I'll Name That Song In One

[Old Horse Murphy]

For those of us old enough to remember the seminal game show Name That Tune (although I hasten to add I was pre-teens, possibly pre-double figures when it finished), what songs could you name after one note/chord/word/sigh/sound of the recording? If it helps, make it two notes

 

I'll keep it to two examples for me and it's One Day Like This by Elbow (love that tune) and Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears (possibly my favourite pop song of all time). 
 

I'm sure there are more that I could pick out but there the ones that instantly spring to mind. 

Edited March 15, 2022 by Old Horse Murphy

[Nail Soup]

When you say name it in one, do you mean one note of the record or one note on a piano like the quiz show?

[Fozza]

A Hard Day's Night is an obvious one.

 

 

[Old Horse Murphy]

Just now, Nail Soup said:

When you say name it in one, do you mean one note of the record or one note on a piano like the quiz show?

Whichever is easier. As there's no clues given, I'd go for one note on the recording. 

[Nail Soup]

Don’t know if this counts but English Rose by The Jam was played on the radio at the weekend and I got it from the opening sea sounds.

[Old Horse Murphy]

2 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Don’t know if this counts but English Rose by The Jam was played on the radio at the weekend and I got it from the opening sea sounds.

A bit like the sigh at the start of Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley

[redbandit599]

Night Boat to Cairo

[Reggaebass]

Didn’t a radio show have a similar game a few years back, a couple of songs that spring to mind  that I immediately recognise is 

another one bites the dust - Queen 

three little birds- Bob Marley 

 

 

[Reggaebass]

34 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

the opening sea sounds

The dock of the bay has the sea sound intro  too 

Edited March 14, 2022 by Reggaebass

[lowdown]

Beat It - Michael Jackson.

[Crusoe]

For the Wordle fans among you, check out Heardle.

[yorks5stringer]

I used to go to a jam night back in Yorkshire and the house band would do a 3 Note quiz. It was great fun and they tried to replicate the 'sound' as well as the notes (if that makes sense)?

[Rich]

Shut Up, Madness

Sweet Child, Guns'n'Roses

Old Man & The Angel, It Bites

The Big Money, Rush

Something About You, Level 42

 

[Rich]

1 hour ago, Crusoe said:

For the Wordle fans among you, check out Heardle.

Just tried. Not the merest scooby. I suspect that the songs they use are going to be a bit too contemporary for this old fart.  

[Old Horse Murphy]

2 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Didn’t a radio show have a similar game a few years back, a couple of songs that spring to mind  that I immediately recognise is 

another one bites the dust - Queen 

three little birds- Bob Marley 

 

 

I can't actually remember the last time I listened to the radio. It must've been Jazz FM or something

[Rich]

25 minutes ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

I can't actually remember the last time I listened to the radio. It must've been Jazz FM or something

*slightly embarrassed cough*

Radio 4 Extra.

[Crusoe]

38 minutes ago, Rich said:

Just tried. Not the merest scooby. I suspect that the songs they use are going to be a bit too contemporary for this old fart.  

They do a mix of stuff. It was Fleetwood Mac a few days ago.

[lowdown]

The very first beat of 'Rock With You'. Bass drum then snare.

 

 

[Rich]

1 hour ago, lowdown said:

The very first beat of 'Rock With You'. Bass drum then snare.

 

 

 

Likewise, first snare hit.

 

 

Edited March 14, 2022 by Rich

[BreadBin]

I get this a lot, I'll start keeping score!

[Count Bassy]

14 hours ago, Fozza said:

A Hard Day's Night is an obvious one.

 

 

Ah, but that is a chord rather than a note. Does it still count?

[Fozza]

Yes.

 

Because I say so! 😉

 

If it's a note rather than a chord you're looking for you could say "Wild Thing" by The Troggs.

[lowdown]

The Pink Panther Theme.

😁

Edited March 15, 2022 by lowdown

[Benjamin Bassoon]

Snare drum on Toto's Hold the Line and the opening ringing guitar note on Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar.

Edited March 15, 2022 by Benjamin Bassoon

[Tokalo]

16 hours ago, BreadBin said:

I get this a lot, I'll start keeping score!

Same here.

I think I could do almost every Pink Floyd song between 1971 - 1979, due to a teenage obsession.

 

But when I heard (unannounced) Foo Fighters cover of  Welcome to the Machine it hurt my brain - I knew I recognised the notes, chord progressions and so on. But it took about a minute to name the song because of the different tone/instrumentation.