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red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 05:49 PM Oct 2018

Post 1, 2 or 3 lines from a song & see if anyone knows the song without using Google - Part 5

Last edited Tue Oct 23, 2018, 05:20 PM - Edit history (5)

1) "Yeah, you know her, Check out those shoes. She looks like she stepped out of somebody's blues" (answered)

2) "Oh when we walk, it seems like paradise. And when we talk, it always feels so nice"

3) "Well I'm not the world's most physical guy, But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine" (answered)

4) "Hope you got your things together..Hope you are quite prepared to die" (answered)

5) "What you gonna do when the well runs dry? You gonna run away and hide..I'm gonna run right by your side..For you pretty baby I'd even die" (answered)

6) "Well I went up on the mountain, I looked down in the sea...I saw the crabs & the fishes,
doin' the be-bop-be"

7) "Your body functions, but your hair's a disgrace..You shouldn't let it hang all over your face" (answered)

8) "Just knock, three times, and whisper low...That you, and I, were sent by Joe" (answered)

9) "A song of love is a song of woe, don't ask me how I know"

10) "C'est pas que je te demande...Que faire que tu ne jamais fois"
(Written by a very famous song writer & recorded by a legendary 1960's folk rock group)

11) "Check the local newspapers, Chances are you won't have to go too far" (answered)

12) "So damn emancipated in your mind and your body, You're gonna have to cancel all your lessons in Karate"

13) "I get up every morning about 7 O'Clock.. Catch the 9:02 and I make several stops.
I keep the conversation and the pattern light...I hit the elevator, Oh I feel all right!"

14) "We could buy a trailer...If we bought a trailer..We could go to Vegas"

15) "Though you're nearest to my heart, Please don't ever say we'll part"



More unanswered lines from songs in Part 4
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181131107

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Post 1, 2 or 3 lines from a song & see if anyone knows the song without using Google - Part 5 (Original Post) red dog 1 Oct 2018 OP
3 L O L A Lola Ohiya Oct 2018 #1
Yessiree! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #2
13 Taking care of business Ohiya Oct 2018 #3
Sorry, no. red dog 1 Oct 2018 #4
I almost know No. 8 pennylane100 Oct 2018 #5
It's an oldie! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #12
#5 I'm Walkin. Made famous by Ricky Nelson, but I liked the Fats domino version better. catbyte Oct 2018 #6
Yes to both red dog 1 Oct 2018 #8
Oh, you've got to hear it. It's a typical "White Breadification" of an African American song. catbyte Oct 2018 #17
Fats Domino's original version was his third release in a row to reach # 1 on the R&B red dog 1 Oct 2018 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author catbyte Oct 2018 #16
#4 Bad Moon Rising---Creedence Clearwater Revival skylucy Oct 2018 #7
You got it! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #9
she loves you yeah yeah yeah nt msongs Oct 2018 #10
With a love like that you know you should be glad nt backtoblue Oct 2018 #31
How about nycbos Oct 2018 #11
Great lyrics! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Raven123 Oct 2018 #15
"I've been on the road nearly all my life...Been around the world 'bout a thousand times.. red dog 1 Oct 2018 #18
#1..(She's So Tall) Rip Her To Shreds....BLONDIE Tikki Oct 2018 #19
Absolutely! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #20
"Why don't you show me .'Cause I've tried and I've tried and I'm still mystified" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #21
"Mystery Dance"...Elvis Costello...from My Aim Is True Tikki Oct 2018 #22
Dyan Diamond does a killer version of "Mystery Dance" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #23
"I was cruising in my Sting Ray late one night" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #24
"She drives real fast and she drives real hard...She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #25
Go Granny, go Granny, go Granny...Go!!! Tikki Oct 2018 #27
She's gonna get a ticket now sooner or later, 'cause she can't keep her foot off the accelerator red dog 1 Oct 2018 #28
We're the bright young men zipplewrath Oct 2018 #26
"When I take her to the track she really shines" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #29
409 Harker Oct 2018 #50
"Pretty little girl! You're just having fun! You're running all around and breaking lover's hearts red dog 1 Oct 2018 #30
Oh no more horses, horses... You're gonna swim like a fish. Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #32
"Vera Gemini" Harker Oct 2018 #52
Number 8 Hernando's Hideaway... uriel1972 Oct 2018 #33
You got it! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #34
"I don't want your lonely mansion..With a tear in every room..I just want the love you promised red dog 1 Oct 2018 #35
"After four long years on a man killing charge" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #36
"Now your daddy's in the den shootin' up the evening news.. red dog 1 Oct 2018 #37
#7 certainly sounds like the Kinks ... surrealAmerican Oct 2018 #38
The Kinks it is! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #39
"You gals who want to be free, just take a tip from me: Get you a man who's a union man red dog 1 Oct 2018 #40
"When you looked at me I should've run..But I thought it was just for fun. red dog 1 Oct 2018 #41
"Another Saturday, another date....She would be ready but would always make him wait... red dog 1 Oct 2018 #42
come dancing surrealAmerican Oct 2018 #55
More Kinks is right! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #56
The opening lines of that song still stick in my head... surrealAmerican Oct 2018 #58
"Waiting for the train that goes home, sweet Mary...Hoping that the train is in time. red dog 1 Oct 2018 #43
"One Toke Over the Line." Harker Oct 2018 #51
11 is Rock and Roll Never Forgets Wolf Frankula Oct 2018 #44
Rock & Roll Never Forgets is correct! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #45
"She says, baby, that we'll never fight...I know I'm gonna treat you right... red dog 1 Oct 2018 #46
"There was a rumor, about a tumor, nestled at the base of his brain" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #47
"It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #48
"I don't like to wear no shoes..I make love to the women, while I'm livin'....Get drunk on a red dog 1 Oct 2018 #49
"You are the reason I've been waiting all these years... Harker Oct 2018 #53
Can't Find My Way Home? red dog 1 Oct 2018 #54
Blind Faith! Harker Oct 2018 #57
"Morning found us calmly unaware... Harker Oct 2018 #59
"I'm in the mood... Harker Oct 2018 #60

catbyte

(34,376 posts)
6. #5 I'm Walkin. Made famous by Ricky Nelson, but I liked the Fats domino version better.
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 06:10 PM
Oct 2018

#11 Rock and Roll Never Forgets Bob Seger--he's all over Michigan radio. He's on his farewell tour.

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
13. Fats Domino's original version was his third release in a row to reach # 1 on the R&B
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 06:34 PM
Oct 2018

Best Seller's Chart.

Both his and Ricky Nelson's cover of it made it to # 4 on the pop singles chart

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red dog 1

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18. "I've been on the road nearly all my life...Been around the world 'bout a thousand times..
Sat Oct 13, 2018, 03:08 PM
Oct 2018

Still a knock on the door makes me nervous...I think I see you standing there - but no, it's only ___ _____"

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
27. Go Granny, go Granny, go Granny...Go!!!
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 03:26 PM
Oct 2018

“The Little Old Lady from Pasadena”..Jan and Dean

Tikki

red dog 1

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28. She's gonna get a ticket now sooner or later, 'cause she can't keep her foot off the accelerator
Tue Oct 16, 2018, 07:40 PM
Oct 2018

Great song!

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
30. "Pretty little girl! You're just having fun! You're running all around and breaking lover's hearts
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 05:56 PM
Oct 2018

Pretty little girl, I don't stand a chance..Without any money there goes our romance"

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
35. "I don't want your lonely mansion..With a tear in every room..I just want the love you promised
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:28 PM
Oct 2018

Beneath the halo'd moon"

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
37. "Now your daddy's in the den shootin' up the evening news..
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 04:51 PM
Oct 2018

..Mama's with a friend, lately she's been so confused"

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
40. "You gals who want to be free, just take a tip from me: Get you a man who's a union man
Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:39 PM
Oct 2018

and join the ladies auxiliary"

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
41. "When you looked at me I should've run..But I thought it was just for fun.
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 02:34 PM
Oct 2018

I see I was wrong
And I'm not so strong
I should've known all along that time would tell"

surrealAmerican

(11,360 posts)
58. The opening lines of that song still stick in my head...
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 07:51 PM
Oct 2018

... it so perfectly summarizes the experience of living in one neighborhood through the decades.

red dog 1

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43. "Waiting for the train that goes home, sweet Mary...Hoping that the train is in time.
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 05:44 PM
Oct 2018

Sitting downtown in a railway station.."

Wolf Frankula

(3,600 posts)
44. 11 is Rock and Roll Never Forgets
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 09:18 PM
Oct 2018

by Bob Seger.

No 10 I suspect was written by Bob Dylan and sung by the Byrds, but I don't know French.

Wolf

red dog 1

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45. Rock & Roll Never Forgets is correct!
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 05:19 PM
Oct 2018

# 10 was written by Bob Dylan, but I don't think the Byrds ever recorded it.

red dog 1

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46. "She says, baby, that we'll never fight...I know I'm gonna treat you right...
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 05:30 PM
Oct 2018

You won't be lonely, this I know...There's a time when women have got to go"

red dog 1

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47. "There was a rumor, about a tumor, nestled at the base of his brain"
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 05:55 PM
Oct 2018

Last edited Thu Oct 25, 2018, 03:38 PM - Edit history (1)

(Different quote, same song)

"He was sittin' up there with his 36 magnum, laughing wildly as he bagged 'em, who are we to say the boy's insane?"

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
49. "I don't like to wear no shoes..I make love to the women, while I'm livin'....Get drunk on a
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 06:09 PM
Oct 2018

bottle of booze"

Harker

(14,015 posts)
57. Blind Faith!
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 07:50 PM
Oct 2018

Once heard it on the radio in my '68 Firebird on a foggy night in the mountains near Boulder after an evening of smoking. I had no idea where I was. Sometimes the perfect song finds you when you need it.

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