Comments on: Justin Bieber, PaulStretch, and the Slow Motion Music Quiz

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:43:45 +0000

#2, #14 and #21 were the easiest for me … maybe there’s something about speaking (or screaming) that’s easier to pick up.

By: Josh Millard

Josh Millard — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:36:36 +0000

As a matter of fact, clever duck Paul Hunt went ahead and sped Sigur Rós up. Wonder no more!

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:31:30 +0000

Does PaulStretch work in reverse? Maybe I can finally figure out what’s happening in all those Sigur Rós songs! =D

By: fleacircus

fleacircus — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:15:50 +0000

It’s all just Slowdive/Vangelis mashups and this is a put-on, right?

By: ShutterBun

ShutterBun — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:03:27 +0000

(for the record, I knew it was “Without Me” at the time I posted, but felt like prolonging the intrigue long enough for Mexican to get it)

Hats off to Josh for a thoroughly entertaining bit of blogging. (if I can ever get around to springing $5 to join MetalFilter, I’ll thank you properly)

By: Josh Millard

Josh Millard — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:19:19 +0000

Just so!

By: Byron C.

Byron C. — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:16:47 +0000

I didn’t have a clue on #23 until Mexican and Shutterbun got at it, so they really deserve the credit here. That being said, I’m pretty sure it’s “Without Me”; though Eminem’s lyrics are even harder to make out than most (the Chop Suey Principle at work), the rather sinister tones of the beat come through pretty clearly.

By: Josh Millard

Josh Millard — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:28:34 +0000

Good morning!

Yep, mexican has it right. Here’s the full list, based on the various correct answers people have contributed throughout:

1. All You Need Is Love
2. Another Brick in the Wall
3. Blister In The Sun
4. [N/A]
5. Buddy Holly
6. I Will Buy You A New Life
7. Chop Suey
8. Tom’s Diner
9. Free Fallin’
10. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
11. Intergalactic
12. Is This Love
13. Just Like Heaven
14. Love Shack
15. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
16. My Humps
17. Once in a Lifetime
18. Particle Man
19. Space Oddity
20. Sunday Bloody Sunday
21. The Distance
22. Where It’s At
23. An As-Yet Unnamed Eminem Song
24. Zombie

Excellent work, everybody. I’ll see if I can draw any useful basic conclusions from what got guessed right and wrong and in what order for any continuing fiddling I do with PaulStretch along these lines.

As for why My Humps is on the list, it fit my loose criteria very well: it was well-known (if infamous in this case) in recent memory and has an element that would be instantly recognizable before processing. It’s actually on my short list of go-to test input for some kinds of music weirding tests, along with e.g. O Superman and Tom’s Diner

By: mexican

mexican — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:07:28 +0000

correct me if I’m wrong but I think the only ones that haven’t been explicitly guessed are #16. my humps (didn’t want to say it) and the title for the eminem song at #23. I don’t know the title for #23, but it is an eminem song.

By: Dave Finton

Dave Finton — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:33:46 +0000

On one note, I realized in my post above I inadvertently typed “TMBT”. No they are not Turtles. They Might Be Giants. My Bad.

Anyways, I thought I’d type up a bit of a score card. No hints here except for the ones that Mr. Millard had personally confirmed explicitly in his posts here. If it’s not confirmed, its got the “***” around it.

1. All You Need Is Love
2. Another Brick in the Wall
3. ***** No Answer Yet *****
5. Buddy Holly
6. I Will Buy You A New Life
7. ***** No Answer Yet *****
8. Tom’s Diner
9. Free Fallin’
10. ***** No Answer Yet *****
11. Intergalactic
12. ***** No Answer Yet *****
13. ***** No Answer Yet *****
14. Love Shack
15. mmm mmm mmm mmm
16. ***** No Answer Yet *****
17. Once in a Lifetime
18. Particle Man
19. Space Oddity
20. ***** No Answer Yet *****
21. ***** No Answer Yet *****
22. ***** No Answer Yet *****
23. ***** No Answer Yet *****
24. ***** No Answer Yet *****