# Great-Grandson of the Song Game Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454 "2002-07-23T21:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/201 "2002-07-26T02:16:06Z")
**Team One** Life’s a Dance, John Michael Montgomery _Life’s a **dance** you learn as you go Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow_ ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/202 "2002-07-26T02:24:38Z")
**Team 2 -** Sugar Magnolia, The Grateful Dead _She can **dance** a Cajun rhythm Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive_ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/203 "2002-07-26T02:27:49Z")
**Team One** A Girl’s Gotta Do What a Girl’s Gotta Do, Mindy MacCready _The first thing I did when you said good-bye Was sit myself down and have a real good cry The next thing I did was put my red dress on And go downtown **dacing** til the break of dawn_ ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/204 "2002-07-26T02:29:49Z")
**Team 2 -** Memphis Blues, Bob Dylan _Where I can watch her **waltz** for free, neath the Panamanian moon_ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/205 "2002-07-26T02:41:02Z")
:smack: That should be **dancing** , of course. ---
**Author:** ![JBERGES](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@JBERGES](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBERGES)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/206 "2002-07-26T03:09:51Z")
Judges, do we accept “waltz”? _ **BING!** _ Sure, any type of dance will do… ## Team 1 _But everytime she passed me by, I turned my head away and quietly sighed. And when she walked by her hair would **dance** , a secret tango that only I could understand._ Kristina, She Doesn’t Know I Exist - Catch 22 ---
**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 26, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/207 "2002-07-26T03:32:41Z")
**team 2** _Let’s **dance** Put on your red shoes and dance the blues_ Let’s Dance-D Bowie ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/208 "2002-07-26T03:41:08Z")
Team 1: _Heaven…I’m in Heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak And I seem to find the happiness I seek When we’re out together **dancing** cheek to cheek_ Cheek to Cheek - by (I don’t know) and performed by one heckuva lot of bands ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/209 "2002-07-26T11:36:18Z")
Team one’s point! 😃 **Score:** Team 1 - 19 Team 2 - 22 **New Word:** _Honey_ Honey Honey - Abba _ **Honey** honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey I’d heard about you before I wanted to know some more And now I know what they mean, you’re a love machine Oh, you make me dizzy_ ---
**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 26, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/210 "2002-07-26T14:40:57Z")
**team two** (I think. what team are you Lola?) Oh, **Honey** comb, won’t you be my baby Well, Honeycomb, be my own Got a hank o’ hair and a piece o’ bone And made a walkin’ talkin’ Honeycomb Honeycomb - Jimmie Rogers ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/211 "2002-07-26T16:31:29Z")
Sorry, I’m **Team 1** Sugar Sugar - The Beatles _ **sugar** , ahh, Honey, honey. You are my candy girl, And you got me wanting you._ ---
**Author:** ![JBERGES](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@JBERGES](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBERGES)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/212 "2002-07-26T17:37:19Z")
Woah, woah, woah… Back it up a bit here. **Lola** posted a new word, “honey” for Team 1 at 7:36 AM EST The next answer was given at 10:40 AM, over three hours later. That’s a point for Team 1, unless I missed something. The score is 20 to 22, and the new word is **"Leave"** ## Team 1 Leaving - Catch 22 _I’m **leaving** here today. Gonna go real far away from here._ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/213 "2002-07-26T17:51:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squish \* > \*\*Sorry, folks, but if the time limit’s two hours, then Team 2 lost that round to Team 1! > > And if that’s the case, the standings are now: > > **Team 1** : :D:):):):):):):):)🙂 > **Team 2** : :D:D:)🙂 > > Or, 22-19 in Team 2’s favor. > > \*\* From Page 4, then we should be at 22-21 now, right? ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/214 "2002-07-26T19:55:02Z")
Thanks, JB - I wasn’t paying attention. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/215 "2002-07-26T19:55:42Z")
…and the two hours which have just elapsed should knot everything up again at **Team 1** :D:D:)🙂 **Team 2** :D:D:):)[sup]\*[/sup] \*Assuming that I’ve gotten the Roman Smilies correct Have we done **flora** yet? ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/216 "2002-07-26T20:01:38Z")
Flora as in any type of flower, or the actualy word “flora”? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/217 "2002-07-26T20:11:41Z")
Flora as in any type of plant life, So “flower”, “petunia”, “grass”, "trees, “redwoods”, “mushrooms”, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/218 "2002-07-26T20:40:59Z")
Team 2 _There is unrest in the forest There is trouble with the **trees** …_ The Trees - Rush ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/219 "2002-07-26T20:48:15Z")
Team 1: _And you can send me dead **flowers** every morning Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead flowers to my wedding And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave_ Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones ---
**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 26, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/220 "2002-07-26T22:55:37Z")
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