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Post by cliff2theroo on Jan 26, 2010 13:34:17 GMT -5
This might have been disussed already but I think there might be something to djjd leaving vowels out of some of the words in his posts and the scrambling of words. Not sure if he is just abbreviating but seems to be done intentionally or how it gets to an answer but it appears to be deliberate (grtfl dd) Any bands without vowels in there name that could work?
Sorry checked this on my phone and apparently I can't see very well. The GrtflDd twitter related to clue #6. He tweeted about #8 not being his "bst wrk" earlier though. Still I think there is something to the leaving out of vowels in some of his twitters and the scrambling of words, maybe not though.......
Per DJJD, "it's a classic sounds like angle". Maybe it's an artist that sounds like the obvious answer to "Tom & Jerry withou Art", i.e. Paul Simon. So maybe the answe is something like "Tall Rhymin" or "Coal Minin'". Those are (obviously) just to get my point across, not actual bands. Thoughts?
Edit: I can't think of any bands that sound like Paul Simon
Post by rufus62277 on Jan 26, 2010 14:43:14 GMT -5
It's "chk,chk,chk" or !!!. That is where the "sounds like" angle and the only consonant hint "bst wrk" comes in. Without art, Tom and Jerry would just be sounds.
They also had a single called "Me and Guiliani Down by the School Yard" which is obviously a take on "Me and Julio Down by the School Yard" written and recorded solo by Paul Simon w/o Art.
...Not sure if he is just abbreviating but seems to be done intentionally or how it gets to an answer but it appears to be deliberate (grtfl dd) Any bands without vowels in there name that could work?
Haven't tried to connect any further dots but here are some bands/groups without vowels in their name...Will edit as I find others
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 26, 2010 16:11:12 GMT -5
If it helps at all, back when he tweeted the thing with "bst wrk" I figured he was just abbreviating to make it fit the 140 character limit on Twitter, so when people started wondering what the significance was, I checked - and it was still under 140. It was like 136 I think. Which means the fact that he abbreviated it probably IS significant.
Also every time I see "bst wrk" I think of a license plate, like when people take the vowels out of things and abbreviate like that in order to get something to fit on a vanity plate. Does that help anybody with anything?
Also every time I see "bst wrk" I think of a license plate, like when people take the vowels out of things and abbreviate like that in order to get something to fit on a vanity plate. Does that help anybody with anything?
the other day i saw a license plate that said pnk flyd...
Not that it discredits ^ but I think if it were going to be like that, we'd have to take out the vowels ("bst wrk")... So rather than OMNDJERY it'd be MNDJRY...?
Could "bst wrk" just have been a general hint that taking certain letters out of words was the right way to go?
But also, tnjedi91 - some of those anagrams are wrong, jernymon and jornymen don't work.
I noticed the missing vowels and some weren't used to avoid going over 140 characters. The missing vowels makes me wonder if its MSTRKRFT given the lack of vowels in their name (not necessarily this clue, but somewhere because of how he is typing some words).
Edit: did some more reading in the thread and realized I'm not the first to think of MSTRKRFT
When people referred to Simon and Garfunkel as Tom and Jerry, were they saying that because they go together or because Tom is taller than Jerry? So that Art would be "tom" and Simon would be Jerry?
I took people calling them Tom and Jerry to be a reference to how close they were...so in that sense Tom (simon) and Jerry (garfunkel)
Thats why I was guessing that "no Art" meant no Jerry (so we get Tom)... sorry if this makes no sense.
People refer to S&G as Tom and Jerry because that was what they (S&G) called themselves when they first started playing. "Jerry" was Art Garfunkel, so if you take "Art" out of the equation, you're left with "Tom" (Paul Simon).
Now, it could be an artist that has the name Tom, or an artist that has the name Paul, or Simon. Who knows.
I like this idea... it could also be someone with the name Cat because Tom was a cat? Cat Stevens Cat Power
I definitely think Furthur will be there. But how is the answer to this clue not Paul Simon? Tom and Jerry (Simon and Garfunkel's former name) minus Art = Paul Simon.