1)“Mr. Lee” artist unknown (some girls group from the early '60’s
6) “Who put the bop in the bop-shu-lop” (something like that) by some '50’s group) “Boy, put that stop sign down.”
14) “The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia” by the unforgettable Vicki Lawrence
15) “The Boys are Back in Town” – Thin Lizzy (actually I think they had a couple of other minor hits or at least songs that got played on FM in the late '70’s)
16) “Hot Child in the City”?
19) BurnMeUp’s right on this one
21) “In a Big Country” – Big Country, one of my favorite songs
22 & 23) BurnsMeUp is right on these also.
next line: I don’t get angry when my Mom smokes pot by Sublime, don’t know the name of the song **
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The next line was I don’t get angry at the bills I have to pay
And to the OP: I fart in your general direction for calling Sublime one-hit wonders! I have no less than 20 Sublime albums. Ok, most of them are live bootlegs but still, the guys made alot of music, and more importantly, alot of good music.
“Three, four, five, look at him jive.”
“Mr. Lee,” The Bobbettes
“Oh what a mystery that seals so tight.”
“Over the Mountain, Across the Sea,” Johnnie and Joe
“Once you’ve had it, you’re in an awful fix.”
“Love Is Strange,” Mickey and Sylvia
“Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip, boom boom boom boom boom.”
“Get a Job,” The Silhouettes
“To the girls in 'Frisco, to the girls in New York.”
“Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’,” Crazy Elephant
“Little sis don’t miss when she aims her gun.”
“The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia,” Vicki Lawrence
“When I tell you she was cool, she was red hot.”
“The Boys Are Back In Town,” Thin Lizzy
“We can make a lotta love before the sun goes down.”
“Afternoon Delight,” Starland Vocal Band
“Gotta make a move to a town that’s right for me.”
“Funkytown,” Lipps, Inc.
“That’s a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child.”
“In a Big Country,” Big Country
“You might want to sing it note for note.”
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” Bobby McFerrin
“Religion is the smile on a dog.”
“What I Am,” Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
“I don’t cry when my dog runs away.”
“What I Got,” Sublime
[Which, kvetching from fans aside, is indeed their only song to make Billboard’s Top 40. Further proof, if you need it, that life ain’t always fair.]
“Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson.”
“You Get What You Give,” New Radicals
Partially Identified: Song ID’d, But Not the Performer
“He made my baby fall in love with me.”
“Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)”
“Pressed in love’s hot fevered iron like a striped pair of pants.”
“MacArthur Park”
“If you’ve ever been held down before, I know you’ll refuse to be held down any more.”
“Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”
Still Unidentified:
“No wonderin’ and guessin’, don’t need dancin’ lessons.”
“Hello there female. My, my, but you do look swell.”
“When I give love, I want love in return.”
“No matter what color you are still my brother.”
“He might look like the average guy, but he’s wanted by the FBI.”
“Boy, put that stop sign down.”
“When other fellas call you, tell 'em how it all began.”
