# I can name that pop tune in 10 words **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153 "2003-06-20T13:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/21 "2003-06-20T15:28:29Z")
Don’t mind atoll **Spoons**. Yall gonna have to quote the snippet you’re guessing though. The numbering scheme has gone whacky. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/22 "2003-06-20T15:30:27Z")
Oh wait-- the numbering scheme is alive and well! I dunno what I’m talking about. 19 is Piano Man. 21 is Rapture ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/23 "2003-06-20T15:40:49Z")
Correct on number 19, **Biggirl** , but not on number 21. Unless there are two songs with that phrase, of course. I’ll add a few more words to number 8; perhaps they will jog someone’s memory: “She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain.” ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/24 "2003-06-20T15:40:53Z")
18-Nights in white satin: The Moody Blues 20-Killing me softly with his song ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/25 "2003-06-20T15:42:58Z")
And **Threadkiller** is correct with numbers 18 and 19. ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/26 "2003-06-20T15:43:22Z")
Guess on #8: Time Passages ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/27 "2003-06-20T15:46:38Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* 1. sings the songs that remind him of the good Tubthumping ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/28 "2003-06-20T15:50:57Z")
1. Throw away the cars and the bars and the wars **Joy to the World** Three Dog Night 2. If I had a day that I could give you **Time in a Bottle** Jim Croce ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/29 "2003-06-20T15:51:23Z")
Guess on # 24 24. If I had a day that I could give you Time in a bottle? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/30 "2003-06-20T15:52:42Z")
1. Look all around, there’s nothing but blue sky **I Can See Clearly Now** ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/31 "2003-06-20T15:54:46Z")
1. “I’ll be over at ten” you told me time and … **Build Me Up Buttercup** ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/32 "2003-06-20T15:58:23Z")
Three new ones: 25 Well the danger on the rocks is surely past 26 Where was I? I forgot the point that I was 27 Strumming my six string on my front ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/33 "2003-06-20T15:59:59Z")
27 is “Margaritaville” by Jimmy Buffett 1. It’s not a question of your personality or style ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/34 "2003-06-20T16:00:08Z")
1. Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo, when… ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/35 "2003-06-20T16:03:25Z")
**Aslan2** ’s 28 is “Mr Jones” by Counting Crows 1. Yet there’s still this appeal that ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Stranger\_Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Another\_Stranger\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Stranger_Me)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/36 "2003-06-20T16:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \* > \*\*28. Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo, when… \*\* _This_ #28 is **Mr. Jones** , Counting Crows ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/37 "2003-06-20T16:13:09Z")
15 is Tubthumping by Chumbawumba ---
**Author:** ![gossamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gossamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gossamer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/38 "2003-06-20T16:23:47Z")
1. Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue–Crystal Gayle 2. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/39 "2003-06-20T16:27:53Z")
1. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Big Yellow Taxi ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153/40 "2003-06-20T16:29:12Z")
The ones not guessed so far (this assumes that the responses were correct): 1. Caught up in the conflict between his brain and his 2. girls is on the way where the Bacardi at 3. Well the danger on the rocks is surely past 4. Where was I? I forgot the point that I was 5. It’s not a question of your personality or style 6. Yet there’s still this appeal that [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-pop-tune-in-10-words/183153.md?page=3)