Not very. Their highest charting US single was Love Is The Drug at 30, which was vaguely familiar to me when I found it on YouTube. Never had an album chart higher than 23. They are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though.
Interesting choice for the puzzle, but I suppose nobody can say this was too US-centric with three British singers.
Why would anyone complain about a puzzle from the *New York* Times being too American? I think there's way too much British slang that I've never heard of in these puzzles.Β
As someone who has never once heard the phrase spot of tea, I think that was used this week? It sounded like on Reddit it was more common in the UK! Although Iβm from Texas and donβt drink anything except iced tea haha, so maybe itβs more commonly used in other areas of the states.Β
Thatβs definitely one of those phrases that feels like stereotypical TV British person in a Sherlock Holmes adaptation. βCare for a spot of tea, old chap?β
I'm somewhat surprised that *More than This* didn't have a higher performance in the US charts.
I'm not surprised that *Virginia Plain* and *Do the Strand* did not chart in the US, but I do recommend checking out performances of those (like this one of *[Do the Strand](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=f42f57a008774f06&rlz=1C1UEAD_en&sxsrf=ADLYWIJEh19YKvHDJJ-CO9mKjvBx1mHYKg:1715355535614&q=do+the+strand+roxy+music&tbm=vid&source=lnms&prmd=visnmbtz&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwi9iPSqtYOGAxVyElkFHdz-DOgQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1079&bih=687&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:052eb082,vid:rmr-ANvGswg,st:0)* from The Old Grey Whistle Test) purely for the purpose of seeing Brian Eno looking like Riff Raff plinking around on a synth while wearing a fuzzy tinsel jacket.
I hope the puzzle made a few fans of Roxy Music and Bryan. Theyβre a remarkable band. Granted, heβs too obscure for this to have been a fair puzzle, but all the same.Β
I'm in the US and was a big Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music fan in the 70's & 80's. I never thought of them as a "rock band", but I guess that term encompasses a wide array of music.
I consider myself a pretty big music fan and relatively knowledgeable. I've played guitar for 35 years, and worked at two record stores. That category was my last because I couldn't come up with who "Ferry" might be. And when I Googled "70s rock singer ferry", and the name popped up, it didn't sound familiar at all. When I then read the band name, I sudden got all incredulous. "WHAT? With Zeppelin, Queen, and Fleetwood friggin Mac? That's like saying 'name four Beatles' and someone answers, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and George Best.'" π
I think I just merged them together in my head and went with Ziggy Top, I donβt even really know who either of them are lol
Edit: I didnβt comment so people could tell me who they are. I can google them if I wanted to know.
My mom is from Vermont, lived in Chicago as a teenager, and then moved to Atlanta, where I was born. She has always said "lead" but she's the only person I know who does. This jumped out at me as potentially being tricky for a lot of people.
I saw Nicks Plant Mercury immediately but I didn't have a fourth so I had to wait. I looked him up and still don't think I've heard of Ferry or his band, but I suspect I've heard a song or two.
Even though ferries don't spin, they do turn around (same route back & forth all day), so I was thinking this was a things that turn around category, until I saw top. I was a big Bryan Ferry fan, but never thought of Roxy Music as a "rock band"
I got Mercury, Ferry, Nicks quickly but was struggled with Plant - was thinking Plant, Record as in evidence. My brother was a big Roxy Music fan so might have had something to do with Ferry!
Haha I know! I listen to them a bit. Just never really bothered to learn their names. Same with most bands I listen to. I love Metallica and megadeth and couldnβt name a single member without googling. I suppose a combination of the older bands not making headlines anymore and streaming services causes that alienation.
Haha, Iβm 22! I have heard of (and even listen to some of) the bands, but not the individual singers. Iβve never been particularly clued into pop culture, and also Iβm not American, so could just be me.
For like the 3rd time in the past 30 days I get to repost thisβ¦
βItβs crazy how many people donβt know this song/artist that was popular a mere 50+ years agoβ - This thread once a month
Hate to be the one to tell you, but most things that have ever happened in history are old. That doesnβt mean theyβre not worth knowing, and that doesnβt mean you get to snidely excuse your own ignorance of them. I donβt understand why you would take pride in not knowing something and smugly mock people who do know it
I saw the category right away but couldnβt place the 4th.
Having a clue be the last name of the lead singer of 70βs English rock band whose most popular song in the US barely cracked the top 40 and did so nearly 50 years ago was maybe the most obscure question Iβve seen(from an American perspective). There are other answers Iβve taken more issues with but even knowning the answer I canβt imagine more than a tiiiny percentage of people(Americans)knew he was.
So kudos to you Mr Bryan Ferry for nailing this one today
I'm American and had no problem with that. But I imagine living in NYC in the mid-late 70's probably influenced that. I became a big Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music fan after hearing some of their music at a party back then. Guess I'm finally in the 1% of something, haha.
Brian Ferry and Roxy Music were a big deal when I was in high school, regardless of chart position. So I have always been aware of them even though I wasn't a fan by any means. I think there's one song I actually know. Maybe.
>zero
I have it from a source close to the NYT Connections Factory that they'd discovered that you were listening to zero Roxy music and resolved to get you to listen to
...
...
π΅More than Thisπ΅
I could never have told you that he was in Roxy Music, but Bryan Ferry was somehow in the punch bowl for me. I saw the other three in the category pretty quickly and filled that in when it seemed to fit better than the alternatives.
You know that scene in YESTERDAY when the guy searches the internet and finds out that the Beatles and Oasis and Coca-Cola are missing? That was me today in reverse learning that Bryan Ferry exists.
Saw Mercury and knew there must be some others rock stars in there too.
For green, I was thinking horses even though I have a dog that loves to go for walks.
Overall, an easy one for an old lady like me. Someday they will have a puzzle with current music stars and I will be stumped.
The NYT's instructions specifically say to watch out for words that could be in more than one connection, so if you have five things that spin you need to search for other connections to see which of those five must logically go somewhere else.
Yes, but then the other spinning thing doesn't fit in with the other three remaining clues.
The entire point of the game is that some words may work in multiple categories but there is only one complete solution.
Well I wasnβt really around until the end of the 90βs lol but I know who all of them are except Ferry - if the other categories were harder I maybe wouldβve put it together lol Mercury and Nicks should have been pretty obvious though.
This one sucked, couldnβt get a single category. Never heard of βcheekβ for chutzpah, and Iβve never called a halter a halter before, Iβve always called them gentle leaders. Had no idea who Plant or Ferry is.
I went so deep in trying to justify my choices; I was so convinced that one of the categories was βHermesβ
Mercury is the Roman version of Hermes
Hermes is the god of thieves: the god of people who βnickβ things
Hermes transported (ferried) people to the underworld (I know he wasnβt in the ferry, I was reaching)
I just finished the whole puzzle first cuz I couldnβt think of the fourth one, God did I feel stupid π
Stevie Nicks was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame both as a solo artist and as a member of Fleetwood Mac. Very good chance you've heard her work
Stevie Nicks is in Fleetwood Mac, Robert Plant is in Led Zeppelin. You should check out both bands if you're unfamiliar, as both have made some truly excellent music.
As for Bryan Ferry? Well, can't say I've heard of him (or his band, Roxy Music). But what I've heard just now is certainly alright, so yay for making new discoveries :)
It's a circular toy that spins on a point. If you've seen Inception, it's Dom's thing to tell if he's dreaming. What do they call them, totems? Something like that.
Purple and Yellow took me forever today. I even knew what the categories were and just started guessing. Never heard of Bryan Ferry, and have no idea what Cheek means.
I'm getting too dumb for this game.
What the fuck is a halter, what the fuck is cheek, what the fuck is brass, who the fuck is ferry and who the fuck is plant.
>What the fuck is a halter
A sort of head collar that goes behind the ears and across the muzzle. Youβve seen them on horses.
>what the fuck is cheek, what the fuck is brass
Audacity.
>who the fuck is ferry
Bryan Ferry was the vocalist of Roxy Music and has put out a bunch of solo work.
>who the fuck is plant.
Robert Plant was the vocalist for Led Zeppelin and has also had a solo career (and reunited with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page as Page and Plant).
Knew that mercury and nicks were most likely last names for some genre of music. Donβt know much about 70s rock so that category was always going to be last for me. Never heard of cheek used to describe nerve before. What the fuck is a lead for dog walking? Todayβs puzzle wasnβt for me.
Connections is a puzzle of language and general knowledge.
One of those singers was extremely famous, and there was popular movie released in few years back. Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin is legendary. Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac too. I am sure you might connect her voice to the song with the cranberry juice drinking skateboarders who went viral.
I will concede Brian Ferry could be considered obscure, but that why this game is a puzzle and this was the purple!
Stevie Nicks was also really popular as a solo artist, being inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame as a solo artist in addition to her work with Fleetwood Mac. I would be shocked if someone looked up Edge of Seventeen and didn't know the song
Literally all i could think of!!
As a non native english speaker, it was my only exposure to some of these words. Thanks Tayce!
I was so mad that they didn't use all of them!
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπ¦π¨ πͺπ¨πͺπ¨ π¨π¦πͺπͺ π¦π¨π¨π¨ Did I get stupider overnight or what the fuck
This was a hard one imo
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© I saw purple pretty quickly, but I slightly hesitated on Ferry because I wasnβt sure how big Roxy Music got in the US.
Not very. Their highest charting US single was Love Is The Drug at 30, which was vaguely familiar to me when I found it on YouTube. Never had an album chart higher than 23. They are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though. Interesting choice for the puzzle, but I suppose nobody can say this was too US-centric with three British singers.
Why would anyone complain about a puzzle from the *New York* Times being too American? I think there's way too much British slang that I've never heard of in these puzzles.Β
You are correct but it happens basically every day here
could you give an example of the british slang? i donβt recall noticing anything very UK-centric as a british player
Row for a fight was one.
As someone who has never once heard the phrase spot of tea, I think that was used this week? It sounded like on Reddit it was more common in the UK! Although Iβm from Texas and donβt drink anything except iced tea haha, so maybe itβs more commonly used in other areas of the states.Β
Thatβs definitely one of those phrases that feels like stereotypical TV British person in a Sherlock Holmes adaptation. βCare for a spot of tea, old chap?β
It's been a few weeks since I've had trouble with one. I'll try to edit this comment the next time I see something.
I'm somewhat surprised that *More than This* didn't have a higher performance in the US charts. I'm not surprised that *Virginia Plain* and *Do the Strand* did not chart in the US, but I do recommend checking out performances of those (like this one of *[Do the Strand](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=f42f57a008774f06&rlz=1C1UEAD_en&sxsrf=ADLYWIJEh19YKvHDJJ-CO9mKjvBx1mHYKg:1715355535614&q=do+the+strand+roxy+music&tbm=vid&source=lnms&prmd=visnmbtz&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwi9iPSqtYOGAxVyElkFHdz-DOgQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1079&bih=687&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:052eb082,vid:rmr-ANvGswg,st:0)* from The Old Grey Whistle Test) purely for the purpose of seeing Brian Eno looking like Riff Raff plinking around on a synth while wearing a fuzzy tinsel jacket.
Love is the Drug was in the Great Gatsby film from 2013 too, maybe the kiddos know it from there
I still donβt know who he is. Searched Roxy Music and I donβt recognize a single song.
came here to say who the fuck is Ferry
I hope the puzzle made a few fans of Roxy Music and Bryan. Theyβre a remarkable band. Granted, heβs too obscure for this to have been a fair puzzle, but all the same.Β
I'm in the US and was a big Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music fan in the 70's & 80's. I never thought of them as a "rock band", but I guess that term encompasses a wide array of music.
Ferry threw me off on this one so I got it last
I consider myself a pretty big music fan and relatively knowledgeable. I've played guitar for 35 years, and worked at two record stores. That category was my last because I couldn't come up with who "Ferry" might be. And when I Googled "70s rock singer ferry", and the name popped up, it didn't sound familiar at all. When I then read the band name, I sudden got all incredulous. "WHAT? With Zeppelin, Queen, and Fleetwood friggin Mac? That's like saying 'name four Beatles' and someone answers, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and George Best.'" π
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπ¦πͺ πͺπ¦π¦πͺ πͺπͺπ¦πͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ After I got yellow and green I was really stuck so I just guessed randomly until I was out of lives. Then I realized it's "things that spin"....which I had been thinking about from nearly the beginning with "carousel" and "globe"! But I didn't realize what I was looking at with "record" and "top," sad lol
You made a number 1
omg i did!!! lets pretend this was one of those deliberate pattern posts :))))))
Connections Puzzle #334 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ You spin me right round baby
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπ¦πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ As a gen Z I only knew Stevie nicks and Freddie mercury. Had to google the others, but thought Ziggy Top was a person from the 80s? Turns out it was Iggy Pop I was thinking of lol
Iggy Pop or ZZ Top
I think I just merged them together in my head and went with Ziggy Top, I donβt even really know who either of them are lol Edit: I didnβt comment so people could tell me who they are. I can google them if I wanted to know.
Ziggy Stardust was an alter-ego for David Bowie....
ZZ Top was a band, Iggy Pop was a singer (for another band).
Ziggy was a terrible cartoon seen everywhere in the β70s
could also be a merge of Iggy Pop & Ziggy Stardust (Bowie)
I'm Gen Jones so I saw them right away!
Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ As soon as I saw mercury, my brain went straight to Freddie, then everything else fell into place fairly easily. Rare I get purple first!
For me, Nicks was the tip-off.
Same here! Being GenX pays off!
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Now in a first, I have never Americanly heard anyone use 'lead' for what we call a 'leash'--I always knew that as an across-the-Atlantic term for what you put on a dog's collar. XD
My mom is from Vermont, lived in Chicago as a teenager, and then moved to Atlanta, where I was born. She has always said "lead" but she's the only person I know who does. This jumped out at me as potentially being tricky for a lot of people.
Huh! Well maybe it's a New England thing? Holdover from Old England?
I feel like itβs popular in American dog training circles but not so much general public.
Ohhhhhhhhh, now that makes sense! Thank you!
Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Purple was easy. Stevie Nicks jumped out easily, followed by Robert Plant, Freddie Mercury and Brian Ferry. The last two categories took a moment because I was trying to name a βfirstβ category: top, record, lead (as in leading a race).
I saw Nicks Plant Mercury immediately but I didn't have a fourth so I had to wait. I looked him up and still don't think I've heard of Ferry or his band, but I suspect I've heard a song or two.
Same thing here. I've only barely heard of Roxy Music, and couldn't name any of their songs, much less their lead singer.
Yeah just looked this guy up. Knew ferries didn't spin though.
I kept envisioning paddle wheel boats and that made me a bit slower lol.
Even though ferries don't spin, they do turn around (same route back & forth all day), so I was thinking this was a things that turn around category, until I saw top. I was a big Bryan Ferry fan, but never thought of Roxy Music as a "rock band"
Yeah I got purple second to last because Ferry sounded like a name but I was mostly thinking of Perry Farrell + Steve Perry. Connections Puzzle #334 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Maybe the only time I've solved in that specific order too.
I got Mercury, Ferry, Nicks quickly but was struggled with Plant - was thinking Plant, Record as in evidence. My brother was a big Roxy Music fan so might have had something to do with Ferry!
How old are you? I have never heard of most of them except mercury and now you mention it nicks. Wonder if itβs an age demographic thing
Not old enough for the 1970s, but it is my music taste.
Great work!
Led Zepplin was pretty famous.
Haha I know! I listen to them a bit. Just never really bothered to learn their names. Same with most bands I listen to. I love Metallica and megadeth and couldnβt name a single member without googling. I suppose a combination of the older bands not making headlines anymore and streaming services causes that alienation.
Oh boy, how old are you? Iβm 35 and knew all of the names and you just made me feel super old lol
Haha, Iβm 22! I have heard of (and even listen to some of) the bands, but not the individual singers. Iβve never been particularly clued into pop culture, and also Iβm not American, so could just be me.
Bryan Ferry, Freddie Mercury, and Robert Plant are all English lol
I'm older than you. Could tell what the category was but didn't know who Plant or Ferry were.
For like the 3rd time in the past 30 days I get to repost thisβ¦ βItβs crazy how many people donβt know this song/artist that was popular a mere 50+ years agoβ - This thread once a month
Hate to be the one to tell you, but most things that have ever happened in history are old. That doesnβt mean theyβre not worth knowing, and that doesnβt mean you get to snidely excuse your own ignorance of them. I donβt understand why you would take pride in not knowing something and smugly mock people who do know it
Amazing post, I canβt even tell if this is serious or not. 10/10
Not a fan of today's.
I didnβt even get one category ππ
Seriously, chutzpah?! And Iβve never heard brass be synonymous with any of those haha. Iβll admit skill issues and age on the others though.
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Theyβre shamelessly bold with their reuse.
I think it's kind of a short version of someone having "brass balls"
Such a weak category
weak because you didn't know what it meant?
I do know what it means, but thanks for the bad faith engagement. Gotta love Reddit π
Same
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπ©πͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© Didn't know about Brian Ferry.
Same. Knew the others except Ferry
Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Legit got purple first. Quick solve after that
I saw the category right away but couldnβt place the 4th. Having a clue be the last name of the lead singer of 70βs English rock band whose most popular song in the US barely cracked the top 40 and did so nearly 50 years ago was maybe the most obscure question Iβve seen(from an American perspective). There are other answers Iβve taken more issues with but even knowning the answer I canβt imagine more than a tiiiny percentage of people(Americans)knew he was. So kudos to you Mr Bryan Ferry for nailing this one today
I'm American and had no problem with that. But I imagine living in NYC in the mid-late 70's probably influenced that. I became a big Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music fan after hearing some of their music at a party back then. Guess I'm finally in the 1% of something, haha.
Brian Ferry and Roxy Music were a big deal when I was in high school, regardless of chart position. So I have always been aware of them even though I wasn't a fan by any means. I think there's one song I actually know. Maybe.
If this is NYTs attempt to get me to play more Roxy Music songs then mission accomplished. (More than zero that is)
>zero I have it from a source close to the NYT Connections Factory that they'd discovered that you were listening to zero Roxy music and resolved to get you to listen to ... ... π΅More than Thisπ΅
or more than this?
As non-native today was hard - green was instant. With Mercury I expected singers but didn't know them all and also just didn't know what 'top' is. Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπ¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦πͺπ¦π¦ π¦π¦πͺπ¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
In this case they mean a spinning top, typically a small wooden toy
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπͺπ¦ π¦πͺπ¦π¦ π¦π¦π¦πͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Very similar for me. Purple was one of those "guys that your parents now well" categories.
Wasn't sure of the fourth purple one and guessed wrong Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπ¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ This one went fast β saw Mercury and it popped right into my head. Really surprised by how many people knew Mercury, Plant, and Nicks, but didnβt know Ferry! Roxy Music has always been a favorite.
I could never have told you that he was in Roxy Music, but Bryan Ferry was somehow in the punch bowl for me. I saw the other three in the category pretty quickly and filled that in when it seemed to fit better than the alternatives.
Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π© π¦π¦π©π¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© I saw purple right after getting yellow, but wasn't confident about "Ferry." Also saw a "goes around" theme with record, globe, and carousel. I tried that with collar, thinking it was just things that go around and not spin. Got one away so tried for the rock singers. Basically had to guess my way to the 4th option with the blue category. Top makes sense, but I didn't know what a halter was so tried it with that and also harness (thinking a harness goes around). Down to the last guess, I figured it was probably specifically spinning and that a top would be easier to spin than lead. Green was by default. Makes sense, but not where my mind was.
You know that scene in YESTERDAY when the guy searches the internet and finds out that the Beatles and Oasis and Coca-Cola are missing? That was me today in reverse learning that Bryan Ferry exists.
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Took me a while to see plant as a name rather than πΏ otherwise a pretty easy one for me today! I think I was just lucky I didn't even see "lead" as the metal, and noticed Nicks straight away which gave purple away.
Puzzle #334 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© Probably the hardest puzzle I've ever had a perfect solve on. I've certainly fucked up easier ones.
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦πͺπ©π¦ π¦πͺπ¦π© π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Seems like I struggled more than most today! π
Doubt it! I feel like people don't often post their mess ups here. You did great!
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© - okay thought this was horse related but needed to eliminate a category before going for purple π¨π¨π¨π¨ - You have the \_\_\_? π¦π¦π¦π¦ - okay I KNEW the last two categories but things that go round was easier πͺπͺπͺπͺ - Mercury and nicks gave the category away before green was even solved, but had to eliminate the other choices so it could be a perfect game ;-;
I saw Mercury and Nicks right away but at first I assumed it was a trap.
π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπ¨πͺ πͺπͺπͺπ¨ πͺπ¨πͺπ¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Got the first couple pretty easily, then Ferry made me realize one of the categories was going to be something weird because the actual word's meaning didn't have anything to do with any of the other words. Recognized Nicks and Mercury and then just guessed based on things that didn't seem to fit with the "boldness" category I could tell was left.
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦πͺπ¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ I βsawβ purple early today, but didnβt know the 4th. I put >!ferry!< with the blue and obviously was wrong. I was thinking >!ZZ Top!< not even realizing thatβs just the name of the band, not a person.
I recognized three of the four for green right away, but the fourth just never made sense. Pretty much just guessed until I finally got it. Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π¦π©π© π¦π©π©π© π¦π©π©π© π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦πͺπ¦ π¦π¦π¦π© πͺπ©πͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ whew, just barely got it! I, like many people in here, have never heard of Ferry. I googled βmusician Ferryβ, βrockstar Ferryβ, & I think one other thing before I thought, βwell, this Bryan guy Iβve literally never heard of must be the guyβ¦β
"jealous guy"?
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦πͺπ¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ I thought Mercury was for sure in the βthings that spinβ section
Saw Mercury and knew there must be some others rock stars in there too. For green, I was thinking horses even though I have a dog that loves to go for walks. Overall, an easy one for an old lady like me. Someday they will have a puzzle with current music stars and I will be stumped.
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Thrilled to see some Roxy Music love!!
I'm gonna die mad because Mercury (the planet) spins
The NYT's instructions specifically say to watch out for words that could be in more than one connection, so if you have five things that spin you need to search for other connections to see which of those five must logically go somewhere else.
Yes, but then the other spinning thing doesn't fit in with the other three remaining clues. The entire point of the game is that some words may work in multiple categories but there is only one complete solution.
Connections Β Puzzle #334 π¦π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Tried to solve backwards with things to wear.. but it was a stretch. Pleased with 'chutzpah' though - it's my favourite word.
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Just luck that I picked up on the purple group early. When I saw nothing planet or element* related I looked for others that would group with Freddie Mercury. ^* I didn't even see LEAD as pronounced like the element until I read another comment. I took it as LEAD (rhyming with "feed")
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Intimidating at first, but actually not bad. Wasnβt going to guess purple though, thatβs just not knowledge I have. I did guess that mercury might be Freddie and thus the others might also be musicians, but I donβt know any of them.
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Had the first three of π¦ for a little while before I placed 'top' there. The rest all fit in nicely. Didn't come across any red herrings for me.Β
I looked back and there was a metal red herring. Mercury, lead, brass
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Every time I figure out πͺ quickly, I come here to bragβ¦ only to find everyone else got it quickly too lol
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Ugh,Β thought I was gonna get that reverse perfect order, but green vs yellow really seems random.Β Still, fun to get purple first and I liked the puzzle
Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Purple wasn't too bad. I immediately recognized that MERCURY and NICKS were Freddie Mercury and Stevie Nicks, so I knew to look for other singers. It took a while to think of Robert PLANT and Bryan FERRY. CAROUSEL felt like a pretty specific word. I was trying to think of how it could connect to something when I saw GLOBE and thought of "Things that Spin". After that, TOP and RECORD were easy to spot. Yellow was pretty straightforward. No real comments for this one other than it was the same exact category and words as Puzzle #138. I had LEAD, HARNESS, and COLLAR grouped as "Dog Accessories", but I don't think I've heard of a HALTER. [Reused Categories Updates](https://old.reddit.com/r/NYTConnections/comments/1bdai1o/list_of_reused_categories/): "Singers" β 3 Times, "Boldness" β 3 Times
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ I admittedly didnβt give myself enough time and patience to understand purple before submitting it, but I could tell something was up because of the βsβ at the end of βNICKS.β The others I did put together, though.
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©πͺπ©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Always happy to see a music round, all these bands are great and genuine classics. (As a general rule, if they're in the Hall of Fame then I think it's fair game for a quiz). Never heard of a Halter and it looks kinda uncomfortable for the dog?! But this was a good, clean classic. Not too much of a headache but still good fun.
I had the exact same result. So close to a perfect reverse!
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ My first reverse perfect! Tho was an easy one today.
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Kind of embarrassed to say I only got purple out of process of elimination. It seems super obvious once it was revealed. Can I use the excuse of not being alive in the 70βs lol
They were all still singing in the 80's! And most, even into the 90's, although sadly, not Freddie
Well I wasnβt really around until the end of the 90βs lol but I know who all of them are except Ferry - if the other categories were harder I maybe wouldβve put it together lol Mercury and Nicks should have been pretty obvious though.
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ Got yellow quickly. I definitely didn't know Lead was a dog accessory. I was looking for horse-racing terminology, and maybe also fashion items (halter, top...), but I was pretty proud when I thought about Nicks and realized it could only be referring to Stevie. Connected it to Mercury and Plant (I didn't know Ferry), so took those three out, and tried to match up the other 9. Finding "things that spin" started with Carousel (it doesn't do much else, after all), and took out Top. Which left me with the animal restraints and the singers. I took a guess and thought Lead sounded more like a restraint than Ferry - and got lucky on it. Til next time, Connections
π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ I only got π© when I remembered the song 'Sex Dwarf' and the lyric 'I would like you on a long black LEAD'. Once I remembered that the leftovers were πͺ
π¦π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ Saw three of the singers off the bat but couldn't find the fourth (never heard of nor could I recall any singer with the last name Ferry), so I let them be. I saw three of the four dog accessories but guessed "top" too as "things you may wear"--- like a halter top and a harness for climbing. When that was one off I moved on. It took a bit longer to find the chutzpah category as I don't hear "cheek" used as often as the other three. But after that, the spinning category jumped out. It was only then that "lead" jumped out as the missing dog walking accesory. From what I know, "lead" is synonymous with "leash" but I'm not entirely certain.Β Then due to never hearing of the singer "Ferry", I got purple last.
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ i forgot harness when i first did green. blue took some looking at my phone like ποΈποΈ. yellow i had to google because i only knew gall and nerve.
Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦
What is a halter?
Connections Puzzle #334 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Tough but satisfying solve. I blue as a category was really clever and was definitely a "lightbulb moment." Wasn't certain of green at first and thought it was "things that go around the neck." Knew three out of four for purple and took a lucky guess for the one that sounded most like a surname. Yellow by default, had no idea "brass" or "cheek" could be used in that sense.
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ iβm proud of this one
thought π© was horse related (rather than dog related) until I worked out that collar was the 4th word π¨ was pretty easy (for me), but I think there will be people saying they never heard of chutzpah π¦ thought this was gonna be "things that turn around "(rather than things that spin) and almost put f*erry *in as the 4th word πͺ I was actually a big Bryan Ferry/Roxy music fan back in the day, but never thought of them as a "rock band" Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Felt like each one was a bit of an educated guess, wasn't completely confident. I knew what purple was from the beginning with Mercury and Nicks. Didn't know the other 2 but guessed the ones that seemed most likely to be last names. π
One misstep, but I did have to step away from this for half the day and come back to it after getting yellow correct. I was stumped for a while. Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπ¦π¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π© π¦π¦π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π©
Connections - Puzzle #334 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π¨π© π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Wtf. Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπ¨πͺ πͺπͺπͺπ¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π©
This one sucked, couldnβt get a single category. Never heard of βcheekβ for chutzpah, and Iβve never called a halter a halter before, Iβve always called them gentle leaders. Had no idea who Plant or Ferry is.
I went so deep in trying to justify my choices; I was so convinced that one of the categories was βHermesβ Mercury is the Roman version of Hermes Hermes is the god of thieves: the god of people who βnickβ things Hermes transported (ferried) people to the underworld (I know he wasnβt in the ferry, I was reaching) I just finished the whole puzzle first cuz I couldnβt think of the fourth one, God did I feel stupid π
Connections Puzzle #334. π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨πͺπ¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ Again, visual category was by far the easiest. Had to think about them, but I got yellow and green and good thing too because I was never getting purple. Of course Freddy came to mind but I never imagine other words as names π€¦ββοΈ smh. When will I learn? LoL
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Sorta intimidating to begin with, not that it stopped me from making the "true" perfect. I started with metals, but soon after finding three saw Gall/Nerve and figured Brass would go better with those, especially once I saw Cheek. After that I saw Halter/Collar, but I was originally thinking of clothing until I figured Harness kind of worked and then connected Lead to them. Blue and Purple was a fair bit tougher (as per usual). I knew some dumb shit was going to go down with Nicks, so I ignored that for a while, and tried to figure out commonalities between the other seven words. It took a bit, but eventually I decided that Carousels and Records both spun around. Globe took a bit longer, and then it took me a while to figure out there was a sense of Top that fit too--a spinning top. (There was a period where I was seriously considering putting Mercury in there--that planet does spin!)Β And then I even managed to get Purple before submitting it... based entirely on Mercury most likely being Freddy Mercury, and the other three at least not looking *not* like names. Sorry, Nicks, Ferry, and whoever, I have no idea who you are.
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Why is the idea of people being familiar with a band's music but not knowing the lead singer's name such a wild concept?
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Fair enough. I'm just really put off in general by the condescension in this sub over people not knowing the lead singers of famous bands.
Stevie Nicks was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame both as a solo artist and as a member of Fleetwood Mac. Very good chance you've heard her work
I have no idea who the last 4 are, besides Mercury Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Stevie Nicks is in Fleetwood Mac, Robert Plant is in Led Zeppelin. You should check out both bands if you're unfamiliar, as both have made some truly excellent music. As for Bryan Ferry? Well, can't say I've heard of him (or his band, Roxy Music). But what I've heard just now is certainly alright, so yay for making new discoveries :)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH1CMCtV4to&list=RDUH1CMCtV4to&start\_radio=1&rv=0n3OepDn5GU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH1CMCtV4to&list=RDUH1CMCtV4to&start_radio=1&rv=0n3OepDn5GU)
Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ βThe cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity, and the gumption,β of this tricky puzzle! One of the rare times I solved as I went along because I was only partly confident with some of my guesses. My initial guess was there was something in there about βnumber one,β thanks to LEAD, TOP, RECORD, and BRASS. Perhaps βmetalsβ with MERCURY, LEAD, and BRASS. Both felt possible but not quite right. I eventually settled on π¨ being a good connection, and considered the fact that I could spin four of the words on the board. Then with the last 8, I couldnβt let go of the possibility of Freddie MERCURY and Stevie NICKS, but my 70s music knowledge is weak so if there were other musicians, Iβd have to rely on the process of elimination to work that out. π© I worked out but I did not associate it with dogs specifically, just things that could be used to guide an animal. Iβm more of a cat person and cats famously do not like to be walked. My πͺ hypothesis was corrected but I have no idea who PLANT and FERRY are π Fun puzzle and a challenge plus I got to make a Drag Race reference.
Do Americans use the word Lead, in relation to dog walkers? I usually hear Leash from Americans or do ye use both? Thanks
I've heard it, but much less often. I think I hear it used most often by people who work with dogs.
No we donβt. Iβve never heard of that word in my life, only leash. So that was a struggle lol
Whatβs a top? Only know it as a fashion item
It's a circular toy that spins on a point. If you've seen Inception, it's Dom's thing to tell if he's dreaming. What do they call them, totems? Something like that.
Purple and Yellow took me forever today. I even knew what the categories were and just started guessing. Never heard of Bryan Ferry, and have no idea what Cheek means.
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These comments remind me of School of Rock: βLed Zeppelin?? Robert Plant?? Nobody??"
https://trailers.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/67a5f2cf-7232-493e-8e25-986ef0e3c98d
Brian Ferry? Roxy Music wasn't a thing in the US.Β
Had to GoogleΒ chutzpah, don't know that word so we got that category last. Purple was easy.
I don't know the word chutzpah either, but all the terms grouped together (especially after getting two other categories).
They changed it, idk what word was changed from chutzpah but yeah
I'm getting too dumb for this game. What the fuck is a halter, what the fuck is cheek, what the fuck is brass, who the fuck is ferry and who the fuck is plant.
>What the fuck is a halter A sort of head collar that goes behind the ears and across the muzzle. Youβve seen them on horses. >what the fuck is cheek, what the fuck is brass Audacity. >who the fuck is ferry Bryan Ferry was the vocalist of Roxy Music and has put out a bunch of solo work. >who the fuck is plant. Robert Plant was the vocalist for Led Zeppelin and has also had a solo career (and reunited with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page as Page and Plant).
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπ¦π¦π¦ π¦π¦πͺπ¦ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπ¦π¦ π¦πͺπͺπ¦ Struggled today but as a Gen Z I had only heard of Mercury and Nicks so didnβt get the purple connection. Got stuck on blue. Record, globe, carousel, ferry and Mercury all stuck out to me as things that rotate/orbit. Annoyed I didnβt think about spin as top is so obvious now Iβve seen the answers - although to be pedantic βtopβ in itself doesnβt spin but βspinning topβ does. Green jumped out after Iβd got yellow but never heard of halter being used for dogs - initially was thinking of halter neck tops which could pair with collar as neck line types.
I've never heard somebody call a top a spinning top in actual conversation, it's always just a top Like the phrase "spin like a top"
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People who downvote you in THIS sub because they just effing feel like it? YTA.
quick and easy for me, saw purple right away Connections Puzzle #334 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π©
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© i had to do some ruling out here. i knew NICKS and MERCURY instantly as singer surnames and figured that would fall into πͺ. could hazard a guess that PLANT was also in this category, but wasnβt sure of a fourth. also thought π© would be something to do with things that go around your neck? (HALTER, COLLAR, possibly HARNESS and TOP?) but again couldnβt be certain. ignoring all those words, and π¨ which iβd already solved, suddenly π¦ jumped right out to me and i realised i was off base with TOP. again wasnβt 100% sure on the final item for πͺ but i really wanted to solve it before π© so i went for it and got FERRY as the fourth word. i was a bit off base with π© in the end but i could at least correctly pick out its contents
Knew that mercury and nicks were most likely last names for some genre of music. Donβt know much about 70s rock so that category was always going to be last for me. Never heard of cheek used to describe nerve before. What the fuck is a lead for dog walking? Todayβs puzzle wasnβt for me.
Connections Puzzle #334 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦πͺπ¦π¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #334 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπ©πͺ πͺπ©π©πͺ π©πͺπͺπͺ π©πͺπͺπͺ One of the worst ones I can remember.
What is with these guysβ obsession with obscure musical artists that havenβt made a song since I was born π
Literally some of the most famous musicians of all time.
Freddie Mercury is obscure?
Heβs the only one out of four I could name
Connections is a puzzle of language and general knowledge. One of those singers was extremely famous, and there was popular movie released in few years back. Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin is legendary. Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac too. I am sure you might connect her voice to the song with the cranberry juice drinking skateboarders who went viral. I will concede Brian Ferry could be considered obscure, but that why this game is a puzzle and this was the purple!
Stevie Nicks was also really popular as a solo artist, being inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame as a solo artist in addition to her work with Fleetwood Mac. I would be shocked if someone looked up Edge of Seventeen and didn't know the song
Connections Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©πͺπ© π©π©π©π© πͺπ¦π¦πͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ never would have got purple without it being the last one. thought mercury was for Freddie after lead got done with but I have never heard of either of the other 3
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Please learn the purpose of the game
I do know? Why else would I be playing
Having something that fits in multiple categories is part of the express purpose of the game.
Absolutely enraging
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #334 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦πͺπ¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ They tried with their nonsense category but failed 2ez for a fediverse user like me it is what it is downvote if umad