# I've seen fire and I've seen rain 2 (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254 "2020-06-23T04:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/361 "2020-08-18T23:30:20Z")
Just stepping in to say that the lyrics to the song in #358 (posted by Casparlatete) were from a song that was originally written in 1956 and was a big hit for Perry Como in 1957 … almost 20 years before Sia was even born. Which gives me pause … dismissing for the moment songs that set new lyrics to melodies from classical or folk music – such as “Tonight We Love”, to Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto; or Elvis’s “Love Me Tender”, set to the old folk song “Aura Lee” – I wonder what the longest interval between the original hit and a popular remake _(vs merely a cover)_ is? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/362 "2020-08-20T20:33:09Z")
I’m gonna guess _Greensleeves_, which dates from the 16th Century, and was a Top 40 song for Mason Williams in 1969. His version wasn’t exactly a straight cover of the 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:** [August 20, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/363 "2020-08-20T20:40:25Z")
Continuing from _Dizzy_: All I know is that to me, You look like you’re having fun. Open up your lovin’ arms, Watch out here I come. You spin me right round, baby, Right round like a record, baby… Dead or Alive, “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/364 "2020-08-20T21:04:49Z")
Hey mister, that’s me up on the jukebox I’m the one that’s singing this sad song Well, I’ll cry every time that you slip in one more dime And let the boy sing the sad one, one more time James Taylor _Hey Mister, That’s Me up on the Jukebox_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/365 "2020-08-20T21:22:01Z")
Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die Lord, I wanna go to heaven, but I don’t wanna go tonight Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand _Prop me up beside the jukebox_ if I die Joe Diffie ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/366 "2020-08-20T22:27:23Z")
I’m not scared of dying and I don’t really care If it’s peace you find in dying, well, then let the time be near If it’s peace you find in dying, when dying time is here, Just bundle up my coffin cause it’s cold way down there, _Blood Sweat & Tears . And When I Die_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/367 "2020-08-20T23:16:40Z")
[OOP again. Sorry, I missed that bit about no Folk somehow. The best I have is St. James Infirmary. Louis Armstrong in 1928 vs. Yo-Yo Ma in 2016.] ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/368 "2020-08-20T23:47:48Z")
Come back, come back again and again, I’ve been here since I can’t remember when Your world just spins whilst mine stands still Nothing’s changed in your gravity grave To me you’re like the setting sun You rise then you’re gone To me you’re like the setting sun You shine then you’re gone The Verve - _Gravity Grave_ ---
**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:** [August 21, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/369 "2020-08-21T01:07:26Z")
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see, There was something in everything about you. Baby come back, you can blame it all on me, I was wrong, and I just can’t live without you. Player, “Baby Come Back.” ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/370 "2020-08-21T02:26:05Z")
I can’t live, if living is without you, I can’t live, I can’t give anymore. I can’t live, if living is without you, I can’t give, I can’t give anymore. Harry Nillsson - _Without You_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/371 "2020-08-21T11:45:32Z")
Tell me _how am supposed to live without you?_ Now that I’ve been lovin’ you so long How am I supposed to live without you? And how am I supposed to carry on? When all that I’ve been livin’ for is gone Michael Bolton ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/372 "2020-08-21T13:06:10Z")
I thought I’d found a reason to live Just like before when I was a child Only to find dreams made of sand Would just fall apart and slip through my hands But the spirit of life keeps us strong And the spirit of life is the will to carry on Dead Can Dance, _Spirit_ ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/373 "2020-08-21T14:50:14Z")
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat, Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet, Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm in the street, Yes, the rhythm of life is a powerful beat. _Rhythm of Life. Sammy Davis Jnr._ ---
**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:** [August 21, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/374 "2020-08-21T22:44:13Z")
Calling out around the world, Are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is right, For dancing in the street. Martha and the Vandellas, “Dancing in the Street.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/375 "2020-08-22T00:51:54Z")
Summertime And the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy’s rich And your ma is good lookin’ So hush, little baby Don’t you cry Billie Holliday _Summertime_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/376 "2020-08-22T01:16:52Z")
Hush little baby, don’t say a word And never mind that noise you heard It’s just the beasts under your bed, In your closet, in your head Exit: light Enter: night Grain of sand Exit: light Enter: night Take my hand We’re off to never never land Metallica, _Enter Sandman_ ---
**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:** [August 22, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/377 "2020-08-22T03:22:23Z")
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream, Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen. Give him two lips like roses and clover, Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over. The Chordettes, “Mr. Sandman.” ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/378 "2020-08-22T05:25:32Z")
You come on like a dream, Peaches and cream, Lips like strawberry wine. You’re sixteen, You’re beautiful, And you’re mine. Ringo Starr - _You’re Sixteen_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 22, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/379 "2020-08-22T05:53:34Z")
Sixteen candles make a lovely light, But not as bright as your eyes tonight. Blow out the candles, make your wish come true, For I’ll be wishing that you love me, too. The Crests, “Sixteen Candles.” ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/380 "2020-08-22T09:09:20Z")
Bright eyes, burning like fire Bright eyes, how can you close and fail? How can the light that burned so brightly Suddenly burn so pale? Bright eyes _Bright Eyes: Art Garfunkel_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=20)