which he/she was most successful? None of these, possible FA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10750 Registered: 4-2010 |
1,582 minutes ago...your time? (9:00 PM, 1/8) Forum time? (2:00 AM, 1/9) | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 763 Registered: 8-2010 |
Was 1,582 minutes ago ... when you were cured? when something relevant happened? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 764 Registered: 8-2010 |
You missed Doriana's questions. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1415 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the possible FA that the performer is no longer popular and/or successful? If so, I didn't actually assume that--it could be that the period of his success was 1995 to the present, for example. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 606 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is he H/A/M? Still alive? He is still alive If he's dead, [LTPF list of decades] that he lived in please. Was the scrund related to him as a person? Somewhat To concerts he played? Yes for svv of concert Records he sold? Somewhat Instruments he played? Somewhat Does he perform classical music? Jazz? Rock? Pop? Other? According to wikipedia, he is "rock/pop/jazz/classical" Does he also write/compose music? Yes. Was 1,582 minutes ago ... when you were cured? when something relevant happened? None of these except yes for svv of "something relevant" Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the possible FA that the performer is no longer popular and/or successful? If so, I didn't actually assume that--it could be that the period of his success was 1995 to the present, for example. <b> Not at all. You're on the wrong track. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10897 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the musician still perform? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 622 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does the musician still perform? Irrelevant, and I don't think so. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10989 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he write humorous music? Parodies? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 626 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does he write humorous music? Parodies? Nope to all of these above mentioned things | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11311 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he write original music? Perform covers of existing songs? Mash-ups? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 1338 Registered: 10-2008 |
Was the scrund about who he was popular with? Whether he was successful at all? When you say "the success of a performer," do you mean his popularity as a musician? The money he made? His musical skill? Something related to his albums or songs? The message he was getting across? Just the fact that he "made it"? Or perhaps some success in his life separate from the music? Looking at the genres...Elton John, maybe? Van Morrison? Kenny G? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 663 Registered: 9-2010 |
Sorry, the UConn network hasn't let me get to the site the last couple weeks. But today they released an update, which after bringing down the system for 12 hours, somehow made this website work. Does he write original music? this Perform covers of existing songs? he may have occasionally Mash-ups? no Was the scrund about who he was popular with? To some extent Whether he was successful at all? DOYD of "at all" When you say "the success of a performer," do you mean his popularity as a musician? yes The money he made? no His musical skill? somewhat Something related to his albums or songs? Yes, could mislead The message he was getting across? DOYD of "message" Just the fact that he "made it"? Or perhaps some success in his life separate from the music? No to rest Looking at the genres...Elton John, maybe? Van Morrison? Kenny G? None of these | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11852 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he an independent artist? From YouTube? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 669 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is he an independent artist? From YouTube? None of these | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11870 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it relevant what instrument he plays? Does he sing as well? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 674 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it relevant what instrument he plays? In some respects, very relevant. In others, not at all. This is a tricky one and probably hedged around an FA. Does he sing as well? Yes, he sings his songs. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11885 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he an a cappella performer? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 677 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is he an a cappella performer? no. Just to clear it up, he sings but also plays an instrument. And that instrument is pretty relevant, but at the same time not really. And you're still making an FA that has not been cleared up. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3131 Registered: 9-2010 |
any chance of you clearing up the FA (or helping us clear it up) with a recap? please? :-) | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 683 Registered: 9-2010 |
any chance of you clearing up the FA (or helping us clear it up) with a recap? please? :-) Well, it's going to be hard for me to recap without clearing up the FA, so I'm just going to do that first: The "success" is from before the musician had his more notable role in music. Now the recap: For many years, I have had a scrund about the success achieved by a notable musician. However, it is not about the success he achieved while he was nationwide famous, but rather the success he achieved in a different role before then. However, I will say (to avoid another messy FA) that the music (or some of it) that he made while famous is relevant to the scrund as well. Also, the title "1,582 Minutes" ago, meaning 1,582 minutes before I posted this puzzle at 11:22 PM Eastern Time on Sunday, January 9, 2011, will help you in solving the problem. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11939 Registered: 4-2010 |
1,582 minutes before the puzzle was posted was 9 PM on 1/8 (is my math right?)... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3132 Registered: 9-2010 |
Let's see...60 minutes in an hour...60 into 1582 is 26 hours, with 22 minutes left over. 24 hours in a day, of course, so 11:22 PM Eastern Time, Saturday, January 8, minus 2 hours and 22 minutes, is 9 PM Eastern Time, January 8 (which was 6 PM for me.) I hope I did my math right, otherwise I'll look stupid :-P | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3133 Registered: 9-2010 |
If it is, then we're both wrong, Balin...lol! I crossposted with you after doing long division by hand :-p | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 685 Registered: 9-2010 |
1,582 minutes before the puzzle was posted was 9 PM on 1/8 (is my math right?)... Indeed. Although the 1/8 part isn't as relevant as something else which you didn't mention. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11961 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is some event that happened at 9 PM on that day relevant? Is the 9 PM part relevant at all? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3149 Registered: 9-2010 |
Er...the fact that it was 9 PM on January 8, 2011 relevant? Wait a minute... 9 PM is 21:00...is that relevant? 21:00 01/08/2011? (08/01/2011 to our friends across the pond, of course, Mr. Coke.) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2357 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the day of the week relevant? January 8 was a Saturday. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 690 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is some event that happened at 9 PM on that day relevant? If by "that day" you mean January 9, 2011, then no. Is the 9 PM part relevant at all? Yes Er...the fact that it was 9 PM on January 8, 2011 relevant? Wait a minute... 9 PM is 21:00...is that relevant? 21:00 01/08/2011? (08/01/2011 to our friends across the pond, of course, Mr. Coke.) None of these matter. Is the day of the week relevant? January 8 was a Saturday. this does indeed matter. Figuring out how will aid you in finding a lot of relevant information in this puzzle. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 691 Registered: 9-2010 |
Oops, that should say "If by 'that day' you mean January 8, 2011, then no. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12080 Registered: 4-2010 |
Something that happened on a Jan. 8? At 9 PM? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 699 Registered: 9-2010 |
Something that happened on a Jan. 8? At 9 PM? January 8th is entirely irrelevant. Saturday is relevant though. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12096 Registered: 4-2010 |
Something that happened on a Saturday at 9? On Saturdays at 9? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 942 Registered: 8-2010 |
Piano Man? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12152 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the song took place at 9 AM instead of 9 PM? Vice versa? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 59 Registered: 2-2011 |
was the performer's previous career also in show business? an artist? writer? was he an academic? a scientist? businessman? financier? did he achieve fame in his previous career? only certain songs relevant? are they all on a particular theme? or accompanied by a particular instrument? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 707 Registered: 9-2010 |
Piano Man? Bingo! Indeed, he is Billy Joel, composer of "Piano Man". Did you think the song took place at 9 AM instead of 9 PM? Vice versa? No. was the performer's previous career also in show business? an artist? writer? I don't know how to answer this question other than saying the context of the song is relevant. was he an academic? a scientist? businessman? financier? Same did he achieve fame in his previous career? Noish only certain songs relevant? are they all on a particular theme? or accompanied by a particular instrument? Piano man is the only relevant song, sort of. Other songs are relevant, but it doesn't particularly matter which ones they are, other than that Joel played them. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12189 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any of the song's lyrics relevant? Its melody? Structure? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12191 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the song was autobiographical? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 717 Registered: 9-2010 |
Any of the song's lyrics relevant? Yes Its melody? Structure? No to rest Did you think the song was autobiographical? It is, so yes.... This wasn't the scrund, but it's important. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12212 Registered: 4-2010 |
It is? I did not know that... Any of the characters in the song relevant? Their names? Their dreams? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3199 Registered: 9-2010 |
So which lyrics are relevant? *reproduces lyrics below* It's nine o'clock on a Saturday The regular crowd shuffles in There's an old man sitting next to me Makin' love to his tonic and gin He says, "Son, can you play me a memory I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes." la la la, di da da La la, di di da da dum Chorus: Sing us a song, you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well, we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us all feelin' all right Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke But there's some place that he'd rather be He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me." As his smile ran away from his face "Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place" Oh, la la la, di da da La la, di da da da dum Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy And probably will be for life And the waitress is practicing politics As the businessman slowly gets stoned Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinkin' alone Chorus sing us a song you're the piano man sing us a song tonight well we're all in the mood for a melody and you got us all feeling alright It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see To forget about their life for a while And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore And the microphone smells like a beer And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?" Oh, la la la, di da da La la, di da da da dum Chorus: sing us a song you're the piano man sing us a song tonight well we're all in the mood for a melody and you got us all feeling alright | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 724 Registered: 9-2010 |
Any of the characters in the song relevant? Their names? Their dreams? This is a tricky one to answer, so I'm going to say that no single character in the song is relevant, but as a whole they are. It will be apparent after the next question. So which lyrics are relevant? *reproduces lyrics below* It's nine o'clock on a Saturday The regular crowd shuffles in There's an old man sitting next to me Makin' love to his tonic and gin He says, "Son, can you play me a memory I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes." la la la, di da da La la, di di da da dum Chorus: Sing us a song, you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well, we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us all feelin' all right Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke But there's some place that he'd rather be He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me." As his smile ran away from his face "Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place" Oh, la la la, di da da La la, di da da da dum Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy And probably will be for life And the waitress is practicing politics As the businessman slowly gets stoned Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinkin' alone Chorus sing us a song you're the piano man sing us a song tonight well we're all in the mood for a melody and you got us all feeling alright It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see To forget about their life for a while And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore Somewhat this (although in an unrelated scrund, I used to think the piano sounded "like a carnival".) And the microphone smells like a beer this helped contribute it And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar This too And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?" But mostly this. Oh, la la la, di da da La la, di da da da dum Chorus: sing us a song you're the piano man sing us a song tonight well we're all in the mood for a melody and you got us all feeling alright No to rest | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12220 Registered: 4-2010 |
I've checked a few other lyric sites - they all have "carnival," so I think that's right. Did you think he had been successful at the bar? Unsuccessful? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 731 Registered: 9-2010 |
I've checked a few other lyric sites - they all have "carnival," so I think that's right. Ok. Truth is, sometimes I thought it was "carnivore" and other times I thought it was "carnival". I really was never sure. But that's besides the point. Given my scrund though, it's likely I should have thought it was "carnivore". Did you think he had been successful at the bar? Unsuccessful? this! Now just find out why (should be fairly easy) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12239 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think they said "Man, what are you doin' here" to mean "Why are you in this bar, you are a terrible musician, go home" instead of "You are a great piano player, why haven't you hit the big time"? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 736 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you think they said "Man, what are you doin' here" to mean "Why are you in this bar, you are a terrible musician, go home" instead of "You are a great piano player, why haven't you hit the big time"? Precisely. ****SAPOILER* What he sasid | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 98 Registered: 2-2011 |
love it! well done Balin | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 737 Registered: 9-2010 |
That was awful typo. So I'll say it again for th efilter ****SPOILER*** What he said |
