# Name that cheesy '70 songs in 5 words **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730 "2008-01-31T17:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/181 "2008-02-02T19:54:31Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Cleaning up some that **anyrose** collected (and ignoring Andrew Gold, because it’s been stated a few times)… F1: All of her days have – John Denver, “Fly Away” [/QUOTE] I answered this (sans Olivia Newton John), post #57, not that it makes you any less right. [QUOTE=Spoons] 54F12. Baby, come as you are . . . – I want to say “You Don’t Have To Be A Star” by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., but I dunno… [/QUOTE] Absolutely right, including the “Jr.” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/182 "2008-02-02T21:52:19Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] Additional lyrics to F2: “But they tell me that a friend is” [/QUOTE] Is it ‘American City Suite’ by Cashman and West? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/183 "2008-02-02T23:03:24Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] 54F10) Hey, hey, hey. What ya . . . This one’s been bugging me for a while. …\ [/QUOTE] I’d posted somewhere earlier that I thought it was Sherry Darling by Bruce Springsteen, but I don’t know if it’s correct. **Biggirl** - I think it’s a tougher, and better, challenge with 5 words from anywhere in the song. But it’s your game. Should I “restate” my entries? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/184 "2008-02-02T23:29:25Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] Is it ‘American City Suite’ by Cashman and West? [/QUOTE] Yep. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/185 "2008-02-02T23:36:04Z")
[QUOTE=Sir Prize] … SP2) Time was drifting, this rock… [/QUOTE] forgot to roll…, _Couldn’t Get It Right_ - [Climax (Chicago) Blues Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_Blues_Band) (not to be confused with just plain [Climax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_(band))!) CMC +fnord! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/186 "2008-02-03T01:59:35Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] 54F10) Hey, hey, hey. What ya . . . [/QUOTE] Anyrose, _Sherry Darling_ by Bruce Springsteen, isn’t what I was thinking of. Also, I did misrember the line from _You Don’t Have to Be Star_, but got **Spoons** what/who I was going for anyway. I thought I knew it, especially since I saw them on a re-broadcast of _Soul Train_ about a month ago. Goes to show you how a misheard line gets stuck in your head. Answers: Gonna dance with my baby . . ., _Saturday Night_, Bay City Rollers. S3 There’s too many windows, _Heart Hotels_, Dan Fogelberg. New Ones: Don’t know why I’m survivin’ . . . Girl, you’re gettin’ that look . . . Once there was a little girl, who . . . Now and again it occurs . . . ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/187 "2008-02-03T02:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Girl, you’re gettin’ that look . . . [/QUOTE] in your eyes…, _Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me_, Mac Davis (and one duet with [Miss Piggy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNWz00R3Ng) :eek: ) CMC +fnord! ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/188 "2008-02-03T02:52:29Z")
[QUOTE=Suse] Commander Cody. I was just listening to that today. [/QUOTE] One of my profs in grad school was in that band. 🆒 I knew it right away. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/189 "2008-02-03T02:53:38Z")
Don’t know why I’m survivin’ . . . If I Can’t Have You-- Yvonne Eliman As to the first word thing, I was confused. I kept seeing right answers and thinking, “Is that how that song starts?” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/190 "2008-02-03T03:28:32Z")
[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds] Girl, you’re gettin’ that look . . . in your eyes…, _Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me_, Mac Davis (and one duet with [Miss Piggy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNWz00R3Ng) :eek: ) CMC +fnord! [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Biggirl] Don’t know why I’m survivin’ . . . If I Can’t Have You-- Yvonne Eliman [/QUOTE] Both answers are correct. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/191 "2008-02-03T04:24:38Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Don’t know why I’m survivin’ . . . If I Can’t Have You-- Yvonne Eliman As to the first word thing, I was confused. I kept seeing right answers and thinking, “Is that how that song starts?” [/QUOTE] yes, but since it’s your game - you get to enforce the rule - or not. Just give the word, and I’ll redo my unanswered entries ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/192 "2008-02-03T05:32:43Z")
Girl, you’re gettin’ that look . . . . . . and it’s startin to worry me. Mac Davis, Baby Baby don’t get hooked on me. 14 carat cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/193 "2008-02-03T17:06:27Z")
[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds] forgot to roll…, _Couldn’t Get It Right_ - [Climax (Chicago) Blues Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_Blues_Band) (not to be confused with just plain [Climax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_(band))!) CMC +fnord! [/QUOTE] Correct except that I think the rest of the line is “..has got to roll” ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/194 "2008-02-04T18:36:47Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] -Hot Child In The City by Pat Benetar [/QUOTE] “Hot Child In The City” was done by Nick Gilder in the '70s. Was there ever a Benatar version? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/195 "2008-02-04T22:09:25Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] “Hot Child In The City” was done by Nick Gilder in the '70s. Was there ever a Benatar version? [/QUOTE] :smack: I meant Joan Jett ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/196 "2008-02-05T02:12:36Z")
Some easy ones, some hard ones… DG1: In the midnight moonlight I’ll… DG2: We get it on most… DG3: Look around you, look up… DG4: I’ve been trying for hours… DG5: We been runnin away from… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/197 "2008-02-05T02:51:58Z")
> [@](#): > > DG2) We get it on most… Dancing in The Moonlight by King Harvest ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/198 "2008-02-05T13:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] DG5: We been runnin away from… [/QUOTE] One Less Set of Footsteps, Jim Croce ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/199 "2008-02-05T13:47:20Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] Some easy ones, some hard ones… DG4: I’ve been trying for hours… [/quote] Meatloaf’s Read 'em and Weep? B15?: I’ve been really trying, baby ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/200 "2008-02-05T14:26:11Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] DG1: In the midnight moonlight I’ll… [/QUOTE] That sure sounds like the first line of “Here Comes My Baby” by the Tremeloes, but that was done in 1967. Great song, though! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=11)