# Identify the Songs on my MP-3 Player (F/G) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761 "2006-03-09T23:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/1 "2006-03-09T23:45:08Z")
Its time for round 4 of the ever-popular song-identity game. Last time, you left four songs unidentified, so let’s see if you can identify every song this time. Here are the rules: - All songs this time begin with either F or G - the songs are listed in alpabetical order - the first 13 songs begin with the letter F - please identify both the title of the song and the artist - in general, the songs cover the time frame from the 50s through the 90s - most are by well-known artists, although not necessarily #1 hits - the name of the song will NOT appear in the lyrics Good luck! 1. “I see you from my window, in the shadows of the night” 2. “When she goes, she’s gone” 3. “Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air” 4. “His body’s too old for working; his body’s too young to look like his” 5. “So now the time has come, for both of us to live on the run” 6. “Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?” 7. “There is nothing left to throw, of ginger, lemon, indigo” 8)“Well I don’t wanna be president, Superman, or Clark Kent” 1. “They cut off my legs, now I’m an amputee God damn you!” 2. (banjo instrumental from the movie **Bonnie and Clyde** ) 3. “Your day breaks, your mind aches” 4. “Remember when I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach?” 5. “Got on my dead man’s suit, and my smilin’ skull ring” 6. “I was cutting a rug down at a place called The Jug” 7. “How many times I have to tell you darling, darling, I’m still in love with you now?” 8. “Hey now…, Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand?” 9. “Trying to find a woman who’s never, never been born” 10. “There’s demons in my head and its more than I can take” 11. “Better cut off all identifying labels, before they put you on the torture table” 12. “I had a jukebox graduate for first mate” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/2 "2006-03-09T23:51:57Z")
#4 Tracy Chapman - Fast Car #9 Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/3 "2006-03-09T23:56:16Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > 1. “There’s demons in my head and its more than I can take” “Gotta Get Away” - The Offspring Incidentally, you should clarify that it’s alphabetical by title not by artist. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/4 "2006-03-09T23:59:12Z")
#11) For No One - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/5 "2006-03-10T00:06:48Z")
1. Fall on Me - R.E.M. 2. Gimme Three Steps - Lynard Skynard 3. Green Shirt - Elvis Costello ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/6 "2006-03-10T00:10:06Z")
and 6 is Fernando by ABBA. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/7 "2006-03-10T00:38:09Z")
Wow! Already eight down. Only twelve to go. Here is the updated list: 1. “I see you from my window, in the shadows of the night” 2. “When she goes, she’s gone” 3. “Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air” (FALL ON ME) 4. “His body’s too old for working; his body’s too young to look like his” (FAST CAR) 5. “So now the time has come, for both of us to live on the run” 6. “Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?” (FERNANDO) 7. “There is nothing left to throw, of ginger, lemon, indigo” 8)“Well I don’t wanna be president, Superman, or Clark Kent” 1. “They cut off my legs, now I’m an amputee God damn you!” (FLAGPOLE SITTA) 2. (banjo instrumental from the movie Bonnie and Clyde) 3. “Your day breaks, your mind aches” (FOR NO ONE) 4. “Remember when I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach?” 5. “Got on my dead man’s suit, and my smilin’ skull ring” 6. “I was cutting a rug down at a place called The Jug” (GIMME THREE STEPS) 7. “How many times I have to tell you darling, darling, I’m still in love with you now?” 8. “Hey now…, Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand?” 9. “Trying to find a woman who’s never, never been born” 10. “There’s demons in my head and its more than I can take” (GOTTA GET AWAY) 11. “Better cut off all identifying labels, before they put you on the torture table” (GREEN SHIRT) 12. “I had a jukebox graduate for first mate” ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/8 "2006-03-10T01:02:49Z")
#1 “Fadeaway” - The BoDeans. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/9 "2006-03-10T01:13:51Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > 1. “When she goes, she’s gone” Fakin’ It, Simon & Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/10 "2006-03-10T02:21:56Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > 1. “Hey now…, Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand?” _Going Down to Liverpool_. Written by Kimberly Rew and performed by Katrina and the Waves while he was their guitarist, but the more famous version is by The Bangles. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/11 "2006-03-10T02:28:43Z")
> [@](#): > > 8)“Well I don’t wanna be president, Superman, or Clark Kent” That would be Austin’s own Fastball, “Fire Escape.” ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/12 "2006-03-10T03:47:53Z")
Well, that makes 12 out of 20. Eight more to go. Here is the updated list: 1. “I see you from my window, in the shadows of the night” (FADEAWAY) 2. “When she goes, she’s gone” (FAKIN’ IT) 3. “Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air” (FALL ON ME) 4. “His body’s too old for working; his body’s too young to look like his” (FAST CAR) 5. “So now the time has come, for both of us to live on the run” 6. “Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?” (FERNANDO) 7. “There is nothing left to throw, of ginger, lemon, indigo” 8)“Well I don’t wanna be president, Superman, or Clark Kent” (FIRE ESCAPE) 1. “They cut off my legs, now I’m an amputee God damn you!” (FLAGPOLE SITTA) 2. (banjo instrumental from the movie Bonnie and Clyde) 3. “Your day breaks, your mind aches” (FOR NO ONE) 4. “Remember when I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach?” 5. “Got on my dead man’s suit, and my smilin’ skull ring” 6. “I was cutting a rug down at a place called The Jug” (GIMME THREE STEPS) 7. “How many times I have to tell you darling, darling, I’m still in love with you now?” 8. “Hey now…, Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand?” (GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL) 9. “Trying to find a woman who’s never, never been born” 10. “There’s demons in my head and its more than I can take” (GOTTA GET AWAY) 11. “Better cut off all identifying labels, before they put you on the torture table” (GREEN SHIRT) 12. “I had a jukebox graduate for first mate” ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/13 "2006-03-10T11:28:03Z")
_10) (banjo instrumental from the movie Bonnie and Clyde)_ **Foggy Mountain Breakdown.** ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/14 "2006-03-10T13:24:49Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > 1. “I had a jukebox graduate for first mate” “Growin’ Up” - Bruce Springsteen (“She couldn’t sail but she sure could sing”) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/15 "2006-03-10T16:02:39Z")
1. “Trying to find a woman who’s never, never been born” Going to California – Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/16 "2006-03-10T20:25:59Z")
1. “So now the time has come, for both of us to live on the run” **Chicago** - _Feelin’ Stronger Every Day_. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/17 "2006-03-10T20:58:32Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. “How many times I have to tell you darling, darling, I’m still in love with you now?” **Go, Now** - the Moody Blues ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-songs-on-my-mp-3-player-f-g/347761/18 "2006-03-11T00:52:39Z")
Five more correct responses leaves only 3 remaining. Here is the updated list: 1. “I see you from my window, in the shadows of the night” (FADEAWAY) 2. “When she goes, she’s gone” (FAKIN’ IT) 3. “Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air” (FALL ON ME) 4. “His body’s too old for working; his body’s too young to look like his” (FAST CAR) 5. “So now the time has come, for both of us to live on the run” (FEELING STRONGER EVERY DAY) 6. “Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?” (FERNANDO) 7. “There is nothing left to throw, of ginger, lemon, indigo” 8)“Well I don’t wanna be president, Superman, or Clark Kent” (FIRE ESCAPE) 1. “They cut off my legs, now I’m an amputee God damn you!” (FLAGPOLE SITTA) 2. (banjo instrumental from the movie Bonnie and Clyde) (FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN0 3. “Your day breaks, your mind aches” (FOR NO ONE) 4. “Remember when I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach?” 5. “Got on my dead man’s suit, and my smilin’ skull ring” 6. “I was cutting a rug down at a place called The Jug” (GIMME THREE STEPS) 7. “How many times I have to tell you darling, darling, I’m still in love with you now?” (GO NOW) 8. “Hey now…, Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand?” (GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL) 9. “Trying to find a woman who’s never, never been born” (GOING TO CALIFORNIA) 10. “There’s demons in my head and its more than I can take” (GOTTA GET AWAY) 11. “Better cut off all identifying labels, before they put you on the torture table” (GREEN SHIRT) 12. “I had a jukebox graduate for first mate” (GROWING UP) Only 3,12, and 13 remaining. Here’s a clue: Two of the remaining songs are by the same artist, although recorded almost 30 years apart.