Another Name That Tune Game: ID Artist and Track by Its Spoken Introduction:

[JohnBckWLD]

OK.

Take one-part Biggirl’s The "who is she and what is she singing?" game (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210180),

fold in some of AtomicDog’s A different Name That Tune game ( http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132742),

add a dash of capacitor’s Talking parts of songs (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106630)

and sprinkle a little of auntie em’s How 'bout a rousing round of Name That Tune by Storyline? (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109610) for good measure, and there you have it –

A Name That Tune Game that’s a little more difficult to cheat (but not by any means impossible – so please refrain) with Spoken Introductions.

The rules? Simple

Criteria: The song must have a spoken word introduction (music can be playing in the background). Live tracks should be designated as such.

For the ‘Spoken Lyric Clue’ Givers: Include your screen name before the lyric line you post, so that the ‘Spoken Lyric Clue’ Respondents can tie their answer back to your post. If you wish to give a subtle hint, by all means do.

I’ll get the ball rolling with the 1st fifteen that come to mind, if this thread survives & no one else uses them; I got at least another dozen.

I’ll avoid the obscure, the vague and the obvious (ala Meat Loaf’s ‘You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth”).


JB1(1997): Another world, another time. This land was green and good until the crystal cracked.
Clue: If the line spawns the idea it’s Filter, you’re warm – but incorrect.

JB2(1994): We're American and damn proud of it! "Frankly I'm getting a little ticked off..." Go to Hell
Clue: I almost picked ‘3 Big Bags’…but who wants to hear about open sexual intercourse on every street corner of America?

JB3(1993): Ladies and Gentlemen, as you know we have something special for you at Birdland this evening
Clue: Did Herbie Hancock get a thank you note or royalties?

JB4(1991): Inter football, France Football. Une emission du service des sports presente par Jaques Vardou
Clue: Neil Young’s from Canada, does he understand the entire into?

JB5(1986): What the hell gives the right to tell me what to do with my life? Especially when you made a mess of every chance you had to success.
Clue: more yelled than spoken. I’ve often wondered if this song was intended to be heard by a certain Dakota resident

JB6(1986): You're too nasty…You're always talking about masturbation and fornication. You're never gonna get on MTV that way
Clue: Perhaps Music Television should be hit with a money shot

JB7(1985): I always talk like I'm wigged out on Quaaludes. I wear a satin baseball jacket everywhere I go
Clue: A bad Marc Goodman impersonation

JB8(1976): You’re boned like a saint, with the consciousness of a snake.
Clue: SDMB Member #5545

JB9(1975): The veal cutlet come down trying to beat the shit out of my cup of coffee. Coffee just wasn’t strong enough to defend itself.
Clue: There’s a rendezvous of strangers around the coffee earn tonight

JB10(1972): In this day and age there's lots of trouble and strife in the world and I got a little message I want everybody to hear. Please don’t fuss and fight and what? Get off the bloody…
Clue: This band chickened out when they were invited to the No-Nukes concert at Madison Square Garden

JB11(1971): Police office giving his evidence, “I was proceeding in a southerly direction my lord, when I heard strange sounds coming from Waldorf Place, me lord…A sort of boogie-woogie music was being played
Clue: This is where Sir Elton both produced and got his surname

JB12(1970): You know when you're born, you first see light of day through a gap in your mother's legs, it's the truth…
Clue: The alternative to making love – An obscure intro to an old 60’s cover.

JB13(1969): This one's got a bit of chicka-chicka in it… (Live)
Clue: This one’s very ‘Easy’ – There is no studio version.

JB14(1969): A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, Got Me?
Clue: The Sleepy Lagoon Murder

JB15(1968): I was falling into the flames and I knew that I was gonna burn. I was gonna burn. Oh God, it’s so hot in here, let me out please!
Clue: Song went #1-UK and #2-US but the into never got airplay. Produced during Townsend’s heroin days


There you have it, ask / or guess away.

[lost4life]

Originally posted by JohnBckWLD

JB2(1994): We're American and damn proud of it! "Frankly I'm getting a little ticked off..." Go to Hell
Clue: I almost picked ‘3 Big Bags’…but who wants to hear about open sexual intercourse on every street corner of America?

JB3(1993): Ladies and Gentlemen, as you know we have something special for you at Birdland this evening
Clue: Did Herbie Hancock get a thank you note or royalties?

.

Dink - Green Mind

Us3 - Cantaloop

[Labdad]

JB9(1975): The veal cutlet come down trying to beat the shit out of my cup of coffee. Coffee just wasn’t strong enough to defend itself.
Tom Waits - "Eggs and Sausage"
JB13(1969): This one's got a bit of chicka-chicka in it…
John Mayall - "Room to Move"

[Labdad]

Here's a pretty easy one:

LD1: "On board were the Twelve: The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist, the magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends."

[Baker]

B1(1965):"Last December there appeared in the newspaper the juiciest, spiciest, raciest obituary it has ever been my pleasure to read...."

[lost4life]

Couple of easy ones:

L4L-1
Senores y Senoras,
nosotros tenemos mas influencia
con sus hijos que tu tiene
pero los queremos
creado y regalo
de los angeles.........

L4L-2
You broke my heart
'Cause I couldn't dance
You didn't even want me around
And now I'm back, to let you know
I can really shake 'em down

[Jay Belanger]

Originally posted by Baker
B1(1965):"Last December there appeared in the newspaper the juiciest, spiciest, raciest obituary it has ever been my pleasure to read...."


Yay! I know one. I knew grad school would come in handy someday.

Alma, by Tom Lehrer

"Alma, tell us. All modern women are jealous.

Though you never even used Pons, you bagged Gustav and Walter and Hans."

[Labdad]

L4L-2 is "Do You Love Me?" by the Contours. (great song, btw!)

[Labdad]

JB15(1968): I was falling into the flames and I knew that I was gonna burn. I was gonna burn. Oh God, it’s so hot in here, let me out please!

Wild guess here - Maybe The Crazy World of Arthur Brown doing the intro to "Fire?"

[dbygawdcapn]

JB6 - Mojo Nixon "Stuffin Martha's Muffin"
JB8 - Blue Oyster Cult "Revenge Of The Vera Gemini"
JB11 - Long John Baldry?

[Reeder]

Originally posted by Labdad
Here's a pretty easy one:

LD1: "On board were the Twelve: The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist, the magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends."

Atlantis...Donovon

[Reeder]

JB14(1969): A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, Got Me?

Captain Beefheart...Trout Mask Replica

[Hüsker Düde]

JB7(1985): I always talk like I'm wigged out on Quaaludes. I wear a satin baseball jacket everywhere I go
Clue: A bad Marc Goodman impersonation
Dead Kennedys - MTV Get Off The Air

JB14(1969): A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, Got Me?
Clue: The Sleepy Lagoon Murder
Captain Beefheart - Pachuco Cadaver

[Enginerd]

L4L-1
Senores y Senoras,
nosotros tenemos mas influencia
con sus hijos que tu tiene
pero los queremos
creado y regalo
de los angeles.........
Juana's Adiccion (Jane's Addiction)

The introduction to Ritual de lo Habitual, I believe, but I don't remember the first song on the album.

[Chefguy]

CG1: "Cold-hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colors from our sight....

[Enginerd]

eng1:
I got beans! Got red beans, black beans, all kinda beans
sweet corn
merliton
okra! okra!
got bananas, ice cold watermelon!

[Reeder]

Originally posted by Chefguy
CG1: "Cold-hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colors from our sight....

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight,
Red is gray and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?

My fav Moody Blues album..

Days of Future passed..the Day begins.

[Zelski]

Zelski1 Somewhere in a lonely hotel room there's a guy starting to realize that eternal fate has turned its back on him. It's 2 a.m.

[Labdad]

Originally posted by Enginerd
eng1:
I got beans! Got red beans, black beans, all kinda beans
sweet corn
merliton
okra! okra!
got bananas, ice cold watermelon!

Of course, that's "No Love Today" by Chris Smither

[lost4life]

Originally posted by Labdad
Of course, that's "No Love Today" by Chris Smither

Damn...I knew that one!

[RobuSensei]

RS1: Truth is, I thought it mattered. I thought that Music mattered -- but does it, bollocks. Not compared to how people mattered.

and an easy one, semi-live:
RS2: We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight, and we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois' law enforcement community....

[davesink]

Easy one. (No fair Googling)

"Sweet Loretta Fat thought she was a cleaner but she was a frying pan..."

[Labdad]

Originally posted by davesink
Easy one. (No fair Googling)

"Sweet Loretta Fat thought she was a cleaner but she was a frying pan..."

"Get Back" off "Let It Be" by the Beatles

[Labdad]

Originally posted by RobuSensei
RS2: We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight, and we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois' law enforcement community....

"Everybody Needs Somebody (to Love)" from the Blues Brothers soundtrack.

[Ms Boods]

From Ms Boods: 'Hallo? Who's that speaking, please?'

[Thudlow Boink]

A couple answers:

JB5: "Angry," Paul McCartney

MsBoods: "Party Line," The Kinks


And one of my own:
TB1: "Hey you! Don't watch that, watch this! This is the heavy heavy monster sound, the nuttiest sound around! ..."

[Spoons]

TB1: "Hey you! Don't watch that, watch this! This is the heavy heavy monster sound, the nuttiest sound around! ..."

-- For some reason, I recall this being Madness' "One Step Beyond." Am I right?

[lost4life]

Originally posted by RobuSensei
RS1: Truth is, I thought it mattered. I thought that Music mattered -- but does it, bollocks. Not compared to how people mattered.

Tubthumping - Chumbabwumba (Taken from the movie Brassed Off - How sad is it that I know that)

Zelski1-Somewhere in a lonely hotel room there's a guy starting to realize that eternal fate has turned its back on him. It's 2 a.m.

This one bugged me for a while:

Twilight Zone - Golden Earring

[Labdad]

LD2: "I think I busted a button on me trousers - they might fall down."

LD3: "OK baby. Bend over and spread 'em. Here comes my bullet."

[blainer]

B1: Even though their in the middle of a whirlwind tour, Henrietta and the Wife Beating Child Haters . . ."

[blainer]

Originally posted by blainer
B1: Even though their in the middle of a whirlwind tour, Henrietta and the Wife Beating Child Haters . . ."

Dammit, I will learn to hit preview some day:

B1: "Even though they're in the middle of a whirlwind tour, Henrietta Collins and the Wife Beating Child Haters . . ."

[Spoons]

Ah, I thought of one:

SP1: "Come on everybody, clap your hands. [Sound of a few people halfheartedly applauding.] Ooh, you're looking good. Are you having a good time? I sure am...."

I'll stop there. It should be enough to identify the song.

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally posted by JohnBckWLD
JB11(1971): Police office giving his evidence, “I was proceeding in a southerly direction my lord, when I heard strange sounds coming from Waldorf Place, me lord…A sort of boogie-woogie music was being played
Clue: This is where Sir Elton both produced and got his surname

JB12(1970): You know when you're born, you first see light of day through a gap in your mother's legs, it's the truth…
Clue: The alternative to making love – An obscure intro to an old 60’s cover.

JB15(1968): I was falling into the flames and I knew that I was gonna burn. I was gonna burn. Oh God, it’s so hot in here, let me out please!
Clue: Song went #1-UK and #2-US but the into never got airplay. Produced during Townsend’s heroin days


I don't think anyone has tried JB12 yet--"Mother Earth" by Eric Burdon & War, right?

And I don't think the title was given for JB11--"Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock & Roll" by Long John Baldry (or Bald John Laundry).

Nitpick: JB15 isn't really an intro to "Fire," it's the last lines of the previous track on the album, "Fire Poem."

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally posted by Spoons
SP1: "Come on everybody, clap your hands. [Sound of a few people halfheartedly applauding.] Ooh, you're looking good. Are you having a good time? I sure am...."
Ah, Spoons, is your first name Sam by chance? :) That's "Trouser Press" by the Bonzo Dog Band!

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally posted by Labdad
LD2: "I think I busted a button on me trousers - they might fall down."

LD3: "OK baby. Bend over and spread 'em. Here comes my bullet."
LD3 is the Mothers of Invention version of "Happy Together."

I know what album LD2 is from, but I can't remember which song follows...

[sanja]

san1: i still believe in god, but god no longer believes in me

[Chefguy]

CG-2: "I am the god of hellfire..."

CG-3: "I am. I think I am...therefore I am....I think..."

CG-4: "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."

[Chefguy]

CG-5: "Gimme an F!"

[Crusoe]

CG-2: Fire, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (whose website is the excellently named godofhellfire.co.uk (http://www.godofhellfire.co.uk/))

[Beadalin]

JB1(1997): Another world, another time. This land was green and good until the crystal cracked.
Clue: If the line spawns the idea it’s Filter, you’re warm – but incorrect.
This is Crystal Method's Trip Like I DO. The intro is lifted from The Dark Crystal.

[Chefguy]

CG-6: "You broke my heart, cuz I couldn't dance..."

[Thudlow Boink]

Right, Spoons.

[Reeder]

R1

We gonna get it crazy tonight? You gonna get it crazy tonight? I'll get down to it! Are you gonna get it crazy? I'll get down to it!
[uninteligible]
You gonna get all it all down, get it all night , get it all right, get it out of sight, and get it down baby?

Hint..the song is an instrumental.

[Labdad]

Right on with the Mothers, Biffy! Good job!

How about if I give you a line from LD2: "Don't let me steal your heart away."

CG-6 is the same as L4L2: "Do You Love Me?" by the Contours

[Chefguy]

CG-7: "Fellas, I'm ready to get up and do my thing
I wanta get into it, man, you know...."

[Snooooopy]

SNOOP1: "Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true. Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil. Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet. All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world. So there was only one thing that I could do, was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long."

[Chefguy]

Originally posted by Labdad
CG-6 is the same as L4L2: "Do You Love Me?" by the Contours

Dang...missed it somehow.

[Labdad]

Oh, and CG-5 is "Fish Cheer" by Country Joe and the Fish (segues into "Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag")

[NDP]

CG-7 is "Sex Machine" by James Brown.

SNOOP1 is "Jesus Built My Hot Rod" by Ministry (featuring Gibby Haines)

[sanja]

san2: You're rendering our scaffolding dangerous!

[bytheway]

CG-3: "I am. I think I am...therefore I am....I think..."

is In the Beginning by The Moody Blues.

btw1 - Here she comes, don’t say anything
btw2 - This has got to be the saddest day of my life
btw3 - One month ago today, I was happy as a lark
btw4 - Hurry, hurry, step right up, See the saddest show in town for only fifty cents
btw5 - Give me that phone (Hint - rare vocal song by renowned guitarist)

[davesink]

"... I´ve been to Paris ,Peru ,Iraq ,Iran ...
... I speak very, very uh, fluent Spanish ..."

?

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally posted by Labdad
How about if I give you a line from LD2: "Don't let me steal your heart away."
Ah, it's a 1960's style "Carol."

Well, a 1969 live recording released on a 1970 Rolling Stones album!

[Thudlow Boink]

Good one, davesink! "Don't You Worry Bout a Thing" by Stevie Wonder.

[Hometownboy]

Originally posted by Reeder
R1

We gonna get it crazy tonight? You gonna get it crazy tonight? I'll get down to it! Are you gonna get it crazy? I'll get down to it!
[uninteligible]
You gonna get all it all down, get it all night , get it all right, get it out of sight, and get it down baby?

Hint..the song is an instrumental.

I am amazed that you were able to transcribe that one, cuz he is ripping that intro out. That is Whammerjammer by the J. Geils Band, and it is some truly amazing harp.

[Manduck]

MD1: "Is she really going out with him?"
"Well, there she is - let's ask her."
"Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing?"
"Mm-hm."
"Gee, it must be great riding with him. Is he picking you up after school today?"
"Mm-mm."
"By the way, where'd you meet him?"

[NDP]

MD1 is "Leader of the Pack" by the Shangra-Las.

This one's easy:

NDP 1 - "This ain't rock n' roll. It's genocide!"

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

NDP-1 is Diamond Dogs by David Bowie.

Here's another easy one:

BtES1 - "This is a public service announcement...with guitar!"

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

More:

BtES2 - This following program is dedicated to the city and people of San Francisco, who may not know it, but they are beautiful, and so is their city. This is a very personal song, so if the viewer cannot understand it, particularly those of you who are European residents, save up all your bread and fly Trans-Love Airways to San Francisco, USA. Then maybe you'll understand the song. It will be worth it--if not for the sake of this song, but for the sake of your own peace of mind.

BtES3 - A year ago today, it was when you went away, but now you come back knocking on my door, and you say you're back to stay, but I say...

BtES4 - My lord and lady: we have fortuitously happened upon these strolling players who will provide you with their goodly tunes whilst you set about...[fades]

BtES5 - "...bottle of claret for you if I'd realized."
"Well do next time."
"I'd forgotten all about it, George, I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?"
"Yes."
"Bitch."

[gex gex]

It's completely obvious, but I still want it in the thread:

gg1-"Oh! My! God! Becky, look at her butt..."

[Spoons]

btw2 - This has got to be the saddest day of my life

-- "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by (I believe) the Commodores.

And Biffy, you were correct with the Bonzo Dog Band's "Trouser Press."

[Labdad]

BtES2 - "San Francisco Nights" - Eric Burdon and the Animals

[Manduck]

MD2: "Are you ready, Steve?"

[Labdad]

Actually, I guess that should be "San Franciscan Nights"

[Spoons]

MD2: "Are you ready, Steve?"

-- "Ballroom Blitz" by the Sweet.

[bytheway]

Originally posted by Spoons
btw2 - This has got to be the saddest day of my life

-- "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by (I believe) the Commodores.

Right song, wrong group.

[Manduck]

MD3:
I always knew the boy I love would come along,
and he'd be tall and handsome, rich and strong;
Now the boy I love has come to me,
but he sure ain't the way I thought he'd be.

[LilyoftheValley]

Originally posted by gex gex
It's completely obvious, but I still want it in the thread:

gg1-"Oh! My! God! Becky, look at her butt..."

No one's answered this yet?! Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot

LotV1:
And during the few moments we have left, we* want to talk right down to Earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand

* might be "I", not sure.

[bytheway]

btw6 - ...We are observing your earth.

[Kalashnikov]

BtES1 - The Clash, "Know Your Rights"



KAL1 - "I'd like to dedicate this song to some special friends of mine on the LAPD"

[blainer]

LotV1:
And during the few moments we have left, we* want to talk right down to Earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand

* might be "I", not sure. [/B]

LotV1: Living Color - Cult of Personality

[SolGrundy]

Well, the only ones I recognized were quickly answered (I thought I had "Know Your Rights", too) so I'll have to sneak in with a couple of obscure ones and a bunch of really easy ones:


SG1 (1999): "Imagine an actor saying the following:" "Imagine me saying the following:"
SG2 (1994): "This makes me so nervous!" "Start."
(hint: this track has 2 people singing 2 different songs.)
SG3 (1993): "They're under starter's orders, and they're off!"
SG4: "So order now and you'll find yourself bombarded by rock music, skillfully manipulated by the artists you love. By using television, not just watching it. Wow!"
SG5: "Remain seated please. Permane ser sentados, por favor."
SG6: "This next one is the first song on our new album." (at least 2 answers)
SG7: "They were so quiet about it. And then the next thing you know..."

[Spoons]

Originally posted by bytheway
Right song, wrong group. Yes, I wasn't sure about the group. A search (I got curious, so I had a look out there) turned up many references to "Kiss and Say Goodbye" being done by the Manhattans, but one or two Barry White references as well. Not sure which you're looking for, so I'll leave it at that.

btw6 - ...We are observing your earth.

This one is interesting. My immediate reaction is to identify it as being from "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft," which was originally done by Klaatu, but covered (and made much more popular) by the Carpenters. But the line comes in the middle of the song, IIRC, not as part of the intro. Indeed (again, IIRC), neither the Klaatu nor the Carpenters version had a spoken intro; the Carpenters' having Karen sing, a capella, the opening lines.

Of course, you could be thinking of another song entirely, and since I don't have either version of "Calling Occupants" handy to check, I'm willing to be wrong on this one.

[Mofo Rising]

MR1: "The cheering is dying down now, and I think we have a new, uh, candidate, and we have a new favorite vegetable which is asparagus. Let's go back to the station."

MR2: "Practically every one of the top 40 records being played on every radio station in the United States is a communication to the children to take a trip, to cop out, to groove. The psychedelic jackets on the record albums have their own hidden symbols and messages, as well as all the lyrics of all the top rocks songs, and they all sing the same refrain, 'It's fun to take a trip. Put acid in your vein.'"

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Slight correction to BtES5:

BtES5 - "...bottle of claret for you if I'd realized."
"Well do next time."
"I'd forgotten all about it, George, I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?"
"Yes."
"Cheeky bitch."

[Crusoe]

Wow - I was just listening to this -

MR1: Lionrock, Fire Up The Shoesaw

[bytheway]

Originally posted by Spoons
Yes, I wasn't sure about the group. A search (I got curious, so I had a look out there) turned up many references to "Kiss and Say Goodbye" being done by the Manhattans, but one or two Barry White references as well. Not sure which you're looking for, so I'll leave it at that.
I was looking for the Manhattans. Sorry, I wasn't aware of Barry White, but I agree it does sound like something he would say.
Originally posted by Spoons
btw6 - ...We are observing your earth.

This one is interesting. My immediate reaction is to identify it as being from "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft," which was originally done by Klaatu, but covered (and made much more popular) by the Carpenters. But the line comes in the middle of the song, IIRC, not as part of the intro. Indeed (again, IIRC), neither the Klaatu nor the Carpenters version had a spoken intro; the Carpenters' having Karen sing, a capella, the opening lines.
The Carpenters version I have (Yesterday Once More compilation) has the line at the beginning of the song as part of the schtick where the alien has called the DJ on the air.

btw7 - ...this record you are now playing is another example of the completion backward principle...

[Spoons]

The Carpenters version I have (Yesterday Once More compilation) has the line at the beginning of the song as part of the schtick where the alien has called the DJ on the air.Well, I guess I learn (or at least remember) something every day. Honestly, I don't think I've heard the Carpenters' version in well over twenty years--told you I was going on memory--and I'd completely forgotten that.

I'm more familiar with Klaatu's version, which you may want to check out, just as a comparison (and then again, you may not want to). It's a little "rougher," for lack of a better term, and as I mentioned in my earlier post, it has the alien's speech in the middle of the song. Look for it on the album "3:47 EST" or perhaps on a hits or compilation package.

btw7 - ...this record you are now playing is another example of the completion backward principle...-- I'll guess again, because this is another I haven't heard for about twenty years: The Tubes, "The Completion Backward Principle," from the album of the same name?

[bytheway]

Originally posted by Spoons
btw7 - ...this record you are now playing is another example of the completion backward principle...

-- I'll guess again, because this is another I haven't heard for about twenty years: The Tubes, "The Completion Backward Principle," from the album of the same name?
Right group & album, but I was looking for a song (I believe the first song on the album) which immediately followed the spoken part.

Additional hints on my other clues:

btw1 - Here she comes, don’t say anything (HINT - Singer has a self-titled series on cable)
btw3 - One month ago today, I was happy as a lark (HINT - The last line of the intro is "I keep sayin’ she’ll be back, but today again I’ve lied"
btw4 - Hurry, hurry, step right up, See the saddest show in town for only fifty cents (HINT - Additional line in the song (sung, not spoken): "See the girl who's collected broken hearts for souvenirs")
btw5 - Give me that phone (HINT1 - rare vocal song by renowned guitarist)(HINT2 - This guitarist organizes the G3 tours)

[Labdad]

Have we done this one yet?

Let's call it LD-5: "Thank you. As you all know, you just can't
believe everything you see and hear, can you? Now, if you will excuse me, I must be on my way."

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally posted by Labdad
Let's call it LD-5: "Thank you. As you all know, you just can't
believe everything you see and hear, can you? Now, if you will excuse me, I must be on my way."
Ha! I just listened to this one this morning. "EXP" ("intro" to "Up from the Skies") from Jimi Hendrix's Axis: Bold as Love.

[Labdad]

Way to go, Biffy!

Say, how about running over to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thread (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210961)? I seem to have killed that one.

[marinwood]

Mar-1: "...girls and fucked 'em at school. All I know is that there were rumours he was into field hockey players...."

Mar-2: "There was only one road back to LA, US Interstate 15. Just a flat out high speed burn through Baker & Barstow & Berdoo. Then onto the Hollywood Freeway straight into frantic oblivion. Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak in the freak kingdom...." (Hint: this intros an alternate version of a certain cover)

[Mofo Rising]

SG6: "This next one is the first song on our new album." (at least 2 answers)

One of them is "Jimmy James" by the Beastie Boys.

Mar-2: "There was only one road back to LA, US Interstate 15. Just a flat out high speed burn through Baker & Barstow & Berdoo. Then onto the Hollywood Freeway straight into frantic oblivion. Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak in the freak kingdom...." (Hint: this intros an alternate version of a certain cover)

"Viva Las Vegas" by the Dead Kennedys from the FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS soundtrack.

Extremely easy one:
MR3: "Helloooooo, baby!"

Fairly obscure, I guess:
MR4: "Somewhere in space this may all be happening right now."

[Kyomara]

Originally posted by SolGrundy
SG7: "They were so quiet about it. And then the next thing you know..."

Originally posted by marinwood
Mar-1: "...girls and fucked 'em at school. All I know is that there were rumours he was into field hockey players...."
These are both from the intro to "I'm Amazed" by the Pixies.

"So I applied the next day. I went out for the team."

Same album also features "YOU FUCKING DIE...i said....to her...."
and "This is a song about a superhero named Tony! It's called Tony's theeeme!"

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Mine:

Km1: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and right now I'd like to tell you 'bout! The fabulous! Most groovy! BELLBOTTOMS! (uh!) BELLBOTTOMS! (uh!) Yeah!

Km2: Well we've talked about it...in person...and we've talked about it...on the phone? But how you really feel...about it....I don't...really know...?

Km3: Crank it. I said to.

[Kyomara]

Km4: When I was younger, just a little kid, my Momma noticed funny things I did. Like shooting puppies with a BB gun.

[Labdad]

LD-6: "All right, here's one you may well know, you may not know it. And if you don't know it, I really don't know where you've been."

[JohnBckWLD]

I love hating this thread...there's more smoke pouring out of my ears than you'd see in a Japanese Night Club.

From the best I can gather (I hope I didn't miss any) and with a little copying/pasting - it appears you guys have your work cut out for you.

In chronological order:
JB4(1991): Inter football, France Football. Une emission du service des sports presente par Jaques Vardou
(Clue: Neil Young’s from Canada, does he understand the entire into?)
JB10(1972): In this day and age there's lots of trouble and strife in the world and I got a little message I want everybody to hear. Please don’t fuss and fight and what? Get off the bloody…
(Clue: This band chickened out when they were invited to the No-Nukes concert at Madison Square Garden)

B1: "Even though they're in the middle of a whirlwind tour, Henrietta Collins and the Wife Beating Child Haters . . ."

san1: I still believe in God, but God no longer believes in me
(Clue: You can find it on MTV's 120 Minutes Compilation)
san2: You're rendering our scaffolding dangerous!

CG-4: "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."
(If this needs a clue - shame on all of you)

btw1 - Here she comes, don’t say anything
(HINT - Singer has a self-titled series on cable)
btw2 - This has got to be the saddest day of my life
btw3 - One month ago today, I was happy as a lark
(HINT - The last line of the intro is "I keep sayin’ she’ll be back, but today again I’ve lied")
btw4 - Hurry, hurry, step right up, See the saddest show in town for only fifty cents
(HINT - Additional line in the song (sung, not spoken): "See the girl who's collected broken hearts for souvenirs")
btw5 - Give me that phone
(HINTS - #1-Rare vocal song by renowned guitarist. #2-This guitarist organizes the G3 tours)

BtES3 - A year ago today, it was when you went away, but now you come back knocking on my door, and you say you're back to stay, but I say...
BtES4 - My lord and lady: we have fortuitously happened upon these strolling players who will provide you with their goodly tunes whilst you set about...[fades]
BtES5 - "...bottle of claret for you if I'd realized. Well do next time. I'd forgotten all about it, George, I'm sorry. Will you forgive me? Yes. Cheeky bitch.

MD3: I always knew the boy I love would come along, and he'd be tall and handsome, rich and strong; Now the boy I love has come to me, but he sure ain't the way I thought he'd be.

KAL1 - "I'd like to dedicate this song to some special friends of mine on the LAPD"

SG1 (1999): "Imagine an actor saying the following:" "Imagine me saying the following:"
SG2 (1994): "This makes me so nervous!" "Start."
(Hint: This track has 2 people singing 2 different songs.)
SG3 (1993): "They're under starter's orders, and they're off!"
SG4: "So order now and you'll find yourself bombarded by rock music, skillfully manipulated by the artists you love. By using television, not just watching it. Wow!"
SG5: "Remain seated please. Permane ser sentados, por favor."
SG6: "This next one is the first song on our new album."
{At least 2 answers} (Note: The Beastie Boys sample of Live at Budakon’s “I want you to want me” was one answer)

MR2: "Practically every one of the top 40 records being played on every radio station in the United States is a communication to the children to take a trip, to cop out, to groove. The psychedelic jackets on the record albums have their own hidden symbols and messages, as well as all the lyrics of all the top rocks songs, and they all sing the same refrain, 'It's fun to take a trip. Put acid in your vein.'"
MR3: "Helloooooo, baby!"
(Clue: The 1-hit Wonder DJ who went down in the same plane with Buddy Holly & Richie VAlens)
MR4: "Somewhere in space this may all be happening right now."

Km1: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and right now I'd like to tell you 'bout! The fabulous! Most groovy! BELLBOTTOMS! (uh!) BELLBOTTOMS! (uh!) Yeah!
Km2: Well we've talked about it...in person...and we've talked about it...on the phone? But how you really feel...about it....I don't...really know...?
Km3: Crank it. I said to.
Km4: When I was younger, just a little kid, my Momma noticed funny things I did. Like shooting puppies with a BB gun.

LD-6: "All right, here's one you may well know, you may not know it. And if you don't know it, I really don't know where you've been."

[sax tat]

let's go back to the roots, I bet none of you know this but JB3 had nothing to do with Herbie Hancock, it was lifted from the intro To "Split Kick" from ONE NIGHT AT BIRDLAND from the Art Blakey Quintet.
btw3 - One month ago today, I was happy as a lark
(HINT - The last line of the intro is "I keep sayin’ she’ll be back, but today again I’ve lied")
I'm guessing that's "Have You Seen Her" by the Chi-Lites.
btw4 - Hurry, hurry, step right up, See the saddest show in town for only fifty cents
"Sideshow," Blue Magic
MR3: "Helloooooo, baby!"
"Chantilly Lace," The Big Bopper
CG-4: "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."
"Folsom Prison Blues," Johnny Cash.

[KGS]

Originally posted by JohnBckWLD
KAL1 - "I'd like to dedicate this song to some special friends of mine on the LAPD" Replace "on" with a colon, and you've got "Cop Killer" by Body Count.

MR2 is killing me...Public Enemy or something similar...damn! Ok here are 3 or 4 of my own:

KG1: "I remember now. I remember how it started. I can't remember yesterday, I just remember doing what they told me...told me...told me...told me..."

KG2: "This is the voice of Merlin. Listen well, for it concerns you. This chronicle commences in the year 2084 A.D. Mankind has virtually destroyed itself. Its survival depends on [oops, spoiler]. Scientists of the 21st century have developed a new computer program called 'Time Telepathy'. By using this technique, they have sent visions of humanity's decline back in time. These transmissions have been received by the mind of a blind minstrel who lives in 6th Century Britain. His name is [another spoiler]."

KG3: "Life's kinda gettin' out of control, I think. I don't know if you'd agree (would you hand me that ashtray?) You know, it's like...what it's like...what it is, I know you've heard the word a thousand times, it's a rat race. I went through the contortions of hell. I have alcoholic seizures. Wind up in the hospital and everything else. Now, I'm sick. I'm shakin' like a leaf. It was like silly putty, and they threw him in the car, in the paddy wagon and beat him to death. I hit one of those and I knocked the front wheel off into outer space. And I kinda got angry myself and I said, [laughter] have a lotta guts! I like salad, I just ate a nice salad. Baked potato. Some cream cheese. And chives. I like to eat salad. Why, do you have something in mind? [more laughter]"

[Hometownboy]

What a great angle for a thread! I'm remembering stuff I haven't thought about in years. Here's an easy one with some giveaway phrases deleted:

HTB1: Hi, everybody. I'm XXXXXXXXXXXX from Houston, Texas. We don't only sing but we dance just as good as we walk. In Houston we just started a new dance called the XXXXXXXXXX. This is the music we XXXXXXX to.

[Katisha]

Originally posted by Kyomara
Km4: When I was younger, just a little kid, my Momma noticed funny things I did. Like shooting puppies with a BB gun.

Oh, I know this one -- that's "You'll Be a Dentist" from Little Shop of Horrors. Sung by Steve Martin in the movie version.

Here's a fairly easy one, but it's the only one I can think of...

Kat1: "This ain't no disco. It ain't no country club. This is L.A..."

[Flymaster]

Originally posted by SolGrundy
SG6: "This next one is the first song on our new album." (at least 2 answers)
"It just came out this week, and the song is called...Surrender!"

Cheap Trick, At Budokan

Fly1 - ""Not to be an asshole but people up here are getting really fucking smashed. It's not too cool. So how about starting from the back... everybody take a step back. Can we get a little house lights?"

[Crusoe]

Km1: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and right now I'd like to tell you 'bout! The fabulous! Most groovy! BELLBOTTOMS! (uh!) BELLBOTTOMS! (uh!) Yeah!
[i]Bellbottoms[/b], Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

[Labdad]

Originally posted by Hometownboy
HTB1: Hi, everybody. I'm XXXXXXXXXXXX from Houston, Texas. We don't only sing but we dance just as good as we walk. In Houston we just started a new dance called the XXXXXXXXXX. This is the music we XXXXXXX to.

Archie Bell and the Drells - "Tighten Up"

Good one! ("Make it mellow!")

[MrDibble]

Originally posted by Mofo Rising
MR2: "Practically every one of the top 40 records being played on every radio station in the United States is a communication to the children to take a trip, to cop out, to groove. The psychedelic jackets on the record albums have their own hidden symbols and messages, as well as all the lyrics of all the top rocks songs, and they all sing the same refrain, 'It's fun to take a trip. Put acid in your vein.'"

Is this the 1000 Homo DJs' Supernaut cover?

MrD1 - "Hands up who wants to die" shouted rather than spoken

_____________________________
...and that's cutting me own throat...

[paulberserker]

B1: "Even though they're in the middle of a whirlwind tour, Henrietta Collins and the Wife Beating Child Haters . . ."

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san2: You're rendering our scaffolding dangerous!

B1 is 'drive by shooting' by, indeed, henrietta collins & the wife beating child haters, AKA rollins band

san2 is the happy mondays, one off of 'bummed'
er,either mad cyril?

[gex gex]

Kat1: Sheryl Crow: All I Want To Do

gx2: Here we go. Can I get a goddamn timpani roll... to start this goddamn song? Tonight... here's a goddamn song!

gx3: Meet Eddie. 23 years old. Fed up with life and
the way things are going, he decides to rob a liquor store. But on his way in, he has a sudden change of heart. And suddenly, his conscience comes into play.

[paulberserker]

MrD1 - "Hands up who wants to die" shouted rather than spoken

this is 'release the bats' by the birthday party

san2 is 'brain dead' by the happy mondays, rather than mad cyril
heh

PB1 "...a mans decapitated body, lying on the floor, next to his own severed head, a head which at this time has no name..."

[MrDibble]

Originally posted by paulberserker
MrD1 - "Hands up who wants to die" shouted rather than spoken

this is 'release the bats' by the birthday party


Close, right band, but wrong song

[Kyomara]

Originally posted by gex gex
gx3: Meet Eddie. 23 years old. Fed up with life and
the way things are going, he decides to rob a liquor store. But on his way in, he has a sudden change of heart. And suddenly, his conscience comes into play.
"Guilty Conscience" by Eminem

Km5: Can the drummer have some ya'll? Can the drummer have some? I said the drummer ain't had none in a looong time. Give the drummer some!!"

[Labdad]

LD-6: "All right, here's one you may well know, you may not know it. And if you don't know it, I really don't know where you've been."

Wow - I never expected this one to be a stumper, so I'll give some hints: The album it's from was released in 1971. It's the intro to one of the two live cuts on the album. It's a British superstar covering a song by another British superstar. Does that help?

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally posted by Labdad
The album it's from was released in 1971. It's the intro to one of the two live cuts on the album. It's a British superstar covering a song by another British superstar. Does that help?
No, but it sure makes me feel dumb for not knowing the answer--sounds like it ought to be something right up my alley.

Mind you, I didn't expect to stump the board with a Beatles track! :eek:

[gossamer]

Ok, here's my easy contribution to this thread:

goss1: In the constellation of Cygnus there lurks a mysterious, invisible force.

[Labdad]

Originally posted by Biffy the Elephant Shrew
No, but it sure makes me feel dumb for not knowing the answer--sounds like it ought to be something right up my alley.

Mind you, I didn't expect to stump the board with a Beatles track! :eek:

It IS right up your alley, Biffy! Here's another hint: You are SO close with your quoted post!

[BurnMeUp]

BMU-1: God told me to skin you alive
BMU-2: How bout you just drop them pants? Drop? Just take em right off. Now SQUEAL!... (i know it's taken from Deliverance)
BMU-3: Are you ready Jesus? Uh huh. Buddha? Yeah. Mohammed? Well alright fellas, let's go!
BMU-4: Dressed in clothes, from her head to her toes, this is the way, the talking part goes
BMU-5: Who is it? Yeah, yeah Ok Let him in (this one is really quiet i'll be surprised if you get it.)

[Manduck]

BMU-1 is the Dead Kennedys - Funland at the Beach, maybe?

[BurnMeUp]

Originally posted by Manduck
BMU-1 is the Dead Kennedys - Funland at the Beach, maybe?

Right band wrong song.

[Mofo Rising]

MrDibble got "Supernaut" right for my MR2.

MR4: "Somewhere in space this may all be happening right now."
(Hint: From a side project album featuring a famous DJ and many, many collaboraters, including a Thomist fellow.)

BMU-2: How bout you just drop them pants? Drop? Just take em right off. Now SQUEAL!... (i know it's taken from Deliverance)

Ha ha, I thought about putting this one in, but didn't think anybody would get it. It's "Beers, Steers and Queers" by the Revolting Cocks. Now the remix of that song, there's an intro.

[TeaElle]

BMU-4: Dressed in clothes, from her head to her toes, this is the way, the talking part goes
That's SEXXY by They Might Be Giants. But I think it's "Dressed only in clothes..."

My contribution:

Tea-1: This is the house that funk built, XXXXXXXXX style! All right I'm checkin' all y'all out this evenin', and I see ya sittin' round, and we ain't gonna have none of that this evenin' child!

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally posted by Labdad
It IS right up your alley, Biffy! Here's another hint: You are SO close with your quoted post!
Hmm. I haven't heard it in ages, but could it be the Faces' version of "Maybe I'm Amazed"?

[sanja]

Originally posted by paulberserker


san2 is 'brain dead' by the happy mondays, rather than mad cyril
heh


yep, "brain dead f***er"

and i messed up -- it's "THAT scaffolding"

[JohnBckWLD]

Originally posted by TeaElle
Tea-1: This is the house that funk built, XXXXXXXXX style! All right I'm checkin' all y'all out this evenin', and I see ya sittin' round, and we ain't gonna have none of that this evenin' child! [/B]Groove Armada - The FatboySlim Mix of I See You Baby (Shakin that ass)

[paulberserker]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mofo Rising


MR4: "Somewhere in space this may all be happening right now."
(Hint: From a side project album featuring a famous DJ and many, many collaboraters, including a Thomist fellow.)

this is 'guns blazing' by UNKLE. off pysence fiction. that album rocks.

PB2: 'i eat too much to die, and not enough to stay alive..."

[Labdad]

Originally posted by Biffy the Elephant Shrew
Hmm. I haven't heard it in ages, but could it be the Faces' version of "Maybe I'm Amazed"?

Biffy, my man! I KNEW you could do it!

[paulberserker]

Originally posted by sanja
yep, "brain dead f***er"

and i messed up -- it's "THAT scaffolding"

its funny because i must of listened to 'Bummed' about a 1000 times since it came out, and i always thought Shaun Ryder said "you've read the midnight scaffolding dangerous!"
judging by the way most of his lyrics are pretty offbeat, i didnt think anything of it...
:)

[Labdad]

I keep thinking of more - unfortunately they're all ancient, but then so am I.

LD-7: "We'd like to thank all of our beautiful friends all over the country for all the beautiful vibrations. We love you."

[Capt. Ridley's Shooting Party]

MDI-1
"Just what is it that you want to do?
Well, we want to be free, we want to be free to do what we want to do and we want to get loaded, and we want to have a good time, and that's what we're gonna do."

MDI-2 If you get this, then you must be as big a fan of a particular band as me
"You know there are 300 million people in the world who smoke marijuana?
There are more people who smoke marijuana than there are members of the American middle class.
There are more people who smoke marijuana than there are Americans.
There are 300 million people who use marijuana, that's a majority.
There are more people who use marijuana than there are Protestants.
There's almost as many as there are Christians.
100 times more people in the world use marijuana than there are Jews and Unitarians combined.
We're a majority."

[TeaElle]

JohnBckWld -- Groove Armada as remixed by FBS is correct.

[Bambi Hassenpfeffer]

BambiH1: "This song is for anyone who has ever been dumped by someone they love. It's called ...".

BambiH2: "5... 6... 7... 50."

BambiH3: "This is one of your 10,000 dollar hours. Don't forget to write it down. Help is on the way."

BambiH4: "One day, I found a big book buried deep in the ground. I opened it, and all the pages were blank."

Notes:
1 is from a live recording that has been released separately.
2 and 3 are the same artist, on the same CD, tracks 1 and 2.
4 is in the video version only.

[Hometownboy]

Originally posted by Labdad
I keep thinking of more - unfortunately they're all ancient, but then so am I.

LD-7: "We'd like to thank all of our beautiful friends all over the country for all the beautiful vibrations. We love you."

As a fellow ancient, I have to say that's Doug Sahm's Sir Douglas Quintet with Mendecino. Great stuff!

[Labdad]

Originally posted by Hometownboy
As a fellow ancient, I have to say that's Doug Sahm's Sir Douglas Quintet with Mendecino. Great stuff!

Correctamundo!

[sanja]

MDI-1 "Loaded" by Primal Scream. It's a soundbite from the movie The Wild Angels, spoken by Peter Fonda's character Heavenly Blues.

[sanja]

BambiH4 - "Bachelorette" by Bjork. Great song, clever video.

[Chevron]

MDI 2 = Verve "Already There" off of Voyager 1, where do they get the quotes on that album!?

MDI-1
"Just what is it that you want to do?
Well, we want to be free, we want to be free to do what we want to do and we want to get loaded, and we want to have a good time, and that's what we're gonna do."

MDI-2 If you get this, then you must be as big a fan of a particular band as me
"You know there are 300 million people in the world who smoke marijuana?
There are more people who smoke marijuana than there are members of the American middle class.
There are more people who smoke marijuana than there are Americans.
There are 300 million people who use marijuana, that's a majority.
There are more people who use marijuana than there are Protestants.
There's almost as many as there are Christians.
100 times more people in the world use marijuana than there are Jews and Unitarians combined.
We're a majority."

[banjoDavid]

bD1 "Four gentleman and one great, great broad..."

David

[cochrane]

You realize this is a zombie thread, last posted to on 9/24/2003 before it was bumped the other day.

[MrDibble]

Huh, and still no-one got mine.

Aaah well, let's go on - MrD2:
"It began when they come took me from my home
And put me in Dead Row,
Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know.
And I'll say it again
I..am..not..afraid..to..die. "

[twickster]

As has already been noted, this is a zombie thread from 8+ years ago, so if you're guessing on something previously posted, the person who posted it may not still be around to confirm or deny.

And 8+ years ago there was no Game Room, but there is now, so I'll move this thither.

twickster, Cafe Society moderator