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March 27, 2011 (approximate) · by Espen André Øverdahl

Name the Band

Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 was released today. We issued a press release with a lot of known (and not quite so known) music references. Can you find them all? We will evaluate and reward the best submissions based on the following criteria:

  • Find all 27 songs in the press release. We want artist, title and reference.
  • Creativity and fun. We don't just want correct answers in pure text. Send us a blog post (on My Opera) with cover albums, tracklists to Spotify, Grooveshark or songs on YouTube you've identified. Anything goes - as long as it is a creative and fun submission. :up:

How to submit

Use our contest form to send us your submission.

What to win

The winner can choose between a Samsung Nexus S smartphone or a Samsung Galaxy Tab. We will also throw in some cool Opera swag. Everything is perfect to use with Opera Mini 6 or Opera Mobile 11! :cool:

Rules and guidelines

  • You must be a member of My Opera to participate.
  • Submit your answer by Friday March 25.
  • The winner has to get all 27 songs correct.
  • The list of 27 correct answers will be published with the announcement of a winner.
  • If more than one user gets all 27 songs correct, we will evaluate which entry is the most creative and fun.
  • Judges decision remain final.

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  • A.shun22. March 2011, 13:18

    :party:

  • SomeMan22. March 2011, 13:31

    :yes: Just do it!!

  • Foffa22. March 2011, 13:34

    I've found 27 and more

  • Paweł Pawlak22. March 2011, 13:36

    What about the new versions of Opera Mini and opera Mobile for Windows Mobile 6.5? Did you forgot about us? :down:
    Current version of Opera Mini doesn't work properly on some pages. Opera Mobile works slowly and sometimes unstable... :sad:

  • saurav acharya22. March 2011, 13:38

    :devil:

  • agresiff22. March 2011, 13:39

    :up:

  • Daniele22. March 2011, 13:49

    I think I've found all the 27 songs...one question: can i send you not a blog post but something different? If I use a blog bost I'm afraid that someone will look to my answers and copy me!

  • Espen André Øverdahl22. March 2011, 13:59

    Originally posted by darklink88:

    can i send you not a blog post but something different? If I use a blog bost I'm afraid that someone will look to my answers and copy me!

    Sure. You could even set it as "private" and send us the direct link if you don't want anyone to see your answers.

    We will manually check every submission. If there are any cases where information has been used without permission, we will reject your entry to the contest.

  • Tamil22. March 2011, 14:05

    :up:

  • k3vin22. March 2011, 14:29

    Hi everyone,

    I think I've found more than 27 songs. What should I do? :smile:

    Thanks!

  • GradPL22. March 2011, 14:44

    I've found 26, but some of them was performed by many artists.

  • Al Garcia22. March 2011, 15:04

    I found 27 songs too, I hope my submission is right!

  • Matheus22. March 2011, 16:23

    Originally posted by k3vin:

    I think I've found more than 27 songs. What should I do?


    Same here :/

  • Wojtek22. March 2011, 16:50

    What do you mean by "reference" to the song?

  • d4rkn1ght22. March 2011, 17:10

    :up:

  • .ed22. March 2011, 17:17

    Originally posted by rakoczyn:

    What do you mean by "reference" to the song?


    The word choice used in the press release might be titles or lyrics from certain famous songs. There are a lot of them in there.

  • Wojtek22. March 2011, 17:23

    Ok, I thought so, but it is always better to be on the safe side :smile:

  • Airat A. Asaduelline22. March 2011, 18:00

    I want Galaxy Tab... I... must... win... :bigsmile:

  • Marios22. March 2011, 18:15

    if we find more than 27 should we include them all or just the 27 that we think are more correct?

  • .ed22. March 2011, 18:45

    Originally posted by Pattixaris:

    if we find more than 27 should we include them all or just the 27 that we think are more correct?


    If you found extras, maybe it's a coincidence? I say include everything and note ones that may be extras, there's always a chance some happened organically.

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 18:52

    What if I found multiple songs? Should I list em all?

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 18:53

    How about multiple artists/songs with same title?

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 18:56

    Also in the entry form, link to the blog post or copy and paste the blog post in there?

  • Jens Müller22. March 2011, 18:59

    Could it be that some songs have a double meaning? :idea: That one word could belong to Bob Dylan, and the full reference to a different artist/band?
    :spock:

  • Jens Müller22. March 2011, 19:02

    Originally posted by wikipedian:

    How about multiple artists/songs with same title?



    Great Minds think alike, huh?

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 19:02

    I also found multiple songs that share the same title.

    Like <spoilers>
    Rock YOu and Rock YOu like a hurricane. Both are songs :/

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 19:05

    Originally posted by scoutJens:

    Originally posted by wikipedian:

    How about multiple artists/songs with same title?

    Great Minds think alike, huh?
    LOL

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 19:06

    Originally posted by scoutJens:

    Originally posted by wikipedian:

    How about multiple artists/songs with same title?

    Great Minds think alike, huh?
    I'm underlining one song and italicizing the other like: rock you like a hurricane

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 19:12

    Great! I found 3 songs out of that one sentence!

  • Jens Müller22. March 2011, 19:13

    Originally posted by wikipedian:

    rock you like a Hurricane



    I'm not sure about the first, Will we Rock Opera?

    I remember there was a song about a boxer from Bob Dylan

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 19:24

    Problem, I found about 35 songs!!!

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 19:25

    Originally posted by wikipedian:

    rock you like a Hurricane

    I'm not sure about the first, Will we Rock Opera? I remember there was a song about a boxer from Bob
    Yes there is a song named "Rock You" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_you), "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_You_Like_a_Hurricane), and "Like a Hurricane" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_Hurricane)

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 19:27

    Wish me best of luck! Already submitted entry of 35 songs :whistle:

    There are many one worded songs like "power" :bigsmile: :eek:

  • Jens Müller22. March 2011, 19:30

    I thought of: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_(Bob_Dylan_song)) and also of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Will_Rock_You as possibility. Maybe I'm wrong, but Hurricane raised my suspicion if, there could be more than one artist with the same title.

  • Tyw722. March 2011, 19:31

    If there are multiple artists with the same title, I just wrote Hurricane by multiple artists and link to the general page. :doh: I missed hurricane!

    Edited my blog to include that :bigsmile:

  • Savageman22. March 2011, 23:55

    Guys, Please! Try to think a bit on your own an make the most appropriate choices. Choose the more relevant, and include some extra if you're not sure!

    Given the number of references here, single words are probably not the best candidates. Virtually any single common name is a song's title.

    The real question is: "what are the references they WANTED to put in here". If you see "rock me like a hurricane", then the full sentence is what they inserted in the press release, and the word "Hurricane" alone is not the good answer. Use your brain. :wink:

    Just my 2 cents.

  • Tyw723. March 2011, 01:25

    Jesus christ! Can you guys stop spamming this thread!

  • Tyw723. March 2011, 03:27

    @mods can't you just lock this thread or implement a CAPTCHA?

  • Steve23. March 2011, 05:05

    I've found 22 that are out of place enough to have to be song references, and know 13 of the artists off the top of my head.

    Oh, and "Rock you like a hurricane" is one song. You can call it 3 if you like, but it's one song (and yes, that's one of the ones I know the artist off the top of my head).

  • Henry23. March 2011, 05:58

    :wink:

  • D1sasterp1ece23. March 2011, 10:30

    I found 23 songs and also some more that I'm not really sure about. The rules should be more clear on that, I think. Anyway, I'll try to find them all, I want that Nexus S so bad...

  • Lukáš23. March 2011, 11:50

    okey I have 102 songs :bigsmile:, but there are a lot of covers of the same songs especially of that songs which are famous :smile: ..

  • akai198723. March 2011, 13:04

    I doubt if Fireworks is included in the song. The song of Katy Perry is just Firework. If that song is included, that would make my list up to 28 songs. I'm confused.

  • tarun agarwal23. March 2011, 13:19

    Friends,

    I have some doubt. will appreciate , if you can help me:-

    Actually, there are lot of cover albums for most of the songs that I have identified in the Press release document. Some even have about 50 cover versions. So, i am really confused about how to include them in our blog post? Even Grooveshark shows lot of cover versions for each song. Can you please suggest me what to do in this case. or is it like that we need to write about just one of the mail album??

    or, here cover album refer to something else?

    Also, Spotify doesn't work in my country as it is showing on its website. Any other site??

    and do we need to create a playlist on grooveshark with all our songs?

    Thanks!!

  • Espen André Øverdahl23. March 2011, 14:06

    Originally posted by tarunsam26:

    Actually, there are lot of cover albums for most of the songs that I have identified in the Press release document. Some even have about 50 cover versions. So, i am really confused about how to include them in our blog post?

    Don't. We're looking for the originals. It's pretty easy. Don't complicate things. It's 27 pretty famous songs in the press release. :smile:

  • akai198723. March 2011, 14:14

    @Espen André Øverdahl thank you for that factual information. (cheers) We will try to do our best to spot the original songs. Although I'm a little confused for some songs that have the same titles but have different artists and lyrics. Wish us luck to pick the right one.

  • Espen André Øverdahl23. March 2011, 14:16

    Originally posted by akai1987:

    Wish us luck to pick the right one.

    If you're in doubt, include the most obvious one and a backup artist/title.

  • Tyw723. March 2011, 19:29

    Can we edit our blog post before the comp closes? I saw the other enteries with YouTube video and have decided to put the videos in mine...

  • saurabh vaishnava23. March 2011, 20:19

    do we need to count with single words also? There exist some songs with following words like:-

    For example:- try, mobile, love, you, etc *sorry for the spoilers*

    If we include these type of songs, the list goes over 100 songs. If I write a blog post with information about all these 100 songs, it will make my post very witty. Just wanted to know if we have to include them, or do we need to be limited to just 27 original and famous songs (from press release) and make a post including just these 27 songs.




  • Tyw723. March 2011, 22:15

    Pick my entry!!!

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Published inChoose Opera
DateMarch 27, 2011
AuthorEspen André Øverdahl
Tagsopera mobile, opera mini, contest, android, beta, browser, choose opera, chooseopera, community, download, interview, jon
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