New gold star challenge

In the interests of fairness and venting, I now bring you an un-Googlable, skills-based challenge!

The rules:

1. Gold Star Challenge Mk II is open for 36 hours following the time of the post.
2. Enter the Gold Star Challenge by commenting on an eligible post within this timeframe.
1. Eligible posts are as described in point 5.
3. Every entry must give the song title in such a way that it is clearly and obviously meant to be the song title. (So that I know it's an entry, not just some random comment.)
4. You then have a choice of:
1. Explain why you hate the song, in 100 words or less;
2. Give a sentence which uses some other line from the same song in the most interesting manner possible.
5. Every eligible post will be tagged with the name of the artist.
6. The artist set is no longer restricted in any way.
7. The judge reserves the right to disqualify entries on the basis of incorrect title or lyrics (including misspelling).
1. The judge also reserves the right not to disqualify an entry on this basis if it is sufficiently awesome.
2. If you disagree with your disqualification - or that of someone else - then we can have a flamewar.
8. The judge's decision is final.
9. Yes, this is purely for my own amusement.

If you forget the rules, you can find 'em again by clicking on the gold star picture in the sidebar.

Gold star winners this month

I decree that the period Dec-Feb is a month for the purposes of this entry. gliderguider wins again, with four gold stars to lorne's two.

Am I the only one who finds this contest boring? The time-based part of it, coupled with whatever Bruce is doing with his reload button, makes it more or less completely pointless. Shall I give it up, or shall we switch to a more interesting (but possibly less widely attempted) skill-based challenge instead?

• 28 Feb 08 - lorne - In The Flesh? by Pink Floyd
• 27 Feb 08 - lorne - A.D.D. by System of a Down
• 26 Feb 08 - gliderguider - Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen
• 19 Feb 08 - gliderguider - Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
• 04 Feb 08 - gliderguider - Boom! by System of a Down
• 07 Dec 07 - gliderguider - A.D.D. by System of a Down

Gold star summary for November

Amazingly enough, lorne didn't win this month. Instead it was gliderguider with a score of 6-5.

• 23 Nov 07 - lorne - Don't Stop Me Now by Queen
• 11 Nov 07 - gliderguider - Time by Pink Floyd
• 10 Nov 07 - lorne - Egobrain by System of a Down
• 08 Nov 07 - lorne - Thetawaves by System of a Down
• 07 Nov 07 - lorne - Time by Pink Floyd
• 06 Nov 07 - gliderguider - Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
• 05 Nov 07 - gliderguider - Bubbles by System of a Down
• 04 Nov 07 - gliderguider - Jet Pilot by System of a Down
• 03 Nov 07 - gliderguider - Under Pressure by Queen
• 02 Nov 07 - lorne - The Thin Ice by Pink Floyd
• 01 Nov 07 - gliderguider - Headlong by Queen

Gold star summary for October

This month was a tie between gliderguider and lorne. They each got three gold stars.

• 27 Oct 07 - gliderguider - Terrapin by Syd Barrett
• 25 Oct 07 - lorne - Chic 'n' Stu by System of a Down
• 20 Oct 07 - lorne - Boom! by System of a Down
• 14 Oct 07 - gliderguider - Brain Damage by Pink Floyd
• 11 Oct 07 - lorne - Toxicity by System of a Down
• 02 Oct 07 - gliderguider - Nobody Home by Pink Floyd

Gold star summary for September

lorne wins again this month with a score of 12. The competition is hotting up somewhat, with gliderguider scoring 10 stars and Donald 3.

• 30 Sep 07 - gliderguider - Mr. Jack by System of a Down
• 29 Sep 07 - gliderguider - Goodbye Blue Sky by Pink Floyd
• 27 Sep 07 - lorne - Highway Song by System of a Down
• 25 Sep 07 - donald - Us and Them by Pink Floyd
• 24 Sep 07 - lorne - Toxicity by System of a Down
• 23 Sep 07 [2] - gliderguider - Nobody Home by Pink Floyd
• 23 Sep 07 [1] - lorne - Time by Pink Floyd
• 21 Sep 07 - gliderguider - The Scarecrow by Pink Floyd
• 20 Sep 07 [2] - lorne - Roulette by System of a Down
• 20 Sep 07 [1] - gliderguider - Chapter 24 by Pink Floyd
• 18 Sep 07 - lorne - The Highway Song by System of a Down
• 17 Sep 07 - donald - One Of My Turns by Pink Floyd
• 16 Sep 07 - lorne - Pictures by System of a Down
• 15 Sep 07 - gliderguider - The Gnome by Pink Floyd
• 14 Sep 07 - lorne - Hey You by Pink Floyd
• 13 Sep 07 - lorne - Aerials by System of a Down
• 12 Sep 07 - donald - Breathe by Pink Floyd
• 11 Sep 07 - gliderguider - Friends Will Be Friends by Queen
• 09 Sep 07 - lorne - We Will Rock You by Queen
• 08 Sep 07 - gliderguider - Now I'm Here by Queen
• 06 Sep 07 - lorne - Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen
• 05 Sep 07 - lorne - Innuendo by Queen
• 04 Sep 07 - lorne - Bicycle Race by Queen
• 03 Sep 07 - gliderguider - We Are The Champions by Queen
• 02 Sep 07 - gliderguider - The Show Must Go On by Queen

Gold star poll result

The poll is concluded and here are the results, complete with screwy Blogger-calculated percentages:

Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin should be it, then - but note that I never said I would abide by the poll results. Led Zep are actually a really terrible source of post titles because most of their lyrics have a single clear meaning, so they can't be twisted to a given purpose the way Queen lyrics can. Pink Floyd are a little better, but some imagination may still have to be used.

I hereby declare, then, that the Gold Star challenge is extended to include lyrics from Pink Floyd and System of a Down, starting today. Each post which uses lyrics will be labelled with the name of the artist; the challenge is still to name the song. [This gives a bit of an edge to non-RSS users, because I understand that labels aren't part of the feed.]

The attraction of SoaD is that they're so darn surreal that I could use any of their lyrics, anytime, to mean almost anything. The catch is that they're a bit edgy, so they tend to be tricky to Google for. Me getting the words wrong occasionally will just add to the excitement ;)

Gold star summary for August

lorne wins this month, scoring 15 stars to gliderguider's 6.

As this is getting rather repetitive - and also in hopes of encouraging the three or four of my readers who don't comment to do so - I'd like to extend the gold star challenge to include a few more artists. The poll in the sidebar will be open until September 11. Please let me know your thoughts on this [especially those of you who don't comment - I know who you are ;)].

• 29 Aug 07 - lorne - Don't Stop Me Now
• 28 Aug 07 - lorne - The Miracle
• 24 Aug 07 - lorne - Bohemian Rhapsody
• 23 Aug 07 - gliderguider - One Vision
• 22 Aug 07 - lorne - Hammer to Fall
• 21 Aug 07 - lorne - One Vision
• 20 Aug 07 - gliderguider - It's A Hard Life
• 17 Aug 07 - lorne - Under Pressure
• 16 Aug 07 - lorne - Somebody To Love
• 14 Aug 07 - lorne - Innuendo
• 13 Aug 07 - lorne - Bohemian Rhapsody
• 12 Aug 07 - gliderguider - Hammer to Fall
• 10 Aug 07 - lorne - One Vision
• 08 Aug 07 - gliderguider - Hammer to Fall
• 07 Aug 07 - lorne - It's A Hard Life
• 06 Aug 07 [2] - lorne - Don't Stop Me Now
• 06 Aug 07 [1] - lorne - Radio Ga Ga
• 04 Aug 07 - gliderguider - I'm Going Slightly Mad
• 03 Aug 07 - lorne - Another One Bites The Dust
• 02 Aug 07 - lorne - Invisible Man
• 01 Aug 07 - gliderguider - Under Pressure

Gold star summary for July

lorne wins this month, scoring 9 stars to gliderguider's 6.

• 31 Jul 07 - lorne - Play the Game
• 29 Jul 07 - lorne - A Kind of Magic
• 27 Jul 07 - gliderguider - Play the Game
• 26 Jul 07 - lorne - Headlong
• 24 Jul 07 - lorne - Hang On In There
• 23 Jul 07 - lorne - Hammer to Fall
• 22 Jul 07 - lorne - Somebody to Love
• 20 Jul 07 - lorne - Fat Bottomed Girls
• 18 Jul 07 - gliderguider - Killer Queen
• 17 Jul 07 - gliderguider - Play the Game
• 15 Jul 07 - lorne - The Miracle
• 13 Jul 07 - gliderguider - Don't Stop Me Now
• 12 Jul 07 - lorne - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• 08 Jul 07 - gliderguider - Under Pressure
• 04 Jul 07 - gliderguider - Bohemian Rhapsody