In this one post as many as you want. The object is supposed to stump everyone. it just has to have been played on the radio at some time.on the other "contest" the object is to tax the poster to come up with a song that is so memorable that it is easily recognized by one line. googling the line is not allowed on either one.
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.
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.
The title is "Dead Flowers". It's actually a very melodic sing-along type country song. The Stones do great country.
George, I didn't realize that I had also used this song in the "Songs Remembered from Just One line" thread. I identified it there but if you want to resist the temptation to look and take a guess, here are the first two lines of the song:
Katy tried
I was halfway crucified
It's a relatively obscure song. I think the only way you'll guess it is if you're a fan of the artist.
George, I didn't realize that I had also used this song in the "Songs Remembered from Just One line" thread. I identified it there but if you want to resist the temptation to look and take a guess, here are the first two lines of the song:
Katy tried
I was halfway crucified
It's a relatively obscure song. I think the only way you'll guess it is if you're a fan of the artist.
I know Wordwolf knows it.
Are you with me, Doctor Wu?
Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew?
Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?
Have you done all that you could do?
Are you with me Doctor....?"
It was a little easier to remember the name because I saw a Doctor Wu's name once,
and I kept humming the song whenever I saw it again.
That, and someone made a fan-video for the Steely Dan song which was very good,
and YouTube keeps deleting it.
(Good thing I saved the video.)
That was the first time I gave the lyrics a lot of attention.
Then I had to look up which country uses piasters as a currency (or DID use it, as it turns out.)
Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew?
Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?
Have you done all that you could do?
Are you with me Doctor....?"
That song just blows me away, and it's taken on new meaning for me in recent months...
The references to piasters, being "strung out", and Cuban gentlemen sleeping all day would seem to indicate that "Doctor Wu" is the story of one man's addiction to some opiate, possibly heroin. However I've started to interpret the song literally as a song about an actual woman.
When I think think of it that way, it captures (in a strange but perfect way) the story of my recent relationship with a certain woman. She came back into my life at a time when I was vulnerable. I got drawn in and I've haven't been able to get out.
For months and months we "sang a stupid song". We both knew it was true, yet we knew it wasn't real.
The way the song fades with "Are you with me/Can you hear me, Doctor?" tells how I am still stuck in a dream, addicted to her, and oblivious to the reality.
She is lovely, yes she's sly
And you're and ordinary guy
Yep, she got to me in a big way. I was no match for her. The fact that I'm weak and stupid only made matters worse.
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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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Those lines are, the song as a whole is not taken to be.
(An argument conceivably could be made for it, but not a popular one.)
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"Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm.
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm!
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm.
if you walk without rhythm...you never learn."
"Organically grown.
Through the hemisphere I roam.
To make love to the angels of light, yeah
and my girl.
I guess you just don't understand-
It's gone beyond bein' a man.
As I drift off into the night
I'm in flight."
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Well, this one was Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice."
If you've never seen the video, you'll want to....
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"Im going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side.
Im going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side.
You can still barrelhouse, baby, on the riverside."
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bulwinkl
finally one I recognize
that would be Crossroads by Cream
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Right.
Your turn.
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And all the kids at school
They were wishing they were me that night
And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
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And I never had a girl
Looking any better than you did
And all the kids at school
They were wishing they were me that night
And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
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...And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of knife
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
Meatloaf - Paradise By the Dashboard Lights
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bulwinkl
sounds like you got it. congrats and your turn.
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How many lines are we supposed to post? Is the the object to try and stump everyone?
I'll start with this:
When you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another girl will take my pain away
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In this one post as many as you want. The object is supposed to stump everyone. it just has to have been played on the radio at some time.on the other "contest" the object is to tax the poster to come up with a song that is so memorable that it is easily recognized by one line. googling the line is not allowed on either one.
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Well, since it is a fairly obscure song (it was rarely played on the radio), I'll provide two more lines:
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
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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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The giveaway:
Say it with dead flowers in my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
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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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The title is "Dead Flowers". It's actually a very melodic sing-along type country song. The Stones do great country.
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I guess I'll go again...
All night long
We would sing that stupid song
And every word we sang I knew was true
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Bumping this back up. Any more lines for us, Soul searcher?
George
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George, I didn't realize that I had also used this song in the "Songs Remembered from Just One line" thread. I identified it there but if you want to resist the temptation to look and take a guess, here are the first two lines of the song:
Katy tried
I was halfway crucified
It's a relatively obscure song. I think the only way you'll guess it is if you're a fan of the artist.
I know Wordwolf knows it.
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Are you with me, Doctor Wu?
Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew?
Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?
Have you done all that you could do?
Are you with me Doctor....?"
It was a little easier to remember the name because I saw a Doctor Wu's name once,
and I kept humming the song whenever I saw it again.
That, and someone made a fan-video for the Steely Dan song which was very good,
and YouTube keeps deleting it.
(Good thing I saved the video.)
That was the first time I gave the lyrics a lot of attention.
Then I had to look up which country uses piasters as a currency (or DID use it, as it turns out.)
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That song just blows me away, and it's taken on new meaning for me in recent months...
The references to piasters, being "strung out", and Cuban gentlemen sleeping all day would seem to indicate that "Doctor Wu" is the story of one man's addiction to some opiate, possibly heroin. However I've started to interpret the song literally as a song about an actual woman.
When I think think of it that way, it captures (in a strange but perfect way) the story of my recent relationship with a certain woman. She came back into my life at a time when I was vulnerable. I got drawn in and I've haven't been able to get out.
For months and months we "sang a stupid song". We both knew it was true, yet we knew it wasn't real.
The way the song fades with "Are you with me/Can you hear me, Doctor?" tells how I am still stuck in a dream, addicted to her, and oblivious to the reality.
She is lovely, yes she's sly
And you're and ordinary guy
Yep, she got to me in a big way. I was no match for her. The fact that I'm weak and stupid only made matters worse.
Whatever...life goes on.
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soul searcher
"I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine"
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Nice one. You go.
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