# Grandson of the Song Game Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373>\
**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:** 15

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**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/281 "2002-07-20T14:36:56Z")

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team 1  
“Last night I **dream** t that somebody loved me.  
No hurt no harm  
Just another false alarm.”

-Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me - The Smiths

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**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 20, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/282 "2002-07-20T14:39:00Z")

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**Team 2**

_In the moonlight’s ghostly glow I waken in a **dream**  
Once more upon that raft I stand upon a raging sea  
In my ears the moans and screams of the dying ring  
Somewhere in the darkness the siren softly sings_

The Wake of the Medusa—The Pogues

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**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/283 "2002-07-20T14:44:42Z")

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team 1

“Don’t make me **dream** about you”

Chris Issak

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**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 20, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/284 "2002-07-20T14:49:37Z")

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**Team 2**

_I met my love  
by the gas works wall  
Dreamed a **dream**  
by the old canal  
I kissed my girl  
by the factory wall…_

Dirty old town—The pogues

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**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/285 "2002-07-20T14:51:24Z")

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Ok Crepitus, this one’s for you

“I can see a better time  
when all our dreams come true.”  
-Fairytale of New York  
The Pogues

I’m team 1 by the way…

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/286 "2002-07-20T14:56:20Z")

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Well, I wasn’t sure if Team 1 was picking the song or Team 2, which is why I didn’t put one in.

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**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 20, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/287 "2002-07-20T14:57:55Z")

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Ah, so, stealin from my arsenal eh? Well two can play at that little game

**team 2**

_OooooOOO **dream** weaver  
I believe you can help me through the ni-hite_  
–Gary Wright

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**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/288 "2002-07-20T14:58:03Z")

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Sorry if I jumped the gun Squish…

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/289 "2002-07-20T15:01:50Z")

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Am I gonna have to separate you two?

😛

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**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/290 "2002-07-20T15:03:20Z")

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I hope not;)

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/291 "2002-07-20T15:05:56Z")

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Hey, I’m all for contact sports. 😉

Team 1:

\*Sweet **dreams** are made of this  
Who am I to disagree?[i/]

Eurhythmics - Sweet Dreams

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**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 20, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/292 "2002-07-20T15:13:47Z")

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**team 2**

_[Am I awake or do I **dream**?  
The strangest pictures I have seen  
Night is day and twilight’s gone away_

Time–ELO

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**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/293 "2002-07-20T15:18:33Z")

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Team 1  
“I can **dream** about you  
If I can’t hold you tonight…”

I can’t remember the band…

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**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 20, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/294 "2002-07-20T15:22:04Z")

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**Team 2**

- **Dream** s they complicate by life \*

Get UP–REM

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/295 "2002-07-20T15:26:26Z")

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Team 1:

\*there is a dream inside a dream,  
I’m wide awake the more I sleep[i/]

Marilyn Manson - The Reflecting God

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**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 20, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/296 "2002-07-20T15:33:30Z")

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**Team 2**  
_On a fine Spring evening  
the loike lay **dream** ing  
And the seagulls were wheeling  
High above the wall_

That Auld Triangle --Pogues

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/297 "2002-07-20T15:35:18Z")

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Let’s see if I can code properly this time.

Team 1:

_Mr. Sandman, send me a dream  
Make him the cutest that you’ve ever seen_

Mr. Sandman - McGuire Sisters (I think)

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/298 "2002-07-20T18:11:26Z")

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A half-hour to go and Team 1 wins this round!

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**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/299 "2002-07-20T18:13:21Z")

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Team 2:

“I’m just dreaming, dreaming is free.”

-Blondie

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**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/300 "2002-07-20T19:42:31Z")

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Team #1:

“6 O’clock already,  
I was just in the middle of a dream”

The Bangles - Manic Monday

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