# Great-Grandson of the Song Game Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454>\
**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:** 6

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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 24, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/101 "2002-07-24T11:30:18Z")

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Next theme: **Footwear**

**Team 1**

_These **boots** are made for walking  
and that’s just what they’ll do  
One of these days these **boots**  
are gonna walk all over you_

These Boots Are Made For Walking, Nancy Sinatra

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**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 24, 2002, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/102 "2002-07-24T11:31:13Z")

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So now it’s **team 2** ’s turn to pick. Anyone want to take the initiative?

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**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 24, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/103 "2002-07-24T11:35:18Z")

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:smack: Sorry.

**Team 2**

_I got **shoes**  
they’re made of plywood_

(It’s really “I got chills, they’re multiplying” but I couldn’t resist)  
_I remember the night  
I’d me navvy **boots** on_

Navvy Boots–Tom Mitchem Brothers

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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 24, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/104 "2002-07-24T11:41:33Z")

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**Team 1**

_I want to put on my my my my my  
 **boogie** shoes_

Boogie Shoes, KC & the Sunshine Band

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/105 "2002-07-24T11:43:28Z")

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**Team 2**

- Too bad, 'cause it’s true  
We had some laughs  
And for a while I thought it might be you  
I’m tired of looking  
But what else can I do  
Shouldn’t I hold up my end of the deal?  
Cinderella’s out there  
Walking around on one **glass high-heel**

Glass High Heels\* - Ira Marlowe

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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 24, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/106 "2002-07-24T12:00:19Z")

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**Team 1**

\*Wearing a wig, hat and shades to match  
Got her **high heeled sneakers** and her alligator hat  
\*

Devil With the Blue Dress, Mitch Ryder

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**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 24, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/107 "2002-07-24T12:03:22Z")

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**team 2**

\*been to the carnival at Rome  
had the women and I had the booze  
All that I can remember now  
Is little kids without no **shoes**

Sunny Side of the Street—Pogues

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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 24, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/108 "2002-07-24T13:12:48Z")

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**Team 1**

_You’d seem ‘em wearing their baggies  
 **Huarachi sandals** too  
A bushy bushy blonde hairdo  
Surfin’ U.S.A._

Surfin’ USA, Beach Boys

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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 24, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/109 "2002-07-24T13:14:56Z")

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**Team 2 -**

Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo, The Grateful Dead

_Lost my **shoes** in transit, babe  
Pile of smoking leather_

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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 24, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/110 "2002-07-24T13:27:51Z")

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**Team 1**

_Goody two, goody two, goody goody two **shoes**  
Goody two, goody two, goody goody two **shoes** _

Goody Two Shoes, Adam Ant

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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 24, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/111 "2002-07-24T13:30:57Z")

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**Team 2 -**

Hi-Heel Sneakers, Jerry Garcia Band, I don’t know the original author.

_Put on your **hi-heel sneakers**  
Cause we’re going out tonight_

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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 24, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/112 "2002-07-24T13:39:43Z")

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**Team 1**

\*I’m the dandy highwayman so sick of easy fashion  
the clumsy **boots** , peek-a-boo roots that people think so dashing  
\*

Stand and Deliver, Adam and the Ants

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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 24, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/113 "2002-07-24T13:40:49Z")

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\*\*Team 2 \*\*

Believe It Or Not, The Garteful Dead

_Remember the day I rolled in to town  
With my heart in my **shoes** , with my head hanging down_

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**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 24, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/114 "2002-07-24T13:41:19Z")

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b]team 2\*\*

_Tough kids  
What can I do?  
I’m so pale and weedy  
Rough fits  
In my **Hush Puppy shoes**  
But I’m still pleading_

Rough Boys—Pete Townshend

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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 24, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/115 "2002-07-24T13:55:35Z")

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**Team 1**

\*The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors

On his **hobnail boots** \*

Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Beatles

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**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 24, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/116 "2002-07-24T13:59:54Z")

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\*\*Team \*\*

_My dear wife and them kids of mine  
Gonna get new **shoes** come pickin’ time_

Picking Time—Johnny Cash

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**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 24, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/117 "2002-07-24T14:06:39Z")

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:smack: There should be a **2** up there.

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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 24, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/118 "2002-07-24T14:28:35Z")

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\*\*Team Solo 😉 \*\*

_We wore **matador boots**  
Only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel  
Iridescent **socks** with the same color shirt  
And a tight pair of chinos_

Keeping The Faith, Billy Joel

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/119 "2002-07-24T14:40:59Z")

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**Team 2:**

\*I’ve got leather on my **shoes**  
And I’ve got a dream to live  
There is nothing left to lose  
So I’m going

Leather on My **Shoes** \* - Chris DeBurgh

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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 24, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454/120 "2002-07-24T14:48:57Z")

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**Team 1**

_She’s got electric **boots**  
A mohair suit  
You know I read it in a magazine_

Bennie and the Jets, Elton John

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