Alpha? Bet!

[Silent Majority]

A game I started my morning with.

First song that comes to mind for each letter of the alphabet. Has to be the first one you think of, has to be the first letter of the song's title. No 'the's or any other word before that first letter, no replacing with something cooler than the first title, no artist names. I couldn't use No, No, No by Dawn Penn for N because the title is (You Don't Love Me) No, No, No.

When Oops I Did It Again popped up in my head, I thought, oh good, I can use the Richard Thompson cover. But I had to be honest that it was Britney, bitch, who I first thought of. Honour system, lads and ladettes.

And, to make it a game, no repeated artists in your own picks. The only time you're to avoid your first choice now is if someone else has already picked it, making those freak letters - x, v, z, etc, increasingly hard as the game continues.

[Silent Majority]

Alternative Ulster - SLF
Bastards of Young - Replacements
Cars - Gary Numan
Dang Me - Roger Miller
Elvis Is Dead - Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Fuck the British Army - Rebels - Devils
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Hang Onto Yourself - Bowie
Idiot Wind - Dylan
Just - Radiohead
Kiss Off - Violent Femmes
Love Me - Chumbawamba
Madness - Prince Buster
New York Telephone Conversation - Lou Reed
Oops I Did It Again - Britney
Please Please Please - The Smiths
Questioningly - Ramones
Rip Off - Sham 69
Stop - Spice Girls
Tell Me - Rolling Stones
Unchained - Johnny Cash
Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo
Why? - The Specials
X Ray Style - Joe Strummer
Young at Heart - the Bluebells
Zootime - The Mystery Jets

[revbob]

A game I started my morning with.

First song that comes to mind for each letter of the alphabet. Has to be the first one you think of, has to be the first letter of the song's title. No 'the's or any other word before that first letter, no replacing with something cooler than the first title, no artist names. I couldn't use No, No, No by Dawn Penn for N because the title is (You Don't Love Me) No, No, No.

When Oops I Did It Again popped up in my head, I thought, oh good, I can use the Richard Thompson cover. But I had to be honest that it was Britney, bitch, who I first thought of. Honour system, lads and ladettes.

And, to make it a game, no repeated artists in your own picks. The only time you're to avoid your first choice now is if someone else has already picked it, making those freak letters - x, v, z, etc, increasingly hard as the game continues.

Its a good one, Im gonna have to go back to wordle though.

Which proved pretty challenging for me today

In hindsight moldy would have been a better pick than moody.

[Olaf]

A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley
Blind Love - Tom Waits
Clash City Rockers - The Clash
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Even Trolls Love Rock’n’Roll - Tony Joe White
Falling in Love Again - Marlene Dietrich
Gotta Getaway - Stiff Little Fingers
Hello Again - The Cars
Into The Valley - Skids
Jump - Van Halen
Kleptomanie - Extrabreit
Liar - Sex Pistols
Musta Notta Gotta Lotta - Joe Ely
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly
Overkill - Men at Work
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton
Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
Sabotage - John Cale
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie
Vagabond of the Western World - Thin Lizzy
Why Me, Lord? - Kris Kristofferson
Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John/ELO
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
Zombie - Cranberries

[Dr. Medulla]

Its a good one, Im gonna have to go back to wordle though.

Which proved pretty challenging for me today

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In hindsight moldy would have been a better pick than moody.

Today's broke a long string of success for me. I had the o and y by row 3, but my brain wouldn't let me think one letter filled the other spots.

[revbob]

Its a good one, Im gonna have to go back to wordle though.

Which proved pretty challenging for me today

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In hindsight moldy would have been a better pick than moody.

Today's broke a long string of success for me. I had the o and y by row 3, but my brain wouldn't let me think one letter filled the other spots.

When I fail, these are usually the types that get me. Ok it could be these 5 words but you have 3 chances left. That or my morning routine gets interrupted and I then forget about it.

[Dr. Medulla]

My brain doesn't work for that kind of quickness, so I struggled with some of these.
Accept Yourself - The Smiths
Bop-a-Lena - k.d. lang and the reclines
Carolyn’s Fingers - Cocteau Twins
Dead Souls - Joy Division
Each and Everyone - EBTG
Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
Heaven - P Furs
I’m So Tired - The Beatles
Jumpin’ Jack Flash - The Stones
Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
Lava - The B-52’s
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Never Say Never - Romeo Void
Original Sin - INXS
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols w/ Frank Carter
Quark and Charm, The Robot Twins - Momus
Rip It Up - Orange Juice
She Loves Us - Swans
Telegraph - OMD
Upfield - Billy Bragg
Van Plague - The Fall
Wall of Sound - American Hi-Fi
X X Sex - We’ve Got a Fuzzbox …
You - The Au Pairs
Zoom - Wire

[Olaf]

My brain doesn't work for that kind of quickness, so I struggled with some of these.
Accept Yourself - The Smiths
Bop-a-Lena - k.d. lang and the reclines
Carolyn’s Fingers - Cocteau Twins
Dead Souls - Joy Division
Each and Everyone - EBTG
Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
Heaven - P Furs
I’m So Tired - The Beatles
Jumpin’ Jack Flash - The Stones
Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
Lava - The B-52’s
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Never Say Never - Romeo Void
Original Sin - INXS
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols w/ Frank Carter
Quark and Charm, The Robot Twins - Momus
Rip It Up - Orange Juice
She Loves Us - Swans
Telegraph - OMD
Upfield - Billy Bragg
Van Plague - The Fall
Wall of Sound - American Hi-Fi
X X Sex - We’ve Got a Fuzzbox …
You - The Au Pairs
Zombie - The Cranberries

Looks like someone couldn't be bothered to read the rules.

The only time you're to avoid your first choice now is if someone else has already picked it, making those freak letters - x, v, z, etc, increasingly hard as the game continues.

[Dr. Medulla]

Looks like someone couldn't be bothered to read the rules.

The only time you're to avoid your first choice now is if someone else has already picked it, making those freak letters - x, v, z, etc, increasingly hard as the game continues.

I was not aware that this game was all about creeping authoritarianism.

[Olaf]

Looks like someone couldn't be bothered to read the rules.

The only time you're to avoid your first choice now is if someone else has already picked it, making those freak letters - x, v, z, etc, increasingly hard as the game continues.

I was not aware that this game was all about creeping authoritarianism.

You think your games have a monopoly on that?

[Dr. Medulla]

Looks like someone couldn't be bothered to read the rules.

The only time you're to avoid your first choice now is if someone else has already picked it, making those freak letters - x, v, z, etc, increasingly hard as the game continues.

I was not aware that this game was all about creeping authoritarianism.

You think your games have a monopoly on that?

I bring order to a chaotic world! That is how I will bring utopia to this cesspool!

[JoseUnidos]

X was tough. Would've gone with X-Offender but I already had a Blondie song and Olaf already picked Xanadu. My apologies for some of my choices but that's how my brain works.

A Town Called Malice - Jam
Bennie & the Jets - Elton
Call Me - Blondie
Daydream Believer - Monkees
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
Fall On Me - REM
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
Happy Head - The Mighty Lemon Drops
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
Just Like Honey - Jesus & Mary Chain
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
Last Christmas - Wham
Momma Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
Neon Telephone - The 3 O'Clock
Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
Planet Claire - The B-52's
Questiongly - Ramones
Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
Stand and Deliver - Adam & the Ants
This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
Velouria - Pixies
Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles
Xtabay - Yma Sumac
You're The Best Thing - The Style Council
Zooropa - U2

[coffeepotman]

This is what first came to mind:
A - Anarchy Burger Vandals
B - Blow You a Kiss in the Wind Redd Kross
C - Clash City Rockers
D- Darkness Darkness - Mott
E - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
F - Funtime Iggy
G - God Save the Queen
H - High and Happy Steve Marriott
I - I don't Care Ramones
J - Just Another Girl Johnny Thunders
K - Kooks Bowie
L - London Boys Johnny Thunders
M - Midnight Madness GBH
N - New York Mining Disaster 1941 Bee Gees
O - Out of Vouge - The Middle Class
P - Please Please me - Beatles
Q - Que Sera Sera - Sly/Doris Day
R - Right Brigade - Bad Brains
S - Some Girls - Rolling Stones
T - The End Doors/Fun Boy 3
U - Under Pressure Bowie/Queen
V - Venus Shocking Blue
W - With or Without You U2
X - X Offender Blondie
Y - Yellow Submarine
Z - Ziggy Stardust

[Silent Majority]

Isn't it mad the shit the brain throws up?

[Silent Majority]

This is what first came to mind:
A - Anarchy Burger Vandals
B - Blow You a Kiss in the Wind Redd Kross
C - Clash City Rockers
D- Darkness Darkness - Mott
E - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
F - Funtime Iggy
G - God Save the Queen
H - High and Happy Steve Marriott
I - I don't Care Ramones
J - Just Another Girl Johnny Thunders
K - Kooks Bowie
L - London Boys Johnny Thunders
M - Midnight Madness GBH
N - New York Mining Disaster 1941 Bee Gees
O - Out of Vouge - The Middle Class
P - Please Please me - Beatles
Q - Que Sera Sera - Sly/Doris Day
R - Right Brigade - Bad Brains
S - Some Girls - Rolling Stones
T - The End Doors/Fun Boy 3
U - Under Pressure Bowie/Queen
V - Venus Shocking Blue
W - With or Without You U2
X - X Offender Blondie
Y - Yellow Submarine
Z - Ziggy Stardust

Sorry man, gonna ask for another C as Olaf has chosen that one.