Indeed. Probably the most popular version was done by Leo Sayer. Reached #1 in 1980. Bobby Vee recorded it. I guess The Beatles covered it a couple times in 1961 as well.  It was song written by two members of The Crickets of Buddy Holly fame, Sunny Curtis and Jerry Allison, shortly after he passed away.
"Ok, here we go, we got a real pressure cooker going here, two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth, there's the wind-up and there it is, a line shot up the middle, look at him go.
This boy can really fly! He's rounding first and really turning it on now, he's not letting up at all, he's gonna try for second; the ball is bobbled out in center, and here comes the throw, and what a throw!
He's gonna slide in head first, here he comes, he's out! No, wait, safe--safe at second base, this kid really makes things happen out there.
Batter steps up to the plate, here's the pitch--he's going, and what a jump he's got, he's trying for third, here's the throw, it's in the dirt--safe at third! Holy cow, stolen base!
He's taking a pretty big lead out there, almost daring him to try and pick him off. The pitcher glances over, winds up, and it's bunted, bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze is on!
Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close, here's the throw, there's the play at the plate,
Is this a song? This is Name That Tune WordWolf, and is that what thread you are posting this to? Cause it sounds like a movie more than a song. But, knowing how you play, I would imagine this is something subliminal done or undertones from a song that were dubbed into it.  I have no idea what it is unless it's "Hotchskee's Sky High Again" by the Pink Palominos?
Is this a song? This is Name That Tune WordWolf, and is that what thread you are posting this to? Cause it sounds like a movie more than a song. But, knowing how you play, I would imagine this is something subliminal done or undertones from a song that were dubbed into it.  I have no idea what it is unless it's "Hotchskee's Sky High Again" by the Pink Palominos?
I don't usually post undertones (I did with the Ting Tings) but when songs have lines that are spoken, I'm known to post those.
Raf got this one, Meat Loaf's classic "Paradise By the Dashboard Light."
Yes, they "park" and do some stuff. We suddenly hear PHIL RIZZUTO doing play-by-play of a baseball game, but if you follow the words, it's indicating how the guy in the car is doing. At the end of the voiceover, Phil was reading that last set, with "Holy cow, I think he's gonna make it...." and the woman's voice interrupts in the song. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" Â
If you ever see the beginning of the video for "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", there's a written note to the effect that sometimes going all the way is only the beginning. That was a reference to this song.
BTW, it's a whole other experience if you show up at a big party or something, and this song comes on, and the dancing couples all line up and alternate the lines.   Trying to keep from cracking up at the ad lib can be tricky.Â
Women: "Do you love me?"     Men: *immediately ad-libbing "HELL NO!"  The guys jumped in with that here and there when the women's lines paused briefly.   Â
Oh, and those of you who saw Meat Loaf do that song live with another singer got a whole other experience.  The music kept playing, and the couple really started up a heck of an argument at the end.Â
"Darkness falls across the land.
The midnight hour is close at hand.
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's neighborhood.
And whomsoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell.
The foulest stench is in the air,
The funk of forty thousand years.
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom."
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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
bulwinkl
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.
WordWolf
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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"Once beneath the stars, the universe was ours. Love was all we knew, and all I knew was you."
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Heard this on the radio the other day, if you can believe it.
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Raf
in my most vivid imagination i cannot recall the title, which makes me irritated and kind of sad
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I'm sure you'll find the answer on the sea.
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"Once beneath the stars, the universe was ours. Love was all we knew, and all I knew was you."
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"Once the world was new. Our bodies felt the morning dew that greets the brand-new day. We couldn't tear ourselves away."
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Human without the bean
Oh, I got it, at least the group. Now let me see "In Your Wildest Dreams" ~The Moody Blues~
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I'm going to scratch that one.
I've got another song.Â
"Why don't you know I need you so?
Oh tell me please I gotta know
Do you mean to make me cry?
Am I just another guy"?
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WordWolf
Correct, just to make it official.
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We need some more lyrics, I think.
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Human without the bean
OK.Â
Oh oh, yea yea
I love you [da da da song title]
I'll love you twice as much tomorrow
Oh love you [da da song title]
Oh oh, yea yea
I miss you every single day
Why must my life be filled with sorrow?
I love you {da da song title]
"Why don't you know I need you so?
Oh tell me please I gotta know
Do you mean to make me cry?
Am I just another guy"?
I didn't realize just how many lines in this song contain the title.
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Ok, I have the title, but I don't have the artist. Should I post the title anyway?
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Human without the bean
Why not. I figured that George would have beat you to it. I'm pretty sure he knows it. It was covered by a lot of artists.
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"MORE THAN I CAN SAY."
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Indeed. Probably the most popular version was done by Leo Sayer. Reached #1 in 1980. Bobby Vee recorded it. I guess The Beatles covered it a couple times in 1961 as well.  It was song written by two members of The Crickets of Buddy Holly fame, Sunny Curtis and Jerry Allison, shortly after he passed away.
Your turn WordWolf.
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"Ok, here we go, we got a real pressure cooker going here, two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth, there's the wind-up and there it is, a line shot up the middle, look at him go.
This boy can really fly! He's rounding first and really turning it on now, he's not letting up at all, he's gonna try for second; the ball is bobbled out in center, and here comes the throw, and what a throw!
He's gonna slide in head first, here he comes, he's out! No, wait, safe--safe at second base, this kid really makes things happen out there.
Batter steps up to the plate, here's the pitch--he's going, and what a jump he's got, he's trying for third, here's the throw, it's in the dirt--safe at third! Holy cow, stolen base!
He's taking a pretty big lead out there, almost daring him to try and pick him off. The pitcher glances over, winds up, and it's bunted, bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze is on!
Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close, here's the throw, there's the play at the plate,
holy cow, I think he's gonna make it....."
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Is this a song? This is Name That Tune WordWolf, and is that what thread you are posting this to? Cause it sounds like a movie more than a song. But, knowing how you play, I would imagine this is something subliminal done or undertones from a song that were dubbed into it.  I have no idea what it is unless it's "Hotchskee's Sky High Again" by the Pink Palominos?
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I think this was a spoken section, possibly in the background of a tune. (Kind of like The Streak, but not The Streak.)
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Raf
STOP RIGHT THERE!!!!!!
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Paradise by the Dashboard Light, by Meat Loaf.
You guys really need to brush up on your Jim Steinman.
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The song is about a guy and his girlfriend getting hot and heavy in his car.Â
The baseball announcer's calls are supposed to be a metaphor for how close the guy is getting to... score.
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Cheech and Chong did a similar bit, except it was pro wrestling. (Lots of "pile driving," etc.)
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Interesting.
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I don't usually post undertones (I did with the Ting Tings) but when songs have lines that are spoken, I'm known to post those.
Raf got this one, Meat Loaf's classic "Paradise By the Dashboard Light."
Yes, they "park" and do some stuff. We suddenly hear PHIL RIZZUTO doing play-by-play of a baseball game, but if you follow the words, it's indicating how the guy in the car is doing. At the end of the voiceover, Phil was reading that last set, with "Holy cow, I think he's gonna make it...." and the woman's voice interrupts in the song. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" Â
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/meatloaf/paradisebythedashboardlight.html
If you ever see the beginning of the video for "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", there's a written note to the effect that sometimes going all the way is only the beginning. That was a reference to this song.
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BTW, it's a whole other experience if you show up at a big party or something, and this song comes on, and the dancing couples all line up and alternate the lines.   Trying to keep from cracking up at the ad lib can be tricky.Â
Women: "Do you love me?"     Men: *immediately ad-libbing "HELL NO!"  The guys jumped in with that here and there when the women's lines paused briefly.   Â
Oh, and those of you who saw Meat Loaf do that song live with another singer got a whole other experience.  The music kept playing, and the couple really started up a heck of an argument at the end.Â
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Raf's turn, in case anyone's forgotten.
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Next song.
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"Darkness falls across the land.
The midnight hour is close at hand.
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's neighborhood.
And whomsoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell.
The foulest stench is in the air,
The funk of forty thousand years.
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom."
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GeorgeStGeorge
Thriller by Michael Jackson?
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