I can name that pop tune in 10 words

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come on, 64 has been answered 3 times already :slight_smile:

81 is “The State That I am In” (was waiting for Lisa-go-blind to post a B&S song!)

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  1. One more itch you son of a bitch

** “Happier” by Guster. ** And I think it’s “inch” not “itch.”

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  1. If I keep my mouth shut tight… tight… tight
    ** “Center of Attention”, also by Guster. ** I shouldn’t be so quick to post without reading it all first!
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This one was driving me nuts because it was so familiar but I couldn’t place it, so I finally gave up and Googled it (and I consequently disqualify myself from giving the answer). Now I’m kicking myself because (a) I was thinking it was something in a totally different vein, and (b) I love that song.

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  1. “Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna…”

I am the Walrus, by the Beatles, 1967.

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I’ll just note here all quickly-like that I already got this, on page 2.

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#97 and #100 have been correctly guessed.

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OK Lisa-Go-Blind, you and I have similar tastes in music. I know that 57 is Throwing Muses, but the song title eludes me. Help!!!

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  1. Dealin’ card games with the old men - “The City of New Orleans” by Steve Goodman/Arlo Guthrie
  2. fair skinned and precious as a child - “Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” - Bob Dylan
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  1. chase us like outlaws like rustlers like thieves - “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportees)” by Woody Guthrie
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er… hello.

  1. she take me money and run Jamaica.
  2. Grab your things, we’ve come to take you home
  3. He’s been stabbed in the back, he’s been misunderstood
  4. It’s all because of you, I’m feeling sad and blue
  5. Our lives have come between us, still I know you
  6. Good heavens Miss Agamoto, you’re beautiful!
  7. I can see another face, I can see another face
  8. Teacher told us, Romans built this place
  9. and I’ll go chasing the nuns out in the yard
  10. You’re waiting for someone to push you away
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92: “Wot?” Captain Sensible
111: “She Blinded Me With Science,” Thomas Dolby

  1. “Your general subject, love, is minimal. It’s sex for profit.”
  2. “I’m gonna take my problem to the United Nations.”
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  1. “I’m gonna take my problem to the United Nations.” - “Summertime Blues” by Eddie Cochran/Blue Cheer/The Who
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Number 107 (“Grab your things…”) is “Solsbury Hill” by Peter Gabriel.

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It’s from the “Real Ramona” album, if that helps.

Congratulations to bibliophile and ZipperJJ for correctly guessing “Boys Don’t Cry” and “The State I Am In”, respectively.

I’ll gouge out my eyes if someone guesses “I Am the Walrus” again. It’s over, people. :wink:

I’ll toss in another, for the hell of it:
118) Sun comes up, another day begins, and I don’t even

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Here we go, I think it’s right.

  1. It’s not a question of your personality or style
  2. Yet there’s still this appeal that
  3. the time was unfair to a woman her age
  4. See my name see my name on the wall
  5. “Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna…”
  6. stay away from that window boy… it’s not
  7. fair skinned and precious as a child
  8. Face down in the gutter, won’t admit defeat, though his…
  9. Eyes sealed shut in a slumber, 'till we hear someone…
  10. I’m gonna slip into the field like Han Solo
  11. Then the shiny serving clones run in with my telephones
  12. you wouldn’t act so adult now they’re all watching us
  13. “Nothing can erase this night…”
  14. Your mother and your children they are not your biggest
  15. She drives a lavender Lexus
  16. Flimsy as it is, it’s business-like
  17. she take me money and run Jamaica.
  18. Grab your things, we’ve come to take you home
  19. He’s been stabbed in the back, he’s been misunderstood
  20. It’s all because of you, I’m feeling sad and blue
  21. Our lives have come between us, still I know you
  22. I can see another face, I can see another face
  23. Teacher told us, Romans built this place
  24. and I’ll go chasing the nuns out in the yard
  25. You’re waiting for someone to push you away
    116 “Your general subject, love, is minimal. It’s sex for profit.”
    118 Sun comes up, another day begins, and I don’t even

Hey! 64 is I Am the Walrus!!! (No need to worry about Lisa gorging her eyes out-- she’s already gone blind.

Oh and 108 is Angry Young Man by Billy Joel. 115 is Everything You Want by Somebody who I don’t know the name of.

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103: Fountains of Wayne - Denise

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115 is Everything You Want by Somebody who I don’t know the name of.

Vertical Horizon

And I know 110 but I just can’t think of the name.

::runs to Google::

Oh! I love that song and now I feel stupid.

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#113 is “All This Time” by Sting.

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Here are some more lyrics for 83 and 84

Face down in the gutter won’t admit defeat, though his clothes are soiled and black. He’s a big strong man with a child’s mind, don’t you take his boos away.

Eyes sealed shut in a slumber, till we hear someone mumble: Could you spare from the tumbler…