The Slightly Obscure Music Discussion And Quizzy Thread

[Minty]

Clue time then - British Male Singer, pretty well known...

 

[isladogs]

Presumably not Jeff Lynne (ELO) - Mr Blue Sky in that case.

 

[Minty]

Nope.

Total give away clue - He was/is also a member of a well-known band, but has had considerable solo success.

 

[isladogs]

Total give away?? There is a long list of such artists.
I'll guess Rod Stewart or Phil Collins but even if correct no idea which song.

I'm glad it wasn't ELO as I loathe that song. It gets in your brain and won't go away..

 

[isladogs]

Ah..hang on ...I can feel it coming...In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins...
Oh Lord...

 

[Minty]

Well done - you can appreciate why I thought it was pretty easy - A really well known singer and a massive hit.
@isladogs You're up.

 

[isladogs]

Hmm... still not sure what the symbol at the start meant.
Just going out for my daily walk with the dogs then I'm finishing making my sourdough loaf (yes really!)
So its likely to be a few hours if I'm back up next.

In the meantime if someone else would like to step in, please be my guest

 

[Minty]

Hmm... still not sure what the symbol at the start meant.

It was the In
Supposed to be a "the way in" sign.

 

[AccessBlaster]

NZ=0 >

 

[Minty]

Life On Mars ?

 

[AccessBlaster]

Close British

 

[Deleted member 147267]

I'm pretty much hopeless at this game.
Is that code relevant to the puzzle or is it just some kind of space holder?

 

[AccessBlaster]

Sorry the code reference is vague. It was supposed like "null or no". I am really bad at this obviously.

 

[AccessBlaster]

I might take a mulligan on this one.

 

[isladogs]

If that's a clue, I'm thinking Carey Mulligan .... Mariah Carey ...no definitely not British!

EDIT: Just searched for songs about Mars. None seem appropriate: https://www.ranker.com/list/best-songs-about-mars/reference

 

[NauticalGent]

All right, had to take a break while I was repatriating to the US, but back and ready to get at it again!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Oh, NG... are you now back in the states? Where? I believe you had mentioned somewhere near D.C. but don't remember exactly.

 

[NauticalGent]

Petersburg, VA. I left the Gov Service and went back to contracting. Bit of a pay cut when you factor in all the allowances but I am home. Happy wife, happy life!

 

[AccessBlaster]

EDIT: Just searched for songs about Mars. None seem appropriate: https://www.ranker.com/list/best-songs-about-mars/reference

Yeah, I think this is a clunker, the reference was rocket man.. oh well.

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's… More

Next!

 

[Deleted member 147267]

Hmmm, I thought it was supposed to be about the artist & title? Half the time, people don't even hear the proper lyrics, let alone recall them at will.
A rocket and a man might have been a little more - intuitive?