From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

Can you identify the following popular songs from the first verse, minus
the vowels and spaces?

1.

FLTNMYFNGRS
FLTNMYTS
LVSLLRNDM
NDSTHFLNGGRWS
TSWRTTNNTHWND
TSVRYWHRGHYSTS
SFYRLLYLVM
CMNNDLTTSHWH

2.

WHNTHDYSLNG
NDTHNGHTTHNGHTSYRSLN
WHNYRSRYVHDNGH
FTHSLFWLLHNGN

3.

YLLRMMBRMWHNTHWSTWNDMVS
PNTHFLDSFBRLY
YLLFRGTTHSNNHSJLSSKY
SWWLKNFLDSFGLD

4.

WLDYKNWMYNM
FSWYNHVN
WLDTBTHSM
FSWYNHVN

5.

STNDWT
DSNNGLCNTMPLTMYFT
NDDTHYKNWTHPLCSWHRWG
WHNWRGRYNDLD
CSVBNTLD
THTSLVTNLTSTHRWNGSNFLD
SWHNMLYNGNMYBD
THGHTSRNNNGTHRGHMYHD
NDFLTHTLVSDD
MLVNNGLSNSTD

6.

NDWLDDNYTHNGFRLV
DRNRGHTNTHLLNDBCK
WLDDNYTHNGFRLV
LLNVRLTYNDTHTSFCT

7.

BLMYFRTHMNLTSKY
NDTHDRMTHTDD
WTHTHGLSFLGHT
BLMYFRTHMNLTNGHTS
WHNWNDRWHY
RTHSSSTLLDRY
DNTBLMTHSSLPNGSTLLT

8.

WSBRSDNDBTTRDCLDNTTLLWHTFLT
WSNRCGNZBLTMYSLF
SWMYRFLCTNNWNDWNDDDNTKNWMYWNFC
SBRTHRRYGNNLVMWSTNGWY
NTHSTRTSFPHLDLPH

9.

YDSMTHNGTM
SMTHNGDPNSD
MHNGNGNTHWR
FRLVLLNVRFND
YDSMTHNGWNDRFL
CHSTLLWY
MXNGMYMTNS
THRWSMBCKGN

10.

FSHLDSTY
WLDNLYBNYRWY
SLLGBTKNW
LLTHNKFYVRYSTPFTHWY

11.

LKNTMYYSYWLLS
WHTYMNTM
SRCHYRHRTSRCHYRSL
NDWHNYFNDMTHRYLLSRCHNMR

12.

TSBNSVNHRSNDFFTNDYS
SNCYTKYRLVWY
GTVRYNGHTNDSLPLLDY
SNCYTKYRLVWY
SNCYVBNGNCNDWHTVRWNT
CNSWHMVRCHS
CNTMYDNNRNFNCYRSTRNT
BTNTHNGSDNTHNGCNTKWYTHSBLS
--
David Entwistle
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From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles


David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> posted:

Can you identify the following popular songs from the first verse, minus
the vowels and spaces?

1.

FLTNMYFNGRS
FLTNMYTS
LVSLLRNDM
NDSTHFLNGGRWS
TSWRTTNNTHWND
TSVRYWHRGHYSTS
SFYRLLYLVM
CMNNDLTTSHWH

2.

WHNTHDYSLNG
NDTHNGHTTHNGHTSYRSLN
WHNYRSRYVHDNGH
FTHSLFWLLHNGN

3.

YLLRMMBRMWHNTHWSTWNDMVS
PNTHFLDSFBRLY
YLLFRGTTHSNNHSJLSSKY
SWWLKNFLDSFGLD

4.

WLDYKNWMYNM
FSWYNHVN
WLDTBTHSM
FSWYNHVN

5.

STNDWT
DSNNGLCNTMPLTMYFT
NDDTHYKNWTHPLCSWHRWG
WHNWRGRYNDLD
CSVBNTLD
THTSLVTNLTSTHRWNGSNFLD
SWHNMLYNGNMYBD
THGHTSRNNNGTHRGHMYHD
NDFLTHTLVSDD
MLVNNGLSNSTD

6.

NDWLDDNYTHNGFRLV
DRNRGHTNTHLLNDBCK
WLDDNYTHNGFRLV
LLNVRLTYNDTHTSFCT

7.

BLMYFRTHMNLTSKY
NDTHDRMTHTDD
WTHTHGLSFLGHT
BLMYFRTHMNLTNGHTS
WHNWNDRWHY
RTHSSSTLLDRY
DNTBLMTHSSLPNGSTLLT

8.

WSBRSDNDBTTRDCLDNTTLLWHTFLT
WSNRCGNZBLTMYSLF
SWMYRFLCTNNWNDWNDDDNTKNWMYWNFC
SBRTHRRYGNNLVMWSTNGWY
NTHSTRTSFPHLDLPH

9.

YDSMTHNGTM
SMTHNGDPNSD
MHNGNGNTHWR
FRLVLLNVRFND
YDSMTHNGWNDRFL
CHSTLLWY
MXNGMYMTNS
THRWSMBCKGN

10.

FSHLDSTY
WLDNLYBNYRWY
SLLGBTKNW
LLTHNKFYVRYSTPFTHWY

11.

LKNTMYYSYWLLS
WHTYMNTM
SRCHYRHRTSRCHYRSL
NDWHNYFNDMTHRYLLSRCHNMR

12.

TSBNSVNHRSNDFFTNDYS
SNCYTKYRLVWY
GTVRYNGHTNDSLPLLDY
SNCYTKYRLVWY
SNCYVBNGNCNDWHTVRWNT
CNSWHMVRCHS
CNTMYDNNRNFNCYRSTRNT
BTNTHNGSDNTHNGCNTKWYTHSBLS

intrstng! i thnk ts lttl esr n lwrcs.



Perhaps I'd be interested in a set of easier ones.

1983 rCo f u cn rd ths u cn gt a gd jb w hi pa!
1983 rCo So thinks a sign in the subway. Think twice when letters disappear. Into Commodity's black holerCo No turning back from that career. This ...

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From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

On 09/02/2026 15:47, David Entwistle wrote:

Can you identify the following popular songs from the first verse, minus
the vowels and spaces?

1.

FLTNMYFNGRS
FLTNMYTS
LVSLLRNDM
NDSTHFLNGGRWS
TSWRTTNNTHWND
TSVRYWHRGHYSTS
SFYRLLYLVM
CMNNDLTTSHWH

I feel it in my fingers,
I feel it in my toes,
Love is all around me,
And so the feeling grows
...

2.

WHNTHDYSLNG
NDTHNGHTTHNGHTSYRSLN
WHNYRSRYVHDNGH
FTHSLFWLLHNGN

When the day is long,
And the nights [something]

An REM song, I think.

3.

YLLRMMBRMWHNTHWSTWNDMVS
PNTHFLDSFBRLY
YLLFRGTTHSNNHSJLSSKY
SWWLKNFLDSFGLD

You'll remember me [something]
...
You'll forget the [something]

I don't know.

4.

WLDYKNWMYNM
FSWYNHVN
WLDTBTHSM
FSWYNHVN

Would you know my name?

No idea what that song is.

5.

STNDWT
DSNNGLCNTMPLTMYFT
NDDTHYKNWTHPLCSWHRWG
WHNWRGRYNDLD
CSVBNTLD
THTSLVTNLTSTHRWNGSNFLD
SWHNMLYNGNMYBD
THGHTSRNNNGTHRGHMYHD
NDFLTHTLVSDD
MLVNNGLSNSTD

Not a clue.

6.

NDWLDDNYTHNGFRLV
DRNRGHTNTHLLNDBCK
WLDDNYTHNGFRLV
LLNVRLTYNDTHTSFCT

And I would do anything for love

So, that'll be Meatloaf.

7.

BLMYFRTHMNLTSKY
NDTHDRMTHTDD
WTHTHGLSFLGHT
BLMYFRTHMNLTNGHTS
WHNWNDRWHY
RTHSSSTLLDRY
DNTBLMTHSSLPNGSTLLT

No idea.

8.

WSBRSDNDBTTRDCLDNTTLLWHTFLT
WSNRCGNZBLTMYSLF
SWMYRFLCTNNWNDWNDDDNTKNWMYWNFC
SBRTHRRYGNNLVMWSTNGWY
NTHSTRTSFPHLDLPH

No idea.

9.

YDSMTHNGTM
SMTHNGDPNSD
MHNGNGNTHWR
FRLVLLNVRFND
YDSMTHNGWNDRFL
CHSTLLWY
MXNGMYMTNS
THRWSMBCKGN

You do something to me

Which is Paul Weller.

10.

FSHLDSTY
WLDNLYBNYRWY
SLLGBTKNW
LLTHNKFYVRYSTPFTHWY

If I should stay,
I would only be in your way

Dolly.

11.

LKNTMYYSYWLLS
WHTYMNTM
SRCHYRHRTSRCHYRSL
NDWHNYFNDMTHRYLLSRCHNMR

No idea.

12.

TSBNSVNHRSNDFFTNDYS
SNCYTKYRLVWY
GTVRYNGHTNDSLPLLDY
SNCYTKYRLVWY
SNCYVBNGNCNDWHTVRWNT
CNSWHMVRCHS
CNTMYDNNRNFNCYRSTRNT
BTNTHNGSDNTHNGCNTKWYTHSBLS

Still no idea.



There should a a law against lyics starting with a vowel.

And, this is why using the first letter of a common phrase does not make
a good password - it's not nearly as random as you'd think.

Nice puzzle.


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HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> posted:

Can you identify the following popular songs from the first verse, minus the vowels and spaces?

1.

FLTNMYFNGRS
FLTNMYTS
LVSLLRNDM
NDSTHFLNGGRWS
TSWRTTNNTHWND
TSVRYWHRGHYSTS
SFYRLLYLVM
CMNNDLTTSHWH

2.

WHNTHDYSLNG
NDTHNGHTTHNGHTSYRSLN
WHNYRSRYVHDNGH
FTHSLFWLLHNGN

3.

YLLRMMBRMWHNTHWSTWNDMVS
PNTHFLDSFBRLY
YLLFRGTTHSNNHSJLSSKY
SWWLKNFLDSFGLD

4.

WLDYKNWMYNM
FSWYNHVN
WLDTBTHSM
FSWYNHVN

5.

STNDWT
DSNNGLCNTMPLTMYFT
NDDTHYKNWTHPLCSWHRWG
WHNWRGRYNDLD
CSVBNTLD
THTSLVTNLTSTHRWNGSNFLD
SWHNMLYNGNMYBD
THGHTSRNNNGTHRGHMYHD
NDFLTHTLVSDD
MLVNNGLSNSTD

6.

NDWLDDNYTHNGFRLV
DRNRGHTNTHLLNDBCK
WLDDNYTHNGFRLV
LLNVRLTYNDTHTSFCT

7.

BLMYFRTHMNLTSKY
NDTHDRMTHTDD
WTHTHGLSFLGHT
BLMYFRTHMNLTNGHTS
WHNWNDRWHY
RTHSSSTLLDRY
DNTBLMTHSSLPNGSTLLT

8.

WSBRSDNDBTTRDCLDNTTLLWHTFLT
WSNRCGNZBLTMYSLF
SWMYRFLCTNNWNDWNDDDNTKNWMYWNFC
SBRTHRRYGNNLVMWSTNGWY
NTHSTRTSFPHLDLPH

9.

YDSMTHNGTM
SMTHNGDPNSD
MHNGNGNTHWR
FRLVLLNVRFND
YDSMTHNGWNDRFL
CHSTLLWY
MXNGMYMTNS
THRWSMBCKGN

10.

FSHLDSTY
WLDNLYBNYRWY
SLLGBTKNW
LLTHNKFYVRYSTPFTHWY

11.

LKNTMYYSYWLLS
WHTYMNTM
SRCHYRHRTSRCHYRSL
NDWHNYFNDMTHRYLLSRCHNMR

12.

TSBNSVNHRSNDFFTNDYS
SNCYTKYRLVWY
GTVRYNGHTNDSLPLLDY
SNCYTKYRLVWY
SNCYVBNGNCNDWHTVRWNT
CNSWHMVRCHS
CNTMYDNNRNFNCYRSTRNT
BTNTHNGSDNTHNGCNTKWYTHSBLS

intrstng! i thnk ts lttl esr n lwrcs.

Perhaps I'd be interested in a set of easier ones.

1983 rCo f u cn rd ths u cn gt a gd jb w hi pa!
1983 rCo So thinks a sign in the subway. Think twice when letters disappear. Into Commodity's black holerCo No turning back from that career. This ...

_______________________

Perhaps I'd be interested in a set of easier ones.

Here's the easy (Starter Set) that I wanted:


_________________

Ystrdy, ll my trbls smd s fr w y
Nw t lks s thgh th're hr t sty ---- h, Ystrdy...


_________________________

s ths th rll f?
s ths jst fntsy?

_________________________

hy jd, dnt mk t bd
tk sd sng nd mk t bttr


_________________________

mg n thrs n hv n
ts sy f y try

_________________________

sh ws mr lk bty qn frm mv scn
sd "dnt mnd bt wht d y mn m th n?"

_________________________

ld pn gns brng yr fr nds
ts fn t ls nd t pr t nd

____________
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:24:33 +0000, Richard Harnden wrote:

12.

TSBNSVNHRSNDFFTNDYS
SNCYTKYRLVWY
GTVRYNGHTNDSLPLLDY
SNCYTKYRLVWY
SNCYVBNGNCNDWHTVRWNT
CNSWHMVRCHS
CNTMYDNNRNFNCYRSTRNT
BTNTHNGSDNTHNGCNTKWYTHSBLS

Still no idea.

You are right, it's the initial vowel that causes a problem.

"It's been seven hours and fifteen days"...
--
David Entwistle
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HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> posted:

Can you identify the following popular songs from the first verse, minus the vowels and spaces?

1.

FLTNMYFNGRS
FLTNMYTS
LVSLLRNDM
NDSTHFLNGGRWS
TSWRTTNNTHWND
TSVRYWHRGHYSTS
SFYRLLYLVM
CMNNDLTTSHWH

2.

WHNTHDYSLNG
NDTHNGHTTHNGHTSYRSLN
WHNYRSRYVHDNGH
FTHSLFWLLHNGN

3.

YLLRMMBRMWHNTHWSTWNDMVS
PNTHFLDSFBRLY
YLLFRGTTHSNNHSJLSSKY
SWWLKNFLDSFGLD

4.

WLDYKNWMYNM
FSWYNHVN
WLDTBTHSM
FSWYNHVN

5.

STNDWT
DSNNGLCNTMPLTMYFT
NDDTHYKNWTHPLCSWHRWG
WHNWRGRYNDLD
CSVBNTLD
THTSLVTNLTSTHRWNGSNFLD
SWHNMLYNGNMYBD
THGHTSRNNNGTHRGHMYHD
NDFLTHTLVSDD
MLVNNGLSNSTD

6.

NDWLDDNYTHNGFRLV
DRNRGHTNTHLLNDBCK
WLDDNYTHNGFRLV
LLNVRLTYNDTHTSFCT

7.

BLMYFRTHMNLTSKY
NDTHDRMTHTDD
WTHTHGLSFLGHT
BLMYFRTHMNLTNGHTS
WHNWNDRWHY
RTHSSSTLLDRY
DNTBLMTHSSLPNGSTLLT

8.

WSBRSDNDBTTRDCLDNTTLLWHTFLT
WSNRCGNZBLTMYSLF
SWMYRFLCTNNWNDWNDDDNTKNWMYWNFC
SBRTHRRYGNNLVMWSTNGWY
NTHSTRTSFPHLDLPH

9.

YDSMTHNGTM
SMTHNGDPNSD
MHNGNGNTHWR
FRLVLLNVRFND
YDSMTHNGWNDRFL
CHSTLLWY
MXNGMYMTNS
THRWSMBCKGN

10.

FSHLDSTY
WLDNLYBNYRWY
SLLGBTKNW
LLTHNKFYVRYSTPFTHWY

11.

LKNTMYYSYWLLS
WHTYMNTM
SRCHYRHRTSRCHYRSL
NDWHNYFNDMTHRYLLSRCHNMR

12.

TSBNSVNHRSNDFFTNDYS
SNCYTKYRLVWY
GTVRYNGHTNDSLPLLDY
SNCYTKYRLVWY
SNCYVBNGNCNDWHTVRWNT
CNSWHMVRCHS
CNTMYDNNRNFNCYRSTRNT
BTNTHNGSDNTHNGCNTKWYTHSBLS

intrstng! i thnk ts lttl esr n lwrcs.

Perhaps I'd be interested in a set of easier ones.

1983 rCo f u cn rd ths u cn gt a gd jb w hi pa!
1983 rCo So thinks a sign in the subway. Think twice when letters disappear. Into Commodity's black holerCo No turning back from that career. This ...

_______________________

Perhaps I'd be interested in a set of easier ones.

Here's the easy (Starter Set) that I wanted:

_________________

Ystrdy, ll my trbls smd s fr w y
Nw t lks s thgh th're hr t sty ---- h, Ystrdy...

_________________________

s ths th rll f?
s ths jst fntsy?

_________________________

hy jd, dnt mk t bd
tk sd sng nd mk t bttr

_________________________

mg n thrs n hv n
ts sy f y try

_________________________

sh ws mr lk bty qn frm mv scn
sd "dnt mnd bt wht d y mn m th n?"

_________________________

ld pn gns brng yr fr nds
ts fn t ls nd t pr t nd

____________

12. ts bns v nhrs nd fft nd ys --- snc y tk yr lv wy
gt vry ng ht nd slp lld y --- snc y tk yr lv wy



AI said it's Kelly Clarkson, and I was going to say.... I don't even know that song, and

i thought it was a much older song (written by Prince?) and I was right.
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On 10/02/2026 18:24, Richard Harnden wrote:

On 09/02/2026 15:47, David Entwistle wrote:

Can you identify the following popular songs from the first verse, minus the vowels and spaces?

1.

FLTNMYFNGRS
FLTNMYTS
LVSLLRNDM
NDSTHFLNGGRWS
TSWRTTNNTHWND
TSVRYWHRGHYSTS
SFYRLLYLVM
CMNNDLTTSHWH

I feel it in my fingers,
I feel it in my toes,
Love is all around me,
And so the feeling grows
...

2.

WHNTHDYSLNG
NDTHNGHTTHNGHTSYRSLN
WHNYRSRYVHDNGH
FTHSLFWLLHNGN

When the day is long,
And the nights [something]

An REM song, I think.

3.

YLLRMMBRMWHNTHWSTWNDMVS
PNTHFLDSFBRLY
YLLFRGTTHSNNHSJLSSKY
SWWLKNFLDSFGLD

You'll remember me [something]
...
You'll forget the [something]

I don't know.

4.

WLDYKNWMYNM
FSWYNHVN
WLDTBTHSM
FSWYNHVN

Would you know my name?

..if I saw you in heaven.
(Eric Clapton, after the death of his young son...)

No idea what that song is.

5.

STNDWT
DSNNGLCNTMPLTMYFT
NDDTHYKNWTHPLCSWHRWG
WHNWRGRYNDLD
CSVBNTLD
THTSLVTNLTSTHRWNGSNFLD
SWHNMLYNGNMYBD
THGHTSRNNNGTHRGHMYHD
NDFLTHTLVSDD
MLVNNGLSNSTD

Not a clue.

6.

NDWLDDNYTHNGFRLV
DRNRGHTNTHLLNDBCK
WLDDNYTHNGFRLV
LLNVRLTYNDTHTSFCT

And I would do anything for love

So, that'll be Meatloaf.

7.

BLMYFRTHMNLTSKY
NDTHDRMTHTDD
WTHTHGLSFLGHT
BLMYFRTHMNLTNGHTS
WHNWNDRWHY
RTHSSSTLLDRY
DNTBLMTHSSLPNGSTLLT

No idea.

8.

WSBRSDNDBTTRDCLDNTTLLWHTFLT
WSNRCGNZBLTMYSLF
SWMYRFLCTNNWNDWNDDDNTKNWMYWNFC
SBRTHRRYGNNLVMWSTNGWY
NTHSTRTSFPHLDLPH

No idea.

9.

YDSMTHNGTM
SMTHNGDPNSD
MHNGNGNTHWR
FRLVLLNVRFND
YDSMTHNGWNDRFL
CHSTLLWY
MXNGMYMTNS
THRWSMBCKGN

You do something to me

Which is Paul Weller.

10.

FSHLDSTY
WLDNLYBNYRWY
SLLGBTKNW
LLTHNKFYVRYSTPFTHWY

If I should stay,
I would only be in your way

Dolly.

11.

LKNTMYYSYWLLS
WHTYMNTM
SRCHYRHRTSRCHYRSL
NDWHNYFNDMTHRYLLSRCHNMR

No idea.

12.

TSBNSVNHRSNDFFTNDYS
SNCYTKYRLVWY
GTVRYNGHTNDSLPLLDY
SNCYTKYRLVWY
SNCYVBNGNCNDWHTVRWNT
CNSWHMVRCHS
CNTMYDNNRNFNCYRSTRNT
BTNTHNGSDNTHNGCNTKWYTHSBLS

Still no idea.

There should a a law against lyics starting with a vowel.

And, this is why using the first letter of a common phrase does not make a good password - it's not
nearly as random as you'd think.

Nice puzzle.

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On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:47:04 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

Can you identify the following popular songs from the first verse, minus
the vowels and spaces?

SPOILER ALERT: Song titles and artist.
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LER ALERT: Song titles and artist.
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Song titles and artist.
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ng titles and artist.
g titles and artist.
titles and artist.
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tles and artist.
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1. "Love is All Around" Wet Wet Wet
2. "Everybody Hurts" R.E.M
3. "Fields of Gold" Sting
4. "Tears in Heaven" Eric Clapton
5. "Angels" Robbie Williams
6. "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" Meatloaf
7. "Sleeping Satellite" Tasmin Archer
8. "Streets of Philadelphia" Bruce Springsteen
9. "You do Something to Me" Paul Weller
10. "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston
11. "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" Bryan Adams
12. "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinead O'Connor
--
David Entwistle
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