# 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:** 5

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/81 "2002-07-17T22:06:22Z")

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Team 2:

_So I think about my next drink  
And it’s you and me and the bottle makes **three** tonight_

You & Me & The Bottle Makes Three - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy  
Welp, gotta go. Work and all that. Go Team 2!

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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 17, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/82 "2002-07-17T22:07:34Z")

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Team 1:

_I saw him standing there by the record machine  
I knew he must have been about **seventeen** _

I Love Rock’n’Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

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**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/83 "2002-07-17T22:12:30Z")

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**Team 2**

She was only **sixteen** , only **sixteen**  
I loved her so  
But she was too young to fall in love  
And I was too young to know

Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/84 "2002-07-17T22:15:10Z")

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Team 1

How You Remind Me - Nickelback

_I’ve been wrong, I’ve been down, been to the bottom of every bottle  
These **five** words in my head scream, “are we havin’ fun yet?”_

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**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/85 "2002-07-17T22:47:59Z")

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b]Team 2\*\*

You walked out of my dreams and into my arms  
Now you’re my angel divine  
You’re **sixteen** , you’re beautiful and you’re mine

You’re 16 - Johnny Burnette

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/86 "2002-07-17T22:51:41Z")

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You should have made it prime numbers greater than one.

(Shibb, who is too lazy to go back through the thread and see which entries have already been done)

\*Hast Du etwas Zeit fuer mich  
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich  
Von **neun-und-neunzig** Luftballons  
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont  
Denkst Du vielleicht grad’ an mich  
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich  
Von **neun-und-neunzig** Luftballons  
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt  
\*

99 Luftballons - Nena

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**Author:** ![JBERGES](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@JBERGES](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBERGES)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/87 "2002-07-17T23:16:30Z")

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## Team 2

- When it all came down, on that Saturday night,  
should I choose a side at **Ninth** and Pine?  
Can we still say we’re civilized?  
Watched a kid go down at **Ninth** and Pine.\*

Ninth at Pine - Less Than Jake

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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 17, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/88 "2002-07-17T23:34:24Z")

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Team 1:

_ **Twenty-five** whores in the room next door  
Twenty-five floors and I want more_

Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing

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**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, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/89 "2002-07-17T23:44:40Z")

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**team two**

**Four** strong winds that blow lonely, **Seven** seas that run high,  
All these things that don’t change, Come what may.  
But our good times are all gone,  
And I’m bound for moving on.  
I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way.

Four Strong Winds - Ian Tyson

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/90 "2002-07-17T23:55:01Z")

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**Team One**

Love At Ninety Miles An Hour, Ty Herndon

_Love at **ninety** miles an hour’s a little hard to understand  
She was almost an angel, I was almost a man_

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**Author:** ![JBERGES](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@JBERGES](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBERGES)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/91 "2002-07-18T00:03:17Z")

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## Team 2

- **19** and lost, never thought he’d ever leave this place.  
Vacant mind from endless grind so what’s to lose anyway?  
Another fast food job? Another **8** to **5** day?  
**Ten** minutes and **two** miles is just a mile too many today…\*

Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A.- Less Than Jake

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**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/92 "2002-07-18T00:09:02Z")

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Team 1:

**Four, three, two, one**  
When at the barrel of a gun  
Keep my head way down…

Barrel of a Gun - Guster

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/93 "2002-07-18T00:11:50Z")

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**Team One**

Lucky 4 You Tonight I’m Just Me, Shedaisy

_Number 5 just cries a river a minute  
7 wants to tie you up and drown you in it  
Yeah, 14 just wants to say so long, bygones  
32 wants to do things to you that’ll make you blush  
10 would key the El Camino that you love so much  
And there ain’t nobody wants to mess with 23  
Oh, lucky 4 you tonight I’m just me_

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**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 18, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/94 "2002-07-18T00:19:05Z")

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**Team 2**

Well, I’m a runnin’ down the road, tryin’ to loosen my load,  
I’ve got **seven** women on my mind:  
**four** that wanna own me, **two** that wanna stone me,  
**one** says she’s a friend of mine.

Take it Easy - Eagles

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/95 "2002-07-18T00:34:26Z")

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**Team One**

Ten Rounds Of Jose Cuervo, Tracy Byrd

_After **three** rounds of Jose Cuervo  
I let her drag me out on the floor and after  
 **Four** round of Jose Cuervo  
I was showing off moves never seen before_

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**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/96 "2002-07-18T00:40:02Z")

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**Team 2 -**

Black Throated Wind, The Grateful Dead

_But I’m here by the road, bound to the load  
That I picked up in **ten thousand** cafes and bars_

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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 18, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/97 "2002-07-18T00:45:34Z")

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**Team 1**  
I’ll take **one, one, one**'cos you left me  
and **two, two two** for my family  
and **three, three, three** for my heartache  
and **four, four, four** for my headache  
and **five, five five** for my lonely  
and **six, six, six** for I’m sorry  
and**seven, seven nnnn no tomorrow  
and **eight, eight,\*\* I forgot what** eight** was for  
and **nine, nine, nine,**'cos I lost out  
and **ten, ten, ten ten**  
everything, everything everything everything!

- the violent femmes, “add it up”

I can’t believe nobody beat me to that one!😃

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**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/98 "2002-07-18T00:48:18Z")

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**Team 2 -**

Mission in The Rain, Jerry Garcia Band

_ **Ten** years ago I walked this street, my dreams were riding tall  
Tonight I would be thankful Lord, for any dreams at all_

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/99 "2002-07-18T01:05:35Z")

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**Team One**

Dang Me, Roger Miller

_Just settin’ around drinkin’ with the rest of the guys  
Six rounds we bought, and I bought five  
Spent the groceries and half the rent  
I lack fourteen dollars havin’ twenty seven cents_

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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 18, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/100 "2002-07-18T01:05:53Z")

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**Team 1**

“Give me **one** day in your life”

- Chris Isaak, “One day.”

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