# Guess The Place Song Game.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 29, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682 "2004-04-29T15:12:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/1 "2004-04-29T15:12:56Z")
\*\*The rules? Vague: \*\*Below are groups of lyrics that can be associated with a place. Name the place. For additional added bounus plus points and the respect and admiration of your peers, name the song and artist. Please replace clues as needed.
**The payoff? Insignificant:** It would make me happy to play this game with you. I need a little happy.
\*\*The clues? Below: \*\*[ol][li]A. Love was just a passing word.[/li]It’s a thought you had in a taxi cab that got left on the curb.
B. He’s cute in his mohair suit
And he keeps his pocket full of spending loot.
A. I spread my wings to greener pastures
I still ain’t found what I was after.
B. Key Largo, Montego
Baby why don’t we go?
A. Never had no problems
'Cause I always pay the rent.
B.Searching for something to say.
C. A pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead.
A. Everytime the ladies pass they be like, “Hey, Will.”
Can ya feel me? All ages and races.
Real sweet faces.
B. It’s the rhythm of the island
Like sugarcane, so sweet.[/ol]
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/2 "2004-04-29T16:16:06Z")
I’ll give it a try.
Question 1 is New York City. B is from “Boy from New York City,” by Manhattan Transfer.
Question 2 is Kokomo. B is from “Kokomo,” by the Beach Boys.
Not sure of the others, but I hope I’ve managed to understand the vague rules.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/3 "2004-04-29T16:37:10Z")
> [@Spoons](#):
>
> I’ll give it a try.
>
> Question 1 is New York City. B is from “Boy from New York City,” by Manhattan Transfer.
>
> Question 2 is Kokomo. B is from “Kokomo,” by the Beach Boys.
>
> Not sure of the others, but I hope I’ve managed to understand the vague rules.
2 is not Kokomo, exactly. The vague rules vaguely ask for more clues. That’s the real hard part!
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/4 "2004-04-29T16:49:07Z")
Number 4’s location is Miami and the name of the song is, I think, _Welcome to Miami_ by Will Smith.
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### Author:  [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/5 "2004-04-29T17:38:36Z")
Number 3 is Chicago. the band is Chicago and the lyrics are from the songs:
A. I’m a Man
B. 25 or 6 to 4
C. Does Anyone Really Know What Time it Is? (I think that’s the right title)
Replacing with:
A. Motel money murder madness
B. The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
(I hope I’m playing right)
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### Author:  [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/6 "2004-04-29T17:55:13Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#):
>
> Replacing with:
>
> A. Motel money murder madness
>
> B. The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
> (I hope I’m playing right)
Are these two clues for one location, or two clues for different places? They’re both from Doors songs, A from “L.A. Woman” and B from “Soul Kitchen.”
Here’s my contribution, two clues referring to the same place:
A. Two happy people on a Greyhound bus
We came here searching for a life for us
B. Walking on the beach last night and hoping things would be all right
But later lying on her bed, it’s you I saw instead
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/7 "2004-04-29T18:19:39Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
>
> A. Everytime the ladies pass they be like, “Hey, Will.”
> Can ya feel me? All ages and races.
> Real sweet faces.
>
> B. It’s the rhythm of the island
> Like sugarcane, so sweet.
A. is from _Summertime_ by Will Smith. Location is Philadelphia.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/8 "2004-04-29T18:21:08Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#):
>
> A. is from _Summertime_ by Will Smith. Location is Philadelphia.
Oops, I think I’m wrong and **JuanitaTech** is right on that one.
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/9 "2004-04-30T16:59:11Z")
Biggirl, get yer ass back in here and help us out!
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/10 "2004-04-30T17:54:26Z")
All right, all right **Juanita**. I, um, was busy doing-- ah— things. Yeah, that’s it. Things.
[ol]
A. Love was just a passing word.
It’s a thought you had in a taxi cab that got left on the curb.
B. He’s cute in his mohair suit
And he keeps his pocket full of spending loot.
The place is New York City. B is Boy from NYC.
A is another song about NYC-- if’n you wanna guess it.
A. I spread my wings to greener pastures
I still ain’t found what I was after.
B. Key Largo, Montego
Baby why don’t we go?
B is The Beach Boy’s Kokimo but–A will get you the more specific place I’m looking for.
A. Never had no problems
'Cause I always pay the rent.
B.Searching for something to say.
C. A pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead.
All gotten by the perfect vague clue guesser **RX**
A. Everytime the ladies pass they be like, “Hey, Will.”
Can ya feel me? All ages and races.
Real sweet faces.
B. It’s the rhythm of the island
Like sugarcane, so sweet.
**Juanita** knows her Will-- The city is Miami. The B song is Miami related. I’m suprised AI watchers haven’t guessed this one yet.
[/ol]
I can’t guess anybody else’s songs because I’m, uh, still doing that . . . thing.
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### Author:  [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/11 "2004-04-30T19:24:41Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
>
> A. Everytime the ladies pass they be like, “Hey, Will.”
> Can ya feel me? All ages and races.
> Real sweet faces.
>
> B. It’s the rhythm of the island
> Like sugarcane, so sweet.
> **Juanita** knows her Will-- The city is Miami. The B song is Miami related. I’m suprised AI watchers haven’t guessed this one yet.
B is Conga (or Do the Conga or something like that) by Gloria Estefan and the _Miami_ Sound Machine.
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/12 "2004-04-30T20:16:56Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
>
> A. I spread my wings to greener pastures
> I still ain’t found what I was after.
>
> B. Key Largo, Montego
> Baby why don’t we go?
>
> B is The Beach Boy’s Kokimo but–A will get you the more specific place I’m looking for.
I seem to recall an old movie about vaudevillians . . .
Is A **Kokomo, Indiana?**
Sorry, I have no further contribution for the game. Somebody else take my turn, please.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/13 "2004-04-30T20:17:40Z")
Correctamundo **amarinth**!
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/14 "2004-04-30T20:19:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#):
>
> I seem to recall an old movie about vaudevillians . . .
>
> Is A **Kokomo, Indiana?**
>
> Sorry, I have no further contribution for the game. Somebody else take my turn, please.
Yes, yes it is Kokimo, Indiana.
And if **Juanita** doesn’t guess why, I’m revoking her colored card.
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### Author:  [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/15 "2004-04-30T21:45:57Z")
> [@ColonelDax](#):
>
> Here’s my contribution, two clues referring to the same place:
>
> A. Two happy people on a Greyhound bus
> We came here searching for a life for us
>
> B. Walking on the beach last night and hoping things would be all right
> But later lying on her bed, it’s you I saw instead
**San Francisco**
A is “San Francisco Is a Lonely Town” - Glen Campbell
B is “Round N Round” - Chris Isaak
Here’s my replacement. All three lyrics are referencing the same place:
[list=A]
[li]Darlin’ while you’re busy burnin’ bridges [/li]Burn one for me if you get time
[li]She was workin’ at a diner just a week ago [/li]When a man from Colorado smiled and said hello
[li]Workin’ on the railroad[/li]Sleepin’ on the ground
Eatin’ saltine crackers
Ten cents a pound
[/list]
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/16 "2004-04-30T23:11:14Z")
Here’s an easy one:
A. Carry on my wayward son,
For there’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Now don’t you cry no more
B. I got credit down at the grocery store,
And my barber tells me jokes.
C. I might take a train,
I might take a plane,
But if I got to walk,
I’m goin’ just the same.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/17 "2004-04-30T23:30:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
>
> Here’s an easy one:
>
> A. Carry on my wayward son,
> For there’ll be peace when you are done
> Lay your weary head to rest
> Now don’t you cry no more
>
> B. I got credit down at the grocery store,
> And my barber tells me jokes.
>
> C. I might take a train,
> I might take a plane,
> But if I got to walk,
> I’m goin’ just the same.
A is Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas.
C is Kansas City Here I Come by I Dun O’Who.
I’m drawing a blank on B.
And the place is Kansas. Yes?
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### Author:  [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/18 "2004-05-02T00:27:49Z")
> [@Kepi](#):
>
> B is “Round N Round” - Chris Isaak
Correct on the place, but B is from “San Francisco Days.” (On the same album as “Round ‘N’ Round.”)
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/19 "2004-05-02T02:31:12Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
>
> A is Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas.
> C is Kansas City Here I Come by I Dun O’Who.
>
> I’m drawing a blank on B.
>
> And the place is Kansas. Yes?
“Kansas City” by Wilbert Harrison
B. is “Kansas City Star”, by Roger Miller
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-place-song-game/242682/20 "2004-05-03T14:48:05Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
>
> And the place is Kansas. Yes?
The song, _Kansas City_ by Wilbert Harrison, refers to Kansas City, Missouri, not Kansas City, Kansas; in fact, most times when you hear about “Kansas City”, it refers to the Missouri town, not the Kansas one.
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