Laughed so hard at the mere suggestion in the blurred section! And, yes, I saw it through. Full on immersive experience. I canât thank you enough! Itâs the LOL mind candy I never knew I needed. Life gets rough? Let the music play & laugh like an insane person at the movie in your mind. I am forever grateful!
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Hi! 
Youâre very welcome @njm0923. Laughter and creativity are definitely good for the soul. If you click on the swole-riddler link in @MissInkBlot quote, theres more weirdness from everyone in the HQ MTM.
Have a great weekend! 
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Done! Many thanks!!!
Have a Wonderful weekend!
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Nick Waterhouse - This is a Game
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@Reaganfan78 - The small font Iâve been seeing you post with around the forum has me laughing, lol! Putting it to good use this week with quite the head start, I see? 
Itâs as appropriate as your music choices - I love the time capsule the first song feels like. It catches you off guard with the beginning, but as soon as you get into the music, just judging by how it makes me want to say âgroovy,â makes it easy to feel as if youâre no longer in 2020, thatâs for sure. 
I had a feeling Seal was going to make it on the board this week, though⊠that songâs so wistful, I canât help but love it more with every listen. 
I like the more somber, suspenseful choice to end last with, too, and think the display picture depicts the song perfectly. Makes me think of him peering from the shadows⊠and planning for destruction. 
@D4RK5TARZ - Oh, âBad Daysâ is a good choice! I like how weâre pulling directly from shows and movies this week, since it not only reminds us of old songs we mightâve forgotten about, but inspires us to check out those we mightâve gone too long without seeing. 
Iâm also glad you included âRiddle Meâ to the mix. The lyrics pull at the fabric of the mind when it says, âWho owns the chains that bind your wrists?â and âWho built the machine that washed your brain?â Can a riddle like that truly be solved? And once it is, what do we do with the answer(s)?
⊠that comment about Method Man (lol, itâs the emoji that got me) - I canât say I disagree, though. Youâll end up more than just a little sorry if you donât respect the authority! Ah, and to share âSomebody to Love,â like that, and then spoil us with both versions, too? Itâs appreciated, as is the rationale described - it encourages us to work through the riddles that make up his motives, and try to see things from his perspective. I must say, that angle is one that fascinates me, too.
@Pow-Pow - Lol! I love how youâre like, âthe song doesnât mean anything, btw.â I figured that the nonsensical nature of it was the point, though, being cryptic in a way a riddle might. The way he pops up in the video is appropriately ghostly and mysterious, slipping in and out of your vision, and at times, doing so so quickly you could blink and miss him. I agree about that being a fantastically good song, but also a great video, too, with the creativity of both being gleefully addicting. That plot twist at the end has me going 
⊠mind blown!
@patterson65.37405 - Ooh, her voice is a delight! It has an interesting quality to it, like a bell ringing, its sound traveling through the air of a quiet night with crystal clear clarity. And the advice given is priceless⊠kneejerk conclusions are as bad as assumptions. 
Plus, itâs just a fun song to listen (ahem, and dance) to. The playful quality about it is lovely!
@LDFM - My goodness, talk about a blast from the past. Banjo-Kazooie is (not was, always will be, lol) ahmazing! I love that song choice, and can imagine it meshing well with the likes of Jim Carreyâs portrayal of him. It has a similar feel of kookiness to it. But, thatâs in the same vein as what you later say, too, about the showboating. I went through the different portrayals to be found for him onscreen, and thereâs a scene in BTAS his solving a riddle during a party, and saying the secret behind doing so is that âyou just have to be a geniusâ- it makes me think of the song you chose. Right up his alley, in my opinion.
@ajm08g - Ooh, âLetter From a Thiefâ is the sort of song I could see used for a video tribute to the Riddler, definitely! Though your mention of that particular part of BTAS makes me want to go and check it out, since just the thought of being stuck in his mind gives me the willies, and makes me realize how appropriate the scenery of that album color is⊠desolate and frightening. 
âThe Meddlerâ has a great title, especially when applied to the tug of war between the Joker and the Riddler. You can hear the strain in the singerâs voice - the rawness, and abrasive friction that would result from so brutal a battle. Itâs seriously effective. Likewise, though, I canât put into words how much the â1812 Overtureâ clicked in my head when I heard it. I see what you mean! Itâs bold, and explosive, and full of fireworks! Equally well-suited for an enthralling fight between those two, as the previous song was!
@TheCosmicMoth - Lol I love the rundown you gave describing him⊠made me jokingly think, âheâs a simple man with two simple interests.â xD And, that in mind, I can see why you chose that song, too. The music video is as much fun as the song, itself, is, and I find its describing the big kaboom as being what brings them together to be funny in this sense, since the love is as much for the bomb as the riddle of a song would be. Adding The Beach Boys to the list with such a charming song is a great touch, too! It does double duty, as you mentioned, in having an alternate version, but also in how it does make me think of Batman and what drives him forward daily, oddly enough. For the record, itâs also a good song for those of us easily stumped by puzzles, in general, reminding us that thereâs an answer. We just have to find it.
@LuciferComplex140.80394 - My goodness, that assortment of songs is amazing! âAnything You can Do, I Can Do Better,â is something I can see a man of such intelligence saying. As is, well, to some degree, the song Kermit sings (lol whenever I hear it, I wonder why itâs been so long since I last heard it. Itâs so good). Really enjoying how you went through so many songs touching on puzzles and riddles, but also deprivation (âLost for Wordsâ) and pursuit/escape. Many birds, but one stone of a post (and a weighty, very appreciated stone, at that).
@Hiraeth - Now thatâs a riddle that sticks with you, with a song as deep as the ocean to match it. I appreciate your sharing it with us - when going through this weekâs theme for songs to choose, I focused a lot on his attributes and personality, but hadnât thought to come at things the way you did. Even if I had, after hearing that, I donât think I couldâve done it with such skill, either way. Beautiful song!
@DeSade-acolyte - Oh, yes! I did see your thread, and your mention of this weekâs MTM in it. Thank you for doing so, I was delighted, and look forward to catching up on the posts in your Psychology thread (âŠif thereâs one noodle I like to try cracking, itâs typically the noodle belonging to a supervillain ). As per the usual, your list and reasons do not disappoint!
Fun Boy Threeâs song has something amazing about it⊠the hollow sound of the beat that runs throughout it, from its first seconds to the end, in particular, makes me think of the possibility of actions reflecting a desire to fill a hole felt internally. As such, with that starting point, we go through âthe same old song and dance,â until, indeed, âone thing leads to another.â The result? Good or bad, we must wait and see. Whatever it is, the riddles begin the moment the listener presses play. 
Your rundown at the end of your list is fantastic, by the way. Iâm rubbish at riddles, personally (yet canât escape the desire to try them, lol), but if you were given the list of songs provided, do you think you could figure out the riddles in time? The feeling of being up against the clock is one of the reasons why I had a thing for the Saw games, along with the one you set up here⊠itâs as if their naturally making you pull your mind apart as a first step, just to try and put it together again as the second, is the first puzzle to solve, and only after that can you continue onto the others.
You have to think outside of the box, but first you have to actually find the outer boundaries of that box so you can sufficiently escape it. Thatâs the feeling I get from this weekâs list for you⊠lots of questions in front of our eyes, with their answers existing at the outer boundaries of the mind, hidden from view, and all of their connections as curious and hard to decipher as what you describe.
@ejdias.95910 - Aww, I absolutely love the idea of âMuscle Bustleâ and âPhysicalâ being used for the week! What you said brings up memories of the week we devoted to The Jokerâs 80th Anniversary, and how some of the songs seemed perfectly described as possible guilty pleasures of his, lol. Likewise with this, I agree! The first two can be his âfeel good, pep him upâ songs, while the last two are the themes played as he plans/carries out some dastardly deeds.
@Razzzcat - Hey there! Doing okay over here, all things considered; hoping for the same for you! Thank you for spending some time on Gotham - I quite like him on the show, too, so youâre not alone. âYou Know Iâm No Goodâ fits so well⊠and particularly an instrumental version of it, yes. Because youâre able to focus on just the music, itself, it offers a small bit of controlled chaos, for me, due to the bit of static heard. Itâs perfect. â10x10â does an excellent job slowing down the tempo of the list, and I can see the riddle-like quality of it. It leaves me asking⊠whatâs the answer to the riddle?
Oh, goodness, I saw the name of that song and BOOM, it starts playing in my head all ferocious-like. Nothing but glorious flexing and posing going on there. But those animal print pants are somethinâ, I tell you⊠âSpeaking in Tonguesâ feels like it offers the full brunt of chaos mentioned earlier, but with a completely different, frenetic, incessant energy I canât get enough of. The beat, alone, is already stuck in my head, but Iâm left with no complaints about it!
@ralphsix - ah, that gives the best âSelf Esteemâ vibes from The Offspring, though its video is much stranger (was that a sliding coffin? ), in a good way. Beckâs music is always pretty interesting, and doubly so when applied to a character like this, because of how all over the place some songsâ lyrics can be. That said, while your reason for using it might be different, I do like the confusion it gives off, perplexing and contorting the mind into a pretzel in the same way riddles might. I am intrigued! 
@seitan - Ooh, now, if that doesnât have you nodding your head and tapping your feet, your mute is clearly on. But, in all added seriousness, I really like this pick. Not only does the singer make me feel as if Iâm watching part of a Gotham episode, but the concept of âthis is a gameâ brings to mind the phrase of âriddle me this,â with the danger mentioned acting as a reminder of how one must think twice⊠and three times, and preferably a fourth time, minimum, before dealing with someone like him. To the lyrics going: âBut this is a game/ And those who play with skill / Arenât quite saying itâs do or die / But anyway, youâre gonna get killed,â all I can say is⊠indeed.
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Hello @MissInkBlot 
you knowâŠIâm not sure. This is one of those songs that changes meaning for me, and itâs a partly why I added it to the list. That sound and tempo felt right too.
âŠAnd for Gotham 
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Hi @MissInkBlot
Weâve got several including Raâs Al Ghul, Vandal Savage & Sinestro.
Raâs is the foil to Batman.
Vandal Savage is immortal. What does that do to ones perspective.
Sinestro is my favorite so far. What Johns did with him is remarkable. And I think I make a preferred good argument that Sinestro is the embodiment of Nietzschean Will To Power.
Itâs such a blast.
I am lousy at riddles, unless they are in the form of logic puzzles. But, as I was going through songs, I thought, âok, this has a cryptic enough element to it that itself could be a riddle.
Picasso visors the Planet of the Apes?
Ok⊠lemon fire brigade is the answer, so whatâs the question?
623 is one of my top favorite songs of all time. I still canât work out the significance of those numbers. Only two are prime. If you do a multiplication Zatanna style 3*2=6, but with just the three numbers as the only lyrics, there is no means to infer any mathematical equation.
Route 66 is fun, with all the possibilities it raises. And I prefer the Depche Mode to Nat King Cole, as the former is more fun to dance to.
The only thing is maybe itâs not a box. A dodecahedron perhaps.
Or perhaps like Nigma himself, Iâm just playing a different game 
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@Razzzcat â Iâm so glad Iâm not the only one who doesnât know (feels like I need a question mark on my forehead, too! lol). But if the sound and tempo felt right, then the spirit knows what the answer is, and maybe, just maybe, thatâs all that matters. And yes, indeed! 
@DeSade-acolyte â Indeed, Iâve been meaning to go through all of your threads for that club. Itâs a fantastic idea, and thereâs so much fertile ground to cover when it comes to that area. The area of villainy is one Iâm still getting acquainted with (lol, that makes me laugh to say :P), so I have a feeling hearing your, and the other membersâ perspectives on each will open me up to an assortment of new ideas Iâd never uncovered on my own. In addition to the one on the Riddler, Iâll check out those you listed for a start this week!
Ah, so thatâs how you went about it â it reminds me of those Escape Rooms and the riddles/puzzles youâd find in them. You did (and would do) a great job coming up with them, and I kind of want to see a music-based version of such now, based on those listed. Oh, the mental pandemonium that would ensue. Just the dodecahedron is terrifying enough to make a person hope the real game being played is just checkers and not some version of the 3+ person, 3D chess it feels like, instead!
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