[Stereolab - Vodiak / 3:19]
Back in March of this year, a group of musicians (including Beth Ditto, Richard Ashcroft, Sugababes, the Enemy and Pearl Lowe) teamed up to make a musical version of the "consequences game" in aid of the homeless charity Crisis. Each artists would pick up a composition from where the previous ended. (Read more about it here)
I would like to invite you to play the same game but with songs and following the rules below (adapted from these)
Instead of pen and paper, each person picks a song whose title can fit into the "quotes marks" to make a short story the following basic outline:
"Boy's name"
Met"Girl's name"
In/At/On"Place"
He said "What he said"
She said "What she said"
He did "What he did"
She did "What she did"
The consequences were "What the consequences were"
You can either attach your track of choice in the comments below or do a fresh post tagging it "consequences." This means that only the first seven persons can play. However, if you feel like starting your own "consequences" I'll be delighted to join in provided all player's seats have not been taken. As I am the instigator, I will start with Vodiak..
If you're kind enough to accept my invitation, I'll do my best to compile the resulting mix-tape and make it available to everyone.
For the most playful, the painting above is also a riddle. Seven B-Babble Points™ for anyone who can tell me:
—the name of the painter (2 B-Babble Points™)
—the name of the piece (1 B-Babble Point™)
—total number of animals present in the painting (2 B-Babble Points™)
—total number of nuts shown in the picture (1 B-Babble Point™)
—the real sleight of hand (1 B-Babble Point™)
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holy deuce they sound like belle and sebastian!
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"Vodiak" met "String Bean Jean" (Belle & Sebastian)
Have I screwed it up yet?
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Sam: Now that you mention it, it is redolent of Belle & Sebastian. -- You're feeling playful today?
Ivy: No, not at all that's just perfect. Here's the song for those who are not familiar with it.Now, you didn't feel like having a go at the painting riddle?
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Wow, and here is a post I shouldn't be reading at 02:30. I'll try again tomorrow, when my brain has started up again. ;)
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Riddle: 1- Hieronymus Bosch 2- The Conjurer 3- three animals: dog, frog, bird up onthe wall 4-4 nuts, not counting the mark(s) 5. The "conjurer" keeps the nut in his hand and places where he wants.
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The Conjurer by Hieronymous Bosch, and they are playing a thimblerig game. I can only make out 1 dog (unless that's something in the waist-basket)
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Vodiak, gentleman that he is, said, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" (Beatles)
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"If I were your woman" (Gladys Knight & The Pips), said Jean.
ooooh twisssst.
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She said "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck"(Off Catherine Wheel's "Happy Days" cd).
8:06 mins.Sam actually Belle & Sebastian sound like Stereolab since Stereolab had been in existence since 1990, six years prior to B & S's inception(highlighted band names have wiki links attached for your fact checking convenience, heh).
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doh!
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Just widening your perspective w/a little music history lesson Sam, not trying to make you feel anything less than the great human being that you are(seriously)! Us oldsters just have far more useless info. to sling around, heh!
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Thank you everybody for indulging me. Let's sum up our story so far:
"Vodiak" met "String Bean Jean." I do believe they met in "Holland, 1945." Vodiak, gentleman that he is, said, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" -- (a) "If I were your woman" (Gladys Knight & The Pips), said Jean (b) She said "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck"
Now we need 3 more songs to complete what he and she did and the consequences.
SA: Thank you for popping in. Man, you're up late. I guess you've been keeping yourself busy, huh?
Scot: Thank you ever so much for the Neutral Milk Hotel contribution. And you've earned yourself 3.13 B-Babble Points™ for your brilliant answers. -- I would have also accepted "The Magician" as title (see here)
Levek: Thank you for playing along. You've won 6.75 B-Babble Points™ for your remarkable observations. -- I was hoping you could tell me who the real "conjurer" were and what "real tricks" were pulled off in the painting. (In other words, what makes the spectators the real "suckers?")
Brand X: I see you're the high way kind of man. Thanks for your contribution
Sam: Muchas gracias for the Gladys Knight. It's been a while I haven't heard her brilliant version of this classic.
Aug: Thank you for your contribution and being our fact-check-o-mator. Ever so knowledgeable as always. That title of yours is wicked. Cheers.
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I love this game, it's fantastic! Thank you, Michael!
Detroit Cobras - He Did It for He Did ;)
3 animals & 4 nuts in the painting? I can elaborate if needed.
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Oh sorry, Rejean already answered those. I saw a frog on the table, a dog on the ground and an owl in the basket btw :)
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Well thank you very much indeed for joining the party Anna. Thanks to you we know this much: "Vodiak" met "String Bean Jean." I do believe they met in "Holland, 1945." Vodiak, gentleman that he is, said, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" -- (a) "If I were your woman" (Gladys Knight & The Pips), said Jean (b) She said "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck" "He Did It for He Did" to be continued.
You've won 5.75 B-Babble Points™ -- Try look at the picture in the link above ( or this one) and you should be able to catch more animals. Hint: it's oral. Can you also see who's being done here? The real hustle if you will.
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No no, sorry, silly me, I wasn't clear. I meant He Did It for the He Did category, sorry! I think I see a fly near the player's mouth! Such an exciting game :) Real hustle, you mean that they're stealing money from the player? :)
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Well done, Anna. I'm going to give 5 extra B-Babble Points™ for the "fly" in the "bishop"'s mouth and spotting the theft which is the real "sleight of hand." -- If you look more carefully, you'll see that there are 2 frogs, one already on the table and one ready to leap out of the "mark's" mouth.
Now for 5 more B-Babble Points™, can you tell me how many thieves are operating in that scene?
Oh, thank for correcting me. Here's the story then: "Vodiak" met "String Bean Jean." I do believe they met in "Holland, 1945." Vodiak, gentleman that he is, said, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" (a) "If I were your woman" said Jean (b) She said "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck" "He Did It" to be continued...
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Great post B. And wow...some story you all created. Esp, like Anna's happy ending. ; ) Let's read the screenplay.
Maybe this should be a weekly thing, being that it's short and sweet. ; )
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In the painting, the woman (the key at her belt says so) bending over in disbelief is being pickpocketed, her purse being taken by the person in Dominican habit. Her disbelief is caused by the frogs coming out of her mouth, one on the table and one issueing forth along with saliva. It would seem that the thimblerig sleight-of-hand is only accessory as is the costumed dog that can jump through the hoop and the owl (some say monkey) in the basket. Jean could reply to Vodiak's invitation to do it in the road by saying: "I Need Some Fine Wine & You Need to Be Nicer" (The Cardigans). Great post Mr. B.!
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Opps...is there not an official ending...? My apologies, I needed a quick re-read.
"Bobo on the Corner" - Beastie Boys
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YAY MORE POINTS! I'm so happy with this post :) I see four thieves, or five, if you count the game being a set up :)
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BOLD!
Sorry I did that. My comment with "bobo" should say. And "She did"... Bobo on the corner. I always mess up the bold thing.
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Sunny: Glad you like this little game. Here's our story ending thanks you and Levek "Vodiak" met "String Bean Jean." I do believe they met in "Holland, 1945." Vodiak, gentleman that he is, said, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" (a) "If I were your woman" said Jean (b) She said "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck" Vodiak, "He Did It" Jean "Bobo[ed] on the Corner" The consequences were: "I Need Some Fine Wine & You Need to Be Nicer"
Why don't start one next Monday/Tuesday so we make it a weekly thing?
Levek: 5 extra B-Babble Points™ for your keen interpretation of the painting which is in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris. Thank you ever so much for playing along.
I shall make this playlist available to everyone very soon.
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Awww, you mean we're done? I was going to suggest Talking Heads "And She Was" for what Jean did. This was fun, thank Michael.
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Michael, how did I do with the thieves?
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Humm...it seems a little odd if you don't think of Bobo as a person. I didn't think of that. I know a guy [nick]named "Bobo", so I was thinking Jean went and slept with Bobo... haha!
"Vodiak" met "String Bean Jean." I do believe they met in "Holland, 1945." Vodiak, gentleman that he is, said, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" She said "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck" Vodiak, "He Did It" (like he ate her dust...?) So Jean did, "Bobo on the Corner"
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Sunny: I've always known as a very bold lady. Not to worry. If you feel like starting a consequences game next week, I'm in.
Aug: The pleasure was entirely mine. As I've said, you can start your own consequences. All you need is a name (unusual preferably) and I'm in.
Anna: So sorry Anna. You've got 3 extra B-Babble Points™ for spotting all the thieves. According to experts on the subject, there are 3 pickpockets seen operating in the painting. (The child is a warning). The 1st one is looking up as if nothing while pulling the "bourgeois"'s purse. His accomplice is taking of the wife's necklace. The 3rd ruffian is dressed in green and going for the spectator's sleeve or pocket. And of course, the "magician" is also a hustler.
The painting above has inspired many a painter in art history. The trick is to divert your mark's attention so you can rob them. The Here's one very famous by Caravaggio called "the Fortune Teller" -- 5 ultra B-Babble Points™ to the person who'll tell what the crime is. (no google allowed)
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Thank you everyone for your brilliant participation
(Sorry, I couldn't get back to you sooner -- MOG is delaying my notifs at present)
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Thank you, Michael! This has made my interest levels peak!
Is the crime fortune-telling itself?
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Anna, I'm happy you like my little art history riddle.
Look at the position of the fortune teller's hand, how her fingers are working on the gentleman's palm. -- Remember, the trick to divert your "mark" so you can rob them. Caravaggio is a very subtle painter. (It's all in the fingers)
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OOOOHHHH! She's trying to steal something from his fingers, I assume it's a ring! I couldn't see that on the general view of the painting, only in the detail! :)
I have to warn you, I'm now seriously addicted to this.....
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=>Sunny: Apologies, Bobo is a name but I figured we could come up with a brand new verb too. I bobo for I hurt myself (stronger and more adult than "booboo"). Your story is much better than mine. Let's keep it that way. So 5 B-Blazing Points™ to you.
"Vodiak" met "String Bean Jean." I do believe they met in "Holland, 1945." Vodiak, gentleman that he is, said, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" She said "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck" Vodiak, "He Did It" (like he ate her dust...?) So Jean did, "Bobo on the Corner" The consequences were: "I Need Some Fine Wine & You Need to Be Nicer"
=>Anna: The ultra B-Babble Points™ are yours. Very well done, my dear. I think you and I should visit a museum together. I too like those games and like to challenge my friends with pictorial riddles as it were. Until then, I'll try to find more riddles and will post them on MOG for you.
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And wonderful detective work on the paintings you all! Enjoyed! : )
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Hey my notify's weren't working well either...
Your "bobo" idea works too B! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobos_in_Paradise
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Hmmm... "B-Babble Points™." I have this strange feeling I've come across something like that before, something vaguely similar... Where could it have been...?
Well, I'm sure someone in the Legal Department here at zarpex Consolidated Opinions, Inc. will remember...
Wonderfully fun post, though, Bart; I'm kicking myself for not having checked it earlier.
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Hi Z, (or should I say horse-lover?). Regarding the "B-Babble Points™," there may have been counterfeit here. This being a game, there had to be some rewarding system of sorts. I couldn't use the Zarpex endorsed Points, could I? So I hope you will call back your legal dragoons and forgive this forger. (Imitation is the highest form of admiration.)
I'm sorry you couldn't make it in time for this game of consequences. There's been a request for a repeat. I might oblige and would be most obliged if you joined us then.
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A very interesting game!
One question--don't the people in the painting count as animals, too? In a strictly taxonomical sense, at least?
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Sorry I missed out on all the fun. Great post though.
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Groon: Thanks for popping in. You've got a very good point indeed. But if you don't mind, I still go see my GP rather than a vet in case of emergency.
Z-skillz: I'm sorry you missed our game too. Why not make one on your page, I'd love to jump in...
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Just plain flummoxed by the intricacies of the game. (Not really. It's just that I only have time in my play schedule for the "Word Jumble" every morning.) Great Stereolab track, though.
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Hey, Mike. You know what they say: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." -- Thanks for popping in, glad you enjoyed the Stereolab.
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Yeah, I see your point. I just like to be difficult, I guess! Once I read through enough of the posts to figure out the game, it was all done! Will you be doing more anytime soon?
And I, too, dug the Sterelob. I HAVE to get something by those guys.
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Oh, "counterfeit" is such an ugly word, Bart. Let's call it trademark infringement.
But seriously: encore, encore! I'll join in this time, I promise!
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