Reading Music

Righto my dear NAO, it's that time again. time for another frustrating, yet oh-so-addictive project for MelMel ala the ultimate book quiz. Ok the deal with this is, there's supposed to be 72 band names concealed within this picture. Now i've managed to find about 50 of them, but am stuck on the other 22. So, get to work NAO! I promise you, it's more addictive than you think.

So that I son't spoil the fun for you all, i'll post the bands i've found in small dribs and drabs.

Get cracking y'all!

you'll find that null has nicely provided you with a larger image here

So to get you started we have...

Queen shooting The Sex Pistols at Prince with Matchbox 20 just infront of The Scissor Sisters. also you'll find a Crowded House in the top right corner.

Good luck!

-Mel

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That girl on the right next to the Blurry man is Alice in Chains.

The guy next to the Matchbox 20 is Smashing Pumpkins.

There's a Whitesnake crawling up the traffic lights just below the Le(a)d Zeppelin.

In the centre of the picture The Cars are about to be smashed by Rolling Stones. In front of the left stone an Iron Maiden is crossing the street.

Heyy, this is kinda fun :-) I'll stop here so everybody gets their turn. I wonder if the bands you recognise first tell you something about your musical preferences/upbringing?

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

This post was edited by null on Jan 01, 2006.

Guns'n'Roses is pretty obvious
Beach Boys (the two boys with surf boards)
Deep Purple (the purple house)
Seal? (the poster on the wall on the left side)
Hole (null guessed that)

I'll let it by this, so that the others can guess, too ;)

"Sie wollen nichts anderes. Sie wollen kämpfen! Sie sind Soldaten! Fucking Wahnsinnige!" - Noel G.

Guy crossing the street has a Radiohead.

Garbage thats fallen over in the street.

The Eagles flying around.

B-52's, also flying around.

Gorillaz, times two.

The Eels on the ground under the sex pistols.

Passing the torch to...

Sir Deimos, Beater of Ass.

Oooh, nice start guys :)

And also, you'll find a Greenday on the bottom right calendar, just near The Red Hot Chilli Peppers. On the top righthand building you'll find U2 scrawled near SPOON

To clarify, and for convenience, we have fiound the following bands.

greenday
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
U2
Spoon
Queen
Prince
The Sex Pistols
Matchbox 20
Scissor Sisters
Crowded house
Blur
Alice in Chains
Smashing Pumpkins
White Snake
Led Zepplin
The Cars
Rolling stones
Iron Maiden
Beach Boys
Guns n Roses
Deep Purple
Seal
Hole
Garbage
The Eagles
B-52
Gorrilaz
The Eels

-Mel

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I see The Pixies on the left side, floating above a White Zombie near the posters of two Dead Kennedies overlooking an employee of The Postal Service. There are Men At Work on top of the building on the right (the one with the Black Flag). Down the road, near the Rolling Stones, you can see The Police. I'm not positive, but is the woman with the Sex Pistols threatening King Crimson? If so, does that make the woman threatening him Queen?

Thbbbbt

This post was edited by Magnifico on Jan 02, 2006.

I'm not positive, but is the woman with the Sex Pistols threatening King Crimson? If so, does that make the woman threatening him Queen?

I think that would be the Queen shooting Prince using Sex Pistols :P But then I think that everybody is entitled to his own interpretation :P In fact, that Black Flag to me looks like a flag with two White Stripes, so who knows :P

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

Eminem is another

I'll bet that just took 5 years off my life--but GODDAMM if it wasn't worth every second

Sorry, I'm gonna have to go to work again, it's just too much fun. :-)

Right under the white snake there's a Kissing couple. There are Cowboy Junkies next to the fruit/veggies stand with a Blind Melon and some Lemonheads on it. Also, there's a 50 Cent coin behind the Queen and what looks like a Cypress Hill in the background.

I'm not sure if that's a Phish in that bowl, and a Dinosaur Jr. behind the Queen?
The Yellowman at the corner shop is pretty obvious. The Nails behind the Prince might be Nine Inches long, and...

*stops*

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Could this be a Feargal Sharkie poster on the left side?

"Sie wollen nichts anderes. Sie wollen kämpfen! Sie sind Soldaten! Fucking Wahnsinnige!" - Noel G.

According to Hawkeye and me, there could be Counting Crows on the main street sign.

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

Also there is Madonna to the left in the shop window. (She's represented by the Virgin Mary in the painting).

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

Not bad at all everyone. But what about the Vines crawling out of the drain there. And how could we forget Korn hiding amongst those veggies...

Here's the latest combined list of what we've found.

50 Cent
Alice in Chains
B-52
Beach Boys
Black Flag
Blind Melon
Blur
Counting Crows
Cowboy Junkies
Crowded house
Cypress hill
Dead Kennedys
Deep Purple
Dinosaur Jr
Feargal Sharkie
Garbage
Gorrilaz
greenday
Guns n Roses
Hole
Iron Maiden
Kiss
Korn
Led Zepplin
Lemonheads
Madonna
Matchbox 20
Men at Work
Nine Inch Nails
Phish
Postal Service
Prince
Queen
Radiohead
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Rolling stones
Scissor Sisters
Seal
Smashing Pumpkins
Spoon
The Cars
The Eagles
The Eels
The Pixies
The Police
The Sex Pistols
The Vines
U2
White Snake
White Zombie
Yellowman

-Mel

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Andromacha has been a little quicker today, what a pity. So, Madonna isn't new stuff. On the Main Street sign I saw something different, namely The Black Crowes, but I could be wrong then. Also we saw The White Stripes elsewhere, namely in the pedestrian crossings. I'm not sure if the white men on the left side could be The Manic Street Preachers. Yesterday we discussed about seeing Pavement everywhere on the ground.

"Sie wollen nichts anderes. Sie wollen kämpfen! Sie sind Soldaten! Fucking Wahnsinnige!" - Noel G.

According to Google, it appears that we're not the only ones brooding over this picture (surprise surprise!). Among other band lists I've found a cool server that appears to tell you whether a particular band is on that picture or not. Unfortunately you have to copy the (url-encoded) band name encoded into the URL and get an ugly machine-readable response. That's why I've taken the liberty of writing a script to tap that server's infinite knowledge and wisdom.
It basically works like this - you type in a band name and hit the Check button and it replies with "Sorry" or "You be the hero". (If at first you don't succeed, try adding/removing a "the" to/from the band name. It appears to find "The Cars" but not "Cars", and "Smashing Pumpkins" but not "The Smashing Pumpkins". It's not case sensitive tho.)
Good luck!

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Okie dokie, using Null's new found toy, i have checked each name so far and revised our list to be...

50 Cent
Alice in Chains
B-52s
Beach Boys
Black Flag
Blind Melon
Blur
Cowboy Junkies
Crowded house
Cypress hill
Dead Kennedys
Deep Purple
Dinosaur Jr
Garbage
Gorrilaz
greenday
Guns n Roses ?? apparently it’s not…but it is :P
Hole
Iron Maiden
Kiss
Korn
Led Zeppelin
Lemonheads
Madonna
Matchbox Twenty
Nine Inch Nails
Pavement
Phish
Postal Service
Prince
Queen
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rolling stones
Scissor Sisters
Seal
Smashing Pumpkins
Spoon
The Black Crowes
The Cars
The Eagles
The Eels
The Pixies
The Police
The Sex Pistols
The White Stripes
U2
White Snake
White Zombie
Yellowman

We're so close!

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I see a number of Talking Heads on the televisions in the building on the left. Also, walking around in the street behind the Scissor Sisters is a Rat(t).

Thbbbbt

And that shop on the corner would be a cornershop would it not?

Look at me! I'm a prostitute robot from the future!

Um. Jefferson Airplane?

If mountain goats like living at high elevations, why do none live in high rise apartment buildings?