# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/41 "2024-06-14T16:31:58Z")
Hey, that’s one of the better earworms you can get! I’ve always loved Galvanize. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/42 "2024-06-14T16:40:21Z")
They used to play these songs on the radio all the time, but it’s been years since Ive heard them. It’s a shame to because they’re such great songs: These Dreams: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41P8UxneDJE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41P8UxneDJE) Stairway to Heaven: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPSkNFODVRE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPSkNFODVRE) ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/43 "2024-06-14T16:52:37Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > “she got over” In this usage, it means “she attained”. Similar to “overcome”. ---
**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 14, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/44 "2024-06-14T17:19:44Z")
Today I learned. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/45 "2024-06-14T17:35:17Z")
In our neck of the woods (Philly area), “getting over” is a colloquialism that means tricking or scamming or deceiving someone (well, in addition to its more straightforward meaning). ---
**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 14, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/46 "2024-06-14T17:39:24Z")
It’s finicky, you basically get one shot at it. Paste the link in and add a “/” (slash) after it. Then post. You can’t edit after it’s posted. If you edit the post, it will not re-post your link. ---
**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 14, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/47 "2024-06-14T18:31:51Z")
That makes the best sense in the context of the song. Although I have to take issue with the sagacity of making friends with and looking up to the other woman as a role model. 🤔 ---
**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 14, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/48 "2024-06-14T19:49:21Z")
> [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK3ZP6frAMc) perhaps? One of the comments says, “sounds like a really intense game of pong”. 😂 ---
**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 14, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/49 "2024-06-14T19:53:34Z")
Don’t Bring Me Down - ELO > **[ELO - Don't Bring Me Down Remix w/ Beautiful shuffle girls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuiMQPc5aKA%2F)** > > "Don't Bring Me Down" by Electric Light Orchestra extended remix version with beautiful girls dancing to the shuffle, all in HD.You can support my channel at... There’s actually several old ELO songs that might fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/50 "2024-06-14T21:06:40Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I like to hear the weird 70s stuff (the weirdest decade, hands down). The other day I heard Angel In Your Arms, by Hot, and was perplexed by these lyrics: > > When I first found out I hurt all over > I felt so left out till I got to know her > So I tried the way that she got over > And I became just like her > so don’t be surprised to find > That the angel in your arms this morning…etc. > > What does that mean? Don’t remember the song, but looked up the lyrics. Reads like a “sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose” story. I found out you were cheating and felt horrible. Then I learned a little about your other woman (maybe by gossip or maybe by talking and comparing notes with her) I’ve adopted her techniques (how to flirt?, places to find guys?, how to keep things on the down low?) Now I’ve got some side action of my own. It’s not a precisely crafted lyric. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/51 "2024-06-14T21:51:39Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > _There’s actually several old ELO songs that might fit the bill._ I hear “Don’t Bring Me Down” occasionally but I never hear “Can’t Get It Out of My Head,” “Mister Blue Sky” or “Sweet Talkin’ Woman.” E.L.O. was a rather artsy band, but they did several good tunes that I’ve always liked. ---
**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 14, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/52 "2024-06-14T22:47:49Z")
I always thought ‘Telephone Line’ and ‘Hold On Tight (To Your Dreams)’ were overlooked gems. ---
**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 14, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/53 "2024-06-14T23:14:51Z")
I also love “Don’t Walk Away”. It’s on the Xanadu soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/54 "2024-06-15T00:10:58Z")
As is “All Over the World,” another great ELO tune that is rarely heard nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/55 "2024-06-15T00:27:36Z")
The song in [this commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/62F2/hotels-com-we-know-a-hotel-dogs) had me wondering if I had heard it before, or whether it was just written for the commercial. After a bit of searching I uncovered this old gem. Nice simple song. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/olj6Z6n1OsU/hqdefault.jpg "Nancy Sinatra -- It's Such A Pretty World Today") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olj6Z6n1OsU) ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/56 "2024-06-15T04:13:00Z")
Or my ELO favorite, ‘‘Turn To Stone’’…[https://youtu.be/vGvlYRwAzAs?si=uI0Ee1a9enAwYvSH&t=1/](https://youtu.be/vGvlYRwAzAs?si=uI0Ee1a9enAwYvSH&t=1/) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/57 "2024-06-15T05:06:10Z")
I’ll submit the _Amazing Rhythm Aces_ 3rd Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendezvous. OMG, what a product of the Seventies. [Third Rate Romance (Remastered) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc3EVDD8qhU) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/58 "2024-06-15T05:33:05Z")
Couple more suggestions [Robert Plant - Big Log (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED] (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSsol3Zd7k&list=TLPQMTUwNjIwMjSVEsl6E8rWdg&index=8) [Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (Official Music Video) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KP9PNSUME4&list=TLPQMTUwNjIwMjSVEsl6E8rWdg&index=10) ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/59 "2024-06-15T05:51:27Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Practically every day I wake up with what I call my WTF?? song in my head. It worries me. It’s like a prelude to dementia or something Hehe, if that’s a prelude to dementia, I’ve had it since I was 9 or so. If I’m not reading, writing or speaking, I have a song playing in my head. A decade or so ago I had a drum part stuck in my head for about two weeks that I simply could not place where it came from. Finally I figured out what it was from - Glenn Branca, Symphony No. 1, Movement 3. Figuring that out was a great relief. (the particular drum part that got caught in my head comes in at about 16:47) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Frfgi_9iaL4/maxresdefault.jpg "Sym. No. 1, Movement 3") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frfgi_9iaL4) Apropos of nothing, I’ve got a dance track I’m working on that doesn’t sound like Led Zeppelin’s “The Ocean”, but every time I work on it or listen to it, I get “The Ocean” stuck in my head. > [@Biggirl](#): > > How could I remember not only the song, but the name of the song and NOT remembered the name of the band was Hot Butter? Heheh, maybe you heard the Gershon Kingsley original, instead? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OSRCemf2JHc/hqdefault.jpg "Gershon Kingsley - Popcorn") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSRCemf2JHc) I heard the Hot Butter one first, then I heard the Kingsley version and I thought “wow, this sounds wrong.” I like the Kingsley version better now. I listen to a bunch of WFMU and their live streams, and they play a bunch of stuff that I barely remember. Last weekend, they played this one. I’ve never owned the record, and I had totally forgotten the song and the band existed, but I knew almost all the words. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IU0Pc_2kibw/hqdefault.jpg "Vandals - I Want To Be A Cowboy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU0Pc_2kibw) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840/60 "2024-06-15T07:47:21Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > I never hear […] “Mister Blue Sky” Do you not [watch movies or TV](https://www.jbhifi.com.au/blogs/music/soundtrack-staples-elo-mr-blue-sky)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840.md?page=4)