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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:29 AM
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Name that tune from one snippet of lyric
Gee, my life's a funny thing.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:31 AM
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1. "Young American" David Bowie
Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 09:32 AM by Richardo
"Is there gas in the car?"
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:34 AM
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2. Kee-rect.
Dunno.

:think:
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:35 AM
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3. Yes there is gas in the car.
Damn it..It's a steely dan tune and I can't remember the name
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:37 AM
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5. You're so close...
Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 09:39 AM by Richardo
The tension is killing me. I hope it lasts.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:43 AM
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6. Is it on Countdown to Ecstasy?
Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 09:43 AM by BurtWorm
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:44 AM
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7. No.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:47 AM
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8. Aja?
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:48 AM
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10. Between those two, Hint?
The Royal Sca_

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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:58 AM
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12. I give up.
;-)

I know what song it is now but I cheated.
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:01 AM
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15. Kid Charlemagne. n/t
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:07 PM
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19. Kid Charlemange
I think the people down the hall know who you are.

mikey_the_rat
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:36 AM
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4. Sioux City, what a pity
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:48 AM
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9. I know what it is to be dead
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:50 AM
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11. "She Said She Said" Lennon McCartney
Has a variant on that.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:59 AM
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13. Eggs-ellent.
How about:

She make grandpa feel like 21.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:00 AM
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14. They wound up wounded, not even dead....
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:23 PM
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22. Tonight...In..Jungleland!
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:26 PM
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26. There ya go....
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:46 AM
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16. In a room with a window in the corner, I found truth
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:59 AM
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17. Let the bass from the speakers run through your sneakers.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:06 PM
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18. I saw some crazy scenes until I came to
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Just Visiting Donating Member (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:29 PM
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28. Twisted
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.

Later covered (and more commonly known) by Joni Mitchell.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:29 PM
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30. Prezackly!
:bounce:
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:13 PM
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20. I can't figure out your watery love.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:37 PM
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35. Submission
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:37 PM
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40. Yes, sir!
:patriot:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:31 PM
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44. I used to play this weird medley of Submission and Skynyrd's...
The Needle and the Spoon
the riffs are very similar
As a matter of fact, they were both great working class rockandroll bands
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:18 PM
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21. If I should call you up and waste a dime
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:24 PM
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23. Happy Together! by the Turtles
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:24 PM
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25. Yassir!
:applause:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:24 PM
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24. The only snippet of Lyric of which I am aware
is the kidlet. :P
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:29 PM
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29. I was thinking the same thing...
:rofl:
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:27 PM
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27. You get confused, listen to the music play.....
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:09 PM
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38. Sultans of Swing?
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:42 PM
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41. Incorrect......
More: God save the child that rings that bell, might have one good ring, baby you can't tell.....One watch by night, one watch by day, ring like fire when you lose you way.....
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:32 PM
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45. Franklin's Tower.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 08:52 PM
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46. I knew you would know...
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:35 PM
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31. Here's one: "I've been to London, seen seven wonders, I know to trip is just to fall."
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NoGOPZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:41 PM
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36. The Rover by Led Zeppelin
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:28 PM
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39. Excellent!
I had to listen to it twice after that lyric came into my head.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:40 PM
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32. If I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with me
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:46 PM
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42. Elvis Costello - "Hand in Hand"
nt
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:59 PM
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43. Yep.
:applause:
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:41 PM
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33. ...penny just to....
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:23 PM
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34. Hey now.
Keep your grubby hands OFF of my snippets.

:P
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:51 PM
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37. Iko Iko!
Hey now, Iko Iko all day..
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-25-09 12:09 AM
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47. Aw, fuck it. I'm a monster, I admit it.
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