# Half forgotten old songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 13, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840 "2024-06-13T17:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/201 "2024-06-27T18:20:19Z")
Huh. Your memory of L7 jogged a memory of a band I hadn’t thought of in about twenty years, Babes in Toyland: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QM-kdQdUXJc/maxresdefault.jpg "Babes In Toyland " Sweet ´69 "") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM-kdQdUXJc) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/202 "2024-06-28T01:44:36Z")
A comment in the licence plate thread reminded me of this song [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J5ebkj9x5Ko/maxresdefault.jpg "Duran Duran - The Reflex (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ebkj9x5Ko) Men with shoulder pads Mullets in all different lengths Probably a warehouse’s worth of hairspray and gel in that auditorium ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/203 "2024-06-28T05:44:15Z")
Yep, another band from way back when that I don’t think of often enough. Thankya! And mentioning Babes in Toyland reminds me of another set of bands/songs from that era that I haven’t thought about in decades. Beat Happening - Hot Chocolate Boy [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fy5Q35_aKRU/hqdefault.jpg "Beat Happening - Hot Chocolate Boy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy5Q35_aKRU) Witchypoo - The Reaper Song [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Z7IxZ0m1Zk/hqdefault.jpg "The Reaper Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z7IxZ0m1Zk) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/204 "2024-06-28T05:46:45Z")
Hehehe, and those made me think of this slice of low-fi pop tastiness. Cub - Chinchilla [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-u3fG2eJvCc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGFcgZSgyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBVb-V54wCD0km6jCVAcKoNmc8ESw "CUB my chinchilla") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u3fG2eJvCc) And yeah, half the songs I like could be in the "Silly songs that are (probably) not joke songs” thread, ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/205 "2024-06-28T15:09:58Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I was listening to their 60’s station and heard Paul Revere and the Raiders “Just Like Me”, for literally the first time in nearly 60 years. (I was a big PRatR fan as a kid). I actually was not a huge fan back in the day, they were too “pop”y for me. But I’ve had a change of heart, and now really love their music. In fact I’ve been tempted to start a thread about how my appreciation for older music has changed. Didn’t they have one of the first anti-drug songs? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/206 "2024-06-28T15:14:26Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Didn’t they have one of the first anti-drug songs? “Kicks.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lLomSaLLSzg/maxresdefault.jpg "Paul Revere & The Raiders - Kicks (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLomSaLLSzg) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/207 "2024-06-28T16:37:40Z")
Yes, that’s it. One of their lesser known songs that I appreciate is Him or Me. > **[Paul Revere & The Raiders - Him Or Me - 1967](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRu5TDiHmEU%2F)** > > Men in tights and puffy shirts...and it was cool. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/208 "2024-06-28T17:31:24Z")
Paul Revere and the Raiders, like the Turtles, produced some great Pop/Rock songs tailored for AM radio, but didn’t write their own music for the most part and were never considered “serious” performers by musical snobs. Being the house band on Dick Clark’s “Where the Action Is” and wearing those ridiculous outfits didn’t help. To a lesser degree, the Lovin’ Spoonful (one of my all-time favorite groups) and Creedence Clearwater Revival were similarly regarded, though John Sebastian and John Fogarty were good songwriters and solid musicians and performers. They both wrote songs that had good lyrics and memorable hooks, but at the time, producing 2 1/2 minute AM friendly tunes was not considered hip. The hits by all these people hold up quite well today, unlike some of the long self-indulgent stuff by more “serious” bands. When was the last time you wanted to hear “Toad” by Cream or “The End” by the Doors or (shudder) “In A Gadda Da Vida” by Iron Butterfly, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/209 "2024-06-28T17:43:06Z")
The golden oldie coughed up by the 70s station today: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oeGPpwFpIAA/hqdefault.jpg "First Class - Beach Baby (1974) HQ 0815007") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeGPpwFpIAA) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/210 "2024-07-01T05:32:54Z")
If she has a natural gas fireplace, the song could be “[Mercaptan](https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Mercaptan) of Her Hearth.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/211 "2024-07-01T14:10:26Z")
**This song** was everywhere in the summer of 1975: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_-IXJLgRnvs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgQSg_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCq_jtWaXo8ad8kambVessUa1012Q "Orleans - Dance With Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IXJLgRnvs) ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/212 "2024-07-01T15:00:17Z")
No worries! I have been having this experience all my life. The internet makes it much easier to identify those random mental song drops! ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/213 "2024-07-01T15:05:33Z")
I frequently hear random snippets of old, forgotten songs. Two that come to mind: The group America’s Sandman and Woman Tonight songs pop in often. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/214 "2024-07-01T16:10:05Z")
I heard this Beach Boys parody song a few weeks ago and paid attention to the lyrics, most likely for the first time. Old L.A.? Everyone drove a Chevrolet? Soda pop? I figured they were European, perhaps German. It turns out they’re British, so maybe homage, maybe sneering. Anyway, it’s good, catchy pop. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/215 "2024-07-02T21:29:53Z")
The most recent occurrence of the phenomenon: yesterday, on SiriusXM 60’s…up popped “Polk Salad Annie” by Tony Joe White – the first time I’ve heard it since it was on the charts in 1969. The weird thing, is that when this happens: _I remember the lyrics._ All I can think of is that things imprinted on the teenage brain stay there, forever. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/216 "2024-07-03T00:10:20Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > or (shudder) “In A Gadda Da Vida” by Iron Butterfly, for example I love “In A Gadda Da Vida” and listen to it often. And their great psychedelic era “Soul Experience.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TKvoMiuLxgU/maxresdefault.jpg "Soul Experience") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKvoMiuLxgU) But I came here because I heard today a sing I haven’t thought of for years. Poco, of all bands, created a bombastic nine-minute mini-opera with thunderous chords! strings! solo banjo! that became the title track to the album _Crazy Eyes_. Talk about songs that don’t make the radio. I dig every note of the weirdness, though. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BF-8ZEzJUfM/maxresdefault.jpg "Crazy Eyes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF-8ZEzJUfM) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/217 "2024-07-03T20:42:32Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > When was the last time you wanted to hear “Toad” by Cream or “The End” by the Doors… I wanted to hear “The End” the moment I read that. I would be listening to it now if I wasn’t catching up on Glastonbury. j ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/218 "2024-07-04T05:11:40Z")
Doug Ingle, who sang “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”, died quite recently. May 24, 2024 to be exact. My favorite memory about this song: One day, when I worked at the grocery store pharmacy, not only did I open the store at 7:55am to the tune of King Crimson’s “In The Court of the Crimson King”, they didn’t change it from the overnight channel, and when “In-A…” came on later in the day, my co-worker who was 20 years older than me started to tell me the story about the song. I replied that I knew it, and then we got some prescriptions and worked on them. 15 minutes later, we heard the closing organ bit and had a good laugh. > **[Doug Ingle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ingle)** > > Douglas Lloyd Ingle (September 9, 1945 – May 24, 2024) was an American musician, best known as the founder, organist, primary composer and lead vocalist for the band Iron Butterfly. He wrote the band's hit song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", which was first released in 1968, and was the last surviving member of the band’s 1967–1969 lineup. > Ingle was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 9, 1945. His father Lloyd, a church organist, introduced him to music at an early age. The Ingles moved within three ... ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/219 "2024-07-04T05:14:23Z")
I’d never heard of it, but I just looked it up on YouTube and I’ve heard it. I assumed the singer was black, too. (He’s not.) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/220 "2024-07-04T14:26:25Z")
Wow, since Ingle’s dad was a church organist I’ll bet he really got a kick out of the Simpsons episode where Bart snuck In A Gadda Da Vida into the church bulletin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840.md?page=12)