Name that Tune

[Human without the bean]

Give me my freedom for as long as I be
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me,
And all I ask of dying is to go naturally, only want to go naturally

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"And When I Die" by Blood, Sweat, and Tears

George

[Human without the bean]

Not bad George, not bad at all.  Did you give it up yet on the srfjol thread yet I wonder?

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Staring blindly into space
Getting up to splash my face
Wanting just to stay awake
Wondering how much I can take

George

[Human without the bean]

25 OR 6 to 4  ~Chicago~

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Correct

George

[Human without the bean]

Everybody tells me I'm wrong
To want you so badly (badly, badly, badly)
But there's a force driving me on
I follow it gladly (gladly, gladly, gladly

[Human without the bean]

You are all the woman I need,
And baby you know it (know it, know it, know it)
You can make this beggar a king
A clown or a poet (poet, poet, poet)

Everybody tells me I'm wrong
To want you so badly (badly, badly, badly)
But there's a force driving me on
I follow it gladly (gladly, gladly, gladly

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Familiar, but not too familiar.  

George

[Human without the bean]

18 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

Familiar, but not too familiar.  

George

Get ready then I think you need a doh slap.

[Human without the bean]

You are all the woman I need,
And baby you know it (know it, know it, know it)
You can make this beggar a king
A clown or a poet (poet, poet, poet)
I'll give you all that I own
You've got me standing in line
Out in the cold, pay me some mind

 

Everybody tells me I'm wrong
To want you so badly (badly, badly, badly)
But there's a force driving me on
I follow it gladly (gladly, gladly, gladly)
So let them laugh I don't care
'Cause I got nothing to hide
All that I want is you by my side

[Human without the bean]

If anyone recognized this I think they would have got it by now.  It's "Bend Me Shape Me"  ~American Breed~

 

 

 

[GeorgeStGeorge]

As I said, familiar, but not too familiar.  

George

[Human without the bean]

Seventy-five or eighty miles an hour
She hollered, "Slow, slow, slow"
Baby, I can stop right on a dime
I said, "Hey baby, give me just one kiss"
She said, "No, no, no"
But how was I to bide my time?

[Human without the bean]

Doo Ron Ron and the Duke of Earl
They were friend's of mine
And I was on my moonlight drive
Snuggled in said, "Baby, just one kiss"
She said, "No, no, no"
Romance ain't keepin' me alive
I said, "Hey babe, do you wanna coo, coo, coo?"
She said, "Ah, ah, ah"
So I was left out in the cold
I said, "You're what I've been dreaming of"
She said, "I don't want to know"
(Oh you know, she was diggin' the cat on the radio)

 

 

Seventy-five or eighty miles an hour
She hollered, "Slow, slow, slow"
Baby, I can stop right on a dime
I said, "Hey baby, give me just one kiss"
She said, "No, no, no"
But how was I to bide my time?

 

 

 

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I know I've heard this one.  Not recently.  Not often.  

George

[Human without the bean]

12 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

I know I've heard this one.  Not recently.  Not often.  

George

The last line (in parenthesis) of the first verse is a huge clue

[Human without the bean]

On 10/11/2021 at 11:16 PM, Human without the bean said:

Oh you know, she was diggin' the cat on the radio)

 

[Who is the cat on the radio?]  This is me, not part of the song.

 

Seventy-five or eighty miles an hour
She hollered, "Slow, slow, slow"
Baby, I can stop right on a dime
I said, "Hey baby, give me just one kiss"
She said, "No, no, no"
But how was I to bide my time?
I said, "Hey babe, do you wanna coo, coo, coo?"
He said "Ah, ah, ah"
Said, "I'm about to overload"
I said "You're what I been living for"
She said "I don't know want to know"
(Oh, you thought she was diggin' you but she was diggin' me)

 

~Song title ~
He gon' rate your record high
(As long as you got the curves, baby, I got the angles)
~ Song title ~
You gon' dig him 'til the day you die
(It's all according to how your boogaloo situation stands, you understand?)

Edited October 15, 2021 by Human without the bean

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"You gon' dig him 'til the day you die"

THAT lyric I remember.

"Clap for the Wolf Man" by the Guess Who

George

[Human without the bean]

Hip Hip Hurray.  Got it.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

This was a novelty parody of an old tune:

A'took the foot bridge, way 'cross the water
Though she weighed two-ninety nine
The old bridge trembled and disassembled
(Oops!) dumped her into the foamy brine

George

[WordWolf]

Danny Aiello was one person who covered "Chubby Clementine." Until now, I hadn't realized it used the same tune as "My Darling Clementine."

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I think of it as a Bobby Darin tune, but you are correct.

George

[WordWolf]

"He played it left hand.   But made it too far.  Became the special man."

 

[WordWolf]

"He played it left hand.   But made it too far.  Became the special man."

 

"Like a leper messiah.  When the kids had killed a man I had to break up the band."