Name That Theme # 7 - 2/15 Winners: Kitty, Pete!

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The current score:

Dawn 12
KittyKat 8
Pete70s 6
55dodger 3
Sat 2
Laura 1
Everybody Else 0

It's after midnight on the east coast, so maybe one of the Night Owls will pick this up over night.

Looking for a three-word phrase; each song suggests one word. - and you need them in the right order.

The artists:

The Beatles
The Supremes (with or without Diana)
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Name That Theme!

[Pete70s]

A long shot:

Yesterday-The Beatles
Forever Came Today-Supremes
Hey Tonight-CCR

Yesterday, today, and tonight (...but somehow that don't sound right...)

[Yesterday's Gone]

"I Put A Spell On You" - Creedance Clearwater Revival
"My Heart Can't Take It No More" - The Supremes (could also use "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles)
"We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles (could also use "In and Out of Love" -The Supremes)

Spell It Out ... motto of the Scripp's National Spelling Bee Contest! ;D

[Yesterday's Gone]

telestrings said:

"I Put A Spell On You" - Creedance Clearwater Revival
"My Heart Can't Take It No More" - The Supremes (could also use "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles)
"We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles (could also use "In and Out of Love" -The Supremes)

Spell It Out ... motto of the Scripp's National Spelling Bee Contest! ;D

Shucks! I just noticed "I Put A Spell On You" wasn't a Top 40 song ...

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pete70s said:

A long shot:

Yesterday-The Beatles
Forever Came Today-Supremes
Hey Tonight-CCR

Yesterday, today, and tonight (...but somehow that don't sound right...)

Hell of a good try, Pete. But not right.

Keep on trying. (Still worth 5 points till midnight.)

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telestrings said:

"I Put A Spell On You" - Creedance Clearwater Revival
"My Heart Can't Take It No More" - The Supremes (could also use "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles)
"We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles (could also use "In and Out of Love" -The Supremes)

Spell It Out ... motto of the Scripp's National Spelling Bee Contest! ;D

Another good try, Rob. - But as you point out in your next post CCR's version of I Put A Spell did not make the top 40 (Nor did the Supremes My Heart) -- Also, one more tip. It's unlikely that I would pick a word like "It" out of a song as the clue word. It's far too common and would be in virtually every song. (Recall, the clues are often in the title, but not always.)

Keep plugging away, Rob. I'd like to see you on the board. I'd especially like to see you on the board somewhere ahead of Adam. ;D

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Well, kiddies. We're starting Day 2 of this round, and for the first time, no winners. So the maximum value that one person can get is now 4 points. -- But you get a couple of clues:

All three songs made the Top 10.

The theme itself was used in the title of another song (by none of these three artists), that made the top 40, but didn't even come close to the top 10.

Another chance for the Night Owls. Get on it!

[Pete70s]

I know this isn't the right answer, but at least it's a shot:

Lookin' Out My Back Door
When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
Can't Buy Me Love (or All You Need is Love)

Lookin' Through The Eyes Of Love-Gene Pitney/Partridge Family

I THOUGHT that was it until I realized that the Supremes song wasn't a top 10- so it's back to the drawing board..

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pete70s said:

I know this isn't the right answer, but at least it's a shot:

Lookin' Out My Back Door
When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
Can't Buy Me Love (or All You Need is Love)

Lookin' Through The Eyes Of Love-Gene Pitney/Partridge Family

I THOUGHT that was it until I realized that the Supremes song wasn't a top 10- so it's back to the drawing board..

You are correct, Pete. Not in your answer but in the fact that "..Lovelight.." was not top 10. ;D

Here are a couple of mid-day hints for everybody to kinda move the thing along.

1) I don't know if "Lookin' Through The Eyes of Love" is a "real" expression or if it originated with the song. But the expression or theme that we're looking for here was USED in a song title, but is in no way FROM it.

2) Of the multitude of songs guessed by people so far - people being defined as Pete and Rob (C'MON, GUYS, WHERE ARE THE REST OF YOU?) - one song title is correct.

Hope this helps. Keep trying.

[Yesterday's Gone]

"Back In My Arms" - The Supremes
"Lookin' Out My Back Door" - CCR
"Nowhere Man" - The Beatles

Back Door Man - The Doors

I realize that the Doors song wasn't a Top 40 song though ...

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telestrings said:

"Back In My Arms" - The Supremes
"Lookin' Out My Back Door" - CCR
"Nowhere Man" - The Beatles

Back Door Man - The Doors

I realize that the Doors song wasn't a Top 40 song though ...

I wish I could say that's it, Rob, because you're really working at it. But it's not.

The one piece of advice I'll give you (and everybody) is don't get hung up on that fourth song. If you get the three songs, the theme would follow, even if the fourth song didn't even exist.

Keep on going.
We're still at the 4 point level. After midnight, I'll give out another clue, and drop the maximum that one person can score on the round to 3 points.

[H2IZCOOL]

Well, we're still on Round 7, starting the third day of the round. So the maximum number of points any one person can get is 3. I didn't think this one would be quite this difficult

A couple more clues to help you get on the right track:

First of all, to date only one correct song has been mentioned.

Second. We already established that all three songs made the top 10. They did a whole lot better than just that. If you take the peak position for each of the three songs and added the three numbers together you'd get "5".

Good luck.

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h2izcool said:

Well, we're still on Round 7, starting the third day of the round. So the maximum number of points any one person can get is 3. I didn't think this one would be quite this difficult

A couple more clues to help you get on the right track:

First of all, to date only one correct song has been mentioned.

Second. We already established that all three songs made the top 10. They did a whole lot better than just that. If you take the peak position for each of the three songs and added the three numbers together you'd get "5".

Good luck.

We're getting a lot of lookers but not a lot of guessers, so I'm wondering if my second clue of last night was confusing.

Adding the three numbers that represent the peak position of each song adds up to 5. There are only two ways that can happen:

Two #1 songs and a #3 (1+1+3 = 5)
One #1 and two #2 (1+2+2 = 5)

So, you shouldn't be looking at any song that peaked at any lower than #3.

And you also have the clue about one (and only one) correct song having been mentioned by the guessers so far.

[Pete70s]

h2izcool said:

h2izcool said:

Well, we're still on Round 7, starting the third day of the round. So the maximum number of points any one person can get is 3. I didn't think this one would be quite this difficult

A couple more clues to help you get on the right track:

First of all, to date only one correct song has been mentioned.

Second. We already established that all three songs made the top 10. They did a whole lot better than just that. If you take the peak position for each of the three songs and added the three numbers together you'd get "5".

Good luck.

We're getting a lot of lookers but not a lot of guessers, so I'm wondering if my second clue of last night was confusing.

Adding the three numbers that represent the peak position of each song adds up to 5. There are only two ways that can happen:

Two #1 songs and a #3 (1+1+3 = 5)
One #1 and two #2 (1+2+2 = 5)

So, you shouldn't be looking at any song that peaked at any lower than #3.

And you also have the clue about one (and only one) correct song having been mentioned by the guessers so far.

Here's my latest attempt:

A Hard Day's Night (#1)
Love Is Here And Now You're Gone (#1)
Down On The Corner (#3)

Days Gone Down, which was a top 40 hit for Gerry Raffrety

No, wait... none of those were used yet... Never mind..

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pete70s said:

h2izcool said:

We're getting a lot of lookers but not a lot of guessers, so I'm wondering if my second clue of last night was confusing.

Adding the three numbers that represent the peak position of each song adds up to 5. There are only two ways that can happen:

Two #1 songs and a #3 (1+1+3 = 5)
One #1 and two #2 (1+2+2 = 5)

So, you shouldn't be looking at any song that peaked at any lower than #3.

And you also have the clue about one (and only one) correct song having been mentioned by the guessers so far.

Here's my latest attempt:

A Hard Day's Night (#1)
Love Is Here And Now You're Gone (#1)
Down On The Corner (#3)

Days Gone Down, which was a top 40 hit for Gerry Raffrety

No, wait... none of those were used yet... Never mind..

Yes Pete, you are right that this is wrong.

Again, don't focus on the "fourth" song. I only mentioned it as a way that you would confirm your theme. "Days Gone Down" is not a common expression.

I will also tell you and everybody else, that none of the three songs are right.

-- and since people are having SO much trouble (probably due to the sheer number of candidates for the Beatles and Supremes) I'll show you all how the fact that Pete's current answers are all wrong gives you additional information:

Pete guessed the CCR song as Down on the Corner. This is incorrect. It is also the ONLY #3 song that CCR had. Since we also know that CCR NEVER had a #1 song, therefore the CCR song is a #2 song. Furthermore, since the sum of the ranks must be 5, then either the Beatles OR the Supreme's song (BUT NOT BOTH) is a #1, and the other one is a #2.