The Improved Title Game

[ps11932]

The Carpenters songs are great, we all agree. The only problem is, sometimes the song titles are a little vague and inspecific. I have given consideration to this issue, and am suggesting some alternate and more detailed titles, so that the listening public will have a better idea what to expect to hear. Can you determine what the actual song titles are based on the suggested "improved" (this is just a game- and a joke, of course) titles?

-"Fortunate, Favored, Propitious, Delighted, Cheery, Sunny, Chipper, Merry, Gleeful, Elated, Blissful, & Full Of Joy"

-"Can Someone Please Tell Me What I Am Supposed To Do With This Thing"

-"Arriving Soon To Your Locality: Someone Who Will Come (Howbeit It With His Whole Menagerie) & Leave Gifts For Everone, Especially The Children."

-"I Find It An Extreme Degradation & Infamy When, After Devoting Your Affection & Energy To A Person, Or A Group Of People, Or An Organization, Or An Ideal, Or a Cause, Or Even An Inanimate Object- The Only Lasting Benefit You Derive Is A Ballad Or Ode (And Sometimes A Corny Or Trite One, At That) About The Experience"

-"Sir: Having Reached This Point In The Mission, I Request Information regarding My Next Deployment, Sir"

-"Be Very Clear About This: We Are No Where Near Done Here; We Have, In Fact, Taken Only The Very Formative First Steps"

-"This Whole Situation Could Easily Have Been Avoided If You Hadn't Insisted On The Presence Of These Female Sheep"

-"After Careful Analysis, Evaluation & Introspection, The Conclusion I Have Reached Is That I Have Been Decapitated"

-"I Make Specific Appeal To You, O Defender Of Mankind"

-"I Don't Know Exactly Whom- But One Of The Parties Involved Here Has Not Been Dealing In Truth!"

-"You Can Package This In Any Number Of Ways And Approach It From A variety Of Angles & Make It Look Or Sound Different Every Time- But It Always Comes Down To The Same Thing: Purity, Purity, Purity"

-"Hello? Yeah. Hi, Say- I'm In Fremont, & I Have To Go, Like, Eighty Miles Further South, & I Have No Idea What Road To Be On. Can You Help Me?"

[wisejester7]

Thanks, O.E. !

That was most refreshing.

[GoodOldDreams]

Hi O.E.,

Thanks for coming up with another fun and creative game!

As one might say according to the guidelines of this game, I have done
-"Everything within My Capability to Perform"
and will plead
-"I Beseech You, Male Letter Carrier"
to electronically deliver my answers to you directly for
-"The Present Time"
so that others may still participate!

[wisejester7]

goodolddreams said:

Hi O.E.,

Thanks for coming up with another fun and creative game!

As one might say according to the guidelines of this game, I have done
-"Everything within My Capability to Perform"
and will plead
-"I Beseech You, Male Letter Carrier"
to electronically deliver my answers to you directly for
-"The Present Time"
so that others may still participate!

Great response!

[Rick Henry]

Hey, O.E. this is a tough one... Myself just being a simple worded type person (never been an English major). Although I did figure out a few of them. The one with "Fremont" in the clue is "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" which showed up in the "Bacharach/David Medley".

"Please Mr. Postman" is the answer to GoodOldDreams' Male Letter Carrier clue... actually I was able to get all of Dreams.

[ps11932]

Rick, You are right about the "San Jose" title. GoodOldDreams had some excellent entries in his post, for sure! He did, in fact, solve 8 of the 11 entries (and gave some very feasable guesses on some others), so you might be able to negotiate some information from him. (Ha!)

[Rick Henry]

Sorry all... I should have sent my answers to private mail. Silly me.. I wasn't thinking.

I think I've figured them all out.

Here's a few of my own...

One

Ineffectual in assembling sounds of rhythm, melody and harmony.

[GoodOldDreams]

admin said:

Sorry all... I should have sent my answers to private mail. Silly me.. I wasn't thinking.

I think I've figured them all out.

Here's a few of my own...

One

Ineffectual in assembling sounds of rhythm, melody and harmony.

Hi Rick,

How ironic that the Carpenters would perform a song with this title... My answer is in your private mail.

[ps11932]

Well, I hope you enjoyed the game. There were great responses and maybe some later time many of us can come up with some more "improved" titles. Here are the answers to the original entries, with brief explanations for a few:

"Fortunate, Favored, Propitious, Delighted, Cheery, Sunny, Chipper, Merry, Gleeful, Elated, Blissful, Full Of Joy"- "Happy"

"Can Someone Please tell Me What I Am Supposed To Do With This Thing"- "What's The Use"

"Arriving Soon In Your Locality: Someone Who Will Come (Howbeit It With His Whole Menagerie), Bringing Gifts For Everyone, especially The Children"- "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"

"I Find It An Extreme Degradation & Infamy When, After You Have devoted Your Full Affection & Energy To A Person, Or Group Of people, Or Organization, Or Cause, Or Ideal, Or Even An Inanimate Object, The Only Lasting benefit You Derive Is An Ode Or Ballad (And Often A Corny Or Trite One, At That) About The Experience"- 'All You get From Love Is A Love Song"

"Sir, Having Reached This Point In My Mission, I Request Information Regarding My Next Deployment, Sir"- "Where Do I Go From Here"

"Be Very Clear About This: We Are No Where Near Done Here; We have In Fact Taken Only The Formative First Steps"- "We've Only Just begun"

"This Whole Situation Could Easily Have Been Avoided If You Hadn't Insisted On The Presence Of These Female Sheep"- "All Becaue Of You" (Ewe)

"After Careful Anaysis, Evaluation & Introspection, This Is My Conclusion: I Have Been Decapitated"- "I Guess I JUst Lost My Head"

"We Make Specific Appeal To You, O Defender Of Mankind"- "Sandy" (My research shows that the name Sandy means "defender of mankind")

"I Don't Know Exactly Whom, But One Of The Parties Here Has Not Been Dealing In Truth!"- "Somebody's Been Lying"

"You Can Package It In Any Number Of Ways & Look At It From A Variety Of Angles & Make It Look Or Sound Different Every Time, But It Always Comes Down To The Same Thing: Purity, Purity, Purity"- "Karen's Theme" (my research shows that the name Karen means "purity")

"Hello? Yeah. Hi, Say, I'm In Fremont & I Have To Go, Like 80 Miles Farther South & I Have No Idea What Road I Am Supposed To Be On. Can You Help Me?- 'Do You Know The Way To San Jose"

[wisejester7]

Thanks for the answers. I missed #7 (All Because of You) and #9 (Sandy). I knew #7 had to do with 'you', but I got the wrong song.
#'s 2 (What's the Use) and 11 (Karen's Theme) I just didn't know and had left blank.

Thanks again for the fun, O.E.