Warts 'n' all Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Time for a new competition. See that tune It will be played according to Mornington Crescent rules, using the Eisenhowerplatz variant. No.1 - "Jumpin' at the Woodside" by Count Basie Edited September 2, 2020 by Warts 'n' all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Hopefully the rules should be self-explanatory if players take their lead from entry No.1. The Committee of 100 have told me that they will be willing to guide the uncertain player should the need arise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altipueri Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 No2 - "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" Bing Crosby 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Ah no! You poor guy. You fell foul of the rules straight away. And also fell into one of our quality pratfalls. Tunes can be anytime from the earliest piano rolls up to the end of 1944 to allow for the Operation Clipper campaign which was made for CMBN with the later modules CW, MG VP etc. But cannot include FB or FI. Pictures must be of US Troops and contain trees, or hedges. And located in the area covered by CMBN and it's various modules. There are three quality pratfalls which incur a five point penalty and Crosby is one of them. To help you and other players one of the others is a solo artist, the other a group. There are also three bonus tracks which are used in my own "Yanks across the Ocean" music mod. Intro = 5 points. Splash = 10 Points. End of Battle = 15. It goes pretty much without saying that Warts 'n' all cannot use those tunes. I won't dock you points for the out of time frame picture, but I'm afraid there is nothing I can do about the pratfall. Current standings Warts 'n' all - 2 Points altipueri - Minus 5 Points 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altipueri Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Merde Anyway, this WFH (working from home) is more like NWFH (Not WFH) so as I have the time here's a picture with a tree and the cover of a book I read about 50 years ago written by Ross S Carter of the 82nd Edited September 2, 2020 by altipueri Too dim to under stand; too lazy to work 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Hahahahaha. You're really not getting the hang of this one. But, I admire you for trying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 No. 3 - V-disc Blues by Sidney Bechet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Lucille Bogan, 'Til the Cows Come Home' (1935). I didn't provide a link to the song, whose lyrics are extremely NSFW. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) No time for the last one and probably no time for this one, but wanted to get at least one in: Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller D'oh, no trees or hedges visible, oh well... Edited September 2, 2020 by Vergeltungswaffe Didn't follow the dastardly rules 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) @LongLeftFlankAnyone who listens to Lucille Bogan is welcome in this thread. One would like to think that some of the bordellos liberated in Paris had this amongst their record collections. Two points there. @Vergeltungswaffe My comp has been playing me about for the last two hours and I've been in need of a smile, so I shall bend the rules and pretend that the railway sleepers are Norman trees. Two points to you as well. Edited September 2, 2020 by Warts 'n' all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 And so at the drawing of stumps on the first day. Current standings Warts 'n' all - 4 Points LongLeftFlank - 2 Points Vergeltunswaffe - 2 Points altipueri - Minus 5 Points 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 No. 6 - Shave 'em dry by Lucille Bogan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaise Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 i try my luck "J'ai deux amours, mon pays et Paris" Josephine Baker 1930 our American more French than many of us engaged in the resistance in 1940- Croix de Guerre with palm- resistance medal with rosette- Free France medal- Legion of Honor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 @Falaise Technically I can only give you two points for the top picture. But, you have to get a bonus for great taste and the other pictures. So it is four points for you, mate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I'll walk beside you - John McCormack Chant des Partisans - Anna Marly Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer - The Song Spinners Four Buddies - Leonard Whitcup/Paul Cunningham Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition - Frank Loesser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Wow, someone has been busy. Just a quick question from the committee before they dish out any points. No.s 1 and 5 don't look like they fit geographically, and No. 4 looks like it falls outside of the time frame. Perhaps you could tell us when and where. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Straighten up and fly right - Nat King Cole Edited September 3, 2020 by Warts 'n' all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 And so as we come to the end of the 2nd day here at Royal St. Georges lets take a look at the leaderboard. Warts 'n' all - 8 Points Falaise - 4 Points LongLeftFlank - 2 Points Vergeltungswaffe - 2 Points altipueri - Minus 5 Points Hopefully competitor No.4 can get back to the judges soon with the info that they need so that his score can be updated soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said: Wow, someone has been busy. Just a quick question from the committee before they dish out any points. No.s 1 and 5 don't look like they fit geographically, and No. 4 looks like it falls outside of the time frame. Perhaps you could tell us when and where. Had a few minutes this afternoon. No. 1 is Le Muy France, No. 4 is US Engineers in Normandy wearing flak jackets, which I had never seen and thought was neat, and No. 5, iirc, is the 5th Armored in Northern France right after D Day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 @Vergeltungswaffe Thanks. So that's ten points, taking you up to 12.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 You Put it in, I'll Take it Out - Papa Charlie Jackson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Sweethearts on Parade - Louis Armstrong .. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Current standings Vergeltungswaffe - 12 Points Warts 'n' all - 12 Points Falaise - 4 points LongLeftFlank - 2 Points altipueri - Minus 5 Points 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 Up and at 'em, Yanks by Paul Baron ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Bomber Command - Paul Taubman/Ellis Keller/Gene Marvey American Patrol - Shep Fields and his orchestra Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie and his Orchestra Imagine Me on the Maginot Line - George Formby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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