Name that Tune

[Human without the bean]

I Get Knocked Down ?  Chubbawamba 

I don't know if it's the title or not.  I do know that I would have never got this (if I did) by the first lines

"Oh Danny boy don't cry for me" however.

Edited June 6, 2021 by Human without the bean

[WordWolf]

Close enough, Human!

The band IS "Chumbawumba." The official song title is "Tubthumping."

"Tubthumping" is a British slang expression somewhere for what happens in election campaigns- the candidate arrives and gets up to make his speech.  

The band's name came from  a strange dream one of them had. In the dream, men were called chumbas, and women were called wumbas. 

You clearly know the chorus ("I get knocked down, but I get up again, they ain't never gonna keep me down.")

 

 

Your turn, Human!

[Human without the bean]

And let's not forget that "he drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink

he's drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink".  I didn't know what Tubthumbing meant.  I figured it was getting too drunk to see or something.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Human is up.

George

[Human without the bean]

The hurtin's on me, yeah
And I will never be free, no, my baby, no no
You gave a promise to me, yeah
An' you broke it, an' you broke it, oh no

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I can "hear" it; I just can't remember the title.

George

[Human without the bean]

Sorry.  There wasn't lots more lyrics to give.  Second verse like the first and then only the title was left with some lines.  "These Eyes" (are crying, These eyes have seen a lot of love but they are never going see another one like I had with you)  ~The Guess Who~

 

Last night, as I got home about a half past ten
There was the woman I thought I knew
In the arms of another man
I kept my cool, I ain't no fool
Let me tell ya what happened then

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Take a frickin' letter, Maria!

"Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John.  Claimed he had the misery, but he had a lot of fun!"

George

[GeorgeStGeorge]

14 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

 

"Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John.  Claimed he had the misery, but he had a lot of fun!"

 

This one should be easy, since I thought I was in the other thread...

George

[Human without the bean]

It was.  I was trying to come up with a subsequent song to follow it up.  I'll wait.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

On 6/17/2021 at 8:00 AM, GeorgeStGeorge said:

"Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John.  Claimed he had the misery, but he had a lot of fun!"

Human?

George

[Human without the bean]

Having Some Fun Tonight  ~Little Richard~

 

"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them
If you did

And all this science
I don't understand"

 

[GeorgeStGeorge]

6 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

Having Some Fun Tonight  ~Little Richard~

 

"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them
If you did

And all this science
I don't understand"

 

Actually, the title was "Long Tall Sally."  But I'm easy.

George

[Human without the bean]

1 hour ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

Actually, the title was "Long Tall Sally."  But I'm easy.

George

But that line is repeated in the song over and over right?  I only googled "having some fun tonight" after I posted to place Little Richard as the artist and briefly saw his name only that it's "having me some fun tonight" in the lyrics isn't it.  George, does everyone know how easy you are? 

[Human without the bean]

Anyway, this is where it is at:

"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them
If you did

And all this science
I don't understand"

[Human without the bean]

On 7/3/2021 at 12:08 AM, Human without the bean said:

Anyway, this is where it is at:

"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them
If you did

And all this science
I don't understand"

i thought someone would pick up on this one by now so guess this will be a long long time.

[Human without the bean]

Yes, I think it's going to be a long long time.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

59 minutes ago, Human without the bean said:

Yes, I think it's going to be a long long time.

That's obviously a clue, but it isn't helping.  

George

[Raf]

Rocketman

Elton John

Edited July 7, 2021 by Raf

[Human without the bean]

2 hours ago, Raf said:

Rocketman

Elton John

Yes.

2 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

That's obviously a clue, but it isn't helping.  

George

Were you on a desert island while growing up George, one without power and electricity, no radio, no Walkman, no music, no contact with the outside world?  George, "And all the science I don't understand, it's just my job five days a week", or "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids" you could not have missed these lines from E.J.'s Rocket Man could you?  I hope you won't tell me that you've never heard of those lyrics before?    I'm astonished !

Hey George, don't take this post too personal, I have to make a little fun out of this, because I really can't believe it.

Edited July 7, 2021 by Human without the bean

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I know the melody, but probably because the AM radio we had in my frat room wasn't particularly hi-def, I couldn't even tell you the words that follow "Rocketman" in the chorus.  I am better with some EJ songs (especially the covers); but I couldn't recite a line from "Tiny Dancer" or several other hits.  And I feel no less a man because of it.  

George

[WordWolf]

If you'd marked that the "long long time" thing was part of the song, I might have gotten it.  I only know part of the lyrics of the song.  I remember something about the long, long time, and missing my wife,  and being as high as a kite, my friends, and zero hour 9am (I think.)      It's easy if you know the lyrics.

[WordWolf]

7 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

I know the melody, but probably because the AM radio we had in my frat room wasn't particularly hi-def, I couldn't even tell you the words that follow "Rocketman" in the chorus.  I am better with some EJ songs (especially the covers); but I couldn't recite a line from "Tiny Dancer" or several other hits.  And I feel no less a man because of it.  

George

From that song, I at least remember the line about Tony Danza.  "Hold me closer, Tony Danza!"  SOMETHING like that.  :)

[Human without the bean]

What are you guys going to do after Raf posts his tune and then I'm planning to make them harder?   That title is actually "Rocket Man (I Think its Going to be a Long Long Time)

[GeorgeStGeorge]

You're welcome to make them as hard as you want (as long as you follow the rule that the song actually had reasonable airplay and isn't some obscure album cut), on this thread.  Of course, the point of Songs Remembered from One Line is to make them as easy as possible (which doesn't mean that we won't occasionally be stumped).  On the other hand, with only four of us playing, making it too difficult only brings the thread to a halt.

George