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I'm just looking forward to tomorrow so maybe we can get some feedback on this and #3. It's like with both clues we've sort of reached a standstill, we're not really moving anywhere anymore.
I've pretty much completely changed my mind about Elvis Costello and I just can't see that being the answer now, at least not using the logic we've currently got. With only three words in the clue I can't believe we're meant to spend them all in one place!
(And I don't really buy the "Buddy Holly on Acid" idea either. "Buddy when jolly" to "Buddy (Holly) on Acid" is just way too simple. If he wanted us to get to "Buddy Holly on Acid" he wouldn't have used the word Buddy in the clue.
Hopefully we'll have made a little headway, at least.
I've pretty much completely changed my mind about Elvis Costello and I just can't see that being the answer now, at least not using the logic we've currently got. With only three words in the clue I can't believe we're meant to spend them all in one place!
(And I don't really buy the "Buddy Holly on Acid" idea either. "Buddy when jolly" to "Buddy (Holly) on Acid" is just way too simple. If he wanted us to get to "Buddy Holly on Acid" he wouldn't have used the word Buddy in the clue.
It doesn't have to be as simple as Buddy Holly on Acid. In fact, I don't know if AC/Superfly would even condone such a clue
But I think the holly jolly/sugar-canes connection does the trick. "When Jolly" could be a reference to Christmas season (recall all the speculation on Noel before Lauryn Hill was ruled out) which, in turn, is the time of year for candy canes.
I think what was important about Gary Busey earlier was that he looks like Buddy Holly à la the weezer song... something he & Elvis Costello share.
Okay. I know the posts were flying pretty fast when I posted this before, but I wouldn't mind some positive or negative feedback on the Steve Martin idea. Do we just not like it because he was already sort of confirmed? Or do we just think that it doesn't fit the Saturday Night conclusion of the clue? Or have we just moved completely past the possibility that Saturday Night is the answer?
Don't mean to be confrontational, I just think this one could be legit, and would love to either hear confirmation or a good reason why this doesn't fit.
Alright, maybe I've got one more guess in regards to Buddy Holly's "Rip it Up" leading to the answer of Saturday Night.
We already have had a confirmation of sorts that Steve Martin is playing. Steve Martin did a lot of famous work on Saturday Night Live, or as it was known at its debut, "Saturday Night".
Therefore, I submit, that "Buddy When Jolly" refers to Buddy Holly singing "It's Saturday night, I'm a happy happy soul." Happy = Jolly. Buddy When Jolly is on Saturday Night. On SNL, Steve Martin has performed King Tut, as well as at least one song (as I remember) from his banjo album The Crow. Saturday Night leads us to Steve Martin.
If I still thought "Rip It Up" were the song we should be focusing on, I'd think there's something to it... I'm now of the belief that we were being steered into finding out who looks just like Buddy Holly instead.
Besides... would they really drop a clue on us for someone who's been semi-confirmed? I'm not so sure about that.
If I still thought "Rip It Up" were the song we should be focusing on, I'd think there's something to it... I'm now of the belief that we were being steered into finding out who looks just like Buddy Holly instead.
Besides... would they really drop a clue on us for someone who's been semi-confirmed? I'm not so sure about that.
In 2008 they were. I know they were easy clues, but Pearl Jam had been pretty much leaked by their bass player at a college lecture like a month before the lineup came out, and then again at a Sonics game a couple nights before the release, and they were a clue. While Metallica (and Zeppelin in the same article, oops) was semi-confirmed, there was a Metallica clue as well. And they were headliners.
Those were also super-easy clues back then. Times have changed.
It's not as easy as "Clouds taste like this" anymore.
Out of curiosity... why are you telling me how the 2008 clues were when you just signed up this month?
Good question. Been to the last two Roo's. Was a lurker each year around clue time, but didn't have anything to contribute. Had a username last year, but lost both it and the password. Decided this year I should try to be a contributing member of the board, specifically the clues. So I'm letting the clues get into my head, and if I've got an idea I think might help, I'm sharing it. And damn if it isn't addictive!
OK. Wasn't sure if you were a longtime lurker or had another name at one point.
Judging by your avatar, I'm assuming you were sucked in because Pearl Jam headlined that year? to them teaming up with Tom Tomorrow, and a crunchy for yourself.
OK. Wasn't sure if you were a longtime lurker or had another name at one point.
Judging by your avatar, I'm assuming you were sucked in because Pearl Jam headlined that year? to them teaming up with Tom Tomorrow, and a crunchy for yourself.
Thanks, man. PJ is what definitively got me to Roo my first time (though friends had me all but convinced already), but Roo itself got me coming back for more. This'll be my third year.
After 25 pages, I'm beginning to think this is a red herring. DJJD never said it wasn't (like the first clue) and it seems like its going nowhere....just thought i would bring that up...
food for thought. the lineup is going to be released on feb 2, which is 12 days away. that gives us plenty of time for more clues. but they seem to be coming out slowly and are very difficult. what if they only give us clues that lead to like the top 5 bands on the lineup? too much of a stretch?
To be fair, unless following things live, DJJD & his minions may very well have plenty to catch up on in the morning. DJJD hasn't posted in ten pages and it's been eight hours since a Farmhound tweet. They'll need time to digest and respond.
After 25 pages, I'm beginning to think this is a red herring. DJJD never said it wasn't (like the first clue) and it seems like its going nowhere....just thought i would bring that up...
I won't lie, that was my initial impression of this clue, but I hesitated to say so. Especially after I said I didn't think the first one was and then DJ JD confirmed I was right about that!
However, now that DJ JD has given us several hints about it, I don't think it can be. Last year's only red herring didn't come until clue #11, and while DJ JD did tweet/post about it, his hints were only trying to get us to realize it was a red herring. Like I said when people were wondering about clue #1, he's never pretended a red herring was anything else. And I can't see how his hints for this one could point to a red herring.
So at this point I've got to assume it is a real clue...although I almost wish it was a red herring just so we could move on!
food for thought. the lineup is going to be released on feb 2, which is 12 days away. that gives us plenty of time for more clues. but they seem to be coming out slowly and are very difficult. what if they only give us clues that lead to like the top 5 bands on the lineup? too much of a stretch?
I doubt it - they might seem slow but if you look at the timing of last year's clues, it's almost uncanny how exactly the timing matches up. We're right on track as compared to last year, so I don't think there's any difference in format.
And based on the fact that we've solved #1 already and we either solved or at least made some good progress on #3, I don't think these clues are any harder than last year's. Maybe a liiittle bit, but it's really hard to say after just three clues and when we're not positive how we're doing with two of them.
food for thought. the lineup is going to be released on feb 2, which is 12 days away. that gives us plenty of time for more clues. but they seem to be coming out slowly and are very difficult. what if they only give us clues that lead to like the top 5 bands on the lineup? too much of a stretch?
If Ingrid Michaelson was definitely the answer to the first clue, then I don't think that's the case. I can't imagine her name being among the top five. I like the theory, but I don't think it correlates with what we've gotten so far.
Okay. I know the posts were flying pretty fast when I posted this before, but I wouldn't mind some positive or negative feedback on the Steve Martin idea...
Steve Martin was the "wild and crazy guy," and there is Buddy Guy. Steve's act would have him go nutty (buddy) when he was jolly. And, he's got those glasses. And, djjd had us go back to "le chanson," and introduced the clue w/"deux." Maybe he wasn't saying go back to "the song," he was implying go back to the French. "Martin" is the most common surname in France (wiki). Not sure but the Busey surname may have origins in France.
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Post by kkrrissttinnaa on Jan 21, 2010 8:53:07 GMT -5
I really like the Elvis Costello idea. It didn't even occur to me to pick someone who looks like Buddy Holly... and if we're doing that, there's obviously only one choice. Also, when DJJD said we'd walked up to it and walked away, that's because we HAD. Someone mentioned Colin Meloy as looking like Buddy Holly wayyy back in this thread, but no one went anywhere else with it. We had the right song, even the right LINE, just not the right person. Honestly, I think this is the best guess so far. Also, from Wiki: "Costello released Secret, Profane & Sugarcane on June 9, 2009." So, there's the jolly part re-manifested... after we used it to get to Buddy Holly, we used it to reinforce our guess. I'll be honest guys I think we have something here.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 21, 2010 9:55:10 GMT -5
I don't understand why people find Elvis Costello too simple, when it took so long to get that as an answer. I don't think it's any simpler looking at it from the finished perspective than Ingrid Michaelson. Is it that people are thinking, oh you can't just have an answer that is someone who looks like someone else? I would agree with that usually, but in this case we were directed to a song that has looking like someone as the most prominent part of the lyric. The look-alike part comes from the clue, it's not just a random idea.
Post by monkeymonkeyjoyjoy on Jan 21, 2010 10:24:01 GMT -5
Agreed ~ that's how it usually goes, we take up 50 pages and then go "der" cause it wasn't that complicated of an answer....or was it - we still took a long time to get to it! I'd say until we hear otherwise all options are go except for what we've already heard about (Weezer, etc. NOT being it per DJJD). These clues are doing exactly what they are supposed to do - make us go crazy!
I don't understand why people find Elvis Costello too simple, when it took so long to get that as an answer. I don't think it's any simpler looking at it from the finished perspective than Ingrid Michaelson. Is it that people are thinking, oh you can't just have an answer that is someone who looks like someone else? I would agree with that usually, but in this case we were directed to a song that has looking like someone as the most prominent part of the lyric. The look-alike part comes from the clue, it's not just a random idea.
Depending on what minute it is, I agree and then I don't....
It doesn't seem to fit DJJD's profile and the way he structures clues. Buddy (when) Jolly just seems too easy to get to Buddy Holly - we've been beating the Holly bush since page one.
That said, it is 25 pages in and we're still wandering aimlessly. Plus, I can't recall but was Elvis Costello even mentioned at the point where DJJD said we "walked right up it"?
enabler, no, he wasn't... but we did talk about SOMEONE looking like buddy holly, which is what makes me think that this is the right way to go.
lots of things were talked about. and i cant see why he would hint at this clue being so Heavy if we end up with elvis.
he played last year...he played That Tent.
and why djjd link us to the soundtrack to ref. a picture of buddy holly as gary busey ? i still think it was something missing from that soundtrack that was buddy holly related.
he could have picked any of these to get us thinking about someone who "looks like buddy holly"
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 21, 2010 11:17:28 GMT -5
Someone posted this about 45 minutes before DJJD tweeted about walking right up to the answer:
"I'm not even really a fan, but the lyric from their song "Buddy Holly" says "I look just like Buddy Holly"...."
I'm not sure if that tweet even counts, though, since he deleted it. I wish we knew why he did that.
I don't think he was referring to the answer to this clue being heavy, either. I think he was just talking about having trouble getting the clue out after having told us to expect it.
And wow, you're like a walking, talking infomercial to turn people away from Pearl Jam and Ohio State, aren't you? Before you started posting here I quite liked Pearl Jam and was indifferent towards OSU, now I find myself wishing that Eddie Vedder falls down a mine shaft or that Columbus is infested with locusts