waysider Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I think I know the name of the song, but I don't know the artist.Seems I remember it being in the movie Mermaids - "If You Wanna Be Happy" for the rest of your lifeNever make a pretty women your wifeThat's all I got...Close enough for this old hippie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfh Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I did remember correctly - "If You Wanna Be Happy" closes Mermaids. If you wanna see Cher, Winnona Ryder, and a very young Christine Ricci dancing to it - here's the link - But I had no idea that Jimmy Soul was the artist. Here's a New Tune: And he's neat and oh, so sweet, And the way he looked at me just Swept me off my feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Obviously a local.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waysider Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Might that be The Boy From New York City by The Orlons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfh Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Obviously a local.... Yes, obviously...although it did take me a minute or three to get it.... :) Might that be The Boy From New York City by The Orlons? Yup, that's it. You're up, WS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waysider Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I think Wolfie ought to take it since he obviously knew the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfh Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I think Wolfie ought to take it since he obviously knew the answer. Agreed! WW, looks like you're up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Well, ok, since you both insist....although I neither named the song nor any artist who performed it. (Like Manhattan Transfer, say.) "You show us everything you've got, baby, baby that's quite a lot" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasUFarley Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 This is a shot in the dark but.... (I Wanna) Rock 'N' Roll All Night by KISS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 This is a shot in the dark but.... (I Wanna) Rock 'N' Roll All Night by KISS CORRECT! Thanks for taking time from partying every day to answer that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasUFarley Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Sunrise, sunrise Looks like mornin' in your eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Sunrise, sunrise Looks like mornin' in your eyes Norah Jones, "Sunrise." It's too easy when the song title is in the lyrics posted..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasUFarley Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Yes, but I don't assume that everyone here really knows who Nora Jones is.... I'd rather have it too easy than to have a clue that hangs the thread for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) "Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" Edited July 7, 2008 by WordWolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doojable Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 "Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Sorry- wrong artist, wrong song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doojable Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) Oh geez! I mixed it up with another song. Henley...."The Boys of Summer" Edited July 8, 2008 by doojable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Oh geez! I mixed it up with another song.Henley...."The Boys of Summer" Correct! Some people may note that "the Ataris" covered this song- but they changed the line I quoted, so that would have been an incorrect artist. (Normally, any artist who did the song counts.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doojable Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 It was a dry wind And it swept across the desert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doojable Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 It was a dry wind And it swept across the desert And it curled into the circle of birth And the dead sand Falling on the children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waysider Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Wow! You've stumped me on this one. It doesn't sound even vaguely familiar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doojable Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 These are the days of miracle and wonder This is the long distance call The way the camera follows us in slow-mo The way we look to a song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doojable Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 okay - seems not too many listen to Paul Simon..."Boy in the Bubble" I'm working a lot - anyone want to take this next turn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just FYI, I could have gotten it from the 3pm post, but I wasn't logged in until about 12 hours later and you'd already voided the clue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Ok, let's see if anyone can name this one... "Now this did happen once upon a time When things were not so complex. How he worshipped the ground she walked, And when he looked in her eyes he became obsessed" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bulwinkl
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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bfh
I did remember correctly - "If You Wanna Be Happy" closes Mermaids.
If you wanna see Cher, Winnona Ryder, and a very young Christine Ricci dancing to it
- here's the link -
But I had no idea that Jimmy Soul was the artist.
Here's a New Tune:
And he's neat and oh, so sweet,
And the way he looked at me just
Swept me off my feet
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Obviously a local....
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waysider
Might that be The Boy From New York City by The Orlons?
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bfh
Yes, obviously...although it did take me a minute or three to get it.... :)
Yup, that's it.
You're up, WS.
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waysider
I think Wolfie ought to take it since he obviously knew the answer.
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bfh
Agreed!
WW, looks like you're up....
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WordWolf
Well, ok, since you both insist....although I neither named the song nor any artist who performed it.
(Like Manhattan Transfer, say.)
"You show us everything you've got, baby, baby that's quite a lot"
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ChasUFarley
This is a shot in the dark but....
(I Wanna) Rock 'N' Roll All Night by KISS
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WordWolf
CORRECT!
Thanks for taking time from partying every day to answer that.
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ChasUFarley
Sunrise, sunrise
Looks like mornin' in your eyes
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WordWolf
Norah Jones, "Sunrise."
It's too easy when the song title is in the lyrics posted.....
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Yes, but I don't assume that everyone here really knows who Nora Jones is.... I'd rather have it too easy than to have a clue that hangs the thread for a week.
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"Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac"
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doojable
"Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
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WordWolf
Sorry- wrong artist, wrong song.
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doojable
Oh geez! I mixed it up with another song.
Henley...."The Boys of Summer"
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WordWolf
Correct!
Some people may note that "the Ataris" covered this song-
but they changed the line I quoted, so that would have been an incorrect artist.
(Normally, any artist who did the song counts.)
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doojable
It was a dry wind
And it swept across the desert
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It was a dry wind
And it swept across the desert
And it curled into the circle of birth
And the dead sand
Falling on the children
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waysider
Wow!
You've stumped me on this one.
It doesn't sound even vaguely familiar.
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doojable
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slow-mo
The way we look to a song
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doojable
okay - seems not too many listen to Paul Simon..."Boy in the Bubble"
I'm working a lot - anyone want to take this next turn?
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WordWolf
Just FYI,
I could have gotten it from the 3pm post, but I wasn't logged in until about 12 hours later and you'd already voided the clue...
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Ok, let's see if anyone can name this one...
"Now this did happen once upon a time
When things were not so complex.
How he worshipped the ground she walked,
And when he looked in her eyes he became obsessed"
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