Watch It! - May 2022

[iggystan]

I'm on the board.

(I believe I got full credit, 5 correct/7 points for the year.)

[m5rammy]

I submitted, but I don't seem to have gotten full credit. Oh well, now I wait and see.

I've gone up another point. Maybe the automated grading system (this is an assumption), was tweaked, or there was an alternate answer accepted.

[gpj73]

I have now moved up a point as well - Pete probably has to do manual scoring with the format of the answer.

I too submitted and got only one point - which is confusing because I’m 99.99% certain I have both answers right … maybe a glitch in the scoring??

[burak]

This one is a bit frustrating for me. I got the mechanism during solving, and I got the song from 1999 without even needing to Google (because it's a great song). But NOTHING seems to fit the "hit song from 1970" definition, and there really shouldn't be many options. I've been Googling for 15 minutes now and I've visited a trillion websites to no avail.

[DCBilly]

On the board. Needed Google to confirm a whole variety of things.

[johnaldape]

This one is a bit frustrating for me. I got the mechanism during solving, and I got the song from 1999 without even needing to Google (because it's a great song). But NOTHING seems to fit the "hit song from 1970" definition, and there really shouldn't be many options. I've been Googling for 15 minutes now and I've visited a trillion websites to no avail.

I'm in the exact same boat. Not sure what I'm missing.

[SoccerMom]

My first time getting on the board for an MMMM puzzle! Really fun!

[jbird]

This one is a bit frustrating for me. I got the mechanism during solving, and I got the song from 1999 without even needing to Google (because it's a great song). But NOTHING seems to fit the "hit song from 1970" definition, and there really shouldn't be many options. I've been Googling for 15 minutes now and I've visited a trillion websites to no avail.

I'm in the exact same boat. Not sure what I'm missing.

Add me to the boat - confused as well on 1970

[rjy]

Okay. I'm on a "dumb" streak. Does COVID, my souvenir from my European trip, cause the kind of brain fog that keeps you from seeing metanisms? While I see the "obvious," in the puzzle, and even can go a step further with it, I get nothing after that. Dead end. my brain says, "That's enough for me, you're on your own now." For either song.

Maybe when I fully recover I'll be able to do meta puzzles again.

Or I can just switch the water I've been chugging for something more alcoholic, then I'd have a much better excuse!

And not care either!!

It’s not the COVID, my friend, since I’m COVID-free but equally dumb. With or without alcohol. More often with.

[HunterX]

Okay. I'm on a "dumb" streak. Does COVID, my souvenir from my European trip, cause the kind of brain fog that keeps you from seeing metanisms? .....

Maybe when I fully recover I'll be able to do meta puzzles again.

It’s not the COVID, my friend, since I’m COVID-free but equally dumb. .....

Hmmm... Not sure that makes me feel better. At least with the COVID excuse, I could hope I'd get better!

[Abide]

No Google needed...not sure if I'm proud or embarrassed. I did verify something on the answers that makes this slightly inelegant, but it appears the alternative answer is being accepted.

[Bird Lives]

Dare I say that I was unfamiliar with these songs? But for Google and a nudge, I would not be on the board.

[woozy]

Hmm.... I got the opposite problem. THere are at least three options for the 70s song. But only one for the 99 song.

[Katiedid]

Oh my gosh. I'm in the middle of something where I can't spend much time on this, but I'm not seeing anything beyond the obvious first things to notice. I'm not even close to the 70s song, much less the 99 one. I'll ask for a nudge soon. aargh.

[sheeparenotgreen]

I'm in the feeling stupid camp. I see the obvious thing, that's about it. At least it's only Thursday!

[woozy]

If I did this right (which I may not have) I don't think there *is* anything beyond the obvious things.

[woozy]

Dare I say that I was unfamiliar with these songs? But for Google and a nudge, I would not be on the board.

I had never heard of either of them either. But googling I was able to solo solve and get on the board.

[EmilyW]

This one is a bit frustrating for me. I got the mechanism during solving, and I got the song from 1999 without even needing to Google (because it's a great song). But NOTHING seems to fit the "hit song from 1970" definition, and there really shouldn't be many options. I've been Googling for 15 minutes now and I've visited a trillion websites to no avail.

I'm in the exact same boat. Not sure what I'm missing.

Add me to the boat - confused as well on 1970

I'm in the same boat too, glad I'm not alone!

[HunterX]

Oh my gosh. I'm in the middle of something where I can't spend much time on this, but I'm not seeing anything beyond the obvious first things to notice. I'm not even close to the 70s song, much less the 99 one. I'll ask for a nudge soon. aargh.

That's my (continual) problem with this one as well. And with MGWCC dropping at 3pm, and my weekly zoom with the kids for the WSJ at 6pm, I may be near the hint stage as well. Which is disappointing since I know all the hit songs from 1970.

And none of them reference any particular metanism that I know of....

[BarbaraK]

First off, gotta love having 'my' song plus the short form of my name in the puzzle

And 1970 - that's my vintage! Looking through lists from that year, I remember all of them.

Then I tried to way overcomplicate the meta. Saw the obvious and dug deeper and deeper into rabbit holes. Finally backed out and said, wait, what if it's just... And it was.

I remember the 1970 song well; never heard the 1999 one before.

For those still stuck, remember that this is just a May, 2-point puzzle.