# 70's Lyrics Quiz \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 5, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401 "2010-05-05T13:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/1 "2010-05-05T13:52:47Z")
There are 50 questions. Please **spoiler** your answers, so others don’t inadvertently see yours. (To make a spoiler box: {spoiler} body of post {/spoiler} except use square brackets. ) For easier scoring for me, please put your answers in this format: {spoiler} 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer {/spoiler} All questions will be scored 2 points each. Question 18 has two answers. That is the only one with two, and will be counted as 2 points together. I’ll try to get all answers scored by Sunday, 16 May 2010. Oh yeah - NO GOOGLING!!! We have to go on the honor system for this. Please don’t cheat. Have fun! 1. The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz And the sky with no clouds The heat was hot and the ground was dry But the air was full of \_\_\_ 2. He got a custom Continental He got an Eldorado too He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun He got a \_\_\_\_ in his shoe 3. But the Colorado rocky mountain high I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky The shadow from the \_\_\_\_ is softer than a lullabye Rocky mountain high 4. Saturday night I was downtown Working for the \_\_\_ Sitting in a nest of bad men Whiskey bottles piling high 5. Sing us a song, you’re the piano man sing us a song tonight Well, we’re all in the mood for a \_\_\_\_ And you’ve got us feelin’ alright 6. They say \_\_\_\_ is pretty though I’ve never been Well Daniel says it’s the best place that he’s ever seen Oh and he should know, he’s been there enough Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much 7. Hey, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend? People can be so \_\_\_\_. They’ll hurt you and desert you. Well they’ll take your soul if you let them. Oh yeah, but don’t you let them. 8. We get it almost every night When that ol’ moon gets-a big and bright It’s a \_\_\_\_ delight Everybody’s dancin’ in the moonlight 9. In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed, In the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral. The church bell chimed till it rang \_\_\_\_ times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call ‘Gitche Gumee’. Superior, they said, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early! 10. Her name was Lola, she was a \_\_\_\_ With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there She would merengue and do the cha-cha And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4 They were young and they had each other Who could ask for more? 11. Now, for ten years we’ve been on our own And moss grows fat on a rolling stone But, that’s not how it used to be When the \_\_\_\_ sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed from James Dean And a voice that came from you and me 12. I know a man He came from my home town He wore his passion for his woman Like a thorny crown He said \_\_\_\_ I live in fear My love for you’s so overpowering I’m afraid that I will disappear 13. Celia, you’re breaking my heart You’re shaking my \_\_\_\_ daily Oh, Cecilia, I’m down on my knees I’m begging you please to come home Come on home 14. Tried to give you \_\_\_ When your old man had let you down Like a fool, I fell in love with you you turned my whole world upside down 15. Well I am going down to \_\_\_\_‘s farm Going to join in a rock and roll band Goin’ to get back to the land to set my soul free 16. I got a freaky ole lady name a cocaine \_\_\_\_ Who embroideries on my jeans I got my poor ole grey haired daddy Driving my limousine 17. Now here I go again, I see the \_\_\_\_ visions I keep my visions to myself It’s only me Who wants to wrap around your dreams and… Have you any dreams you’d like to sell? 18. We’ve got rural scenes & magazines We’ve got truckers on the CB We’ve got \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ on the video We got time to think of the ones we love While the miles roll away But the only time that seems too short Is the time that we get to play 19. I said “Hey, what’s your name, baby?” maybe we can see things the same Now don’t you wait or \_\_\_\_ Let’s move before they raise the parking rate 20. When I get lonely and I’m sure I’ve had enough She sends her \_\_\_\_ comin’ in from above We don’t need no letter at all We’ve got a thing that’s called Radar Love 21. American Woman, get away from me American Woman, mama let me be Don’t come a knockin’ around my door Don’t wanna see your \_\_\_\_ no more Coloured lights can hypnotize Sparkle someone else’s eyes Now Woman, I said get away American Woman, listen what I say 22. He’s crawling down the \_\_\_\_ On his hands and knees Old Charlie stole the handle and The train won’t stop going No way to slow down 23. I pulled my \_\_\_\_ out of my dirty red bandana I was playin’ soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I was holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew 24. Some \_\_\_\_ sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes She said “I’ll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break” And go-cart Mozart was checkin’ out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride Asked me if I needed a ride 25. I never had a damn thing but what I had I had to leave it behind. You’re the hardest thing I ever tried to get off my mind. Always something greener on the other side of that hill. I was born a \_\_\_\_ and a rambler and I guess I always will 26. Rebel souls \_\_\_\_ we are called Chose a gun and threw away the sun Now these towns They all know our name - 6-gun sound is our claim to fame I can hear them say Bad company 27. On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of \_\_\_\_ rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night 28. Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi Took away my old man Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone They paved \_\_\_\_ And put up a parking lot 29. 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 \_\_\_\_ 30. Money, get away Get a good job with more pay and you’re O.K. Money, it’s a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a \_\_\_\_ New car, caviar, four star daydream, Think I’ll buy me a football team 31. I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the \_\_\_\_. Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright’ning me. (Galileo.) Galileo. (Galileo.) Galileo, Galileo figaro Magnifico. I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me. 32. Clowns to left of me, \_\_\_\_ to the right, Here am I stuck in the middle with you. 33. I got a Black Magic Woman. I got a Black Magic Woman. Yes, I got a Black Magic Woman, She’s got me so blind I can’t see; But she’s a Black Magic Woman and she’s trying to make a \_\_\_\_ out of me. 34. We weren’t in love oh no far from it We weren’t searching for some pie in the sky \_\_\_\_ We were just young and restless and bored Living by the sword And we’d steal away every chance we could To the backroom, the alley, the trusty woods I used her she used me But neither one cared We were getting our share 35. Won’t go to hear them play a \_\_\_\_ I’d rather hear some blues or funky old soul There’s only one sure way to get me to go Start playing old time rock n’ roll 36. In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through mansions of glory in \_\_\_\_ machines Sprung from cages out on highway 9, Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin’ out over the line 37. Well there’s a rose in the \_\_\_\_ glove And eagle flies with the dove And if you can’t be with the one you love honey Love the one you’re with 38. Give me a job, give me \_\_\_\_ Give me a chance to survive I’m just a poor soul in the unemployment line My God I’m hardly alive My mother 'n father, my wife and my friends You’ve seen them laugh in my face But I’ve got the power and I’ve got the will I’m not a charity case 39. Well I never been to Spain But I kinda like the music Say the ladies are \_\_\_\_ there And they sure know how to use it They don’t abuse it Never gonna lose it I can’t refuse it 40. You’re built like a car, you’ve got a hub cap diamond star \_\_\_\_ You’re built like a car, oh yeah You’re an untamed youth that’s the truth with your cloak full of eagles You’re dirty sweet and you’re my girl. 41. Spent the last year Rocky Mountain Way Couldn’t get much higher Out to \_\_\_\_ Think it’s safe to say Time to open fire 42. I will remember you Your \_\_\_\_ will charge the view Of distance atmosphere Call it morning driving thru the sound and Even in the valley 43. I’ve been to Hollywood, I’ve been to \_\_\_\_ I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold I’ve been in my mind, it’s such a fine line That keeps me searching for a heart of gold 44. Well, I hear it’s fine if you got the time and the \_\_\_\_ to get yourself in. A hmm, hmm. And I hear it’s tight most ev’ry night, but now I might be mistaken. 45. He’s the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent Lately he’s been overheard in \_\_\_\_ Better stay away from him He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim I’d like to meet his tailor Werewolves of London 46. Hey, hey mama said the way you move, Gon’ make you sweat, gon’ make you groove. Ah-ahh child way ya shake that thing, Gon’ make you burn, gon’ make you \_\_\_\_. Hey, hey baby when you walk that way, Watch your honey drip, I can’t keep away. 47. Now in darkness world stops turning Ashes where the bodies burning No more war pigs have the power Hand of God has struck the hour Day of \_\_\_\_, God is calling 48. And when my mind is free You know a \_\_\_ can move me And when I’m feelin’ blue The guitar’s comin’ through to soothe me 49. I can see clearly now, the rain is gone, I can see all \_\_\_\_ in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-Shiny day. 50. Very superstitious, writing’s on the wall Very superstitious, \_\_\_\_‘s bout’ to fall Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin’ glass Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/2 "2010-05-05T14:33:48Z")
Good lord, this is going to take me all day! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/3 "2010-05-05T14:41:43Z")
1. The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz And the sky with no clouds The heat was hot and the ground was dry But the air was full of sound 2. He got a custom Continental He got an Eldorado too He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun He got a razorin his shoe 3. But the Colorado rocky mountain high I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky The shadow from the clouds? is softer than a lullabye Rocky mountain high 4. Saturday night I was downtown Working for the FBI Sitting in a nest of bad men Whiskey bottles piling high 5. Sing us a song, you’re the piano man sing us a song tonight Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody And you’ve got us feelin’ alright 6. They say Spain is pretty though I’ve never been Well Daniel says it’s the best place that he’s ever seen Oh and he should know, he’s been there enough Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much 7. Hey, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend? People can be so cruel . They’ll hurt you and desert you. Well they’ll take your soul if you let them. Oh yeah, but don’t you let them. 8. We get it almost every night When that ol’ moon gets-a big and bright It’s a sailor’s? delight Everybody’s dancin’ in the moonlight 9. In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed, In the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral. The church bell chimed till it rang 29 times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call ‘Gitche Gumee’. Superior, they said, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early! 10. Her name was Lola, she was a dancer With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there She would merengue and do the cha-cha And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4 They were young and they had each other Who could ask for more? 11. Now, for ten years we’ve been on our own And moss grows fat on a rolling stone But, that’s not how it used to be When the jester sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed from James Dean And a voice that came from you and me 12. I know a man He came from my home town He wore his passion for his woman Like a thorny crown He said Dolores? I live in fear My love for you’s so overpowering I’m afraid that I will disappear 13. Celia, you’re breaking my heart You’re shaking my confidence daily Oh, Cecilia, I’m down on my knees I’m begging you please to come home Come on home 14. Tried to give you hope? When your old man had let you down Like a fool, I fell in love with you you turned my whole world upside down 15. Well I am going down to Yasgur’s ‘s farm Going to join in a rock and roll band Goin’ to get back to the land to set my soul free 16. I got a freaky ole lady name a cocaine Sadie Who embroideries on my jeans I got my poor ole grey haired daddy Driving my limousine 17. Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions I keep my visions to myself It’s only me Who wants to wrap around your dreams and… Have you any dreams you’d like to sell? 18. We’ve got rural scenes & magazines We’ve got truckers on the CB We’ve got Richard Pryor on the video We got time to think of the ones we love While the miles roll away But the only time that seems too short Is the time that we get to play 19. I said “Hey, what’s your name, baby?” maybe we can see things the same Now don’t you wait or leave? Let’s move before they raise the parking rate 20. When I get lonely and I’m sure I’ve had enough She sends her comfort comin’ in from above We don’t need no letter at all We’ve got a thing that’s called Radar Love 21. American Woman, get away from me American Woman, mama let me be Don’t come a knockin’ around my door Don’t wanna see your face no more Coloured lights can hypnotize Sparkle someone else’s eyes Now Woman, I said get away American Woman, listen what I say 22. He’s crawling down the corridor On his hands and knees Old Charlie stole the handle and The train won’t stop going No way to slow down 23. I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana I was playin’ soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I was holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew 24. Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes She said “I’ll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break” And go-cart Mozart was checkin’ out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride Asked me if I needed a ride 25. I never had a damn thing but what I had I had to leave it behind. You’re the hardest thing I ever tried to get off my mind. Always something greener on the other side of that hill. I was born a gambler? and a rambler and I guess I always will 26. Rebel souls Deserters we are called Chose a gun and threw away the sun Now these towns They all know our name - 6-gun sound is our claim to fame I can hear them say Bad company 1. On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night 2. Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi Took away my old man Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot 3. 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 4. Money, get away Get a good job with more pay and you’re O.K. Money, it’s a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash New car, caviar, four star daydream, Think I’ll buy me a football team 5. I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango . Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright’ning me. (Galileo.) Galileo. (Galileo.) Galileo, Galileo figaro Magnifico. I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me. 6. Clowns to left of me, jokers to the right, Here am I stuck in the middle with you. 7. I got a Black Magic Woman. I got a Black Magic Woman. Yes, I got a Black Magic Woman, She’s got me so blind I can’t see; But she’s a Black Magic Woman and she’s trying to make a devil out of me. 8. We weren’t in love oh no far from it We weren’t searching for some pie in the sky summit We were just young and restless and bored Living by the sword And we’d steal away every chance we could To the backroom, the alley, the trusty woods I used her she used me But neither one cared We were getting our share 9. Won’t go to hear them play a tango I’d rather hear some blues or funky old soul There’s only one sure way to get me to go Start playing old time rock n’ roll 10. In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines Sprung from cages out on highway 9, Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin’ out over the line 11. Well there’s a rose in the morning? glove And eagle flies with the dove And if you can’t be with the one you love honey Love the one you’re with 12. Give me a job, give me security Give me a chance to survive I’m just a poor soul in the unemployment line My God I’m hardly alive My mother 'n father, my wife and my friends You’ve seen them laugh in my face But I’ve got the power and I’ve got the will I’m not a charity case 13. Well I never been to Spain But I kinda like the music Say the ladies are sexy? there And they sure know how to use it They don’t abuse it Never gonna lose it I can’t refuse it 14. You’re built like a car, you’ve got a hub cap diamond star halo You’re built like a car, oh yeah You’re an untamed youth that’s the truth with your cloak full of eagles You’re dirty sweet and you’re my girl. 15. Spent the last year Rocky Mountain Way Couldn’t get much higher Out to pasture Think it’s safe to say Time to open fire 16. I will remember you Your destiny? will charge the view Of distance atmosphere Call it morning driving thru the sound and Even in the valley 17. I’ve been to Hollywood, I’ve been to Redwood I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold I’ve been in my mind, it’s such a fine line That keeps me searching for a heart of gold 18. Well, I hear it’s fine if you got the time and the cash? to get yourself in. A hmm, hmm. And I hear it’s tight most ev’ry night, but now I might be mistaken. 19. He’s the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent Lately he’s been overheard in no idea? Better stay away from him He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim I’d like to meet his tailor Werewolves of London 20. Hey, hey mama said the way you move, Gon’ make you sweat, gon’ make you groove. Ah-ahh child way ya shake that thing, Gon’ make you burn, gon’ make you sting . Hey, hey baby when you walk that way, Watch your honey drip, I can’t keep away. 21. Now in darkness world stops turning Ashes where the bodies burning No more war pigs have the power Hand of God has struck the hour Day of reckoning? , God is calling 22. And when my mind is free You know a voice? can move me And when I’m feelin’ blue The guitar’s comin’ through to soothe me 23. I can see clearly now, the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-Shiny day. 24. Very superstitious, writing’s on the wall Very superstitious, curtain? ‘s bout’ to fall Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin’ glass Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past Holey crap! Some were simple, some were complete guesses, and a few I didn’t even know the song, let alone the lyric! ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/4 "2010-05-05T14:53:07Z")
1. America - Horse with no name 2.Carole King - From ‘Tapestry’ I think, meaner than a junkyard dog - just can’t remeber the rest of it 3.John Denver. Rocky Mountain High 2. 5.Billy Joel - Piano Man 6.Elton John - Daniel 7.Carole King (James Tayler did a version too) You got a friend. 8. Top loader - Dancin’ in the moonlight ( I can’t quite remember who did the original but I hate that song whover it was. 9. Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 10.Barry Manilow - Copa Cobana 11.Don Maclean - American Pie. 12. Paul Simon - looks like the sort of stuff he would write, can’t remeber it though 13.Simon & Garfunkle - Ceclia 14. 15. Joni Mitchell (Matthews Southern Comfort) - Woodstock, not really thought of as a '70’s song though. 16. 17. Fleetwood Mac - Dream 18. 19. Free - All right now 20.Golden Earring (or was it Focus?) - Radar Love 21.Lenny Kravitz(no, it can’t be, surely that was '80’s) - American woman 22. 23.Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee 24.Manfred Manns Earht Band (at least that is what hit the charts but sure it was originally by Bruce Springsteen) - Blinded by the light - any how the lyrics never did make sense to me. 25. 26. 27. Eagles - Hotel California 28. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow taxi 29. 30.Pink Floyd - Money 31.Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 32.Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle 33.Santana - Black magic woman (I am almost certain it was done by someone else before him though) 34. 35. 36. 37. Crosby Stills Nash (maybe Neil Young too, can’t quite remember) - Love the one you’re with 38. 39. 40.T.Rex - Get it on 41.Joe Walsh? - Rocky Mountain way? 42. 43. Neil Young - Heart of gold 44. 45. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of Londin 46. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog 47.Black Sabbath - War Pigs 48.Dobie Gray - Drift Away 49.Johnny Nash - I can see clearly now 50. Stevie Wonder - Supersticion ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/5 "2010-05-05T14:59:18Z")
Thanks for using the spoiler box, **casdave**. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/6 "2010-05-05T15:03:08Z")
1. sounds 2. (pass) 3. moonlight 4. FBI 5. melody 6. Spain 7. cruel 8. (pass) 9. thirty-nine 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Dolores 13. confidence 14. consolation 15. Yasgur 16. (pass) 17. crystal 18. Richard Pryor 19. hesitate 20. comfort 21. shadow 22. corridor 23. harmonica 24. silicone 25. roamer 26. deserters 27. colitas 28. paradise 29. illusion 30. (pass) 31. fandango 32. jokers 33. devil 34. summit 35. tango 36. suicide 37. fisted 38. security 39. (pass) 40. halo 41, pasture 42. silhouette 43. redwood 44. (pass) 45. Mayfair 46. sting 47. (pass) 48. melody 49. obstacles 50. ladders 11. allegedly refers to Bob Dylan 12. of course, Rebo!! 🙂 I know I remember a lot of lyrics, but I was surprised how few I didn’t know…and, even most of those, I could hear the song in my head, just couldn’t come up with the word. Great idea, Rebo…thanks! That was a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/7 "2010-05-05T15:29:57Z")
We’re doing fill-in-the-blank, not guess the song right? (I don’t want to have to re-do this.) 1. sound 2. razor 3. 4. FBI 5. memory 6. Spain 7. cold 8. supernatural 9. 33 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Dolores 13. confidence 14. consolation 15. Yasgur 16. Katie 17. crystal 18. Richard Pryor 19. hesitate 20. comfort 21. shadow 22. 23. harpoon 24. silicone 25. gambler 26. 27. colitas 28. paradise 29. 30. stash 31. fandango 32. jokers 33. devil 34. summit 35. tango 36. suicide 37. fisted 38. 39. insane 40. halo 41. 42. 43. Redwood 44. 45. Mayfair 46. sting 47. 48. melody 49. obstacles 50. letter Note: 5. Never can tell from listening if Billy’s singing ‘melody’ or ‘memory.’ Since #48 is definitely ‘melody’ and I’m guessing that there’s no repeated answers, I’m going with ‘memory.’ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/8 "2010-05-05T15:42:53Z")
Sorry for my incredibly long and complicated reply. It never occurred to me to just put it all under one spoiler. I’m slow today. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/9 "2010-05-05T16:30:01Z")
1. sounds 2. razor 3. ? 4. ? 5. melody 6. Spain 7. ? 8. ? 9. ? 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Dolores 13. confidence 14. ? 15. Maggie 16. Sadie 17. ? 18. ? 19. hesitate 20. ? 21. shadow 22. track 23. harpoon 24. silicone 25. ? 26. ? 27. colitas (hee!) 28. paradise 29. ? 30. play 31. fandango 32. jokers 33. devil 34. ? 35. tango 36. suicide 37. velvet 38. ? 39. ? 40. halo 41. ? 42. ? 43. redwood 44. ? 45. Mayfair 46. swing 47. judgement 48. ? 49. obstacles (and some clown’s gonna say ‘popsicles’; I just know it) 50. ? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/10 "2010-05-05T16:59:43Z")
1. Sound 2. Razor 3. starlight 4. 5. Melody 6. 7. Cold 8. Supernatural 9. Three 10. Showgirl 11. Jester 12. 13. 14. 15. Yasgur’s 16. 17. 18. 19. Hesitate 20. Comfort 21. Face 22. Corridor 23. Harmonica 24. Silicone 25. 26. Deserters 27. Colitas 28. Paradise 29. Illusion 30. Stash 31. Fandango 32. Jokers 33. Fool 34. 35. Tango 36. Suicide 37. Fisted 38. 39. 40. Halo 41. Pasture 42. 43. Redwood 44. 45. Mayfield 46. Sting 47. Judgment 48. 49. Obstacles 50. Ladder’s Good quiz! I don’t know as much as I thought… Joe ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/11 "2010-05-05T17:15:46Z")
Great game!! I bet I’d do a lot better this time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/12 "2010-05-05T17:35:57Z")
1. sound 2. razor 3. campfire 4. FBI 5. melody 6. pass 7. cold 8. natural 9. 29 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Dolores 13. confidence 14. pass 15. pass 16. pass 17. crystal 18. Richard Pryor 19. pass 20. love 21. face 22. pass 23. harmonica 24. silicone 25. rebel 26. pass 27. coletas 28. paradise 29. pass 30. quick dash 31. fandango 32. jokers 33. devil 34. summit 35. disco 36. suicide 37. distance 38. security 39. pass 40. pass 41. pasture 42. pass 43. redwood 44. pass 45. Jersey 46. sting 47. pass 48. song 49. obstacles 50. rain I put “pass” for the ones I don’t know … is that going to work, **Rebo**? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/13 "2010-05-05T17:47:35Z")
1. [spoiler]sound 2. razor 3. starlight 4. FBI 5. melody 6. Spain 7. cold 8. supernatural 9. twenty-nine 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Dolores, 13. confidence 14. consolation 15. Yasgur’s 16. Katie (sp.?) 17. crystal 18. Richard Pryor 19. hesitate 20. comfort 21. shadow 22. pass 23. harpoon 24. sinister 25. wrangler 26. pass 27. colitas :o 28. paradise 29. illusion 30. stash 31. fandango 32. jokers 33. devil 34. summit 35. tango 36. suicide 37. fisted 38. pass 39. insane 40. halo 41. pasture 42. pass 43. Redwood 44. pass 45. Mayfair 46. sting 47. pass 48. melody 49. obstacles 50. ladder[/spoiler] 26 is familiar to me but I couldn’t place it. The other passes don’t mean anything to me at all. Probably if I heard them the light would dawn. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/14 "2010-05-05T17:59:06Z")
OK, Delores, I’m resubmitting mine in standard form. It is entirely identical to my previous submission, except for the superfluous text. 1. sound 2. razor 3. clouds? 4. FBI 5. melody 6. Spain 7. cruel 8. sailor’s? 9. 29 10. dancer 11. jester 12. Dolores? 13. confidence 14. hope? 15. Yasgur’s 16. Sadie 17. crystal 18. Richard Pryor 19. leave? 20. comfort 21. face 22. corridor 23. harpoon 24. silicone 25. gambler? 26. Deserters 27. colitas 28. paradise 29. illusion 30. stash 31. fandango 32. jokers 33. devil 34. summit 35. tango 36. suicide 37. morning? 38. security 39. sexy? 40. halo 41. pasture 42. destiny? 43. Redwood 44. cash? 45. no idea? 46. sting 47. reckoning? 48. voice? 49. obstacles 50. curtain? I felt guilty! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/15 "2010-05-05T18:36:25Z")
1. sounds 2. razor 3. starlight 4. FBI 5. melody 6. Spain 7. cold 8. supernatural 9. 29 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Delores 13. Confidence 14. consolation 15.Yasgur 15. Sady 16. Crystal 17. Richard Pryor 18. hesitate 19. message 20. shadow (or face) 21. corridor 22. harpoon 23. silicone 24. wrangler 25. deserters 26. colitas 27. paradise 28. illusion 29. stash 30. fandango 31. jokers 32. devil 33. summit 34. tango 35. suicide 36. fisted 37. security 38. insane 39. halo 40. pasture 41. silhouette 42. Redwood 43. ten 44. Mayfair 45. sting 46. judgement 47. melody 48. obstacles 49. ladders I second that \*\*Rebo, \*\*it did take me all day. I had to sing almost everyone until I could remember the words. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/16 "2010-05-05T18:38:02Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > 1. America - Horse with no name > 2.Carole King - From ‘Tapestry’ I think, meaner than a junkyard dog - just can’t remeber the rest of it > 3.John Denver. Rocky Mountain High > 2. > > 5.Billy Joel - Piano Man > 6.Elton John - Daniel > 7.Carole King (James Tayler did a version too) You got a friend. > 8. Top loader - Dancin’ in the moonlight ( I can’t quite remember who did the original but I hate that song whover it was. > 9. Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald > 10.Barry Manilow - Copa Cobana > 11.Don Maclean - American Pie. > 12. Paul Simon - looks like the sort of stuff he would write, can’t remeber it though > 13.Simon & Garfunkle - Ceclia > 14. > 15. Joni Mitchell (Matthews Southern Comfort) - Woodstock, not really thought of as a '70’s song though. > 16. > 17. Fleetwood Mac - Dream > 18. > 19. Free - All right now > 20.Golden Earring (or was it Focus?) - Radar Love > 21.Lenny Kravitz(no, it can’t be, surely that was '80’s) - American woman > 22. > 23.Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee > 24.Manfred Manns Earht Band (at least that is what hit the charts but sure it was originally by Bruce Springsteen) - Blinded by the light - any how the lyrics never did make sense to me. > 25. > 26. > 27. Eagles - Hotel California > 28. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow taxi > 29. > 30.Pink Floyd - Money > 31.Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody > 32.Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle > 33.Santana - Black magic woman (I am almost certain it was done by someone else before him though) > 34. > 35. > 36. > 37. Crosby Stills Nash (maybe Neil Young too, can’t quite remember) - Love the one you’re with > 38. > 39. > 40.T.Rex - Get it on > 41.Joe Walsh? - Rocky Mountain way? > 42. > 43. Neil Young - Heart of gold > 44. > 45. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of Londin > 46. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog > 47.Black Sabbath - War Pigs > 48.Dobie Gray - Drift Away > 49.Johnny Nash - I can see clearly now > 50. Stevie Wonder - Supersticion You got every single one wrong!? Did you not read the instructions?😃 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/17 "2010-05-05T18:46:16Z")
1. sound 2. razor 3. campfire 4. FBI 5. melody 6. Spain 7. cold (cruel?) 8. supernatural 9. 29 (or was that the number of skaters on Wolman rink, circling in singles and in pairs?) 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Dolores 13. confidence 14. consolation 15. Yasgur’s 16. Katie 17. crystal 18. Richard Pryor 19. hesitate 20. comfort 21. face 22. corridor 23. harpoon 24. silicone 25. wrangler (gambler? scoundrel? doofus?) - always hated this song 26. deserters 27. colitas 28. paradise 29. illusion :rolleyes: 30. stash 31. fandango 32. jokers 33. devil 34. summit 35. tango 36. suicide 37. fisted 38. ?? 39. insane (humane? arcane? butane? wolfbane?) 40. halo 41. pasture 42. silhouette 43. Redwood 44. ten 45. Mayfair 46. sting 47. ?? 48. melody 49. obstacles 50. ladders ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/18 "2010-05-05T19:03:29Z")
1. sound 2. razor 3. campfire 4. FBI 5. melody 6. Spain 7. cold 8. 9. twenty 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Delores 13. confidence 14. everything 15. Maggie 16. Jane 17. crystal 18. 19. hesitate 20. message 21. face 22. 23. harmonica 24. soul 25. gambler 26. 27. colitas 28. paradise 29. illusion 30. stash 31. Fandango 32. jokers 33. man 34. 35. tango 36. steel 37. velvet 38. security 39. 40. 41. Carolina 42. 43. 44. 45. Soho 46. sting 47. wrath 48. song 49. obstacles 50 blade ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/19 "2010-05-05T19:07:08Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Oh yeah - NO GOOGLING!!! We have to go on the honor system for this. Please don’t cheat. I assumed it also would have been cheating to pull out my CDs and play the songs in question—I hope I wasn’t over-scrupulous. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401/20 "2010-05-05T19:28:40Z")
[spoiler] 1. sounds 2. razor 3. starlight 4. FBI 5. melody 6. Spain 7. cold 8. supernatural 9. 29 10. showgirl 11. jester 12. Dolores 13. confidence 14. 15. Yasger 16. Katy 17. crystal 18. Richard Pryor 19. 20. signal 21. face 22. corridor 23. harpoon 24. silicone 25. gambler 26. 27. colitas 28. paradise 29. illusion 30. dash 31. fandango 32. jokers 33. devil 34. summit 35. tango 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. halo 41. 42. 43. Redwood 44. 45. 46. sing 47. 48. melody 49. obstacles 50. [/spoiler]Gave it my best shot, using only my memory. Kind of frustrating in spots–I can identify the song and know the lyrics, but not necessarily all of them. But good fun anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz-game-over/538401.md?page=2)