# If life is a rock and the radio rolls me... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975 "2002-03-30T22:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/381 "2002-04-23T23:17:12Z")
happy heathen, overall youve done a very good job, but your interpretation of dreck is a bit too overreaching for my taste. a few examples: nick lowe, curtis mayfield, and todd rundgren (ok, ill give ya ‘bang the drum’) ARE NOT DRECK! sheesh… and some more of yours dont qualify, as well. i dont think anybody identified rico’s ‘uneasy rider’ as charlie daniels. heres a couple more from me. i forgot one while i was typing, maybe itll come back. a girl walks toward you you one used to know you reach out your hand but youre all alone in those TIME… PASSAGES… i know youre in there youre just out of sight WHOA OA OA TIME… PASSAGES… buy me a ticket on the last train home TA-NIGHT i remembered it gonna dance with my baby yeah all night long on saturday night, saturday night… i yi yi yi JUST CANT WAI-AI-AIT i yi yi yi GOTTA DATE lastly girl youll be a woman soon girl come take me hand girl youll be a woman soon and girl youll need a man (RETCH, BARF, HURL) thank yew… happy, you and rico are still the kings, even though both of you (rico, the beatles?) have thrown out a few non-dreck numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/382 "2002-04-23T23:34:18Z")
case in point: happy, honey, sweetie, cupcake… wait for it… STEVIE WONDER IS A MUSICAL GENIUS, MOTHERFUCKER! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/383 "2002-04-24T01:23:48Z")
**essvee** , _Time Passages_ was sung by Cat Stevens (no idea who wrote it though). While I realize that I’m nowhere near happy heathen and rico in terms of volume alone, I refuse to be counted out. Time to bring back Mr. Manilow: _We walked to the sea, Just my father and me And the dogs played around in the sand. Winter cold cut the air Hanging still ev’ry where Dressed in grey Did he say hold my hand? . . . We’re just Ships that pass in the night And we smile and we say “it’s all right” We’re still here. It’s just that we’re out of si-i-ight Like those ships that pass in the night._ Then there’s 80’s TV show drek: _Believe it or not, I’m walking on air I never thought I could feel so fre-e-e Flying away on a wing and a prayer Who could it be? Believe it or not, it’s just me._ And, of course, Dan Fogelberg: _The Leader of the Band is tired And his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument And his song is in my so-o-ul My life has been a poor attempt To imitate the man. I’m just a living legacy To the Leader of the Band._ And neither last nor least, _Callin’ out around the world Are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is right For Dancin’ in the Street_ CJ Who is taking the 5th about how much of this stuff she’s actually played and/or sung ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/384 "2002-04-24T01:47:28Z")
**SV** (I feel we are close enough to go by nickname, 'K?) - Stevie may (or not) be a genius, but ‘Sunshine’ is DRECK. Period. End of discussion. **CJ** can we leave showtunes out of this? thank you. and be sure to thank Pete Wingfield for Eighteen with a Bullet: I’m eighteen with a bullet Got my finger on the trigger, I’m gonna pull it Yes I will Be my A-side, baby, be beside me Right now, right now I’m a single But pretty soon you’ll see We’ll have a hit first time And won’t be long we’ll find That we’re raising a whole L.P. Woo-hoo" Kids! do NOT try this at home - Dreck is best handled by trained professionals 🙂 [sub]Who’s making love To your old lady While you’re out making love…[/sub] ---
**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:** [April 24, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/385 "2002-04-24T01:58:27Z")
_Time Passages_ was NOT Cat Stevens - it was Al Stewart, the same guy who did the drecky _Year Of The Cat_. That said, let’s get on to more dreck: Well I never been to heaven But I’ve been to Oklahoma Woah they tell me I was born there But I really don’t remember In Oklahoma, not Arizona What does it matter What does it matter Woah I never been to Spain But I kinda like the music Say the ladies are insane there And they sure know how to use it They don’t abuse it Never gonna lose it I can’t refuse it, woah ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/386 "2002-04-24T03:25:16Z")
Do not be deceived by pretenders! Ed Ames contributes My Cup Runneth Over Sometimes, in the morning, When shadows are deep, I lie here beside you, Just watching you sleep, And sometimes I wonder, What I’m thinking of, My cup runneth over with love… ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/387 "2002-04-24T04:09:41Z")
I have something I’m going to ponder on my drive home tonight. _Exactly how many of the songs listed in this thread do I like?_ Off the top of my head, there are at least 10 (probably closer to 30) nominees listed so far that I really enjoy, even though I will concede they are dreck. I wonder if anyone else will fess up to liking of these tunes or have caught themselves humming Afternoon Delight for some unexplained reason. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/388 "2002-04-24T04:27:18Z")
That, my friend, is another thread (go wild!) [sub]An’ God didn’t make little green apples An’ it don’t rain in Indianapolis, in the summertime…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/389 "2002-04-24T05:11:02Z")
::deb join the foray with a wozzie:: _And I thank God for all of the joy in my life but most of all for Butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer_ ---
**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:** [April 24, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/390 "2002-04-24T06:00:50Z")
I’m up on a tightwire One side’s ice and one is fire It’s a circus game with you and me I’m up on a tight rope One side’s hate and one is hope But the top hat on my head is all you see And the wire seems to be the only place for me A comedy of errors and I’m falling Like a rubber neck giraffe you look into my past Well maybe you’re just too blind to, see ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/391 "2002-04-24T06:26:42Z")
Deb - Congrats on joining the pit… "I have a mansion Forget the price Ain’t never been there They tell me it’s nice. I live in hotels Tear out the walls; I have accountants Pay for it all. They say I’m crazy but I have a good time I’m just looking for clues at the scene of the crime Life’s been good to me so far" Life’s been Good, by the _Eagles_ uh, kids: with over 3200 hits, and fewer that 100 contiributers, we hare over 3,100 _DEADBEATS_ on this thread - you CAN come up with SOMETHING to contribute ---
**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:** [April 24, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/392 "2002-04-24T06:38:04Z")
_Life’s Been Good_ was not done by the Eagles - it was a solo effort by Joe Walsh. In the meantime: (and I’m sitting here picturing Heathen’s face as she reads these drecky lyrics… and laughing my ass off…) Man’s got his woman to take his seed Man’s got the power oh She’s got the need She spends her life through Pleasing up her man She feeds him dinner or Anything she can She cries alone at night too often He smokes, drinks and don’t come home at all. Only women bleed Only women bleed Only women bleed. (Alice Cooper/Dick Wagner) ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/393 "2002-04-24T06:56:14Z")
Heathen is is a genuine, ‘XY’ chromosone MALE… regardless: "If I could make a wish, I think I’d pass. Can’t think of anything I need - Making love with you Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired. What more could I ask? There’s nothing left to be desired. Peace came upon me and it leaves me weak. So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep. Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you. All I need is the air that I breathe, yes, to love you. All I need is the air that I breathe. No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound, Nothing to eat, no books to read…" The Air That I Breathe _Hollies_ [sub]Wan’t to renege on that hug?[/sub] ---
**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:** [April 24, 2002, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/394 "2002-04-24T07:00:26Z")
Heathen: My apologies for the assumption…but seeing as I am a straight married male and am known for hugging both male and female friends - I never renege on a hug offer 🙂 Now…on to the dreck: Hey girl I’ll bet you There’s someone out to get you You’ll find him anywhere; on a bus, in a bar, in a grocery store He’ll say “Excuse me, haven’t I seen you somewhere before?” Rap-a-rap-a-rap They call him the rapper Rap, rap, rap you know what he’s after. So he starts his rappin’ Hopin’ something will happen He’ll say he needs you, a companion, a girl he can talk to He’s made up his mind, he needs someone to sock it to. Rap-a-rap-a-rap They call him the rapper Rap, rap, rap you know what he’s after. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/395 "2002-04-24T07:10:52Z")
“Oh, goodbye cruel world, I’m off to join the circus Gonna be a broken-hearted clown Paint my face with a good-for-nothin’ smile 'cause a mean, fickle woman turned my whole world upside down…” Goodbye Cruel World (James Darren) yes, a novelty, doesn’t count… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/396 "2002-04-24T07:37:43Z")
\*\*Rico - \*\* ‘The Rapper’ was, by my count, #142 “You Ani’t Seen Nothin’ Yet…” ---
**Author:** ![meezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@meezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meezer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/397 "2002-04-24T13:27:22Z")
I’m too sexy for my shirt… AND Harper Valley PTA ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/398 "2002-04-24T15:54:17Z")
ai! you guys have now officially jumped the shark. neither leon russell or joe walsh’s tunes are dreck. dreck is: bobby goldsboro, bread, ohio express, edward bear, et al. any old song you can remember the lyrics to DOESNT COUNT. you are reaching way too far. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/399 "2002-04-24T16:04:43Z")
foe example: these two gems from tavares and gary wright, respectively. (lord, i hope these havent been done!)\ heaven must be missing an angel missing one angel, child cuz yer here with me right now (YECCH) dreeeeeeeaaaaam weaver i believe you can get me through the NI-HIGHT trivia: what mediocre seventies band was gary wright in before the immortality of ‘dream weaver’? ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/400 "2002-04-24T16:11:11Z")
or this one, from the CUTEST BOY IN THE WHOLE WORLD. i think i love you isnt that what im afraid of afraid that im not sure of a love there is no CURE FOR again, apologies if these have been done. i’ll have to find the lists and print them out. there’s more, people. you don’t have to plunder the real artists, just the sears artists. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=21)