| Author | Message | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 318 Registered: 2-2007 |
The Americans thought that they must be suicidal | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 152 Registered: 1-2007 |
They = Humans? Other animals? Location relevant? Asia? N. America? S. America? Australia Europe? Africa? Antarctica? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 320 Registered: 2-2007 |
They = Humans? YES Other animals? Location relevant? YESish Asia? N. America? S. America? Australia Europe? YES Africa? Antarctica? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 153 Registered: 1-2007 |
UK? France? Germany? Italy? Spain? Poland? Portugal? Norway? Sweden? Republic of Ireland? Finland? Denmark? B & H? Greece? Austria? Hungary? Romania? Belarus? Latvia? Lithuania? Other? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 321 Registered: 2-2007 |
UK? YES France? Germany? Italy? Spain? Poland? Portugal? Norway? Sweden? Republic of Ireland? Finland? Denmark? B & H? Greece? Austria? Hungary? Romania? Belarus? Latvia? Lithuania? Other? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 154 Registered: 1-2007 |
England? Scotland? N. Ireland? Wales? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 322 Registered: 2-2007 |
England? YES Scotland? N. Ireland? Wales? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 133 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is this anything to do with differences between the meanings of certain words in England and America? Or to do with how some things have different names in these two countries? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 161 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does it have anything to do with war? Era relevant? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 323 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is this anything to do with differences between the meanings of certain words in England and America? YESish Or to do with how some things have different names in these two countries? NO Does it have anything to do with war? NO Era relevant? YESish | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 134 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is there a word which is spelt the same but means different things depending on your nationality? Or a word pronounced the same but spelt differently? Or a phrase/saying? Is there some colloquial English expression which to an American would seem to be referring to suicide? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 164 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did the Americans feel threatened by them? Was this word/phrase/saying recently invented? Era: 21st century? 20th? 19? 18? Before? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 324 Registered: 2-2007 |
Did the Americans feel threatened by them? NO Was this word/phrase/saying recently invented? NO Era: 21st century? 20th? YES 19? 18? Before? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 135 Registered: 4-2007 |
I think you missed my post at 3:23... | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 325 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is there a word which is spelt the same but means different things depending on your nationality? NO Or a word pronounced the same but spelt differently? NO Or a phrase/saying? YES Is there some colloquial English expression which to an American would seem to be referring to suicide? Not exactly | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 136 Registered: 4-2007 |
Would the phrase refer directly to a means of suicide? If so: Jumping off something? Poison? Throwing oneself in front of a vehicle? Suffocation? Shooting oneself? Or does it refer to doing something dangerous? Is this a common phrase? Does it contain a word which could have two diffferent meanings? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 326 Registered: 2-2007 |
Would the phrase refer directly to a means of suicide? NO If so: Jumping off something? Poison? Throwing oneself in front of a vehicle? Suffocation? Shooting oneself? Or does it refer to doing something dangerous? Depends Is this a common phrase? YES Does it contain a word which could have two diffferent meanings? YES | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 139 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is it a common phrase in use in England? In America? Is the word with two meanings one that would mean something different to English people than to Americans? (eg the word pants means trousers in America but underwear in England) Or would it have two different meanings without the difference between American and English? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 329 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is it a common phrase in use in England? YES In America? YES Is the word with two meanings one that would mean something different to English people than to Americans? YESish (eg the word pants means trousers in America but underwear in England) Or would it have two different meanings without the difference between American and English? NO | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 332 Registered: 2-2007 |
HINT : Think of a song ... | ||
| Strongplacebo (Strongplacebo)
New member Username: Strongplacebo Post Number: 127 Registered: 10-2005 |
Oh dear, all the possible phrases I can think of are rude ones, I'll try and delay those until I get desperate for questions to ask! Is the phrase a song title? A line from a song? Anything to do with national anthems? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 336 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is the phrase a song title? NO A line from a song? YES Anything to do with national anthems? NO | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 177 Registered: 1-2007 |
So....the song is from the twentieth century too?? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 338 Registered: 2-2007 |
So....the song is from the twentieth century too?? YES | ||
| Strongplacebo (Strongplacebo)
New member Username: Strongplacebo Post Number: 135 Registered: 10-2005 |
Is the song written by someone British? And performed? Was it a chart hit in the UK? and the US? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 187 Registered: 1-2007 |
Folk song? Hymn? Christmas Carol? Pop song? Rock? Rap? Other? | ||
| Strongplacebo (Strongplacebo)
New member Username: Strongplacebo Post Number: 137 Registered: 10-2005 |
Does 'they' of the puzzle statement, refer to a band? For some reason I'm thinking of the Rolling Stones? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 340 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is the song written by someone British? YES And performed? YES Was it a chart hit in the UK? YES and the US? YES Folk song? Hymn? Christmas Carol? Pop song? Rock? Rap? Other? It's a pop song Does 'they' of the puzzle statement, refer to a band? YES For some reason I'm thinking of the Rolling Stones? ..but not they | ||
| Strongplacebo (Strongplacebo)
New member Username: Strongplacebo Post Number: 140 Registered: 10-2005 |
Decade this song was a hit: 50's? 60's? 70's? 80's? 90's? Beatles? The Who? Or is the song itself more famous than the actual band? Do you mean 'suicidal' in the literal sense? Professional/musical suicide? Or more colloquially, ie. 'they must be mad'? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 342 Registered: 2-2007 |
Decade this song was a hit: 50's? 60's? 70's? 80's? YES 90's? Beatles? NO The Who? NO Or is the song itself more famous than the actual band? YES Do you mean 'suicidal' in the literal sense? YESish Professional/musical suicide? NO Or more colloquially, ie. 'they must be mad'? NO | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 717 Registered: 3-2006 |
Love song? Comedy song? Ballad? Rock song? Sung by an all-male band? An all-female band? A duo? Trio? Four-piece? Five-piece? | ||
| Strongplacebo (Strongplacebo)
New member Username: Strongplacebo Post Number: 143 Registered: 10-2005 |
Were they a one-hit wonder? Was this a big hit? Does the line we're looking for feature in the chorus? Did Americans actually believe the song was about suicide? Was it considered controversial? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 344 Registered: 2-2007 |
Love song? NO Comedy song? NO Ballad? NO Rock song? NO Sung by an all-male band? YES An all-female band? A duo? Trio? Four-piece? Five-piece? NONE of these Were they a one-hit wonder? I think so, but not 100% sure ... Was this a big hit? YES Does the line we're looking for feature in the chorus? YES Did Americans actually believe the song was about suicide? NO Was it considered controversial? NO | ||
| Strongplacebo (Strongplacebo)
New member Username: Strongplacebo Post Number: 151 Registered: 10-2005 |
So, a 6-piece band? 7? 8? 9? More??? A human band or something more akin to the Muppets etc.? The 'suicidal' thing... was it more along the lines of, the lyric seemed to be asking for trouble? As in, 'they shouldn't say that, they'll get lynched!' or similar? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 348 Registered: 2-2007 |
So, a 6-piece band? 7? YES 8? 9? More??? A human band YES or something more akin to the Muppets etc.? The 'suicidal' thing... was it more along the lines of, the lyric seemed to be asking for trouble? As in, 'they shouldn't say that, they'll get lynched!' or similar? NO | ||
| Strongplacebo (Strongplacebo)
New member Username: Strongplacebo Post Number: 156 Registered: 10-2005 |
Are we talking about America as a whole (who heard the song)? Or a more specific group of people? Was the lyric interpreted as particularly miserable? Like wanting to be dead? You said it was a pop song, could it fall into another category? A party song? A dance song? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 349 Registered: 2-2007 |
Are we talking about America as a whole (who heard the song)? Or a more specific group of people? Ehh ... not really either ... I'm just talking about a generic group of Americans Was the lyric interpreted as particularly miserable? Like wanting to be dead? Neither, this is actually a very upbeat, happy song ! You said it was a pop song, could it fall into another category? A party song? Perhaps A dance song? Mabye, don't really picture it as such, but ... | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 193 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does the band still exist or is it disbanded? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 194 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was the band itself started in the 80s or bbefore? 70s 60s 50s | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 350 Registered: 2-2007 |
Does the band still exist or is it disbanded? It still exists Was the band itself started in the 80s or bbefore? 70s 70s 60s 50s | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 205 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does the name of the band consist of one word? Two words? three words? four words? more words? Does the name of the song consist of one word? Two words? three words? four words? more words? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 329 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was it ABC? Shoot that poison arrow through my heart? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 352 Registered: 2-2007 |
Does the name of the band consist of one word? YES Two words? three words? four words? more words? Does the name of the song consist of one word? Two words? YES three words? four words? more words? Was it ABC? NO Shoot that poison arrow through my heart? NO | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 331 Registered: 1-2007 |
I'm a real 80's music buff so this puzzle interests me greatly Can i just confirm we are looking for a All Male band with 7 memebers formed in the 70's who were one hit wonders in the 80's and who are still together today. The band is british has a one word title and the song has two words in it. Is that all correct? Was the hit in 1980? 81? 82? 83? 84? 85? 86? 87? 88? 89? Does the band's name consist of a group of letters that don't spell a word such as OMD , ELO etc? | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 353 Registered: 2-2007 |
I'm a real 80's music buff so this puzzle interests me greatly Moi aussi! Can i just confirm we are looking for a All Male band with 7 memebers formed in the 70's who were one hit wonders in the 80's and who are still together today. The band is british has a one word title and the song has two words in it. Is that all correct? YES Was the hit in 1980? 81? 82? 83? 84? 85? 86? 87? 88? 89? 1982 Does the band's name consist of a group of letters that don't spell a word such as OMD , ELO etc? NO | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 723 Registered: 3-2006 |
How about Madness? (They tick all the boxes: 7 piece, one word, all male, big in 82, still touring, and they fit the title. Not sure about the one-hit wonder thing, though.) | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 724 Registered: 3-2006 |
Another unlikely guess: what about 'Our house, in the middle of our street'? Not sure about US idiom here, but to build a house literally in the middle of a street would be a pretty daft thing to do. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 332 Registered: 1-2007 |
Darn I bet you have it. In fact I think Our House was the only big hit madness had in the US or Canada. | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 356 Registered: 2-2007 |
How about Madness? YES ! (They tick all the boxes: 7 piece, one word, all male, big in 82, still touring, and they fit the title. Not sure about the one-hit wonder thing, though.) Another unlikely guess: what about 'Our house, in the middle of our street'? YES ! Not sure about US idiom here, but to build a house literally in the middle of a street would be a pretty daft thing to do. That it would, in the US the idiom for the location of a building is 'on the street' whereas 'in the street' means atop the road itself | ||
| Superman (Superman)
New member Username: Superman Post Number: 357 Registered: 2-2007 |
SPOILER : When I was quite young, I lived in the USA, where many of my friends who heard the song line 'our house ... in the middle of our street' by Madness thought (semi-jokingly), "Oh my ... building a house in the middle of the street (American idiom) ... that's suicidal !!!" not realising the idiom difference between American English and the British English of the song. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 728 Registered: 3-2006 |
Heheh ... come to think of it, here in the UK we wouldn't normally say "in the middle of the street" either, unless it was actually, well ... in the middle of the street. Yet in 20+ years that lyric has never struck me as particularly odd. I love transatlantic differences. A rich seam for puzzles. (I nearly guessed "Baggy Trousers" at first. "Loose fitting pants" just wouldn't be the same.) | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 729 Registered: 3-2006 |
Incidentally, I grew up very near this: a house standing literally in the middle of a motorway. The owner refused to move out, so they just built around him. It has become something of a tourist attraction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tpreece01/27102529/ | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 333 Registered: 1-2007 |
Nice puzzle . More 80's music puzzles please!!! |
