Name that Tune

[Human without the bean]

1 hour ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

Not even remotely familiar.  :-)

George

To you maybe George , but there are still 299,999,999 more people in the USA who might.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

12 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

To you maybe George , but there are still 299,999,999 more people in the USA who might.

Of those, however, only about 4 are playing the game. 

George

[Human without the bean]

Fair enough.  It's ~The Kinks~  Ape Man  

Houston, we have a problem.  The video didn't load.  Let's try that again.  

 

We can sit in the trees and eat bananas all day.

Edited August 15, 2017 by Human without the bean
embedded quality and fine tuning

[Human without the bean]

I'm still up.

Things went wrong today
Bad news came my way
I woke up to find
That I had blew my mind

 

Fifteen cents a word to read
A telegram I didn't need
Says she doesn't care no more
Think I'll throw it on the floor

Got your cable just today
Killed my groove I've got
To say 

[GeorgeStGeorge]

This one sounds familiar.

Not enough to guess, though.  :-)

George

[WordWolf]

*slaps forehead*  I would have gotten the other quote that mentioned "homo sapiens" if I'd checked in.  Darn.

[Human without the bean]

Things went wrong today
Bad news came my way
I woke up to find
That I had blew my mind

Fifteen cents a word to read
A telegram I didn't need
Says she doesn't care no more
Think I'll throw it on the floor

Got your cable just today
Killed my groove I've got
To say 

Now you've gone away, and
How it's sad to say you've gone
I remember what they said
Now I'm going out of my head
Telegram just had to say
You've learned your lesson
All the way

On 8/15/2017 at 0:23 AM, Human without the bean said:

 

[Human without the bean]

Any more of the lyrics would give the song away.  So here you go.  

[Human without the bean]

Snaggy, shaggy, ratsy, matsy
Oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"Hair" by the Cowsills. 

George

[Human without the bean]

7 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

"Hair" by the Cowsills. 

George

"She asked him why, Why I'm a hairy guy?   I'm hairy noon and nighty nighty night.  My hair is a fright."

Yep that's it George.  

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Look at the night and it don't seem so lonely
We filled it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurting runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when I'm holding you

George

[Human without the bean]

I remember hearing that the inspiration for "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond was JFK"s daughter.

I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun

I'll tell you what I'll do (What will you do?)
I'd like to go there now with you
You can miss out school (Won't that be cool?)
Why go to learn the words of fools?

(What will we do there?) We'll get high
(What will we touch there?) We'll touch the sky
(But why the tears there?) I'll tell you why
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful

[WordWolf]

*looks it up*  I've never heard of this song, and I've never heard of this GROUP.

 

[Human without the bean]

1 hour ago, WordWolf said:

*looks it up*  I've never heard of this song, and I've never heard of this GROUP.

 

Well nobody knows every song or every group do they?  Take away their first name and add Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart to the band and that's who they became.  It's no Ape Man I will give you that.  But still groovy.  

Edited September 14, 2017 by Human without the bean

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I DIDN'T look it up, but I also have no idea. 

George

[Human without the bean]

I'll be back in a bit, I've got to get some itch relief medicine.  I just ran through a patch of stinging nettles.

[Human without the bean]

OK wrong song but right group.   The Small Faces.  Now give me a second and I will post the correct song.   This one is called Toy Soldier.

[Human without the bean]

Ok I got it this time.  Itchycoo Park by ~The Small Faces~ was a song that their music label chose to release without asking the band who felt it was too pop ( they were probably right) and that is the image that they were trying to rid themselves of.  The lead singer grew up in England and ran around in cut off shorts where patches of stinging nettles were and got the idea of itching from that experience and wrote this song.   

[Human without the bean]

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are
There are starts in every city
In every house and on every street
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete

Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess
And they sat her on a throne
But she turned her back on stardom
Because she wanted to be alone

[WordWolf]

Stepping on Bela Lugosi could be dangerous- he might turn and bite.   But, they're all "CELLULOID HEROES," and "celluloid heroes never feel any pain"and "celluloid heroes never really die."

Not the usual Kinks song, but quite memorable. 

[Human without the bean]

Go ahead and take a crack at it now WW.

Edited September 17, 2017 by Human without the bean

[WordWolf]

"Now, don't hang on, Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy."

[Human without the bean]

1 hour ago, WordWolf said:

"Now, don't hang on, Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy."

~Kansas~   Dust in the Wind.  When I read "all your money won't another minute buy" it popped into my head.

[WordWolf]

8 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

~Kansas~   Dust in the Wind.  When I read "all your money won't another minute buy" it popped into my head.

That's it.