Posted June 11, 2011
CONTEST CLOSED - THANKS EVERYONE!
An anonymous donor sent a few bucks to my paypal with the special request that I invent a new type of giveaway game for you all. Thank you, anonymous [I know who it is, but not supposed to say]! Still, I thought maybe the well had run dry, in the sense that I couldn't think of a new type of game... but I came up with this one, which I'll call "Lyrical Thesaurus"!
Here's how it works: I have taken the lyrics to a song, and changed them around a bit, subbing out words for roughly equivalent meanings. If the word totally gives it away, then I've subbed it out.
The first person to guess the artist and song title, wins a 5.99 GOG.
So, showing a bit of local flair with an artist/band that is constantly on the radio here. I like to joke that at any given time, at least one of this artist/band's songs can be found on the radio simply by changing the station once or twice.
If there's a few incorrect guesses, I will add a few lines to the lyrics until the entire thing is up. If too tough, say "tough" to let me know and I will add more lines earlier.
HINT: song was released from 1980-2000.
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Artist/Band - Title
"I am in [object]
I am moving across [particular place #1]
Ultimately, I am headed for [particular place #2]
However, this evening my destination will be [particular place #3]"
"Having received a type of liquid energy frequently associated with larger vehicles, yesterday from [particular place #4], at sunrise, we set out from [particular place #5]. Similar to many people here, I needed to sell my place of residence, But I refuse to admit defeat, and have labored until little skin remains on two of my appendages...."
".......in order to purchase my [object that I have given a name to in line 1,]
I go places where there is a long way to the bottom
There are large humanoids in this chasm with cliffs,"
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An anonymous donor sent a few bucks to my paypal with the special request that I invent a new type of giveaway game for you all. Thank you, anonymous [I know who it is, but not supposed to say]! Still, I thought maybe the well had run dry, in the sense that I couldn't think of a new type of game... but I came up with this one, which I'll call "Lyrical Thesaurus"!
Here's how it works: I have taken the lyrics to a song, and changed them around a bit, subbing out words for roughly equivalent meanings. If the word totally gives it away, then I've subbed it out.
The first person to guess the artist and song title, wins a 5.99 GOG.
So, showing a bit of local flair with an artist/band that is constantly on the radio here. I like to joke that at any given time, at least one of this artist/band's songs can be found on the radio simply by changing the station once or twice.
If there's a few incorrect guesses, I will add a few lines to the lyrics until the entire thing is up. If too tough, say "tough" to let me know and I will add more lines earlier.
HINT: song was released from 1980-2000.
__________________________________________________________________________
Artist/Band - Title
"I am in [object]
I am moving across [particular place #1]
Ultimately, I am headed for [particular place #2]
However, this evening my destination will be [particular place #3]"
"Having received a type of liquid energy frequently associated with larger vehicles, yesterday from [particular place #4], at sunrise, we set out from [particular place #5]. Similar to many people here, I needed to sell my place of residence, But I refuse to admit defeat, and have labored until little skin remains on two of my appendages...."
".......in order to purchase my [object that I have given a name to in line 1,]
I go places where there is a long way to the bottom
There are large humanoids in this chasm with cliffs,"
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Post edited June 11, 2011 by stoicsentry
