Name that Tune

[Human without the bean]

Coming in from London from over the pole

Flying in a big airliner

Chicken flying everywhere around the plane

Could we ever feel much finer

There's a guy with a ticket to Mexico

Could he ever look much stranger

Walkin' in the hall with his things and all

Smilin', said he was the Lone Ranger

Hip woman walking on a moving floor

Tripping on the escalator

There's a man in the line, and she's blowing his mind

Thinking that he's already made her

Year was 1969, Woodstock

Edited February 14, 2015 by Human without the bean

[GeorgeStGeorge]

No idea. At 13, a lot of the groups who played Woodstock were pretty foreign to me.

George

[Human without the bean]

No idea. At 13, a lot of the groups who played Woodstock were pretty foreign to me.

George

OK. Fair enough, it was ~Arlo Guthrie~ Coming Into Los Angeles.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

No idea. At 13, a lot of the groups who played Woodstock were pretty foreign to me.

George

It's not that I was unaware of rock music, of course; but it was pretty much mainstream bands (Beatles, Herman's Hermits, Mamas and Papas) that I knew.

As for Arlo Guthrie, I could have gotten "City of New Orleans," but that's about it. Just a process check, here. Was "Coming into Los Angeles" released as a single? Just because I don't recognize the title doesn't mean that it wasn't; but as much as we'd like people to recognize our favorite album cuts, we really need to keep this thread to songs with pretty wide distribution.

George

Edited February 15, 2015 by GeorgeStGeorge

[WordWolf]

Arlo's most-recognized song is "Alice's Restaurant" in any of its variations.

Since it was never released as a single, Billboard doesn't count it.

They count "City of New Orleans" as his sole hit single.

Wikipedia notes he had some success with "Coming into Los Angeles" and

with "the Motorcycle Song."

My usual standard for this is AIRPLAY. I've loved a lot of songs that

never got airplay, so I consider them unfair to post.

I've barely ever heard "City of New Orleans" and couldn't recognize

the other 2 songs, and I can probably recite at least 1 version of

"Alice's Restaurant." I don't know about anyone else.

[Human without the bean]

Oh well. I'm still up.

In the sweet old country where I come from

Nobody ever works

Yeah nothing gets done

You know marrying money is a full time job

I don't need the aggravation

I'm a lazy slob

We got nothing to eat

We got nowhere to work

Nothing to drink

We just lost our shirts

I'm on the dole

I ain't for hire

Edited February 15, 2015 by Human without the bean

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I'm strongly tempted to make a forbidden political statement, here. :)

George

[Human without the bean]

I'm strongly tempted to make a forbidden political statement, here.

George

I guess I don't catch your drift. Was it my post?

[WordWolf]

I guess I don't catch your drift. Was it my post?

Not exactly.

Since the Politics forum was cancelled due to being a strain on the Admin/site owner,

politics are forbidden to discuss.

That having been said, some people would take the lyrics you posted and start from

there in making some sort of political diatribe.

(I.e, characters on the dole/on welfare, etc.)

In other news, no idea about the current song.

[Human without the bean]

Thanks for enlightening me WordWolf. I did'nt know what "on the dole" meant by the artist in the song.

I do know that they don't suffer financially. They are all mega millionaires.

[Human without the bean]

In the sweet old country where I come from

Nobody ever works

Yeah nothing gets done

You know marrying money is a full time job

I don't need the aggravation

I'm a lazy slob

We got nothing to eat

We got nowhere to work

Nothing to drink

We just lost our shirts

I'm on the dole

I ain't for hire

I got off track here and I have to apologize. I was trying to come up with a Rolling Stones song from memory and this is what came to me. But it didn't receive enough radio time to warrant it being posted here.

Hang Fire ~Rolling Stones~ Sorry, but my link disappeared.

Here's one we all will recognize.

This is a story about Billie Joe and Bobbie Sue

Two young lovers with nothin' better to do

Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube

And here's what happened when they decided to cut loose

Edited February 17, 2015 by Human without the bean

[WordWolf]

Ok, I HAVE heard "Hang Fire" and could hum a little when I saw the name.

(I don't know the lyrics, but I could have known them.)

As for the current song, I can clap along....

[Human without the bean]

Here's one we all will recognize.

This is a story about Billie Joe and Bobbie Sue

Two young lovers with nothin' better to do

Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube

And here's what happened when they decided to cut loose

I guess not.

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[Human without the bean]

A new tune:

I put my faith in the people

But the people let me down

So I turned the other way

And I carry on, anyhow

That's why I'm telling you

Had my head on the dollar bill

But the dollar bill flew away

But the sun is shining down on me

And its here to stay

That's why I'm telling you

[Human without the bean]

A new tune:

I put my faith in the people

But the people let me down

So I turned the other way

And I carry on, anyhow

That's why I'm telling you

Had my head on the dollar bill

But the dollar bill flew away

But the sun is shining down on me

And its here to stay

That's why I'm telling you

Don't let it all get you down, no, no

Don't let it turn you around and around

And around, and around and around

Five, four, three. two

Can't be bothered with sorrow

And I can't be bothered with hate, no, no

I'm using up the time but feeling fine every day

That's why I'm telling you

Edited February 28, 2015 by Human without the bean

[Human without the bean]

OK, that's long enough.

~Rare Earth~ I Just Want To Celebrate

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[Human without the bean]

I was cutting a rug

Down at a place called The Jug

With a girl named Linda Lu

When in walked a man

With a gun in his hand

And he's lookin' for you know who

I said "Wait a minute, mister,

I didn't even kiss her

Don't want no trouble with you

And I know you don't own me

But I wish you'd let me

Ask on favor from you".

Edited March 3, 2015 by Human without the bean

[Human without the bean]

I was cutting a rug

Down at a place called The Jug

With a girl named Linda Lu

When in walked a man

With a gun in his hand

And he's lookin' for you know who

I said "Wait a minute, mister,

I didn't even kiss her

Don't want no trouble with you

And I know you don't own me

But I wish you'd let me

Ask on favor from you".

Giimme Three Steps ~Lynyrd Skynkrd~

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[GeorgeStGeorge]

Your last few posts have been songs I've heard before, but not enough to recognize them. :)

George

[WordWolf]

Your last few posts have been songs I've heard before, but not enough to recognize them. :)/>

George

I could have recognized about 1/2 the past page.

I just got so used to not recognizing any that I stopped checking the thread.

I can resume checking it some more.

(And H w/o Bean missed my comment about

"Take the Money and Run", where I said I could clap along.

I was letting someone else name it, thinking they could,

but since there's clapping in the song, hinting I could

name it, then I forgot to name it later.)

[Human without the bean]

Billy left his home with a dollar in his pocket and a head full of dreams

He said, somehow, someway it's got to get better than this

Patty packed her bags, left a note for her mama, she was just 17

There were tears in her eyes when she kissed her little sister goodbye

[Human without the bean]

Billy left his home with a dollar in his pocket and a head full of dreams

He said, somehow, someway it's got to get better than this

Patty packed her bags, left a note for her mama, she was just 17

There were tears in her eyes when she kissed her little sister goodbye

Billy wrote a letter back to Patty's parents, trying to explain

He said were both really sorry that it had to turn out this way

But there ain't no point in talking, when there's no one listening, so we just ran away

Patty gave birth to a 10-pound baby boy, yeah

[Human without the bean]

Alright. It's time. I thought a little Rod Stewart was in order.

Young Turks

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[Human without the bean]

Spread your tiny wings and fly away

And take the snow back with you from where it came on that day

The one I love forever is untrue

And if I could you know I would fly away with you

Edited March 11, 2015 by Human without the bean

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"Snowbird" by Anne Murray?

George