Name that Tune

[Tom Strange]

Okay... here's a good one... (at least I think so)... and if you know this song (without cheating), you've definitely got good taste!

Well, I used to drive a cab, you know

I heard a siren scream

Pulled over to the corner And I fell into a dream

There were two men eating pennies

And three young girls who cried

The West coast is falling, I see rocks in the sky.

The preacher took his bible And laid it on the stool.

He said: with the congregation running, Why should I play the fool?

Edited April 2, 2006 by Tom Strange

[Bluzeman]

MAN!!! Mr Young was GREAT!

Rick

[Tom Strange]

Dude... I already thought highly of you... and it just went up a notch...

One of my all time favorites of the wordsmith known as Neil Young:

"Last Trip To Tulsa"

Well, I used to drive a cab, you know

I heard a siren scream

Pulled over to the corner

And I fell into a dream

There were two men eating pennies

And three young girls who cried

The West coast is falling,

I see rocks in the sky.

The preacher took his bible

And laid it on the stool.

He said: with the congregation running,

Why should I play the fool?

Well, I used to be a woman, you know

I took you for a ride,

I let you fly my airplane

It looked good for your pride.

'Cause you're

the kind of man you know

Who likes what he says.

I wonder what's it's like

To be so far over my head.

Well, the lady made the wedding

And she brought along the ring.

She got down on her knees

And said: Let's get on with this thing.

Well, I used to be a folk singer

Keeping managers alive,

When you saw me on a corner

And told me I was jive.

So I unlocked your mind, you know

To see what I could see.

If you guarantee the postage,

I'll mail you back the key.

Well I woke up in the morning

With an arrow through my nose

There was an Indian in the corner

Tryin' on my clothes.

Well, I used to be asleep you know

With blankets on my bed.

I stayed there for a while

'Til they discovered I was dead.

The coroner was friendly

And I liked him quite a lot.

If I hadn't 've been a woman

I guess I'd never have been caught.

They gave me back my house and car

And nothing more was said.

Well, I was driving down the freeway

When my car ran out of gas.

Pulled over to the station

But I was afraid to ask.

The servicemen were yellow

And the gasoline was green.

Although I knew I couldn't

I thought that I was gonna scream.

That was on my last trip to Tulsa

Just before the snow.

If you ever need a ride there,

Be sure to let me know.

I was chopping down a palm tree

When a friend dropped by to ask

If I would feel less lonely

If he helped me swing the axe.

I said: No, it's not a case of being lonely

We have here, I've been working on this palm tree

For eighty seven years

I said: No, it's not a case of being lonely

We have here, I've been working on this palm tree

For eighty seven years

He said: Go get lost!

And walked towards his Cadillac.

I chopped down the palm tree

And it landed on his back.

Oh how I wish you could HEAR it in the original!!!

It was on "After the Gold Rush" I think...

Did you guys notice the line: "That was on my last trip to Tulsa Just before the snow."

HMMMMMM????

It's your turn Rick.

[wasway]

Oh how I wish you could HEAR it in the original!!!

It was on "After the Gold Rush" I think...

Did you guys notice the line: "That was on my last trip to Tulsa Just before the snow."

HMMMMMM????

It's your turn Rick.

From the self titled Album of the same name, Click HERE

For your listening pleasure.

[Bluzeman]

Neil Young was great! One of my favorite songs of his is on Rust Never Sleeps. It's called Thrasher...great song!

OK, here's one:

The Cuervo Gold

The fine Colombian

Make tonight a wonderful thing

[wasway]

Hey, If I were 19 again, I 'd ask if these were lyrics or just a good idea..

Edited April 2, 2006 by wasway

[Tom Strange]

Thanks for the tune was...

Bluze... why do you keep speaking of NY in the past tense?

[Bluzeman]

Thanks for the tune was...

Bluze... why do you keep speaking of NY in the past tense?

You know, I guess it's cause I just don't even think of him as being "around" anymore. I mean, I know he's still alive, but you just don't hear much about him anymore.

He did some stuff that I thought really sucked in the late 80's, then him and Crazy Horse went on tour again, and that is pretty much the last I've heard of him.

Oh, Wasway...on this board you just come out and answer it. So name the tune and the artist if you know it, then post another one for us! And by the way, the lyrics sound like a good idea to me.

Rick

[WordWolf]

I'm not going to wait forever to see if the artist was remembered.

That's "Hey Nineteen", all right, and that's a Steely Dan song.

Here's a more recent song I happened to be thinking of.

"What would an angel say, the devil wants to know."

[Tom Strange]

well now that you say that... of course it all comes back to me... yeah.. steely dan... was it on "Aja"?

I've got no clue about the next song... of course I don't live too much in the world of "recent music"...

[Bluzeman]

Hey Ninteen came out on Gaucho (I THINK that's spelled right!) which was the next album after Aja, Tom.

Rick

**EDIT**

Here ya go...everything you ever wanted to know about SD recordings. Oh, and I DID spell it right! :)

http://www.steelydan.com/lyrics.html

Edited April 3, 2006 by Bluzeman

[WordWolf]

"I've got to make a play

to make my lover stay

What would an angel say, the devil wants to know."

[WordWolf]

"Heaven help me for the way I am.

Save me from these evil deeds

Before I get them done.

I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand,

But I keep living this day like the next will never come."

"I've got to make a play

to make my lover stay

What would an angel say, the devil wants to know."

"I need to be redeemed

To the one I've sinned against

Because he's all I ever knew of love."

[Tom Strange]

Is it from "Virgilio Awakes"?

Is it some sort of religious song?

[WordWolf]

Not even a little bit.

MTV played the video for this song.

As did VH1, I believe.

The redemption was on a relationship-level.

[WordWolf]

The artist who did this song also released an album with the following title:

"When the pawn hits the conflicts, he thinks like a king.

What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight-

and he'll win the whole thing before he enters the ring.

There's no body to better when your mind is your might.

So when you go solo, you hold your own hand,

and remember that depth is the greatest of heights.

And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land.

And if you fall it won't matter, 'cause you'll know that you're right."

======

("That's the TITLE? Then you must take a few weeks out sometime

and sing it for us.")

This artist is also supposedly the favourite musician

of Officer Bar-Brady, on South Park.

When Barbra Streistand was in the town, he didn't pay

her any real attention because she wasn't this artist.

[WordWolf]

"Don't you tell me to deny it.

I've done wrong and I want to suffer for my sins.

I've come to you 'cause I need guidance to be true

And I just don't know where I can begin."

"Heaven help me for the way I am.

Save me from these evil deeds

Before I get them done.

I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand,

But I keep living this day like the next will never come."

"Let me know the way before there's hell to pay.

Give me room to lay the law and let me go.

I've got to make a play

to make my lover stay

What would an angel say, the devil wants to know.

What I need is a good defense, "

"I need to be redeemed

To the one I've sinned against

Because he's all I ever knew of love."

[Tom Strange]

Well... I googled and I know nothing of this artist... too recent! (although I do have a Yellowcard CD)...

sorry WW... don't know "it"...

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I got nothin'.

George

[WordWolf]

Well... I googled and I know nothing of this artist... too recent! (although I do have a Yellowcard CD)...

sorry WW... don't know "it"...

Yellowcard, AFAIK, is a VERY recent band.

THIS song is from the middle-to-late 90s.

I'm really hoping someone walks in and name this.

I'd hate to consider this round fruitless.

That wouldn't be a crime, but it would be up there.

[Tom Strange]

well... like I said... I know who it is but wouldn't have known without google-ing... so I'm out... Raf might know... he's a youngster...

[wasway]

Are you saying that there was a band that came after Duran Duran???

[Bluzeman]

Well, it's too new for me. I have no clue.

Rick

[WordWolf]

Fine. I'll toss it, then.

That was all from Fiona Apple's "Criminal".

[WordWolf]

New song.

"She don't need to understand

And I might find her if I'm looking like I can"