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QUESTION : what do these songs have in common?


Aerosmith "Cryin'" 1993
Bryan Adams "Somebody" 1984
Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar on Me" 1988
Destiny's Child "Bills, Bills, Bills" 1999
Gloria Estefan "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" 1987
Gloria Estefan "Here We Are" 1989
Gloria Estefan "Coming Out of the Dark" 1991
Goo Goo Dolls "Iris" 1998
Green Day "Basket Case" 1994
Guns N' Roses "Welcome to the Jungle" 1987
Guns N' Roses "November Rain" 1992
Janet Jackson "Let's Wait Awhile" 1987
Journey "Don't Stop Believin'" 1981
Journey "Faithfully" 1983
Linkin Park "One Step Closer" 2000
No Doubt "Different People" 1995
No Doubt "Bathwater" 2000
No Doubt "Hella Good" 2001
Reba McEntire "One Honest Heart" 1998
Richard Marx "Now and Forever" 1994
Sarah McLachlan "Possession" 1993
Sarah McLachlan "Building a Mystery" 1998
Sheryl Crow "Run Baby Run" 1993
Vanessa Williams "Save the Best for Last" 1992

I might post a clue in a few days if guesses are way off or no guesses are posted

Thought about awhile. No clue.

Clue coming later this week

anybody else with a guess?

Its the playlist from a stripclub you went to last week.

CLUE : kazaa

SOLUTION : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capito..._Thomas-Rasset


Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas-Rasset was the first file-sharingcopyright infringementlawsuit in the United States brought by major record labels to be tried before a jury. The defendant, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, was found liable to the plaintiff record company for making 24 songs available to the public for free on the Kazaa file sharing service and ordered to pay $220,000.
Before filing suit, Capitol Records offered to settle for $5,000, but Thomas-Rasset declined. The ultimate damage order came after several trials and appeals in 2007-2013. The damage award at one stage reached $1,920,000.

There were many follow up court cases and appeals and in the end the number went down about but in 2022 she still hasn't paid a dime. This case got huge publicity down here

lol a million dollars for 24 songs

2ND MYSTERY

what do these albums have in common? I know, that's a long list lol.

1968	Pink Floyd	A Saucerful of Secrets
Alexis Korner	A New Generation of Blues
The Gods	Genesis
Pepe Jaramillo	Till There Was You
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation	The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
1969	Pink Floyd	More
The Gods	To Samuel a Son
Pink Floyd	Ummagumma
Panama Limited Jug Band	Panama Limited Jug Band
Humble Pie	Town and Country
Island Records artists	You Can All Join In
1970	The Greatest Show on Earth	Horizons
Pink Floyd	Atom Heart Mother
Quatermass	Quatermass
The Pretty Things	Parachute
The Greatest Show on Earth	The Going's Easy
Syd Barrett	The Madcap Laughs
The Nice	Five Bridges
Toe Fat	Toe Fat
Cochise	Cochise
Harvest Records artists	Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air
Panama Limited	Indian Summer
Sounds Nice	Love at First Sight
Gravy Train	Gravy Train
Syd Barrett	Barrett
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation	Remains to Be Heard
Argent	Ring of Hands
Jackson Heights	King Progress
Twink	Think Pink
Probe Records artists	Handle With Care
1971	T. Rex	Electric Warrior
Toe Fat	Toe Fat 2
Trees	On the Shore
Marvin, Welch & Farrar	Marvin, Welch & Farrar
The Nice	Elegy
Pink Floyd	Meddle
Electric Light Orchestra	The Electric Light Orchestra
Audience	House on the Hill
Edgar Broughton Band	Edgar Broughton Band
Wishbone Ash	Pilgrimage
Climax Blues Band	Tightly Knit
Tear Gas	Tear Gas
Stackridge	Stackridge
Daddy Longlegs	Oakdown Farm
The Masters Apprentices	Master's Apprentices
John Williams	Changes
Pink Floyd	Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Italian reissue)
Rory Gallagher	Rory Gallagher
1972	Flash	Flash
Wishbone Ash	Argus
The Nice	Autumn '67 – Spring '68
Fumble	Fumble
The Hollies	Distant Light
Renaissance	Prologue
Edgar Broughton Band	Inside Out
Audience	Lunch
The Pretty Things	Freeway Madness
Pink Floyd	Obscured by Clouds
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Trilogy
Blue Mink	A Time of Change
Roger Cook	Meanwhile...Back at the World
Glencoe	Glencoe
Danta	Danta
The Hollies	Romany
Olivia Newton-John	Olivia
Labi Siffre	Crying Laughing Loving Lying
1973	Electric Light Orchestra	ELO 2
Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon
Roger Cook	Minstrel in Flight
Electric Light Orchestra	On the Third Day
Edgar Broughton Band	Oora
Al Stewart	Past, Present and Future
Argent	In Deep
Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy
Audience	You Can't Beat 'em
Roy Harper	Lifemask
Renaissance	Ashes Are Burning
Wishbone Ash	Wishbone Four
Live Dates
Flash	Out of Our Hands
Various artists	Music from Free Creek
Humble Pie	Thunderbox
Vinegar Joe	Rock 'n Roll Gypsies
Babe Ruth	Amar Caballero
Pink Floyd	A Nice Pair
Public Foot The Roman	Public Foot The Roman
The Shadows	Rockin' with Curly Leads
1974	Sharks	Jab It in Yore Eye
Uno	Uno
Genesis	The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Wishbone Ash	There's the Rub
Nazareth	Rampant
Renaissance	Turn of the Cards
Roy Harper	Valentine
Peter Frampton	Somethin's Happening
Roy Harper	Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion
Bad Company	Bad Company
Blue Mink	Fruity
Fumble	Poetry in Lotion
Syd Barrett	Syd Barrett
10cc	Sheet Music
The Pretty Things	Silk Torpedo
UFO	Phenomenon
Cyril Havermans	Mind Wave
The Hollies	Hollies
Sweet	Desolation Boulevard
1975	UFO	Force It
The Pretty Things	Savage Eye
Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here
Bad Company	Straight Shooter
Renaissance	Scheherazade and Other Stories
Roy Harper	HQ
Edgar Broughton Band	A Bunch of 45s
The Greatest Show on Earth	The Greatest Show on Earth
10cc	The Original Soundtrack
The Pretty Things	S.F. Sorrow / Parachute, double reissue (UK version only)
Al Stewart	Modern Times
Wings	Venus and Mars
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias	Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
Caravan	Cunning Stunts
Sassafras	Wheelin 'n' Dealin
Bob Sargeant	First Starring Role
Strife	Rush
The Winkies	The Winkies
Solution	Cordon Bleu
Dave Edmunds	Subtle as a Flying Mallet
The Shadows	Specs Appeal
1976	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (International edition)
Golden Earring	To the Hilt
Montrose	Jump on It
Kevin Coyne	Heartburn
Wings	Wings at the Speed of Sound
Al Stewart	Year of the Cat
The Alan Parsons Project	Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Black Sabbath	Technical Ecstasy
Genesis	A Trick of the Tail
10cc	How Dare You!
Led Zeppelin	The Song Remains the Same
Led Zeppelin	Presence
Brand X	Unorthodox Behaviour
Wings	Wings over America
Jon Anderson	Olias of Sunhillow
Nazareth	Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll
UFO	No Heavy Petting
Wishbone Ash	New England
Genesis	Wind & Wuthering
John Miles	Stranger in the City
The Hollies	Russian Roulette
1977	Wishbone Ash	Front Page News
Justin Hayward	Songwriter
UFO	Lights Out
The Alan Parsons Project	I Robot
10cc	Deceptive Bends
Roy Harper	Bullinamingvase
Brand X	Moroccan Roll
Livestock
Sammy Hagar	Sammy Hagar
Al Stewart	The Early Years
Sammy Hagar	Musical Chairs
Bad Company	Burnin' Sky
Pink Floyd	Animals
Electric Light Orchestra	The Light Shines On
Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel (I) (aka "Car")
Yes	Going for the One
Fabulous Poodles	Mirror Stars
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	Face to Face: A Live Recording
Hawkwind	Quark, Strangeness and Charm
Space	Deliverance
Status Quo	Live!
Strawbs	Deadlines
The Moody Blues	Caught Live + 5
Paul McCartney (as "Percy 'Thrills' Thrillington")	Thrillington
Wings	Mull of Kintyre (song) and Girls' School (song)
Wishbone Ash	Classic Ash
1978	Manset	2870
Pezband	Laughing in the Dark
Be-Bop Deluxe	Drastic Plastic
Richard Wright	Wet Dream
David Gilmour	David Gilmour
Styx	Pieces of Eight
Wings	Wings Greatest
Todd Rundgren	Back to the Bars
XTC	Go 2
Robin Trower	Caravan to Midnight
Yes	Tormato
Genesis	…And Then There Were Three…
Wishbone Ash	No Smoke Without Fire
Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel (II) (aka "Scratch")
Al Stewart	Time Passages
The Alan Parsons Project	Pyramid
Black Sabbath	Never Say Die!
Renaissance	A Song for All Seasons
Synergy	Cords
UFO	Obsession
10cc	Bloody Tourists
The Motors	Approved by the Motors (version 2)[13]
John Miles	Zaragon
Hot Chocolate	Every 1's a Winner
The Walker Brothers	Nite Flights
Wings	London Town
Gerry Rafferty	Gerry Rafferty
Novalis	Vielleicht Bist Du Ein Clown?
1979	UFO	Strangers in the Night
Scorpions	Lovedrive
The Alan Parsons Project	Eve
Bad Company	Desolation Angels
The Dukes	The Dukes
Edgar Broughton Band	Parlez-Vous English (as The Broughtons)
10cc	Greatest Hits 1972–1978
Led Zeppelin	In Through the Out Door
Brand X	Product
Gary Brooker	No More Fear of Flying
Steve Hillage	Live Herald
Godley & Creme	Freeze Frame
U.K.	Danger Money
Mick Taylor	Mick Taylor
Ashra	Correlations
Ralph McTell	Slide Away the Screen
Throbbing Gristle	20 Jazz Funk Greats
Judie Tzuke	Welcome to the Cruise
Wings	Back to the Egg
1980	The Michael Schenker Group	The Michael Schenker Group
The Pretty Things	Cross Talk
Brand X	Do They Hurt?
Mike Rutherford	Smallcreep's Day
10cc	Look Hear?
Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel (III) (aka "Melt")
Scorpions	Animal Magnetism
UFO	No Place to Run
John Wetton	Caught in the Crossfire
Wishbone Ash	Just Testing
Leo Sayer	Living in a Fantasy
The Police	De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Wishbone Ash	Live Dates 2
1981	UFO	The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent
Pink Floyd	A Collection of Great Dance Songs
Rainbow	Difficult to Cure
Nick Mason	Fictitious Sports
Roger Taylor	Fun in Space
Def Leppard	High 'n' Dry
Yumi Matsutoya	Sakuban Oaisimashō
Herman Rarebell	Nip in the Bud
Cozy Powell	Tilt
Rick Wakeman	1984
1982	John McLaughlin	Music Spoken Here
Paul McCartney	Tug of War
Rainbow	Straight Between the Eyes
The Alan Parsons Project	Eye in the Sky
Bad Company	Rough Diamonds
Led Zeppelin	Coda
1983	Rainbow	Bent Out of Shape

Nobody is guessing this correctly without at least 3 solid hints.

lol true

I think though one big clue should do the trick : album covers.

I am not checking all of these but: Hollies, Wish You Were Here, Venus and Mars and Pieces of Eight were all album covers designed by Hipgnosis so I'm going with that as the answer.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by The Hound

I am not checking all of these but: Hollies, Wish You Were Here, Venus and Mars and Pieces of Eight were all album covers designed by Hipgnosis so I'm going with that as the answer.

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Indeed!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipgnosis