Author Topic: You Can't Kill It! Cars & Tunes Redux - Solved! (Read 6219 times)

pnegyesi · « **Reply #75 on:** September 04, 2012, 02:09:01 PM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 14, 2012, 05:46:19 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on August 14, 2012, 05:10:37 AM
just curious, is car J related to something like "tow car"? Based on the number of the aircraft I found a picture describing the car as a "tow car"

Nothing about towing, but related to doing something above the Earth's surface.

Do you mean flying?

(And Tom_I - I gave up after about 60 songs, so congrats again!)

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #76 on:** September 04, 2012, 02:35:50 PM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on September 04, 2012, 02:09:01 PM

Do you mean flying?

Well, yes and no. The lyrics are a seem to direct the listener to do something with a car, above the earth, that can't really be done. Some of the other words (some spoken, some sung) are seemingly nonsense, as well.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #77 on:** October 04, 2012, 04:39:14 AM »

six more pairings and lots of points remain up for grabs

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #78 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:36:25 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on September 01, 2012, 06:47:21 AM

Time for some very generous clues.

The record by the Artist #1 (The Beach Boys, sleuthed earlier) tells of one Beach Boy doing a typical Beach Boys thing (which made it part of this puzzle), as well as some very non-typical things for a Beach Boy, in a place far from where you would expect. Further, the place mentioned in the song is not in the place where the song says it is. But don't blame the Boys for that. (Already solved)

The record by Artist # 3 is tied to a car of the general type of one of the cars pictured (no make or model is mentioned in the song) , and described in the song as being in a state like that of the pictured car. Though one might think it so, the girl in the picture did not provide the band with their name. And so, you can correctly conclude their name includes that of a woman or girl.

The studio version of record by Artist # 6 mentions a specific model of car; live versions I've found do not. The reason for that will be plain once you find the studio version, which samples another, earlier recording by somebody else. The band derived their name from that car, too, it would seem.

The record by artist #9 mentions an automotive activity that is particularly well-suited to one of the pictured cars. This band was named for a fictional character who was not from the same place as them. And the core of this group were, like their mentor, not from the same place they achieved their modest success as a band. Unlike a lot of the songs in this puzzle, their recording is mellow and melancholy.

The recording by Artist #12 is interrupted by a guy named Tony with a slide-whistle, and goes on to tell the (spoken) tale of Jim, and his recently purchased car and its most important feature. As was sleuthed earlier, this recording was a promotional number for specific car.

I'll repeat these clues, and send this to the Black Hole

pnegyesi · « **Reply #79 on:** October 14, 2012, 12:17:58 PM »

I think artist12 and carB are a pair. So I have to ask, was this song part of the records offered for the new car radios which Chrysler introduced in october, 1955?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #80 on:** October 15, 2012, 06:18:19 AM »

Yes, artist12 and carB are connected.

I don't know of a connection to Chrysler's record players, but I suppose this record would be at home there.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #81 on:** October 16, 2012, 12:58:26 PM »

was the name of band no9 something like ET?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #82 on:** October 16, 2012, 01:28:25 PM »

The name of band #9 can be remotely and indirectly connected with the movie "ET - the Extra Terrestrial", but the name of the band is not ET, or any two-letter name.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #83 on:** October 16, 2012, 01:32:35 PM »

was it a TV character, like Alf?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #84 on:** October 16, 2012, 01:46:29 PM »

The fictional character was the center of at least a few TV series; not from outer space.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #85 on:** October 16, 2012, 01:55:01 PM »

was this character also featured in books?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #86 on:** October 16, 2012, 02:04:58 PM »

The character got started in print media, but it wasn't books. The stories of this character have since been compiled into books.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #87 on:** October 16, 2012, 02:14:04 PM »

Superman?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #88 on:** October 16, 2012, 03:47:45 PM »

Not Superman - he's from outer space.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #89 on:** October 17, 2012, 12:10:13 PM »

Batman?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #90 on:** October 17, 2012, 12:24:08 PM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on October 17, 2012, 12:10:13 PM

Batman?

Not Batman

pnegyesi · « **Reply #91 on:** October 17, 2012, 12:31:34 PM »

hmm, Sherlock Holmes?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #92 on:** October 17, 2012, 01:18:20 PM »

This character is smart, but not THAT smart.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #93 on:** October 17, 2012, 01:20:31 PM »

are we talking about a character from a cartoon?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #94 on:** October 17, 2012, 01:21:54 PM »

I believe cartoon films of this character have been made.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #95 on:** October 17, 2012, 01:29:06 PM »

American character?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #96 on:** October 17, 2012, 01:29:16 PM »

pnegyesi · « **Reply #97 on:** October 17, 2012, 01:40:38 PM »

No9: Tin Tin, CarJ: their song was Astral Taxi

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #98 on:** October 17, 2012, 02:03:36 PM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on October 17, 2012, 01:40:38 PM

No9: Tin Tin, CarJ: their song was Astral Taxi

Right group (at last!) wrong song.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #99 on:** October 17, 2012, 02:24:28 PM »

I took a holiday mentions that he drove miles and miles. And it is a slow and melancholic song

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