Name that tune #4: Unplugged

Preramble...
a) Rules will be posted in the first message of the thread.
b) Revisions to the rules will be generally agreed upon by whoever is actively playing the game at the time, and updated in this by whoever posted the first message (in this case, moi).
c) The person who posts the Challenge is heretoforafter known as the Challenger.
d) Everyone else is a Respondent.
e) "Weekend" begins 4 PM (LT-Time) on Friday afternoons (unless it's a holiday, in which case - Thursday afternoon), and ends 8 AM Monday morning (unless ~that~ is a holiday, so Tuesday, then).

Game Rules:
1) The Challenger must post as much of a set of contiguous lyrics as necessary to allow Respondents a reasonable chance of determining the name of the song. Finding them on a web site somewhere in order to ensure an accurate Challenge is okey dokey.
2) If the name of the song is in the lyrics , substitute (Song Title) in its place.
3) Any variation to what is required of the Respondent should be mentioned at this time.
4) It is considered Poor Sportsmanship for a Respondent to use the Internet Machine to search for the lyrics to a Challenge. A foxing of your most cherished books is still inadequate punishment to wish upon such ne'er-do-wells.
5) Unless otherwise specified, the Respondent is to answer with the title of the song, and the name of the original songwriter or band that recorded it. Other chit-chat is fine, but first things first, okay?
6) If only the Title, but not the Writer/Band is correct, the first Respondent with the correct Title "wins", under the discretion of the Challenger.
7) If there are no responses within 24 hours (48 on weekends), the Challenger may divulge the answer, and post another challenge.
8) If the Challenger has not acknowledged the first Respondent within 24 hours (48 on weekends, the MOST RECENT Respondent may declare the Challenge comatose and post a Challenge of his/her own.
9) If that person does not post a Challenge within 24 hours (48 on weekends), then the Respondent prior to the now-MIA Challenger may post a challenge.
10) NO ONE may start a second Challenge while one is outstanding, unless the thread has been dormant for an entire WEEK.

Link to the previous post in #3

Hopefully this will be easy enough for you. I will be away for 1, possibly 2 days, so if you're absolutely sure, or if someone else verifies, have fun without me.

This is a verse from one of my favorite tunes to play on the guitar.

August '49, North Montana
The hottest day on record and the forest tinder dry
We'd have our backs to the river
We'd have it licked by morning even if we took it slow
But the fire crowned, jumped the valley just ahead
There was no way down, we headed for the ridge instead
Too big to fight it; we'd have to fight that slope instead
Flames one step behind above the {title-of-song}

Sounds like an interesting story-song, but I have no idea what it is.

Good luck to somebody!

Whatever it is, it's probably an end rhyme with "instead" or "slow" or even maybe an earlier line, though probably not Montana, because what else can you do but "banana"?

Sorry for disappearing....

That's "Cold Missouri Waters" I think - no idea who sings it though.

Correct Annie.

It was written by James Keelaghan, a Canadian folk artist (and he's very good).

The version I am most familiar with was sung by Richard Shindell, backed up by Lucy Kaplansky and Dar Williams in a group they called Cry, Cry, Cry.

I Googled the lyrics. Such a sad song. It could be made into a novel.

Indeed! In its 5 verses (of which the one I used in #2 was the second), it tells one hell of a story.

If AnnieMod doesn't post by this time tomorrow, this thread is up for anyone to begin a new challenge.

Alright then....

Was in the spring,
One summer's day.
Just when she left me,
She gone to stay.
Now she's gone.
An' I don't worry.
Lord, I'm {title-of-song}

No one?

Okay, here's the first verse:

One summer day, she went away
Gone and left me, she's gone to stay
She's gone but I don't worry
I'm {title-of-song}

Wow!

The Mystery Tune was: Sittin' on Top of the World

It a Blues number from 50 or more years ago, made popular by Cream, reincarnated several times (and as many variations) by Eric Clapton. Richard Shindell does a very nice cover of it on his latest album.

Onward to the next challenge...

There was old man Perkins sittin' on his stool
Watchin' Butch and Jimmy John talkin' loud and playing pool
The boys from Silver City were standin' by the fire
Singin' like they thought they were the Tabernacle choir

Wow, indeed! I'm having a dry spell in this game.

Continuing the rest of the verse...

And I wanted you to see them all, I wished that you were there
I looked across the room and saw you standin' on the stair
And when I caught your eye I saw you break into a grin
It feels so good {title-of-song}

Gulp!

It was Feelin' Good Again by Robert Earl Keen.

Let's try another one....

Have I doubt when I'm alone?
Love is a ring on the telephone.
Love is an angel disguised as lust,
Love is a banquet on which we feed.
Here in our bed until the morning comes.

Because the Night by 10,000 Maniacs?

Thank goodness for katelisim!!! I Googled, and you are right. Yay! I don't think Mr. House would mind if you go ahead and post new lyrics.

I second Boobalack's sentiments.

10,000 Maniacs covered Because the Night.
It was co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith.

Your turn, Katelism

Yay! Let's try this one:

The paranoia is in bloom, the PR
The transmissions will resume
They'll try to push drugs
Keep us all dumbed down and hope that
We will never see the truth around
(So come on!)

Another promise, another scene, another
A package not to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
(So come on!)

No? That was Muse's Uprising. Hmm, let's try something a little older maybe?

Stalked in the forest too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood Drumming on your skin it's so tight
You feel my heat I'm just a moment behind
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

Looks like we're stalled here, kate!

That was posted in the previous incarnation, I think. I didn't know it then, either. lol

I'm surprised no one got this one, Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran. Hopefully we don't stall like this for everyone. . .

Maybe older again?

My folks were always putting him down (down, down)
They said he came from the wrong side of town
(whatcha mean when ya say that he came from the wrong side of town?)
They told me he was bad
But I knew he was sad
That's why I fell for (Title of Song)

"The Leader of the Pack" lol
I have no idea who sang it without looking it up. Some girl group.

Go ahead and take it. It's been done by the Shangri-Las, Hilary Duff, Belle and Sebastian, in the movie Happy Feet, and funnily enough Twisted Sister.

I suspect it was the Shangri-Las I used to hear doing it.

Try your best to see through the confusion.
Seems the more you see the less you try.
You don't know what's real and what's illusion.
If you don't know by now, then how should I?

"Love Gone By"
Dan Fogelberg

Here's an easier one. ;-) My favorite from this singer.

I can't believe
You could just turn and leave.
You did it so easily.
You pulled my world out from under me.
Look what you've done to me.

How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God how I wish you had stayed!
Can't you see that I just want you back?

"Ti Amo"
Laura Branigan

Oh, my. Shall we try another?

I saw your face and I ascended
Out of the commonplace into the rare.
Somewhere in space I hang suspended
Until I know there's a chance that you care.

Stranger in Paradise by Isaac Hayes?

I thought of it by Tony Bennett or by Tony Martin, but yes, yes, yes, finally!

Take it away!

okay, here's hoping someone gets the first set of lyrics. . .

Boy mercury shootin through every degree
oh girl dancin down those Dirty and Dusty trails
take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness
around the world the trip begins with a kiss

It's a B-52s song, but I can't think of the name of it...

The artist is right, let's see if you or someone else thinks of the title.

Well, I think someone can get this so here's verse 2:

skip the air-strip to the sunset yeah
ride the arrow to the target
take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness
around the world the trip begins with a kiss

and a clue: homonym of a city

Bananama?

Lemur?

Gnome?

. . . it rhymes with Gnome

Bomb, Comb, Dumb, Home, Loam, Moan, No-one, Pome, Poem, Rome, Some, Tome, Womb, Zone...

lol, yep it's Roam

I rarely understand their lyrics....

Try this one:

Let the river rock you like a cradle
Climb to the treetops, child, if you're able
Let your hands tie a knot across the table
Come and touch the things you cannot feel
And close your fingertips and fly where I can't hold you
Let the sun-rain fall and let the dewy clouds enfold you
And maybe you can sing to me the words I just told you
If all the things you feel aint what they seem
THen don't mind me 'cause I aint nothing but a dream

Pretty sure that's just called "Follow." The version I've heard is by Richie Havens; no idea whether he wrote it or recorded it first.

You got the title right.
The song was written by Jerry Merrick, but like you, the only version I've heard was done by Richie Havens on his first album, Mixed Bag.

Your turn, Jim.

Let's see if I can escape the haters this time.

When I come home, baby
My house is dark and my pots are cold
You hang around, baby
With Jean and Joan and who knows who

I'm getting tired of waiting and fooling around
Gonna find somebody that won't make me feel like a clown
This can't go on...

I know it's Santana. . . is the title Evil Ways?

Yes it is... over to you.

I'm not aware of too many things
I know what I know if you know what I mean

Philosophy, is the talk on a cereal box
Religion, is a smile on a dog
I'm not aware of too many things
i know what I know if you know what I mean

Chuck me in the shallow water
Before I get too deep

--I probably won't be back tonight, so if someone guesses I give my blessing to check each other's answers :P

That's What I Am by Edie Brickell.

Who knows how long this will last
Or how we've come so far so fast
But somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss
And let me take a long last look
Before we say goodbye

"The End of the Innocence" Not sure if it has "the" in the title.
Don Henley

It does, it does; and it was co-written by Bruce Hornsby.

This is about the saddest song I've ever heard. It should be easy to get, though. It kind of reminds me of my Mother and was popular about the time I was living in her house and taking care of her while she was dying. TMI? Sorry.

I wasn't there that morning
When my father passed away.
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say.

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year.
I'm sure I caught his echo
In my baby's newborn tears.

In the Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics

I knew that one was easy.

Type away, Mr. House!

It's not an easy song to play (correctly) on the guitar, too.

Try this one - it's the 4th of 6 verses:

And if I were like lightning, I wouldn't need no sneakers
I could come and go wherever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the flagpole, and I'd scare 'em by the shade tree
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea

Oh no! I thought this would be an easy one!

Here's the first verse... words that are in the title have been redacted.

{Title}, I'd go out on the ocean
{Four words redacted} pony, I'd ride him on my {redacted}
And we would all together, go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my {redacted}

Good luck!

Well, that was If I Had a Boat by Lyle Lovette.

Try this one:

Every night I hope and pray, a {title} will come my way
A girl to hold in my arms and know the magic of her charms
Because I want a girl to call my own
I want a {title} so I won't have to {redacted partial title} alone.

Dream Lover. I've heard it by James Taylor, but I'm sure it's not the original version.

It's a Bobby Darin sing, Jim. Your turn.

I want her, I need her,
And some day, some way, oh-whoa-oh-oh, I'll meet her
She'll be kind of shy
And real good lookin' too
And I'll be certain she's my girl
By the things she likes to do

That's the Ronette's Walkin in the Rain, but the perspective is from a male, so I don't know who sang it.

Jay and the Americans. Jay Black had a wonderful voice. Over to you.

I agree, but I don't recall him doing that song.

Try this:

Tried to give you consolation,
Your old man won't let you down
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned the whole world upside down

"Layla"
Eric Glapton

Righty-Roo! (Clapton, though...)

Oops! Typo, big time.

You'd be so, grand at the game,
So carefree together,
That it does seem a shame,
That you can't see
Your future with me.

That one was "Easy to Love" -- sung by many including Sinatra and Ella.

Next:

You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long.
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.

"And all the things you are are mine." (and is my guess)

ETA: forgot to specify an artist. This is one of those oldies that many people have recorded. The only version I own (a nice one) is on an Audubon Jazz Explosion CD. I've also heard versions by Ella and others.

I think the title is "All the Things You Are,' but your guess is indeed one of the lines.

Take it away, amigo!

Whoa! I would just like to point out that it was Jim that made the guess. Amigo hasn't played this game at all. Jim, don't let Boo push you around like that. {:>)

Yep, that's why I put that part of the line in italics.

I hit the big town and he turned me 'round,
Dazzled me with some pretty jive.
Prettiest jive that I've ever heard from any man alive.
He called me Baby, and Honey,
Messed with my head and told me he'd show me a whole mess of money.
And what did I get?
That's something I ain't figured out yet.

I don't know the name, but I think it's Manhattan Transfer.
In case you guys didn't know, amigo is my invisible friend, and I was telling him to take away the food tray.

Manhattan Transfer did indeed record this one. Delighted to see someone recognize them. They're a long-standing favorite of mine.

# 72
Sorry. I didn't see him there...

No idea what song it is. Personally, I really can't stand to listen to MT.

WHL, if you're going to be snide about all my songs, perhaps you'd like to take over and post another clue.

No, no... that wasn't my intent. Since I don't know the song, I'm not qualified to post another clue. Besides, I haven't been snide about all your songs. I expressed an opinion about ~1~ of the artists (or group thereof). Please carry on, Jim, but not about me.

Maybe we should make a rule to keep this strictly about the music?

But then I wouldn't get to talk to my invisible friend, amigo. His name is not capitalized because he's invisible in case you were wondering.

I, myself, see nothing wrong with a rapid-fire exchange between friends!

I still don't know the name of the song and refuse to Google. I keep thinking it will pop into my feeble little brain.

#76 my apologies. I apparently have you confused with some other, er, participant who was making cracks not long ago about running his car into a bridge.

I'm not sure how statements about not being able to stand something add to everyone's enjoyment.

The song in #71 was "Killer Joe."

Aha! Now I remember. Easy to say, once the title has been given. lol

I think just expressing an opinion about one's likes and dislikes, while not actually adding to the enjoyment of the game, is interesting, much in the same way a book review is interesting, but if the consensus of opinion is that we no longer make these asides, then that's fine with me. I just like learning about music with which I am not familiar.

If nobody minds, I'll submit new lyrics to restart the game. :-)

If you go down to the woods today,
You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go down to the woods today,
You better go in disguise.

That's Teddy Bear's Picnic, originally sang by Der Bingle*, I believe.
My favorite version of it is on the very first Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album.

No sense in waiting. Here's the first half of the first verse of a once-popular tune:

They do it down on camber sands, They do it at Waikiki
Lazing about the beach all day, All night the crickets creepy
Squinting faces at the sky, A Harold Robbins paperback
Surfers drop their boards and dry, And everybody wants a hat

* That's Bing Crosby for all you youngsters out there.

Hmmm...

Okay, the rest of the verse (actually, it's the chorus...) is:

But behind the Chalet, My holiday's complete
And I feel like William Tell
Maid Marion on her tiptoed feet
{title}
{title}

I have no idea. Maybe somebody will come to the rescue.
By the way, did you know Jerry Garcia (of all people (lol)) also did "Teddy Bears' Picnic?"

I really thought that was going to be easy...

It was: Pulling Mussels from the Shell by Squeeze.

Here's the last 3 verses of a much older tune. I know of 5 different singers who have covered this song, but no idea who actually wrote it:

Do not think about tomorrow
Let tomorrow come and go
Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar
Safe from all the wind and snow

I know the police cause you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to heaven
You won't find no policemen there

I know your clothes are torn and ragged
And your hair is turning gray
Lift your head and smile at trouble
You'll find happiness someday

I have no idea about that one, either. Gee, we don't have anywhere near the same taste in/knowledge of music, do we?

I wish some of the others that were playing this game would come back. It's hard for just two people to keep it going. Oh, well.

Oh, I'm still here. . . . just have no clue about any of these :(
My lyrical knowledge lies more in the modern and non-mainstream, which causes problems here. But I do know a lot of random older stuff too. Never heard of Manhattan Transfer. And don't listen to Bing Crosby or Clapton. . . I looked up Squeeze and recognized Cool for Cats, but that's it.

Then here's some hints -

It was originally written by Goebel Reeves.

It's been covered by Pete Seeger, The Carter Family, The Kingston Trio, Woody Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Jack Elliot, Joan Baez... and almost every one of them changed at least one set of lyrics.

The lyrics posted above are from Arlo Guthrie's cover of the tune, and is the closest to the original.

yeeeeaaaah, don't really know any of them either, lol

Well, here's the first verse:

Go to sleep, you weary {redacted}
Let the town drift slowly by;
Listen to the steel rails humming
That's the {song title}

I'll wait until this evening to meet the time-limit guideline.

Okay... That was Hobo's Lullaby...

Here's an oldie that I think pretty much everyone can figure out:

King of kings, and Lord of lords,
King of kings, and Lord of lords,
And Lord of lords,
And He shall reign,
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings, forever and ever,
And Lord of lords,
{redacted}, {redacted}

GASP! NO ONE????

It's a classic, for Pete's sake!

Okay, here's a hint: Lots of people get together at a certain time of year to sing it.

Handel's Messiah Hallelujah Chorus
I just got here. :-)

Oh! Thank goodness! I thought I was stuck in a musicological Twilight Zone episode!

Take it away, Boo.

BTW, I'm going to be helping MrsHouseLibrary at her Elem School library tomorrow, so don't expect me around until late in the afternoon.

That's okay. I don't get here until later in the day, either.

I still hear you saying,
"Dear one, hold me fast."
And I start in praying,
"Oh Lord, please let this last."
We seemed to float right through the air.
Heavenly songs seem to come from everywhere.

It doesn't matter whether or not we know the same music, we hit on one occasionally, and when we don't, we learn something new. So, please, folks, join in. Thanks.

I was away for a couple of weeks, but I also haven't known the answers to very many either!

But this one I think I know: Is it Moonglow by Tony Bennett?

Yes, and welcome back to the game! We need you.

Thanks Lettie!

New Lyrics:

You must have thought that I was sleeping
And I wish that I had been
But it's best to get to know you
And the way your heart can sin

You're welcome, Judy.

"Window Up Above"
George Jones

You are correct, your turn.

Looks like nobody is going to guess "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" by Jerry Wallace.

Shall we try another set of lyrics? Okay, if you insist!

In a far-away land,
On the tropic sea sand,
If your hand's in my hand,
I won't be blue.
Way up on the mountain
Or way down in the valley,
I know I'll be happy
Anyplace, anywhere, I don't care.
(snip)
(snip)
Any place is all right
Long as you are there.

Ok! That's another Jerry Wallace song. This time it's "In The Misty Moonlight".

Yes'm. I almost gave up but decided to wait a while longer! 'Night. Or 'Mornin'. Or whatever it is where you are. ;-)

Here on the west coast it's a quarter to midnight.

New Lyrics:

Maybe you think that love would tie you down
You ain't got the time to hang around
Maybe you think that love was made for fools
So it makes you wise to break the rules

"I Second That Emotion"
Smokey Robinson

Woo Hoo! We're on a roll.
I'm in the Central time zone.

You're right. Take it away!

How's this? Looks as if we're the only ones playing now.

Take back your Samba ay!
Your Rumba ay!
Your Conga ay-yi-yi!
I can't keep movin' ay!
My chassis ay!
Any longer ay-yi-yi!
Now maybe Latins ay! in their middles ay!
Are built stronger, ay-yi-yi!
But all this takin' to the quakin'
And this makin' with the shakin'
Leaves me achin' Olé!

Still here, but I still don't know any of them :P

Hi! Thanks for letting us know you're still checking in.

No idea either.

Sorry, I don't have a clue on this one, it sounds like something Desi Arnez might have done.

It hasn't been long enough, but since most of the regulars have responded, it's
"South America, Take It Away' by der Bingle, et alii.

This one should be easy.

Here in the after-glow of day
We keep our rendezvous beneath the blue.
Here in the sweet and same old way
I fall in love again as I did then.

My grandmother liked the instrumental by The Three Suns, and I learned to play it on the piano just for her.

I'm pretty sure that it is "Twilight Time" done by just about everybody - I know it best by The Platters.

Right, again, DeltaQueen.
I'm more familiar with the version by the Platters, too.

Ok, let's try this one:

Everybody wants a little piece of my time
But still I put you at the end of the line
How it breaks my heart to cause you this pain
To see the tears you cry fallin' like rain

Nobody? Should I leave it a bit longer or post some new lyrics?

I have no idea what it is, but somebody may.

Well, I'm not getting this one and it's been >24hrs. . . so I say, just post some new ones.

Those lyrics were from Vince Gill's "I Still Believe In You".

These lyrics I was just listening to on the satallite radio:

Closed off from love, I didn't need the pain
Once or twice was enough, and it was all in vain
Time starts to pass, before you know it you're frozen
But something happened for the very first time with you
My heart melted to the ground, found something true

I know it, I know it!
Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis!

Yes, you are correct. :-) Your turn.

:D
I'm hoping this will be a nice easy one

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray,
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio,
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television,
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe,
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom,
Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye",
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen,
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

I know it - but since I just had a turn, I'll wait and see if any of the others know it as well. I'll check back later.

It's We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel.

I am out of town until possibly late Monday night, so I'm not going to post lyrics because I can't say when I'll be back to check on them.

That being the case, I'm going to request that someone who hasn't posted any lyrics in at least the past 2 weeks to jump in now and please, don't make it too hard.

Of course, you're right :)

And good choice, I'll second the 'not too hard' part.

I'll jump in if nobody minds. I haven't had a go at all, never mind in the past two weeks! Actually I just found this game, looks like fun.

Bouncing off the last lyric, and this is off the top of my head, so spelling might not be great...

Jesus Christ, Fanny Bryce,
Wolfie Mozart and Humphrey Bogart,
Ghengis Kahn on to HG Wells.

Ho Chi Minh, Gunga Din,
Henry Luce and John Wilkes Booth,
Alexanders King and Graham Bell.

I had to look this one up, so I can't give the answer.
I will, however, say that I was quite surprised by who wrote it.

I have one objection to it, though - one of the people mentioned was Gunga Din - the fictional title-character in a poem by Rudyard Kipling. Everyone else was an actual person.

And having seen the video (from that UT student), a picture of Mahatma Gandhi was substituted.

** eyes roll **

I've only ever heard it sung by the writer (ND), have you heard other versions WHL?

Third and fourth verses...

Ramakrishna, Mama Whistler,
Patrice Lumumba and Russ Colombo,
Karl and Chico Marx,
Albert Camus.

E A Poe, Henri Rousseau,
Sholom Aleichem and Caryl Chessman,
Alan Freed and
Buster Keaton too.

Never even heard of the song until you posted it today...

Me either. Curiosity got the better of me, so I, too, Googled and cannot post the answer since it was obtained on the sly.

New lyrics, please, justjim. Thanks.

There is only the dénouement to come...

And each one there
Has one thing to share;
They have sweated beneath the same sun,
Looked up in wonder at the same moon,
And wept when it was all done,
For being {title},
For being {title}.

Probably new lyrics to a new song would be better, as it seems nobody knows this one without looking it up.

OK. In the meantime, I broke LT!

Last song was Done Too Soon by Neil Diamond (on Hot August Night)

Next lyric...
He's a special ration.
Funny, he never asks for my money.
All that I give him is honey,
And that he can spend any time.

I'd make a million trips to his lips,
If I were a bee.
But he's sweeter than chocolate candy to me,
He's confectionary.

That's "Sugar," by Billie Holiday.

Sure is!

This place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn
It smells of cheap wine and cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn

One Headlight - The Wallflowers

yep. over to you.

I want a girl with a mind like a diamond
I want a girl who knows what's best
I want a girl with shoes that cut
And eyes that burn like cigarettes

Well, it's been 3 days - I'm hitting the reset button.

There was a time in this fair land when the railroads did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
And long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Very good, Jim. Your turn.

Oops! School started and I forgot most everything else :S
The one I posted was Short Skirt, Long Jacket by Cake

Thanks WHL for restarting.

Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon
But I swear you'll make me mad
The West will kill us both
You gullible Geordie lad
You talk of liberty
How can America be free
A Geordie and a baker's boy
In forests of the Iroquois

#145 was from "Sailing to Philadelphia," the title song from Mark Knopfler's first solo album, in which he describes the arrival of surveyors Charlie Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in America "to draw the line."

let's try another:

Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man,
Didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can?
Honey, you know I did!
And each time I tell myself that I think I've had enough,
But I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.

Is that Joplin's Piece of My Heart?

Yes, it is. Good show. Hope school is off to a good start.

yep, pretty good so far, just gotta re-introduce myself to good time management :P

It's a thief in the night to come and grab you
It can creep up inside you and consume you
A disease of the mind it can control you
It's too close for comfort

No takers? It's Rhianna's Disturbia. How 'bout this one. . .

This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating
in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

"Ground Control to Major Tom" by David Bowie

Well, that's the right singer, and I'm sure you know the song, but it's the wrong title.

You're quite the tickster, kate.

Someone ~my~ age knows it as Space Oddity.

ETA: Okay, I know that crack is going to get me into trouble, so I'll add the additional qualification that said someone also didn't do any drugs either, and therefore can actually remember the late sixties.

WHL- yep, that's the title. I don't try to be tricky here, but that seems to be the inevitable state. And I'm not quite sure what you mean by the age remark. And any way I try to work it out just comes out insulting to someone. . . . *le sigh* maybe more sense will come after sleep, lol

Just being snarky... no offense intended - ever.

This is a verse from the middle of a song.

And you know the tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag
I got on it last night and my shirt got caught
That Joey kept me spinnin'
Didn't think I'd ever get off

Aha! The Boss!

Sandy by Bruce Springsteen?

That's that parenthetical part of the title, jj. Do you know what precedes it?

Oh! No, I just thought it was called 'Sandy".

ETA: I thought I could come up with something without Google but, alas, it's not in my iTunes nor in my very small pile of CDs not on iTunes. I did then Google, so I withdraw my guess.

IIRC the whole title is "Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)." From The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle.

WHL- I know. Just couldn't get my brain to play nice, lol. All I could get was either old dinosaurs or empty-brained youngsters. Which just wasn't adding up for me since everyone that I know who listens to David Bowie is between the ages 19 and 32. Which is probably off from the normal population :P

Harumph! Between 19 and 32 they are just empty-brained youngsters. Wouldn't know rock and and and roll if if bit 'em on the ah, leg. The Cool Hand Thin Luke Duke from Mars would'a spit'em up and chewed 'em out, pilgrim.

I might have some characters confused there. Mind like a... you know, thing with holes, drain lettuce in it...

Get off of my lawn!

And stop hiding my Ensure!

The crowd that first listened to Space Oddity is now in their late 50's and early 60's.

justjim, you have the title correct. I have 4 CDs of ~other~ people covering that tune, but I don't have the original. Your turn.

OK, hold that thought. Going to have a shuffle through the aforementioned iTunes to see what I have to offer.

OK, fairly easy, I think.

Ah ah ah ah.
Looking at the tracks,
Of the careless windbeam,
And moving to the tracks,
Of the tireless freight train,
And lighting up the sides,
Of the weathervane,
And the bits of rain,
And the windowpane,
And the eyes of those,
Who think they saw what happened.

I think 'windbeam' is one word.

Isn't that The Moonbeam Song by Starr?

It is called The Moonbeam Song and it has been performed by Ringo, but he didn't write it. Do you know who did?

I know Ringo sang it. I couldn't remotely tell you who wrote it. Are you saying someone else "wrote" it, or that there was an earlier artist that sang the same song and Ringo's was a remake? I'll be honest, I couldn't even being to tell you which artists I listen to wrote their own music, and which didn't.

I will be dancing on your lawns and feeding your Ensure to the trees! They will be big and strong and on my side! Buahahaha! And my nice empty-brain likes the extra space for good music listening acoustics :P

katelisim, I'm 69, will be 70 in October. You just keep on posting, dear, and some day, you'll post one that I know. Some day I'll post one that you know, too. Sorry about the incorrect title. :: blush :: Just goes to prove that I'm not a really big Bowie fan. lol So, you're joining all the happy creatures dancin' on and on? That should be fun.

Okay, I forget... where are we with the Moonbean song thing? 23 Skidoo!

Sorry, had to sleep on this side of the planet.

It is The Moonbeam Song, written, as so many were, by Harry Nillson. Thrillerfan's turn.

Boobalack- no need to apologize, I know plenty of people that wouldn't even know it was Bowie. I'm guessing I'm on the younger side of this thread at 22.
And I already know that I listen to quite a bit of obscure music, so that cuts out a good chunk of my iTunes options. Oh well, that's part of the fun-- finding new music (or in this case, retro) :D

Ok, here we go:

Don't suppose I'll ever know
What it means to be a man
Something I can't change
I'll live around it

All righty then, since there is no answer in over 24 hours, based on Rule 7, I guess I'm supposed to divulge the answer and put up another challenge.

The answer to that last one, it's the 2nd stanza of the 2nd verse of "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls (1998)

For the next one (this one ought to be easier as it's a full verse, and a more recent song):

I feel like walking the world
Like walking the world
You can hear she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white
Makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember
What you head
She like to leave you hanging on her word

Kt Tunstall. . . Is that one Suddenly I See?

I had a gut feeling it was going to be you that got it katelisim, seeing your comments about you being a 22-year old woman vs, in effect, the Silent Generation or the Baby Boomers.

Yes, it is Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall.

It was interesting seeing the comments about the age difference. I'm kinda stuck in between, Generation X, mid-30s right now. I actually thought you would have gotten "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls (you'd have been about 10 at the time).

You're up next katelisim. See if we can keep the youth in control of the board here! :-)

Maybe we should start a thread for youngsters and a thread for oldsters. lol

I like learning about new things, though, so I guess not. If I ever know another one, then you guys will just have to learn about an old thing. ;-}

I know Slide, but only the chorus for words. Too hit or miss on the Goo Goo Dolls songs for me. I know a bunch of 60s-80s stuff too, but it's either super mainstream or super underground, so at least the latter gets missed on this thread. But I'm down for keeping it more 'modern' for a bit :P

I gotta question for you better answer now
Am I original? (yeaaaah)
Am I the only one? (yeaaaah)
Am I sexual? (yeaaaah)
Am I everything you need?
You better rock your body now

It's the Backstreet Boys, "Everybody Backstreet's Back"

Ha Ha! Fooled you. I like the BS Boys much better than that other group -- the one with Justin Timberlake. Insync or something like that. Maybe because the BBS didn't seem like such sissies.

I just looked it up. NSYNC. I knew it was something like In sync but couldn't remember exactly how it was. My granddaughter loved both of those groups at one time, so I listened to them a lot.

Boobalack - Admit it, you are into the boy bands and bubble gum music.

Britney Spears, Christina Aguleria, N-Sync (more like "N-Stink"), 98 Degrees, Backstreet Boys, I think you all just won yourselves another fan...meet Boobalack!

I think I'll stick with Avril Lavigne, Maroon 5, Cold Play, Goo Goo Dolls, Orianthi, Pink, Nickelback, Green Day, and the many other Non-Metal, Non-Bubblegum, Non-Elevator musicians!

lol, of course you're right Boobalack.

Bubblegum/pop music has a time and place when it's great, that's just not most of the time. . . unless it's Ace of Base, then anytime :P

#181

I thought I saw the sign somewhere! :-)

Admittedly though, I prefer It's a Beautiful Life.

ha yeah, I've probably posted a couple of theirs on the lyrics threads. Every time I hear Lady Gaga's Alejandro I'm tricked into thinking it's Ace of Base. . . then shake my fist at the radio in half-hearted disappointment (as I do actually like both).

Hey, wadaminit! I am not a boy-band, bubble gum fan. As I said, my granddaughter, who is now 23 by the way, loved them and I listened to them a lot while visiting her and my daughter. I just happened to like the Backstreet Boys better than the wimpier one. lol

I like all kinds of music, actually, except for extremely heavy metal and twang-twang, including bluegrass. I like light opera, easy listening, some pop, some jazz, some C&W (so long as it is not twang-twang), rock 'n roll, blues, oldies (I mean really OLD oldies.), etc.

If a person likes music I don't like or doesn't like music that I do like, so be it. No biggie.

I may be slow, but even so,
I know a thing or two
I've learned from you.
I've really learned a lot,
Really learned a lot.
Love is like a flame --
Burns you when it's hot.

That's an old Boudleaux Bryant song called "Love Hurts," I think. I have a memory of a woman singing it more recently--maybe Linda Ronstadt?

Joan Jett was who I had in mind. Don't know about Ronstadt.

Your turn!

Heard this one this morning.

I'm headin' for the station with a pack on my back
I'm tired of transportation in the back of a hack
I love to hear the rhythm of the clicketty clack
And hear the lonesome whistle, see the smoke from the stack
And pal around with the democratic fellows named Mac
So take me right back to the track, Jack.

"Choo Choo Choo Boogie" by B. B. King

yes indeedy. I enjoyed seeing that used in A League of Their Own. Over to you.

I had forgotten that but don't remember a lot about the movie, anyway. It's been a while. ;-}

Once on a high and windy hill,
In the morning mist,
Two lovers kissed,
And the world stood still.
Then your fingers touched
My silent heart and taught it how to sing.

It's been over 24 hours, so the one above is
"Love Is a Many Splendored Thing"
by The Four Aces.

Next:

Nights alone -
Silent telephone -
The curtains on my window
Dark and drawn -
Sleepless dream -
It would almost seem
The nights would drive me crazy
Now you're gone, but…"

Somebody, please help! I'm tired of playing this game alone. :: pout, pout ::

The one above is
"That's the Easy Part"
by Beth Nielsen Chapman

Next:

Lonely as a desert breeze
I may wander where I please.
Yet I keep on longing
Just to rest a while -

Where a sweetheart's tender eyes
Take the place of sand and skies.
All the World forgotten
In one Woman's smile.

Not sure if those are exact, but they're close enough if somebody knows it.

It's like a deer with no eyes - No idea!

I think I heard Mario Lanza or someone like that sing it, and it ends with "if she were mine alone..." but no title is coming to mind.

#193 (appreciative groan)

@193, and if you chop its legs off then you have still no idea

What do you call a cow with no legs?

Ground beef.

groan.

Jim53, you were so close, I declare that you got it. The title is "One Alone," as in "One alone, to be my own, I alone to know her caresses," and it does end with the line you provided. It's from "The Desert Song," and Mario Lanza did sing it. I'm so happy somebody in this thread knows Mario Lanza's music. It's been sung by about a gazillion artists.

@193 - my professor said that joke yesterday too. . . And today he preceded our test with "what do you call a fish with no eyes? . . . Fssssssshhhhhhh"

Ah the joys of a linguistics class

#197 sounds as if your professor is related to Smeagol.

Here's an easy one (I think)

Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

"Vincent" by Don McLean
Josh Groban also put that on one of his CDs.

Wow! That may be a record time!

You are correct (again), Boo. Be kind this time.

It just happened to be one I knew immediately, and I had just come back to the post page when I saw there was a new one.

I will never love you.
The cost of love's too dear.
But though I'll never love you,
I'll stay with you one year.

Chorus

I'll sing to you each mornin'.
I'll kiss you every night.
But darlin', don't cling to me.
I'll soon be out of sight.

Gale Garnett, We'll Sing in the Sunshine ("then I'll be on my way")

Yes, indeedy!

I'm heading out for the evening, so if someone knows this, please go ahead and post yours.

When a quarrel we had needs mending,
Does it mean that our love is ending?
Darlin' I need you, but lately I find
You're out of my heart,
And I'm out of my mind.

'Round Midnight -- has been sung by a myriad of performers.

Man! I'm on a roll!

Had to decide on the lyrics. I've loved this one since I was a teen.

Don't have to buy me diamonds and pearls
Champagne, sables or such.
I never cared much for diamonds and pearls
'cause honestly, honey, they just cost money.

Give me your hand when I've lost the way.
Give me a shoulder to cry on.
Whether the day is bright or gray,
Give me your heart to rely on.

No clue, so I looked it up. It, nor the singer, ring a bell.

Seeing as how it's the weekend, if no one else ventures a guess before tomorrow morning, I'll post a new one if Boobalack doesn't.

"Little Things Mean a Lot"
Kitty Kallen

I meant to get back over here before now. Sorry.

This one should be easy.

Well, I know it's kind of late.
I hope I didn't wake you.
But what I've got to say can't wait.
I knew you'd understand.
Every time I tried to tell you,
The words just came out wrong,
So {title}

Jim Croche (spelling could be wrong...)

I used to play this one in coffeehouses, but I don't know if I have the title correct.

I Wrote You a Letter in This Song - or something close to that.

ETA: Ah!

I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song

Croce is the correct spelling. Too bad he died so young.

I thought that one would be easy! :-}

Really.

Try this one:

{Title}, tell me how do you feel
You fought for your country, for God and for war
Now your heart tells you that can't be real
So you tell me your story from beginning to end
All the blood and the guts and the gore
Will you tell all the people about the people you killed
Not for God, but for country and war

Bump. IF no respons sy some time this evening, I'll post another.

Hint: Written by a former member of The Hollies.

I remember it's Graham Nash, and the title is the name of the person he's addressing. It's an unusual name, and I can't come up with it.

I was thinking Graham Nash, too. The only thing I can think of is "Soldier" or "Soldier Boy," but I know that's not right. We know it's sung to a military person of some sort, though.

Tell you what - Jim, you can post the next one. I'm involved in a project here on LT, and won't be on as ~me~ a whole lot for the next week or so.

The song is indeed by Graham Nash, and titled Oh Camile (The Winter Soldier).

Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand

I know this one, unfortunately!

Tiny Dancer by Elton John

Except maybe the theme from the Lion King, never liked Elton John.

That's it. You're up.

All right, let's go with this one:

I try to let it go
but I don't know if I can take it
'Cause the way you looked at me
Made me see that I can't really fake it

"If Only She Knew" by Michelle Branch

My granddaughter sounds like a cross between her and Joan Jett.

LOL,

Yep, you got it Boobalack.

Is your Granddaughter's name Joan Branch, or Michelle Jett? If Only She Knew!

Actually, I'm kinda surprised anyone got it that quickly. It wasn't really one of the songs from "The Spirit Room" that was played on the radio much, unlike "Everywhere", "All You Wanted", or "Goodbye To You", which were all played numerous times.

It seems like the best songs get the least air time.

Every time I think of you,
I always catch my breath,
And I'm still standing here,
And you're miles away,
And I'm wonderin' why you left,
And there's a storm that's raging,
Through my frozen heart tonight.

I Ain't Missing You - Bad Religion

I think Orianthi has a version just called Missing You

I had in mind "Missing You" by John Waite. I'd never heard of the other title or "Bad Religion," so I Googled, and all the other artists I found also call it "Missing You." I never heard of Bad Religion, and after looking at their web page, I can see why. lol I got tired of looking for that song by them, but I did find it by Orianthi. I'm pretty sure "Missing You" is the only correct title. "I ain't missing you (at all)" is just a line in the song.

All that being said (Whew!), that's close enough, so take it away.

We'll see if anyone can get this newer-ish (2000-2004 I think?)

I'm going to Wichita
Far from this opera for evermore
I'm gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding
Right before the lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me
And I will sing no more
And the stains coming from my blood
Tell me go back home

Sorry it's been a few days, internet being not nice. The above is Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes. How about this one:

Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's

It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
It's understood that Hollywood
sells

"Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

The only reason I know that song is I heard the title on the radio one day and thought it was horrible, but I listened, anyway, and discovered that it is a very profound song. It was several weeks before I knew the name of the artists. I was in the process of changing stations, and it just jumped out at me!

Right of course. My mother thought the same thing. . . I think I was 13 when it came out, she saw the name and was a bit hrmphed about it until she actually listened to it.

Which goes to prove that it doesn't hurt to give something a chance. Then if you don't like it, all you've lost is a few minutes of time.

Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of it's own -
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone -
Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half forgotten dream -
Or the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a stream.

This reminds me of a cloudy day, looking out the window at the airport, when we took my son to catch his flight to Germany, and an instrumental version of this was playing in the background. Sad day that was. Thank DOYC he made it back okay!

Yay, I know this one.

I know it's from the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair" (the Steve McQueen one) and I know it's "Windmills of Your Mind", but I don't remember who sang it.

I've heard it by many artists. The instrumental version is by Michel Legrand, at least the one I know.

Your turn!

Ok, here is a song that is known by two different titles and has been sung by many - so lots of right answers!

My heart's at your command, dear
To keep love and to hold
Making you happy is my desire,
Keeping you is my goal.

I'll forever love you,
for the rest of my days
I'll never part from you
or your loving ways

Pledging My Love
I like it best by Sanford Clark.

Ah, sweet memories!

Yes, "Pledging My Love" is one title and it's also called "Forever My Darling".

Your turn. Boobalack.

It's been a long time. Sorry I let it go this far, but my cataract surgery was today, and this is the first time I've had the monster machine turned on. Forgot it yesterday.

That was "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) sung by Nat "King" Cole, Aretha Franklin, and some others.

Try this one.

Now it begins, now that you've gone,
Needles and pins, twilight till dawn,
Watching that clock till you return,
Lighting that torch and watching it burn,

Now it begins, day after day,
This is my night, ticking away,
Waiting to hear footsteps that say,
"Love will appear and this time to stay."

No idea on the song, but I hope all went well with the surgery!

Thank you, Jim. Worst part was being so thirsty. I'm gonna' cheat next time. lol

No idea either. And what do you mean by "next time"? You'd do it again????

Very glad all went well for you.

Of course he'll do it again. He's psychic. He already knows when every surgery will be.

I'm currently 35. I can hear him saying right now that I'll have open heart surgery on Thursday, March 19th, 2043, about a month and a half shy of my 68th birthday.

It will be a successful surgery, but then I'll have prostrate cancer (what my Father's Father and 6 of his 7 male siblings died of, the other Stomach Cancer, his 2 sisters I couldn't tell you) and die on Friday, October 24th, 2059, the 130th anniversary of "Black Thursday", at the age of 84.

I'm confused, which seems to be my usual state recently. Are you speaking of me, ThrillerFan? If so, I'm a woman, not a man.

Thank you, Mr. House. Yes, the powers that be will not do both eyes at once because if you get an infection, they don't want both eyes to be infected at the same time. The chances of getting one are so slim that it seems a tad ridiculous to me. But then, I have to admit that the docs know more than I do. lol

The song is "The Big Hurt" by Toni Fisher.

Maybe this one will be easier.
I had a friend was a big baseball
Player back in high school.
He could throw that speed-ball by you -
Make you look like a fool, boy.
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar.
I was walking in and he was walking out.
We went back inside sat down, had a few drinks,
But all he kept talking about was…

I'm surprised Rosalita didn't beat me to that one. It's Da Boss, Glory Days.

YessirreeBobJim! I knew people would recognize a song by Da Boss!

Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight,
Making vows that just can't work right.
Open your arms, opens your arms,
Open your arms, baby, let my love come in.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.

OOOHHHH!!!!! I used to play the drums for this in my garage band days; I just can't think of the name of it.

"Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin

Some female recorded it, also, but I can't remember who it was. Was there an alternative title to this? Something about the song remaining the same. Or am I confused, again?

Don't know about the female artist thing, but the song remaining the same is the name of the rockumentary about LZ. As I recall, the last 45 minutes or so of the concert footage was primarily a study of Robert Plante's private parts.

That's it, Boobalack. Back to you.

Well, Mr. House, I'm glad I never saw that rockumentary. lol I must have heard my sister say something about it, as she's the reason I know about LZ. She asked me to hint to mother around Christmas time that she wanted their latest album. I listened to quite a bit of it while visiting her.

Here we go! This one should be fairly easy. I don't think the guy who sang it had another big hit but don't know for sure.

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We've known each other since we were nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees,
Learned of love and ABC's,
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky.

Le Sob!

This one I know - Terry Jacks singing "Seasons In The Sun". This is one of those songs that gets in my head and plays itself over and over again! My brother knows to even mention it to me drives me crazy!!

Eeek! I didn't mean to drive you crazy -- do know what you mean about songs stuck in your head. For me, it's "Brand New Key." Gaaah!

That's ok Boo, I ward it off by humming my favorite Beatles songs!

New lyrics:

I was tired of my lady,
We'd been together too long
Like a worn-out recording
Of a favorite song

So while she lay there sleeping
I read the papers in bed
And in the personal columns
There was this letter I read --

Talk about your brain worms! That's the pina colada song. I think the actual title is "Escape," right? Rupert Holmes?

Right you are Jim! Your turn.

Continuing in that vein... almost fifty years ago, this song prompted a certain smart-alecky eight-year-old to ask his mother, "Why didn't she just put a nickel in his lunch?" thus beginning his lessons in narrative necessity.

XX's wife goes down
To the Scollay Square station
Every day at quarter past two
And through the open window
She hands XX a sandwich
As the train comes rumblin' through.

"MTA" -- Kingston Trio -- or "Charlie on the MTA"

I asked the same question, but I was about 20. lol

That's it.

The doc who did my eye surgery knows these people. Amazing the things you talk about while digging into a person's eye. lol

Now when you're feelin' low,
And the fish won't bite,
You need a (title)
To put you right.
You gotta make like you
Wanna kneel and pray,
And then a (title)
Will come your way.

Now when your girl has gone,
And you're broke in two,
You need a (title)
To see you through.

That would be Little Bit of Soul, but I can't think of who did it (other than damn near every garage band back in the mid 60's. Probably a One-Hit-Wonder band.

The one I'm thinking of is the Ramones. They say "Little Bit O Soul" for some reason. Take it away, pal!

The Ramones did a cover of it, but (and I had to look this up), it was originally done by the Music Explosion - definitely one-hit-wonders.

Try these lyrics:

Won't say I love you, babe
Won't say I need you, babe
But I'm gonna' get you, babe
And I will not do you wrong
Living's mostly wasting time
And I waste my share of mine
But it never feels too good
So let's don't take too long
Well, you're soft as glass and I'm a gentle man
We got the sky to talk about
And the world to lie upon

Oh no! Not a single response!

Tell you what - here's another song by the same artist. I'll accept either one as a response.

Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron, Your breath as hard as kerosene.
You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said good-bye, And sank into your dreams.

These lyrics make me think of Steve Earle - but I don't think it's him. So I guess I'm stumped.

"Pancho and Lefty" but I'm not sure who dunnit. I think Emmylou Harris and maybe Merle Haggard. (?)

NOT Steve Earle. The songs were written by Townes Van Zandt, and damn near anyone who made a living at playing an acoustic guitar at some point in his/her life has covered at least one of these tunes.

#260 is To Live is to Fly

#261 is indeed Pancho and Lefty. Emmylou Harris sang it at Symphony Hall in Boston at a Tom Rush Club 47 concert.

Over to you, Boo

OMG - I can't believe I didn't get Pancho and Lefty - my husband loves that song!

For such a simple little song, this one delivers a message we all should hear.

Cheat on your taxes.
Don't be a fool.
Now what was that they said about the golden rule?
Never mind the rule.
Just play to win,
And hate your neighbor for the shade of his skin.

The above lyrics are from "Skip A Rope", a song that a lot of country singers covered. I know it by George Jones and Jimmy Dean.

I liked it by Henson Cargill but don't think I've ever heard it by anyone else. Bet Jimmy Dean did a good one!

I heard this as I was driving to the grocery store yesterday -

Hey (Song Title), dreamin' of the someone you could be
Life is a reality, you can't always run away.
Don't be so scared of changing and rearranging yourself
It's time for jumping down from the shelf - a little bit

Whoops, I had to come back and turn off the italics.

That's Georgie Girl from the movie of the same name from back in the late 60's.
It was Lynn Redgrave's first movie, if I recall correctly.

You are correct. Lynn Redgrave, James Mason, Alan Bates and Charlotte Rampling, I believe.

Your turn, Mr. WHL.

P.S. Tthe above was sung by the Seekers

I liked The Seekers a whole lot more when they sang ~anything~ else.

Try this one -

Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair
She really made the Woolworth counter shine
Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer
They'd waltz the aisles of {redacted}

Eddie played the steel guitar, and his mama cried cuz he played in the bars
And kept young Rita out late at night
So they married up in Abilene, lost a child in Tennessee
Still that love survived, 'cause they'd sing

(chorus)
Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight
Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time
And love's on sale tonight at this {redacted}

Bump.

After so long, I doubt anyone is going to get it, but maybe so. It sounds familiar. I keep thinking "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean," but that was a movie, and it wasn't anything like the lyrics to that song. lol

OOOHHHH!!! You are SO CLOSE, Boo!

As a matter of fact, I'm going to turn it over to you (for 2 reasons).
1) I'm not going to be near a computer again until about this time tomorrow.
2) hmmm, I can't remember what #2 was!

The song is Nancy Griffin's signature piece - Love at the Five and Dime

Nanci Griffith is one of my sister's favorites. In fact, I may have heard that song. She mentioned on one of her albums purchasing "unnecessary plastic objects," and we really got a kick out of that, as we are always purchasing unnecessary plastic objects, such as cute little teeny-tiny bowls with covers, etc.

Let's try this one.
(Title), I'm feeling pretty lonesome.
I'd call you on the phone some,
But I don't have dime.

(Title), you're so far behind me.
Tomorrow is gonna find me
Further down the line.
Take a piece of paper,
A pencil in my hand,
I'm gonna write…

Since this was up over the weekend, I'm going to leave it until tonight before I change lyrics in the hope that somebody will name that tune!

Alright, I'm going out on a limb (probably sound like a complete fool), but since the title is in the song, I'm going to take a guess.

Since these lyrics just flat out "look old", and since I know very little pre-1980 music that outside the extremely popular (i.e. Beatles, Beach Boys, Monkees, etc.), and since the 2nd occurrance is in the middle of a sentence, and looks like it refers to a woman, and since "Baby" is too "modern" a reference, thinking about what men called women then, I'm going to say it's:

"Darling"

Who it's by. No clue. Probably a group with a male vocalist, so I'm going to guess that it's from the early days of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Probably way off, but nobody else has guessed.

Brilliant powers of deduction you have!
The title is "Darlin'" but "Darling" does it.
Bonnie Raitt, but I can't remember the year -- I think some time after 1982.
Johhny Reid did it in 2007.
In case you'd like to hear the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoahBnjAZns&ob=av2n

Boobalack,

Having a degree in computer science, being a tournament chess player, and having done many other logical thinking exercises in my lifetime (i.e. Dell Math Puzzles and Logic Problems, figuring out Bridge Hand puzzles, Chess Problems of course, etc), probably all plays a part in my deductive reasoning skills. However, had the title not been in the given lyrics, I'd have had not a shot in the world. I see I was WAY off with artist (at least in my opinion, Bonnie Raitt sounds nothing like Tom Petty).

Anyway, guess you guys have the advantage now knowing that the next will be from 1980 or later (narrows it down to 30 years). I almost put in a song just to make someone swear on this site, but I won't be that evil, and so instead of Meredith Brooks' "B*tch", I'll give you this one. Should be easy.

Here we go:

"You know the lies they always told you
And the love you never knew
What's the things they never showed you
That swallowed the light from the sun
Inside your room"

I had wondered if anyone would pick up on the "dime." You surely can't make a phone call for a dime these days. There's also an old song that mentions a 10-cent soda. lol

I was a computer programmer back in the day when we had punch cards, etc. FORTRAN IV with commercial subroutines was great fun. I loved it! Majored in mathematics, loved logic. I still have my books. Can't bear to discard them.

Goo Goo Dolls, but I have no idea of the song title.

the only reason I know this is because I heard it today

Black Balloon - Goo Goo Dolls

Drats! The only song I've known in the entire thread, and I get here an hour too late. It figures...

Yes, it is Black Balloon by the Goo Goo Dolls.

Only time the title is mentioned in the song is the very first line. The lines given are of course the 2nd verse.

katelisim is next.

BTW girlfromshangrila, you were 13 hours late! That was 8:23pm last night, not 8:23am this morning.

I take it you must be like me, under 40 years of age, and don't know half the stuff they put on here unless it's got the song title in it an you can use deductive reasoning, or else it's a song your parents made you listen to again and again and again and again (Thank you Air Supply, Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt, and many other "easy listening" artists of the 70s and early 80s for 10 years of tortore riding in the car).

#280

I'm surprised you never mentioned another fairly big classic from the 80's (I think, if not it's 70s, but one of those songs that "everyone" had heard) with reference to a dime.

Joan Jett - "I love rock-n-roll, put another dime in the jukebox baby, ..."

Now you're lucky if you get 1 play for 50 cents or 3 for a buck.

Here's a really recent one:

I wake up every evening
With a big smile on my face
And it never feels outta place
And you're still probably working
At a 9 to 5 pace
I wonder how bad that tastes

#283: You got me, ThrillerFan. I'm under 40 years old (actually, under 30, but not by much anyway). I've heard of some of the singers and bands mentioned above, but not the specific songs.
Usually, once the song is guessed, I go "Aaaaah, yes, right! Now I remember that band!"
And I love the Goo Goo Dolls, so I'm really bummed that I didn't even stand a chance at guessing the song. :-( Oh well.

#286 - I have you by a few years it seems. 35 1/2, will be 36 in May.

Ok, I know this one (probably because they play it all the time on Mix XM22 and XM26 - The Pulse)

All American Rejects - Gives You Hell

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell

Since I already know for a fact that this is the correct answer (that's how sure I am!), I'm going to go ahead and put the next one up.

Here we go:

What's up?
Tell me what to do, how to be, teach me
All you your rules from A to Z,
But I, I don't wantcha other girls to see
that you're messin' round with me

Should I boy
Tell me what I got is what ya want
Tell Tell me do I, I turn you on
I don't want no one judging me

I got a feelin' I should know this one... but I don't.

Funny, ThrillerFan: I'm 26 1/2, will turn 27 in June. We're spring people! *grin*

OMG, I forgot about that song til I read the lyrics lol

I Wanna Be Bad by Willa Ford

#288 - You kicking yourself yet after seeing 289?

#289 - I figured it was one of those songs that most probably forgot about. Hopefully now you can't get it out of your head for the next 2 weeks. Then I'll stick Mambo #5 in your head next.

I wanna Be Bad by Willa Ford is correct.

katelisim, you're next. Looks like we are playing Monkey in the Middle with everyone else, you and I being the endpoints.

Hey! Who you callin' monkey, monkey?

Kidding. I'm not kicking myself, but I did slap my forehead hard enough to leave a hand-shaped red mark on it. And you're mean, mean, mean by bringing up Lou Bega. After all these years in therapy, trying to erase him off my memory, here I am, back at the starting point. Bad boy, ThrillerFan!

. . . it has been stuck in my head since I read it :P

I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope, I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I love you more with every breath -redacted- do..
I will be strong I will be faithful
'Cos I'm counting on a new beginning.
A reason for living. A deeper meaning.
I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me...

Truly Madly Deeply, Savage Garden. Luuuurved Savage Garden!

yep yep, monkey no more :P

Yay! I've been upgraded to human status again! =)

Okay, here is the next one:

I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died
With the eagles' flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry
Don't blame this (song title)

#291

Bad boy, huh? I'll show you bad boy. You remember those days of Britney Spears? Baby One More Time?

Now try to get that out of your head! LOL!

In case it hasn't done enough damage, I went ahead and looked up the lyrics...maybe this will get it to stick in your head:

I must confess that my loneliness
Is killing me now
Don't you know I still believe
That you will be here
And give me a sign
Hit me baby one more time

Next up - Mmmbop!

Yuck! Now I feel dirty, but at least I got your head cluttered with junk. Now you see what the real meaning of "bad boy" is! :-P

I see that you beat me to the Savage Garden song. I've always preferred "I Want You" over "Truly Madly Deeply". I find it funny how everyone asks "Is that the chic a cherry cola song?", like that's all they can remember from it!

Oh no! Hanson! Nnnn-noooooo! *faints*

I like "I Want You" better, too, but my favorite was "The Animal Song". Now, those lyrics you can post here any time. =)

hmmm, sounds familiar. I'm remembering techno/dance. Aurora maybe? I don't have a title tho

So close! There was an extraordinarily long (trance) remix of this song by Aurora -which I find highly irritating, by the way. It's mostly the same beat played over and over, with only four or so lines of lyrics, also repeated over and over.

Can you remember the title, Kate? Maybe someone else can get it...

Sadly, no, I cannot remember a title. I probably haven't heard the original either. Here's hoping someone gets it *fingers crossed*

Okay, children, I'm seventy years old and pretty cool for an lol. But let me warn you. The calendar is workin' against you, my friends. ‹(^¿^)› And making fun of the music others like definitely isn't cool. That's why I don't make fun of today's music. Capisce? Live and let live. Enjoy and let enjoy.

ThrillerFan, I'm mainly looking at you after your diatribe in the previous thread. You have calmed down a little, though, and it was noticed and appreciated. Thanks.

Wow. Didn't mean to step on anybody's toes, sorry if I did. *embarrassed look*

And back to the song, I think we're a little stuck here, so I'll add some more lyric lines.

Did we fly to the moon too soon
did we squander the chance
in the rush of the race
the reason we chase is lost in romance
and still we try
to justify the waste
for a taste of man's greatest adventure

This song was a little before "my days", but even after fifteen odd years, it's stuck in my head.

Boobalack, are you saying you're a Britney Spears and Hansen fan?

This generation ain't the same as yours. There are artists out there that have your select few that are major fans (more typically 12-year old girls than 70-year old men), and the rest of the world makes fun of them, especially those that are corrupt, misfit parents that are always getting in trouble with the law (i.e. Britney Spears). Bubble gum music combined with arrest deserves to be made fun of.

Yeah, you have your other "bubblegum" artists, like Christina Aguleria, J-Lo, etc, but they don't have the problems that Britney has, hence why you don't hear people making wise crack jokes about them.

#302 That first line sounds sorta like a Billy Bragg song I remember hearing. I noticed it because he seemed to be making a point of riffing on phrases used in songs from sixty years earlier. But I don't think the rest of it fits. Never mind.

Sorry Jim, it's not Billy Bragg. I think I remember only one of his songs, and it's nowhere close this one. I didn't think it'd be so hard to guess!

Okay, that one was "Sleeping Satellite" by Tasmin Archer. Link to the (admittedly weird) video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25xggJXyWhI

Let's try again:

Suddenly something has happened to me
As I was having my cup of tea
Suddenly I was feeling depressed
I was utterly and totally stressed
Do you know you made me cry?
Do you know you made me die?

#302, you didn't step on anyone's toes. I was just thinking back to a previous incarnation of this thread where ThrillerFan posted a rather insulting diatribe about the music many of us, including his parents like. Also in this thread, a couple of people suggested that we keep it on the younger side, or something similar, I can't remember the exact words.

#303, I am not a man, I am a woman. I told you that previously. Please stop accusing me of liking "bubble gum" music and boy bands. Meat Loaf, Led Zep, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, etc. fit neither category. The point I'm trying to make is that all people do not like the same thing, and it's not cool to make fun of what other people do like. Maybe you like some music I don't care for and vice versa. Well, it doesn't hurt either one of us to just keep our mouths shut about the others likes. It might surprise you to know that we like some of the same things. Coldplay, Nickelback, et alii. So just please stop the condescending attitude. Thanks.

Damn. I forgot to mention that the above song is "Animal Instinct" by the Cranberries. I will admit that if it were not for my grandchildren, I would not know a lot of these songs you younger folks post.

You got it, Boobalack! It is, indeed, Animal Instinct. Your turn.

Here be new lyrics.

When you came in the air went out.
And every shadow filled up with doubt.
I don't know who you think you are,
But before the night is through,
I wanna do (title) with you.

Haha! The opening theme to True Blood. Bad Things by Jace Everett. . . one of the only 'country' songs I like :)

#307 - Whatever! Blah Blah Blah

I have free speech. I will use it. You may be a big fan of these celebrities, but I'll mention right now that each of the people listed below are idiots. Whether you are a fan of theirs or not, I could care less, they are all idiots:

- Britney Spears (Obvious reasons)
- Michael Vick (Any celebrity that gets arrested for illegal activity when they are making the money they are making is an absolute moron. They are set for life. Why screw it up like this?)
- OJ Simpson (Ditto to Vick)
- Lindsay Lohan (Ditto to Vick)
- John Daly (Anyone that has made 50 million plus in their lifetime that files bankruptcy because they don't know how to manage their money is a complete and utter moron. I make in the 5-digits per year, and I haven't filed for bankruptcy!)

ThrillerFan.

Stop it.

You are being abusive to the members of this thread, and that violates the TOS.

"Free speech" doesn't apply. This isn't the Government.

#312

If that's the case, then Boobalack is also violating the TOS. Don't just target me. Everyone is entitled to what is, in their opinion, good music and bad music. The fact that I am making fun of Britney Spears in 296 is no attack on any user on here. The first one pin-pointed toward another user is 301. If she, or any other user is going to finger-point at me, as far as I'm concerned, you've opened the door to get finger-pointed back at!

Therefore, WholeHouseLibrary, try attacking the perpetraitor instead, and that would be message 301, which I'm not the author of!

If you think a message like 296 doesn't belong on this site, then we might as well make it so you can only rate a book 5 stars, because rating a book 1 star is making just as bad a statement about an author as message 296 makes about Britney Spears. Therefore, since I give a particular book 1 star, I must be offending all fans of that book.

Opinions are opinions. GET OVER IT! Message 296 is an opinion. Message 301 is pointing fingers at another user. Go after the author of 301, not me!

AND ALSO - DISAGREEING WITH CONTENT IS NOT WARRANT TO FLAGGING!!! If you disagree that certain books, singers, actors, etc. are bad, you disagree, which you are accusing me of this because others, like Boobalack, "disagree"!

I don't disagree with your right to not like some artists and music, I disagree with your making fun of music that I and others here do like. I would not lower myself to make fun of the music you and others like, whether or not I like it.

By the way, I'm not fond of any of those people you mentioned above.

Now, to sound like a kindergartner, YOU started it in the previous thread. N'ya, n'ya, n'ya, n'ya, n'ya!

Say whatever makes you happy from now on. You're only showing your inability to see another point of view besides your own.

Love and hugs.♥
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Okay, folks, I apologize for having the audacity to call someone on his insults and condescension. I promise not to do it again. It's not worth ruining a fun game over. Mea culpa.
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katelisim, you got it. I didn't even realize it was a C&W song. lol My daughter has it as a ring tone, and when she was here visiting this past summer, I asked her what it was. Heck, I don't even watch that much television so had never heard it before.

How can you just leave me standing
Alone in a world that's so cold?
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold

For some reason, those lyrics make me think of Laura Branigan. *perplexed look*

Hmmm, I don't know who that is. Google tells me she had "Whats Love Got to do With it" about the same time as the posted lyrics (that title sounds familiar, so I'm guessing I actually do know her, just not by name).

It's his Purpleness himself...

Prince - When Doves Cry.

:D
yeppers

Don't ask me
What you know is true
Don't have to tell you
I love your precious heart

I..........I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could (song title)

I think that was in Donnie Darko, but title/artist isn't coming to me right now

It was in the film but it was a hit for the group quite a while before it was featured there. If you (or anyone else) manage to remember then go ahead with the next song as I'm off to grab some shut-eye.

"Never Tear Us Apart" by Joe Cocker

This time,
This place,
Misused, Mistakes,
Too long,
Too late,
Who was I to make you wait?
Just one chance,
Just one breath,
Just in case there's just one left,
'Cause you know, you know,
You know I love you.

I know it's Nickleback. . . but must hope someone else gets title, for I never knew it. It doesn't help that I can only hear to the tune of "Making Christmas" from Nightmare Before Christmas right now :P

It's "Far Away."

Maybe this one will be easier.

How the hell did we wind up like this?
Why weren't we able
To see the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables?

I wish you'd unclench your fists
And unpack your suitcase.
Lately there's been too much of this.
Don't think its too late…

Nickleback again. . . . Someday?

Yes'm. I figured you'd get it since you recognized who did the other one.

I like Nickelback, but it seems that their songs go on forevah! lol

Hmm, I liked their cd Silver Side Up, but only heard radio past that, and most of it I'm either indifferent or dislike.

I'm getting in the mood for Halloween so. . . And if you don't know the 'singer(s)' then you can tell me what it's from and I'll still accept :)

I am the clown with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your hair
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright

I know what it's from but don't know the title or the singer(s). Bummer!

I really thought someone would've gotten that :'(
"This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Danny Elfman does all the music (composing, bunch of singing as Jack), but not all the voices get names. Several people have covered it, including Panic! At The Disco and Marilyn Manson, among others.

Hmmm, let's try this one

I said, hey boy sittin in your tree
Mummy always wants you to come for tea
Don't be shy, straighten up your tie
Get down from your tree house sittin in the sky
I wanna know just what to do
Is it very big is there room for two ?
I got a house with windows and doors
I'll show you mine if you show me yours

Don't know that one...

When you get a moment or three, there is a bit of administrivia that needs to be addressed.
Please read what I have posted here and make comments and recommendations in that thread (not ~here~).

Thanks

Edited to point to correct message... my bad!

Just to be clear, Mr. House was not referring to any particular "you," but to everyone who participates in this fun game. :-}

Yes, in #331, I mean YOU - the reader of the message, whoever you are...

hey, I won't be home til later-ish tonight, so if someone guesses it-take it away. Or if someone has some burning lyrics that need saying past the 24hr mark--also take it away.

I think I'll just wait for you. I'm curious about your song. Sounds like something for Halloween.

Not Halloween at all, more 90s pop :P
C'est La Vie - B*Witched

I'm gonna start a new thread--this one's getting all putzy. So I'll post anew there. And I will make sure to add WHL's group discussion/vote as well.

ETA: New thread here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/101173#2268074