After a three-year hiatus, by popular demand1 Game of Three has returned! For those of you new to the game or who need a refresher course, here’s how it works:
Name three songs (or albums) that have something in common.
Replies are for guessing the link between the three.
The commonality can be anything: a shared lyric, the year of release, a featured musician, the producer or record label, or even some common feature in the album art.
Example #1:
Cat Power – “Good Woman”
Bad Religion – “American Jesus”
Neil Young – “Peace & Love”
Answer: All three feature Eddie Vedder on backing vocals.
Example #2:
Frank Ocean – “Swim Good”
Matthew Sweet – “In Too Deep”
Neil Young – “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”
Answer: All three contain the surname of the artist being used as an adjective or noun (“I’m about to drive in the ocean”, “Honey, ain’t life sweet”, “When you were young and on your own”)
For more examples (and possible inspiration) here’s a link to some previous games:
Game of Three (My Three Songs)
(There are also a few unsolved ones remaining in those older threads, if anyone feels like taking a shot at them.)
Don’t worry about coming up with ideas that might be too easy or too difficult – all levels of difficulty are encouraged to make this fun for as many people as possible. But keep in mind that the common link should be something interesting or clever (i.e. not they all feature drums, bass and guitar). Feel free to include hints as well.
ETA: As a courtesy to any late-comers who might still want to guess the solved questions on their own, please try to use spoiler tags when making your guesses.
Have fun posting and guessing!