Guess What Song The Lyrics Are From - NO GOOGLE CHEATING ...

[mr_lebowski]

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NEW RULE: Please Put Song Title/Artist Name i.e. actual answers in your message BODY, not the Subject Line
This gives new visitors a shot at guessing on one's that are already answered w/o seeing the answer in the thread list - THANK YOU!!!

Let's try to not either be TOO obvious (no "Here I Am On The Road Again, Here I Am Up on Stage" ) ... and at the same time, not too obscure (no "this song was only ever released as the B-Side of the UK import of the 12" Club Mix Version" type of stuff) ... try to come up with something semi-recognizable ... but that still makes your fellow DU'ers have to comb their memory banks a bit ...

To that end, I'm setting a 2 line max for your hints, and obviously don't put the song title in your hint

And lets try to stick to artists/bands that at least 1/3 the population have likely heard of, and songs that are considered at least 'hits', if not 'iconic' for said artists ... and lyrics which are intelligible when listening to the song ... but not TOO obvious. An example of something I'd say would violate this rule would be "We'll kill the fatted calf tonight so stick around" ... everyone on earth knows that song, but there's only maybe about 2% of people who know 'that's what he says there', and it's obvious that it's almost impossible to just listen to and know ... that's what he says.

So lets avoid that sort of thing.

In case you're wondering, that's from Bennie and The Jets.

I'll start ... knowing this'll be real easy for at least a few folks ...

That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees

[Heartstrings]

1. Bertha.....Grateful Dead

Ok here's one.....

"I went down to the river, and I took a look around.
There were old mans shoes, there were needles on the ground."

[mr_lebowski]

2. That didn't take long ;)

You got me on your song tho ...

[Heartstrings]

4. Might be a little obscure.....

"Midnight in Harlem"
Tedeschi Trucks Band

Just happened to be listening to that track.....🙂 🎸

[mr_lebowski]

6. Please see my updated OP ;)

No possible way the 1/3 of the population knows of the Tedeschi/Trucks band. Though I certainly know 'who they are' ... I don't know their song lyrics.

[Heartstrings]

7. And that's why I put another pretty easy, classic...

2/3rd's should know this one.

[Heartstrings]

3. Easy, peasy one......

"I tried to give you consolation,
When your old man had let you down....."

1970....classic "blues rock" genre

[mr_lebowski]

9. Now THAT is exactly what I had in mind ...

I know, but I won't say, other than '1970's, Guitar Hero' ...

[Heartstrings]

10. Yep!

I could say something "God like" but probably shouldn't.....

[Silver Gaia]

12. That's gotta be Clapton.. God like... Blues...

I dunno the lyrics, though. Is it maybe Layla? Seems to fit with the theme of that one....???

[mr_lebowski]

15. Dead on, mate ... Layla it is ...

[Heartstrings]

16. Layla, it is....

[underpants]

5. I don't want the world, I just want your half

[Ohiya]

22. They Might be Giants - Ana Ng

[underpants]

42. ✅

[mr_lebowski]

8. Perhaps including some subtle hints like 'The Decade' and the 'Musical Style' should be mandated ...

[Heartstrings]

11. Just happen to be listening to this one....

"It's lonely out in space,
On such a timeless flight.."

1972. Soft rock genre

[mr_lebowski]

14. lol ... great minds ... that's all I'll say ;)

[Ohiya]

23. Rocket Man - Elton John

[Heartstrings]

24. Bingo!

[LakeArenal]

268. Burning out his fuse up here alone...

[Heartstrings]

271. But

They know whose shirts you wear....

[mr_lebowski]

13. I got a good one ...

I'm stunted by your haunted social scene
Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen

1970's Classic Rock ...

[Heartstrings]

17. Great minds indeed!

Same artist as my 3rd, a couple years after I believe....

[mr_lebowski]

18. Precisely ... my stepdad had both records ... I listened to 'em as a kid more than him ;)

[Docreed2003]

39. "The Bitch is Back"? ;-)

[Heartstrings]

55. Nope.....

“Someone saved my life tonight”

This was fun! 😊

[volstork]

101. EJ

Someone Saved My Life Tonight

[Heartstrings]

19. Here's a good one.....

"Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey, who needs money, Monopoly"

1971.....blues rock

Gave you more than 2 lines......

[mr_lebowski]

21. Don't know the song, but I'll pull out of my ass ... Sly Stone?

[Heartstrings]

26. Nope....

[Ohiya]

25. Ten Years After - I'd Love to Change the World

[Heartstrings]

30. Yep!

You’re on a roll Ohiya!

[Danmel]

38. I'd love to change the world

But I don't know what to do.

[lastlib]

501. Love that song!

I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After

[mr_lebowski]

20. I'll add one more before turning in ...

you i thought i knew you, you I cannot judge
you i thought you knew you knew me this one laughing quietly ... underneath my breath

90's Alternative.

[Heartstrings]

28. Going to mull this one for awhile

I can “hear” it, can’t place it....Yet!

[mr_lebowski]

31. I'll give you hint ... but you have to be a REAL music nerd to NOT get thrown off by it ...

John Paul Jones.

[Heartstrings]

33. Im guessing an REM tune?

Just not sure which one...,

[mr_lebowski]

34. these things they go away, replaced by everyday ...

[Heartstrings]

35. Nightswimming?

[mr_lebowski]

36. we have a winner ;)

[volstork]

103. My favorite of their tunes!

Here's another 90's band:

Maybe I could use you to reassure myself.
I'd never wish this indecision on anybody else.
I'd drink enough of anything to make myself feel new again--
I'm drunk, drunk, drunk in the gardens and the graves.

[regnaD kciN]

153. Got this one!

"New Horizons" by the Gin Blossoms. Written by band founder Doug Hopkins. By the time that album came out, he'd been booted from the band, and was only listed under "additional musicians." By the time their second album came out, he was dead by his own hand. One of the most tragic stories in rock music.

[volstork]

162. Huge GB fan here!

Hopkins was a genius at lyric writing. A sad ending for an amazing writer. I know his out of control alcoholism drove a wedge between him and the other band members, but they lost so much when they lost him.

[Ohiya]

27. Take the World in a Love Embrace

[mr_lebowski]

29. fire all of your guns at once and ...

[Ohiya]

32. Explode into space!

[yardwork]

86. Like a true nature's child, we were born, born to be wild

[mr_lebowski]

37. Alright last one ... and then I GOT to hit the sizzack ... so you're on your own w/this easy one ...

This low down bitchin' got my poor feet a itchin',
Don't you know you know the deuce is still wild?

Too easy for hints ...

[Docreed2003]

40. Tumbling Dice...The Stones

Lmao...no lie, that's one of my top ten favorite albums and I swear I didn't know the real lyrics to that song until I was an adult!

[Docreed2003]

41. Here ya go:

"He says, dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least"

[Ohiya]

43. Bruce Springsteen or Manfred Man - Blinded by the Light

[Docreed2003]

45. Indeed!

The lyrics to take song are so tricky Bruce rarely ever performs it live.

[Ohiya]

46. From my favorite Springsteen album!

[Docreed2003]

50. Love "Greetings from Asbury Park" as well

Find myself listening to the whole album regularly, especially this time of year when you can drop the windows on the car...at least here!

[Ohiya]

44. So you think your schoolin's phony

[Docreed2003]

48. "I guess it's hard not to agree"..;-)

[mr_lebowski]

74. Quite Right!

[Freddie]

47. I see you've sent my letters back

And my LP records and they're all scratched

(Not a recent song!) 70s classic rock

[Ohiya]

49. Just for the bad rhyme - I'd guess Steve Miller!

[Freddie]

51. No

But what's a "pompatus"? Always wondered.

[Ohiya]

54. You'd have to ask Maurice!

[sl8]

52. Not sure if this is the title or just the refrain ...

Can't Stand Losing You, The Police

[Freddie]

53. Bingo!

[sl8]

56. "And the rumors of his parties and the orgies on his yacht"

And the rumors of his parties and the orgies on his yacht
Oh, he surely must be happy with everything he's got.

[Freddie]

59. Richard Cory

Simon and Garfunkle. Although I love the version sung by Denny Laine in "Wings Over America."

[sl8]

60. Got it!

I'd never heard of the Denny Laine version; I'll check it out.

Thanks.

[Freddie]

71. So my mind was full of wonder

When the evening's headlines read
Richard Cory went home last night
And put a bullet through his head

Thanks for the earworm!

[regnaD kciN]

155. "Borrowed" from Edwin Arlington Robinson...

...although, uncharacteristicly for Paul Simon, he chose to give credit to the author of the original poem this time around.

Richard Cory
BY EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

[Freddie]

57. I said I'm so happy I could die

She said "drop dead" and left with another guy


70s classic rock

[Danmel]

68. The Angels wanna wear my red shoes

[Freddie]

70. Yup.

[spooky3]

58. I keep your picture upon the wall

It hides a nasty stain that’s lyin’ there

70s

[Freddie]

61. I'm Not In Love - 10cc

[spooky3]

63. Ding ding ding ding!!!

[Ohiya]

62. her face, at first, just ghostly, turned a...

[spooky3]

64. Whiter shade of pale

[Ohiya]

65. Well, that didn't take long!

[kwassa]

66. The sunshine bores the daylights out of me.

Chasing shadows moonlight mystery.

[blue neen]

109. Got this one, I think.

Great song! Rocks Off by The Rolling Stones

[mr_lebowski]

114. Gotta love that album ... can't believe I couldn't place this one, I knew I knew the song, but ...

[Tikki]

67. ..cause everybody feels like they were just made by the creator....

Tikki

[Ohiya]

69. A seasoned witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace.

[mr_lebowski]

75. And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace (or something to that effect) ...

And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar ...

[Ohiya]

81. Close...

to the edge!

[aka-chmeee]

72. Good evening, and welcome to Slaggers

Featuring Denis O'bell

[regnaD kciN]

156. The last song The Beatles ever recorded...

You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

[mr_lebowski]

202. ... and also one of the worst, sadly ...

[KPN]

436. Aw man! I loved that song. You know, you know, you know my ...

[aka-chmeee]

252. Have always liked the unusual stuff

Even "Loving you has made me Bananas". There's even a bit of stylistic similarity.

[msongs]

73. misread the OP thinking it meant no obscure tunes. so here's one not obscure

stop in the name of love/before you break my heart

[KPN]

438. Haha. Isn't that the name? Stop in the Name of Love?

[mr_lebowski]

76. It was an April Morning when they told us we should go

And as I drank to you, and you smiled at me, how could we say no?

70's classic rock, first lyrics on the album ...

[consider_this]

110. Achille's Last Stand

I know, cuz I made a cut from it as a ringtone for my phone!

[mr_lebowski]

112. Nice! It's their greatest song, imho ...

Friggin' Bonzo and Jonesy just absolutely kill it on that track ...

[consider_this]

113. true...

... a celebration for a king!

[geardaddy]

77. Here's one

1980s Reggae

Why do you look so sad and forsaken
When one door is closed, don't you know another is open

[Freddie]

78. But in this ever changing world in which we live in

(This line is sometimes called one of the worst rock lyrics ever)
70s

[spooky3]

79. Live and Let Die

[Ohiya]

82. It's not so bad...

If you hear it as "in which we're livin' "

[mr_lebowski]

84. Pretty sure it actually goes ...

But IF this ever-changing world in which we're LIVIN'

[Freddie]

85. I looked it up

The official site says "but in this ever changing world in which we're living" - all these years I've been singing along to it wrong?!

[mr_lebowski]

92. The first 'in' there ... makes no sense in context ... but if's that really it ...

I guess I understand the 'complaint' about it being a crap lyric.

Consider my version, including the lines that follow ...

But if this ever-changing world in which we're living
Makes you give it up, try (at least I think that's what he says)
To live and let die ...

It only makes any logical sense using 'if', using 'in' makes the whole thing nonsensical.

[spooky3]

80. Skip the air-strip to the sunset

Yeah ride the arrow to the target

[spooky3]

184. No guesses? Heres a YouTube link:

https://m.

[red dog 1]

83. "You won't drive my car, might be a star..I've had enough of you.."

Some well-known musicians who played on this song include:
- George Harrison
- Nicky Hopkins
- Peter Frampton

[regnaD kciN]

159. The song that got its album banned from many retail chains...

...You're Breakin' My Heart (You're Tearin' It Apart, So Fuck You) by Harry Nilsson.

[red dog 1]

250. Correct!

It was also banned by all mainstream radio stations

Harry Nilsson wrote it about the then-recent separation from his wife Dianne.

[MissMillie]

87. "He wants me, but only part of the time."

Think 80s

[spooky3]

88. Voices Carry

[MissMillie]

89. you got it! (n/t)

.

[MissMillie]

90. Move yourself, (more)

you always live your life Never thinking of the future.



I know there are people here who will get this.

Hint: 1983.




No google.

[mr_lebowski]

93. I definitely know that one!

Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes

Saw the 90125 tour at The Greek, in Berkeley (with the proper Berkeley-based 'enhancement' to my enjoyment). Awesome show.

[MissMillie]

91. Strike a match, go on and do it

Grammy award winner... no using google.

[mr_lebowski]

98. Is that artist ...

Named Madonna by chance?

[MissMillie]

99. nope (n/t)

.

[MissMillie]

94. If there's an answer it's just that it's just that way,

(my mantra)

[sl8]

95. Hold! Methinks that thou hast driven too far

Hold! Methinks that thou hast driven too far
I am the royal prince of foreign sports cars

[Timer]

135. Todd Rundgren

"Emperor of the Highway"

[sl8]

139. That's it!

[mr_lebowski]

96. 70's Soul

Sittin' here in this chair waitin' on you (oh, baby) to see things my way
But not a word do you say ... you won't even look my way

[Ohiya]

144. Otis Redding?

[mr_lebowski]

150. Love me some Otis, but no ... 70's ... here's a hint ...

It's on the soundtrack to a cheesy let's call it 'urban' flick from mid-70's, and the name of the movie was also the name of a big hit song from the soundtrack (though the big hit is sung mainly by someone the opposite gender from this song ... this song is by the same band, who had both M+F lead singers ... also, the band name sounds more like it'd be person's name).

But this one was definitely on the radio as well back then.

[Heartstrings]

177. Rose Royce.....

I wanna get next to you......

[mr_lebowski]

200. MAN ... no band names in the Subject either :P

But yeah ... it's such a great (and these days, mostly forgotten) jam. If you were a kid in the 70's listening to AM, this'll take ya back

[MissMillie]

97. I've got a crummy job It don't pay near enough (n/t)

.

[Freddie]

104. Got it!

Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow

[mr_lebowski]

100. I only wish my words could just convince myself ...

Early 70's Pop ...

[MissMillie]

105. Jim Croce... Operator (n/t)

.

[Freddie]

106. Great song

Operator - Jim Croce
Loved his stuff when I was a kid. Gone way too soon.

[mr_lebowski]

102. New Thread Rule ... Please put answer/song titles in your message body not subject line

Please Put Song Title/Answer in your message BODY, not the Subject Line

This gives new visitors a shot at guessing on one's that are already answered w/o seeing the answer in the thread list - THANK YOU!!!

[Freddie]

107. You consider me a young apprentice

[blue neen]

111. I'm going to mess up the spelling here, but I don't want to Google...

Caught between a Scylla and Charibdes....

[regnaD kciN]

161. And the title is...

...Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police.

[blue neen]

220. Yep.

Hypnotized by you if I should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger.

Love The Police!

[MissMillie]

108. You woke up screaming aloud...

A prayer from your secret god


90s female

[consider_this]

208. ah, I can here it

Building a Mystery - Sarah Maclachan

[MissMillie]

221. that's the one but

I hope you can "hear" it

[consider_this]

229. I know...

I saw that typo right after i sent and too tired and lazy to fix.

[mr_lebowski]

115. Early 80's, a staple on Classic Rock radio stations ...

Somebody's watchin' you baby, so much you can do
Nobody's stoppin' you baby, from makin' it too

[missingthebigdog]

311. Got this one

Lonely is the Night- Billy Squire (Squeire? Squier? Skwire, lol?)

[mr_lebowski]

312. Good job ... thought that one would be guessed a bit faster, gotta admit. Welcome! (nt)

Don't Say No is an underappreciated gem IMHO. His 2nd, Emotions in Motion had a handful of really good tracks too but was overproduced w/too much keys and poppy crud. Then he started sucking totally, sadly ... That god-awful video w/him in the bedroom from his 3rd album pretty much tanked him permanently. BAD choice.

[mr_lebowski]

116. 90's Alt. Rock Classic

And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse
Drop another line like a coda with a curse

[Moostache]

129. Third Eye Blind

Semi-Charmed Kind of Life

Song about the horrors of meth addiction, saw them as the opening act for U2's Popmart Tour...

[mr_lebowski]

117. 80's Alt. Rock Classic

And moving lips ... to breathe her name ... I opened up my eyes

[Codeine]

119. A favorite band of mine.

“Just Like Heaven” by The Cure

[Codeine]

118. Walk across the garden in the footsteps of my shadow

See the lights out, no one's home
In amongst the statues
Stare at nothing and the garden moves
Can you help me?

[mr_lebowski]

126. Now you're getting pretty obscure ;)

The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys

[mr_lebowski]

120. An album track (not a single/hit) from an 80's stone-cold classic album ...

the sun so bright it leaves no shadows
only scars
carved into stone
on the face of earth

[Codeine]

134. Im not going to say I listened to that album

non-stop in my late teens, but yeah. . . I totally did.

One Tree Hill, U2

[mr_lebowski]

205. Yeah, and I didn't see them 3 times on the indoor leg of (that) tour in (spring of that year) ...

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I.E. TJT tour, April 1987 ...

I wasn't chasing them during my college spring break from San Diego to LA to Oakland or anything, about a month after the album's release ... nor did I wait around for 2+ hours after the show at the LA Sports Arena for the band to come out, nor did I get a high-five from Bono (who's hair looked exactly like mine) standing out the roof of his limo as they drove slowly through the awaiting crowd ...

I also didn't again see them again a 4th time (my 5th overall) around Nov. 1987 on the outdoor leg of TJT tour, in which they invited Armand Vaillancourt (who was the designer of the fountain in the Embarcadero that Bono 'defaced' with "Stop The Traffic Rock and Roll" while video recording a free show for Rattle and Hum, enraging Mayor DiFi) onstage to 'deface' their stage with a giant paintbrush ...

Nothing of THAT untoward nature

[Freddie]

121. Drink Scotch whiskey all night long, and die behind the wheel

Classic rock

[mr_lebowski]

122. Great song ...

Deacon Blues by the Dan.

[PennyK]

123. Oh yeah!

I just saw this thread...MY Dan!

[Freddie]

125. Rest In Peace, Walter

Saw them a couple years ago (their “opening act” was Elvis Costello!!) a completely awesome show.

[consider_this]

124. You reached for the secret too soon,

you cried for the moon.

70s classic

[mr_lebowski]

127. No problem ...

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5 I believe) - Pink Floyd

[consider_this]

128. score!

i should have put a more obscure excerpt - haha!

[Moostache]

130. In honor of the current times... "When fact is fiction, TV reality..."

80's classic that made this band and "Red Rocks" synonymous in the early 80's

[mr_lebowski]

132. You didn't have to give ANY hint on that one, man ...

Sunday Bloody Sunday

[Moostache]

133. winner winner chicken dinner! (n/t)

[mr_lebowski]

131. Oooh, I got a good one ... not a 'hit song' but one of her very best

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I guess I have to add even more help

all the world just stopped now
so you say you don't wanna stay together anymore
let me take a deep breath babe
(snip)
all the world is ... all i am is
dangling dangling dangling for me darling
you don't
know the power that you have
with that (song title)

neil says 'hi' by the way

female, alternative,early 1990's, debut album (no not alanis)
(switched this to lyrics that are more intelligible w/o reading the lyric sheet).

[sweetloukillbot]

330. Not sure of the title, but I know the artist

And that Neil is Neil Gaiman.
I haven't listened to that album in ages, I guess you could say it's been silent for years...

[mr_lebowski]

335. FINALLY someone knows what song I'm talking about ... We still need the song title tho

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the song in question ...

And not just cuz I'm going thru a divorce at the moment, I always loved it

[flibbitygiblets]

437. I know the artist

is Tori Amos, can't remember the song

[mr_lebowski]

441. Okay, close enough ... it's this one ... LOVE this song

[mr_lebowski]

136. early 90's, a female (and in my book, one of the most powerful songs ever)

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I guess I need to give better clues on this one ...

what is it in me that refuses to believe
this isn't easier than the real thing?
so now you're sleeping peaceful
i lie awake and pray
that you'll be strong tomorrow
and we'll see another day

[mr_lebowski]

445. Wow, nobody, really? Kay, I'll give it to ya ... just cause this song is so f***ing GREAT ...

Warning: Her 'In the Arms of the Angels' tune's got nothing on this one in terms of emotional impact, IMHO. This is also way catchier ... I highly recommend checking it out ... or listening again if it's been a while. Such a great song ...

[kwassa]

137. Between the parted pages and were in love's hot, fevered iron

Like a striped pair of pants

(Overplayed 60s song with even more ludicrous lyrics than this.)

[regnaD kciN]

163. That can only be...

...McArthur Park. (It always amuses me when people think the song is actually about a cake.)

[kwassa]

138. I asked the captain what his name was And how come he didnt drive a truck

He said his name was Columbus
I just said, “Good luck”

(60s classic)

[Ohiya]

145. Could it be...

a Dylan song?

[kwassa]

146. It could.

[mr_lebowski]

141. 1970's, spent weeks at #1 on Billboards Hot 100

i felt the rush like a rolling ball of thunder
spinning my head around and takin' my body under

[consider_this]

147. Oh...

...what a night

[mr_lebowski]

160. Got it ... it's one cheeseball tune I absolutely love the hell out of ...

When I need a pick me up I crank that song, impossible to not smile and sing along ...

[mr_lebowski]

142. She is all that I have left ... and Music is her name ...

[GreenEyedLefty]

149. Great song!

Southern Cross by Crosby/Stills/Nash

[cemaphonic]

143. There was a bright light, a shattering of shop windows.

The bomb in the baby carriage was wired to the radio.

Single (though not the biggest one) from one of the biggest albums of the 80s.

[GreenEyedLefty]

148. Got it.

Boy in the Bubble by Paul Simon

[pnwest]

151. Oh it seems night endlessly begins and ends...

...after all the dreaming I come home again...


90's - band named for a bird

[mr_lebowski]

152. lol ... didn't need the bird help, and I won't give it away ;)

all other instruments ....of faith and sex and god in the belly of a black-winged bird ...

[pnwest]

182. :)

[mr_lebowski]

154. The first major hit on the US Charts that's done in the Reggae Style ...

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oh, little darling of mine, I just can't believe it's so ... and though it seems strange to say
i never been laid so low ... in such a mysterious way

*edited to give more help*

[kwassa]

166. the harder they come?

[mr_lebowski]

168. Negative ... note the distinction of 'in the reggae style' ...

Here's a huge hint (though I suppose one must still know of the song to begin with) ... it's from a dude fairly well-known for exposing us heathens to rest of the world's music ... and was his first SOLO ... single. Reached #4 on the US charts, early 1970's ...

The success of this song pretty much paved the way for the likes of Cliff and Marley in the US in it's aftermath, and fun trivia fact, Whitney's mom Cissy Houston is one of the backing vocalists on it.

[kwassa]

350. Boogie on reggae woman

[consider_this]

169. its gotta be

Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon

[mr_lebowski]

170. It does indeed have to be that very song ;)

I LOVE LOVE LOVED that song as a little boy, used to make me mum 'crank it' on the AM radio in our VW Squareback, when it came on KFRC - San Francisco ...

[Codeine]

157. Oh, a crack on the head is what you get for asking.

And a crack on the head is what you get for not asking.

[mr_lebowski]

158. you can blow out a candle ... but you can't blow out a fire ... once the flame begins to catch ...

the wind will blow it higher ...

Either very late 1980's or early 1990's, not sure ... an artist you can't really categorize ... but you know the artist.

[cos dem]

171. That would be..

Biko by Peter Gabriel

[mr_lebowski]

172. and there it is!

friggin' love that song ...

[Demovictory9]

164. Fun thread

[LuckyLib]

165. Good whiskey never let him lose his place.

Johnny Lee - Urban Cowboy

[mr_lebowski]

167. its guilt-edged, its glamorous, its sleek by design you know, its jealous by nature false & unkind

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Quintessential 80's, man ...

[mr_lebowski]

550. Wow, nobody? Need More lyrics? Okay ...

it's hard to restrain and it's totally cool
And it touches and it teases
As you stumble in the debris (pronouced daaaaaaay - breeeeeeeeeze)

and I want you ...
and I want you ...
and I want you ...

[cos dem]

173. Now when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks, ...

The night is so black that the darkness cooks.

Extremely well-known band from the late 60's. Song is maybe a bit obscure, but not so much since it was covered by another well-known 80s heavy metal band.

[mr_lebowski]

199. with a problem this verdant, the royals should likely attack from both sides simultaneously ...

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[consider_this]

174. Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,

And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright.

70's (can'tcha tell)

[cos dem]

175. I won't spoil it since I cheated,

But this is one of my favorite bands. I knew it, but just couldn't place the lyrics.

[consider_this]

176. one of my favorite songs ever..

just the mood of it grabs me

[sweetloukillbot]

180. Gotta get in to get out...

The very last song Genesis performed.

[consider_this]

186. almost

yes, Genesis those are additional lyrics, but not the title.

[sweetloukillbot]

189. Oh yeah...

It's Carpet Crawlers. Didn't wanna blurt the title out...

[consider_this]

194. YES

Oops - I might need schooling on how this game works. I hope i didn't wreck it? Are we not supposed to give the actual title, just a clue that we know it?

Also - thank you to the OP - this is a fun distraction from reading all the stuff in the latest posts - needed this break!!!

[mr_lebowski]

210. If you think it's fun to just let on that you know, but let the guessing continue, that's fine :)

Or you can just name the song if you want as well.

The only 'rules' are to not be TOO obscure in song choice, and to not 'give it away' in the subject line, that way people looking at the thread list can pick original posts to try w/o already knowing the answer because of the answer being part of a respondent's subject line ... But I only thought of this after the first 50 or so ... hence 'replies with song titles' appear at the start of the thread.

Great job to everyone adhering to this 'after the fact', makes it more fun for newcomers I think.

And thanks for playing

[sweetloukillbot]

178. Lover ungrateful

I blew up your body
But you blew my mind

70s prog/art rock

[dawg]

291. Great song with lots of "knob twiddling".

In Every Dream Home a Heartache.

Roxy Music!

[consider_this]

179. this might be too easy...

I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves

[Freddie]

204. (raises hand)

In A White Room - Cream

[consider_this]

207. close enough

White Room

[KPN]

439. Late 60s ...

Why do you keep coming around playing with my heart?
Why don't you get out of my life and let me make a brand new start?

[Heartstrings]

181. "I ain't never been with a woman long enough for my boots to get old"

Early '70's.......classic rock

[Danmel]

230. Heard it a love song

Marshall Tucker

[Heartstrings]

231. Yep!

[Heartstrings]

183. "Guess I got what I deserved, kept you waiting there too long, my love"

Late '60, rock

[consider_this]

187. i remember that

Baby blue - the Raspberries
I had the 45

[Heartstrings]

192. Close, I think....but not the artist I was looking for.....

[consider_this]

195. wow

i'm really blanking on the band. yikes

[consider_this]

196. ah wait...

were they called Badfinger?

[Heartstrings]

295. Boom! Yes they were!

[sweetloukillbot]

185. Something a bit easier

The midnight gang's assembled
And picked a rendezvous for the night
They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign
That brings this fair city light

[Freddie]

191. I think it's ...

Thunder Road - Springsteen

[sweetloukillbot]

197. Close but not quite

Definitely warm.

[Freddie]

201. Ok - same album

Jungleland

I should know this, wore out the album

[Heartstrings]

188. "And I was just 13 when I had to leave home, knew I couldn't stick around, I had to roam...."

1969.....rock

[consider_this]

190. how about...

Rambling Gamlbin Man (?) is that the title? Bob Seger

[Heartstrings]

193. Bingo! Nice catch!

[sweetloukillbot]

198. 80s college rock

So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry and you want to die.

[mr_lebowski]

203. easy-peasy ;)

in fact I'll shut my mouth ... to let someone else do it ... cause I don't wanna say. It'd be wrong.

[consider_this]

212. Ha!

I see what you did there

[mr_lebowski]

215. ;)

[Freddie]

206. You had me, but I never had you

I wanted you, but you didn't want me


70s well known album cut, one of most famous artists of all time

[oberliner]

223. Got it

Mother - Lennon.

[Freddie]

224. Yup

The song's about Mrs. Pence, right?

[oberliner]

225. What an album that was

So fascinating to look at the early solo output of the Beatles. About as anti-commercial as you can get.

[Boomerproud]

322. Mother by John Lennon.

n/t

[mr_lebowski]

323. Please put the artist/title in your message body, not the subject line :)

TIA, and welcome!

[mr_lebowski]

209. it would be so fine to see your face at my door

[consider_this]

211. I'd answer

but it would surely date me.

[mr_lebowski]

214. Hell, that record and Sgt. Peppers were the first ones I ever 'owned' at like 7 yo ...

That's cause my stepdad eventually just gave them to me, primarily on account of my stealing and playing them on my Fisher-Price 'Suitcase' turntable ... you know, with the 3 flashing lights in the lid?

He said that 'ruined them' ... so he had to rebuy them, so as not to muck up his fancy 'Shure' needles on the family HiFi ...

[consider_this]

216. I bought it

but i did have one of those 'suitcase' record players. Quarters were handy for weighting down the needle so as to minimize skips. ugh.

[mr_lebowski]

217. First record I bought w/my own cash was Kiss - Love Gun ... right after it came out ...

It was toss up between that and Toys in the Attic, which was out for a lot longer at the time, but I'd really wanted for AWHILE cause of WTW and Sweet Emotion.

I was happy at the time, and Toys was my next purchase a couple months later ...

You'll never guess which one I still love 40 years later, and which one I'd rather forcibly shove horned implements into my ears ... than listen to now?

[Ohiya]

218. Either...

Carly Simon of Carol King

You're so far away

[Freddie]

226. Carole King

I love Rod Stewart's cover too

[mr_lebowski]

254. No Artists or Song Titles in teh Subject Line, Please ...

That way people can click on threads and guess themselves even if someone else already answered (cause teh answers not in the thread list)

Thanks

[CTyankee]

725. Them good old boys were drinking whisky and rye.

[consider_this]

213. It's a state of affairs

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and a state of emotions
The kind of thing that you must understand

Editing to add that this was early 90's

Editing again cause it looks like you could use some more clues (and i had them in a reply, so I am moving hem in here so maybe this will be more obvious is it is yet to be solved item)

ok, this group tends to jam

instrumental solo is NOT guitar, drum or horns.

was used in a movie starring Woody Harrelson.

[LakeArenal]

523. Is it ..

Dave Mathews or maybe Blues Traveler?

[consider_this]

524. yes!

want to keep guessing for the title and which band?

[LakeArenal]

526. for a bit, but it should be hard. We aren't big fans..

But we worked with college kids at the time and.. well Mathews... every apt had a poster...

[jhonwick]

219. yes

yes

[mr_lebowski]

288. Okay I have a guess ...

Tempus Fugit - Yes

Which is actually a badass Yes song (pretty much one of only two good songs, the other being Machine Messiah ... on the Drama album) ... Chris (RIP) and Steve just tear shit up on it ... pretty sure Owen Wilson was on the keyboards on this one ...

[Heartstrings]

222. When you walked into the room, there was voodoo in the vibe...

[consider_this]

237. I am...

..so in to you...
(ARS)

[Heartstrings]

262. Yes!

[mr_lebowski]

266. Such a groovy track ... takes me BACK man ...

[Freddie]

227. You gave away the things you love, and one of them was me

Since it seems like most of us are a "certain age", this is pretty obvious but

[Heartstrings]

232. You're so vain.....

[Freddie]

233. You probably think this song is about you

Read her autobiography. She kind of admits that each of the 3 verses of the song are about a different ex: Mick Jagger, Warren Beatty and some rich guy I never heard of. Also learned that James Taylor is a complete asshole.

[Heartstrings]

234. I almost commented "nice set up" before I read your comments!

Yes, she had her fair share of vain men in her life, didn't she?

Never heard that about JT....looking back, he did seem like a dick, in an arrogant way.

[Freddie]

236. She said

He cheated on her thru most of the marriage (I think he's on his 4th) and after they split he never once spoke to her again despite the fact they had 2 young children at the time.

[Heartstrings]

228. Circa 1997, not classical....

He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink.

[consider_this]

239. my kids...

used to love this -- so repetitive

[mr_lebowski]

255. I know the band name but the title eludes me ...

Chumbawumba ... is it maybe 'Knocked Down' or 'Knocked Out' or some such?

[Heartstrings]

261. I get knocked down is in the lyrics, song name is....

“Tubthumping”

And it’s an ear worm!

[sweetloukillbot]

359. For a shock - this is the same band now...

Far-left anti-war anarchist folk music...

[Heartstrings]

708. Oh my!

[Heartstrings]

235. Recent one for you youngins out there.....

"Your love is an abyss for
My heart to eclipse"

[Danmel]

238. Classic rock and roll

. Never kept a dollar past sunset, always burned a hole
In my pants

[Mendocino]

319. Baby won't you keep me

Happy

[consider_this]

240. Hold tight - wait till the party's over.

Hold tight - we're in for nasty weather.

early 80's - probably the band's highest charting hit single

[mr_lebowski]

256. Got it ...

Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

[consider_this]

283. none other!

[Bayard]

241. There's flies in the kitchen I can hear them there buzzin'

Classic any time.

[musette_sf]

245. Prine

Angel From Montgomery

[Bayard]

249. Bonnie Raitt

[musette_sf]

253. Also

[FiveGoodMen]

676. Either...

Bonnie Raitt or John Prine.

Angel from Montgomery

[Bayard]

242. We're going to be crazy, Like a river bends

90's, I think?

[BluesRunTheGame]

243. Let the devil take tomorrow, Lord tonight I need a friend.

[musette_sf]

246. since we can't Google, I'm guessing the first time this charted was by Sammi Smith?

Help Me Make It Through The Night

[BluesRunTheGame]

247. Yep, the song was first offered to Dottie West.

She has said that passing up that opportunity was the biggest regret of her career.

[consider_this]

248. I live for the day when I can hear people sayin'

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that they know and they care for everyone

70s

editing to add more info - since this in sitting here unattempted:

its a good 9 min long thing

big string opening

has kind of a southern rock feel - but the band is not from U.S.
more lyrics:

Every night I walk around the city.
Seems like I'll never know,
That feeling of being together when I go.

[Ohiya]

613. Could the band be...

Electric Light Orchestra?

[consider_this]

623. nope, more obscure

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

647. The writing seems very familiar

...but I can't place it.

[consider_this]

649. the answer

must be shared - take a listen - but you'll need almost 9 minutes and evolves as it goes...

[red dog 1]

251. From a 1999 song

"So I slammed the door they slammed at me
I found the place I'm meant to be
I figured out my destiny at last"

[Codeine]

257. You are now about to witness the strength

of street knowledge.

[mr_lebowski]

258. For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls ... is an undiscovered Howard Hughes

Early 70's pop ...

[mr_lebowski]

548. adding another hint to help y'all out ...

well i just got out of the county prison doing 90 days for 'non-support'
Tried to find me an executive position
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was genius
The man say "we got all that we can use"

[mr_lebowski]

259. And what I choose is my voice ... what's a boy supposed to do?

90's Alt Rock Hit

[mr_lebowski]

549. wow, really? you guys disappoint me ... more help?

the killer in me is the killer in you ... my love ...

[consider_this]

559. ok...

that's Billy Corgan/Smashing Pumpkins - i can hear him sing it in my head, but I am not going to get the title..

[mr_lebowski]

563. on the right track ... now if you know the first word of the song, you know the title ;)

think of 'a positive facial expression' and it's possible effect ...

[Codeine]

626. The killer in MEEEEE is the killer in YOUUUU

We need a whiny font. I kid, Billy’s great.

[mr_lebowski]

260. I see you've got your list out ... say your piece and get out

Later-career single for a classic rock band ...

[mr_lebowski]

551. guess you need more help on this one ...

it's even worse than it appears, but ... it's alright ... i will get by ...

[FiveGoodMen]

677. That was a LOT of hint

I Will Get By -- Grateful Dead

[mr_lebowski]

679. So close ... but that's not the title ;)

I was surprised noone got it from the original quote which was the subject ... a few days went by so I gave more help ...

[FiveGoodMen]

681. Oh, shoot

Touch of Grey

[mr_lebowski]

263. My possessions are causing me suspicions but there's no proof

Late 80's pop classic ...

[mr_lebowski]

552. hey now ... you need more help on this one too?

now i'm walking again to the beat of a drum
and I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart

[consider_this]

573. hey now

hey now
don't dream it' over...


do not even know the title, but zi do love the song. and i don't know the artist so maybe another expert can weigh in.

[LakeArenal]

588. Don't dream it's over..

Crowded House. Is that Mr. L's tune?

[mr_lebowski]

595. Yes ... and please move answer from subject to your message body ;)

Mr. L?

[LakeArenal]

598. You are Mr. L.

Oops my bad again..

[mr_lebowski]

600. Ah, now I follow. U got it right, just move the answer to the body and I'm officially elated :)

[mr_lebowski]

594. you already got the title, now you just need the band ... and the fact you don't know ...

I have to admit kinda saddens me. They were a VERY good band, thought of as a 1 hit wonder by some, but nothing could be more incorrect. Their first 3 records were all BRILLIANT, and they had a number of hits actually, that's just the one 'everyone knows' ... and they remain huge to this day down-under where they're from.

[mr_lebowski]

264. Been a long time, been a long time now ... I'll get to you somehow

80's dance hit

[mr_lebowski]

553. more help?

move out ... don't mess around
move out ... you bring me down

[consider_this]

564. feeling incompetent...

i can hear the entire song now that you posted that - but no clue who the artist is.

[mr_lebowski]

565. good enough ... i shall provide the answer ... it's a classic ...

After Vince Clark left Depeche Mode after Speak and Spell, he formed this band with Alison Moyet. Called Yazoo in Europe and Yaz in the US.

Another classic from that same album I'd bet $$$ you've also heard many times ...

[LakeArenal]

590. Head Bang... I love DePeche...

[mr_lebowski]

265. Bay Area Band that used to be awesome but has been a bit cheesy lately ...

I want a reason for the way things have to be
I need a hand to help build up some kind of hope inside of me

[flibbitygiblets]

444. Did not know they were from Bay Area!

but that's Train "Calling all Angels"

[mr_lebowski]

452. we have a winner ;) of COURSE they're a Bay band ... what do you think (video below) is about?

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Calling all Angels is a great tune I don't care what anyone says ... their first three records (Train, Drops of Jupiter, and the one with angels, i forget the title) ... are all damn great ... and even though much later hit 'Save Me San Francisco is kinda cheesy, I still dig it ... being a Bay Area native stuck in AZ, sometimes I just need to crank that song to keep my sanity ... or better yet, crank up and watch this video ... gotta love the denouement at the wedding ... perfect. I know where pretty much every spot in this video is, so that's fun. Watching it is like a mini-vacation ...

I really wish though they'd kept the style of their first two albums in their later years instead of getting so poppy. I mean Drops of Jupiter is pretty 'pop' (still a great song) but rest of the album is not so much that way. Then again ... they've been a band since since 1993, and are still cranking out massive hits ... you don't see that too often anymore.

Like this song from their debut (1998) is the SHIZZ ...

[mr_lebowski]

267. Early 70's Classic ... the style defies categorization, really ...

And mama said to me, child, what's happened to your appetite?
I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite

[LakeArenal]

270. Ballad of Billy Joe

[mr_lebowski]

273. Please put the artist/title in your message body, not the subject line :)

And your title is CLOSE ...

[LakeArenal]

277. My bad.. sorry.

[mr_lebowski]

279. All good ... thanks for joinin' in, ageless hippie ;)

[Freddie]

274. There was a virus goin' round, Papa caught it and he died last spring

Ode to Billy Joe - I think that was the title? Bobbie Gentry (great song!)

[LakeArenal]

269. " Something knocked me out of the trees, now I'm on my knees.."

1980's

[dawg]

290. Shock the Monkey!

[mr_lebowski]

292. Your Artist/Song Title answers should be in the message body please, not the subject line, TIA :)

Welcome to our thread!

[LakeArenal]

293. Oui oui! 🎶

[mr_lebowski]

272. I collected from the lady ... And I cleaned the fanlight inside-out

I was blowing saxophone on the weekend ... In a down joint

Early 80's classic from an artist who'd been around AWHILE already, and is still around.

Mark Knopfler does a guest guitar spot, and kills it on an already great song.

[Freddie]

275. Rode with us to Memphis, and Papa would've shot him if he knew what he'd done

Great late-60's hit

[consider_this]

278. i believe that is

Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves, by Cher

[Freddie]

280. Yes

Fun fact: She was given first chance to record "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" and turned it down. That song was just the kind of thing she did best.

[LakeArenal]

276. "It's so easy to blow up your problems. It's so easy to play up your breakdown."

1980's

[sweetloukillbot]

369. 70s, but they lasted into the 80s

And it's most memorable from an 80s movie...
Moving in Stereo by The Cars

[LakeArenal]

372. yes, indeed. Thank you!

[LakeArenal]

281. " You might not feel it now, but when the pain cuts through, you're gonna know"

1960's

[Freddie]

405. Ok now I get it

Savoy Truffle from the White Album

[LakeArenal]

407. My hero Freddie!!!

[FM123]

282. How about..

"I can't control my fingers, I can't control my toes"

[consider_this]

284. I want...

to be sedated! Ramones

[FM123]

416. Yes!

[consider_this]

285. Hey hey don't you want to go down

Like some disgraced cosmonaut


90s

[mr_lebowski]

286. Man, by now you gotta know I know this one ...

Low - Cracker

I used to sing it in my (mostly covers) band in 1994 ... it's three chords, and the truth.

[consider_this]

287. yep - I cannot ever tire of this one.

[mr_lebowski]

289. It's a great gig opener on account of it being so dirt simple and the vocals so limited in range

It literally is 3 chords (or maybe it's 4, I forget) repeated in an unchanging cadence the entire time ... great for warming up the playing and the singing for the rest of the gig.

It also just so happens that Low is ALMOST IDENTICAL to another great song (that came out just before it actually) that we also used to play in that particular band i'z in ... though this one does have one minor chord change in the bridge part ... definitely don't want to play these two in your gig too close to one another lol ...

This performance, btw, is totally badass ... if you like 'Low', you have to like this one ... they're so much alike it's ridiculous. However, other than the lyrics, perhaps ... it's actually better, IMHO

[consider_this]

298. enjoyed that!

[mr_lebowski]

304. Glad you liked ... you hear the resemblance between the 2 songs, yeah?

[consider_this]

305. for sure

but not as close as say, 'My Sweet Lord' vs "He's So Fine" - heheh

[mr_lebowski]

307. Yeah, never quite 'got' the connection there ... hey, ever heard this one?

By the time of Cracker I'd been listening to Lowery for about 4 years in Camper ... this is a freakin' great song of theirs ... little too short IMHO but brilliant. The bassline in particular awesome. And the random-ass lyrics, a'course.

Actually saw a Camper/Cracker show in SF about 10 years ago I wanna say ... where David played in both bands.

[consider_this]

362. Good one!

New for me- diggin' it - thanks!

[The King of Prussia]

294. Here's some 70s prog...

Yodeadodoyodeadodoyodeadodoyodeadodo
yodeadodoyodeadodoyo-bab-baaaaa
Ahhhhhh-aaahhhh-aaaaaa-aaaaAAA!
Ohhhhhh-ooohhh-oooooo-oooOOO!

[Freddie]

296. I can hear the melody but I cant think of the title!

Immortal lyrics though.

[The King of Prussia]

404. Recently in the film "Baby Driver"

"Hocus Pocus" by Focus

[consider_this]

415. OMG! - prefect

you got those lyrics alright - i'm cracking up here.

[consider_this]

297. i will take a wild stab at it being...

Siberian Khatru - Yes

Maybe?

[FiveGoodMen]

680. Dit Dit do da do da

Dit Dit do da do da
Dit-Dit Dit-Dit da do de da do de da do

[Bayard]

299. But I just looked around and he's gone.

60's

[consider_this]

300. i got the song

but no idea who the artist was
song: Abraham, Martin And John

[Bayard]

303. Got that part right.....

[Freddie]

324. The artist is

Dion (DiMucci)
I think he also sang “Runaround Sue”, talk about a contrast in subject matter

[Bayard]

365. Nope

[Bayard]

301. Said she could hear me singin' in the choir,

90's

[missingthebigdog]

310. Oooh

It is just out of my grasp; feels like the Dixie Chicks, but I can't make it click.

[missingthebigdog]

332. Got it

Long time gone- the Dixie Chicks

Thanks for the earworm.

[Bayard]

366. Correctamundo

[Bayard]

302. Let's kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight

My all time favorite band. 20??

[Mendocino]

306. A hippie drippy name dropper

came to my door
I just bumped into Mick
he told me you know where to score

1960s British Mod

[consider_this]

308. Cut myself on angel hair and baby's breath

grunge great

[flibbitygiblets]

449. raises hand

Nirvana "heart shaped box"

[consider_this]

477. correct!

[missingthebigdog]

309. And the worms ate into his brain

[consider_this]

313. a most classic album cut

Hey You - Pink Floyd

[missingthebigdog]

314. My absolute favorite lyric ever

[mr_lebowski]

316. Although I love the movie ...

The omission of the Gilmour-heavy classic 'Hey You' ... the only song on the album not in the movie ('empty spaces' basically being a shortened version of the superior 'what shall we do now') ... always irritated me.

It's one of the best songs on The Wall ... and aside from Comfortably Numb, easily the next best on the 2nd disc (I'd put Nobody Home as 3rd best ... side four has but one great song, Run Like Hell, imho).

[Heartstrings]

315. Release date 1978...genre rock

Check out guitar george, he knows all the chords...
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make them cry or sing....

[missingthebigdog]

317. Too easy

Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits

[mr_lebowski]

318. FIRST!

and Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't ... make the scene
he's got a daytime job, he's doing alright ...

[Freddie]

320. From one of my favorite albums

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

[Mendocino]

321. Just remember this little boy

and never carry more than you can eat.

Late 60s/early 70s country rock

[Freddie]

325. And I dont know if Im ever coming home

[Miles Archer]

343. From a band that's too busy singing to put anybody down

"Last Train To Clarksville,"

[Freddie]

378. I only recently discovered

That was a Vietnam protest song. Didn’t think about it when I was 9.
A good read - “Psychedelic Bubblegum” by Bobby Hart, of Boyce & Hart (Tommy Boyce died some years ago). He wrote some great 60s hits in addition to writing and producing for the Monkees, “Hurts So Bad” (Little Anthony and the Imperials) and “Come A Little Bit Closer” (Jay and the Americans).

[missingthebigdog]

326. Maybe you're just like my mother; she's never satisfied

[Freddie]

328. Why do we scream at each other

When Doves Cry - Prince

[saidsimplesimon]

327. mr lebowski, thank you

Enjoyed the mystery of the post, the challenge and remarks. I don't recognize the lyrics without cheating.

[mr_lebowski]

337. Glad you've enjoyed ... some folks have a mind attuned to remembering trivia, like lyrics ...

Not good, not bad ... just some people are randomly really good at it, and some people just are NOT ... but are probably much better at other uses of the mind.

And then of course there's the knowing in the first place, then being able to recall ... the name of the song and the artist, on top of placing the lyrics with a particular song to begin with. Though they're both similar 'talents', they're not exactly the same.

I say that because, I've actually known many people in life that know lots of words to lots of songs ... they can sing along when they come on ... but they actually have NO IDEA the name of the song or band. They just don't care about that part.

Myself, if I like a song ... I HAVE to know who does it and the name of the song. It's like an automatic impulse. I hear something on the radio I like and they don't say who it is, I'll try remember some of the lyrics til I get to a computer, and then try to look up the song. And then I probably won't forget who does the song for the rest of my life.

And of course I didn't mean 'don't look it up!' ... I just meant 'don't answer on the thread unless you really knew the answer'

[Codeine]

346. Im forever using the Shazam app while in my car

to identify whatever obscure stuff I hear in our local college station. I’ve discovered some amazing stuff that way.

Like you I can’t stand not knowing who and what I’m listening to.

[mr_lebowski]

351. I didn't want to cop to sometimes SoundHounding when I'm driving ;)

[missingthebigdog]

329. Guilty feet have got no rhythm

[Freddie]

331. One of the best songs of the 80s

Careless Whisper - Wham
I always thought it was “guilty feet ain’t got no rhythm”

[sweetloukillbot]

333. Love Love...

Is a Verb
Love is a doing word

[Heartstrings]

349. I'm thinking

John Mayer?

[sweetloukillbot]

353. Nope

Late 90s - trip hop
Hint: the singer is from a different band and her lyrics are VERY difficult to understand.

[cemaphonic]

462. Yeah, the lyrics to that song are impenetrable

I probably listened to it 100 times and never had any idea what the words were until I saw them printed on the internet.

Massive Attack - Teardrop

[sweetloukillbot]

471. Bingo!

I was the same way with the lyrics, once you see them in print they're understandable.

[mr_lebowski]

597. I love that song, and Liz Fraser the guest vocalist ... from the band ...

Cocteau Twins ... I love her voice ... Heaven or Las Vegas is one of my all-time fave albums ...

Hrrrmmm ... gives me an idea for some new lyrics ...

[mr_lebowski]

360. Thought of that too but that'd basically be the title of the song ... I love that album, BTW ...

Continuum and Born and Raised are both awesome albums, the former in particular but I literally like or love every single track on both discs, I don't care what anyone says about Mayer, those albums are great music, period. Didn't really like him until Continuum came out, and the one between these two, Battle Studies, is only 'okay' but he came back really strong w/the way-underappreciated Born and Raised.

My favorite tracks from each are:
Continuum - Slow Dancing in a Burning Room (hey, I'm getting divorced, did I mention? It's one great breakup song though man)
Born and Raised - Walt Grace's Submarine Test 1967 (or something like that ... just a fcking brilliant song, period)

[Heartstrings]

363. My favorite from Continuum

would be the same....and hey, I've already gone through my divorce....not easy, and there are soooo many break up songs. Too many if you ask me....

Mayer was great at Clapton's Crossroads concert, can't remember which....

[mr_lebowski]

376. People who thing Mayer is just some pretty-boy hack singer really couldn't be more wrong ...

On the contrary, kid is a a straight-up, bona-fide, legit MUSICIAN my book ... great singer, great songwriter, great guitarist ... dude is basically a f***ing stud is the reality ...

I offer as Exhibit A ... one of my other faves from Continuum ... just a freaking killer tune ... and if you're one of the aforementioned people, your impression is about to entirely change over the course of the next 8 mins if you watch this video. I'll leave it at that ...

And ... keep me where the light is ...

[sweetloukillbot]

470. Mayer is one of those people I didn't want to like

But I gotta admit everything I've heard I've enjoyed, except for his occasional douche-ey comments to the press. He's a helluva guitarist also.
Shit, he's playing with the Dead nowadays, that's gotta give him some cred...

[missingthebigdog]

334. You don't care much for a stranger's touch, but you can't hold your man

[mr_lebowski]

336. Was wondering when someone would do one of their songs ...

Wasted Time - The Eagles

A devastating song when you're in a certain frame of mind, I gotta say ...

[Freddie]

338. You led me away from home, just to save you from being alone

[Heartstrings]

339. Have to say

Maggie May.....

[missingthebigdog]

340. Love this one

Maggie Mae- Rod Stewart

[Heartstrings]

341. Release date 1998, rock

"Just a toe rag on the run
How did I get here...."

[Heartstrings]

709. Ok, a little assist on this gem......

Just a toe rag on the run.
How did I get here?
What have I done?
When will all my hopes arise?
How will I know him?

[Heartstrings]

342. Release date 1981.....rock

I said "do you speak-a my language"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.....

[Miles Archer]

344. Great song, perfect music to accompany a lovely meal of shrimp on the barbie

"Down Under."

[Heartstrings]

347. To be precise

I come from the land Downunder by Men at work.....

Shrimp on the barbie sounds good about now!

[mr_lebowski]

352. At least in the US (not sure if you're here) it was released with the previously given (brief) title

Just Sayin' ...

[Heartstrings]

357. Oh, no worries mate!

[Codeine]

345. When they ask whats wrong I say Im okay

I’m in love with my girl an’ she’s away.
Man ya got to move on
man you got to move on man
I need your love
I need your love today

[Heartstrings]

348. Release date 1980.....soft rock

"I can't do the talk like they talk on the tv,
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be...."

[mr_lebowski]

354. ...

and all I do is miss you
and the way we used to be
all I do is keep the beat
and ... bad company
and all I do is kiss you
through the bars of a rhyme
julie I'd do the stars with you
anytime ...

Seriously one of my most most most favorite sections of any song ever made ... and it makes me miss my departed ex ... we both love that song

[Heartstrings]

356. This version tho....

You can just feel the emotion coming directly from Mark's heart.....and that guitar! Beautiful!

It's a beautiful song to share with someone you love(d).....

[consider_this]

367. Love it...

love Mark!

[mr_lebowski]

370. Cool to hear alternative versions, thx. His voice is pretty low in this mix though, given the

import of the lyrics, I definitely prefer to hear them 'stronger', shall we say?

To me, the absolute bone-stock, "as it was recorded/mixed in 1980" studio version is such perfection, I've never heard any other rendition or remaster than sounded better to me, probably cause I'm so attached to 'how it sounds in my head' after like 500 listens ... that any deviation automatically becomes 'less good'

The song is sheer friggin' perfection exactly as it appeared on the album, that's the reality of the situation ... the drum work in particular is just SO FRIGGIN GOOD it's ridiculous.

[sweetloukillbot]

361. Have you read Joe Hill's "The Fireman"?

He uses that song to absolutely heartbreaking effect.

Mark Knopfler's finest.

[mr_lebowski]

381. Can't say as I have ... good book/worth reading overall?

[sweetloukillbot]

392. It is a very good book

Maybe not as good as NOS4A2, but a really good zombie/road type novel, with a few twists. Joe is doing Stephen King better than King is nowadays. A lot of in-jokes referencing the Stand and a lot of references to early 80s MTV (Martha Quinn is a character, sort-of).

[orleans]

355. and now the end is near and so i face the final curtain n/t

(was just reading crap about trump and michael cohen and thought of that line)

[Freddie]

380. If only

My Way, Frank Sinatra. Also a great version by Elvis during the jumpsuit period.

[sweetloukillbot]

358. Current alt-country

I'd sing her classic country songs
And she'd get high and sing along
She don't have a voice to sing with now

[mr_lebowski]

384. Yeah ... you'd probably guess I know that one ...

we burn these joints in effigy and cry about what we used to be
and try to ignore the ... somehow ...

[sweetloukillbot]

386. Saddest song in the world

Pure gut punch

[mr_lebowski]

389. yeah ... devastating, man ... i saw him on that tour about 1.5 months after the album came out ...

small club in downtown phoenix ... hell, I probably already told you that story

[sweetloukillbot]

394. Crescent Ballroom? I was there.

[mr_lebowski]

396. YEAH? NICE! I was right in the front, dead in front of Jason, 5 ft away & stood the whole time ...

Not that you have a choice if you wanna be that close at Crescent

He flicked his pick at me and my wife and she grabbed it at the end of the show. Now she has it

That show was friggin' awesome ... I know I'll never get a chance to him that close again, esp. not for like $20 or whatever it was to get in.

My only disappointment was I read a lot of setlists from other gigs that'd happened on the tour and he was doing 'Can You Hear Me Knocking' to close out a bunch of the shows, but didn't play it for us. I'd been looking forward to that ... but it's a minor complaint ... I think he subbed Danko/Manuel for it as that wasn't on most setlists I'd seen but he did play it that night, so ...

[missingthebigdog]

368. It's a long day, livin' in Reseda

[LakeArenal]

373. Okay...

Free Fallin' Tom Petty RIP...

[sweetloukillbot]

371. There's a band playing on the radio

With the rhythm of rhyming guitars

[LakeArenal]

374. I think...

it's Roxy Music, but can't think of the song..

[sweetloukillbot]

379. Yup!

My second, and significantly less weird offering from them...

[LakeArenal]

375. Someday I'll wear pajamas in the daytime....

A very favorite...

[Heartstrings]

710. I know, you know, I know it....

[LakeArenal]

721. Silly. Youd be the only one!!!

One of my favorite songs. Sigh.
Guess I’m obscure. Hope someone ran a marathon with this on the playlist. 🎶😖😁

[Heartstrings]

722. Only if her contraction is spelled correctly!!!!

[LakeArenal]

377. "The king called up his jet fighters"

"He said you better earn your pay"

1982

[mr_lebowski]

382. Got this one ...

Rock the Casbah - The Clash

[LakeArenal]

401. My husband and I....

Call it Rock the Clashba so we can remember. We get Fixx. Clash, and Knack song mixed up..

You fun guy Mr. L...

[mr_lebowski]

413. thanks :) nt

[Glamrock]

383. You're gonna make me spill my beer,

If you don't learn how to steer......

[mr_lebowski]

385. I'll bet I'm THE ONLY ONE who can answer this one ;)

Passenger Side - Wilco

Boxful of Letters is one of my all-time favorite songs ... and I pretty much worship the long-lost Uncle Tupelo ... I could sing every song from Anodyne top-to-bottom off the top of my head ...

[Glamrock]

391. I KNEW YOU'D GET IT!

I'm betting docreed would a got it too....you out there doc? I became a big fan when I was working at a pot farm. My first intro was Sky Blue Sky. God I love the Whole Love album. But somehow, I don't know the two you mentioned. I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the tip man!

P. S. Didja get my email?

[mr_lebowski]

398. I did, havent' listened to it yet ...

Boxful of Letters is just another song on Wilco's debut A.M. And yeah, that little 'trilogy' of SBS, Wilco (the Album) and Real Love is absolutely awesome. Not as unique as say Yankee Hotel Foxtrot which is also brilliant but a bit more ... abstract ... but all three are just chock-full of amazing tunes. If you've never heard their 2nd album (double disc set) called 'Being There' I also highly recommend that one. TONS of great songs on it.

Anodyne by Uncle Tupelo is the last album of that band before Jay Farrar left, and most of the band stayed with Jeff Tweedy to form Wilco. I'm a HUGE Tupelo fan, they were brilliant band, WAY more rocking overall than Wilco though Anodyne is a bit subdued compared to their earlier albums No Depression and Still Feel Gone, all 3 of which if you've never heard ... you definitely must. They're like a Countrified Nirvana, and from the exact same era (early 1990's). They're as seminal an 'alt country' band as you can imagine, afaic. I think ultimately ... too much talent in one band led to their demise. Jay and Jeff were both 'frontmen', no getting around it.

Here's a favorite from Still Feel Gone ... this is Jay Farrar (his post-Tupelo band is called Son Volt, they're also pretty good, esp. their debut Trace which is AMAZING,, and third album Wide Swing Tremolo) singing ... he's like 24 at the time of doing this song, but he sounds like a world-weary traveler ... how do you not love a lyric like "What has life, and 50 years in this town done for you? 'Cept to earn your name and place on a barstool?"

And a Tweedy classic from his Tupelo days ...

And a bonus track ... a Jay song from No Depression ... imagine doing this on your debut album ... as freaking kids, practically. I mean this song is SO FREAKING GOOD ... "Whiskey Bottle ... over Jesus ... not forever ... but just for now" ...

[Freddie]

387. Let me tell you bout the way she looked, the way she acted, the color of her hair

British Invasion

[consider_this]

388. her voice was soft and cool

her eyes were clear and bright, but
'she's not there'

dangit i cannot think of the name of the band

[Freddie]

393. They (or most of them) had hits under another name later

But their first name was a lot cooler IMO.

[The King of Prussia]

423. Colin Blunstone

and the rest of The Zombies (I prefer the Santana cover)

[consider_this]

390. How come twenty four hours

...baby sometimes seem to slip into days?

bluesy rock

hint: not a single, but a l o n g late 70s album cut from a prominent band

[mr_lebowski]

397. I'm gonna say ...

I know it's Zeppelin but its a song I don't listen to all that much ... and there arent' that many of those, esp. l o n g Zep tunes, so I'm going to guess ... Tea for One, from Presence?

Sort of a 'process of elimination' going on there ...

[consider_this]

400. Bingo, my friend!

Call me weird, but I used this many nights as a lullaby. I'd spin that baby up and let it play me out.

[mr_lebowski]

412. you'll find the lyrics to the first song from that album (my fave zep tune) upthread

It was one of my 'guess this one' choices

[consider_this]

414. I recall

That particular 'guess this' was what got me hooked in here.

[Glamrock]

395. Got another one for ya dude....

I don't know my telephone number
But you kiss good, and I'd like ta see you tomorrow
I don't beg babe I pay, I don't barter
And if we had a child, I'd like a son not a daughter
No, she'd be just like you
You know that would not do....

[Heartstrings]

399. Release 2015....genre Indie rock

“But no flame burns forever, oh no, you and I both know this all too well....
And most don’t even last the night, no they don’t, they say they don’t....”

[LakeArenal]

402. Interesting and fun topic...

Last edited Sun Apr 15, 2018, 12:59 PM - Edit history (1)

However, I posted a Beatle Lyric and NOBODY got it... I am so surprised..

Edited to add: Thank you Freddie, who searched out my post and found the Beatle song to be:

Savoy Truffle!! Green Tangerine...

[LakeArenal]

403. Here's an easy.... "who's your superman?"

[Miles Archer]

456. There's nothing fair in this world

William Michael Albert Broad, "White Wedding"

[LakeArenal]

459. Haha... Is that his name?.. You had me going for a minute...

Yes indeed, Here today it's a nice day for a white out.... but, yes White Wedding..

[Miles Archer]

464. Yes, that's his real name

Love that song...it's one that's never left my car.

[consider_this]

406. Set me free, sign my release

I'm tired of being the villain of the piece

[LakeArenal]

408. I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert, but I can live and breathe...

.... and see the sun in wintertime

European group. 80's I believe.

[consider_this]

410. its pretty big

in a big country
by big country

[LakeArenal]

417. The ones I think are hard are guessed and my easy (?) ones don't...

Thanks for the answer...

consider this? REM or thoughtful thinker? Both? Neither?

[consider_this]

419. well...

The latter, but I guess we could use my handle as a lyrics to guess, now that you've mentioned it. I'm gonna do that - LOL!

[LakeArenal]

421. Glad to help..

[consider_this]

422. as for guessing around here

I'm kinda shocked at how some stuff just pops the hell up in my head on some of even really very old ones, and for a large percentage, they are ones I don't like. (like In a Big Country - sorry)

[LakeArenal]

428. It's all in fun...

Not always songs we like, just ones we think someone might guess.. Neutral on Big Country myself.

[LakeArenal]

409. I saw the world thrashing all around your face...

A couple of mine seem too obscure.... This is definitely the 80's

[Codeine]

625. Never really knowing it was always

mesh and lace.

[LakeArenal]

629. Right on. Thanks.

My fav 80's. You like it, too?

[Codeine]

631. Absolutely iconic in my teen years.

I leaned more toward goth and mopey stuff back then, but we all liked Modern English regardless of where we were on the alternative spectrum.

[Freddie]

411. She may be cute, she's just a substitute

You're the permanent one

60s

[LakeArenal]

418. OOoo Oooo Got one

"So take a good look at my face, you'll see my smile looks out of place. Look closer, it's easy to trace....

The Tracks of My Tears Woo hoo!

[Freddie]

426. The lyrics were so wonderful

In the 60s Motown stuff. Never get tired of it.

[LakeArenal]

420. I saw her face, it was a face I loved. I knew I had to run away and get down on my knees and pray.

60's Great Great Song....

[Freddie]

425. (raises hand)

Needles and Pins - the Searchers (yes great song!)

[flibbitygiblets]

433. Also

Tom Petty did this live as a duet with Stevie Nicks in the '80's. Always loved that cover.

[LakeArenal]

435. We need a thread of favorite covers.

[consider_this]

424. consider this

yes, that is the lyric (nod to lakeArenal)

[LakeArenal]

427. I'd guess... but....

No can do...

[KPN]

487. Hmmmm ...

That was Just a Dream - REM

[consider_this]

513. 1/2 correct

you know that song but your title - "that was just' another lyric

I'm sure you know the title - i really believe you do...

[KPN]

533. Haha. Been a long time. I'll have to download that song sometime. I had it on

a cassette tape I kept in my pickup all the time. No longer have that pickup, maybe have the tape and maybe my stereo tape player still works. Maybe if I can sing the whole thing the Title will actually come to me, but I know when I read "consider this" I could instantly hear Brian Stipe singing out of my truck's cheap stereo as I drive down the road.

Great song, just can't remember the title.

I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing, I think I thought I saw you try. (Epic line!!!) But that was just a dream ... try, cry, why, try ... just a dream ...

Oh well, it'll come to me.

[mr_lebowski]

546. oh for the love of dog ...

It's freaking 'Losing My Religion'!!!

Also ... Michael, not Brian

[LakeArenal]

510. Ha someone got it

[mr_lebowski]

547. one might call it "the hint of the century" ;)

[Freddie]

429. She would wait and wait and wait and wait

For her steady date

British Invasion
Supposedly Ed Sullivan’s favorite group because they were so clean-cut

[LakeArenal]

431. Oh geez now you are messin' with my 13 year old heart...

Mike Smith signing: Over and Over and Over again for my steady date sigh

[Freddie]

440. I was 7 at the time

Most of the words stuck! I remember them being on Ed Sullivan more than a few times.

[LakeArenal]

430. Alright... Here's my fav. lyric of all time.. Should be easy...

I wish for just one day... You could stand inside my shoes.

The rest is pure poetry...

[flibbitygiblets]

446. I know the song and artist, but not the title

I always thought it was called "You've got a lotta nerve!" ...but probably not.

[LakeArenal]

448. YES, close....

It's one of those songs that the title never appears in the song.... Like Baba O'Riley.. Oh, maybe I should have used that song lyric.... so many songs..

[mr_lebowski]

555. sounds really familiar ... how about a few more lines?

[LakeArenal]

576. And just for that one moment I could be you..

...Yes I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you

Does that help?

[Ohiya]

606. Possibly...

Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan

[LakeArenal]

607. Whoop. 👊🏻 There it is.

Surprising that my favorite lyric ever was so hard for the general public.

Way to go. 😁

[Ohiya]

609. Great song!

I'm pretty good at the mid sixties through the seventies, but this new music from the eighties on is too obscure!

[consider_this]

611. ah ha...

You might be just the person that might know the one i posted at #248...
see what you might recall

i overused the word 'might' but that is not a clue - it has nothing to do with the answer at all.

[LakeArenal]

432. goin' 60's? Now my girl you're so young and pretty.. and one thing I know for sure..

[Freddie]

442. You make everything... groovy

Wild Thing, the Troggs

[LakeArenal]

447. Not so groovy I fear...Am I supposed to tell?

Not sure of the rules, but no not the Troggs... But I DO make everything groovy, thanks.

[flibbitygiblets]

450. Close but it's actually

We gotta get out of this place, I believe it's by the Eric Burden and the Animals?

[LakeArenal]

453. Mais Oui!! He was a "bad" boy my mom feared...

[flibbitygiblets]

434. With a purple umbrella and a 50-cent hat...

First line of the song, 70's hard rock legends. It's a famous song but many can't decipher the first line.

[Miles Archer]

455. Missus cool rides out in her aged Cadillac

"Living Loving Maid" by Led Zeppelin

[flibbitygiblets]

509. Yes!

busting out my Bic concert lighter

[mr_lebowski]

656. I always thought it went ...

"She's coolin' 'round town in her ace Cadillac" ... but I actually have no idea what about 1/2 the lyrics are in that song lol ...

[Miles Archer]

664. I thought it was something closer to that, too...

...when responding to the lyrics, I followed the rules and didn't cheat via Google. But since we didn't want to put the song title in the subject line of the response, I did do a search for the lyrics, since I wanted to respond with another line from the song, and I wanted it to be accurate.

I saw the Zep lyric and thought "huh?". so i went to another source and it was the same. I still think it's closer to what you wrote, even thought he great and powerful Google has spoken.

[Bayard]

443. Arrest the sun and shoot the moon...

[LakeArenal]

451. Watch the police and the tax man miss me...

Famous.

[Miles Archer]

454. Play the tape machine, Make the toast and tea

...when I'm mobile.

The Who, "Going Mobile"

[LakeArenal]

460. Beep Beep ...

Mobile Mobile Mobile...

[50 Shades Of Blue]

457. You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice...

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

[consider_this]

481. half an answer...

let's just say this band has another song that might suggest they read some Mark Twain.
darn if I cannot recall the title of this song though, i can certainly this excerpt in my head.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

511. Maybe it'll come to you!

[mr_lebowski]

545. it came to me rather quickly ... but i'll just ALMOST answer ;)

if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice
you can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
i will choose a path that's clear ... i will choose ... (song title)

Lyrics by Neil Peart

[consider_this]

572. DOH!

Thank you, how did i not know that?

there was once a movie about a whale with a name kinda like that title - hehe - its getting late, I am on wine
Name the movie?

[mr_lebowski]

659. lol ...

uhhh ... mebbe ... Free Willy?

[consider_this]

669. Ha ha, yeah!

I can't believe I posted that - so silly. lol

[Tikki]

458. ...bits of me are scattered in the trees and in the hedges....

Tikki

[LakeArenal]

461. ..the sun is shining down, burns my feet...

Hint: Best group evah!!!!

[Freddie]

488. As they touch the ground

Good Day Sunshine, from Rubber Soul

[LakeArenal]

499. Best damn album.. Love love love...

Thanks Freddie

[LakeArenal]

463. I'm not content to be with you in the daytime...

More 60's hits...

[Miles Archer]

465. Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never

The Kinks, "All Day and All of The Night"

[LakeArenal]

466. Miles, you know me....

[Miles Archer]

467. "I argued with the judge, but the bastard wouldn't budge, 'cause he caught me making fudge..."

[sweetloukillbot]

472. I think it's "Licking fudge"

I thought about posting that myself, what with all these pee-tape speculation going on...

"Easy Money" - King Crimson

[Miles Archer]

476. You're right

I had to look it up, but it is in fact "licking." I always heard it as "making."

[LakeArenal]

468. ..and the boys do the boogey woogey on the corner of the street.

[consider_this]

516. i hear...

come on let's dance,
let's make a little romance.

wiiiiiiiiiiiilldd night is coming

[LakeArenal]

518. Sigh. I knew you could get this great song...

[consider_this]

522. it took me a while. hurt my brain a bit

ha - just like the grand funk one i cannot seem to name- argh.

The ones when the answer is just near the surface and you cannot fully place it is just a crazy challenge - til it finally pops in your head.

enjoying playing - thanks for the challenges!!

[LakeArenal]

469. Tell mama, and all the folks back home....

Either very easy or very obscure.. You tell me...

[mr_lebowski]

591. seems familiar for sure ... some more lyrics, perchance?

[LakeArenal]

593. posted a clue...

The Album was Street Corner Talking.. That should do it...

[mr_lebowski]

596. sadly while that clue 'sounds familiar' it doesnt help much, so,a few more good lines from the tune?

[LakeArenal]

599. Tell mama, and all the folks back home...

Sometimes a man just feels he's got to make it alone
Tell Mama why I'm leavin' so soon
Because this life I live has got me sick through and through

On the same album is another great song.... Wang Dang Doodle...

It's been so much fun on this thread. Two days stuck in a blizzard ice storm.. But now I must go to bed.
If you are still going, I'll see ya tomorrow..


One more lyric for you...
Now it's time to say good night
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me (Dream sweet)
Dream sweet dreams for you

[Miles Archer]

632. The only reason I didn't respond to this one is that I didn't want to "Bogart" the responses.

I've answered a few and wanted to leave the fun for others, but yeah..instantly recognizable from the first clue.

Also of note on that album is a nice cover version of "I Can't Get Next To You." The whole album's a classic, actually.

Savoy Brown's lead vocalist on the album, Dave Walker is ALSO noteworthy for one of the quickest ins & outs in Fleetwood Mac's history. He sang two lead vocals on their "Penguin" album and was not deemed a good fit for the band, so out he went.

I haven't read all of the new responses in the thread but I am assuming someone guessed your Sir Richard Starkey song.

[LakeArenal]

648. Hey Miles!

Yeah, no bogarting. Especially if I am there.

I think the one no one guessed of mine was: Melt With You by Modern English. The thread was really fun tho. It just got too big to scroll through.

Hope to meet up with you again on some music challenge.... Maybe famous cover songs.. or happy sounding songs that aren't. Like Build Me Up Buttercup. Or Sister Golden Hair... Otherwise, love your posts til then!

# no bogarting...

[LakeArenal]

604. Good mornin' Mr. L.,

This tune was Self Titled "Tell Mama" on a Savoy Brown Album. It never gets air play and we loved it..

Plow man is here plowing us out.. Just one thing, our road hasn't been plowed...

#375 Was Crash Test Dummies

#409 Was "Melt With You" by Modern English..

Hope I catch your next interesting, unifying, thread. It was fun..

Have a good day...

[mr_lebowski]

683. Thanks for your contributions ... And yeah, a thread this size I imagine ...

that for people accessing DU on phones (which, if it's like the web apps I'm part of a team that creates, is nowadays ... 'most people' ... which makes me sad) ... it has really started to suck ... I'm contemplating starting a 'Lyrics Thread 2.0' ... what do you think?

Again, thanks for being here ... I've needed a distraction myself, obvs ...

[LakeArenal]

684. Sounds great.

Maybe PM me when you do so I can get in before #200.. Ha..

Just finishing my submission to Sirius Radio Fab Four Contest. Maybe I'll be on the radio!!

[Heartstrings]

473. Circa 1982....rock

“I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation....”

[missingthebigdog]

478. Oh, yeah

Africa- Toto

[Heartstrings]

480. Oh, yeah!

[sweetloukillbot]

474. Bloodied angels fast descending

Moving on a never-bending light
Phantom figures free forever
Out of shadows, shining ever-bright

80s metal

[Heartstrings]

475. Heres an easy one....

“I’d build a treehouse in the yard,
You could help, it wouldn’t be that hard”....

[Heartstrings]

479. Classic rock. 1972

I’m in love with a girl that I’m talking about,
I’m in love with a girl I can’t live without...

[consider_this]

490. i wager that it is...

Grand Funk - She's some kind of Wonderful.

[Heartstrings]

491. So close.....

Correct band....not the correct song.

[consider_this]

493. BZZZT. fail

I feel like I'm swimming in a river of doubt.

I am not going to get the title. Maybe someone else will get it- I don't think I'll remember

[consider_this]

541. hmm

is it called
'a bad time to be in love' ?

[missingthebigdog]

482. He said, "Christ!" It was funny how he named the only man who could save him now.

Maybe more of a cult classic than a hit, but let's see.

[Heartstrings]

483. Sign of the times, this one

“What if you knew her and,
found her dead on the ground,
How can you run when know....”

[consider_this]

485. that would be...

Ohio - CSNY

[Heartstrings]

486. That it would!

[LakeArenal]

497. Hey Heartstrings answer the question on #495

Who did the famous cover of Knockin' on Heaven's door?

[consider_this]

484. This might be just too easy, probably a couple different generations will know it

Mama put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore

[LakeArenal]

494. Got one!

Knock Knock.. Who's there Heaven's Door.. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

[consider_this]

495. YES! for bonus points...

Name the original artist and a popular cover.

[LakeArenal]

496. Believe it was Dylan...

And I'm going to pass to Heartstrings for the cover....

[consider_this]

498. in this case..

your belief is also truth.

I bet Heartstrings will go for the extra bonus round...

[Heartstrings]

512. And I will indeed....

Guns and Roses for the extra bonus!!

[consider_this]

514. you get the badge for bonus points!

[mr_lebowski]

543. and for super-extra bonus points, name the awesome song that's the exact same chord progression ...

which was the first song mr_lebowski ever learned to sing and play on the guitar at the same time ... 1980's alternative greats, somewhat obscure unless you really know 80's alt, in which case they're freaking iconic ...

you're like a picture on a fridge
that's never stocked with food
i used to live at home
now I stay at the house

and everybody wants
to be special here
they call your name out
loud and clear ...

[Heartstrings]

580. I accept said challenge, obscure you say? I agree...

But I will state tho, for the record.....The Replacements.....Here comes a Regular....

First song learned, eh.....impressive!

Not iconic per se....just into really great guitar playing! Any genre, except country.

[mr_lebowski]

583. *I* think they're an iconic band ... anywho that song is like EXACTLY the original question's answer

They're played almost dead-on the exact same way ... well, other than one small chord change (mind you, it's just a small reorder of the three chords the songs consist of) in the chorus part of Here Comes A Regular which Knocking doesn't do (the section where he sings 'and everybody wants ...' and the next few lines are a change to the chord order that the entirety of the rest of both songs rely on)

Also, to get semi-technical, Paul's guitar is tuned down a half-step whereas Heaven's Door is played with standard tuning

[consider_this]

489. This was a very popular hit late 70s

And when you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning

[LakeArenal]

500. my hubs likes this group and it's on my happy song list...

Baker Street Gerry Rafferty..

[consider_this]

503. Score!

That was one of those overplayed things back in the day.

Check out the Foo Fighters cover for a totally different feel.

[Wolf Frankula]

492. Two somewhat obscure songs

"With ridicule in my left hand,
And science in my right.
I'll do my best to bring him down,
Or at least begin the fight.'

"This planet is the cradle of our species,
To invaders not an are shall we give.
While we may yet defend our Holy Mother Terra,
Noone shall assail her and live"

Wolf

[Wolf Frankula]

723. I guess they're too obscure

The first is by Leslie Fish, "The Devil's Hornpipe/Ishmael's Oath" It's her take on Moby Dick.

The second is by Anton Plagiar (pseud.) It's one of his Terran Matriotic Songs called "The Name of Terra."

Wolf

[LakeArenal]

502. What makes a man hate another man, help me understand..

Brits.

[Miles Archer]

517. I never even met you So what could I have done

Depeche Mode "People Are People"

[LakeArenal]

521. "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think god had a sick sense of humor"

Is actually my most fav Depeche line. But I thought it would be way to obscure.. thanks so much for getting it.

[mr_lebowski]

557. not sure about you, but when i die, i expect to find him laughing

[LakeArenal]

578. Such a great great line...

[LakeArenal]

504. Tell me, do you think it'd be all right if I could just crash here tonight.

90's

[consider_this]

505. my guess is

Hey Jealousy

(now the band- hmm was it Gin Blossoms? I might be way off here, but what the heyall)

[LakeArenal]

506. Youz done did it...

Really liked this whole album.. Gin it is...

[consider_this]

508. you have bolstered my courage on guessing.

have you seen # 213?
I think maybe you might get that one. It has been festering unanswered. It can't be that obscure.

[LakeArenal]

515. Okay...

I'm cheating and asking my husband.. He says he thinks it's one of those groups that has way too many lyrics...
Please give 468 a shot.. It's really famous, and I'm sure you like it..

[LakeArenal]

507. But when the wrong word goes in the right ear,

I know you've been lying to me.

80's I think..

[mr_lebowski]

527. Got that one ...

One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

[LakeArenal]

528. Great tune...

this line:

But when the wrong antidote
Is like a bone in the throat
You run for cover in the heat

[consider_this]

519. how about one that is only 20 years old

Take the time to get to know me
If you want me why can't you just show me

alt rock - on the funky side

[mr_lebowski]

560. i know I know the song ... but need moar hintz plz :)

[consider_this]

567. i imagine this will seal it for you - a few more 'lyrics'

I need your arms around me
I need to feel your touch

[Codeine]

615. You always say youre too busy

I wonder if you even miss me?

Cake, “never there”

Love Cake!!

[consider_this]

622. ding ding ding!!!

exactamundo!

[Miles Archer]

520. When you're flying your flags, All my confidence sags, You got me packing my bags.

[LakeArenal]

525. Well, I'd buy you a monkey. Haven't you always wanted a monkey?

90's

[LakeArenal]

540. Got that!

You'd be Rich!

[mr_lebowski]

556. Answers in your message body rather than subject line, por favor ... welcome to the thread :)

[LakeArenal]

529. My baby moves at midnight goes right on till the dawn, Yeah

My woman take me higher
My woman keep me warm

Disco, baby...

We Managed a Disco.. That is not a movie title.. Ha

[missingthebigdog]

530. Ah ah ah ah

Stayin' Alive- Bee Gees

[LakeArenal]

531. So very close......

Here's a hint...

What you doin on your back aah
What you doin on your back aah?

[consider_this]

532. ...

you should be dancing

[LakeArenal]

537. NO...

YOU should be dancing... No.. WE ALL SHOULD BE DANCING.. (always say we should have a dancing smiley)

[consider_this]

534. In my dream I was drowning my sorrows

But my sorrows, they learned to swim

hint- this is a 90's album cut - but from a mega band that still has it goin' on, so if you know the band, i would expect you'll get this one...
i real fave of mine.

[LakeArenal]

535. I do.

You, too? Oh.. U2...

[consider_this]

536. you got it

that one rips at me, as do a few others on that album.

oooh.. it's Comey time...

[LakeArenal]

538. Am watching Comey, too

[mr_lebowski]

542. They didn't name the song, just the band ...

let's see ... I'm almost positive it's from achtung baby ...

trying to remember how it goes ...

surrounding me, going down on me ... filling me over the brim ...
in the garden you playing the tart, I kissed your lips and ... broke your heart
and you ... you said you would wait ... until the end of the world ...

[consider_this]

544. absolutely on point

you did get the title in there.

Don't ask me why, but the day after Bush jr won re-election, I was so distraught I somehow felt the need to play this one over and over and over. i think i needed to drown my sorrow in more of the same.

[mr_lebowski]

554. okay, I added more hints to 5 songs I put up yesterday early afternoon (US AZ time) or friday ...

between you all, you have to know at least 3 of those songs ... well, maybe not HAVE TO but if you know the songs at ALL you should get 'em

[mr_lebowski]

558. and they covered up the sun ... until the birds had flown away ... and the fishes in the sea ...

had gone to sleep ...

Catchiest freaking song ever, early 90's tune from 80's/90's synth pop band with a strong tie to depeche mode ...

Title of song is pretty buried (but present) in lyrics ...

[Docreed2003]

566. Erasure??? Digging deep into the memory banks on that one!!

Edit: my sincerest apologies my friend for posting a song title in the subject line. I just saw your new rule!

[mr_lebowski]

569. Well, also no bands either :)

Anything that gives it away totally you should avoid in the subject lines, that way random visitors can look at the thread list and have a go w/o already knowing too much ...

You got the band ... now ... the title? That one's harder cause it's not obvious ... lets just say, it follows these words in the songs bridge.

"Memory ... Dawn (title)"

Edit: i guess you must've known the title, hence your delete ... might as well just put it here (in the body a'course )

[Docreed2003]

571. Lol....

It's "chorus"...I think, lol!

[mr_lebowski]

577. and there it is!

well done ... not many people know the name of that gem ...

And just for fun, here's the vid ... it's quite possibly the most stupid-catchy song ever put on wax ... plus, you can't NOT be happy listening to it ...

though they really had a lot of others that are pretty damn close ... such as the song Drama!, which clearly has similar nefarious agenda ... which is to say ... it's calibrated by liberal science-types ... in order to get your ass out your seat, singing along and dancing

[Freddie]

561. When England was the whore of the world, Margaret was her madam

Not a “big hit” but if you like this artist you’ll know the song. Late 80s.
The subject will be appearing in The Crown, Season 4.

[mr_lebowski]

562. And a taste of honey is worse than none at all

60's soul/pop classic

[Docreed2003]

568. Ohhhh...

"I second that emotion"... . Smokey!!

[mr_lebowski]

570. Bang on mate!

Love so many of his tunes from that era ... shit he was coming up with was just amazing at that time ...

[Docreed2003]

574. Indeed!

One of the coolest experiences of my life was touring the Motown Studios. It was the last tour of the day and I was glad to grab it on my way to the airport for a late flight out of Detroit. It was me and like three other people and I just stood in awe in that room where so many incredible songs and records had been recorded. Our tour guide turned to me and goes "Sir, do you know the significance of where you're standing right now?" And I was thinking to myself "well, duh"...and she proceeds to say "Look behind you at the picture on the wall...you're standing in the exact spot where David Ruffin was standing when he performed the vocals on "Ain't to Proud to Beg". Damn if I didn't have chill bumps looking up at that pic and seeing the mic hanging from the ceiling. I could just imaging Ruffin struggling to hit those first few notes which were just outside his range but the more he sang the more hoarse his voice became and it ultimately created a magical sound!

Smokey played an incredibly underrated role for much of the early Motown Sound!

[mr_lebowski]

585. COOL! Jelly ... (nt)

[Docreed2003]

575. "He came from an island

Then he died from the street"

[mr_lebowski]

581. pffft ... you already know I this one ... so I'll give someone else a shot ...

the sky was your playground ... but the cold earth ... was your bed ...

RIP to both of 'em ...

[Docreed2003]

582. Lol...I tee'd that one up for you intentionally

Couldn't decide between that song, or a line from "Like a Stone"...for those playing the game, different band with strong connections to the band I quoted!

Hope you are well my friend!!

[mr_lebowski]

584. I figgered ... and yeah I'm aaaaight ... keeping myself occupied, as you can see ... curating ;)

also, it's 'he came from the islands' ... just sayin'

[consider_this]

579. #213 needs an answer

someone here ought to be able to get it.

[mr_lebowski]

586. i'll know as soon as someone gets it but not QUITE familiar enough w/either band in play there

I mean I know a few BT songs and quite a few DMB songs but don't know the lyrics of them all that well.

I LIKE them though.

[mr_lebowski]

587. wake up the dawn and ask her why, dream the dream she never dies, wipe that tear away now ...

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from your eye ...

90's alt-rock hit from a huge record ...

[mr_lebowski]

693. Seriously, people? I'm disappointed in you ...

This is so freakin' easy ... everyone the damn world has heard this song ...

But okay ... another hint (he says with slight disdain) ...

Slowly walking down the hall, faster than ... a cannonball ... where were you while we were gettin' high?

[Initech]

589. "Nobody lears no nothing from no history".

[LakeArenal]

592. Still need 375, 469 and 409

Hints:

#375 - Canadian...

"Someday I'll have a disappearing hairline
Someday I'll wear pyjamas in the daytime"

"...Afternoons will be measured out
Measured out, measured with"

#469- The album is called Street Corner Talkin'

# 409 - English .. In a coming of age flick..

[mr_lebowski]

601. i'm so tired of playing, playing w/this bow & arrow, gonna give my heart away, leave it to the ...

other girls to play ...

90's alt rock from an iconic album ... if you're into the particular sub-genre anyway ...

[Codeine]

614. Gonna give my heart away

Leave it for the other girls to play.

“Glory Box” by Portishead. Fantastically cinematic album.

[mr_lebowski]

618. you know it ...

that cd is fabulous, it's so creative it's insane ... and kinda-strangely catchy.

and, esp. on a good stereo/sub setup, it sounds amazing.

[The King of Prussia]

602. Not sure if this was a hit in the US

It was a big radio hit here. One of the best pop/rock songs of the mid-70s and this artist's defining moment. And the lyric seems entirely appropriate to today's circumstances:

"Come up and see the world, it's like a ship going down
It's running aground, it's all over."

[consider_this]

603. for something a bit different

Here is one from a guitar master. This one was on the radio, early 90's, but he is mostly known for his albums and intense playing.

I've been out walking, for hours
I got something on my mind
How did we get here? Where are we going?
Why is life so hard

Frankly - the other stuff on the album surpasses this cut - but it had the lil hook the radio stations like

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

605. The hint: late '60s

"And why come you to Carterhaugh without command from me?"
"I'll come and go," young Janet said, "and ask no leave of thee"

[consider_this]

612. is this from

Rocky Horror? I only guessing because of the "Janet' mainly.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

620. Sorry no Rocky Horror was released in 1975

I love Rocky Horror. Lots of fun but no cigar.

This song was from a British group in 1969. This song features a female lead vocalist. The band is basically folk rock and formed in 1967. The song is the group's version of a Scottish ballad which I believe originated in the 12th century.

Here's a bit more:

None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge
Either their mantles of green or else their maidenhead

Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she

If you're completely stumped, I'll PM you a link to the song's youtube.

[consider_this]

627. another guess

Fairport Convention?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

639. Very good

ding ding ding

[consider_this]

646. for you...

I bet you will know the one i just posted at #645. check it out

[Ohiya]

608. Don't confront me with my failures...

I have not forgotten them.

[mpcamb]

624. My favorite version has the writer playing guitar backup.

Nico, of Andy Warhol and the Factory fame, with Jackson Browne backing, These Days.
She'd been a fashion model; did vocals for the Velvet Underground, sang, acted, had a habit and died young.

[Ohiya]

636. Thanks for the info...

I see that her version was featured in "The Royal Tennenbaums". Here's another version:

[sakabatou]

610. Pop/Blues from the 90s

My puppy is gone
He has white feet and a white tail

[Codeine]

616. Again and again and again and again

and again and again and again and again and again and agaiiiiiinnnnnn!

[mr_lebowski]

619. i hear your voice calling my name ...

the sound is deep ... in the dark ...

[Codeine]

617. You are now about to witness the strength

of Street Knowledge.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

621. I'm rolling thunder pouring rain. I'm coming on like a hurricane.

From 1980...

[Miles Archer]

628. See my white light flashing as I split the night...

Angus, Malcolm, Brian & Co, "Hells Bells."

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

640. There you go!

[Codeine]

630. Hot metal and methedrine

I hear Empire down.

[consider_this]

633. just name the song! circa 1970...

if you were around then, you'll know this, otherwise probably not.

here's part of the chorus:

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
Come the judgment day...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

642. One Tin Soldier - Coven

Maybe you've seen Billy Jack???

[consider_this]

643. You are right on!

Re Billy Jack - I have seen it, but I don't remember much of it - that was l o n g ago, however, this song still was stuck in my head from being all over the radio back then. All this crazy reminiscing is bringing things out of my cranial woodwork.
I actually put this one in here figuring you would get it - and you did! <clapping emoji that i don't know how to insert- LOL>

I'll bet you might be the only one who could answer #248 - give it shot!

[mr_lebowski]

654. Titles/Band in the Body, not the Subject line ... so others can guess :) Thx/Welcome :)

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

662. Oops, sorry

Thanks, I got it.

[Miles Archer]

634. "Our clothes are stained. We pass many cross-eyed people."

[Miles Archer]

635. "When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car. It cannot be controlled"

[Buzz cook]

637. There was an man a little ole man that-

lived in Montreal. With a wife and a kid
And a car and a house
And a teenage daughter...

[Freddie]

638. There's one for you, nineteen for me

Appropriate for today

[consider_this]

644. meet the...

Beatles - Taxman

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

641. We'll fight the powers that be just Don't pick our destiny cause You don't know us, you don't belong

From 1983....... Hard rock...

[consider_this]

645. Dance in the dark of night

sing to the morning light

I fully expect discntnt_irny_srcsm is going to get this one, due to a bit of a connection to the group in your post #605, and likely Mr. L too.

[mr_lebowski]

652. That song may bring the balance back ...

BRING IT BAAAACK!
BRING IT BAAAACK!

[consider_this]

668. Dead on!

I knew you would get it. Another Zep fave of mine.
(The connection to that Fairport Convention post is Sandy Denny vocal contribution.)

[consider_this]

650. Well, I'm takin' my time, I'm just movin' on

You'll forget about me after I've been gone

This was wicked good when it came out mid 70's - nothing much else like it at the time (except the entire album - ha!)

[mr_lebowski]

653. killing me ... i can totally sing this 'how it goes' but can't put mah finger on the song ...

Gimme a few more ...

[mr_lebowski]

655. Oh, shit ... the librarian I sent back to the shelves just returned ...

It didn't quite nail it 100% but it's telling me ... like ... it's More Than A Feeling or one of those songs from the first Boston album ...

Edit: Got it ... not MTAF ... it's "Long Time" ...

Also, it's 'moving along'

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

651. "And maybe it's the time of the year, yes and maybe it's the time of man.

And I don't know who I am but life is for learning."

The clue: recorded by a few different groups and singers, but the version I prefer was popular in 1970.

[mr_lebowski]

660. I wanna say it's like ...

Cat Stevens?

Father to Son, maybe?

Or maybe a CSN song? Can't quite put my finger on it ...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

663. Not exactly

Not Cat Stevens and not CSN cause you need to add a Y to that.

"We are stardust, we are golden, we are caught in the devil's bargain,"

[consider_this]

670. it is...

Woodstock

Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm
Gonna join in a rock and roll band
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

671. you got it again

Sadly, Max Yasgur died in 1973.

[mr_lebowski]

672. Oh, derp ...

Woodstock ...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

720. Written and recorded by Joni Mitchell and...

...covered by Matthews' Southern Comfort (I'm an Ian Matthews fan and was a bit depressed when he left Fairport Convention) and CSN&Y, which is my favorite version of the song.

[mr_lebowski]

657. They'll hurt me bad, but I don't mind ... they'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time ...

Classic 80's college rock ...

[mr_lebowski]

658. She said "It's cold, it feels like Independence Day, and I can't break away from this parade ...

But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me through this maze of ugliness and greed"

90's pop/rock hit ...

[Miles Archer]

666. Nice song, Jake.

The bard known to mere mortals as Jakob Dylan, Wallflowers, "One Headlight."

[mr_lebowski]

661. "And if a double-decker bus..."

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And I'm afraid, that's it, that's all the clue you get ... if I said one more lyric, it'd be even easier than it already is ... to anyone who knows the iconic song

Yeah, 80's.

[Miles Archer]

665. "Up to par, Katie buys a kitchen-size, but not me in..."

[mr_lebowski]

673. Heh-heh ... one of mah faves ... I won't name it so someone else can ...

I like to sing along in total mumbly jibberish ... ya know pretty much like he sings it ...

next line goes somethin' like ...

'sit an try for the big heat no wastin' time ... (song title)'

[Miles Archer]

674. "Rock Of The 80s."

Before MTV ran videos, Showtime had a program called "Rock Of The 80s," It was extremely cool...they had a revolving stage, so that when the first band finished, the stage rotated and there was the next band. The highlights I remember were Flock Of Seagulls, Jason & The Scorchers, and THIS band, those jangly boys from Athens GA. This was the first time I heard the song, and loved it immediately. Years later, the lyrics were available online. Up until then, I was guessing, with a word or two here or there that actually sounded like a word.

[mr_lebowski]

675. Oh, to be sure the only reason I knew your lyrics is I much later read the (supposed) lyrics online

If you'd posted 'em in 1984, 2 seconds after I'd listened to the song, I wouldn't have recognized them lol ...

I think I was pretty sure he said "sit and try for the big heat, no wastin time, (song title)" (which is about 1/2 right) and "that just isn't nothing at all" and "we could gather, throw a fit" and "get away from me" and "I can hear you, can you hear me" ... that was about all I was (pretty sure) of. I certainly didn't know wth he was saying in teh line you posted, and tbh I'm still not fully convinced the lyrics that are 'online' are 'right', they're not official/on an REM site or anything.

In case anyone's interested in what we're referring to ... I'll give it away with the track ... take a listen it's pretty damn hilarious how hard it is to make out what Stipe is singing ... not to mention, it's a stupid catchy, genius song and kinda encapsulates their early awesomeness (from their first LP, this one), IMHO ...

Come to think of it the song that proceeds it "Catapult" is nearly it's equal in the 'cryptic' department.

First time I heard Murmur I took in Side One & wasn't quite sure how much I liked it ... was still a bit of a headbanger at the time ... then flipped it to Side 2 and then Catapult/Sitting Still came on and I'z like "okay, I DO like these guys" ...

[FSogol]

678. "Well I savored many foreign kinds of delicacies, Intoxicated til I can't tell what the hell I could

see"

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

682. I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd You're gonna hear my voice When I shout it out loud

From 2000 (remember Y2K bugs?) only 18 years ago.

[mr_lebowski]

685. All your insides fall to pieces, you just sit there wishing you could still make love...

The early 90's, and quite possibly the most critically acclaimed band since their countrymen, The Beatles ...

And another hint ... 'nitrogen sickness' ...

[Heartstrings]

711. This one finally clicked....

Radiohead....
"High and Dry"
It's been a very long time since I've heard this tune....

[mr_lebowski]

712. ...

[Heartstrings]

713. I know you know #341

If you really think about it....

[mr_lebowski]

686. Ya hardly e'er saw grandaddy down here ... he only come a'town about a'twice a year ...

he buy a'hundred pound a'yeast and some copper line ... and e'erbody knew he'z makin' moonshine ...

[Heartstrings]

687. I got it, I got it, I got it!

I got your number on the wall....

Excuse if it's already been posted.

[consider_this]

698. 867

5309

eight six seven five three O ni-i-i-ne.

Jenny

someone else needs to say who sang that thang.

[Heartstrings]

699. Yes, have at it

We already know, right consider_this?

[consider_this]

700. i got the number

on the wall, but as much as i fully know the song, i actually do not know who sings it - ugh. 1/2 fail.

[mr_lebowski]

701. I didn't get the song so I'll at least get the artist for ya ...

At least, I THINK I know the dude's moniker ... is it ... Tommy TuTone

[consider_this]

703. that is ringing a bell

[Heartstrings]

706. The one and only, one hit wonder....

[Heartstrings]

688. Not sure if this one's been offered....

"Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades (oh no)
Don't masquerade with the guy in shades (oh no)"

[mr_lebowski]

689. For people of a certain age ...

That one's easy ...

Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart

[Heartstrings]

690. Heard it today...

It is easy for "people of a certain age"....sooooo true!

[Heartstrings]

691. Ok, another easy one (went on a road trip, can you tell?)

"She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one..."

[mr_lebowski]

692. C'mon, now ...

E'erone knows Billie Jean ...

[Heartstrings]

695. And you haven't got 687?

Thought for sure you'd get that straight up!

[mr_lebowski]

694. Lay my hands on heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars ... while the devil wants to f*** me

in the back of his car ... nothing quite like the feel ... of something new ...

Yeah, a deep cut from the huge-selling debut album (wanna say 1992-ish) of iconic 90's alternative group ... but if you've heard the album, you know this song ...

[Heartstrings]

696. Never got into this band, recognize the lyric tho

Nine Inch Nails....?

[mr_lebowski]

702. U got it ... I'll give ya the title ...

Song is called "The Only Time".

as in:

This is the only time I really feel alive ...

[Heartstrings]

697. 1997, one of my daughter's favorites.....rock

"You have so many relationships in this life,
Only one or two will last"

[consider_this]

704. she walks slowly...

across a young man's room.
She said I'm ready - for you

[Heartstrings]

705. Can hear it....

Pearl Jam...Vedder...such a distinctive voice.
Alive....

[consider_this]

707. Perfection!

[mr_lebowski]

714. I know someone else already got it, but I didn't look ...

So I'ma answer too ...

AND I can't remember, anything to this very day ... except blood ... blood ...

ah you know when, now I can't see, I just staaaaaare oh oh oh
i'm still alive ...

[empedocles]

715. Hi Fidelity

Stumbled on this thread late. Channel surfing last night, stumbled on the Cusack movie, High Fidelity. Resonance here.

[mr_lebowski]

719. Welcome! I love that movie ... I can totally relate to the Cusack character ...

IIIIIN YOOOOUUURRR EYES ...

Smoov ....

[Heartstrings]

716. One more from road trip, 1977...rock

"A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away?
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way?
When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret things we said today...."

[mr_lebowski]

717. Got this one ...

Chicago - If You Leave Me Now ...

[Heartstrings]

718. Yes!

[milestogo]

724. It's my world--you just a squirrel, tryin' to get a nut

A very romantic song.