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Author Message Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 672 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 6:00 pm:        Well, here goes another one! What links: -a vacant expression, -a human, and -an old boulder? Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2364 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 6:45 pm:        Vacant expression = blank? Human = male? female? gender irrelevant? a particular human? Old boulder = rock? a particular rock? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 673 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 6:53 pm:        Vacant expression = blank? yes, but not what I'm looking for Human = male? female? gender irrelevant? this a particular human? yope to yesish Old boulder = rock? a particular rock? yes to both Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2365 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 7:01 pm:        Yope to yesish? oh boy...*is a stuck kaylee* Erm...rocks...hmm...let's see... Is it called "__ Rock"? And we have to fill in the blank? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 674 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 7:08 pm:        Is it called "__ Rock"? And we have to fill in the blank? no, it's "Rock ________" (the blank may be any number of words) Fandres17 (Fandres17) New member Username: Fandres17 Post Number: 25 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 7:15 pm:        Is it related with the Rocks in the easter island? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 675 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 7:17 pm:        Is it related with the Rocks in the easter island? no Fandres17 (Fandres17) New member Username: Fandres17 Post Number: 27 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 8:07 pm:        Do this rock have a shape of a human face? or is it related with the name of the rock? color? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10489 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 9:11 pm:        Rock of Ages? Rock solid? Rock of Gibraltar? Human - a real person? Fictional? Someone on the LTPF? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 676 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 9:28 pm:        Do this rock have a shape of a human face? yope or is it related with the name of the rock? yes color? no Rock of Ages? this Rock solid? Rock of Gibraltar? Human - a real person? this, though some disagree Fictional? Someone on the LTPF? no Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10494 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 9:31 pm:        Rock of Ages - Jesus? The hymn? The Def Leppard song? Does the real person also refer to Jesus? Is the connection "Jesus"? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 678 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 9:39 pm:        Rock of Ages - Jesus? The hymn? this The Def Leppard song? Does the real person also refer to Jesus? sort of Is the connection "Jesus"? but no Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10500 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 9:43 pm:        Is the real person Jesus? Any specific lyrics in the hymn relevant? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 681 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 9:59 pm:        Is the real person Jesus? yope Any specific lyrics in the hymn relevant? no -- just to clarify in case there is more than one, we're talking about "there is no Rock, there is no God like ours," right? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10506 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:01 pm:        Well I'll be...there is more than one. Real person - God? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 683 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:06 pm:        Well I'll be...there is more than one. I'm not exactly sure if I'd call the contemporary song a "hymn" per se, but who am I to judge that kind of thing? Real person - God? yesish Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 684 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:09 pm:        In case anybody still isn't sure which Rock of Ages I'm talking about: http://www.audiblefaith.com/pages/sg200517 (unless this is a different song with the exact same lyrics, which I highly doubt) Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10510 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:09 pm:        Person - another of the Trinity? Father? Holy Spirit? Vacant expression - is it a common expression? Blank stare? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 686 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:13 pm:        Person - another of the Trinity? Father? Holy Spirit? not exactly any in particular AFAIK Vacant expression - is it a common expression? it's rather specific to a certain situation Blank stare? it could be this Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10513 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:14 pm:        Staring off into space? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 687 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:15 pm:        Staring off into space? not this one Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10517 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:24 pm:        Staring into the distance? Pondering something? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 689 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:27 pm:        Staring into the distance? no Pondering something? possibly Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10521 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:31 pm:        Thinking deeply? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 691 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:32 pm:        Thinking deeply? probably, but not what I'm looking for Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2387 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:33 pm:        Pensive? The Thinker? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 692 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 10:38 pm:        Pensive? The Thinker? no to both -- it has more to do with how you appear Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10530 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 11:15 pm:        You appear...dazed? Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten) New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 95 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 12:50 am:        vacant expression = a poker face? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 695 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 2:53 am:        You appear...dazed? no vacant expression = a poker face? yes, THIS is what I'm looking for Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2390 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 2:55 am:        clever tortiesibling! Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten) New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 96 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 3:02 am:        first thing I thought of when seeing "a harmonious connection" and "a vacant expression" was Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" any relevence? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 697 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 3:09 am:        first thing I thought of when seeing "a harmonious connection" and "a vacant expression" was Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" any relevence? yes, the Lady Gaga song is exactly where I was going with this So we have: -"Rock of Ages" -"Poker Face" -Something about a human, referring to God Now they're all songs, so is there a song that fits the last one? What are humans? Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2391 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 4:34 am:        God's children? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 698 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 2:45 pm:        God's children? not really -- WHO are they? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10546 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 5:22 pm:        God's creatures? God's creation? Made in the image of God? Is the song a hymn? Rock song? Pop? [LTPF list of music genres]? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 701 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 5:37 pm:        God's creatures? God's creation? Made in the image of God? don't think along religious lines, just think -- on a basic level, what's the main thing you know about humans? Is the song a hymn? Rock song? Pop? [LTPF list of music genres]? Wikipedia says rock and CCM. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10550 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 5:48 pm:        They're alive? They're people? There are all sorts of them? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 703 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 5:52 pm:        They're alive? They're people? There are all sorts of them? Even more basic than any of these. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10554 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 5:55 pm:        They exist? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 706 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 5:57 pm:        They exist? less basic than that -- you're missing a basic fact Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10555 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 5:59 pm:        They die? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 707 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:01 pm:        They die? more basic Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10559 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:10 pm:        I am one of them? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 709 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:11 pm:        I am one of them? not just you, but ... Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10563 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:15 pm:        ...so are you? And so are all the other people? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 711 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:21 pm:        ...so are you? And so are all the other people? yes, now connect that to the idea of God being human Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10566 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:25 pm:        "One of Us"? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 712 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:26 pm:        "One of Us"? yes! So the three songs are: "Poker Face" "One of Us" "Rock of Ages" Now the connection is going to be a bit tricky. They're all songs, yes, but there's more to it than that. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10567 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:28 pm:        Topic of the songs relevant? Artists? Writers? Other musicians? Albums the songs were on? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 714 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:29 pm:        Topic of the songs relevant? Artists? Writers? Other musicians? Albums the songs were on? none Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10569 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:34 pm:        Something about the lyrics relevant? The titles? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 715 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:34 pm:        Something about the lyrics relevant? The titles? neither Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10570 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:37 pm:        Something about the tune of the song? The chord structure? Melody? Key? Time signature? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 717 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:38 pm:        Something about the tune of the song? The chord structure? this -- do you want to figure out exactly how, or should I $poil? Melody? Key? Time signature? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10573 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:46 pm:        Do the songs have the same chord structure? Are they all 4-chord songs? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 719 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 6:58 pm:        Do the songs have the same chord structure? Are they all 4-chord songs? Sort of. I'll $poil if you can tell me the specific progression and where it occurs. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10575 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 7:10 pm:        In the chorus? The verse? The bridge? Is it a typical E-Bm-C#m-A progression (or whatever key it actually is, just transposed)? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 721 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 7:39 pm:        In the chorus? yes The verse? The bridge? Is it a typical E-Bm-C#m-A progression (or whatever key it actually is, just transposed)? it's not I-v-vi-IV, it's vi-IV-I-V, but this is close enough **********SPOILER********** The three clues all lead to songs: -a vacant expression -- "Poker Face" -a human -- "One of Us" -an old boulder -- "Rock of Ages" All three songs have the same chord progression in the chorus, known as the pop-punk or "sensitive female" chord progression. Congrats to Balin for the solve, Tortie for a couple of lateral leaps, and Kaylee and Fandres for ... stuff. :P My other puzzle (the rulebreaker) is still open, so check it out! Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2392 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 9:40 pm:        glad to have helped with...stuff. Tortiesibling is a clever and lateral tortiesibling. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10583 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 10:33 pm:        On the subject of 4-chord songs, you'd likely enjoy this. Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten) New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 97 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Friday, January 07, 2011 - 10:59 pm:        glad I could be of some help, the rest of the puzzle was over my head. Congrats Balin! Kalira (Kalira) New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 550 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 2:27 pm:        Also on chord progressions -- Pachelbel's Rant -- always quite amusing :-) Kalira (Kalira) New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 551 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 2:56 pm:        huh... posted that before I watched the one you posted Balin. Turns out they're essentially talking about the same chord progression -- so the guy in my linky just adds more fuel to that fire :-) Which makes its influence on popular music, in TVTropes terms, "older than steam"! Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2468 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 4:11 pm:        TVTropes! Yay! :-D *loves* Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10744 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 5:25 pm:        I think I prefer the Pachelbel's Rant to the 4 Chord Song, but not by much; they're both totally awesome! Yes, I have a musical geeky side to me as well.