AGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I know the group (Blondie) and even can picture parts of the video. I can even recall that I heard this was the "first rap song" but I'll be damned I can't remember the name of the song!!!!!!!!!
AGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I know the group (Blondie) and even can picture parts of the video. I can even recall that I heard this was the "first rap song" but I'll be damned I can't remember the name of the song!!!!!!!!!
It was the first rap song AIRED ON VH1 and MTV.
It was not the first rap song- 1979's "Rapper's Delight" beats it by at least a year,
and other songs probably predate THAT.
This song is Blondie's "Rapture." (1980 for the album appearance, 1981 for the single.)
For the curious, Fab Five Freddy (who told me everything's fly)
appears in the video. He's the tagger who's spray-painting graffiti on a
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bulwinkl
It was played on album oriented stations so that counts. I remember it I just can't think of the song right now
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Don't know the title but then I never did like the stones to much. unless it was covered by Flying Burrito brothers also which would make it dead flowers but I think that's another song.
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Once beneath the stars, the universe was ours. Love was all we knew, and all I knew was you. I wonder where you are, I wonder if you think about me Once upon a time, IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS. It mig
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AGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I know the group (Blondie) and even can picture parts of the video. I can even recall that I heard this was the "first rap song" but I'll be damned I can't remember the name of the song!!!!!!!!!
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Well, rap sure-has something to do with the title...
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It was the first rap song AIRED ON VH1 and MTV.
It was not the first rap song- 1979's "Rapper's Delight" beats it by at least a year,
and other songs probably predate THAT.
This song is Blondie's "Rapture." (1980 for the album appearance, 1981 for the single.)
For the curious, Fab Five Freddy (who told me everything's fly)
appears in the video. He's the tagger who's spray-painting graffiti on a
wall- with an empty can (no paint is coming out.)
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Aha! WW swooped in and solved it..!!!!
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WordWolf
Next song.
"I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded with hatred"
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Bob Dylan's-A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall...
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WordWolf
That's it.
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And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
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I'll take a guess at PsychoKiller. I know the album just not sure of it's that song or a different one from the album.
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waysider
Why, that's ONCE IN A LIFETIME-----Talking heads
(Same as it ever was.
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Right On Waysider! Â :)
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Can someone take my turn? :)
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No problemo...
She didnt recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried.
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You got it! Â Hey, you're good at this!
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Just like a ghost you've been hauntin' my dreams
So I'll propose on Halloween.
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GeorgeStGeorge
"Spooky" by the Classics IV?
George
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A most excellent replay, Sir George.
Carry on.
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Tonight I'm gonna meet her at the Hungry House Cafe
And I'm gonna give her all the love I can, yes I am!
George
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Can you give us more George?
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GeorgeStGeorge
I'm sure I posted another line!
Anyway, this will give it away:
Giddy-up a-oom-pow-pow oom-pow-pow mau-mau
George
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Elvira! Â By the Oak Ridge boys.
Yep, the second clue gave it away..:)
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GeorgeStGeorge
Correct, of course.
George
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There's only two things in life that make it worth livin'
That's guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women
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