# Dobie Grey's Drift Away
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 26, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528 "2019-10-26T22:45:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/1 "2019-10-26T22:45:33Z")
_Give me the beat boys and free my soul, I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away._
Greatest song about songs in the history of songs about songs
Other nominations?
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### Author:  [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/2 "2019-10-26T23:00:52Z")
“I write the songs” written by Bruce Johnson sung by David Cassidy, Captain and Tennille. Probably best known by Barry Manilow.
“Who put the Bomp” By I don’t recall.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/3 "2019-10-26T23:21:50Z")
[Old Time Rock&Roll - Bob Seger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoaAb5MnKtY)
[Mr. Bassman - Johnny Cymbal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZr8iReEqMQ)
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### Author:  [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/4 "2019-10-26T23:48:04Z")
Pro-Rock ‘n’ Roll: [“It Will Stand” by The Showmen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa17h1n5kCw)
Anti-Rock ‘n’ Roll: [“I Dig Rock and Roll Music” by Peter, Paul & Mary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUgWgBwCnBw)
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/5 "2019-10-27T00:06:37Z")
I’m singing this note 'cause it fits in well
With the chords I’m playing
I can’t pretend there’s any meaning here
Or in the things I’m saying
But I’m in tune
Right in tune
I’m in tune
And I’m gonna tune
Right in on you
I’m In Tune by The Who
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### Author:  [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/6 "2019-10-27T00:09:48Z")
‘Your Song’ by Elton John
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/7 "2019-10-27T00:10:57Z")
> [@OldGuy](#):
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> “Who put the Bomp” By I don’t recall.
How quickly we forget. It was [Barry Mann,](https://www.google.com/search?q=barry+mann+who+put+the+bomp&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS762US762&oq=barry+mann+who+put+the+bomp&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5183j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) a prolific songwriter, and a dude I worked for in the 1970’s.
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/8 "2019-10-27T00:15:23Z")
I’ll see **glee** ’s _Your Song_, and raise you [_Writing_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKuq0rpMvpk).
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/9 "2019-10-27T00:19:55Z")
“[So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q3dXiQJukM)” - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover
“[Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yuwhUx35Uc)” - Kevin Johnson
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/10 "2019-10-27T01:36:21Z")
[I Gotta Have a Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU0y2ZI-Ejw) - Stevie Wonder
[Add Some Music To Your Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkA4-U4MPk) - The Beach Boys
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/11 "2019-10-27T05:55:00Z")
**Moderator Action**
Moving thread from MPSIMS to Cafe Society.
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/12 "2019-10-27T06:01:06Z")
Old Time Rock And Roll - Bob Seger
ETA: Oops, I see it was already mentioned.
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/13 "2019-10-27T06:10:42Z")
[Songsmith Stewie Griffin shows how it’s done.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RmO6fc-FdE)
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/14 "2019-10-27T06:11:25Z")
[The Beautiful South - Song For Whoever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA97HEHPT3Q)
> [@](#):
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> I love you from the bottom of my pencil case
> I love you in the songs I write and sing
> Love you because you put me in my rightful place
> And I love the PRS cheques that you bring
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> Cheap, never cheap
> I’ll sing you songs till you’re asleep
> When you’ve gone upstairs I’ll creep
> And write it all down
> Down, down, down…
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/15 "2019-10-27T06:23:30Z")
That version of _Song For Whoever_ has cut the outro. So better is:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiags4WMI6k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiags4WMI6k)
> [@](#):
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> So let me talk about Mary, a sad story
> Turned her grief into glory
> Talk about Mary, a sad story
> Turned her grief into glory
>
> Late at night, in the typewriter light
> Ripped his ribbon to shreds
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### Author:  [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/16 "2019-10-27T06:26:21Z")
[_I Love Rock 'n Roll_](https://youtu.be/M3T_xeoGES8) - Joan Jett.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/17 "2019-10-27T11:18:32Z")
“Last Song” by Edward Bear:
> [@](#):
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> t’s the last song I’ll ever write for you
> It’s the last time that I’ll tell you
> Just how much I really care
> This is the last song I’ll ever sing for you
> You’ll come looking for the light
> And it won’t be there
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/18 "2019-10-27T13:13:31Z")
_God Gave Rock And Roll To You_
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### Author:  [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/19 "2019-10-27T13:37:41Z")
Pearl Jam’s [Spin the Black Circle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8v09-wlFiM) (which also happened to win the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance)
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/20 "2019-10-27T13:50:25Z")
Chicago’s [25 or 6 to 4](https://youtu.be/iUAYeN3Rp2E) is a great song about writing songs.
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