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In reply to the discussion: Guess What Song The Lyrics Are From - NO GOOGLE CHEATING ... [View all]MissMillie
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Perhaps including some subtle hints like 'The Decade' and the 'Musical Style' should be mandated ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#8
Precisely ... my stepdad had both records ... I listened to 'em as a kid more than him ;)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#18
I'll give you hint ... but you have to be a REAL music nerd to NOT get thrown off by it ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#31
Alright last one ... and then I GOT to hit the sizzack ... so you're on your own w/this easy one ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#37
Gotta love that album ... can't believe I couldn't place this one, I knew I knew the song, but ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#114
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace (or something to that effect) ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#75
The first 'in' there ... makes no sense in context ... but if's that really it ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#92
New Thread Rule ... Please put answer/song titles in your message body not subject line
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#102
Good job ... thought that one would be guessed a bit faster, gotta admit. Welcome! (nt)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#312
An album track (not a single/hit) from an 80's stone-cold classic album ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#120
Yeah, and I didn't see them 3 times on the indoor leg of (that) tour in (spring of that year) ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#205
FINALLY someone knows what song I'm talking about ... We still need the song title tho
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#335
early 90's, a female (and in my book, one of the most powerful songs ever)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#136
Wow, nobody, really? Kay, I'll give it to ya ... just cause this song is so f***ing GREAT ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#445
you can blow out a candle ... but you can't blow out a fire ... once the flame begins to catch ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#158
its guilt-edged, its glamorous, its sleek by design you know, its jealous by nature false & unkind
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#167
with a problem this verdant, the royals should likely attack from both sides simultaneously ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#199
If you think it's fun to just let on that you know, but let the guessing continue, that's fine :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#210
"And I was just 13 when I had to leave home, knew I couldn't stick around, I had to roam...."
Heartstrings
Apr 2018
#188
Hell, that record and Sgt. Peppers were the first ones I ever 'owned' at like 7 yo ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#214
First record I bought w/my own cash was Kiss - Love Gun ... right after it came out ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#217
since we can't Google, I'm guessing the first time this charted was by Sammi Smith?
musette_sf
Apr 2018
#246
For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls ... is an undiscovered Howard Hughes
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#258
on the right track ... now if you know the first word of the song, you know the title ;)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#563
Ah, now I follow. U got it right, just move the answer to the body and I'm officially elated :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#600
you already got the title, now you just need the band ... and the fact you don't know ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#594
Bay Area Band that used to be awesome but has been a bit cheesy lately ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#265
we have a winner ;) of COURSE they're a Bay band ... what do you think (video below) is about?
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#452
Your Artist/Song Title answers should be in the message body please, not the subject line, TIA :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#292
"It's so easy to blow up your problems. It's so easy to play up your breakdown."
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#276
" You might not feel it now, but when the pain cuts through, you're gonna know"
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#281
It's a great gig opener on account of it being so dirt simple and the vocals so limited in range
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#289
Yeah, never quite 'got' the connection there ... hey, ever heard this one?
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#307
Glad you've enjoyed ... some folks have a mind attuned to remembering trivia, like lyrics ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#337
Thought of that too but that'd basically be the title of the song ... I love that album, BTW ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#360
People who thing Mayer is just some pretty-boy hack singer really couldn't be more wrong ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#376
You don't care much for a stranger's touch, but you can't hold your man
missingthebigdog
Apr 2018
#334
Great song, perfect music to accompany a lovely meal of shrimp on the barbie
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#344
At least in the US (not sure if you're here) it was released with the previously given (brief) title
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#352
Cool to hear alternative versions, thx. His voice is pretty low in this mix though, given the
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#370
yeah ... devastating, man ... i saw him on that tour about 1.5 months after the album came out ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#389
YEAH? NICE! I was right in the front, dead in front of Jason, 5 ft away & stood the whole time ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#396
Let me tell you bout the way she looked, the way she acted, the color of her hair
Freddie
Apr 2018
#387
you'll find the lyrics to the first song from that album (my fave zep tune) upthread
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#412
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert, but I can live and breathe...
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#408
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.
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#420
goin' 60's? Now my girl you're so young and pretty.. and one thing I know for sure..
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#432
"I argued with the judge, but the bastard wouldn't budge, 'cause he caught me making fudge..."
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#467
sadly while that clue 'sounds familiar' it doesnt help much, so,a few more good lines from the tune?
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#596
The only reason I didn't respond to this one is that I didn't want to "Bogart" the responses.
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#632
Thanks for your contributions ... And yeah, a thread this size I imagine ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#683
He said, "Christ!" It was funny how he named the only man who could save him now.
missingthebigdog
Apr 2018
#482
This might be just too easy, probably a couple different generations will know it
consider_this
Apr 2018
#484
and for super-extra bonus points, name the awesome song that's the exact same chord progression ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#543
*I* think they're an iconic band ... anywho that song is like EXACTLY the original question's answer
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#583
"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think god had a sick sense of humor"
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#521
Tell me, do you think it'd be all right if I could just crash here tonight.
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#504
When you're flying your flags, All my confidence sags, You got me packing my bags.
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#520
Answers in your message body rather than subject line, por favor ... welcome to the thread :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#556
okay, I added more hints to 5 songs I put up yesterday early afternoon (US AZ time) or friday ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#554
and they covered up the sun ... until the birds had flown away ... and the fishes in the sea ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#558
pffft ... you already know I this one ... so I'll give someone else a shot ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#581
I figgered ... and yeah I'm aaaaight ... keeping myself occupied, as you can see ... curating ;)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#584
i'll know as soon as someone gets it but not QUITE familiar enough w/either band in play there
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#586
wake up the dawn and ask her why, dream the dream she never dies, wipe that tear away now ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#587
i'm so tired of playing, playing w/this bow & arrow, gonna give my heart away, leave it to the ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#601
Titles/Band in the Body, not the Subject line ... so others can guess :) Thx/Welcome :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#654
"When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car. It cannot be controlled"
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#635
We'll fight the powers that be just Don't pick our destiny cause You don't know us, you don't belong
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2018
#641
killing me ... i can totally sing this 'how it goes' but can't put mah finger on the song ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#653
"And maybe it's the time of the year, yes and maybe it's the time of man.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2018
#651
They'll hurt me bad, but I don't mind ... they'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#657
She said "It's cold, it feels like Independence Day, and I can't break away from this parade ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#658
Oh, to be sure the only reason I knew your lyrics is I much later read the (supposed) lyrics online
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#675
"Well I savored many foreign kinds of delicacies, Intoxicated til I can't tell what the hell I could
FSogol
Apr 2018
#678
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd You're gonna hear my voice When I shout it out loud
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2018
#682
All your insides fall to pieces, you just sit there wishing you could still make love...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#685
Ya hardly e'er saw grandaddy down here ... he only come a'town about a'twice a year ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#686
Lay my hands on heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars ... while the devil wants to f*** me
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#694
Welcome! I love that movie ... I can totally relate to the Cusack character ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#719