# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/501 "2002-04-28T04:41:20Z")
you put the lyrics in the double-quotes, send them down to google… Doctor, doctor, Mr. MD… anyway, that dreck 1[sup]ST[/sup] class ( **Rico** , please copy) is: _Go Down Easy_ by our old friend, Dan Fogelberg ---
**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 28, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/502 "2002-04-28T05:05:46Z")
I’ve been having a heck of a time accessing this board lately, so pardon the infrequent posts… She was black as the night Louie was whiter than white Danger, danger when you taste brown sugar Louie fell in love overnight. Nothing bad, it was good Louie had the best girl he could When he took her home to meet his mama and papa Louie knew just where he stood. Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie Louie, Louie, Louie, Lou-I Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie Louie, Louie you’re gonna cry. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/503 "2002-04-28T05:10:53Z")
Thanks, happyheathen. I’m relatively new to computers and am still learning basic things. I appreciate your helpfulness. More dreck: What goes up, must come down. Spinning wheel, got to go 'round. Talk about your troubles, Its a crying sin. Ride the painted pony, let the spinning wheel spin. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/504 "2002-04-28T05:19:29Z")
Ah yes, Brother Louie, by _Stories_ Knew somebody would do it. Glad it wasn’t me 😃 "Circle of hands, cold spirits’ plan, searching my land for an enemy. Came across love’s sweet cost and in the face of beauty evil was lost. Sky full of eyes. Minds full of lies. Black from their cold hearts down to their graves. Murder the dawn. Spreading their scorn. Cursing the sun of which love was born…" [sub]Wild Thing, I think I love you, But I wanna know for sure…[/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 28, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/505 "2002-04-28T05:24:19Z")
(“Jesus loves the little children All the little children of the world Red and yellow, black and white They are precious in his sight Jesus loves the little children of the world”) Everything is beautiful in its own way Like a starry summer night Or a snow covered winter’s day And everybody’s beautiful in their own way And under God’s heaven The world’s gonna find a way. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/506 "2002-04-28T05:37:49Z")
🙂 gotta watch those sneaky little subscripts… (I also count ANY song referenced, dreck or not) [sub]Let the midnight special shine it’s light on me, let the midnight special shine it’s ever-loving light on me[/sub] (See? now 487!) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/507 "2002-04-28T07:32:46Z")
By definition, “West Side Story” is not dreck… (and I have issues with the Rodgers & Hammerstein and Mack the Knife selections as well.) But how this thread could have gone on this long without someone listing "You are the sun I am the moon You are the words I am the tune Play me Song she sang to me - song she brang to me" is simply beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/508 "2002-04-28T16:33:14Z")
Now for the Coca-Cola song, presented by the _New Seekers_: I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect haromny. I’l like to hold it in my arms and keep it company. I’d like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand and hear them echo through the hill “Ah, peace throughout the land”. [sub]People, People who need people, Are the luckiest people in the world…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/509 "2002-04-28T16:40:09Z")
Now for the Coca-Cola song, presented by the _New Seekers_: I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect haromny. I’l like to hold it in my arms and keep it company. I’d like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand and hear them echo through the hill “Ah, peace throughout the land”. [sub]People, People who need people, Are the luckiest people in the world…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/510 "2002-04-28T17:06:28Z")
I cannot believe I just sat here and read this WHOLE thread!! God I gotta get a hobby!! Anyway I haven’t seen the epitomy of dreck!! To whit: C’mon without , C’mon within Youve not seen nothing like the mighty quinn… Oh well, maybe there is alcohol in O’douls after all?? ---
**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 28, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/511 "2002-04-28T17:51:59Z")
Live it down There’s a lot of us been pushed around Red, yellow, black, white and brown With a tear of their own Can’t you see While you’re pickin’ on society That the leaves on your family tree Are callin’ you to come home. You’re the keeper of the castle So be a father to your children The provider of all their daily needs Like a sovereign lord protector Be their destiny’s director And they’ll do well to follow where you lead. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/512 "2002-04-28T18:14:57Z")
but, if I hear: “Oye como va mi ritmo Bueno pa gozar mulata Oye como va mi ritmo Bueno pa gozar mulata…” one more time… [sub]some day my prince will come, Some day I’l find my love…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/513 "2002-04-28T22:27:59Z")
(don’t you DARE say that!) "Those schoolgirl days of telling tales and biting nails are gone, yeah But in my mind I know that they live on and on and on and on But how do you thank someone Who has taken you from crayons to perfume? Well it it’s not easy, but I’ll try… If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters That would soar a thousand feet high To sir, with love…" [sub]“It went ‘Zip’ when it moved And ‘Pop’ when it stopped, ‘Whirrr’ when it stood still I never knew just what it was And I guess I never will.” My Marvelous Toy[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RobGraham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@RobGraham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobGraham)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/514 "2002-04-28T22:32:59Z")
My pal’s name is Foot Foot (Foot Foot) He always likes to roam My pal’s name is Foot Foot (Foot Foot) I never find him home I go to his house Knock at his door People come out and say Foot Foot don’t live here no more And more of the absolute worst music ever made can be found at [www.shaggs.com](http://www.shaggs.com) ---
**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 28, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/515 "2002-04-28T22:55:36Z")
It’s coming closer, the flames are now lickin’ my body Won’t you help me, I feel like I’m slippin’ away, yeah It’s hard to breathe, my chest is a-heavin’, hmm, hmm Lord have mercy, I’m burning a whole where I lay, yeah. Your kisses lift me higher Like the sweet song of a choir And you light my morning sky With burning love With burning love. I’m just a hunk-a, hunk-a burning love I’m just a hunk-a, hunk-a burning love A hunk-a, hunk-a burning love A hunk-a, hunk-a burning love A hunk-a, hunk-a burning love I’m just a hunk-a hunk-a burning love I’m just a hunk-a hunk-a burning love I’m just a hunk-a hunk-a burning love I’m just a hunk-a hunk-a burning love I’m just a hunk-a hunk-a burning love ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/516 "2002-04-28T23:09:40Z")
"Love Is A Burning Thing And It Makes A Fiery Ring Bound By Wild Desire I Fell Into A Ring Of Fire I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire I Went Down, Down, Down And The Flames Went Higher And It Burns, Burns, Burns The Ring Of Fire The Ring Of Fire…" ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/517 "2002-04-28T23:16:38Z")
**Heathen** , I’ve got another reason to love you – I was just thinking of The Marvelous Toy a few hours ago. Since I just mentioned this one over at [What Are the Saddest Songs You Know?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2045563#post2045563), let me add it to the list, in case we missed it. \*If we both were bo-orn in another place and time This moment might be ending with a kiss. . . \*[Lyric mercifully forgotten] . . . _So I guess we’ll just be leaving it at this I love you I Honestly Love You_ as sung by Olivia Newton-John. Also a song I cringe every time I hear it (it’s a little too close to my real name:) _Sweet Caroline Good times never felt so good I’d be inclined To believe they never would And now I Look at the night And it don’t seem so lonely We fill it up with only two._ And finally, from my least favorite artist, _I want a lover who won’t drive me crazy Some girl to thrill me and then go away I want a lover who won’t drive me crazy Some girl who knows the meaning of “Hey, hit the highway.”_ A case of a marvelous instrumental ruined by awful lyrics. CJ ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/518 "2002-04-29T02:17:32Z")
“Sometimes I live in the country, Sometimes I live in town. Sometimes I take a great notion, To jump into the river and drown” FWIW ---
**Author:** ![arjee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@arjee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arjee)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/519 "2002-04-29T03:48:56Z")
After lurking on these boards for 3 years, I am moved to post my first post. Damn you all. Wo-oh Black Betty Ram A Lam Wo-oh Black Betty Ram A Lam Black Betty had a child Ram A Lam The damn thing gone wild Ram A Lam (by Ram Jam) Also… I treasure your love, I never want to lose it, You been through the fires of hell, And I know you’ve got the ashes to prove it, I treasure your love, I want to show you how to use it, You’ve been through a lot of pain in the dirt, And I know you’ve got the scars to prove it Remember everything that I told you, And I’m tellin’ you again that its true, You’re never alone 'cause you can put on the phones, And let the drummer tell your heart what to do. The beat is yours forever, The beat is always true, And when you really, really need it the most, That’s when rock and roll dreams come through. (by Jim Steinman, who wrote or co-wrote many Meat Loaf tunes) Does anyone else own Rhino Records’ “Have A Nice Day” CD collection? ---
**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 29, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/520 "2002-04-29T03:56:31Z")
I am the god of hell fire and I bring you: Fire, I’ll take you to burn. Fire, I’ll take you to learn. I’ll see you burn! You fought hard and you saved and learned, but all of it’s going to burn. And your mind, your tiny mind, you know you’ve really been so blind. Now 's your time burn your mind. You’re falling far too far behind. Oh no, oh no, oh no, you gonna burn! Fire, to destroy all you’ve done. Fire, to end all you’ve become. I’ll feel you burn! You’ve been living like a little girl, in the middle of your little world. And your mind, your tiny mind, you know you’ve really been so blind. Now 's your time burn your mind, you’re falling far too far behind. the #47 song of the year 1968 by _The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=27)