Summarize the plot of a SONG in one sentence - then let us guess it

[ForrestGump]

Bob Weaver's concept lives!

Here's one: kid from Louisiana, encouraged by his mother, has dreams of stardom as a guitarist

[LeftyMom]

1. A poor teenager is encouraged by her mother to take up prositution in

order to move up in the world.

[Guava Jelly]

6. Fancy ..reba Mcintyre

[LeftyMom]

11. I'm pretty sure it's a cover, but yeah.

That song gives me the fucking creeps.

[Guava Jelly]

21. Nothing like a mom telling her kid to be a hooker

creepy

[ForrestGump]

23. A lot sure dress 'em that way these days,

that's for sure...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. Expect no less from a rethug.

They're just teaching the work ethic to their children....

[havocmom]

455. Didn't Bobbi Gentry do the original

Bobbi Gentry of Billie Joe McAllister jumpin off that friggin bridge fame?

[Hissyspit]

60. Bobby Gentry!!! She's cool! Reba sucks.

Reba doesn't even do all the verses in her version, I believe, undermining some of the intent of the song.

[ForrestGump]

105. And she dated Elvis!

Ms Gentry, I mean.

[Jade Fox]

310. What ever happened to her?

She was great. A good story-telling songwriter.

"That was the last time I saw my momma
When I left that rickety shack
The welfare people came and took the baby
Momma died, and I ain't been back."

Such a lot of info packed into one verse!

[Hissyspit]

390. From Wikipedia

Gentry would go on to record three more albums, while having earlier albums reissued under different titles. These last three albums, Touch 'Em with Love, Fancy, and the ambitious and highly regarded Patchwork, which consisted of all original material, were greeted enthusiastically by critics but, with the exception of the aforementioned title track to Fancy, failed to resonate with the public (though Gentry did generate a significant fan base in the United Kingdom).

Undaunted by declining record sales, Gentry sought other outlets for her creativity. She continued to write and perform, touring Europe and headlining a Las Vegas review in which she produced, choreographed, and wrote and arranged the music. In 1974, Gentry hosted a short-lived summer replacement variety show, The Bobbie Gentry Happiness Hour on CBS. The show, which served as her own version of Campbell's hit series The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, also on CBS, was not picked up for a full season. That same year, Gentry wrote and performed "Another Place, Another Time" for writer-director (and Beverly Hillbillies actor) Max Baer, Jr.'s film, Macon County Line. Baer would go on to direct a feature film take on Ode To Billy Joe, starring Robbie Benson, in which the mystery of Billie Joe's suicide is revealed as a part of the conflict between his love for Bobbie Lee Hartley and his emerging homosexuality.

By the middle 1970s, Gentry's sellability had waned significantly, and Capitol did not renew her contract. After some behind-the-scenes work in television production failed to hold her interests, Gentry decided to retire from show business. Her last public appearance as a performer was on Christmas night 1978, as a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She has deliberately remained out of the limelight ever since.

Personal life
She was married twice. The first, to casino magnate William F. Harrah in 1969, when she was 25 and he was 58, lasted only three months, a victim of her fame. The second, to novelty singer-songwriter Jim Stafford, ended in 1979, after only eleven months of marriage and the birth of a son, Tyler. The details of Gentry's personal life after her retirement are little known, but it is generally believed that she has settled into a happy life, and enjoys being a private citizen, unhindered by the scrutiny that fame brings. As of January 2003, she was living in Los Angeles County, California.

[Jade Fox]

417. Thanks!

[ForrestGump]

7. That song by Reba McIntyre?

Chancey, or something?

[Guava Jelly]

2. juke box hero ?

foreigner i think?

(spell check )

[ForrestGump]

8. Could be, but that's not what I was thinking of

Don't know that song or -- as is often the case -- just don't recognize the title.

[MrScorpio]

3. A gonna hurt you

[Guava Jelly]

4. shit johnney b good

[ForrestGump]

10. Ding ding ding ding ding...bat

Go, Johnny, go!

[ForrestGump]

9. Song title or threat?

[MrScorpio]

12. Bad Bad Leroy Brown

[ForrestGump]

15. Then there's the one about the dude from Alabama

and pulling on capes....

[Guava Jelly]

5. serial killer kills girls with carpentry tool

[ForrestGump]

13. Maxwell's Silver Hammer!

Ey-up...

[Guava Jelly]

14. bingo

to easy hugh

[otherlander]

16. A lighthouse keeper

kills himself after finding that his girlfriend drowned in a storm.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

112. The Lighthouse's Tale

Nickel Creek

[otherlander]

158. yep.

[Guava Jelly]

17. Guy flys into california smuggling pot

[Duncan Grant]

33. "Coming Into Los Angeles" - Arlo Guthrie

[Guava Jelly]

35. we have a winner

[ForrestGump]

18. Ramparts, rockets, red glare, and a Gibson electric guitar on overdrive

A specific performance -- an instrumental...




EDIT: or maybe it was a tube screamer, or something, rather than overdrive...I don't know

[Guava Jelly]

19. Jimmi hendrix star spangled banner

[ForrestGump]

20. Yep

[datasuspect]

25. fender strat on overdose

he whacked the fuck out of those strings.

[ForrestGump]

28. Oops...a white Strat, right? Upside-down!

Didn't he play a Gibson SG a fair bit? I know he had a ton of guitars, though, and destroying them on stage didn't help much.

[datasuspect]

94. archival footage shows him primarily with strat

i think because of the pickups and tremolo (which he seemed to use a lot).

would be cool to see him play a les paul custom. like ronno did when he was a spider from mars.

[ForrestGump]

22. He laughed when she fell over, but then she died and he feels bad

And I am so, so sorry if this song gets into your head now...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Shit...Honey

shitshitshit

[ForrestGump]

31. Actually, no -- just "Honey"

And, again, I do apologize.

[Guava Jelly]

24. Guy bitches about hoity toity girl who dislikes california

[idgiehkt]

117. it is Steely Dan? It's driving me nuts.

[bettyellen]

412. is she a #1 fan of the man from tennessee?

[Guava Jelly]

459. She also gets to hungry to wait until 8 0 clock to eat

[regnaD kciN]

518. "The Lady is a Tramp"...

Recorded many, many times, most famously by Frank Sinatra.

[Guava Jelly]

523. ding ding ding ding

we have a winner

[querelle]

26. A Boat Sinks........

......on Lake Superior on 10 November 1975.

Q

[Guava Jelly]

27. wreck of the edmund fitzgerald

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. A guy's taken a gig as a pop record producer, but now wishes he

didn't have the responsibility...

[u4ic]

71. Free Man in Paris

[GoddessOfGuinness]

110. Well done!

[u4ic]

111. I LOVE Joni

and was just listening to it yesterday.

[sendero]

174. Actually about..

... David Geffen in his early days.

[Duncan Grant]

34. Man searches for internal organ made of precious metal.

[Guava Jelly]

37. heart of gold

niel young

[Duncan Grant]

45. The Neil Young fans are in the house.

[distantearlywarning]

36. Talented kid makes Faustian bargain

keeps his soul and wins a golden fiddle.

[Guava Jelly]

38. devil went down to georgia

[jobycom]

39. Can we allow Charlie Daniels here? Devil went down to Georgia

[distantearlywarning]

40. Sorry.

It was the only song I could think off right off the top of my head that had a plot. We better not start discussing the merits of the Charlie Daniels Band, though - it's likely to start a pointless and painful flame war!

[jobycom]

43. Eh. He was great once, politics aside.

[Duncan Grant]

41. Younger wife cheats on older husband with a younger man...

things didn't change; she's remained the "same old girl she used to be".

[Guava Jelly]

44. lien eyes the eagles

funny how your new life didn't change things

[Duncan Grant]

47. Wow, you're quick.

[Guava Jelly]

50. thats what my girl s___ scratch that

put this in the wrong place oops

[jobycom]

42. Guy dumps his girlfriend then gets killed leaving on his motorcycle

[Guava Jelly]

46. leader of the pack

[jobycom]

48. Nope. I don't think he broke up with her first.

[u4ic]

74. She broke up with him

[jobycom]

81. AH. Sorry, those ancient history songs have faded from my memory

The one I was thinking of is plenty old enough.

[u4ic]

83. They NEVER leave my mind

I listened to a song on the radio the other day - must have been at least 20 years since I last heard it, and I still knew the words.

Why, oh why, do I have this useless shit in my head? (and XM numbers from the 70's...but...let's not go there... )

[jobycom]

85. That song wasn't from the 70s, more like the 50s. MY song was 70s.

Guess it was more obscure than I thought.

[Guava Jelly]

49. self delete

[idgiehkt]

375. could it be The Angel by Springsteen?

[jobycom]

413. No. It's "Bat out of Hell," by Meatloaf. Guess it wasn't as popular as I

thought it was.

[idgiehkt]

420. no it is, that's a great song.

it's just hard to guess this stuff. I thought I knew a lot of songs and this thread has me feeling like a moron.

[Duncan Grant]

51. Respected public figures say nothing substantial: it's baby talk.

[idgiehkt]

118. The Hook, by Blues Traveler?

probably not, but sort of the same theme

[Duncan Grant]

153. Not what I was thinking of but I see what you mean. HINT: --->>>

1980 group (3 members) whose front man had/has a huge career.

I love the group but tired of him very quickly.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

160. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

I'm thinking you meant this one because 3 member group gives it away and I got tired of Sting a long time ago

[Duncan Grant]

170. Is all I want to say to you...

Poets, priests and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for their submission
And no one's jamming their transmission
'Cos when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you

De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
They're meaningless and all that's true

Score, nsma! Isn't post-Police Sting an absolute bore? Gawd.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

179. Yes - and post Sting Police sucks too

He belongs in a lizard outfit in a martini lounge singing to boomers with bad plastic surgery and they belong in the rock music slag heap.

[Bucky]

52. Georgie boy was gay (I guess) Nothing more. But nothing less.

Is there a song about that?

[jobycom]

55. Killing of Georgie--Rod Stewart.

[Random_Australian]

53. Don't want to hang out with partying friends anymore.

Uh huh, hah, uh huh, hah, hoooooar.

I just don't want you any more.
I just don't want you.

[Guava Jelly]

54. thieves run for mexican border with fake star trek Id's

should be easy enough

[Richard Steele]

90. Dammit, I KNOW that one...but I can't name it. Curse this useless brain!

" of the United Federation of Planets, cuz they don't speak English anyway..."

[Guava Jelly]

93. thats it Banditos by the refreshments

[Bucky]

56. Now that my kid's grown up, the brat don't got time for me. How ironic!

click and drag to read another clue

It's like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, I suppose.

[Guava Jelly]

58. cats in the cradle

Harry chapin

[Duncan Grant]

57. Mellow people survive under the ocean in a colorful "tin can".

[u4ic]

72. Yellow Submarine

[Duncan Grant]

91. lol!

[Dukkha]

59. burned out rock star needs adrenalin shot to perform on stage

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

75. Comfortably Numb.

[Dukkha]

88. correct

just a little pin prick.

[Hissyspit]

61. Kid's parents produce younger sibling and kid gets all melodramatic and

depressed about it.

[trackfan]

68. Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold

[Hissyspit]

70. Yup.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

62. Pissed-off cynic gives a fitting farewell to his loser of a gf, accomp. by

one of rock's greatest guitar solos.

[Dukkha]

65. Free Bird

[tuvor]

63. I lured my little daughter into a deathtrap, and then committed suicide.

[RedStateShame]

106. Country Death Song

[tuvor]

175. Very good!

[izzybeans]

64. A sad jedi can not find oral sex.

[izzybeans]

66. Probably a bit esoteric so I found this clip via google.

It was number one when searching for the song title.

http://www.rathergood.com/lightsabre/

[Duncan Grant]

67. Kick (nt)

[qnr]

69. Brooklyn boy makes good, would rather be back home n/t

[ForrestGump]

108. Brooklyn Roads

(is that the title?) by Neil Diamond?

[qnr]

189. Yes, though "I Am I Said" would also be correct n/t

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

73. I'm going down to the park and I'm going to wash these sins away.

[idgiehkt]

119. Sounds like a Springsteen lyric from "Racing in the Streets"

but they go down to the sea, so I don't know.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

121. Nope.

[Richard Steele]

76. Ore-transport ship sinks in bad weather on one of the Great Lakes.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

79. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[Richard Steele]

80. Easy one. Howzabout: "Most-wanted Terrorist disguises self as Android" ?

[jobycom]

82. Mr. Roboto?

Like I've ever figured out what that song was about.

[Richard Steele]

84. Bingo! OK, here's one that NO ONE ever gets (because no one shares my...

...interpretation of the lyrics)

"Nazi-sympathizer looks back wistfully upon the Party's early, heady glory days."

Give you a hint: BEST concert film EVER.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

92. "The Show Must Go On" (?)

[Richard Steele]

97. Nope.

[Hissyspit]

391. Damn, that's a tough one.

Best concert film? Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense? Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps?
I'm at a loss.

[Richard Steele]

406. Not really a fair question, as I said. But you got the film, first guess!

"What a day that was"

Well, I'm dressed up so nice
An' I'm doin' my best
Yes I'm startin' over..
Startin' over in another place

Lemme tell you a story
Big chief with a golden crown
He's got rings on his fingers
And then he walks up, up to the throne

He's makin' shapes with his hands
An' don't you dare sit down
Now don't you dare sit back
And don't you dare speak up!

And on the first day, we had everything we could
hold
Ooh and then we let it fall
And on the second day, there was nothing else left
to do
Ooh what a day that was.

There are 50,000 beggars
Roaming in the streets
They have lost all their possessions
They have nothing left to eat

Down come the bolts of lightning
Now an electrical storm
Starts a chain reaction
Go pull a fire alarm

I'm dreaming of a city
It was my own invention
And I put the wheels in motion
A time for big decisions

And on the first day, we had everything we could
hold
Ooh and then we let it fall
And on the second day, there was nothing else left
to do
Ooh what a day that was.

Oh a day that was
Ooh that's the way it goes
There's a million ways- to get things done
Three's a million ways- to make things work out.

Well I'm going right through
And the light came down
Well they're roundin' 'em up
from all over town

They're movin' forward and back
They're movin' backwards and front
And they're enjoying themselves
Moving in ev'ry direction

So if you feel like you're in a whirlpool
You feel like going home
And if you feel like talking to someone
Who knows the difference between right and wrong

And on the first day, we had everything we could
hold
Ooh and then we let it fall
And on the second day, there was nothing else left
to do
Ooh what a day that was.
We're go(in') boom boom boom That's the way we live
And in a great big room and That's the way we live.

[Hissyspit]

528. Hmm, your interpretation makes perfect sense.

But the song is vague enough it could apply to a lot of circumstances.

"The Last Waltz" is a great concert film, too, if somewhat contrived, but sincerely contrived.

[Richard Steele]

563. LOL!!! That's REALLY not a phrase I hear very often!

And yes, it really is VAGUE...it's just that
"down come the bolts of lightning" line that
really jumped out and grabbed my attention one late night
many years ago.

[elehhhhna]

432. Newt Gingrich Greatest Hit?

[idgiehkt]

605. Golden Years by David Bowie?

just kidding.

[u4ic]

77. Piss off, America

[idgiehkt]

224. American Idiot, Green Day?

[Duncan Grant]

278. "I'm So Bored With The U.S.A." - The Clash

?

[u4ic]

311. Someone also

posted the same song below: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[LeftyMom]

78. A teenage couple gets in a car wreck and she dies, he believes that he

will see her again in heaven if he behaves.

[u4ic]

86. Last Kiss?

[LeftyMom]

107. yep

[u4ic]

87. Prostitute hits on guy in bar hotel, tells her tale of woe

he takes off.

[idgiehkt]

113. House of the Rising Sun?

[u4ic]

114. Nope

[JimDandy]

458. There was a Harry Chapin song like that.

A Better Place to be?

[u4ic]

544. Not Chapin

another master songwriter.

[Chemical Bill]

594. Joni - raised on robberies

[jobycom]

89. 23 year old killer contemplates the glory and futility of violence and

the neglect of his culture.

[Burma Jones]

95. Guy sees 17 y.o. girl, can't dance with any other

[Phillycat]

98. I Saw Her Standing There

[LibDemAlways]

99. "I Saw Her Standing There."

[Ramsey]

96. I had your husband killed because I couldn't live without you

This is a song based on a biblical story.. can you guess?

[Common Sense Party]

565. Sting...on the "Soul Cages"... the one about David...um

I can't remember the title. "A stone's throw from Jerusalem, I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight"

I remember how it goes....is it "Mad About You?"

[Ramsey]

581. Very good!

You are correct!

Mad About You, by Sting is about the Bible story in which King David sends Urias to his certain death because of his lust for his wife, Bathsheba.
That's a good little Old Testament scorcher.

[Common Sense Party]

593. I love that song and album. nt

[LibDemAlways]

100. Guy sarcastically wishes ex-gf well while

actually telling her to fuck-off.

[RedStateShame]

109. I Hope You're Happy Now

[idgiehkt]

378. Time of Your Life by Greenday?

[LibDemAlways]

394. We have a winner....but

other response is appropriate, too.

[jus_the_facts]

101. The death of greed. sloth.. pride. envy. wrath. gluttony and lust...

....as love and a peaceful utopia takes their place.

[jus_the_facts]

348. 7 ~ Prince

All 7 and we'll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love
And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir-faire

No one in the whole universe
Will ever compare
I am yours now and u are mine
And together well love through
All space and time, so don't cry
One day all 7 will die

All 7 and we'll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love
And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir-faire
No one in the whole universe
Will ever compare
I am yours now and u are mine
And together well love through
All space and time, so don't cry
One day all 7 will die

And I saw an angel come down unto me
In her hand she holds the very key
Words of compassion, words of peace
And in the distance an armys marching feet (1,2,3,4 - 1,2,3,4)
But behold, we will watch them fall

And we lay down on the sand of the sea
And before us animosity will stand and decree
That we speak not of love only blasphemy
And in the distance, 6 others will curse me
But that's alright, (thats alright)
4 I will watch them fall(1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

All 7 and we'll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love
And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir-faire
No one in the whole universe
Will ever compare
I am yours now and u are mine
And together we'll love through
All space and time, so don't cry
One day all 7 will die

<(just how old)>

And we will see a plague and a river of blood
And every evil soul will surely die in spite of
Their 7 tears, but do not fear
4 in the distance, 12 souls from now
U and me will still be here - we will still be here

There will be a new city with streets of gold
The young so educated they never grow old
And there will be no death 4 with every breath
The voice of many colors sings a song
That's so bold
Sing it while we watch them fall

All 7 and we'll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love
And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir-faire
No one in the whole universe
Will ever compare
I am yours now and u are mine
And together well love through
All space and time, so don't cry
One day all 7 will die

<(just how old)>
<(just how old)>
<(just how old)>

[nytemare]

102. Alternative band keyboardist shoots up in hotel room while on tour.

???

[WeRQ4U]

149. You're not talking about "Tribute to Johnny" are you?

Because that's a song dedicated to John Winter, not John Melvoin.

If you are not.....disregard. LOL.

[nytemare]

200. Nope, not that one.

But the song I am speaking of is about John Melovin.

[TrogL]

159. Dirty Woman

Pink Floyd (from the Wall)

this may not be right 'cause Waters is actually a bass player.

[nytemare]

204. Actually, it is "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan.

A song that isn't about what most people think.

[Va Lefty]

103. Upscale drug dealer flees apartment ahead of police

[Elidor]

127. Kid Charlemagne

[idgiehkt]

129. sorry that this is in the wrong place.

nevermind.

[Va Lefty]

163. correct

[RedStateShame]

104. New Year's Eve's a good time to wear champagne and listen to Gladys Knight

[Courtesy Flush]

115. Guy refuses to be your beast of burden

[idgiehkt]

124. 'Miss Me Blind' by Culture Club?

just kidding, lol

[elehhhhna]

433. Then calls self a "man of wealth & taste, WOO-Woo" ? ROFLMAO

[idgiehkt]

116. Paralyzed veteran begs his wife to stay home.

I don't know whether it was the Korean war or Vietnam; I think Korea but I'm not sure.

[Courtesy Flush]

123. Ruby?

[idgiehkt]

125. yes,

there is an older bluegrass version of this song by an artist who I can't remember that kicks ASS, I can't even listen to the Kenny Rogers version anymore.

[hfojvt]

460. It was originally Korea

but by the time Kenny Rogers made it a hit, it was considered to be 'Nam.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

120. Guy gives up dreams of stardom in the rat-race and returns to his roots

in a southern state; and girlfriend goes along for the ride.

[idgiehkt]

122. I would say "Small Town" by Mellencamp, but

he's in the mid-west. I suck at this game.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

126. Think funkier...may be before your time.

[idgiehkt]

128. the only other one I can think is "Honky-Cat" by Elton John

and I don't think there is a girlfriend in that one.

It's hopeless.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

132. Here's a hint...

The girlfriend is singing the song...

[idgiehkt]

136. nope, I'm just retarded.

I think I'll just try the other part of the equation, lol.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

131. Midnight Train To Georgia

[GoddessOfGuinness]

137. She'd rather live with him in his world

than without him in hers.
Cheers!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

138. And ya gotta know all the call and responses by heart

It's fun to see them in concert and sing along with that one...the WHOLE audience participates

[idgiehkt]

130. Girl runs off to be with man she can't resist, mom says she's too young.

[Va Lefty]

164. Magic Man?

[idgiehkt]

171. yah.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

133. White guy falls for black girl and his friends warn him it's gonna be hard

[GoddessOfGuinness]

142. Brother Louie

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

147. yep :)

Did you get the one below? a bit more obscure but a great song and the beginning of a career still going

[elehhhhna]

434. WHoa-oh Black Betty?

[idgiehkt]

134. Girl loves then leaves plasma-selling, trailer dwelling gospel music fan

[idgiehkt]

212. hint...

this all happened in western florida

[idgiehkt]

558. hint #2: this singer sung the most annoying song about God ever .

[fudge stripe cookays]

572. So, most likely a Debby Boone song.

Sorry, but I am unfamiliar with her "oeuvre".

[idgiehkt]

580. no, this song actually mentions God about 4 million times.

[fudge stripe cookays]

582. Hmmmmm.....Joan Osborne ?

[idgiehkt]

583. right singer...the song is off the same album, it's Janis-worthy

that whole album is stupendous except for that stupid ass God song that ruined her career. I think she'd still be around if they hadn't released it and made her the 'God-girl'.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

135. White girl falls for black guy in spite of alienation by family

[KayLaw]

145. Society's Child

Janis Ian?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

148. You got it

[KayLaw]

150. Hoorah!

I thought so.

[Elidor]

139. Here's a twofer

1) Weary traveller stops at a decaying inn full of decadent people and discovers there is no way to leave.

2) A condemned prisoner tells a prison guard how he met the love of his life during a robbery. Although he loved her deeply, she drove him crazy, so he shot her. Now he's haunted by her ghost.

[idgiehkt]

141. 1 is Hotel California.

2 is 'Slap My Bitch Up' by...just kidding, have no idea.

[idgiehkt]

140. His girlfriend smoked all his weed so he went west looking for a new one

[BrewerJohn]

144. Going to California

[idgiehkt]

146. yes!

man, I miss those days.

[idgiehkt]

143. Hygiene products for teens suck, life sucks, everything sucks.

[idgiehkt]

194. hint...

I can't believe no one's got this yet

the song was named for a brand of this:



but not this brand, that's an irrelevant joke

[ThingsGottaChange]

516. I GOT IT! TEEN SPIRIT BY NIRVANA

right?

[idgiehkt]

555. Thank Freaking God... Smells like Teen Spirit, yes!

I thought it would be so easy. I was wrong, lol.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

151. Guy tells x girlfriend thanks in another language

[BrewerJohn]

154. Danke Schoen

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

155. I know I know...that was easy

[elehhhhna]

454. this way, next time: Mann erklärt Freundindank auf Deutsch

[WeRQ4U]

152. References an upcoming Battle in a saga spread out through many songs.

This should be easy for anyone that listens to the band.

[idgiehkt]

188. Immigrant Song?

[WeRQ4U]

383. Nope, here's a hint...

The character's name is Claudio.

[BrewerJohn]

156. A vintage pinup poster eases a young boy's mind

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

161. Centerfold - J Geils?

[BrewerJohn]

162. Nope--the song I'm thinking of came out considerably earlier

[Va Lefty]

165. Pictures of Lily?

[BrewerJohn]

166. That's it!

Gotta love those old Who singles!

[idgiehkt]

157. Girl chides parents for 'do as I say, not as I do' ethic regarding drugs.

[idgiehkt]

173. hint, since that's a paraphrase of what the singer

said the song is about:

[Va Lefty]

176. White Rabbit?

[idgiehkt]

178. is that the name of it?

LOL, yeah, that drug song.

FEED
YOUR
HEADDDDDDDDDDD!!!!

[Va Lefty]

181. Gotta love Grace!!

Singer remembers dead, black musician from his youth

[idgiehkt]

182. Curtis Low?

Allman Brothers?

[Va Lefty]

184. Ballad of Curtis Lowe Lynard Skynard

[idgiehkt]

185. woohoo, I got half a point!

[fudge stripe cookays]

167. Guy falls in love with girl who..

constantly says how scared she is; when she dies, he thinks how much their daughter looks like her.

[regnaD kciN]

520. "Rocky" by Dickey Lee...

...a '70s comeback by the creator of some of the most memorable (if that's the right word) "dead teenage lover" songs of the '50s, such as Tell Laura I Love Her, Patches, Ebony Eyes, and the unforgettable Laurie (Strange Things Happen).

[ulysses]

168. parent exhorts lost child to keep going.

[ulysses]

214. aw, c'mon.

Think 70s stadium rock. Or a flat state.

[idgiehkt]

225. carry on my wayward son

Kansas

[ulysses]

229. I was beginning to wonder.

[ulysses]

169. btw, for your first entry, "shooting star"

by Bad Company?

[catbert836]

172. This could be fun!

A rock star is drugged by his record company to make him perform.

[Chemical Bill]

595. I wanna be sedated...

somebody already did comfortably numb upthread.

[sendero]

177. Man does not have time for parties and discos...

[fudge stripe cookays]

190. "Life During Wartime", baby!

Cuz ya know...this ain't no fooling around!

PS-- You guys coming to the party this year?

[sendero]

274. Hey...

... FSC, hope you are doing well!

Sure, unless we have kid problems we'll be there Partay!!!!

[Duncan Grant]

192. Good one!

[idgiehkt]

180. man uses crimson car as metaphor for female genitalia

[ulysses]

183. little red corvette

[idgiehkt]

186. yes!

[ulysses]

187. we could have fun with Prince material

but it'd probably get the thread locked.

[idgiehkt]

191. emotionally needy woman tells mate she can take what pain he can dish out

[idgiehkt]

hint...

come on, come on, come on

[ThingsGottaChange]

517. Janis - Piece of my heart

maybe?

[idgiehkt]

560. yes!

[Va Lefty]

193. Man tries to smuggle drugs into country in guitar and is jailed

[Va Lefty]

382. hint: Band was named for a fire engine

[PhilYerHead]

534. REO Speedwagon

Can't figure the song...

[Va Lefty]

568. Right-- the song is Easy Money

[Duncan Grant]

195. Urban renewal and suburban sprawl: You can't go home again.

a, o, where'd ya go...

[idgiehkt]

197. Back to Ohio by the Pretenders?

[Duncan Grant]

208. "My City Was Gone"/Back to Ohio -- Same thing. :)

That song must be played loud.

[idgiehkt]

196. female bartender pines for a sailor who is never around

[Va Lefty]

198. Brandy?

[idgiehkt]

199. yes!

I love, love, love this song!

Brandy, wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the north of Spain
A locket, that bears the name
Of a man that Brandy loved

He came, on a summer's day
Bringing gifts, from far away
But he made it clear, he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home

The sailors said "Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life, my lover, my lady
Is the sea."

man, I just got chills again reading those lyrics. Poor Brandy.

[JimDandy]

462. Brings back sublime memories of the 70s.

Was 12 yrs old and three of us pre-teens snuck into a college dorm after midnight to play pool. A deserted, barely lit room and this song starts blaring over the speakers -- wow! Was the first time I ever heard it.

[Va Lefty]

201. Teenage girl runaway finds life in the big city cold and tough

[fudge stripe cookays]

283. "Hot Child in the City" ? nt

[Va Lefty]

367. No, this is a song by a "Hair Band"

[idgiehkt]

372. Runaway/ Bon Jovi or Welcome to the Jungle/ Guns and Roses

[Va Lefty]

377. Not what I had in mind ,although Runaway does fit clue

[elehhhhna]

435. is it by Journey?

[Va Lefty]

442. No, this band came out of LA "heavy metal" clubs

[Ptah]

202. On oldie goodie.

Young man has friend that cooks for everyone on Thanksgiving, and in gratitude
he take the garbage out, gets arrested and convicted of disturbing the peace which years
later affect his induction center experience.

[ulysses]

205. LOL

Alice's Restaurant.

[Ptah]

216. "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"

[ulysses]

217. easy there, Arlo.

[idgiehkt]

206. Alice's Restaurant?

[Ptah]

218. Yes!

"Alice's Restaurant Massacree"

[Va Lefty]

207. Did he have 27 8 x 10 photographs to be used as evidence against him?

[Ptah]

222. The courtroom scene was quite dramatic:

Obie looked at the seeing eye dog, and then at the
twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows
and a paragraph on the back of each one, and looked at the seeing eye dog.
And then at twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles
and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one and began to cry,
'cause Obie came to the realization that it was a typical case of American
blind justice,

[ulysses]

203. pugilist looks back on his life.

[idgiehkt]

209. The Boxer?

it pays to enrich my vocabulary, lol.

[ulysses]

211. good!

Yeah, I was thinking "I get to use the word 'pugilist'!"

[ulysses]

210. those of us assembled here refuse to accept this state of affairs

any longer.

[idgiehkt]

213. We're not gonna take it, by Twisted Sister?

[ulysses]

215. very nice!

[idgiehkt]

219. man sardonically says he will play the prince valiant role if demanded

this my favorite song by this group, the song is not very popular but the group is huge.

[idgiehkt]

379. hint, this is by a 'rock' (nudge, wink) band

[regnaD kciN]

521. "Emotional Rescue" by the Stones...???

I don't know if "I will be your knight in shining armour" translates to playing the "Prince Valiant role," but that's the closest I could get.

[idgiehkt]

579. YES!.

I lurve that song so much....

[ulysses]

220. give me a wide berth, female from large western hemisphere country

[idgiehkt]

221. American woman

The Guess who, whom my Dad met on a plane in the 1970's

[ulysses]

223. either you're on fire

or I'm being too easy.

[idgiehkt]

227. I think it's you

because I sucked at this until you came along, lol.

[ulysses]

231. heh, that may be.

But should I be more of a hardass with the song choice or with the description?

[idgiehkt]

234. I've tried some relatively obscure songs and no one gets them.

maybe the description.

then again, it's fun to get stuff right, lol.

[u4ic]

248. That answer was for mine above, too!

(piss off America post)

[ulysses]

251. LOL

Your description was a little more direct.

[Va Lefty]

226. Singer bemoans materialistic suburbs on a certain day

[ulysses]

228. manic monday

Bangles?

[Va Lefty]

235. No, this song is older

[idgiehkt]

245. I don't like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats?

[Va Lefty]

247. No, this song is from late sixties

[u4ic]

260. self delete - just noticed the era

[regnaD kciN]

400. "Pleasant Valley Sunday"...

...by The Monkees. Written, I believe, by Carole King.

[Va Lefty]

414. correct!!

[TroubleMan]

230. I would be prevaricating if I did not proclaim my affection for tremedous

posteriors.

[idgiehkt]

232. Mixalot, I Like Big Butts?

[TroubleMan]

238. The title is "Baby Got Back," but you've got the right song.

nt.

[ulysses]

233. baby got back

[TroubleMan]

236. Yep.

nt

[idgiehkt]

237. lol, it is called that, isn't it.

I know the song, just don't know the name.

[Tikki]

239. Owns a small colorful information receptical....

Tikki

[TroubleMan]

243. Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman?

That's probably wrong, but that's the closest I could think of.

[Tikki]

256. This great song was from a movie soundtrack........

Tikki

[TroubleMan]

240. My father, who I never met, was a womanizing drunk - or so I've been told.

nt.

[idgiehkt]

241. papa was a rolling stone

by somebody

[TroubleMan]

244. Correct...by The Temptations.

nt.

[ulysses]

242. she's searching for the kind of guy who only exists on TV.

[ulysses]

340. hint

[Duncan Grant]

246. Man frustrated by unless information on car radio, TV ads, no sex.

[TroubleMan]

249. I Can't Get No Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

nt.

[ulysses]

250. just say the nonsensical word

[Va Lefty]

252. Suisuidio-Phil Collins?

[ulysses]

254. close enough for gov't work

"Sussudio" is evidently the correct spelling.

[TroubleMan]

253. You should take a break, smoke a cig, and talk to me.

nt.

[TroubleMan]

284. Hint.....jazz tune.

nt.

[Chemical Bill]

596. Take five? n/t

[TroubleMan]

255. This song and outfit do not do justice to my eroticism.

nt.

[idgiehkt]

257. too sexy -- right said fred.

[TroubleMan]

259. Correct again.

nt.

[ulysses]

258. I'd like to know your plans, because I might hang out here

for a while. Maybe longer.

[Va Lefty]

262. Amy?

[TroubleMan]

263. Amie....but I don't know the artist.

nt.

[ulysses]

264. you got the correct spelling

Pure Prairie League.

[idgiehkt]

261. I'm taking a break...these of mine still haven't been guessed:

134,143,191, 219

my brain feels fried...be back later, taters.

[Duncan Grant]

265. Woman insists on receiving her propers: she spells it out clearly.

[ulysses]

266. respect

[TroubleMan]

267. R-E-S-P-E-C-T by Aretha Frankin

nt.

[TroubleMan]

268. I and my three associates have a strong dislike for the constabulary.

nt.

[ulysses]

270. fuck tha police, NWA

[TroubleMan]

271. Yeah...am I making them too easy?

nt.

[ulysses]

272. I had to check the lyrics.

[ulysses]

269. folks associated with precipitation.

[u4ic]

273. Rainy Day People?

[ulysses]

275. nice!

I was hoping someone would get that.

[u4ic]

276. Quite a few Lightfoot fans on this board

if I recall an earlier thread correctly...

[idgiehkt]

360. damn, I was gonna say this.

but then I thought, 'there's All the Lonely People (Eleanor Rigby), and Every Day People, so maybe I just made up this Rainy Day People song.

[u4ic]

277. Three trapped in a mine

only two are rescued - with full stomachs...

[Duncan Grant]

286. "Timothy" - but I can't remember who sang it.

[u4ic]

291. It's a creepy song,

isn't it?

Nice one!

[Duncan Grant]

319. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked

I need to leave this thread for awhile!

Yes, that song is very creepy and belongs to it's own sub-genre: songs about cannibalism.

[regnaD kciN]

401. The Buoys...

They actually came up with that song in an attempt to get their record company to void their contract. (Obviously, it didn't work.)

[TroubleMan]

279. Because of my skill at concocting popular dancehall anthems in the

late 80's and early 90's, I now have a large caravan of females.

[datasuspect]

280. cowboy on a steel horse

tired from the road and countless towns and cities sees millions of faces and rocks them all.

[TroubleMan]

281. "Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi

At least I think that's the title.

[ulysses]

282. turn the page

Bob Seger?

[datasuspect]

285. dead or alive

which bob seger songs mentions a steel horse?

i forget

[datasuspect]

287. man has woman

ain't no woman like her because his every word she'll obey

[TroubleMan]

290. When a Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge

nt.

[datasuspect]

294. try again: early 70s

[u4ic]

309. She's A Lady - Tom Jones?

[datasuspect]

313. nope

he would kiss the ground that she walks on . . .

[fudge stripe cookays]

317. Four Tops!

"Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got." I knew it sounded familiar. Took me awhile. Whew!

[datasuspect]

322. yeppers!

[fudge stripe cookays]

288. It's a good thing I have no weapon...

or all those bad people doing nasty things to others in Central America would be TOAST.

[idgiehkt]

384. If I had a rocket launcher?

by some guy?

[fudge stripe cookays]

407. SOME GUY??

You wound me.

The inimitable Bruce Cockburn, that's who.

[datasuspect]

289. exhortation for small bird to fly up in the sky

[fudge stripe cookays]

295. La Paloma Blanca.

[datasuspect]

296. nein

a band named after a soft metal and a meeting of people

[regnaD kciN]

402. "Fly, Robin, Fly"....

...by Silver Convention.

[idgiehkt]

389. that Nelly Furtado song?

[fudge stripe cookays]

292. No one knows how to tell mom the dog died. n/t

[last_texas_dem]

398. "Shannon", right?

I actually like that song a lot. I didn't listen close enough to the lyrics to figure out it was about a dog until after several listens!

[fudge stripe cookays]

409. Yes,

and it always makes me CRY!!!!

[datasuspect]

293. extraterrastrial brother goes from town to town leaving the funk around

and lets us know that uncle jam is coming for us.

[TroubleMan]

298. "One Nation Under A Groove" by Parliament/Funkadelic

or are you actually talking about the song "Uncle Jam."

[datasuspect]

301. close

another hint (buried in the track toward the end):

"you have just exceeded the jurisdictional limitations of the federation of booty control. you are in free funk space. by the time you get to venus you should be funky."

[TroubleMan]

308. Color Me Funky

I had to think about that one.

[datasuspect]

312. 10-4

[fudge stripe cookays]

297. Guy picks up chick in his make-out mobile, and they...YOU know. nt

[datasuspect]

299. did they make love in his chevy van?

and was it alright by him?

[fudge stripe cookays]

302. Why, indeed they did.

I believe you are acquainted with this tune.

[datasuspect]

304. um, it used to be on continuous rotation there on the computer song thingy

good track.

[datasuspect]

300. guy is travelling and alone, it's cold out

he holds out his hand and he touches love

[fudge stripe cookays]

303. Would this be that Leo Sayer fella?

"When I Need You."

[datasuspect]

306. 10 roger

[datasuspect]

305. the rain washes a lot of negative things there

and there are lots of good people and shining light on the road thereto.

[u4ic]

316. I Can See Clearly Now?

[datasuspect]

323. men and women have flowers in their eyes on the road to this place