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Music Of The Heart (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-11-15T05:00:02.566Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an album title
This meta came to me as I was listening to the band that recorded the album that is the answer to the meta. You might need Google for this one. ;-) Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=112378#p112378
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- Dow Jones 3s · 2022-11-15T06:58:36.624ZGood one, Ben. Nice construction. I needed to lean on the internet to solve this one. Thanks.
- Laura M 🤓12:16 · 2022-11-15T06:49:50.004ZThis band was in the most recent MMMM as well! I studied the grid very closely so I remember :-) Not super familiar to me, but having looked them up I do remember and like at least one of their songs ("Breathless"). Nice puzzle, thanks!
- Check out "Runaway" - it's a stunningly beautiful song from their first album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fMUYU8DC1U
- The Corrs were the first band I saw in concert, when my mum took my sister and me as kids over 20 years ago! Now I feel old.
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-11-15T11:50:14.693ZGreat meta, Ben. I usually have problems with musical metas, but I saw this one right away. First meta solve of the week for me. Thanks!
- Nice job, Ben! I'm not familiar with the band, but I love the way you tied in the corners.
- Alex Sisti 2s · 2022-11-15T13:58:44.948ZGreat band, each more beautiful than the next...
- boharr 3s · 2022-11-15T13:42:22.585ZNever heard of the band or the album. Par for the course. Google needed,
- JHSeeman 2s · 2022-11-15T13:43:00.966ZGood One, nice meta with the names tied into the album. Thanks
- Ergcat 16:27 · 2022-11-15T15:01:28.717ZExcellent puzzle! Took me a little while to get the correct names ( Andrea not Andre, Caroline not Carol, etc) but once I did it was quick to The Corrs. Then I listed the albums and quickly saw TALK in the grid corners! Clever construction there! Thank you for a fun puzzle, Ben!
- Ergcat 16:27 · 2022-11-15T15:17:19.342ZI just realized what you did at 40a!!! You gave a bonus hint! CORES sounds like…..
- hoover 3s · 2022-11-15T22:41:18.268ZMe too, only I had Caroline, Andrea, Jimmi, and Sharon. That was close enough to get me to The Corrs, at which point I remembered 40A. Wikipedia gave their best known album, which sent me back to the grid to check the corners. Great construction!
- whimsy 🤓11:44 · 2022-11-15T16:06:45.791ZHad to google but I just loved the way I knew that if I went back to the grid and checked, I'd be able to narrow down which album. :D Terrific! Thanks Ben!
- Carolyn 3s · 2022-11-15T16:37:18.176ZSounds like I need to check them out! Thanks for the puzzle.
- Qmark 4s · 2022-11-15T16:19:04.752ZNice one, Ben. Knew the band but not the album.
- Whoops, premature detect elation. I, of course (Corrs, Corrs) submitted the band name, was told I was incorrect, said “What!” then read the directions. Nice one with LOTS OF internal references/ Easter eggs. Loved the last step. I do love me some Irish fiddle in a song, it just leaves me breathless (oh and I looked for; panting, gasping, asthmatic or puffing in the grid
) - I did have to google to learn the band. And then couldn't figure out which album was the answer. Lucky for me (and for whoever tallies incorrect submissions) they only have seven of them. AFTER I hit on the answer, I noticed T-A-L-K in the corners. Doh!!! Now to listen to a few tracks...
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2022-11-15T21:21:44.524ZListening to them now. Thanks.
- Darth 🤓9:59 · 2022-11-16T01:52:32.991ZI've never heard of this group, but solved with the help of Google.
- Sharkicicles 2s · 2022-11-16T17:29:56.740ZThanks Ben!
- Nice one, and I'll have to spin this album later in honor of this meta!
- Whoo... did I need the internet for this. "Bands with members Carol, Dan, Jimmi and Sharon? No...."
- Yes, I guess I didn't consider how many names can be derived from those entries! Sorry about that.
- I'm not complaining. It was fair. I'm just surprised how inefficient google was was I had any of the names even a little off.
- ChrisCross 🤓14:17 · 2022-11-18T17:44:54.883ZLol my first try was "Jim, Carol, Sharona, and Andre"
- HeadinHome 🤓15:28 · 2022-11-18T00:05:49.592ZDef. had to google these names to get a group, but now that I looked them up and gave a listen, of course I have heard their songs! Great puzzle, and getting to the album to choose wasn’t hard!
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Actress, ___ Shire of the "Rocky" films
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- 1AActress, ___ Shire of the "Rocky" films
- 6AFolks, in current slang
- 11A"Or to take arms against a ___ of troubles, And by opposing end them?" (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1)
- 14ACurrently occupied
- 15ALove to bits
- 16AOnline gaming problem
- 17AIrish parson stationed on a cruise ship, perhaps?
- 19AEgg cells
- 20AOil of ___
- 21AOf no earthly ___
- 22AComposer of musicals, Andrew Lloyd ___
- 24APepper's title on a Beatles album
- 26ATop-notch
- 27A"I'll come when I'm ___, not a moment before!"
- 32AWall St. event
- 34APersonally investigate
- 35AActress, ___ Campbell, of the "Scream" movies
- 37APhonetic sound that begins "Omega"
- 39AWhat gives barley a beard (oh, so that's what Sixpence None The Richer's song "Kiss Me" was referring to!)
- 40AHearts, and also where you'll find the members of the band of the meta answer
- 41AAmerican comedian, television host, actress, author, and former electrical engineer, ___ Love
- 42ASorting procedure, as used in ERs
- 44AUS equivalent of Auslan
- 45AIslamic pilgrimage happening very soon!
- 48AEscape clauses
- 49ACool ___ cucumber
- 50ADevices that connected us to the Internet in the days of dial-up
- 53ACraggy peak
- 55AShady trees
- 59ACash dispenser (abbr.)
- 60ABully some poor guy dressed as the McDonald's mascot
- 63AGolf ball's position
- 64AFencing swords
- 65ABoxer, ___ Ali
- 66APsychedelic drug that may or may not be referenced in a Beatles song
- 67ATiny arachnid that feeds on flakes of human skin (but with all the vowels removed purely for grid reasons)
- 68A"10" actress, Bo ___
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- 1DDVR system
- 2DIndigo plant or the blue dye obtained from it
- 3DPixar movie that made me want to buy a Vespa
- 4D"It is if ___!" (arbitrary explanation)
- 5D___ Lingus (Irish carrier)
- 6DClose friends
- 7DAlternative rock jam band, "___ Brickell & New Bohemians"
- 8DGreg Bear's sci-fi classic novel, the sequel of which is titled "Eternity"
- 9DEffort put in as preparation for some other activity
- 10DPeaceful
- 11DMessy one
- 12DWhere a swallow might nest
- 13DThickening agent
- 18DPerform better than
- 23DBingo relative
- 25D"Wake me up before you ___" (Wham! song)
- 26DGod, in the Torah
- 27DSecond word of the rickrolling song's title
- 28DFrightens
- 29DHaim song, "___ In It"
- 30DRid of rodents
- 31DPart of YSL
- 32DUnwell
- 33DWinnie the ___
- 36DImmigrant's subj.
- 38DWWII soldier, slangily
- 40DMediocre grades
- 42DSnafus in England
- 43DIcelandic documentary film about a former punk rocker who formed his own political party and became the mayor of Reykjavik
- 46DLeaped, as at a chance
- 47D2010s dance craze with a repetitive name
- 50DShopping mecca
- 51DElevator innovator
- 52DContacted privately, online
- 53DNot us
- 54DBrewer's oven
- 56D1980s arcade game, "Dragon's ___"
- 57DFrench miss (abbr.)
- 58DMt. Rushmore's home
- 61DTennis match unit
- 62D"The ___ has gone, the new has come" (2 Cor. 5:17)
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