I'll start with an easy one:
"Woke up it was a..........."

A guess abit of a hint is needed........ummmmm a football (Soccer) team that wears blue in the AM.......

Woke up it was a Internazionale Milano morning, and the first thing that I heard,
was Berlusconi weeping, and complaining of a fraud.


That's it isn't it?
I'm right. Yes, yes, yes?

right and clever too acc....

*LMAO* Ludd! You're not going to start with that song? Are you? Is this the King Missile song? Don't make me say the title in case I'm wrong. I don't want to embarrass myself. It has to do with a detachacble body part that comes in handy a lot of the time?

No, that's not it

McGuire I want a pint of what ever you're drinking...... ummmmmmmm song sung by a canadian who dated all 4 of a favourite group ( or at least 3 I think she left out a fellow canadian) and wanted to be Californian............

hmm Mac, we may need at least one or two more words...

I would give you a hint as to the singer but for that background noise from the hissing of warm grass..................

And this is supposed to be an easy one

ok ok I give in its Joni Mitchell singing Chelsea Morning

Come on who's next...I mean with a song not the album..lol....

Here's another....let's see who's on the ball t'day... Name of the song, and artist please... :)


"I met my old lover
On the street last night
She seemed so glad to see me
I just smiled
And we talked about some old times
And we drank ourselves some beers..."

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years

It reminds me of something that my old Uncle Garf used to sing, but I can't recall it exactly.
My mind can't settle down enough.
I'm still crazy after all those spammers.

*L* spam causes befuddlement.

"Still Crazy After All These years", Paul Simon, is indeed the song/artist. :)

How about anudda den... Try this one... *grins* And this time....name of song, and ORIGINAL artist/songwriter

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower

Dang....too damn easy, huh?! Okay, gonna cut down on the lines used. Try this one fer size..*L* Song and artist again...

"Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky."

Uhmmmm...Shine on you crazy diamond, Pink Floyd, Wish you were here album?

*trows hands in d'air...* Geez McGuire!

Okay... *cheeky evil smile*...let's see if y'know DIS ONE!... Same story...song and artist.

"Everybody, listen to me,
And return me, my ship.
I'm your captain, I'm your captain,
Although I'm feeling mighty sick.
I've been lost now, days uncounted,
And it's months since I've seen home.
Can you hear me, can you hear me,
Or am I all alone."

I was on a Ryan Air flight where the captain sang that over the intercom.

Lemme see.
Song: I used to be a cabin steward
Artist: Grand Funk Discount Airlines

I can hear you, but we're not listening. That's why they call it being marooned! *LOL* These are too easy. Sounds like Acc knows his Grand Funk Railroad ha ha...I hate that song!
I'm Your Captain? I'm feelin kinda sick meself

Here's an easy one and you're not getting much. Artist and song and as a bonus, the album *LOL*
"Really don't mind,
If we sit this one out..."

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick, from...ummmmm....fecked if I know what album.

Again...song and artist

"She's quite a mediator A smoother operator you will never see"

Uhhmmm,the album was Thick as a Brick.

Mac...they spammed us again!! Get yer guns and shoot the b'stards!

That's a Bob Seeger song. Trying to remember the title

Smart arse! *LOL* Yes it is originally a Bob Seger number. Damn you're good.

However....there is another version by Irish rock artist....and that is the one to which I refer...subtle changes in words in the remake...Darn good rock number.

Can't come up with the title though

Rosa Lee or Rose Lee or something like that?

Aye McGuire... "Rosalie" it is!

Okay, now it gets a little more difficult.

Along the drifting cloud the eagle searching down on the land
Catching the swirling wind the sailor sees the rim of the land
The eagles dancing wings create as weather spins out of hand
Go closer hold the land feel partly no more than grains of sand
We stand to lose all time a thousand answers by in our hand
Next to your deeper fears we stand
Surrounded by a millions years

Band and song title.

Well McGuire I could not get that on ebut I will raise you this one.....


It's a dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand
His son is working for the Daily Mail
It's a steady job
But he wants...............

Hey wheres Orin these days he never misssed on this thing bet he could get yours....... YES I believe he could

Hey McGuire did not get it so did a little cheat but I am like GW and the cherry tree I hiold my hand up

*faints with sheer shock of the magnitude of task*

I think I'm definately out of the running on this one! Very poetic, styley stuff ~ obviously one of the 'deep thinking' bands, not just good time rockers...*L*

I'm just going to throw caution to the wind and take a stab in the dark here... King Crimson?

Other than that, I'll pass it over to the bards of the house for discussion. *L*

Luddie...yours is easy... :)

Paperback Writer...Beatles

No Silk, but you're in the right genre. Yes you are *L*

*LOL* I can take a hint when I see it, Mac... YES I CAN! However I cannot think of what this song is, so I give up! YES I DO! ;)

"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"

Sponge Bob Square Pants?

Well, I'd like to tell you in a Roundabout way, but you need to keep guessing

Ummmmm based on the fact that you had a capital letter in the middle of that sentence, I suspect the song is none other than "Roundabout" ? *L*

*LOL* I just looked up Sponge Bob Square Pants! The dude is a cartoon kitchen sponge fer gawd's sake! Oh dear...the world really is in a bad way....

Oh... no, no, no, no.... my dear Silk one, Spongebob is a deep and philosophical understanding of mankind. You should watch an episode or two.

Deep, very very deep. Isn't that right Mr. Lad, sir?

SPONGEBOB FOR PRESIDENT!!!

Hey all you song guessers out here hers one from a group I lurvvveeeeeeeee;

No time no place to talk about the weather
The promise of love is hard to ignore
You said the chance wasn’t getting any better
Labour of love is ours to endure
The highest branch on the apple tree
It was my favourite place to be
I could hear them braking free
But they could not see me
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In ..............

or
Ice will melt, water will boil
You and I can shake of this mortal coil
It’s bigger than us
You don’t have to worry about it

Ready or not, here comes the drop
You feel lucky when you know where you are
You know it’s gonna come true
Here in your arms I remember

It’s ............


or even

Walking ’round the room singing
Stormy weather
At 57 mt. pleasant st.
Now it’s the same room but everything’s different
You can fight the sleep but not the dream
Things ain’t cooking in my kitchen
Strange affliction wash over me
Julius caesar and the roman empire
Couldn’t conquer the blue sky
There’s a small boat made of china
Going nowhere on the mantlepiece
Do I lie like a loungeroom lizard
Or do I sing like a bird released

Chorus
Everywhere.............

all the same group

Ludd, the last one is "Take the Weather With You", by Crowded House (Yay for Kiwi, Neil Finn!)

I shall need to tink a bit longer on the udder ones...*L*

*L* Sponge Bob for President?... whoa girl, y'all bin drinkin' way too much Hodge Podge!

...However, I suppose you may be correct, ...a kitchen sponge, probably WOULD have some sort of absorbing knowledge of mankind after layin' around in the soak of the kitchen sink. *L*

*Beam me up Scotty....HURRY!!!*

Okay Ludd...first one was "Private Universe", second one was "Tis only Naturale"...*L*

...by Crowded House of course...*LOL*

GO THE KIWI! *performs a HAKA to add dimension to the answer*

Well......
SpongeBob is actually a Sea Sponge
Hence the lyrics*Who lives in a pineapple under the Sea....?*
SpongeBob Squarepants.....
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345950/

SpongeBob is a sea sponge who lives with his pet snail, Gary, in a fully furnished, two bedroom...pineapple. SpongeBob's dream in life is to be the ocean's ultimate fry cook, and thanks to his job flipping Krabby Patties at the Krusty Krab, he lives that dream every day. SpongeBob is as optimistic and earnest as a sea-dwelling sponge gets, but he can't seem to avoid getting himself—and usually everyone else around him—into trouble. While trying too hard, he tends to do things wrong—really wrong—which usually spells disaster. But SpongeBob's always looking on the bright side of life, and his enthusiasm about just about everything make him downright irresistible
But Eeeeeekkk....I should have started a new discussion....sorry folks~

Hey Mick, Sponge Bob is actually a kitchen sponge that was adopted by two sea sponges, but raised as a sea sponge. *L* That's why he is square. (Sponge Bob Square Pants)

Sponge Bob would make a perfect president to lead a nation of sponges that sit in front of their TV's, soaking up all kinds of shite pumped out by the pop culture that stands in place of actual journalism. Go Sponge!

O.M.G. this is hilarious!

See, Mick understands me so much..... that's why I married him!

*swoons*

now now we are getting away from song lyrics I am going to have to say you have squezzed all the juice you can from sponge bob..............

I'll give you all the lyrics give me the singer:

It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer

Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come
There's a faraway look on the face of the bum
The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer
What a terrible place is a pub with no beer

The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat
He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer
When the barman says suddenly: "The pub's got no beer!"

There's a dog on the verandah, for his master he waits
But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear
It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer

Then in comes the swagman, all covered with flies
He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes
But when he is told he says, "What's this I hear?
I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer!"

Old Billy, the blacksmith, the first time in his life
Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife
He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, me dear"
Then he breaks down and he tells her that the pub's got no beer

It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer

Slim Dusty, Ludd. :) *L*

"Liberals dream of equal rights,
conservatives live in a world gone by...
socialists dream of a promised land..."

How bout this one, folks? circa 1971

Hmmm, should probably include the last line:
"but old ----- ---, was an ordinary man..."

and no looking it up online either...dat's cheating *G

The theme from "Daniel Boon", Celt? *L*

Either that or maybe it's a Joan Baez number?

Ah, here's a verse from a song which has always tickled my fancy ~ greatly! Would love to interpret it on canvas. Fantastic rock number, with exceptional guitarwork, and the band is Irish to boot!

"From the olden days and up through all the years
from Arcadia to the stone fields of Inisheer
Some say the Gods are just a myth
but guess who I've been dancing with...." ???

Name of song and artist pls.

can't get either

celt are you sure I can't cheat or do you measn I may not cheat

I am sure I coulod but are you saying I should not....................


pedant pedant pedant

singer song album???????????????

The continent of XXXXXXXXXXX was an island
which lay before the great flood
in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.
So great an area of land, that from her western shores
those beautiful sailors journeyed
to the South and the North Americas with ease,
in their ships with painted sails.

To the East Africa was a neighbour, across a short strait of sea miles.
The great Egyptian age is but a remnant of The Atlantian culture.
The antediluvian kings colonised the world
All the Gods who play in the mythological dramas
In all legends from all lands were from fair XXXXXXXXXX
Knowing her fate, XXXXXXXXXX sent out ships to all corners of the Earth.
On board were the Twelve:
The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
The magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends.
Though Gods they were -
And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new
Hail XXXXXXXXXXX
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,
I wanna see you some day
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,
My antediluvian baby,
My antediluvian baby, I love you, girl,
Girl, I wanna see you some day.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah
I wanna see you some day, oh
My antediluvian baby.
My antediluvian baby, I wanna see you
My antediluvian baby, gotta tell me where she gone
I wanna see you some day
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, oh yeah
Oh glub glub, down down, yeah
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah yeah yeah

Hey Ludd, Dunno the song, but am guessing it's got to be about Atlantis, from the general feel of the words. I'm gonna go cheat and look up. This one's got me stumped.

Donovan - Atlantis Way Down Below the Ocean

you guys ...love that song kinda cheessey but just love it

The end of the civil war was near...

I have no show on that one, Sorch! *LOL*

the night they drove old dixie down....know thats wrong but love that song

Okay, here's one from the 1970's, that shouldn't be too obscure...

"The mama pajama rolled out a bed
And she ran to the police station"

Me And Julio (down by the schoolyard) Paul Simon

aha, well looks like Ive stumped the panel on mine...twas the Kinks, from "Muswell Hilbilly" (their best LP)
Song is "Uncle Son" one of my all time faves...here's the whole ting:

"He was just a workin' man,
Simple rules and simple plans,
Fancy words he didn't understand,
He loved with his heart,
He worked with his hands.

Liberals dream of equal rights,
Conservatives live in a world gone by,
Socialists preach of a promised land,
But old uncle son, was an ordinary man.

Bless you uncle son,
They won't forget you, when the revolution comes.

Unionists tell you when to strike,
Generals tell you when to fight,
Preachers tell you wrong from right,
They'll feed you when you're born,
And use you all your life.

Bless you uncle son,
They won't forget you when the revolution comes."

The song that Ludd posted reminds me a bit of the old Gordon Lightweight parody of "Edmund Fitzgerald":

"O, the waves hit the boat and they all drowned like rats,
and their lungs, they filled up with WA-TER..."

*ducks*

Artist and song...

"Go on over there and turn on the light...no, all the lights
Now come back here and stand on this chair...that's right"

Randy Newman You Can Keep Your Hat on

Our hostess is not lasting - she's out on the floor


Okay now, I want the author and title.

momma told me not to come?

no, that would be Frankie who says that *LLL

You got it Ludd. Now, without looking, tell me the author of this tune and for a bonus, who made it famous in the early 70's?

"Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone...."

Artist/song pls. :)

McGuire, 3 Dog night made the song famous. The author...Hmmmmm....I'll leave that part for Luddie.

Silk, I'm guessing Bob Dylan and "The Times they are a changin' " Don't know if that is the official title or not...

You'll be surprised by the author. It was actually none other than Randy Newman

Right on the nail, Indie!!! Woo Hoo! *high fives the woman in blue!*

Randy Newman wrote "Mamma told me not to come"??...far out! I stand enlightened fer sure! Thanks Mac.

Okay, this one could prove very easy, and that's why y'all just gettin' one line to work on, so THERE!

"Her clothes are old but never are they dirty"

Artist/song as usual pls.

Stevie Wonder?

Livin for the City?

When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of a rover
From the murrays green basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my matilda all over
Then in nineteen fifteen my country said son
It’s time to stop rambling ’cause there’s work to be
Done
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
And they sent me away to the war
And the band played waltzing matilda
As we sailed away from the quay
And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the
Cheers
We sailed off to gallipoli

How well I remember that terrible day
the blood stained the sand and the water
And how in that hell that they called suvla bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter
Johnny turk he was ready, he primed himself well
He us with bullets, he rained us with
Shells
And in five minutes flat he’d blown us all to hell
Nearly blew us right back to australia
But the band played waltzing matilda
As we stopped to bury our slain
And we buried ours and the turks buried theirs
Then started all over again

Now those
In mad world of blood, death and fire
And for weeks I kept myself alive

Then a big turkish shell knocked me arse over tit
And when I woke up in my hospital bed
And saw what it had done, I wished I was
Dead
Never knew there were worse things than dying
no more I’ll go waltzing matilda
the green far and near
For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs
No more waltzing matilda for me

So they collected the cripples, the wounded
Maimed
And they shipped us back home to australia
, the blind insane
Those proud wounded heroes of suvla
And as our ship pulled into circular quay
I looked at the place where legs used to be
And thank christ there was nobody waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity
And the band played waltzing matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared
turned all their faces away

And now every april I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me
my old comrades, how proudly they march
Reliving dreams of past glory

The forgotten heroes a forgotten war
And the young people ask , what are they
Marching for?
And I ask myself the same question
And the band plays waltzing matilda
And the old men answer to the call
But year after year their numbers get fewer
Some day no one will march there at all

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
Who’ll a-waltzing matilda with me?

Sorry not a guess the song just an ANZAC day reminder

1) sixty-nine Chevy with a 396

2) flat bed ford

3) coupe de ville and a V-8 Ford

4) stingray and an Jag XKE

5) Ford Model A with a Lincoln motor vs a cadilac

6) Cobra leaves the stingrays and jags behind

Yep Mac...right yet again!

Ludd, do not apologize for the wonderful sentiment of rememberance ~ enjoyed seeing the ANZAC reminder. I have that very song on an audio tape given me by my Irish cousins. Very moving ballad indeed. ANZAC Day here started off a rainy one, but still the old soldiers came out to remember their comrades, as did their families and a newer generation who are keeping the memory of how freedom was attained, alive.

God bless the old soldiers who gave so much!

Teccy...
numma 1 is "Racing in the Street", Bruce Springsteen. (I have that album too, I'll have you know ~ Darkness on the Edge of Town)

numma 2 is "Take it Easy", D'Eagles.

numma 3 - Dunno
numma 4 - Dunno
numma 5 - Dunno
numma 6 - Dunno

Can't give y'too much on this one either!

"Hand out the arms and ammo, We're going to blast our way through here...

...We have got to get it together, We have got to get it together ...Now"

Artist/song pls

...here's one for the 'younger' nOggyites...

"And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and it lands on the ground
And out comes the man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars"

1) sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Racing in the Street", Bruce Springsteen

2) flat bed ford
Take it Easy J. Browne, Eagles etc

3) coupe de ville and a V-8 Ford
Little Red Corvette?

4) stingray and an Jag XKE
Dead Man's Curve?

5) Ford Model A with a Lincoln motor vs a cadilac Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen (covered by Asleep at the Wheel)

6) Cobra leaves the stingrays and jags behind
Hey Little Cobra?

Jeez Tec, did I get any of them right?

Silk, is this a Blondie song?
The name is......................................................................................SHEESH!!

Rapter, Rapper, Rapture maybe?

Yup Mr Mac, tird toime lucky ~ "Rapture" by Blondie.

Game to take a stab at the "Hand out the arms and ammo..." one? *grin*

And yet anudda... ;)

"...We'll kill the fatted calf tonight
So stick around
You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound"

Benny and the Jets Elton John

Okay, let's have a little fun. Since we're doing catagories, lets guess songs that never should have been written. I left out some of the worst if you can believe it (If you don't believe me, thin Barry Manilow, Celine Dionne etc.)

1. I'll break it down for you now, baby it's simple
If you be a nympho, I'll be a nympho
In the hotel or in the back of the rental
On the beach or in the park, it's whatever you into
Got the magic stick, I'm the love doctor "

2. There's this cute little girlie, she's a'workin' there
A black leotard and her feet are bare
I'm gonna drink a lotta coffee, spend a little cash
Make that girl love me when I put on some trash

3.Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison

4. It's a 7-11
Do you want to take a walk outside
If you want a burrito
You can have another bite of mine

And last, but perhaps least...
Are you ready for this one? *CRINGES*

5. Swingin' in there
Cause she wanted me to feed her
So I mixed up the batter
And she licked the beater

Okay gamers, good luck and try not to toss your cookies.

Oh Noooooooo...not the "never should have been written" catagory...NOOOOOooooooooo *chokes and splutters*

The only one I can pick up on is numero tree. "One Week" by barenaked ladies.

I leave the rest to the best...*L*

Yep...Benny and the Jets was correctamondo!

Artist/song pls.

"The cuervo gold
The fine columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing"

Steely Dan/Deacon Blues

Right band McG, but wrong song. Buzzzzzzzzzzz! Try again.

silk, thunderclap newman, something in the air

Mcquire 1 2 4 and 5 are correct
3) coupe de ville and a V-8 Ford
is not little red corvette perhaps you need motivatin.

Great going Teccy!

Mcguire is your name not Mcquire

silk steely dan FM?

Steely Dan is the correct band, but noooo...tis not FM. Think numerical values ;)

it is not HEY 19 so don't even try.

unless of course it is.

yep...that it be tec..."19"

I'm givin' half a point to McG, and a half to Tec ~ one has to be fair, doesn't one?!

Artist/song pls.

"You went uptown riding in your limousine
In your fine Park Avenue clothes
You had the Dom Perignon in your hand
And the spoon up your nose"

Yeah yeah yeah, I almost guessed 19 but one frickin Steely Dan song sounds like the other

Billy Joel/Big Shot

It's McGuire, Tec. No cues in my name

And what about me questions? No takers?

McGuire! Whaddphukaawhee? (*almost* New Zealand for "I say old chap, Who do you think we are?)

Wrappers or summthin? I gave y'numma tree, but y'know, one rap song juz sound like dah udda brudda. Y'think?! *L*

Oh... By the way...correct with Billy Joel/Big Shot.

Here's another... Same as always, Artist/song

"These mist covered mountains
Are home now for me
But my home is the lowland
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn to be...."

Here's an obscure one fer ye...

"Rosalie...we've been talking all evening
Possibly years I don't know
But I could not remember
Longer than last September..."

Artist & Song..? *G* mid 70's

Ooh...it's that song, y'know?, ...that was all about thingamee, and it goes like this *sings* ...but then gets better before the end! *L*

I'm out on this one.. :(

Okay...Artist, song, AND Movie?

"One shaft of light that shows the way,
No mortal man can win this day,"

Okay, there are at least 4 different questions unanswered here. Can we solve these before we move on to any more questions please? Sheesh. This is going to be all questions and no answers soon.

Okay...let's recap on the unanswered...

a) (Silk) "From the olden days and up through all the years
from Arcadia to the stone fields of Inisheer
Some say the Gods are just a myth
but guess who I've been dancing with...." ???

b) (Sorcha) The end of the civil war was near...

c) (McGuire) (Did anyone get any of these? Mac was my guess right on numma 3?

1. I'll break it down for you now, baby it's simple
If you be a nympho, I'll be a nympho
In the hotel or in the back of the rental
On the beach or in the park, it's whatever you into
Got the magic stick, I'm the love doctor "

2. There's this cute little girlie, she's a'workin' there
A black leotard and her feet are bare
I'm gonna drink a lotta coffee, spend a little cash
Make that girl love me when I put on some trash

3.Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison

4. It's a 7-11
Do you want to take a walk outside
If you want a burrito
You can have another bite of mine

And last, but perhaps least...
Are you ready for this one? *CRINGES*

5. Swingin' in there
Cause she wanted me to feed her
So I mixed up the batter
And she licked the beater

d) (Celt) "Rosalie...we've been talking all evening Possibly years I don't know
But I could not remember
Longer than last September..."

e) (Tec) (one left unanswered from five)

3) coupe de ville and a V-8 Ford

the only one can take a wild guess at is Celt's is it Rosalie Rosalie can I sing you a song?

I remember the tv-clip of that song Silk, The great, Lord Pan, is aliiiiiive.
by the Waterboys, yyyep *s*

A tenement , a dirty street
Remember worn and shoeless feet
Remember how you stood to beat
The way your life has gone...

I'll never forget that one *s*

Yesssssss Rolan!!! Woo Hoo! Y'hit the nail right on the head with the song young man! The title is in fact "The Return of Pan", but you are close enough for me to give you the victory! Well done, it seemed to have stumped the rest. *grin*

Not that anybody cares, but here is the answer to my questions (s) *LOL*

1. I'll break it down for you now, baby it's simple
If you be a nympho, I'll be a nympho
In the hotel or in the back of the rental
On the beach or in the park, it's whatever you into
Got the magic stick, I'm the love doctor
50 Cent/title Candy Shop

2. There's this cute little girlie, she's a'workin' there
A black leotard and her feet are bare
I'm gonna drink a lotta coffee, spend a little cash
Make that girl love me when I put on some trash
B 52's/Love Shack

3. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
Barenaked Ladies/One Week

4.It's a 7-11
Do you want to take a walk outside
If you want a burrito
You can have another bite of mine
Pete Yorn/Burrito 2003

5. Swingin' in there
Cause she wanted me to feed her
So I mixed up the batter
And she licked the beater
Warrant/Cherry Pie 1990

I win, I win....I'm the only one who guessed one of McG's songs. Just please do NOT send me the the goddamn CD of them! *tosses the questions to the alligators, so they shall never be seen again!*

Okay...back to the quiz recap... Still 6 to be answered:

(Sorcha's) The end of the civil war was near...

(Celt's) "Rosalie...we've been talking all evening Possibly years I don't know But I could not remember Longer than last September..." Tec has answered the name of the song as :"Rosalie Rosalie can I sing you a song?" But has given no artist with that. We await Celt's deliberation.

(Tec - one left unanswered from five) "coupe de ville and a V-8 Ford"

(Silk) "These mist covered mountains
Are home now for me
But my home is the lowland
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn to be...."

(Silk - Song/Artist and Movie pls) "One shaft of light that shows the way, No mortal man can win this day..."

(Rolan - New one) A tenement , a dirty street Remember worn and shoeless feet Remember how you stood to beat The way your life has gone...

ok, I'll give you answer to mine:

"Everything Merges With the Night" by Brian Eno,
album "Another Green World" 1975, one of his best
*G*

rolan is it The Days of Pearly Spencer?

You got it right Ludd, this is it, by David McWilliams, now in the grace of our Lord. He departed not long ago I think, but yet, his song remains... Silk! I love the song, the return of Pan, I know it was the Title, You see him on a ship, in a thunder storm, the very night that I forgot the rest a bit maybe it is Christ was born, sailors heard from overhead Pan is dead long live pan from arcadia to the storm fields of inishere, some say that gods are just a myth, guess whom I've been dancing with, the great, lord pan... is aliiiiiiiiiive

Silk...... Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits.... :)

Never should have had to try so hard to make a love work out, I guess
I don't know what love has got to do with happiness,
But the times when we were happy
Were the times we never tried

Author/song

"Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder where the years have gone?
They have all passed under sleep's dark and silent gate", Great Lyrics by Jackson Browne.

I'll have to think of a worthy contender :)

You're spot on Ghost

"Now some they do and some they don't,
and some you just can't tell.
and some they will and some they won't,
with some it's just as well" - Artist & Song please :)

"Bros in arms" is correct Ghost. :)

I've a mental block on your one Ghost! I know I've heard those lyrics many times over the years, but do you think I can make the connection? Nup. Maybe after good night's sleep, if it's not already gone by then! I'll be back in the marnin'.

Is it Paul Simon?

Is it Frank Zappa?

Sorry neither is correct....... it is a Group

Hintus please Ghost

listen, I posted this once before and I'll post it again, I heard this song years ago and only a couple of times. Know nothing about it nor am I sure if all the lyrics are correct, but if you can help me through, Tir's you'll be the best. Ok, here it is:
Living in the night in another place and time
She knew he had to dye, waiting for her lover trying not to cry, Camelote (or Pamela don't remember anymore *sniffff*)
Ok, now please help me through, never forgot this song, and yet didn't find anything close to it even. Thanks again, love you all!

Was that Camelot or cameltoe? Maybe you're thinking of Pamela Anderson?

it was Maybelline in the Coupe de Ville, being persued by Chuck Berry

Ghost's sounds familar to me as well.

A Clue?....... If Silk flies North East for about 8,500 miles and then eats her cornflakes, she should know where to look! :)

ghost you have invented the cryptic guess that song

Something in California...Grateful Dead? Fleetwood Mac? Quicksilver Messenger Service?

supertramp breakfast in america?

I knew that! *L*....of course...Supertramp!

"Someone falls to pieces
Sleeping all alone
Someone kills the pain
Spinning in the silence
She finally drifts away"

Song/artist pls

Well, Ludd you got the clue 100% right.
Breakfast in America by Supertramp is where to LOOK. So, the Artist is correct but the track is still to be found :)

"I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home.
I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here
We must have died along, a long long time ago.".... a little something for the older members of our clan!

Silk,

"And to be yourself is all that you can do
and to be yourself is all that you can do"

is the chorous of you song but I don't remember who did it or what it is called.

hand the baton to someone else ............

*wide eyed!* Ghost! You scallywag you! Yes, the chorus is indeed correct! I'll give it a bit longer before I leap in to reveal song name *L* and artist...just in case. Great song, and many more goodies on the album it comes from too!

As fer your one...I'm picking it to be David Bowie, "The Man who sold the World"??? (Last line gave it away)...and I AM NOT OLD! *lol*

Okay, here's one, but pleaaaase if anyone knows anything about the song I posted up there, I would truly appreciate it...
Silk, I'm sure you gonna know that one:
"Once the earth was a garden
It gave us all we need
Then it grew so barren
All because of greed"
I llllove it!

Nope Roly, y'got me on that one! Sounds kinda hippy-ish tho. :) Big stab in the dark here ~ ouch! ~ Joan Baez?...or Grateful Dead, or Crosby Stills and Nash???? Dunno sorry.

aaaaaa.....nnnnope *G*

Hey Rolan is it Joni Mitchell ?

Is this a 10,000 Manianc's song?

Okay Rolan, I dug through my old, scratched up LP's and found a Jefferson Airplane record called Sunfighter. Lo and behold, there was your song, called Earth Mother. Talk about obscure. That was a good one!

Oh my god I have that album

When you listen to the words sung it always seems so obvious.

Rolan you can buy it on CD

Here's an oldie. Get out your brown rice and beads! Artist/song pls.

"...For standing in your heart
Is where I wanna be
And I long to be..."

I've had the blues,
The blacks,
And the pinks,
One thing for certain...

Band/Song

Sorry Silk, no clue on yours

Dammit I hate it when this happens!!!..the lyrics sound familiar yet again, but I'm drawin' a blank right now. Tink I need to go hang upside down a while and let the blood refresh to the brain *L*.

Instead I shall be creative... The blues, blacks and pinks of rock would have to be,

Blue Oyster Cult...
Black Sabbath...
Pink Floyd...

Nope!

ah but i may as well try and catch the wind

Donovan

Yep! Good one Ludd.

J. Geils Band/Love Stinks

That's it McG

How about a hint Silk? Would that be a Corr's song?

Dave,

Luddie answered my last one correctly. The artist was Donovan, and although the title wasn't quite 'spot on the dot', it's too close to not let him have the point. *L* ...title being, "Catch the Wind".

I think Donovan also did Mellow Yellow too, did he not?...y'know, the song about Electric banana's *rolls eyes*. Think he also did "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (liked that one), and "Jennifer Juniper"(Didn't like that one) Those are the only ones I know to be Donovan's.

"Catch the wind" brings back memories of when I was a fresh 18 year old, hanging with a few older hippies. (My siblings are all quite a bit older than me, so I tended to relate better to an older age group than my own). Catch the Wind was one of the favourites for singing around fireside, with few ales a few laughs and a guitar. *sigh*...back when life was simple. :)

WOW! What do all these songs have in common?????

"Lick my decals off, baby"
"I Wanna Find A Woman That`ll Hold On To My Big Toe Till I Have To Go"
"The Clouds Are Full Of Wine (Not Whiskey Or Rye)"
"My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains"
"Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles"
"Big Eyed Beans From Venus"
"Beatle Bones `N` Smokin` Stones"
"Gimme Dat Harp Boy"
"Zig Zag Wanderer"
"Grown So Ugly"
"Hey Garland Idig Your Tweed Coat"
"The Thousandth And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem"
"Semi Multicoloured Caucasian"
"Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish"
"The Dust Blows Forward `N The Dust Blows Back"
"Old Fart at Play"
"She`s Too Much for My Mirror"
"Bills Corpse"
"A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A "Diamond"
"Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My knee"

Uhhhhhhmmmmm...yes, that's correct, they win Silk's blue ribbon prize for world's most 'interesting' song titles!

Anyone ever heard of these guys? I stumbled over them tonight and have NEVER heard of them. Band is called "Captain Beefheart" *LOL* Kinda way out music ~ very artsy :O

Captain Beefheart was a cohort of Frank Zappa

Well that about explains everything! *LOL* Thanks Guest.

Look into Frank Zappa's Apostrophe. Probably one of his better works. It is a bit silly lyrically, but the music is top notch Jazz/Rock Fusion. Not for the Pop of heart and definitely not for the members of the Brittany Spears/Jessica Simpson/American Idol fan clubs.

Yeah Silk, My second song was "Man who sold the world / David Bowie (or Lulu who had a hit with it in UK). My first song was "Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp (and it was on the "Breakfast in America" album :)

"All you need is understanding,
ring the bell and let the people know,
we're so happy and we're celebrating,
let your feelings show"

BIG CLUE
It's one of those tracks that when you realise what it is, you think "I loved that!! and wow, it was the best video ever.... 10 years before 'Pop videos' became the norm".

From the solo work of Deep Purple's bass player

Roger Glover/Love is all you need

Well Done Dave!!

"Love is all" is the track from the album "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast". Ronnie James Dio did the vocals :)

Are you sure that you did not mean -
"I've had the blues, the REDS and the pinks"?
If so that is "Love Stinks" (I think the J.Geils band did it but I'm not certain).

You're right Ghost. My mistake. It was red, not black

What do I do when lightning strikes me
And I wake to find that you're not there

Artist/Song Title

ummm think it is elton john

Right artist, but what's the song?

Sorry seems to be the hardest word...(but don't know if that is the real name of the song or not...)

That's it

"As she abused the sausage patty...
and said "why don't you treat me mean?"

*LLL*

Frank Zappa/St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, from Apostrophe.

I hear ya laughing. Figures I'd be the one to know this song ha ha.

Evil twin

"We never talked about it
But I hear the blame was mine
I'd call you up to say I'm sorry
But I wouldn't want to waste your time"

Sky of blue
Sea of green

song/band

The first one doesn't ring a bell, Guest, but the second is:

Yellow Submarine/Beatles

Yellow Sub is right

"And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, were gonna vent our frustration
If we dont were gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"

The Rolling Stones/You Can't Always Get What You Want

Yup

"I had money, and I had none
I had money, and I had none
But I never been so broke
That I couldn't leave town"

Eagles?

No Luddie. Hmmmm...a wee hint maybe? :)

Who's that knocking upon my...

david essex?

texas radio and the W.A.S.P ?

Twas brillig and the slimy tothes did gyre and gimble in the wabe
all mimsy were the borogroves and the momes grab outgrabe
beware....................

Guest, your song is not THE one, BUT you are close, as Texas Radio and the W.A.S.P. comes from the same album... *s*

Ludd!! what the feck is that one of yours about? Sounds like something from Primetime Whackyland late night Hoo Doo show! (...n' don't ask me where that popped up from, neither!) :O

Jabberwocky/Lewis Carroll

L,A Woman the Doors?

Silk McGuire is right and there is a fantastic version of it as a song by Donovan

it was raining hard in 'frisco, woke last night to the sound of thunder, the roof is leaking and the wind is howling, don't complain it rains for me and you.

Okay Ludd...you are on the right album and band! LA Woman by The Doors...but the song is "The Changeling" :)

Guest, is yours Paul McCartney's "Mamunia"

silk 25%

Gawd, that brought back memories! I'm now enjoying my Band on the Run album....*LOL*

*sings...* Helennnnnnn....Helen Wheel....

Helllllllll onnnnnn wheeeeelsssss......*LOL*

Great album "Band on the Run"....*wanders off to the garage...*

Guess I wasn't the best one to ask,
Me, myself pressed up against love's glass
Like a shiny toy, I'd been hopeing for
The one I never could afford...

The wild world spins and spits termoil
and the Nations toil for peace
The paws of fear upon her chest
only love can cure the beast...

~anybody know this one?

Well that is absolutely freaky Ms Indie! I have just been listening to the artist of your song tonight for the very first time!!! I will keep mouth shut for now, and see if others can guess. Beautiful song btw!! :)

Indigo Girls/Not sure of the title

It's all a game,
'Cos inside I'm just the same,
My fried egg makes me sick
First thing in the morning.

Author/Title
and for a bonus, what album?

..and the full passage goes...

I'm coming down
Got home on the very first train from town.
My dad just left for work
He wasn't talking...
It's all a game,
'Cos inside I'm just the same,
My fried egg makes me sick
First thing in the morning

That is "Cut My Hair" by The Who, from the ever famous rock opera album, "Quadrophenia" :) It would be a rather good theme for exploration in paint too.

*wanders off to track down a zooter*

I went out to get a drink of water
But I saw an ocean far away
I thought of how much beyond awaits me
Foolishly I turned my head the other way

Song/Artist

One for silk just name the singer


Girls on the avenue, Their tryin' to get you in
Strollin' by with a rose bud smi-ile
They-re all dressed up to kill
Lean on the window sill
Lookin' your way with ey-eyes of fire
But don't you sli-ip
Don't you sli-ip in love with the girls on the avenue

Friday night, we see the girls on the avenue
Like a child at big store windows, you feel confused
So many girls on the avenue-ue

Girls on the avenue, Know how to get you in
Casting out si-igns like drinks from a ha-at
All the miss lonely hearts
Ooh, they look awful hard
And sometimes they seem as fragile as gla-ass
But don't you sli-ip
Don't you sli-ip in love with the girls on the avenue

Friday night, we see the girls on the avenue
Like a child at big store windows, you feel confused
So many girls on the avenue-ue

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Don't you sli-ip, don't you sli-ip
In love with the girls on the avenue

Friday night, we see the girls on the avenue
Like a child at big store windows, you feel confused
So many girls on the avenue-ue

Don't you sli-ip, don't you sli-ip, In love with the girls on the avenue
Don't you sli-ip, Right now boys don't you slip
In love with the girls on the avenue-ue
Bah-hoo, bah-hoo, bah-hoo
Ah don't you slip, Right now boys don't you slip
In love with the girls on the avenue
Bah-hoo, bah-hoo, bah-hoo
In love with the girls on the avenue

Mate!!! That's n' Ocka jingle if I ever heard 'un!! *LOL*... Richard Clapton (no relation to my hero, Eric...) 'Fraid I wasn't a big fan of Dickie-boy, Ludd, however, I'm sure he had a following (probably all the Girls on the Avenue! ROTFLMAO!)

Okay...here's one that's probably gonna prove FAR too easy, but it's worth the time spent because it is superb.

It was originally done by a band o' the 1960/70's, but was re-released and slaughtered by a band o' the 1990's.

"But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be"

Original artist/song pls.

The Who/Bargain

Not Bargain, McGuire. However, the title does start with the letter "B" *L*

Sorry, didn't sing it far enough

Behind Blue Eyes

Spot on this time McGuire.

Have they lost their heads
Or are they just all blind mice
We've heard all their stories
One too many times
Hypnotized by fireflies
That glow in the dark
Midgets that disguise themselves
As tiny little dwarfs
The parade that's electrical
It serves no real purpose
Just takes up a lot of juice
Just to impress us

"Tragic Kingdom" by No Doubt

"Mary, Mary your on my mind,
The folks are gone and the place'll be mine,
Oh, Mary, Mary wanna be with you,
And this is what I'm gonna do,
I gonna put a call to you,
Coz' I feel good tonight,
And everything's gonna be right, right, yeah"

Artist/song pls

INXS/Good Times

If Ali Kasali shall know that I'm stirring inside
If Ali Kasali shall know that I'm trying to hi-i-i-ide...


Group/Song

INXS is correct

"...eggs and sausage,
and a side of toast...coffee and a roll--
hash browns over easy...chili in a bowl..."

Eggs And Sausage? I do believe that's Ricky Lee Jones' husband, Tom Waits

That's almost as obscure as the one I posted, which nobody has figured out yet...

Here's a hint, it's by a band that started up in San Fransisco with the likes of the Grateful Dead and Moby Grape ha ha. One of the first bands to feature an electric violin

quicksilver messenger service?

Good guess Ludd, but not right.
These peope are actually still around to some extent. They had a top forty hit with a song about a bird, popular in the early seventies. The electric violin playing is key. The front man played violin and sang lead, male vocals. The song I from which I quoted is from their first album, titled after the name of the group.The name of the group is the same as the title of a recent hit song by U2

It's a Beautiful Day?

Hey Dave, that's right! Now what's the song?

righto O my evil twin... *G* Tom Waits, from the "Nighthawks At The Diner" LP...his best one

and I'm still stumped at your psychedelic one....hmmm..Electric Prunes...?

no, I guess U2 hasnt done a song by that name *L

Dave got the name of the band, which is "It's a Beautiful Day." The song was the last song on the second side of the first album. The top forty song from that album was called White Bird.

Okay, I'm going to look it up on the internet. This one looks like it has everybody stumped.

"Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with...."

Artist/song

Some underworld spy or the wife of your best friend, wife of your best friend,
You're soo vain...

Carly Simon/You're so vain

You go Dave!

Carly Simon is correct.

I wonder how your feeling
There's ringing in my ears
And no one to relate to 'cept the sea

Artist/song

Okay, here goes, I think the song by It's A Beautiful Day is:

Girl With No Eyes

Sorry McGuire, but you are wrong about it being the last song on the second side of the album, it is the last song on the first side of the album.

Whoa Dave, that's kinda harsh man! Just kiddin. Now that you point it out to me, I realize you are correct.

I think that the guest's song is Peter Frampton/Show Me The Way?

Frampton/SMTW is correct

I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view

Artist/Song

Aieee Jackson Browne

They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat...

Think that was punk rock band, The Ramones? They're all dead now I think?

That Jackson Browne song is called, For a Dancer

Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor

yep, classic Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop" *G

Are all of them dead?

I think that 3 of 4 are gone...Johnny and Joey had cancer, and Dee-Dee died of an OD a few years ago

McGiure The pretender J Browne

What Christy moore song about an irish music festival mentions Jackson Browne?

"Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
I through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder"

Song and artist?

hey mcguire I answered yours how about mine?

Begins with L.

I'm stumped Ludd, but you are correct on the answer to mine. How about a hint?

No takers on mine so I'll disclose the info. The excerpt is from the band Foreigner and their song "I wanna know what love is", which interestingly was their only number 1 hit and was critically different to all their previous rock works. A Gospel style ballad, it was backed by the most impressive vocal punch of the New Jersey Mass Choir.

:)

Okay...anudda..

"Youll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley"

Song/artist

Fields of Gold/Sting

Correct McGuire. :) ...and from the wonderful album, "Ten Summoner's Tales", which in my opinion, is a masterpiece amongst his works.

Here's one from a top singer/songwriter talent, who made a sudden major change which altered the direction of his career. Bonus points for what the major 'change' was.

"Mary dropped her pants by the sand
And let a parson come and take her hand
But the soul of no body knows
Where the parson goes, where does the parson go?"

Song/Artist...and bonus question above.

cat steven. now josef islam or something like that longer boats might be the title

Cat Stevens, "Longer Boats" is correct, Guest. Cat changed his name to Yusuf Islam, after he became a Muslim to follow his chosen faith, Islam.

"...the nearer your destination, the more your ____ ____ ____"

Song/Artist

the nearer your destination, the more you're slip slidin away

Slip Slidin'Away/Paul Simon

"I really wanted a raise..."

Celt, you don't deserve a raise! ;) *LOL*

McGuire, correct again, as always! :)

When I look up to the skies I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow.
I rush home to bed I soak my head, I see your face underneath my pillow.
I wake next morning, tired, still yawning, see your face come peeping through my window.

Song/Group

Okay, no points for naming any group that has covered this song since it was originally put out. It has to be the original group!

For a bonus, name the Nicholas Cage movie that had part of the name of the song as the title.

Easy peasy, Mac. That is "Pictures of Matchstick Men", originally by Status Quo.

I wouldn't have a clue about hte movie bonus tho.

"I can see her lyin back in her satin dress
In a room where ya do ___ ___ ____ _______"

Song/Artist

what you don't confess

Gordon Lightfoot, but can't remember the song. Sundown? Or Sundown you better beware?

Yep. Gordon Lightfoot/Sundown.

Okay...think Rock...think Late 1960'...1970's...to present day. Think progressively...*L*

"The checkerboard of nights and days -
Man will die, man be saved.
The sky will fall, the earth will pray,
When judgment comes to claim its day."

Wishbone Ash? OMG I haven't even thought of them in a long time. Coming of the King or something like that. Kingdom Come? The King will Come? Used to be one of my favorite albums. Argus? Throw Down the Sword. Great record!

Yes :) The album is indeed Argus by Wishbone Ash, and the song is "The King Will Come". That album is awesome.

Try this one then. This time, an American lady of rock who pretty much ruled the 1980's. Two hints - She began her career as an opera singer and the song in question was released in 1988, and was used as a theme song here in NZ for the game of Rugby.

It's essential to have the volume up for this one! *g*

"Aint nobody livin, in a perfect world
Everybodys out there, cryin to be heard
Now I got a new fire, burnin in my eyes
Lightin up the darkness, movin like a meteorite"

Song/Artist

Madonna?

Not ringing a bell yet.

Not Madonna, but not a bad sort of guess given I'm hinting at the 1980's.

My Lady won 4 grammy awards for 'Best Rock Vocal Performance' between 1980 and 1983, and was nominated for another 4 during the 1980's.

She was born, Patricia Mae Andrzejewski, in Brooklyn, New York. :O

Pat Benetar..? dont know the song but sounds like her attitude

Pat Benetar! I was so not thinking her. I have this on a cassette *LOL*

Fired Up? or All Fired Up?

Yes gentlemen. Start your engines! It was indeed, "All Fired Up" by PAT BENATAR. *L*

What an awesome punchy song. I love drivin' to that track.

Okay (sheesh...I'm having fun here, going through my music collection...) Here's yet anudda...

A singer/songwriter who by telling the story of ordinary everyday 'Merican's kinda became one of America's icons himself (...well, that's the way it looked from New Zealand at least). According to the info I read, he had 13 Grammy Awards! Pretty good haul really.

"So youve been broken and youve been hurt
Show me somebody who aint
Yeah, I know I aint nobodys bargain
But, hell, a little touch up and a little paint"

Song/Artist

Human Touch? Springsteen, I believe

Yes. That's it McG.

Okay...This one is an oldie, but I have to admit, I never really liked the original version, but when I heard the Annie Lennox remake, I was a satified customer. ...but then, I love Annie Lennox to pieces, so I'm a bit biased here. ;)

"Old man lyin
By the side of the road
With the lorries rollin by
Blue moon sinkin
From the weight of the load
And the buildings scrape the sky"

Original Artist/song

Isn't going through your music collection a stirring thing to do! Music makes memories, there is no doubt about it. :)

The annoying, falsetto voice of Neil Young sings this dreary tune that tells us, Don't Let It Bring You Down. Jaysus Neil, how can it not?

I'm a roaming cowboy, riding all day long
Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song.
Nights underneath a prairie moon,
I ride alone and sing a tune.

Okay kids, name the song, the original group that performed it and the author. I'll be satisfied if you can get the first two.

Bonus question: What famous cowboy, later part of a duo, was in this singing group?
Hint: It ain't the Backstreet Boys

Aye, y'roight agin. Neil Young and "Dun led id brung y'doon". I expect there are folk out there who enjoy NY's version... *scratches head* I expect???

Oh well. Rolling right along....

:O !!! Cowboy? Tumbleweed? Prairie Moon? QUICK!...SOMEONE!!!! CALL d'PARAMEDICS! Oi tink McGuire's havin' a country/western attack!

...fecked if I know this 'un....*saunters off to the dark corner and rests quietly to see who owns up to knowin' this".

Hank Williams...?

Here's a hint: The famous cowboy is also known as the "King of the Cowboys."

Gene Autry perhaps...*L you can tell I ain't no country fan

I'm no country fan either, but this goes back to childhood and Saturday morning television. Gen Autry is a good guess, but not right. The cowboy's horse was almost as famous as the cowboy himself.

Would the cowboy's horse be Flicker?

Nope, but you're getting warm

I am COMPLETELY guessing here... Would the horse be "Trigger", and if so, then the singer would be Roy Rogers?

That's correct! You have the bonus question, now, what is the song title, the group that sang it and the author? None of these answers repeat themselves.

I'm a roaming cowboy, riding all day long
Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song.
Nights underneath a prairie moon,
I ride alone and sing a tune.

Okay kids, name the song, the original group that performed it and the author. I'll be satisfied if you can get the first two.

Bonus question: What famous cowboy, later part of a duo, was in this singing group?

Tumbling Tumbleweeds...Sons of the Pioneers... and I think it is Roy Rogers who was a part of that group....He and his famous horse Trigger put me in the hospital once...

That's all correct and yes, Roy sang with the Sons of the Pioneers. Now the author of the song?

The Author? ...Mr Ed? He was a clever horse, of course! *LOL*

Leavin' the sand, wind and ghost towns, I'm heading back to the genre of rock music.

Here's one from the 1960's, and probably my most liked song by this singer.

"I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it!.."

Song/artist

Piece of my Heart/Joplin?

Yup. Very cool, McG.

hello son I hope you're having fun
you've got it wrong sir I'm only the cleaner

ONLY the cleaner? ONLY THE CLEANER!!!????

*Beats guest over the head with toilet brush, steals his/her keyboard* hahahaha...

That is Genesis, from 1976. "Robbery, Assault and Battery"

City lights are oh so bright, as we go sliding
Sliding
Sliding through.

These have been too easy


Song/Artist

I know this song, but I'll let someone else take a whack at it for a change. My sister loves this band, and has the DVD of the performance/movie of the same name as this song.

(Did I give too much away there, McG?...*L*)

Nah. I was thinking that you and I should recuse ourselves from playing because we know way too many songs and almost nobody else seems to be playing

Here's one from one of my favourite TV series...

"Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see....."

Oh, I know this, lets see...

Suicide Is Painless? Or something like that. It's from the tv series M*A*S*H, right? No idea who wrote it

Yeppers. M*A*S*H* is correct.

Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins.I'm sitting in a railway station with a ticket for my destination. Hey mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed? "Son," he said "Grab your things, I've come to take you home."

yes it was robbery assault and battery

Dunno why but I'm hearing lyrics from several different songs here...*L* (one too many whines?)

"Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock as the day begins" is from The Beatles ~ "She's leaving home"

"I'm sitting in a railway station with (got) a ticket for my destination is from Paul Simon ~ Homeward Bound.

"Hey mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?" is from The Band ~ "The weight"

and...

"He said, "Grab your things, I've come to take you home" is from Peter Gabriel ~ "Solsbury Hill".

Okay...I can't help it! Too irresistable to ignore!

here's an oldie but a goodie...

"When I woke up this morning, things were looking bad,
seemed like total silence was the only friend I had
a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down, and won
and it was half an hour before I realized I was havin' no fun
but fortunately, I have the key to escape reality..."

oops, "half an hour" should actually be "twelve o' clock"...sorry!

Couldn't pick that one atall!...however I must say, I love the line there, the one about "A bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down, and won"...*LOL* Now I'm off to look it up.

McGuire, tis all yours to disect this time around.

Illegal Smile?/Chris Christopherson or John Prine? I always get those two mixed up

you hardly need me to tell you that you were 4 for 4 Silk

Whats her name? is that her there? oh christ hes even combed his hair. If My eyes don't deceive me theres something going on around here. There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung and the only one getting fat is Mama Cass.

1."Chuck E's in Love" - Rikki Lee Jones

2."Is she really going out with him" - Joe Jackson

3."Kung Foo Fighting" - can't remember the singer.


I can sort of hear that last one in my head but can't get it sorted. Is it The Mama and Papa's?...but can't remember the song title.

A Classic jazz singer, a flirty little song from way back, and still a great number to dance to!

"Sun lights up the daytime,
Moon light's up the night..."

Song/artist

Captain smith and pocahontas
Had a very mad affair

Fever/lots of people did this...Peggy Lee, Nancy Sinatra, Ray Charles, Diane Krul, Madonna, Beyonce, Kylie Minogue...to name a few

True Mac. I did, of course, mean Peggy Lee however. Great song.

Okay, here's another from my fav's collection...

"Some people live with the fear of a touch
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie... "

Song/artist pls

I believe this is a Billy Joel song, but I can't think of the name of it.

Correct! Billy Joel 'tis! ...but now the title?

Innocent Man...

as usual Mac got it right, Illegal Smile by John Prine *G

Yikes!! I better stop playing

That's the one Indie! Innocent Man is correct, and what a classic and beautifully delivered song.

Okay...get yer boogie boots on, here's another iconic American band that rates highly in my collection...this one should be easy peasy! *L*

"I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log
Than to be in atlanta, georgia, treated like a dirty dog"

Song/artist

I know it, but I'm not saying cause I want to give somebody else a chance

Woman made a fool outta me...

Y'got it Mac. Now let's see if anyone else is up with the play?

the other one was Creeque Alley, by the Mamas and the Papas

My best old exfriend Ray put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show crossing the road late one night didn't look left and he didn't look right, just a prisoner of the white lines the fine white lines on the freeway.

1. ? (still working on this one)

2. Ode to Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry (Classic Southern US Ballad telling us about the goings on of Chocktaw Ridge)

3. ? (still working on this one)

4. Coyote - Joni Mitchell (You just picked up a prisoner of the white lines of the freeway - classic Joni)

*wanders off to work*

It finally clicked for me after accidentally playing the damn thing just now! How freaky is that!....that first one is one I should have known!!!! Grrrrr...."My best old exfriend Ray" is from the Jim Croce song, "Operator".

However, I can't seem to fish out the last one guest, so I'm off to look that one up (cause I'm an impatient broad). Probably be one that I should have known, as usual! Please do enlighten, as no one else seems to be taking a shot. :)

emmm...I do mean, the SECOND to last one... not the last one. ;P

Looking forward to, and who wouldn’t do,
The role I was about to play.

Song/Artist

And for a bonus (ha ha) the real name of the individual that wrote this song

Singing, we have the very, very, very sad Gilbert O'Sullivan, contemplating the lower points of his life - "Alone Again Naturally"

No idea who wrote this.

Okay...I have one for yez! Think 1977, think England, Think white boy, afro hair, shades. Think was lead singer of a popular band late 60's early 70's. Okay enough hinting...on with the show...

"I-i-i spy with my little eye
Something beginning with you"

Song/artist

Hmmmm afro sounds like Mott the Hoople's all the young dudes guy, Ian Hunter, but I have no idea what song this is. Must be one that caught in the UK but not in the US.

The writer of alone again is one Raymond O'Sullivan, aka Gilbert O'Sullivan

Good grief! Is there nothing I can catch ye on, McG!! Well done, it is indeed Ian Hunter. Let's see if any of the others can do the title. A cheeky, cheerful, fun little song, to lift the spirits.

#3 above is Dead Skunk in the middle of the road by Louden Wainwright the III...

Here's one from my own collection of (dare I say it...) LP's. *L*

"...Dont give me that do goody good bullshit"

Song/artist

Yayyyy...welcome home Indie! Dead Skunk!...I remember that one *sings*...and it's stinkin' t'highhhhhhhhh heaven!!! *LOL*

Dead skunk! I remember that. roll up your window and hold your nose

Money/Pink Floyd

Correct. Money/Pink Floyd, from Dark Side of the Moon Album. :)

"__ _ ____ ____ the music's fine, like sparkling wine __ ___ ____ ____ ___"

Fill in the word spaces AND name the original artist and song title

"__ _ ____ ___ ____ __ angel, would you treat me like the devil tonight?"

Word spaces + original artist and song title.

"_____ ___ _ lonely man who's in the middle of something ____ __ ______ ______ _________"

Word spaces/original artist/song title.

"__ ____ ______ __, though I never laid a hand on you"

Word spaces/original artist/song title

The third one is Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul MacCartney

Maybe I'm a...that he doesn't really understand

If I swore you were an angel
If I said you had a beautiful body
Jimmy Buffet did it, not sure who wrote it

The other two, I think I hear something there, but not quite coming to me. Maybe the first one is by Air Supply or Little River Band. Maybe the last one is one of those bands in that genre too. I just woke up, so the fog hasn't cleared yet. *LOL*

*sound the foghorn for McGuire* PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRP!* Are ye feelin better now?

Third guess is correct with Maybe I'm Amazed/Paul McCartney.

Second guess is purrty close, so I guess I'll let you have it ~ don't want to be accused of being mean *L*. My understanding is it was The Bellamy Brothers who originated "If I said you had a beautiful body", but I've no doubt Jimmy did it also. The fill in's are correct.

The other two are very simple pop songs from yesteryear. You will kick yourself if you don't get 'em. *L*

my eyes adored you, though I never laid a hand on you...
Frankie Vallee and the Four Seasons I think...

*kick*

Sung to tune of Stairway to Heaven:
"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip..."

That started at a tropic port aboard this tiny ship, The mate was a mighty sailing man the skipper brave and sure... Five pasengers set sail that day on a three hour tour... a three hour tour.... theme from Gilligan's Island... *think I'm confused about the stairway to heaven part of it...*

OKAY CLEAN UP TIME...

Indie, "My Eyes Adored You", Franki Valli is correct. Good going girlfriend! I actually thought that Tec n' pegs would be the ones to crack that one along with...(below)

How about the other? A hint...sung by a 4 piece black American group.
"...the music's fine, like sparkling wine..."

No one 'cept McG, has had a whack at:
"I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log Than to be in atlanta, georgia, treated like a dirty dog"
So I'm giving out...That was Lynyrd Skynyrd with "Gimme a T for Texas" McG, you get the spoils on this one because you gave sufficient evidence that you indeed know the song, and was being courteous in letting others take a shot at it. *swoon...whadda gentleman!*

McG was correct AGAIN with his guess of Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople fame on the lyrics,
"I-i-i spy with my little eye, something
beginning with you"
The name of the song was "Artful Dodger", a funny little song worth a listen if you need a smile on yer dial. The lyrics are a hoot!

Rightio...I'm takin' a wee hiatus folks. BBLO.

She spends her life through pleasing up her man she feeds him dinner or anything she can, I am sitting in the morning, at the diner on the corner, that's what we did, and drove back to the church, had a thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, went to sleep and didn't get up until the next morning, when we got a phone call from officer Obie, how you gonna come? with your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun.

to keep it all fair like:

She spends her life through pleasing up her man, she feeds him dinner or anything she can, I am sitting, in the morning, at the diner, on the corner, that's what we did, and drove back to the church, had a thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, went to sleep and didn't get up until the next morning, when we got a phone call from officer Obie, how you gonna come? with your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun.
Add a Message

The "add a message thing" at the end has nothing to do with anything. Don't even know how it got there.

1. Only Women Bleed/Alice Cooper
2. Tom's Diner/Suzana Vega
3. Alice's Restaurant/Arlo Guthrie
4. The Guns Of Brixton/The Clash

I just bought the Clash disk, The Story Of The Clash Vol. I & II at Barnes and Nobles a couple of weeks ago. Yee ha

bwahaha I see Ive stumped me EvilTwin...
"Gilligan's Island (Stairway)", a novelty record by Little Roger and the Goosebumps, 1970. LedZep and Atlantic soon put a stop to it though *L

http://www.gilligansisle.com/stairway.html

actually date was 1972 I think

Yup, you stumped me

*plots evil twin comeback*

...was missing again.
This happens all the time.
Its detachable.
This comes in handy a lot of the time.
I can leave it home, when I think its gonna get me in trouble, or I can rent it out, when I dont need it.
But now and then I go to a party, get drunk,
and the next morning I cant for the life of me
remember what I did with it.
First I looked around my apartment, and I couldnt find it.
So I called up the place where the party was,
they hadnt seen it either.

Song Title and Recording artists

ya bastid, you WOULD have to make me type this one...LOL

"DetachablePenis" by King somebody I think...
I guess fair's fair, a novelty song to match a novelty song *G

I'm ROTFLMAO serves you right
King Missile

*L @ the sparring twins* Okay you errant pair of jokers, try this fer size *L*

*wanders off to the kitchen dancin' to the track*

"I said, you cant bring your drums to bed,
Your rhythm methods gonna leave me dead"

Song/artist pls

Is it the same group that did...?
Big boys don't cry.
Big boys don't cry.
Big boys don't cry.
Big boys don't cry.
Big boys don't cry.
Big boys don't cry.
Big ...

I think I know this one and the band, so I'm gonna let another guesser, guess it

Yes McG, correct. :)

The song you refer to is one of their top hits. A classic band, who in early days boasted two of rock's reknown songwriters. (hint hint...fer any others willing to take a shot).

And whilst we await the definitive shout of "EUREKA!!!" from the vaults of TirnanOg sound system...(and grow our beards a bit longer in the process...)

Here's one to be going on with. Heh heh heh...

"They come runnin just as fast as they can, c____ e____ g___ c____ a____ a s____ d______ m___!"

Song/band and for a bonus of a free aromatherapy back massage, name the original Album from whence this track emerged.

cause every girl's crazy about a sharp dressed man

Sharp Dressed Man/ZZ Top

Sorry, missed the last part of the question. Gonna take a stab at it and say it was Eliminator

Yes!! ZZ Top ~ "Sharp Dressed Man", and the bonus of Eliminator are ALL correct!

Your certificate for the free aromatherapy back massage is in the mail. *L*

Yo Silky is it 10cc..... can't remember the track though!

Try this one ....

Miss Teeenage Dream, such a tragic scene,
He's knocked your crown and ran away,
First wound of pride and how you've cried and cried,
but save your tears.................

lol* when I was playing in bands we used to make up joke lyrics to Sharp-Dressed Man, very few of which would be suitable for airplay

Ghostie...yes, the band is 10cc!

I'm picking yours is...

"Fool if you think it's over, just because you said goooooodbyeeeeeeee." Title = "Fool" (I think)

Bye Scottish guitarist/singer, Chris Rea.

I have about 3 Chris Rea Albums, my most favourite being "On the Beach", an album which is sheer class! SHEER CLASS!!!!

Yes Chris Rea is correct. It was also covered by Elkie Brooks. I have many Chris Rea albums including his latest 10CDs of new material !!

"I'm just another writer
Still trapped within my truths..."

Song/Artist

"Till then, my sweet,
Think of me now and then.
God, speed my love
'Til you are mine again"

Song Title and movie in which it features.

Here's one I loved when I was a youngster...*L*

"I love the ----- -- -------- -----
Especially when I'm lonely
l need the noises of destruction
When there's nothing new
Oh nothing new, ----- -- -------- -----"

Song/Artist

"cause theyre waiting for me
Theyre looking for me
Evry single night theyre driving me insane
Those men inside my brain"

*LOL*...another teeny bopper tune from youth...

song/artist

Okay...I'm done...G'night all..*wanders off*

Dream Police is the last one and that is by Cheap Trick

Okay, the first one is from Doctor Zhivago and I think the title is Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme) (I remember playing this for a piano recital when I was a kid)

No clue on the second one