Mr. L's Lyric Challenge III

[LakeArenal]

Hey Homebound Memorial Day celebrators..

Thought another lyric challenge will keep us entertained.

Post a song lyric you love. Put no titles or artists in the post.

If you want to guess someone's lyric, do not answer in the Thread Title. Place answers only in the body of the post so other people can have the opportunity of guess. ( Don't worry, some make that mistake. Someone will remind you not to post song title in thread title).

Repeats from other challenges okay. Try not to be too obscure, as half the fun is finding a kindred spirit who knows your tune. However, one person's obscure is another's playlist favorite.


I will start with a few songs:

1. And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years (Super Band for eternity)

2. Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

3. World pollution, there's no solution
Institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor
Them and us, stop the war (70's)

[Glamrock]

1. Got the first one!

Except I forgot the title!


I will say It's them boys from Liverpool though!

[Glorfindel]

2. #1 - from my favorite band of all time and their (IMHO) second best album

The Beatles!

"For No One" from "Revolver"

"You want her, you need her
And yet you don't believe her
when she says her love is dead
You think she needs you"

I have no clue about the other two. Thanks, LakeArenal, for a very interesting challenge!

[LakeArenal]

4. Kindred spirits abound. 🎶

However, mr_lebowski started the first challenge. He’ll probably show up sometime.

Did you post a lyric?

[Glorfindel]

5. Not yet...just about to!

[Glamrock]

3. Here's a good one!

The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry."
And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky
Saying, "The sun's not yellow it's chicken."

[LakeArenal]

6. Oh, Glam you are a gem...

Mmm Chicken, Mr. Dylan

[Glamrock]

11. Such a great line!

[tomp]

82. see text.

tombstone blues.

[Glorfindel]

7. One that was popular when I was a mere lad of 21...

The electrical dust is starting to rust
Her trapezoid thermometer taste
All the red tape is mechanical rape
Of the TV program waste

I have always thought of it as the first hip-hop song, from the most unlikely source imaginable!

[LakeArenal]

10. Tough so far.

Will consult with my better half

[Heartstrings]

18. I'm thinking

Jefferson Starship

“Plastic Fantastic Love”

[Glorfindel]

23. Absolutely!

Except it's "lover," not "love." Well done indeed!

P.S.: They were Jefferson Airplane in those distant days, not Jefferson Starship.

[tomp]

83. see text

Plastic Fantastic Lover

[flotsam]

8. #2

is "Landslide"-Stevie Nicks et alia...

[LakeArenal]

9. Indeed it is. Thanks. 🎶

[red dog 1]

12. Here are some nice lyrics

You stepped on my ass
You're breaking my glasses too
You won't drive my car, might be a star
I've had enough of you
I'm goin' insane
There's no one to blame
So fuck you

[LakeArenal]

14. I know the title

You’re Breaking My Heart.

It is a great lyric... now, artist? Hmmmm

[Heartstrings]

19. Is it

A Harry Nilsson tune, guessing here....

[Ptah]

13. Ok

They arrested the Mayor for an illegal favor
Sold the Empire State to Japan
And Oliver North married Richard Secord
And gave birth to a little Teheran

[LakeArenal]

15. Love this Guy!!!!

Lou Reed.. This is.. Sick of YOU! (not you)


(and the colored girls go, doo do doo) ( Wrong song, but an absolute favorite)

[Glamrock]

16. From the 90's

Got my arms around baby brother
Put your hands away
Your gonna kill your mother, gonna kill your mother
Kill your mother
And I love her, yeah
I love her

[Heartstrings]

93. Mulling this one over and come to this guess

Soundgarden

Hands All Over?

[Heartstrings]

94. C'mon Glam, you're going to kick yourself when you find out #38!

Need a little hint? More lyrics?

[notdarkyet]

102. #3. Moody blues.

[Glamrock]

99. Nailed it!

[Heartstrings]

103. Seriously?

Cuz MY FATHERS going to stick a guitar pick in your EYES if you don't get this.....

[LakeArenal]

17. Okay, no one got my third original song... But...

here are three more:

1.If you want some more then she's fast asleep
Leaves you twinkling with the stars
Poor young grandson, there's nothing I can say
You'll have to learn, just like me
And that's the hardest way. (70's)


2.
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack
XXXXX, it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet (70's)

3. Every morning just before breakfast
I don't want no coffee or tea
Just me and good buddy Wiser
That's all I ever need
'Cause I xxxxx xxxxx, yeah
With nobody else
(I think 70's)

[Heartstrings]

22. #1

One of your favs....

Ooh LaLa

Ron Lane

[LakeArenal]

30. Sigh!!!

[Ohiogal]

32. #2 is

Money by Pink Floyd

[Heartstrings]

20. #3 is

Ten years after

I’d love to change the world..,.,

[LakeArenal]

21. Yes, my first #3. Thanx. 🎶

How about the second number 3?

😎

[Heartstrings]

24. Can't figure out #3, but is #2

A Pink Floyd tune?

[LakeArenal]

26. Yes one song is

Pink.

[Glamrock]

28. Got that one from experience!

I Drink Alone - George Thorougood & The Destroyers!

[LakeArenal]

29. Ha ha Somehow I knew you would!!!

[saidsimplesimon]

51. "Bad to the Bone"

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[Heartstrings]

25. Here's one....from 2007

"Like a gift from the heavens, it was easy to tell, It was love from above, that could save me from hell, She had fire in her soul it was easy to see......"

[LakeArenal]

31. How the devil himself was pulled out of me...

Santana....

[Heartstrings]

37. Boom, like that!

[Heartstrings]

27. Another.....

1970's?

"Tell her I'll be waiting In the usual place With the tired and weary And there's no escape To need a woman You've got to know How the strong get weak And the rich get poor....."

[LakeArenal]

33. Well my last three went so quickly... Here's three more

1. Someday when we're dreaming,
Deep in love, not a lot to say.
Then we will remember
The things we said today. 70's Easy peasy.. Too easy for Heartstrings anyway...

2. So we're different colours and we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you, so what could I have done?

80's. Obscure to Americans I think. Although one song by this group, I've heard too often on a recent commercial

3. [(What did you do there?)] I got high
[(What did you feel there?)] Well, I cried
[(But why the tears there?)] Tell you why
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun Great 70's song..

[Glamrock]

34. #3 is my favorite Singer.

Small Faces - Itchykoo Park!

[LakeArenal]

36. Kindred spirits, indeed!

🤩😎🎶

[Heartstrings]

39. Itchykoo Park!

Thanks for the ear worm, Glam!

[Glamrock]

46. Heya strings!

That's what I do!

[Heartstrings]

49. Hi Glam!

Good way to roll on a Saturday night!

[LakeArenal]

44. I heard on the Beatles Channel

That any ear worm can be cured by singing Hey Jude.

It worked for my Peter Gabriel “Red Rain” ear worm I had the other day.

But didn’t work on Big Country yesterday.

👂🐉. Didn’t have a worm so I used a dragon. Ear Dragon sounds cooler. Didn’t you play with them back in the 80’s?

[Glamrock]

45. I swear by Zeppelin's Four Sticks. My drummer taught me that cure, never fails!

[LakeArenal]

48. Will try!

[lunasun]

52. 2. Depeche Mode . People are People from an excellent album Some Great Reward

[LakeArenal]

54. Thanks.

My Depeche lyrics sometimes go unanswered.

One small thing, please put your answers in the Message Text, not the Reply title... Just a small thing... Thanks.

[lunasun]

136. Oops ok I see now ...put it in the text ...it's a shame more don't get aqauinted with Martin Gore's

great songwriting.

[LakeArenal]

138. I posted Blasphemous Rumors last quizz

It took awhile but I think Glamrock or Mr L did know it. It has that wonderous line.

Nice to find one more kindred spirit!!
🙃🙂

[lunasun]

141. Saw them twice in concert . Once with TheThe as the opening & once Ministry opening

WTH? what concerts !
Yes from 80's Speak and Spell to thier political Spirit with Brexit and questions for trumpmerica

[LakeArenal]

140. PS. With that awful commercial track of

Just Can’t Get Enough

[lunasun]

142. Never heard that But I mused to myself when I read your post earlier Masters & Servants?

Everything Counts? They both seemed perfect for commercial advertising

[LakeArenal]

143. Here ya go...

[Ohiogal]

35. I remember having a "few"

In the bars of downtown Kent, then stumbling down to the laundromat to wash our clothes in my Kent State days. My friends and I used to sing this little Joe Walsh ditty. I still have the words implanted in my memory. I'm sure we sounded like a bunch of half assed drunks and it's a wonder they didn't throw us out of the place.

I got the All Night Laundry Mat Blues
Washin' everything I own except my shoes,
I got makeup round the collar
And it smells like sweat,
A dollar in the dryer
And it ain't dry yet!
If you wear clothes, you gotta pay the dues,
Yes you do,
I got the All Night Laundry Mat Blues

[LakeArenal]

40. Love that.

It’s just telling us it’s s Joe Walsh ditty kinda makes it easier to guess. 😉

[Ohiogal]

41. I didn't mean to

Add it to the contest, just relaying a little story!

[LakeArenal]

43. It's all good! Happy MD 🇺🇸

[Ohiogal]

47. Back atcha!

[Heartstrings]

38. Heartstrings #3

"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......."

C'mon no one got this Grammy winner the last challenge.....

[LakeArenal]

42. Ooo ooo I know I know....

I know I’m disqualified from answering.

❌👁👁❌❌👀❌❌

[Heartstrings]

50. Yes, you are disqualified!

or I will pick your EYES with a guitar pick!

[Freddie]

80. I guessed wrong on this one last time

Still no clue.

[Ohiya]

53. She's all grown up, She has a young man waiting.

[FiveGoodMen]

182. And that's

Warren Zevon's Tenderness on the Block

[LakeArenal]

55. Can't believe no one got...

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years (Super Human Group for the ages...)

Anyway, I'll post three more and go sleepy time... See you in the morning...

1. Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing,
It don't worry 'bout where it's going, no, no.
Don't fly, mister blue bird, I'm just walking down the road,
Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know (Really famous group)

2.Well is it any wonder that the stars don't just rush by
When you're only doin' 60 through this oh-so-vacant night
But it's lackin' something big this time
What the hell did you expect to find?
Aphrodite on a barstool by your side
Twelfth night we go
After something everyone should know
Somewhere in the distance out of sight
Then I saw gin mill rainfall
What do you remember if at all? 80's


3. When I think of Heaven, deliver me in a black-winged bird
I think of flying down in your sea of pens and feathers
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Don't try to feed me
'Cause I've been here before
And I deserve a little more 80's

[Heartstrings]

56. #1

"Blue Sky". Allman Brothers

[LakeArenal]

57. You know it. 💐

[Heartstrings]

58. Yes...👰

[Ohiya]

64. The day breaks, my mind aches, but

I don't know the name of this song.

[Ohiya]

75. It has come to me - I think

For no one - the Beatles of course!

[mr_lebowski]

97. #3 ... I already gotten in the last thread ;) (nt)

[Heartstrings]

59. Heartstrings #4

"Don't you feel it growin' day by day,
people gettin' ready for the news
Some are happy some are sad
oh we got to let the music play Umm-hmm"

[LakeArenal]

62. It just might be

Doobies... Listen to the music

[Heartstrings]

66. Not just "might"

It is! Winner!

[Heartstrings]

60. Heartstrings #5

"Little darling,
The smiles returning to the faces,
Little darling,
It seems years since it's been here....."

[Ohiya]

63. ...

Here comes the Sun - The Beatles

[Heartstrings]

61. Heartstrings #6

"When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep....."

[Ohiya]

65. The rusted chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun,

I walk a road, horizons change, the tournament's begin
The purple piper plays his tune, the choir softly sing,
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue,
For the. _____ __ ___ _______ ____.

[Heartstrings]

70. Got it I think

Court of the Crimson King?

[Ohiya]

73. Yep!

From my old high school days!

[mr_lebowski]

98. Dang it I was all set to get that one ... little bit o'

The King Crimson ... great album and band.

[Heartstrings]

67. Heartstrings #7

“I’m thinkin bout the times you drove in my car,
I’m thinkin that I might have drove you too far,
Then I’m thinkin bout the love that you laid on my table.....”

[Ohiya]

74. ...

Badge - Cream

[Heartstrings]

90. Yes!

[Heartstrings]

68. Heartstrings #9

“He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire,
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire,
To free the world of it’s fear and pain,
And help the people to feel free again....”

[Heartstrings]

69. Heartstrings #8

“There might have been things I missed,

But don’t be unkind, it don’t mean i’m blind,

Perhaps there’s a thing or two,

I think of lying in bed
I shouldn’t have said.....”

[Ohiya]

76. ...

Emerson Lake and Palmer - In the Beginning

[Heartstrings]

91. Yes again!

[consider_this]

177. actual to nit pick...

It's "From the Beginning". one of my all time faves ever.

[Ohiya]

178. You're right!

I guess I was thinking of the Bible!

[consider_this]

179. heheh.. or..

lyrics at the start of a certain Bad Company Song...

[FiveGoodMen]

183. From

the Beginning.

ELP

[Heartstrings]

71. Heartstrings #10

“A race of angels bound with one another,
A dish of dollars made out for all to see,
A tower room at Eden Rock, is golf at noon for free....
________, owes the charmer under me.”

[Ohiya]

77. ...

Steely Dan - Brooklyn

Steely Dan had so many great songs!

[Heartstrings]

92. Yes they did!

[Heartstrings]

72. Heartstrings #11, easiest one ever!

“Well I’m a standin on a corner of Winslow, Arizona......”

[Ohiya]

78. I'll let someone else have a chance!

It's a girl, my lord in a flat bed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me!

[Ohiya]

79. Flying so high,

Trying to remember,
How many cigarettes did I bring along,
When I come down,
I'll jump in a taxi cab,
Driving though London town,
To ___ ___ _ ____

[tomp]

84. see text

...to cry you a song

Jethro Tull.

[Ohiya]

87. Yes! from my favorite Tull album - Benefit

Mrs. Ohiya #1 and I used to have a friendly argument. I would file Tull albums under 'T' and she insisted on 'J',

[tomp]

89. try filing them under "Heavy Metal"

[WiffenPoof]

181. I got the reference...

So did Metallica.

[Iggo]

113. She was right.

[Ohiya]

116. I know,She was always right!

[Ohiya]

81. She's been married seven times before...

[tomp]

85. see text

..and every one was an 'enery. She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam.

Henry the Eighth.

Herman's Hermits

p.s.: ...second verse, same as the first.

[FM123]

86. Ok, let me throw out some lyrics....

The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide"

[LakeArenal]

95. Wow, starting my morning with a good one...

The Boss is Born to Run

[tomp]

88. .1) ...fame and fortune is a magnet...

...it can drive you far away from home
with a dream in your hear you're never alone...

2) Don't care how long you're gone
Don't care how long you stay
'Cause good kind treatment, bring you back some day...

3) I've been bitten by the love bug
And I need some information
To help me out' the situation
Love is a naggin' irritation

4) There are concrete mountains in the city
Pretty city women live inside them
And yet it seems the city scene is lacking
I'm so glad you're waiting for me in the country.

[mr_lebowski]

96. wow, nobody on that 2nd one?

So I win it ... in a Landslide, baby ...

The third one I dunno but I'll guess Ball of Confusion (that said, I really only know the Love and Rockets version and those words aren't in it but I'm not sure if it's 100% faithful to the original, so) ... my other guess is that it's either Sly & Family Stone, or Marvin Gaye but dunno the song.

On Edit 'oh, missed it was answered ...

[mr_lebowski]

100. Repeat from Thread 2 as nobody got it ... and someone SHOULD get it ;)

it's guilt edged
it's glamorous
it's sleek by design
you know
it's jealous by nature
false and unkind
it's hard to restrain
and it's totally cool
and it touches and it teases
as you stumble in the debris (pronounced daaaaay-ber-eeeeeezzzzze)

Hint 1: When this UK group's 2nd record was a smash hit in the 1980's, they re-released this gem from their first album, and it was another hit for them.
Hint 2: The average person would likely guess the song title is derived from the chorus, which connotes 'being fixated on someone', but it's really named for the first 4 words of the song, which are repeated to begin another of the later verses as well.
Hint 3: The video features the singer riding in a limousine, and messing with their hair in dramatic fashion, multiple times ...

[Heartstrings]

146. Geez....have been struggling with this one....

Threw on a random playlist on Spotify over the weekend and boom!

Eurythmics...."Love is a Stranger"

Don't remember a video....

[mr_lebowski]

156. Wow, such serendipity ...

I totally dig that song ... probably my fave of theirs, followed by 'would i lie to you?' ...

[Heartstrings]

159. Truth be told, it was kinda freaky....

[mr_lebowski]

165. Behold! Mine Powers Over The Universe!!! (nt)

[mr_lebowski]

101. Early 1970's Rock ...

I still remember the talks by the water
The proud sons and daughters
That knew the knowledge of the land
Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways

[Heartstrings]

105. Ahhhhh....

Yes....Starship Trooper!

Hey there mr_lebowski!

[mr_lebowski]

167. Well done!

The final movement, Wurm (where's my umlatt?) ... might be the most epic 'endlessly repeated 3-chord progression' in the history of rock, esp. when they did it live. They get a pass since 99% of their shit was amazingly complex, but for that stretch of that song, they just said 'fuck it, let's rock' ...

I SO SO SO wish their '70-'75 performances had been captured with today's recording technology ... or hell, even what they had in the 80's would've been GREAT. I hate the engineering and production job on Yessongs with a passion, cause you can just TELL ... these shows were SO KICK ASS ... but the sound is so sub-par. Still fun to hear and watch don't get me wrong ...

[mr_lebowski]

104. Later 80's, an eponymous track ... and waaaaay easy ...

fat man sittin' on a
little stool
takes the
money from my hand
while his eyes take a walk all over you
hands me the ticket smiles and
whispers 'good luck'
well
cuddle up angel
cuddle up my little dove ...

[mr_lebowski]

171. Do I need to give another hint?

Well ... the very next song I posted lyrics to, very shortly after ... which was already answered ... was a REALLY BIG HINT. Even that answer was a hint in more ways than one ... I'm guessing LakeArenal knew the answer to both so ... someone else

[mr_lebowski]

192. Y'all are disappointing me with this one ...

1987, Title Track of First-Ever Solo record from a prominent New Jersey-based Singer-Songwriter famous for long concerts ... references a recent high-profile divorce to some fashion model ... just before he married a redhead from his band ... named Patty.

Anyone?

[consider_this]

198. Gotta ride down baby

into this Tunnel of Love

Springsteen

[mr_lebowski]

201. Thank you ... jeez ... I'm like I cannot be the only one on THIS thread who knows that song ;)

[consider_this]

204. i doubt it...

stuff gets buried after any reply, it seems. I just haven't been on for a while so notice it unanswered.
Many of mine in previous thread went unanswered, i figured they are just too buried.

[mr_lebowski]

106. Very early 1980's, not an eponymous track, and also pretty easy ...

i put my hand upon a lever
said let it rock and let it roll
i had the one arm bandit fever
it was an arrow through my heart and my soul ...

[LakeArenal]

110. Hi Mr L... Life is good...

Woke up to guess Born to Run, now Lunch time it's Tunnel Of Love.. I'm winking right your way, Mr. L.

[Heartstrings]

107. Heartstrings #12

"She's taking her time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles And the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one"

1997

[mr_lebowski]

108. Folks, they may think it's a Movement ... and that's what it is ...

He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" And I said, "Litterin'." And they all moved away from me on the bench there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time on the bench, talkin' about crime, mother stabbing, father raping, all kinds of groovy things that we was talking about on the bench ...

[LakeArenal]

111. You one of them Hippie long hairs?

Or just hungry, cuz: you can get anything you want, I hear, at Alice's restaurant...

PS Heartstrings and I have been old hippie chicks since 5th grade... And we both married long hairs.

[mr_lebowski]

109. Everywhere ... it's been the same ...

cause i've seen
oh
blue skies
thru the tears
in my eyes
and I realize
___ ____ ____

[LakeArenal]

112. Mott the Hoople and the game of Life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[mr_lebowski]

114. Too easy ;) I'll leave for another ... (nt)

[LakeArenal]

115. I know you know. But it's fun to put it out...

Sometimes the easiest ones are never guessed!!!

[consider_this]

158. If you believed

they put a "man on the moon"
REM

[LakeArenal]

161. YES. Thank you!

Glad to see you, consider...

[consider_this]

162. :-)

Thanks for the reboot!

[mr_lebowski]

117. he had a dream one night

that the tree had lost its middle
so he built a trunk with chicken-wire
to try to hold it up
but the wire
the wire
turned to lizard skin
and when he climbed
it would sag ...

[LakeArenal]

118. Saving nickels, saving dimes Working til the sun don't shine Looking forward to happier times

Now, tons of folks have done this song, but there is only on version for me...

[mr_lebowski]

121. classic ...

Blue Bayou, written by ... I wanna say ... Buddy Holly?

Lemme guess ... the one version ... is Linda's?

[LakeArenal]

123. Those notes she hits..egads... Love love love

[mr_lebowski]

119. live a little

be a gypsy
get around
get your feet up off the ground
live a little
get around

[LakeArenal]

122. We're so sorry...

Uncle Albert, but we heard a bloody thing all day..

[mr_lebowski]

124. Haven't 'done' ;)

Now, do you know the actual name of the tune? That's the tricky part ...

[LakeArenal]

126. Picky ain't ya. Heard is the line above. I had to cheat and look up the lyric..

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey.... notified me,
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.

[mr_lebowski]

132. (the butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie)

Huh ... I guess 'we haven't done a bloody thing all day' was the only version of that line that registered in my 6 year old brain ... don't even recall 'haven't heard' being in the song. Oh well

[LakeArenal]

133. Six year old brain.

Did you have a transplant? 🧠👨🏻?⚕️🔪

[mr_lebowski]

135. No, it's just that like 98% of the times I've heard that song was when I was 5 or 6 years old ;)

[Ohiya]

168. I thought he had to have a bath...

So he wouldn't be a dirty double crosser.

[LakeArenal]

120. "I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again

But you're late, I wait around and then (bah-dah-dah)
I went to the door, I can't take any more
It's not you, you let me down again


I worked with college students for 25 years.. Freshman girls sing this song over and over when they are drunk.

It is one of those happy sounding songs that aren't happy at all...

[Freddie]

151. It's....

Build Me Up Buttercup...by....? I forget. One hit wonder?

[LakeArenal]

153. The ...

Foundations.

Did you sing it when you were a drunk sophomore?

[Freddie]

154. No, our drunk college song

Was "Suffragette City" especially the "wham bam thank you ma'am!" part. 70s of course.

[LakeArenal]

155. I like yours better.

[mr_lebowski]

164. Mine was probably ... Add It Up by Violent Femmes ...

why can't i get, just one kiss
why can't i get, just one kiss
there'd be some things that i wouldn't miss
but i look at your pants and i
i need a kiss!!!

[Heartstrings]

125. Now, when I just was a little boy,

standin to my Daddy's knee,
my poppa said "Son, don't let the man get you
and do what he done to me...

[FiveGoodMen]

184. Pretty sure it's

Born on the Bayou

CCR for sure.

[Heartstrings]

205. Yeap!

[LakeArenal]

127. Hey, come on try a little nothing is forever. There's got to be something better than in the middle

Lots of love associated with group of individuals.

[mr_lebowski]

129. Think I did this one w/diff lyrics from the song on the first thread ...

So I'll defer

[LakeArenal]

130. 😉 gotcha!!

[LakeArenal]

128. Boys and things that come by the dozen That ain't nothin' but drugstore lovin' Hey little thing let

Okay.. Gonna take a break and get something to eat... I'll check back in a bit

Thanks for the interesting MD weekend..

[lunasun]

137. Well the song is the same

Whether it's by Otis Redding who is credited on lyrics
or The Black Crowes
Hard to Handle

[LakeArenal]

139. So it is!! 😁

[mr_lebowski]

131. nobody sees the minstrel boy

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as he
sings his tale of woe
nobody sees him coming
and nobody sees him go

so hey there mister don't ya look so sad
don't look so ill at ease
i can play you any song you like
to cheer up this life you lead ...

Super Extra Bonus Points if you can name the original songwriter w/o looking it up ... also, these are the lyrics of the songwriter, the 'popular version' varies slightly from these ...

[mr_lebowski]

160. More hints?

The 'hit' version was on the first (only?) solo album by youthful, handsome singer of a hugely successful British rock group.

The songwriter (who recorded it himself a bit later) was kinda a cheeseball British pop singer with a high voice who had some MASSIVE hits in the mid-late 70's, then everyone decided he was way uncool. Appeared on like the Muppets and stuff.

A few more lyrics ...

you find a nice soft corner
and ya set right down
take up your guitar and play
til policeman comes and says 'move along'
so ya
move along all day ...

[mr_lebowski]

134. the clouds rolled in and hid that shore

and now that glory train
it don't stop here no more
now I look at the years gone by
and wonder at the powers that be
i don't know why fortune smiles on some
and lets the rest go free ...

[mr_lebowski]

157. I guess we need hints ...

This was the last song, on the last album, by this MEGA SELLING band ... well, the last album of the 'classic' 1970's edition of their career. They still play shows (a lot) and have put out 1 album since, like 30 years after the album that this particular song ... was the last song on, at the end of the 1970's.

I'll give ya a few moar lyrics ...

out of the shiny night
the rain was softly falling
the tracks that ran down the boulevard
had all been washed away
out of the silver light
the past came softly calling
and i remembered the times we spent
outside ...

[mr_lebowski]

208. Kicking this cause someone of you MUST know this song with all those hints ...

This group has the 2nd biggest selling record of all time after Thriller.

Though it's something of a cheat as it's their greatest hits ... not a regular studio album ...

[lastlib]

145. #3 is from "I'd Love To Change The World," Ten Years After.

[LakeArenal]

150. Great tune!!!

[WiffenPoof]

147. Here goes...

"That shade is my shape there where I used to stand. "

From a great band that lost a founding member recently.

[Freddie]

152. Same song as below

Deacon Blues by Steely Dan. RIP Walter

[WiffenPoof]

148. Here's another...

"They call Alabama the Crimson Tide ... Call me _______'"

Same band.

[LakeArenal]

149. Colorful

Deep and Blue. Steely Dan

[mr_lebowski]

166. Just cause of the bajillion songs I've misheard over the years I so hope you aren't joking (nt)

[LakeArenal]

173. no it's really what you think...

For me... Deacon Blue makes no sense... Crimson Tide or the Deep Blue Sea. That's what I hear, that's what makes sense. Steely not my favorite.

[mr_lebowski]

176. It actually does kinda make sense ... esp by song lyrics standards ;)

"they got a name for the winners in the world
and i want a name when i lose
they call Alabama the Crimson Tide
(so) call me Deacon Blues"

The U of Alabama collegiate sports programs name is The Crimson Tide. And their football program is a perennially successful one (winners).

'Deacon Blues' is a phrase akin to 'King of Pop' ... and when you 'lose', you might want to sing The Blues.

I don't think they sing 'so' right there, but I've always thought 'it's implied'.

See, it's not total nonsense at least

I don't like worship the Dan like some, but they had a lotta great tunes over the years. Aja is really good album top to bottom, IMHO. Probably the only one I've heard the whole thing TBH.

[WiffenPoof]

180. Love the Steely Dan Discussion

I'm a huge SD fan. Considering that both Aja and Two Against Nature won albums of the year at the Grammies, SD are no light weights. They are very sophisticated in both music and lyrics. And how can you not like a band named after a dildo?

[consider_this]

185. Hell, what?!?

re dildo - for real??

I was really into The Royal Scam and named my pet kitty Aja back in the day... you have freaked me out.

[WiffenPoof]

188. Yep...

As you might already know, Steely Dan were quite literary. There is a novel by (i think) Edgar Rice Burroughs called "The Naked Lunch.”. In it there is a paragraph about this woman who has a favorite dildo that she calls “Steely Dan.” It is a pretty pornographic page. Anyway... Both Donald Fagan and Walter Becker have referred to it several times as the origin of their name. Pretty funny. I'll post a reference if available.

https://www.google.com/search?q=steely+dan+name+meaning&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

[consider_this]

202. yah, praise be to Google

You know that I, of course, had to look it up right after reading your earlier post. You weren't kidding. I learn something new everyday - LOL.

[consider_this]

163. And it's something quite peculiar

Something shimmering and white
Leads you here despite your destination

[Ohiya]

169. And ten, ten, ten, ten...

for everything, everything, everything, everything!

[mr_lebowski]

170. Figure I must've inspired that one earlier ... and so I'll leave it 2 someone else ;)

Ya know I know ...

[mr_lebowski]

172. who's to say where the wind will take you

who's to say what it is will break you
i don't know
which way the wind will blow

who's to know when the time'll come around
don't wanna see you cry
i know that this is not
goodbye ...

[LakeArenal]

174. I know who...

U2. Isn't this one of those songs without the title words in the song?

[mr_lebowski]

175. Correct on both counts ...

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It's a one-word title, and it's something that flies ...

Well, flies ... with a little help.

Have you ever seen the U2 Go Home - Live at Slane Castle DVD? It's freaking AWESOME. From that show, this is the definitive version of this song, IMHO. This was <2 weeks after Bono's dad passed away, so it's pretty damn moving ... usually chokes me up a little actually. Reminds me, I need to call my dad.

[consider_this]

186. And if you're up there you perceive

That my heart's here upon my sleeve
If there's one thing I don't believe in
It's you ...

[mr_lebowski]

189. The wars you wage the babes you drown ...

those lost at sea and never found
the loss i see helps to compound
the father son and holy ghost
is just somebodies unholy hoax ...

[consider_this]

191. X-cellent!

[mr_lebowski]

195. I freakin LOVE LOVE LOVE that album ...

Every song is brill. College Daze, baby ...

Really love Mummer, English Settlement & Oranges and Lemons discs too ...

[Ohiya]

193. You're so vain...

You probably think this song is about you!

Just kidding!

[consider_this]

187. this decision is mine

I have lived a full life
these are the eyes that
I want you to remembeeeeerrrrr
oooooooh
I need something to fly
over my grave again

[mr_lebowski]

190. Sometimes I think you're picking 'em just for me ;)

try not to breathe - r.e.m.

[consider_this]

196. I will try not to worry you :-)

of course you are correct!

[mr_lebowski]

199. i will hold my breath ... until all these shivers subside ... (nt)

[mr_lebowski]

200. And when your backs against the wall ...

just turn around and you
you will see
i will catch ya
i will catch your fall, baby
just ___ ____ ____ ____ ____

And since this is much covered, bonus points for the original songwriter (the only version that exists for me)

1986

[consider_this]

209. Bring it!

The Family, that is...
John Hiatt
Have a Little Faith in Me

Jewel cover of song was used to great effect In the move Phenomenon. Tear jerker movie, but I loved it.

[mr_lebowski]

211. Dat's what I'm talking 'bout!

Well done ... love that record ... more college daze. Also love the follow-up Slow Turning ...both were on heavy rotation circa 1987 ...

Ry Cooder + John Hiatt = Win

Fact is it's just an amazing song as long as you don't change it much and sing it well, it's going to be good. Jewel's is no exception.

But I felt like it was 'my gem' for a long time til suddenly it 'got famous' (kinda like 'Thing Called Love', also his song, also the original version appearing on this record), so ... not even sure it was ever released as a single from John. Just a man and his piano, his voice, and his heart on his sleeve.

So f***ing good.

For any of you who've never heard the original, sung by the songwriter ...

[mr_lebowski]

203. Well, I shuffled through the city on a 4th of July

I had a firecracker waiting to blow
Breakin' like a rocket who makin' its way
To the cities of Mexico
Lived in an apartment out on Avenue A
I had a tar-hut on the corner of 10th
Had myself a lover who was finer than gold
But I've broken up and busted up since ...

And my hint ... is 9/11.

[Ohiya]

206. Sad songs don't last too long...

On broken radios.

[mr_lebowski]

207. with a poster of rasputin and a beard down to his knee

he never did marry
or see a b-grade movie
he graded my performance
he said he could see through me ...

[consider_this]

210. Oh now feel it, comin' back again

Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from
The center of the earth again
I can feel it.

[mr_lebowski]

212. Can't believe that took me almost 5 mins to get .. had to keep singing it to myself ...

And of course it turns out it's a song I've sung and strummed countless times ...

Live - Lightning Crashes

Damn solid album ... Pillar of Davidson is probably my favorite tune ... even though I'm atheist and usually don't like 'christian rock', that song should be a primer on 'how to do christian rock w/o sucking'.

[consider_this]

213. as usual

you are the winner!

Your friends U2 have some pretty strong Christian leanings as well, thought I suppose they never had that label attached.