Name that Tune

[WordWolf]

This was a song that wasn't released by any of the usual artists.....

"Folks, I'd like to sing a song about the American Dream.

About me, about you, the way our American hearts beat.

Down in the bottom of our chests, about the special feeling

We get in the cockles of our hearts, maybe below the cockles.

Maybe in the sub-cockle area, maybe in the liver.

Maybe in the kidneys, maybe even in the colon, we don't know.

I'm just a regular Joe with a regular job.

I'm your average white suburbanite slob.

I like football and porno and books about war.

I've got an average house with a nice hardwood floor.

My wife and my job, my kids and my car

My feet on my table and a Cuban cigar.

But sometimes that just ain't enough

To keep a man like me interested

(Oh no)

No way

(Uh-uh)

No, I've gotta go out and have fun

At someone else's expense."

"I drive really slow in the ultra-fast lane

While people behind me are going insane."

"I use public toilets and p1$$ on the seat

I walk around in the summertime saying

"How about this heat?""

"Sometimes I park in handicapped spaces

While handicapped people make handicapped faces."

"You know what I'm gonna do?

I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac, El Dorado convertible.

Hot pink with whaleskin hub caps and all leather cow interior,

And big brown baby seal eyes for headlights, yeah.

And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115 mph..

Getting one mile per gallon, sucking down Quarter-Pounder

Cheeseburgers from McDonald's in the old fashioned

Non-biodegradable Styrofoam containers.

And when I'm done sucking down those grease-ball burgers,

I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag.

And then I'm gonna toss the Styrofoam container right out the side.

And there ain't a godd***ed thing anybody can do about it

You know why? Because we got the bombs, that's why.

Two words, nuclear .... weapons, okay?

Russia, Germany, Romania

They can have all the democracy they want.

They can have a big democracy cake walk

Right through the middle of Tienanmen Square.

And it won't make a lick of difference

Because we've got the bombs, okay? John Wayne's not dead.

He's frozen and as soon as we find the cure for cancer,

We're gonna thaw out The Duke and he's gonna be pretty p1$$ed off.

You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower?

Well multiple that by 15 million times.

That's how ....ed off the Duke's gonna be.

I'm gonna get the Duke and John Cassavetes

(Hey)

And Lee Marvin

(Hey)

And Sam Peckinpah

(Hey)

And a case of whiskey and drive down to Texas..."

I'm beginning to suspect you guys may not have heard this song.....

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Once Tianeman Square appeared, I knew it was after my time. :)

Geroge

[Human without the bean]

No, I've heard of it. I can remember hearing it before, somewhere, sometime ago now.

[WordWolf]

The artist was comedian 'Denis Leary." The title was "@$$h01e."

You can check it out on YouTube.

Denis told the following story about this song...

Denis said he picked up his son from school and brought him to the recording studio

while he was recording the audio track. He didn't really think about how that

recording session had them singing out the spelling of the song's name.

As always, they recorded that a lot.

The next day, Denis got a phone-call from his son's school. They said he needed to

come in and discuss some inappropriate lyrics his son was singing.

He agreed to come in, and wondered what his son was singing. He wondered what he

could have sung, and compared it to his own experiences in school.

"Jingle bells, Batman smells..." and figured that, to them, "Batman smells" could

count as inappropriate.

So, at the meeting, the school representative didn't want to tell him directly what

his son sang. She wrote it down on a slip of paper, then slid it across a desk

to him.

"*flips paper over* @$$h01e???????"

"Do you know this song, Mr Leary?"

"Know it? I wrote it, sweetheart!"

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So, for now,

FREE POST.

[Human without the bean]

I'm still livin' with your ghost

Lonely and dreamin' of the West Coast

I don't want to be your downtime

I don't want to play your stupid game

With my big black boots and a suitcase

I do believe I'd find a new place

I don't want to be the bad guy

I don't want to do your sleepwalk

dance anymore

[Human without the bean]

I'm still livin' with your ghost

Lonely and dreamin' of the West Coast

I don't want to be your downtime

I don't want to play your stupid game

With my big black boots and a suitcase

I do believe I'd find a new place

I don't want to be the bad guy

I don't want to do your sleepwalk

dance anymore

I just want to see some palm trees

I will try and shake away this disease

We can live beside the ocean

Leave the fire behind

Swim out past the breakers

Watch the world die

We can live beside the ocean

Leave the fire behind

Swim out past the breakers

Watch the world die

[Human without the bean]

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I guess this wasn't fair because I don't think the title appears in the lyrics.

~Everclear~ Santa Monica

FREE POST

[WordWolf]

No, it's more that I don't listen to Everclear that much-

but more than most posters here.

You posted enough of the lyrics, if not for that.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Now ya turn to the left when I say gee,

You turn to the right when I say haw,

Now gee, ya ya baby,

Now haw, ya oh baby, oh baby, pretty baby,

Do it baby, oh baby, oh baby,

Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo.

George

[WordWolf]

We may not know this one.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

On ‎7‎/‎22‎/‎2016 at 8:31 AM, GeorgeStGeorge said:

Now ya turn to the left when I say gee,

You turn to the right when I say haw,

Now gee, ya ya baby,

Now haw, ya oh baby, oh baby, pretty baby,

Do it baby, oh baby, oh baby,

Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo.

George

The title names a dance.  The performer made another dance VERY popular.

 

George

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"Pony Time" by Chubby Checker

 

FREE POST

 

George

[WordWolf]

"Alone between the sheets
Only brings exasperation.
It's time to walk the streets
Smell the desperation."

 

[WordWolf]

On 28/8/2016 at 4:06 PM, WordWolf said:

"Alone between the sheets
Only brings exasperation.
It's time to walk the streets
Smell the desperation.

"At least there's pretty lights
And though there's little variation
It nullifies the night"

 

 

Edited September 1, 2016 by WordWolf
Odd formatting crapola means I need to edit.

[Human without the bean]

ngi  not gettin it.

[WordWolf]

"I can't get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complications

Especially at night
I worry over situations
I know will be alright
Perhaps it's just imagination."

 

 

"Alone between the sheets
Only brings exasperation.
It's time to walk the streets
Smell the desperation.

"At least there's pretty lights
And though there's little variation
It nullifies the night"

[WordWolf]

Ok, changing song, but keeping the same artist.....

"Is it the men come to take me away?
Why do they follow me?
It's not the future that I can see-
It's just my fantasy."

[Human without the bean]

While I was listening to flower child Donovan I recognized it.  Now that I know who the group is I have heard of the first one. But don't know the name.  Looks it up, Overkill.

~Men at Work~  Who Can It Be Now

Edited September 7, 2016 by Human without the bean
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[Human without the bean]

I going....

I got to take a little time, a little time to think things over

I better read between the line, in case I need it when I'm over

Now this mountain I must climb, feels like the world upon my shoulders

Through the clouds I see love shine, it keeps me warm as life grows colder

[WordWolf]

You were correct- Men at Work did "Overkill" and "Who Can It Be Now".

As for yours, I'm trying to remember the artist.

 

[WordWolf]

On 7/9/2016 at 0:28 PM, Human without the bean said:

I going....

I got to take a little time, a little time to think things over

I better read between the line, in case I need it when I'm over

Now this mountain I must climb, feels like the world upon my shoulders

Through the clouds I see love shine, it keeps me warm as life grows colder

IIRC, this is "I Want To Know What Love Is." and it's by FOREIGNER.

[Human without the bean]

It is indeed WordWolf.  Woke up the other morning with it playing in my head.

[WordWolf]

"And when you finally fly away
I'll be hoping that I served you well.
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell.
But whatever road you choose,
I'm right behind you- win or lose."

[WordWolf]

"May good fortune be with you,
May your guiding light be strong.
Build a stairway to heaven
with a prince or a vagabond.
And may you never love in vain."

"And when you finally fly away
I'll be hoping that I served you well.
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell.
But whatever road you choose,
I'm right behind you- win or lose."

[WordWolf]

"May The Good Lord be with you
Down every road you roam.
And may sunshine and happiness
surround you when you're far from home.
And may you grow to be proud
Dignified and true.
And do unto others
As you'd have done to you."

 

"May good fortune be with you,
May your guiding light be strong.
Build a stairway to heaven
with a prince or a vagabond.
And may you never love in vain."

 

"And when you finally fly away
I'll be hoping that I served you well.
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell.
But whatever road you choose,
I'm right behind you- win or lose."