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Showing Original Post only (View all)Guess What Song The Lyrics Are From - NO GOOGLE CHEATING ... [View all]
Last edited Sat Apr 14, 2018, 03:33 PM - Edit history (1)
NEW RULE: Please Put Song Title/Artist Name i.e. actual answers in your message BODY, not the Subject LineThis gives new visitors a shot at guessing on one's that are already answered w/o seeing the answer in the thread list - THANK YOU!!!
Let's try to not either be TOO obvious (no "Here I Am On The Road Again, Here I Am Up on Stage" ) ... and at the same time, not too obscure (no "this song was only ever released as the B-Side of the UK import of the 12" Club Mix Version" type of stuff) ... try to come up with something semi-recognizable ... but that still makes your fellow DU'ers have to comb their memory banks a bit ...
To that end, I'm setting a 2 line max for your hints, and obviously don't put the song title in your hint
And lets try to stick to artists/bands that at least 1/3 the population have likely heard of, and songs that are considered at least 'hits', if not 'iconic' for said artists ... and lyrics which are intelligible when listening to the song ... but not TOO obvious. An example of something I'd say would violate this rule would be "We'll kill the fatted calf tonight so stick around" ... everyone on earth knows that song, but there's only maybe about 2% of people who know 'that's what he says there', and it's obvious that it's almost impossible to just listen to and know ... that's what he says.
So lets avoid that sort of thing.
In case you're wondering, that's from Bennie and The Jets.
I'll start ... knowing this'll be real easy for at least a few folks ...
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
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Perhaps including some subtle hints like 'The Decade' and the 'Musical Style' should be mandated ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#8
Precisely ... my stepdad had both records ... I listened to 'em as a kid more than him ;)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#18
I'll give you hint ... but you have to be a REAL music nerd to NOT get thrown off by it ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#31
Alright last one ... and then I GOT to hit the sizzack ... so you're on your own w/this easy one ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#37
Gotta love that album ... can't believe I couldn't place this one, I knew I knew the song, but ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#114
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace (or something to that effect) ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#75
The first 'in' there ... makes no sense in context ... but if's that really it ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#92
New Thread Rule ... Please put answer/song titles in your message body not subject line
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#102
Good job ... thought that one would be guessed a bit faster, gotta admit. Welcome! (nt)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#312
An album track (not a single/hit) from an 80's stone-cold classic album ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#120
Yeah, and I didn't see them 3 times on the indoor leg of (that) tour in (spring of that year) ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#205
FINALLY someone knows what song I'm talking about ... We still need the song title tho
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#335
early 90's, a female (and in my book, one of the most powerful songs ever)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#136
Wow, nobody, really? Kay, I'll give it to ya ... just cause this song is so f***ing GREAT ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#445
you can blow out a candle ... but you can't blow out a fire ... once the flame begins to catch ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#158
its guilt-edged, its glamorous, its sleek by design you know, its jealous by nature false & unkind
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#167
with a problem this verdant, the royals should likely attack from both sides simultaneously ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#199
If you think it's fun to just let on that you know, but let the guessing continue, that's fine :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#210
"And I was just 13 when I had to leave home, knew I couldn't stick around, I had to roam...."
Heartstrings
Apr 2018
#188
Hell, that record and Sgt. Peppers were the first ones I ever 'owned' at like 7 yo ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#214
First record I bought w/my own cash was Kiss - Love Gun ... right after it came out ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#217
since we can't Google, I'm guessing the first time this charted was by Sammi Smith?
musette_sf
Apr 2018
#246
For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls ... is an undiscovered Howard Hughes
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#258
on the right track ... now if you know the first word of the song, you know the title ;)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#563
Ah, now I follow. U got it right, just move the answer to the body and I'm officially elated :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#600
you already got the title, now you just need the band ... and the fact you don't know ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#594
Bay Area Band that used to be awesome but has been a bit cheesy lately ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#265
we have a winner ;) of COURSE they're a Bay band ... what do you think (video below) is about?
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#452
Your Artist/Song Title answers should be in the message body please, not the subject line, TIA :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#292
"It's so easy to blow up your problems. It's so easy to play up your breakdown."
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#276
" You might not feel it now, but when the pain cuts through, you're gonna know"
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#281
It's a great gig opener on account of it being so dirt simple and the vocals so limited in range
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#289
Yeah, never quite 'got' the connection there ... hey, ever heard this one?
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#307
Glad you've enjoyed ... some folks have a mind attuned to remembering trivia, like lyrics ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#337
Thought of that too but that'd basically be the title of the song ... I love that album, BTW ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#360
People who thing Mayer is just some pretty-boy hack singer really couldn't be more wrong ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#376
You don't care much for a stranger's touch, but you can't hold your man
missingthebigdog
Apr 2018
#334
Great song, perfect music to accompany a lovely meal of shrimp on the barbie
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#344
At least in the US (not sure if you're here) it was released with the previously given (brief) title
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#352
Cool to hear alternative versions, thx. His voice is pretty low in this mix though, given the
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#370
yeah ... devastating, man ... i saw him on that tour about 1.5 months after the album came out ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#389
YEAH? NICE! I was right in the front, dead in front of Jason, 5 ft away & stood the whole time ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#396
Let me tell you bout the way she looked, the way she acted, the color of her hair
Freddie
Apr 2018
#387
you'll find the lyrics to the first song from that album (my fave zep tune) upthread
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#412
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert, but I can live and breathe...
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#408
I saw her face, it was a face I loved. I knew I had to run away and get down on my knees and pray.
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#420
goin' 60's? Now my girl you're so young and pretty.. and one thing I know for sure..
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#432
"I argued with the judge, but the bastard wouldn't budge, 'cause he caught me making fudge..."
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#467
sadly while that clue 'sounds familiar' it doesnt help much, so,a few more good lines from the tune?
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#596
The only reason I didn't respond to this one is that I didn't want to "Bogart" the responses.
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#632
Thanks for your contributions ... And yeah, a thread this size I imagine ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#683
He said, "Christ!" It was funny how he named the only man who could save him now.
missingthebigdog
Apr 2018
#482
This might be just too easy, probably a couple different generations will know it
consider_this
Apr 2018
#484
and for super-extra bonus points, name the awesome song that's the exact same chord progression ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#543
*I* think they're an iconic band ... anywho that song is like EXACTLY the original question's answer
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#583
"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think god had a sick sense of humor"
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#521
Tell me, do you think it'd be all right if I could just crash here tonight.
LakeArenal
Apr 2018
#504
When you're flying your flags, All my confidence sags, You got me packing my bags.
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#520
Answers in your message body rather than subject line, por favor ... welcome to the thread :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#556
okay, I added more hints to 5 songs I put up yesterday early afternoon (US AZ time) or friday ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#554
and they covered up the sun ... until the birds had flown away ... and the fishes in the sea ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#558
pffft ... you already know I this one ... so I'll give someone else a shot ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#581
I figgered ... and yeah I'm aaaaight ... keeping myself occupied, as you can see ... curating ;)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#584
i'll know as soon as someone gets it but not QUITE familiar enough w/either band in play there
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#586
wake up the dawn and ask her why, dream the dream she never dies, wipe that tear away now ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#587
i'm so tired of playing, playing w/this bow & arrow, gonna give my heart away, leave it to the ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#601
Titles/Band in the Body, not the Subject line ... so others can guess :) Thx/Welcome :)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#654
"When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car. It cannot be controlled"
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
#635
We'll fight the powers that be just Don't pick our destiny cause You don't know us, you don't belong
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2018
#641
killing me ... i can totally sing this 'how it goes' but can't put mah finger on the song ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#653
"And maybe it's the time of the year, yes and maybe it's the time of man.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2018
#651
They'll hurt me bad, but I don't mind ... they'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#657
She said "It's cold, it feels like Independence Day, and I can't break away from this parade ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#658
Oh, to be sure the only reason I knew your lyrics is I much later read the (supposed) lyrics online
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#675
"Well I savored many foreign kinds of delicacies, Intoxicated til I can't tell what the hell I could
FSogol
Apr 2018
#678
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd You're gonna hear my voice When I shout it out loud
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2018
#682
All your insides fall to pieces, you just sit there wishing you could still make love...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#685
Ya hardly e'er saw grandaddy down here ... he only come a'town about a'twice a year ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#686
Lay my hands on heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars ... while the devil wants to f*** me
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#694
Welcome! I love that movie ... I can totally relate to the Cusack character ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#719