The Mixed CD from Hell
Actually, it would have to be a two-disc set.
Since there seems to be little interest in posting any further answers to my music meme despite the new clues I added a couple days ago, here are the answers.
1. His talons shine like daggers / On the wings of revolution (I'd be surprised if someone got this, but not shocked - you definitely have heard of the artist, but it's not a well-known track)
Emerson, Lake & Powell (not Palmer) - "The Miracle"
2. A storm / will arise / building up / from the hearts of the moons of Mars (Just forget about this one, unless you're Swedish and/or a big prog rock fan)
Anekdoten - "Monolith"
3. It's time I learned to talk / Stop falling over things / Teach myself to walk (I'm amazed nobody got this one yet. At least three people on my Friends list should be in a position to.)
Mark Knopfler - "I'm The Fool"
4. Winds talk to my sails, not me (Doable for a couple of you)
Nightwish - "The Siren"
(Branwen - see #10 and kick yourself. That's why I couldn't give you credit - I couldn't even tell which Nightwish song you got!)
5. Rock gives courage, a way to win the trust (Wouldn't expect anyone to know the song, but there's another way to figure this one out that I wouldn't consider cheating)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - "The Order of the Universe"
A look at the track list would have given this one away - part two is called "Rock Gives Courage". The tricky part would be realizing that ABWH existed. (They were Yes in all but name, in case that isn't obvious.) And this is not one where I would have made you get the part number right, since it's tracked as one song, not four.
6. This bomb-blast lightning waltz / No spoken words, just a scream (VERY famous artist, pretty famous album, but not one of their big hits or anything)
U2 - "A Sort of Homecoming"
7. By the way, I don't believe you're leaving 'cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream Tori Amos - "Tear In Your Hand"
8. We'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph (Come on, at least half of you know this one!)
Pink Floyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, part 7". I wouldn't have made you nail the exact part number, but you would have needed to at least tell me it was the second half.
9. (An instrumental [New Order - Elegia], you get a break)
10. Lust is not as creative / As its discovery (Doable for a couple of you)
Nightwish - "She Is My Sin"
11. The day I take a bend too fast / judgment that could be my last / I'll be wiped right off the slate (Again, very well-known artist, but not a song I'd expect people to know. In this case Colin might actually have the best chance.)
The Police - "Deathwish"
12. And though I count the hours / To be alone's no injury (Not one I'd expect anyone likely to be reading this to get, even though it's from a minor-hit album by a reasonably well-known name)
King Crimson - "Exiles"
13. What's that? Hawaiian noises? / He's banging on them bongoes like a chimpanzee Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
14. Who'ja drag around my door / If I keep it cracked they won't be there no more (Got a bit of airplay in Canada, but nowhere near as much as that (other) song from the same album. Unknown elsewhere. EDIT: My bad; this one was actually a big hit for them in the US, where the song they are best-known for in Canada was a commercial failure. Weird!)
Big Wreck - "The Oaf" (the oddly-phrased clue was a reference to "That Song", their big hit in Canada).
15. Does the white bright right and degradation / Wear you down the way we want it to (From a solo album by someone best known for his 12-year run in one of my favourite bands. Another song from the same album got a Best Video Grammy.)
Trevor Rabin - "Eyes of Love" (he was in Yes for their commercially successful, more pop-oriented 80s run, and wrote "Owner of a Lonely Heart" among others)
16. Put your hand over the side of the boat / And what do you feel? (The most recent non-instrumental song on this list. Someone on my friends list has another song by the same artist on their own list for this meme.)
Kate Bush - "A Coral Room"
17. You wrote poetry while I disappeared (By a somewhat up-and-coming band, namewise, who I've talked about here before. But this is from a limited-edition album, so not a gimme even for a fan of theirs.)
Porcupine Tree - "Disappear"
18. Each man has his price, Bob / And yours was pretty low (A few of you have definitely heard me play this. From a solo album by an ex-member of a band that also has at least one song on this list - perhaps the most famous such band.)
Roger Waters - "Too Much Rope"
19. Today was the end of a dream / As I watched your shadow disappear (Moderately well-known band in prog and metal circles, but not one that's had any real mainstream success)
Fates Warning - "We Only Say Goodbye"
20. (Another instrumental [Alejandro Escovedo - Tell Me Why])
21. Murdered in Munich / Crucified in Rome (Same band as #19, and the hardest song on this list to get the title of EXACTLY right)
Fates Warning - "A Pleasant Shade of Grey, Part V" (actually just "Part V" if you want to get really technical)
22. A rat-tat-tat! / Kaboom boom! / Now take that! / And just a bit of this (The band would be considered alternative or even punk by many, but definitely has some prog affinities as well. The album this is from was very commercially successful, but this track is nevertheless pretty obscure.)
Smashing Pumpkins - "X.Y.U."
23. Dance for me, my soul shall end its futile ride (By the same artist as #2, and even more unfair - at least #2 is one of their better-known songs, as such things go.)
Anekdoten - "Thoughts In Absence"
24. No dark sarcasm in the classroom Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
25. And visions still surviving in a logic-proof shell / That should have been held sacred, safe and hidden well / Are compromised in usury (From one of my favourite bands' first, and least well-known, album)
Dream Theater - "Only a Matter of Time"
26. (Instrumental again [David Gilmour - Red Sky at Night])
27. (Instrumental, or at least wordless [The Gathering - The Quiet One])
28. I'll squeeze you I'm a snake / Then down you whole while you're still fresh (This is crazy obscure. Just forget it. But I will say that those lines are literally about being a snake. And that this band's vocalist was, and still is, also a member of a much better-known band.)
Frameshift - "Arms Races" (featuring James LaBrie of Dream Theater; the album is all about Richard Dawkins' various works on evolution and atheism, and this song is literally about how natural predators come to be)
29. Fee fee fie fie foe foe fum / I smell smoke in the auditorium The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"
30. I trusted my Venus was untouched in her shell / But the pearls in her oyster were tacky as hell (Even though the song is not very well-known, it has a video - one of the worst music videos I've ever seen in my life.)
Peter Gabriel - "Modern Love"
So most people likely to be reading this get to kick themselves for one or two of these, but you can see there were also plenty that were just hopeless from the start. So no point in anyone feeling too bad!
Since there seems to be little interest in posting any further answers to my music meme despite the new clues I added a couple days ago, here are the answers.
1. His talons shine like daggers / On the wings of revolution (I'd be surprised if someone got this, but not shocked - you definitely have heard of the artist, but it's not a well-known track)
Emerson, Lake & Powell (not Palmer) - "The Miracle"
2. A storm / will arise / building up / from the hearts of the moons of Mars (Just forget about this one, unless you're Swedish and/or a big prog rock fan)
Anekdoten - "Monolith"
3. It's time I learned to talk / Stop falling over things / Teach myself to walk (I'm amazed nobody got this one yet. At least three people on my Friends list should be in a position to.)
Mark Knopfler - "I'm The Fool"
4. Winds talk to my sails, not me (Doable for a couple of you)
Nightwish - "The Siren"
(Branwen - see #10 and kick yourself. That's why I couldn't give you credit - I couldn't even tell which Nightwish song you got!)
5. Rock gives courage, a way to win the trust (Wouldn't expect anyone to know the song, but there's another way to figure this one out that I wouldn't consider cheating)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - "The Order of the Universe"
A look at the track list would have given this one away - part two is called "Rock Gives Courage". The tricky part would be realizing that ABWH existed. (They were Yes in all but name, in case that isn't obvious.) And this is not one where I would have made you get the part number right, since it's tracked as one song, not four.
6. This bomb-blast lightning waltz / No spoken words, just a scream (VERY famous artist, pretty famous album, but not one of their big hits or anything)
U2 - "A Sort of Homecoming"
7. By the way, I don't believe you're leaving 'cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream Tori Amos - "Tear In Your Hand"
8. We'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph (Come on, at least half of you know this one!)
Pink Floyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, part 7". I wouldn't have made you nail the exact part number, but you would have needed to at least tell me it was the second half.
9. (An instrumental [New Order - Elegia], you get a break)
10. Lust is not as creative / As its discovery (Doable for a couple of you)
Nightwish - "She Is My Sin"
11. The day I take a bend too fast / judgment that could be my last / I'll be wiped right off the slate (Again, very well-known artist, but not a song I'd expect people to know. In this case Colin might actually have the best chance.)
The Police - "Deathwish"
12. And though I count the hours / To be alone's no injury (Not one I'd expect anyone likely to be reading this to get, even though it's from a minor-hit album by a reasonably well-known name)
King Crimson - "Exiles"
13. What's that? Hawaiian noises? / He's banging on them bongoes like a chimpanzee Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
14. Who'ja drag around my door / If I keep it cracked they won't be there no more (Got a bit of airplay in Canada, but nowhere near as much as that (other) song from the same album. Unknown elsewhere. EDIT: My bad; this one was actually a big hit for them in the US, where the song they are best-known for in Canada was a commercial failure. Weird!)
Big Wreck - "The Oaf" (the oddly-phrased clue was a reference to "That Song", their big hit in Canada).
15. Does the white bright right and degradation / Wear you down the way we want it to (From a solo album by someone best known for his 12-year run in one of my favourite bands. Another song from the same album got a Best Video Grammy.)
Trevor Rabin - "Eyes of Love" (he was in Yes for their commercially successful, more pop-oriented 80s run, and wrote "Owner of a Lonely Heart" among others)
16. Put your hand over the side of the boat / And what do you feel? (The most recent non-instrumental song on this list. Someone on my friends list has another song by the same artist on their own list for this meme.)
Kate Bush - "A Coral Room"
17. You wrote poetry while I disappeared (By a somewhat up-and-coming band, namewise, who I've talked about here before. But this is from a limited-edition album, so not a gimme even for a fan of theirs.)
Porcupine Tree - "Disappear"
18. Each man has his price, Bob / And yours was pretty low (A few of you have definitely heard me play this. From a solo album by an ex-member of a band that also has at least one song on this list - perhaps the most famous such band.)
Roger Waters - "Too Much Rope"
19. Today was the end of a dream / As I watched your shadow disappear (Moderately well-known band in prog and metal circles, but not one that's had any real mainstream success)
Fates Warning - "We Only Say Goodbye"
20. (Another instrumental [Alejandro Escovedo - Tell Me Why])
21. Murdered in Munich / Crucified in Rome (Same band as #19, and the hardest song on this list to get the title of EXACTLY right)
Fates Warning - "A Pleasant Shade of Grey, Part V" (actually just "Part V" if you want to get really technical)
22. A rat-tat-tat! / Kaboom boom! / Now take that! / And just a bit of this (The band would be considered alternative or even punk by many, but definitely has some prog affinities as well. The album this is from was very commercially successful, but this track is nevertheless pretty obscure.)
Smashing Pumpkins - "X.Y.U."
23. Dance for me, my soul shall end its futile ride (By the same artist as #2, and even more unfair - at least #2 is one of their better-known songs, as such things go.)
Anekdoten - "Thoughts In Absence"
24. No dark sarcasm in the classroom Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
25. And visions still surviving in a logic-proof shell / That should have been held sacred, safe and hidden well / Are compromised in usury (From one of my favourite bands' first, and least well-known, album)
Dream Theater - "Only a Matter of Time"
26. (Instrumental again [David Gilmour - Red Sky at Night])
27. (Instrumental, or at least wordless [The Gathering - The Quiet One])
28. I'll squeeze you I'm a snake / Then down you whole while you're still fresh (This is crazy obscure. Just forget it. But I will say that those lines are literally about being a snake. And that this band's vocalist was, and still is, also a member of a much better-known band.)
Frameshift - "Arms Races" (featuring James LaBrie of Dream Theater; the album is all about Richard Dawkins' various works on evolution and atheism, and this song is literally about how natural predators come to be)
29. Fee fee fie fie foe foe fum / I smell smoke in the auditorium The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"
30. I trusted my Venus was untouched in her shell / But the pearls in her oyster were tacky as hell (Even though the song is not very well-known, it has a video - one of the worst music videos I've ever seen in my life.)
Peter Gabriel - "Modern Love"
So most people likely to be reading this get to kick themselves for one or two of these, but you can see there were also plenty that were just hopeless from the start. So no point in anyone feeling too bad!