I was typing in a hurry, so, yes, I ended up with a typo. (If you rush with an international keyboard, you sometimes have typos that cluster around where you put quotation marks.)
The current one isn't universally-known, but I happen to like it.
"MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE", by Tom Petty. (The mention of "Indiana" in the opening line makes it easier to connect to a later line, of course.)
This thread has been modified somewhat but I think it's important to keep in mind the theme is Songs remembered from just one line. Or maybe, just two.
A little more than one line, just to make sure you can remember it:
"Well, gonna write a little letter
Gonna mail it to my local DJ
It's a rockin' little record
I want my jockey to play"
George
18 hours ago, Human without the bean said:
This thread has been modified somewhat but I think it's important to keep in mind the theme is Songs remembered from just one line. Or maybe, just two.
You're right. I should have just used one line:
"Well, gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local DJ; it's a rockin' little record I want my jockey to play"
The first half might have been enough for you to recognize it. I just didn't feel like leaving it to chance.
It's a Yes song, the group Yes and I know it and I can quote many of its lines but the title escapes me.
"Come as see the show, it's a dynamo" is one of them.
It's obvious Human "remembers" this song, so I'll call it for him and clear the round. Besides, the title is VERY idiosyncratic (I would have taken any portion of the correct title as correct.)
The actual title of this song is "Carn Evil 9- First Impression Part TWO."
Part One starts with an instrumental, and the lyrics begin, eventually going to "step inside, hello! We've a most amazing show, you'll enjoy it all we know, step inside step inside." That's why Part Two begins "Welcome BACK my friends..."
The artist is not required. In this case, it was NOT "Yes" (nor "Yess.") It was EMERSON, LAKE and PALMER. It's arguably the most famous song they ever did, and arguably the most famous song off it's album, "Brain Salad Surgery." (That same album also had "Lucky Man,", which would probably be the most famous song if it wasn't this one.)
I was only going to go with these lines but I put in a few more just in case. Early 1980's this song was on nearly every radio channel playing everyday for a almost a year, after its songwriter was assassinated shortly after the song came out.
Ok, I was thinking this was The Beatles, but apparently it was John Lennon solo. The title's something like "I'M JUST SITTING HERE WATCHING THE WHEELS GO ROUND AND ROUND."
Ok, I was thinking this was The Beatles, but apparently it was John Lennon solo. The title's something like "I'M JUST SITTING HERE WATCHING THE WHEELS GO ROUND AND ROUND."
I should have learned to play the guitar. I should have learned to play them drums.
But then you might have made "MONEY FOR NOTHING" and gotten your chicks for free, like Dire Straits' song lamented. Supposedly, Mark K was standing behind a stranger at a display window of TVs set to MTV, when the stranger began complaining, sour grapes fashion, about the soft life of MTV musicians. Mark then adapted the guy's rant into the lyrics of a new song. I can't prove that, but the specificity of the rant (the guy is a deliveryman for an appliance store) sure sounds like it came from a specific person.
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Yes WordWolf, One of my very favorite songs. Hopes the memories are good ones. Your answer, of course, is spot on. Your go!
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I was typing in a hurry, so, yes, I ended up with a typo. (If you rush with an international keyboard, you sometimes have typos that cluster around where you put quotation marks.)
The current one isn't universally-known, but I happen to like it.
"MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE", by Tom Petty. (The mention of "Indiana" in the opening line makes it easier to connect to a later line, of course.)
BTW, even for Petty, that was a weird-@$$ video.
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Ok here's an older one that I THINK is easy to recognize.
"One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small."
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A little more than one line, just to make sure you can remember it:
"Well, gonna write a little letter
Gonna mail it to my local DJ
It's a rockin' little record
I want my jockey to play"
George
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I think I'm going to have about 5 more lines, or 15.
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I can hear those lines in my head, but that's it.
Any chance this is "Roll Over Beethoven"?
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A very good chance. That's it.
George
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This thread has been modified somewhat but I think it's important to keep in mind the theme is Songs remembered from just one line. Or maybe, just two.
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You're right. I should have just used one line:
"Well, gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local DJ; it's a rockin' little record I want my jockey to play"
The first half might have been enough for you to recognize it. I just didn't feel like leaving it to chance.
George
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"Welcome back, my friends to the show that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside."
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I should know this one. But it's not coming to me.
George
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It's a Yes song, the group Yes and I know it and I can quote many of its lines but the title escapes me.
"Come as see the show, it's a dynamo" is one of them.
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It's obvious Human "remembers" this song, so I'll call it for him and clear the round. Besides, the title is VERY idiosyncratic (I would have taken any portion of the correct title as correct.)
The actual title of this song is "Carn Evil 9- First Impression Part TWO."
Part One starts with an instrumental, and the lyrics begin, eventually going to "step inside, hello! We've a most amazing show, you'll enjoy it all we know, step inside step inside." That's why Part Two begins "Welcome BACK my friends..."
The artist is not required. In this case, it was NOT "Yes" (nor "Yess.") It was EMERSON, LAKE and PALMER. It's arguably the most famous song they ever did, and arguably the most famous song off it's album, "Brain Salad Surgery." (That same album also had "Lucky Man,", which would probably be the most famous song if it wasn't this one.)
So, Human's turn!
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Yeah that name always get me. I don't know how I got ~Yes~ in my brain on that one?
And go-kart Mozart
Was checking out the weather chart
To see if it was safe outside
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This SHOULD be Manfred Mann and "BLINDED BY THE LIGHT."
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"Now, when I was just a little boy, standin' to my Daddy's knee, my poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you- do what he done to me."
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"Born on the Bayou"
People say I'm lazy
Dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice
Designed to enlighten me
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People say I'm lazy
Dreaming my life away
I was only going to go with these lines but I put in a few more just in case. Early 1980's this song was on nearly every radio channel playing everyday for a almost a year, after its songwriter was assassinated shortly after the song came out.
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Ok, I was thinking this was The Beatles, but apparently it was John Lennon solo. The title's something like "I'M JUST SITTING HERE WATCHING THE WHEELS GO ROUND AND ROUND."
(I think.)
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'Watching the Wheels' yes.
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While we wait I'm doing another.
I should have learned to play the guitar. I should have learned to play them drums.
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But then you might have made "MONEY FOR NOTHING" and gotten your chicks for free, like Dire Straits' song lamented. Supposedly, Mark K was standing behind a stranger at a display window of TVs set to MTV, when the stranger began complaining, sour grapes fashion, about the soft life of MTV musicians. Mark then adapted the guy's rant into the lyrics of a new song. I can't prove that, but the specificity of the rant (the guy is a deliveryman for an appliance store) sure sounds like it came from a specific person.
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"It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down, I had the radio, I was driving."
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One of my top Tom Petty favorites "Running Down a Dream"
There is a town in North Ontario
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