Name that Tune

[WordWolf]

17 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
Where all the veins meet, yeah

No change, I can change, I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no no, no, no, no, no, no
(Have you ever been down?)

Well I've never prayed but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

 That's obviously the Rolling Stones with....

um, it's "Bittersweet Symphony", I think that's The Verve Pipe.

[Human without the bean]

That is correct WordWolf.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

WW is up on this thread, too.  

George

[WordWolf]

"He had white horses

And ladies by the score

All dressed in satin

And waiting by the door."

Edited September 16 by WordWolf

[waysider]

Ooh, what a LUCKY MAN he was....ELP

[WordWolf]

7 hours ago, waysider said:

Ooh, what a LUCKY MAN he was....ELP

Correct.

[waysider]

And now you find yourself in '83
The disco hot spots hold no charm for me
You can concern yourself with bigger things
You catch a pearl and ride the dragon's wings

[Human without the bean]

So how about some more lines waysider that may help me with this clue?

[waysider]

2 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

So how about some more lines waysider that may help me with this clue?

I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
One look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe the smile right from my face

[Human without the bean]

20 hours ago, waysider said:

I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
One look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe the smile right from my face

Is there one line that stands out among the rest of the lyrics, (maybe with the title in it) that I may recognize? Ha ha.  I don't suppose that any players playing here would know this one, myself, I certainly don't know this one, and when posts just sit there and don't get responses, it takes two weeks until they get passed along.  So I, at least like to post something just to say, I don't have a clue yet.

[waysider]

Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidents arose from circumstance
One thing led to another, we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

 

clue: This was the first big hit for a supergroup. It appeared on their eponymous album.

One of the band members was in ELP, if that helps.

Edited September 22 by waysider

[waysider]

Not sure why I posted this one.

I must have been caught up in the heat of the moment.

 

free post

[GeorgeStGeorge]

28 minutes ago, waysider said:

Not sure why I posted this one.

I must have been caught up in the heat of the moment.

 

free post

The only real rule for this thread is that the song had airtime (i.e., it was not just an album cut or B-side).  Realize, however, that we have a limited number of players, so relatively obscure songs are likely not to be recognized.

That said, I'm going to post a COUNTRY song.  If you know it at all, you'll know it from these lines:

"Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got run over by a damned old train!"

George

I'll settle for the title, if you don't know the artist.

Edited September 24 by GeorgeStGeorge

[waysider]

In 1982, Heat of the Moment sat at #1 on the U.S. charts for 6 weeks, after which it dropped to #4.  Definitely not obscure.

 

You Never Even Called Me By My Name...Steve Goodman and John Prine

 

(Revised and made famous by David Allan Coe)

Edited September 24 by waysider

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I'll take your word for it about Heat of the Moment.  Just because I don't recognize a song, that doesn't mean it was obscure.  Of course, it doesn't mean it WASN'T obscure, either.  

The other rule of the game is that you have to name the version having the posted lyrics.  You have the right song, of course, but that Prine version in the video had different lyrics, for an obvious reason.  Anyway, I've had so little luck posting country here that I'm elated you got it.

I personally prefer David Allan Coe's version, probably because it's the one they play in the bars down here, and maybe because it's a bit edgier.  I'll let the others make up their own minds:

David Allan Coe version

George

(In case I wasn't clear, you ARE up.)

[waysider]

Bill
I love you so, I always will
I look at you and you see the passion eyes of May 
Oh, but am I ever gonna see my wedding day? 

[Human without the bean]

Wedding Bell  Blues  ~Fifth Dimension~

[Human without the bean]

Well, let her be someone else's queen
I don't want to know about it
There's too many others that know what I mean
And that's why I've got to live without it

[Human without the bean]

Well, let her be someone else's queen
I don't want to know about it
There's too many others that know what I mean
And that's why I've got to live without it

Well, the stories crawling back to me
From my friends and the people that I want to see
The things they say I know just couldn't be true
At least not until I hear it from you

[WordWolf]

This keeps reminding me of a Gin Blossoms song, but this can't be that song....

[Human without the bean]

I'm in love with the girl i'm talking about
I'm in love with the girl I can't live without
 
Well, let her be somebody else's queen
I don't want to know about it
There's too many others that know what I mean
And that's why I got to live without it
I'm in love with the girl I'm talking about
I'm in love with the girl I can't live without
 
All the stories coming back to me
From my friends and the people that I don't want to see
The things you say I know just couldn't be true
At least not until I hear them from you
'Cause I still in love with the girl I'm talking about
I'm in love with the girl I can't live without

[waysider]

Sorry, I'm stumped.

[WordWolf]

*looks it up*  Sorry, haven't heard this song.  Kinda sorta before my time.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

*looks it up*

The title is familiar (and the group), so I've probably heard the song, just not in quite a while.  I'm out.

George

[Human without the bean]

It's unanimous then.

Bad Time  ~Grand Funk Railroad