# A new song title game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883 "2005-10-05T14:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/1 "2005-10-05T14:30:43Z")
I’d like to see if we can get a music title and artist game thread going like the original movie game thread. Here are the rules: Someone plays a song or album title and lists the group or artist that performs the song. The next then plays either a song or artist off a word mentioned in the previous post. For instance, I play _Summertime_ by George Gershwin. The next player then responds with \ ***Time** Has Come Today \* - The Chambers Brothers. The next player can play off a word in the title like **Time** In A bottle- Jim Croce or play off the group’s name i.e. The Allman **Brothers** -Eat A Peach. Covers are legitimate plays but a cover of the same song can’t be played off the other version of that same song. Any form of recorded music is a legitimate play. It isn’t legal to play off articles. A play off an artist’s first name is legitimate. I’ll start with Joni Mitchell-_Ladies of The Canyon_. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/2 "2005-10-05T15:02:26Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Joni Mitchell-Ladies of The Canyon. Guy Mitchell, “Singing the Blues” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/3 "2005-10-05T15:16:27Z")
> [@ColonelDax](#): > > Guy Mitchell, “Singing the Blues” Blues Magoos - “We Ain’t Got Nothing Yet” ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/4 "2005-10-05T15:21:05Z")
Eddie Cochran, _Summertime Blues_ ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/5 "2005-10-05T15:32:58Z")
> [@BadBadger](#): > > Eddie Cochran, _Summertime Blues_ The Boys of Summer, Don Henley ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/6 "2005-10-05T15:44:14Z")
The Boys are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/7 "2005-10-05T15:54:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The Boys are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy. Gene Pitney, “Town Without Pity” ---
**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:** [October 5, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/8 "2005-10-05T15:55:18Z")
> [@BadBadger](#): > > Eddie Cochran, _Summertime Blues_ Eddie Money, _Take Me Home Tonight_ ---
**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:** [October 5, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/9 "2005-10-05T15:56:58Z")
Ack, ignore me please. My post sat there not posting for many minutes. > [@](#): > > Gene Pitney, “Town Without Pity” Pseudo Echo - Funky Town ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/10 "2005-10-05T15:58:44Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > Eddie Money, _Take Me Home Tonight_ “Love Me Tonight”–Tom Jones ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/11 "2005-10-05T16:01:22Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > Ack, ignore me please. My post sat there not posting for many minutes. > > Pseudo Echo - Funky Town Oops, too slow! “Love Me Tonight” is still in play.“Downtown”–Petula Clark ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/12 "2005-10-05T16:04:47Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > “Downtown”–Petula Clark “Down in the Boondocks,” Billy Joe Royal ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/13 "2005-10-05T16:05:13Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > “Downtown”–Petula Clark “The Down Town”, Days of the New (I think that’s legal…) > [@](#): > > “Love Me Tonight”–Tom Jones “Don’t Go into That Barn”, Tom Waits (just to close it off) ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/14 "2005-10-05T16:12:02Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > “The Down Town”, Days of the New (I think that’s legal…) > > “Don’t Go into That Barn”, Tom Waits (just to close it off) “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights”–Freddy Fender ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/15 "2005-10-05T16:22:21Z")
> [@ColonelDax](#): > > “Down in the Boondocks,” Billy Joe Royal UltraFilter and want2know, ColonelDax beat you by a few seconds and off of his entry I reply **Down** easter Alexa by **Billy Joe** l (a double play!) ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/16 "2005-10-05T16:42:13Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > UltraFilter and want2know, ColonelDax beat you by a few seconds > > and off of his entry I reply > > **Down** easter Alexa by **Billy Joe** l > (a double play!) But wouldn’t “The Down Town” still be a legal play from “Down in the Boondocks”? If so, then both our plays are legal. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/17 "2005-10-05T17:19:52Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > But wouldn’t “The Down Town” still be a legal play from “Down in the Boondocks”? If so, then both our plays are legal. I’ll do the Solomonic thing and make a play that works as a reply for both “The Down Town” and “The Downeaster ‘Alexa.’” “Over Under Sideways Down,” the Yardbirds ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/18 "2005-10-05T17:28:07Z")
> [@ColonelDax](#): > > I’ll do the Solomonic thing and make a play that works as a reply for both “The Down Town” and “The Downeaster ‘Alexa.’” > > “Over Under Sideways Down,” the Yardbirds “Undercover” - Cat Power ---
**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:** [October 5, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/19 "2005-10-05T17:43:23Z")
> [@EuroMDguy](#): > > “Undercover” - Cat Power Yeek, I create havoc. Next time, I bring pie. Cat Stevens, _Peace Train_ ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883/20 "2005-10-05T17:50:08Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > Cat Stevens, _Peace Train_ James Brown, “Night Train” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883.md?page=2)