THIS WEEK'S little CRYPTIC TEASER........

I might have it...

The 1st in the critic's polls are nearly always last in the charts. True ? Well there's exceptions : Radiohead : press darlings and huge sellers.

i think you`re right there geoff...

Well, I'm not sure, Velocity Girl.

Of course, this sounds right but, from the clues Martin gave, I've got the impression it should be even more obvious.

This is as hard as figuring out what the lazy guy said in Radiohead's Just video

Hi folks....! Me again....sorry about the tardiness - my job really does come first and with the amount of overtime I'm putting in, I should be able to buy my own MP3 player and start up/downloading all the goodies you guys never stop bangin' on about.....

BUT! Let's get down to the nitty gritty.... I was rally hoping some of you would have refined your answer to something approaching 100% by now. I mean..... Really!! You are slacking!! velocity girl was doing SO well and then you just threw in the towel! Geoff 's explanation is pretty close but sadly it's in the wrong context.

If I push this any further I may end up explaining the answer to you, but as I secretly enjoy being a sadist (in a NICE kind of way, of course!) I shall just oil the wheels of expectation and give you just one more little clue (until the next one that is, obviously....sigh....)

A few of you mention the charts in your answers: well this is basically SO DAMN NEAR THE ANSWER I'm surprised and shocked at your apparent unwillingness to explain your perceived theory in more detail. If you take the charts and think about why charts exist the way they do, then perhaps you will come closer to knowing what it is I'm after getting out of you.....is that any clearer????

I know I'm probably disqualified for cheating, but is it the opposite way around i.e the first song played is the last one on the list? q.e.d. first=almost always last =true

Originally posted by Ian Shimmin I know I'm probably disqualified for cheating, but is it the opposite way around i.e the first song played is the last one on the list?q.e.d. first=almost always last =true

IAN YOU ARE SO CLOSE.......!!! SO CLOSE!!!!

WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF YOU HUH?? AREN'T YOU GONNA FIGHT FOR THE TITLE OF TRIVIA KING????!!!

Could it be that the equation is a question?

first = nearly always last = true?

if we applied it to charts the question would be:

why is it that we nearly always use count-downs - so that the first song would appear to be the last?

Damn, this sucks... I thought I was far off with my first guess, so I didn't even bother thinking about it anymore...

Answer me, why won't you answer me...

I'm going crazy here...

Maybe it's got to do with the news or something... The first thing they tell you is what happened last - the latest news.. Is that true? No I'm getting colder, I can feel it...

Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady) Could it be that the equation is a question?first = nearly always last = true?if we applied it to charts the question would be:why is it that we nearly always use count-downs - so that the first song would appear to be the last?

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Hey! that was very good attempt! If that was what was on my mind when I set the teaser then you would be the winner no contest!..... Come to think of it - I never looked at it like that!! Perhaps you should be runner up! Befor e I've even announced a winner yet!!! GOOD TRY ANYWAY!! Damn, this sucks... I thought I was far off with my first guess, so I didn't even bother thinking about it anymore...

Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady) Could it be that the equation is a question?first = nearly always last = true?if we applied it to charts the question would be:why is it that we nearly always use count-downs - so that the first song would appear to be the last?

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Hey! that was very good attempt! If that was what was on my mind when I set the teaser then you would be the winner no contest!..... Come to think of it - I never looked at it like that!! Perhaps you should be runner up! Befor e I've even announced a winner yet!!! GOOD TRY ANYWAY!! Damn, this sucks... I thought I was far off with my first guess, so I didn't even bother thinking about it anymore...

Is it about how this webboard is constructed? The last post is always first?

Runner-up! I guess I could settle for that. :) :) Now I could go to sleep (I'm so tired), I tried my best. W

When will the answer be revealed? I *have* to know this, after all this agony and sleepnes nights... :)

You've got a vicious streak, for someone so young!

Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady) Is it about how this webboard is constructed?The last post is always first?

HEY HEY!! .... ANOTHER PEARL OF AN ANSWER!! How do you keep coming up with these theories?? That - once again - is so close! Think on...think on..... Think "the hit parade" and you might finally be back at home base.

ehhh

the most popular (the first) is always last (the latest one, the one that we remember easiest)?

the last one is the one we remember most and therefore, the first one?

ag!

Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady) ehhhthe most popular (the first) is always last (the latest one, the one that we remember easiest)?the last one is the one we remember most and therefore, the first one?ag!

COME ON!!! COME ON!!! COME ON!! COME ON!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!

I can't do any better than that!

In charts, the songs occupying the first place are most likely to be the songs that were last released?

Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady) I can't do any better than that! In charts, the songs occupying the first place are most likely to be the songs that were last released?

OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!!

The songs we list as "the best" in lists over for example the 50 best songs, the last=latest, tend to be in the upper region of this list (the first).... Why? Because the songs keep getting better, or because we only remember the last thing we heard?

How complicated can it get??

Well, you're not going to tease me anymore tonight, because now, I need to get some sleep :sleepy:

:)

It isn't that complicated, surely.....typical isn't it? Just when you think someone's almost there, what do they do?? First Velocity Girl, then Sophistic........they mess it all up!! Tch Tch.....

Now, any of you across the big pond there willing to try again.?....I mean, it's only tea time at your end. Here, most of the population are probably fast asleep......

See you tomorrow then......

so the first songs to be released are nearly always the songs which come last in the charts, but are the other songs truely better? ok i'm just kind of rephrasing what other people have said, but i had to have a go, just to let you know that i'm still alive and i haven't given up.

Oh, somebody is still awake. I'd better hold guard for a little longer then....

ive just rushed back from the pub, desperately hoping someone would have solved this damn fucker of a puzzle and alas no-one has....martin,do you realise the torment youve put me through? :confused

Originally posted by velocity girl ive just rushed back from the pub, desperately hoping someone would have solved this damn fucker of a puzzle and alas no-one has....martin,do you realise the torment youve put me through? :confused

....and did you realise VG, at one point, how your good self was virtually neck and neck with Sophisticated (lady) in almost clinching the damn thing?? Honestly! I so desperately wanted one of you two to just hit the thing on the spot but then..... It wasn't supposed to drag on this long.......I'm as keen as you are for someone to win this pesky prize! Believe me!!!

im sure someones already given this answer but i can`t be arsed to read all the posts again. is the answer the no.1 position in the charts? the first record in terms of sales is the no.1 record but it is nearly always the last to be played. nearly always the last cos there have been occasions eg the sex pistols 1977, "god save the queen"..when the true no. 1 was placed at no.2 for reasons of expediency..

Originally posted by velocity girl martin i just cant see it..im a bit of an insomniac so i`ll probably be here for some time....ok another guess is it something to do with the rundown aspect of these lists/charts?

Here, VG, look at your post from yesterday once again.....

See how close you were??? huh???!! All I need is for that to be fine-tuned alittle bit and, bingo, you've got it!!

Originally posted by velocity girl im sure someones already given this answer but i can`t be arsed to read all the posts again. is the answer the no.1 position in the charts?the first record in terms of sales is the no.1 record but it is nearly always the last to be played. nearly always the last cos there have been occasions eg the sex pistols 1977, "god save the queen"..when the true no. 1 was placed at no.2 for reasons of expediency..

HISTORY IN THE MAKING IT IS THEN.........

.......Velocity Girl.........

.........it gives me........