The idea for this game is simple. Represent lyrics from a song using only emojis and punctuation. How you do this is up to you, but as in the First Five Words game, the person who correctly identifies the song gets to play the next one. You don't necessarily need to use the opening lyrics from the song, but it wouldn't hurt. I've put an explanation of how to use the emojis in Windows 10 in the Testing section, but if you need help for other operating systems and devices, just ask and we'll put instructions in the support section. Here's my first attempt, which I hope will be relatively easy (and will look correct on other devices):
💰?
👫?
Name that song.
NEW RULES: We can have multiple emoji lyrics in play at the same time to keep the game moving and you can guess without posting a new one. Anybody can post a new one at any time, though occasionally reposting old ones is advised if they get lost in the crowd.
No takers? Let me see.
💰?
👫?
🐦
🕊
I can't even tell what those are.
Tepee/question mark
People/question mark
blue blob
dove
?
I can't answer anyway, because I don't have the capability of posting emojis for a new lyric. All my equipment is running outdated operating systems. But I think it's a great game!
Quote from: KathyB on Jun 25, 2017, 03:21 PMI can't even tell what those are.
Tepee/question mark
People/question mark
blue blob
dove
?
I can't answer anyway, because I don't have the capability of posting emojis for a new lyric. All my equipment is running outdated operating systems. But I think it's a great game!
You might need to zoom in a bit to seem to see them more clearly. But here's a general hint: Think conceptually. Once you figure out what the objects are, what could they represent?
Quote from: KathyB on Jun 25, 2017, 03:21 PMI can't answer anyway, because I don't have the capability of posting emojis for a new lyric. All my equipment is running outdated operating systems. But I think it's a great game!
You could always copy/paste them from the unicode website http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html (http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html)
🤓 <-- (and make them bigger)
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 23, 2017, 09:14 PM💰?
👫?
Name that song
Did you ever get an answer?
"Send in the Clowns" - "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair?"
I never use emojis ... I never got past emoticons. So someone else can go if I'm right!
Quote from: nulipp on Jun 26, 2017, 04:28 AMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 23, 2017, 09:14 PM💰?
👫?
Name that song
Did you ever get an answer?
"Send in the Clowns" - "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair?"
I never use emojis ... I never got past emoticons. So someone else can go if I'm right!
*HEAD SMACK* Brilliant of you Michael!!
I never got into emojis (and I LOVED "Concentration")
Quote from: nulipp on Jun 26, 2017, 04:28 AMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 23, 2017, 09:14 PM💰?
👫?
Name that song
Did you ever get an answer?
"Send in the Clowns" - "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair?"
I never use emojis ... I never got past emoticons. So someone else can go if I'm right!
Thank God someone finally got it! ;)
Emojis really aren't that hard. If you're on an Apple mobile device, just hit the smiley face button on the keyboard. (This may depend on which keyboard is up.) In Windows and, I assume, the Mac, there are pop-up, on-screen keyboards with a smiley face button for emojis.
Anybody take the next one. I've noticed several of you using emoji.s
It is my understanding this is not necessarily Sondheim or musical theatre. With that in mind...
🛎➖1️⃣
🍳➖1️⃣
Quote from: AmyG on Jun 26, 2017, 08:58 AMIt is my understanding this is not necessarily Sondheim or musical theatre. With that in mind...
🛎➖1️⃣
🍳➖1️⃣
I don't have Amy's yet, but I'm going to make a couple of new rules. We can have multiple emoji lyrics in play at the same time to keep the game moving. And you can guess without posting a new one. This one is a song title:
🌎➖💃
See my first post for more details on the new rules.
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 26, 2017, 09:59 AMThis one is a song title:
🌎➖💃
I can't see this very well, and have no idea how to enlarge something on my screen (it's a Windows computer). Is it
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off? I guess that's not a song title. Dang. But it looks like someone flying off the world. :)
Quote from: KathyB on Jun 26, 2017, 10:32 AMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 26, 2017, 09:59 AMThis one is a song title:
🌎➖💃
I can't see this very well, and have no idea how to enlarge something on my screen (it's a Windows computer). Is it Stop the World, I Want to Get Off? I guess that's not a song title. Dang. But it looks like someone flying off the world. :)
No, but it sounds like you're seeing the right images. (Control+mousewheel usually resizes the screen.)
Quote from: AmyG on Jun 26, 2017, 08:58 AM🛎➖1️⃣
🍳➖1️⃣
One Less Bell to Answer (... One less egg to fry)
@nulipp: 2
Everyone else: 0
Hey, clearly Nulipp has a talent for guessing these! (So can you get mine, Michael?)
🌎➖💃
Amy and I just compared Windows and Apple versions of the emojis, and they look quite different, which could be a problem with this game. Amy's bell looks like a bell on the iPad, but on Windows it looks like a hat. We may have to specify what computer to look at these on, if anybody has a choice. (An iPad or iPhone should be a satisfactory Apple computer, for Windows users.)
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 26, 2017, 08:15 PMHey, clearly Nulipp has a talent for guessing these! (So can you get mine, Michael?)
🌎➖💃
Jeely Kly, this is FRUSTRATING.
Quote from: Bobster on Jun 26, 2017, 09:18 PMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 26, 2017, 08:15 PMHey, clearly Nulipp has a talent for guessing these! (So can you get mine, Michael?)
🌎➖💃
Jeely Kly, this is FRUSTRATING.
I need to alter those emojis a bit because they don't correctly represent the title, though someone may still get it from this. I'm too tired now, but I'll work on it in the morning.
The emojis on this Android phone aren't very exciting....
😐😕🐰🐸🍩📯🎭🎷🗼😡
That's not a new song btw...
This is...
👵👿🌙
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 26, 2017, 08:15 PMHey, clearly Nulipp has a talent for guessing these! (So can you get mine, Michael?)
🌎➖💃
I can't see an unsolved offering from you Chris
Quote from: MartinG on Jun 27, 2017, 04:48 AM👵👿🌙
"Old Devil Moon" ... still can't get Chris's second one.
On a bus ride back from Cesky-Krumlov, Czech Republic, to Linz, Austria ...
I think the way the emojis look is more a function of what device you're reading them on than typing them on. I've got to think of some way to make mine clearer, because it's misleading in it's current form.
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 26, 2017, 08:15 PMHey, clearly Nulipp has a talent for guessing these! (So can you get mine, Michael?)
🌎➖💃
Is there a song called Dancing on the Edge of the World? Or World Without Flamenco? 😉
Here's a slightly altered version of my last one that might work better, but I may still come up with a better one:
🌎➡💃
Quote from: Vera Charles on Jun 27, 2017, 11:55 AMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 26, 2017, 08:15 PMHey, clearly Nulipp has a talent for guessing these! (So can you get mine, Michael?)
🌎➖💃
Is there a song called Dancing on the Edge of the World? Or World Without Flamenco? 😉
Not that I know of. ;)
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 11:59 AMHere's a slightly altered version of my last one that might work better, but I may still come up with a better one:
🌎➡💃
Has anyone guessed Stop the World I Want to Get Off? Is that a song?
Maybe this will work better:
🌎☹👧
This is so tough! :-\
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 01:24 PMMaybe this will work better:
🌎☹👧
Suppose instead of a globe of the earth I could show the entire universe (which doesn't seem to be one of the available emojis). What would that represent?
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 01:24 PMMaybe this will work better:
🌎☹👧
Still tweaking this:
🌎☹🚫💃
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 03:04 PMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 01:24 PMMaybe this will work better:
🌎☹👧
Still tweaking this:
🌎☹🚫💃
I think we might need a gentle hint 😕
I was thinking of "A World Without Love" until the clue got changed. ;)
Quote from: KathyB on Jun 28, 2017, 12:16 PMI was thinking of "A World Without Love" until the clue got changed. ;)
Maybe I should play a different one, though anyone who knows how to use emojis is welcome to jump in with their own.
Well I'm not giving up on it, but in the meantime another easy one (with a bit of poetic licence).....
🌽⬆🐘👀
Quote from: MartinG on Jun 28, 2017, 02:57 PMWell I'm not giving up on it, but in the meantime another easy one (with a bit of poetic licence).....
🌽⬆🐘👀
"The corn is as high as an elephant's eye." -- "Oh What a Beautiful Morning," Oklahoma
Much better than mine, Martin!
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 03:04 PMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 01:24 PMMaybe this will work better:
🌎☹👧
Still tweaking this:
🌎☹🚫💃
So, there's a song with the lyrics " the world is sad without dancing"?
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 02:53 PMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 01:24 PM🌎☹👧
Suppose instead of a globe of the earth I could show the entire universe (which doesn't seem to be one of the available emojis). What would that represent?
I'm guessing "everything"?
Nope, still puzzled 😩
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 03:04 PMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 27, 2017, 01:24 PMMaybe this will work better:
🌎☹👧
Still tweaking this:
🌎☹🚫💃
The fact that the female figure is dancing in some versions of this has nothing to do with the title of the song, but it has a lot to do with what the song is about.
And the earth represents a very simple, three-letter word.
Another attempt:
🌎🙏💃
Also see previous hints.
"All I Need is the Girl"
I cheated but I think in a clever enough way that I still get a little credit for getting it. I searched for "All" on Spotify and got a bunch of hits that wouldn't have been likely coming from
@Chris L, so then I tried "Sinatra All" and found it.
Back in a few with a new one.
And I want it known that I didn't give
@AmyG any hints that I didn't also put on the board. ;)
👫🚣🇧🇲
I'll come back with hints if nobody gets it right away.
Windows does not have the last emoji so it replaces it with two-letter representation of that same thing.
Quote from: AmyG on Jun 29, 2017, 06:16 PMWindows does not have the last emoji so it replaces it with two-letter representation of that same thing.
Hmm, some kind of bird-type thing?
Well done for getting Chris' anyway Amy (inside knowledge notwithstanding :) )
👫🚣flag.png
I've changed out the last emoji for an image. Now everyone should see the same thing. And I made it all a bit bigger.
Here's a clue. It's the first line of a song
Ah, Let's Get Away From It All. Nice one 😊
🚫💒👰📅
Quote from: MartinG on Jun 30, 2017, 12:15 PM🚫💒👰📅
Amy and I actually worked this one out together, but since I'm the one who first said the title, she says I should post it:
"Not Getting Married Today"
I'll play another one in a little while, but others should feel free to post one too (including you,
@MartinG).
Quote from: Chris L on Jun 29, 2017, 04:20 PMAnother attempt:
🌎🙏💃
Also see previous hints.
WAIT JUST A CLOCK TICK. How does "Earth" or a globe mean "All"?
Quote from: Bobster on Jun 30, 2017, 08:57 PMQuote from: Chris L on Jun 29, 2017, 04:20 PMAnother attempt:
🌎🙏💃
Also see previous hints.
WAIT JUST A CLOCK TICK. How does "Earth" or a globe mean "All"
It contains all there is. Well, except for the rest of the universe, but there wasn't an emoji for that.
Lyric from a song:
🎠🎠⬆⬇
Quote from: Chris L on Jul 01, 2017, 12:05 AMLyric from a song:
🎠🎠⬆⬇
My first impulse was to say "Get On The Carousel" but that doesn't fit the down arrow...
Quote from: Chris L on Jul 01, 2017, 12:05 AMLyric from a song:
🎠🎠⬆⬇
One of my favorite Joni Mitchell songs "Circle Game". The painted ponies go up and down.
📻➕☎️➕🎥
The radio, and the telephone, and the movies that we know... - Love is Here To Stay 😃
Another coming right up...
💧💧🌹🌹😸😸
Quote from: MartinG on Jul 01, 2017, 08:55 AM💧💧🌹🌹😸😸
"Two by Two" from
The Book of Mormon. ;)
[runs back and hides in corner after grabbing the very low-hanging fruit]
Continue with this clue...
Quote from: KathyB on Jul 01, 2017, 11:02 AMQuote from: MartinG on Jul 01, 2017, 08:55 AM💧💧🌹🌹😸😸
"Two by Two" from The Book of Mormon. ;)
[runs back and hides in corner after grabbing the very low-hanging fruit]
Continue with this clue...
Amy actually got this one, but hasn't posted it yet. (I think she's afraid she'll have to post a new one right away, but that's not a requirement in this game. Anybody can post a new one at any time, even when there are older ones in the thread.)
Unfortunately, I heard her answer before I saw the clue, so I can't guess. :'(
Quick, somebody get it before Amy posts!
It's "My Favorite Things". Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
🕊🕑⬆➡👧☁
Is any of the title included? 😞
Quote from: MartinG on Jul 02, 2017, 11:38 AMIs any of the title included? 😞
No. It's a random line from the middle of the song.
Haven't a clue about the last one, but here's a new one.
🛠🕳⛈@Chris L, we need a clue. And yes, I also told him that in person.
Quote from: AmyG on Jul 05, 2017, 05:26 PM...here's a new one.
🛠🕳⛈
There are a few contenders but I'll guess
Stormy Weather?
Quote from: Chris L on Jul 01, 2017, 02:17 PM🕊🕑⬆➡👧☁
Some hints on mine:
The first symbol represents not an object but a verb form.
The second symbol is a clock face but there's something specific about it.
The final symbol -- where would it be located?
Quote from: MartinG on Jul 06, 2017, 12:07 PMQuote from: AmyG on Jul 05, 2017, 05:26 PM...here's a new one.
🛠🕳⛈
There are a few contenders but I'll guess Stormy Weather?
No. These emojis represent 3 key words in the first line of this song.
Quote from: Chris L on Jul 06, 2017, 12:25 PMQuote from: Chris L on Jul 01, 2017, 02:17 PM🕊🕑⬆➡👧☁
Some hints on mine:
The first symbol represents not an object but a verb form.
The second symbol is a clock face but there's something specific about it.
The final symbol -- where would it be located?
I already guessed this one in person. It's I Get a Kick Out of You -- Flying too high with some gal in the sky (the Frank Sinatra version)
So mine is still up for grabs
Quote from: AmyG on Jul 06, 2017, 02:56 PM🛠🕳⛈
Quote from: AmyG on Jul 06, 2017, 02:56 PMQuote from: MartinG on Jul 06, 2017, 12:07 PMQuote from: AmyG on Jul 05, 2017, 05:26 PM...here's a new one.
🛠🕳⛈
There are a few contenders but I'll guess Stormy Weather?
No. These emojis represent 3 key words in the first line of this song.
"Fixing a Hole" by The Beatles?
Quote from: Chris L on Jul 10, 2017, 02:05 PMQuote from: AmyG on Jul 06, 2017, 02:56 PMQuote from: MartinG on Jul 06, 2017, 12:07 PMQuote from: AmyG on Jul 05, 2017, 05:26 PM...here's a new one.
🛠🕳⛈
There are a few contenders but I'll guess Stormy Weather?
No. These emojis represent 3 key words in the first line of this song.
"Fixing a Hole" by The Beatles?
You got it.
Song title. Should be easy.
🚶➡🌲
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. (I already know that's wrong but I'm trying to increase my post count. Plus, it's a good guess, considering the source.)
Quote from: AmyG on Jul 10, 2017, 04:27 PMRockin' Around the Christmas Tree. (I already know that's wrong but I'm trying to increase my post count. Plus, it's a good guess, considering the source.)
You're right that that's wrong. ;)
(And Amy was working from an earlier version where the person seemed to be dancing. Unfortunately, I can't find an emoji that isn't somehow misleading.)
🚶➡🌲
Walk On By?
Let me try this again:
👩➡🌳
"Someone in a Tree"?
It's certainly a confusing game when the emojis appear differently, or not at all, on different devices. I proposed Stormy Weather based on a cloud with lightning. I guess the original offering contained something suggesting Fixing a Hole, but it was lost on my Galaxy phone and tablet :-\ :-[ :)
Similarly, the Christmas tree was missing on my phone, hence my suggestion of Walk On By, which must have made no sense at all! ;D
Quote from: MartinG on Jul 11, 2017, 01:57 PMSimilarly, the Christmas tree was missing on my phone, hence my suggestion of Walk On By, which must have made no sense at all! ;D
The problem was that I wanted a human figure, but all of the human figure emojis on the Windows 10 pop-up keyboard were either doing something or were in couples. You saw the walking figure, so "Walk on By" made a certain sense. I finally settled on just a face.
I switched out the Christmas tree for a less specific tree. I'll have to see if that worked on my phone, though I'm not using Android. (I could look at it on my Kindle Fire, which is an Android tablet.)
I can't post any emojis, because (a) my technology is hopelessly outdated (I can see maybe one out of every three emojis posted here, so it was a minor miracle that I was able to see all three of Chris's emojis—I still see nothing but boxes in place of emojis in Amy's last post) and (b) I don't know how, even if my technology were up to snuff. So, somebody, please, post one for me. Thank you in advance.
Quote from: KathyB on Jul 11, 2017, 02:45 PMSo, somebody, please, post one for me. Thank you in advance.
Ok, I'll give it a shot ...
👁❤️🐑🌾😘
Ok, I'll give it a shot ...
👁❤️🐑🌾😘
[/quote]
I Love You a Bushel and a Peck?
Quote from: DiveMilw on Jul 11, 2017, 04:36 PMOk, I'll give it a shot ...
👁❤️🐑🌾😘
I Love You a Bushel and a Peck?
[/quote]
@Vera Charles hasn't commented yet, but I'm pretty sure you're right,
@DiveMilw. This game is proving trickier than I expected because apparently emojis are implemented differently on different devices, but would anyone like to try another? Mairi's showed up just fine on both my Windows PC and my iPad.
Quote from: Chris L on Jul 13, 2017, 03:23 PMQuote from: DiveMilw on Jul 11, 2017, 04:36 PMOk, I'll give it a shot ...
👁❤️🐑🌾😘
I Love You a Bushel and a Peck?
I am SO sorry, completely forgot I'd posted this. Yes,
@DiveMilw you're right.
@Chris L I posted the emojis from my iPad mini ... I can generally see all of the emojis posted in this game, just can't guess the lyric!!!
Quote from: Vera Charles on Jul 13, 2017, 03:42 PMI am SO sorry, completely forgot I'd posted this. Yes, @DiveMilw you're right.
@Chris L I posted the emojis from my iPad mini ... I can generally see all of the emojis posted in this game, just can't guess the lyric!!!
The iPad seems to be a good place to post emojis from. The ones you posted were sized differently on my PC than on my iPad, but they were still clear.
Just for fun I'll throw another one into the pot...
📼🔪📻⭐
@MartinG - "Video Killed the Radio Star"?
👍
(That's confirmation, not a turn - your go
@Chris L)