Name that Tune

[GeorgeStGeorge]

  On 5/21/2013 at 3:38 AM, Human without the bean said:

Tennessee Ernie Ford sings it. I think it's 16 tons.

That's the one.

George

[Human without the bean]

Mama pyjama rolled outta bed, she ran to the police station

When the cop found out, he began to shout, he started the investigation

And it's against the law, it was against the law

What what mama saw, it was against the law

[GeorgeStGeorge]

It seems familiar, maybe a Paul Simon song, but I can't remember enough.

George

[Human without the bean]

It is Paul Simon.

[WordWolf]

"Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard," Paul Simon.

[Human without the bean]

That's it.

[WordWolf]

"This old town's changed so much.

Don't feel like I belong.

Too many protest singers.

Not enough protest songs."

[WordWolf]

"You've made me acknowledge the devil in me.

I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically.

Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically.

Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel."

"This old town's changed so much.

Don't feel like I belong.

Too many protest singers.

Not enough protest songs."

No vibraphone fans online this week?

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I like the vibraphone just fine. I don't recognize the song, though.

George

[WordWolf]

"You've made me acknowledge the devil in me.

I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically.

Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically.

Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel."

"This old town's changed so much.

Don't feel like I belong.

Too many protest singers.

Not enough protest songs."

"You give me just a taste so I want more and more.

Now my hands are bleeding and my needs are raw.

Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor."

[Human without the bean]

It's an intriguing tune WordWolf, to say the least.

Sounds like a cross between a Woody Guthrie and Jim Morrison song.

How far off am I?

[WordWolf]

Well,

if Morrison had sung in the 80s or later,

he might have done a cover of it.

[WordWolf]

"Now just like in a song from days of yore,

Here you come a knockin', knockin' at my door."

"You give me just a taste so I want more and more.

Now my hands are bleeding and my needs are raw.

Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor."

"You've made me acknowledge the devil in me.

I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically.

Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically.

Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel."

"This old town's changed so much.

Don't feel like I belong.

Too many protest singers.

Not enough protest songs.

And now you've come along.

Yes, you've come along."

If you saw "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", this might seem familiar.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Well, I saw the movie, but I wasn't paying much attention to the sound track. ;)

George

[WordWolf]

It's actually from 1995 (the song.)

It was featured in VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders at #68.

On the UK charts, it reached #4 when it first charted.

[WordWolf]

Ok, everything except the title has been posted for a while now.

This is Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You".

FREE POST!

[Human without the bean]

I looked under chairs

I looked under tables

I'm tryin to find the key

To fifty million fables

[Human without the bean]

  On 6/5/2013 at 12:57 AM, Human without the bean said:

I looked under chairs

I looked under tables

I'm tryin to find the key

To fifty million fables

I asked bobby dylan

I asked the beatles

I asked timothy leary

But he couldn't help me either

[WordWolf]

Can I call you "THE SEEKER"?

If not, Who?

[Human without the bean]

It's the Who! The Seeker is right.

[WordWolf]

"The kids were just crass, he was the nazz with God given a$$.

He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar."

[Human without the bean]

Something from the 90's. There was some good music in the early 90's. Much improved decade over the previous one.

[WordWolf]

  On 6/11/2013 at 1:49 AM, Human without the bean said:

Something from the 90's. There was some good music in the early 90's. Much improved decade over the previous one.

You're off by about 20 years.

It's something from 1972.

There was some GREAT music all across the 70s.

[Human without the bean]

Yeah, I kinda figured it was a lot earlier. Everything that David Bowie has ever done was remastered in 1999.

I looked up alot of David Bowie's catalog on amazon (not to find this clue) and it appeared on 3 or 4 different albums. All of them were remastered in 1999. There were 337 albums.

Ziggy Stardust, is David Bowie's alter ego.

Bowie uses some of his songs and releases them on other albums. Wonder why? Does he need to boost sales?

It is Ziggy Stardust is it not? But, not from the 90's.

[Human without the bean]

I think I got it right, so I'm not waiting.

Also, from 1972'

Sugar plum fairy came and hit the streets

Lookin for soul food and a place to eat

Went to the Apollo, you should've seen em go go go.

They said,

Edited June 12, 2013 by Human without the bean