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08 January 2006

Name that musical theme. Mystery-themed music set starting at 20 till the hour (i.e., 15 minutes from now).
Short set (under an hour).

First person who figures out the theme will not get a prize, because I'm broke. Said bunny will, however, get copious praise. So there.

post by: mudpuppie at: 15:27 | 46 comments

Such a cool idea. I love you.

posted by iconomy 08 January | 15:42

Being in jail?

posted by moonbird 08 January | 15:48

doing hard time

posted by ethylene 08 January | 15:50

what, no dingle? no buzzer?

posted by ethylene 08 January | 15:51

Crime and punishment?

posted by moonbird 08 January | 15:51

johnny cashless?

posted by ethylene 08 January | 15:51

Nope.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 15:53

patchwork quilt?

posted by ethylene 08 January | 15:55

Arrrrrgh! Ball and chain, prison, FIRING SQUAD! I'm having lota fun with this, good idea, even if it's driving me crazy!

posted by moonbird 08 January | 15:56

"I shot a man...
just to watch him die."

"Badges? WE don't need no STINKING BADGES!"

"--An't nuttin like a womman to make you feel lower than a snake in a wagon wheel rut--"

posted by ethylene 08 January | 15:58

drifters?

posted by moonbird 08 January | 16:07

Nope. You're on the right track, though. One of them, anyway.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:09

Pain? Guilt? Feeling sorry?

posted by matildaben 08 January | 16:10

running from the law?

posted by moonbird 08 January | 16:10

That's about a third of it, moonbird.

Hint after song 9.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:11

Consumerism? Money?

posted by iconomy 08 January | 16:14

You're getting a piece of it too, ico.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:15

Caught after being on the run from a law after a bank robbery?

posted by moonbird 08 January | 16:16

Monkey on your back stuff - like, addictions?

posted by iconomy 08 January | 16:16

Songs so far:

The Pretenders - Back on The Chain Gang
Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakum - Streets of Bakersfield
Tom Waits - A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun
Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain
Todd Snider - Easy Money
Townes Van Zandt - Dollar Bill Blues
John Hiatt - Slug Line
Bill Cox - Long Chain Charlie Blues

And the hint is, the theme is also a song title, but not one of those that you see above.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:18

Chains? Chain of Fools?

God I love this stuff.

posted by iconomy 08 January | 16:19

[withholds]

posted by ethylene 08 January | 16:19

"I'd Kill For Money And Then Go To Jail"?

posted by matildaben 08 January | 16:20

Y'all are circling around it, fo' sho.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:20

"I fought the law?"

posted by moonbird 08 January | 16:22

Well, the song title does have four words, moonbird.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:23

The Circle of Life? ;)

posted by iconomy 08 January | 16:25

Heh.

Getting cooler.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:26

I Shot the Sheriff

posted by iconomy 08 January | 16:27

Nuh-uh. You've got one part of the theme, though.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:27

Hey Man Nice Shot?

posted by iconomy 08 January | 16:29

Gun in your hand?

posted by moonbird 08 January | 16:30

Okay, another part of the theme represented.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:30

stumped. :(

posted by moonbird 08 January | 16:31

Lawyers, guns and money?

posted by moonbird 08 January | 16:31

Naw, you'll get it.

Songs 9-12:

Joan Fucking Jett & the Blackhearts - Outlaw
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Cold Shot
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison (Live)
Lyle Lovett - M-O-N-E-Y

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:33

YAY MOONBIRD!

Law(yers), Guns and Money it is.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:33

Good on ya moonbird. Oh yes you're going to do just fine in the trivia games ;)

That was fun, pup!

posted by iconomy 08 January | 16:35

Thanks y'all. Gave me something to do instead of laundry.

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:36

Aww, I never win anything. ***happy dance***

(of course, jonmc woud've had this from the first few bars of "Back on the Chain Gang")

posted by moonbird 08 January | 16:36

Yay moonbird!

posted by matildaben 08 January | 16:37

Theme aside, Mam'selle has exquisite taste. Brava!

posted by go dog go 08 January | 16:47

Final tracklist (which gets slightly inaccurate at the very end, because iTunes has this habit of misnaming my songs, so the last two songs I tried to play weren't the songs I thought they were; woolsucking iTunes motherfucker):

The Pretenders - Back on The Chain Gang
Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakum - Streets of Bakersfield
Tom Waits - A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun
Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain [Live][#]
Todd Snider - Easy Money
Townes Van Zandt - Dollar Bill Blues
John Hiatt - Slug Line
Bill Cox - Long Chain Charlie Blues
Joan Fucking Jett & the Blackhearts - Outlaw
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Cold Shot
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison (Live)
Lyle Lovett - M-O-N-E-Y
Gillian Welch - One More Dollar
X - Poor Girl
Billy Bragg/Wilco - Aginst Th' Law
Timbuk 3 - Shotgun Wedding
Michelle Shocked - Hold Me Back
Warren Zevon - Roland the Thompson Gunner
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 16:58

twas nothing personal, mudpups
just not all the kids love joan jett all day any more than they do the dictators.

[holds secret answer tight]

posted by ethylene 08 January | 18:42

Um...?

Look at that playlist and tell me how it qualifies as "Joan Jett all day"?

And the answer? It's posted above. Moonbird got it a while back.

I repeat: Um...?

posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 18:54

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