# Grandson of the Song Game Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2002, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373 "2002-07-17T07:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/1 "2002-07-17T07:16:23Z")
Since Team 2 didn’t come through with a new word to end the [last thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=125213&perpage=50&pagenumber=9) the game now reverts to Team One. The current standings are: **Team 1** :):):):):):):):):):):):)🙂 **Team 2** :):):):):):):):):):):):)🙂 Yes, that’s right, we have a tie! For the first go-round in this thread, let’s stick with a theme instead of a particular word. The theme? **Numbers**. I’ll start us off. _ **One, two, three, four** Come on baby say you love me **Five six seven** times **Eight nine ten eleven** I’m just gonna keep on counting Until you are mine!_ _1, 2, 3_ - Miami Sound Machine ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/2 "2002-07-17T07:25:53Z")
Are you team 1 or 2? Whoever’s turn it is, here it is: **Team ?** **68** guns will never die **68** guns a battle cry –68 Guns–the Alarm ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/3 "2002-07-17T07:35:09Z")
Sorry, I’m Team 1 – so Oly is Team 2. Team 1: _ **99** Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Hielt man fuer UFOs aus dem All Darum schickte ein General Eine Fliegerstaffel hinterher Alarm zu geben, wenn es so war Dabei war da am Horizont Nur **99** Luftballons_ _99 Luftballons_ - Nena ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/4 "2002-07-17T07:38:00Z")
**team 2** I got it **one** piece at a time And it didn’t cost me a dime You’ll know it’s me when I come through your town -One piece at a time–Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/5 "2002-07-17T09:36:51Z")
Team 1: _You’re once, twice, **three** times a lady And I love you_ _Three Times a Lady_ - The Commodores (I think.) ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lucy\_Shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Shoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/6 "2002-07-17T09:46:06Z")
**Team 2** barely awake **One** toke over the line sweet Jesus **One** toke over the line Sittin’ downtown in a railway station **One** toke over the line Brewer and Shipley - **One** toke over the Line ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/7 "2002-07-17T09:49:37Z")
**Team 1** _the movie’s over it’s **4** o’clock And we’re in trouble deep_ –Wake up Little **Lucy Shoe** –Everly Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lucy\_Shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Shoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/8 "2002-07-17T09:55:12Z")
**Team 2** (that’s better - awake now] The problem is all inside your head", she said to me The answer is easy if you take it logically I’d like to help you in your struggle to be free There must be **fifty** ways to leave your lover. … **Fifty** ways to leave your Lover - Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/9 "2002-07-17T09:57:16Z")
**Team 1** _Outta my brain on the **5:15** Outta my brain on the train_ 5:15–The Who ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lucy\_Shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Shoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/10 "2002-07-17T10:02:46Z")
**Team 2** I want you, I need you, but there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you Now don’t be sad (don’t be sad) 'cause **two** outta **three** ain’t bad Meat Loaf - **Two** outta **Three** ain’t Bad ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/11 "2002-07-17T10:09:36Z")
**Team 1** \*Well I woke up Sunday morning With no way to hold my head, that didn’t hurt And the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad, So I had **one** more for dessert. Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes And found my cleanest dirty shirt. Then I washed my face and combed my hair And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day…[i/] Sunday Morning Commin Down–Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lucy\_Shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Shoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/12 "2002-07-17T10:10:41Z")
**Team 2** But I would walk **500** miles And I would walk **500** more Just to be the man who walked **1,000** miles To fall down at your door **500** Miles - The Proclaimers ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/13 "2002-07-17T10:11:07Z")
Wait a minute…are we spozda have songs with numbers in the titles, or just in the words? ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lucy\_Shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Shoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/14 "2002-07-17T10:15:55Z")
I don’t think it matters - I don’t know - all mine have by coincidence had them in title and lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/15 "2002-07-17T10:22:03Z")
_alllllllllright, but this could go on a long time, maybe even until_ _…the year **2525** If man is still alive If woman can survive…_ 😛 In the year 2525–Zager & Evans Oh, that’s **Team 1** ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lucy\_Shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Shoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/16 "2002-07-17T10:30:11Z")
**Team 2** (my personal favorite!) I love Lucy and she loves me. We’re as happy as **two** can be. Sometimes we quarrel but then… ha ha ha How we love making up again. The I Love Lucy theme - Desi Arnaz ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/17 "2002-07-17T10:37:26Z")
**Team 1** _On the first day of March it was raining It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen I drank **10** pints of beer And I cursed all the people there I wish that all this rain would stop falling down on me_ Boys in the County Hell–The Pogues ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lucy\_Shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Shoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/18 "2002-07-17T10:39:07Z")
**Team 2** Waiting for the break of day, searching for something to say. Flashing lights against the sky, giving up I close my eyes. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, **25** or **6** to **4**? **25** or **6** to **4** - Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/19 "2002-07-17T10:45:38Z")
**Team 1** _Why do we never get an answer When we’re knocking at the door With **a thousand million** questions 'Bout Hate and Death and War_ Question–Moody Blues ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lucy\_Shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Shoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/20 "2002-07-17T10:50:11Z")
**Team 2** I got my **first** real **six** -string Bought it at the **five** -and-dime Played it til my fingers bled It was the summer of **'69** Summer of **'69** - Bryan Adams [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373.md?page=2)