I got no kick
Against the west coast
Warner Brothers
Are such good hosts
I raise my whiskey glass
And give them a toast
I'm sure they know it's true
I got no rap against
The Southern states
Every time I've been there
It's been great
I'm wearin'
Fur pajamas
I ride a
Hot Potata'
It's tickling my fancy
Speak up, I can't hear you
Check out Mr. Businessman
Oh, ho ho
Checkin' in, a checkin' out!
Peace of mind It's a piece of cake Thought control You get on board any time you like
Like sitting on pins and needles Things fall apart It's scientific Â
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I'll wrestle with your conscience You wrestle with your partner Sitting on a windowsill But he spends his time behind closed doors
So check out mister businessman, oh-oh-oh He bought some ....................... On the way to the stock exchange, oh-oh-oh He got some ..................... Pick it up when he opens the door, oh-oh-oh He doing ....................... I know it's the way you like it, oh-oh Living ..............
Peace of mind It's a piece of cake Thought control You get on board any time you like
Like sitting on pins and needles Things fall apart It's scientific
Sleeping on the Interstate, oh-oh-oh Getting ................... Checking in and checking out, oh-oh-oh I got 'em, .................. Spending all of my money and time, oh-oh-oh On too much ................ We wanna go and we go where we go, oh-oh-oh Ah, doing ................. I know it, that's how we start, oh-oh-oh Got some ................. Take a picture here in the daylight, oh-oh And it's a .................... You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast, oh-oh-oh .................. And I know that's the way you like it, oh-oh Living ............................
"99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in the summer sky"
"Panic bells, it's Red Alert. There's something here from somewhere else. The war machine springs to life,
opens up one eager eye, Focusing it on the sky"
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"99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in the summer sky"
"Panic bells, it's Red Alert. There's something here from somewhere else. The war machine springs to life, opens up one eager eye, Focusing it on the sky"
"99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in the summer sky"
"Panic bells, it's Red Alert. There's something here from somewhere else. The war machine springs to life,
opens up one eager eye, Focusing it on the sky"
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"99 Decision Street. Ninety-nine ministers meet to worry, worry, super-scurry. call the troops out in a hurry! This is what we've waited for.  This is it, boys, this is war! The president is on the line"
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"99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in the summer sky"
This is a clue.  It would definitely tell me a lot, but I'm not sure it will jog your memory. It depends on if you've heard this song before....
"Neunundneunzig Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man für UFOs aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'Ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn's so wär
Dabei waren dort am Horizont
Nur neunundneunzig Luftballons
Neunundneunzig Düsenflieger
Jeder war ein großer Krieger
Hielten sich für Captain Kirk
Es gab ein großes Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fühlten sich gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf neunundneunzig Luftballons."
Ok, I'll end this round.  This was Nena's "99 Red Balloons." She was a German singer who wrote "99 Luftballons" in German. It was such a hit that she wrote an English version of the song.  It was a hit, but not as big as the original song. (Technically, the English version didn't "chart", but it got a LOT of airplay.)  This was from 1983, so I didn't break my rule for myself of not picking anything after 1985. Â
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It was played on album oriented stations so that counts. I remember it I just can't think of the song right now
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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.
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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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I've at least heard of George Strait, but I don't know ANY of his songs. C & W is not my usual fare.
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Not C&W this time...
I got no kick
Against the west coast
Warner Brothers
Are such good hosts
I raise my whiskey glass
And give them a toast
I'm sure they know it's true
I got no rap against
The Southern states
Every time I've been there
It's been great
George
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Kathmandu Bob Segar
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GeorgeStGeorge
Indeed.
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Human without the bean
I'm wearin'
Fur pajamas
I ride a
Hot Potata'
It's tickling my fancy
Speak up, I can't hear you
Check out Mr. Businessman
Oh, ho ho
Checkin' in, a checkin' out!
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I'm wearin'
Fur pajamas
I ride a
Hot Potata'
It's tickling my fancy
Speak up, I can't hear you
Check out Mr. Businessman
Oh, ho ho
Checkin' in, a checkin' out!
It's a piece of cake
Thought control
You get on board any time you like
Things fall apart
It's scientific   (I'm not sure that this is going to be recognizable)
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I get the feeling I should recognize "Mr Businessman" but the rest isn't ringing a bell.  I might be missing a line somewhere.
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GeorgeStGeorge
I don't recognize it at all.
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I'm wearin'
Fur pajamas
I ride a
Hot Potata'
It's tickling my fancy
Speak up, I can't hear you
Check out Mr. Businessman
Oh, ho ho
Checkin' in, a checkin' out!
It's a piece of cake
Thought control
You get on board any time you like
Things fall apart
It's scientific Â
You wrestle with your partner
Sitting on a windowsill
But he spends his time behind closed doors
He bought some .......................
On the way to the stock exchange, oh-oh-oh
He got some .....................
Pick it up when he opens the door, oh-oh-oh
He doing .......................
I know it's the way you like it, oh-oh
Living ..............
It's a piece of cake
Thought control
You get on board any time you like
Things fall apart
It's scientific
Getting ...................
Checking in and checking out, oh-oh-oh
I got 'em, ..................
Spending all of my money and time, oh-oh-oh
On too much ................
We wanna go and we go where we go, oh-oh-oh
Ah, doing .................
I know it, that's how we start, oh-oh-oh
Got some .................
Take a picture here in the daylight, oh-oh
And it's a ....................
You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast, oh-oh-oh
..................
And I know that's the way you like it, oh-oh
Living ............................
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Ok. The wrestling part rang a bell.  *thinks* 80s music.....David Byrne.... This is the Talking Heads doing "Wild Life."
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Bravo, you got it.
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Next song.
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99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk."
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"99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in the summer sky"
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"Panic bells, it's Red Alert. There's something here from somewhere else. The war machine springs to life,
opens up one eager eye, Focusing it on the sky"
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"99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in the summer sky"
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"Panic bells, it's Red Alert. There's something here from somewhere else. The war machine springs to life,
opens up one eager eye, Focusing it on the sky"
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"99 Decision Street. Ninety-nine ministers meet to worry, worry, super-scurry. call the troops out in a hurry! This is what we've waited for.  This is it, boys, this is war! The president is on the line"
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"99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in the summer sky"
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I don't have a light bulb going off of what this is.
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"You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got.
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone.
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, "Something's out there!"
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"Panic bells, it's Red Alert. There's something here from somewhere else. The war machine springs to life,
opens up one eager eye, Focusing it on the sky"
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"99 Decision Street. Ninety-nine ministers meet to worry, worry, super-scurry. call the troops out in a hurry! This is what we've waited for.  This is it, boys, this is war! The president is on the line"
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"99 knights of the air ride super-high-tech jet fighters.     Every one's a super-hero, every one's a Captain Kirk. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in the summer sky"
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"It's all over and I'm standin' pretty In this dust that was a city."
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This is a clue.  It would definitely tell me a lot, but I'm not sure it will jog your memory. It depends on if you've heard this song before....
"Neunundneunzig Luftballons
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GeorgeStGeorge
Sorry. No idea.
George
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GeorgeStGeorge
Still no idea.
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Human without the bean
How about never had no idea.
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Ok, I'll end this round.  This was Nena's "99 Red Balloons." She was a German singer who wrote "99 Luftballons" in German. It was such a hit that she wrote an English version of the song.  It was a hit, but not as big as the original song. (Technically, the English version didn't "chart", but it got a LOT of airplay.)  This was from 1983, so I didn't break my rule for myself of not picking anything after 1985. Â
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"Fill my heart with song. Let me sing forevermore. You are all I long for, all I worship and adore."
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"You Are So Beautiful" (Joe Cocker, among others)Â (?)
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No.
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