I think this will be an easy one. Of course, I've thought that before. Just heard it tonight on the way> home.
And time doesn't wait for me, it keeps on rollin'.
Sail on, on a distant highway
This is what I get for thinking that huh? I've really never been much of ~Boston~ fan but this one was called Foreplay / Long Time. Most people probably know it just as Long Time.
It sounded like ~Bill Haley and The Comets~ to me, but I wasn't aware of it's name Rip It Up. I kind of guessed it by randomly selecting American Bandstand videos, and that's the first one i tried.
"The Nickelodeon mentioned in the song is obviously a coin-operated music maker — player piano, jukebox, or radio — and "Nickelodeon" is usually capitalized in the printed lyrics as though it were being used as a brand name. However there is no prior record of "Nickelodeon" being used as a brand or common name for any coin-operated device, and the trademark owner was a chain of silent movie theaters that operated from 1905 to 1915. All uses of "nickelodeon" to refer to a jukebox appear to trace directly to this song."
For the pedantic, actual "nickelodeons" were tiny 5-cent movie theaters,
and never any coin-operated devices like the Kinetoscope or mutoscope.
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Human without the bean
I've got to keep on chasing a dream
I've got to be on my way
Wish there was something I could say
Well I'm taking my time, I'm just moving along
You'll forget about me after I've been gone
And I take what I find, I don't want no more
It's just outside of your front door
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This is what I get for thinking that huh? I've really never been much of ~Boston~ fan but this one was called Foreplay / Long Time. Most people probably know it just as Long Time.
Anyone got one go ahead.
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Here's an oldie:
I'm gonna shake it up, gonna ball it up,
I'm gonna rock it up, and ball tonight.
George
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It sounded like ~Bill Haley and The Comets~ to me, but I wasn't aware of it's name Rip It Up. I kind of guessed it by randomly selecting American Bandstand videos, and that's the first one i tried.
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Human without the bean
He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin' and a boppin' and singing his song
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GeorgeStGeorge
"Rockin' Robin"
She rocks to the east, she rocks to the west, and she's the gal that I like best!
George
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A few more lines
I've got a girl named Daisy; she almost drives me crazy.
I've got a girl named Daisy; she almost drives me crazy.
She rocks to the east, she rocks to the west, and she's the gal that I like best!
George
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"Tutti Frutti"
"Do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul? Can you teach me how to dance real slow?"
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WordWolf
Don Mac Lean's "American Pie."
"We were at the beach. Everybody had matching towels.
Somebody went under a dock. And there they saw a rock."
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"We were at the beach. Everybody had matching towels.
Somebody went under a dock. And there they saw a rock.
But it wasn't a rock..."
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Ok, this was the B-52's "Rock Lobster."
"I got the rockin' pneumonia,I need a shot of rhythm and blues.
I think I'm rollin' arthritis sittin' down by the rhythm review."
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Human without the bean
At first glance this looked liked ~johnny rivers~ rockin pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu but that's not it.
You got more lines wordwolf?
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More lines don't necessarily fit the category, but ok.
"Well gonna write a little letter,gonna mail it to my local D.J.
It's a rocking little record I want my jockey to play."
"I got the rockin' pneumonia,I need a shot of rhythm and blues.
I think I'm rollin' arthritis sittin' down by the rhythm review."
"We're rockin' in two by two."
I'll be out of touch for a few days.
If you're sure you have it, answer then move on.
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It's "Roll Over Beethoven"
New one shortly...
George
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WordWolf
That's it.
See you all Monday!
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GeorgeStGeorge
Ah-aaaaaah, yeah
Take me in your arms and rock me
Ah-aaaaaah, yeah
Take me in your arms and rock me
George
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Human without the bean
It reminds me of a couple different songs George. Neither of them are right I'm sure.
More......please.
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Unfortunately, just about every other line contains the title, "Rock Your Baby" (by George McCrae).
FREE POST
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Human without the bean
That one guitar felt good in his hands
Didn't take long, to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was his one way ticket, on way to go
So he started rockin'
Ain't never gonna stop
Gotta keep on rockin'
Some day he's gonna make it to the top
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WordWolf
It's from "The Guys from Another Country"
and it's called "Nickelodeon Champion."
Or something like that.
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Human without the bean
Yes the group is Foreigner. Is the Nickelodeon Champion thing a pun I should be getting WordWolf? I'm not getting it.
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A nickelodeon is an old juke box, when it cost a nickel to play a song. A champion, of course, is a hero.
George
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Human without the bean
Huh, I never knew or heard of that before. Very Good.
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"Put another nickel in, in the Nickelodeon. All I want is loving you and music, music, music!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music!_Music!_Music!
"The Nickelodeon mentioned in the song is obviously a coin-operated music maker — player piano, jukebox, or radio — and "Nickelodeon" is usually capitalized in the printed lyrics as though it were being used as a brand name. However there is no prior record of "Nickelodeon" being used as a brand or common name for any coin-operated device, and the trademark owner was a chain of silent movie theaters that operated from 1905 to 1915. All uses of "nickelodeon" to refer to a jukebox appear to trace directly to this song."
For the pedantic, actual "nickelodeons" were tiny 5-cent movie theaters,
and never any coin-operated devices like the Kinetoscope or mutoscope.
After the song, the meanings all got blurred.
You can read up here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_(movie_theater)
So, yeah, "Guys From Another Country" could work as a band name, don't you think?
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