# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/221 "2008-02-12T17:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=5-4 Fighting] Take a Letter to Maria, Anthony Armstrong Jones? [/QUOTE] Close enough–it’s _Take a Letter, Maria_ by R.B. Greaves Last chance on these: W3) Every time I see your…(Hint: former member of huge '60s group) W6) Never, I never met a…(Hint: title is in a foreign language) A few more: W11) There are times when a… W12) No I can’t forget this… W13) Hey lady, you lady, cursin’… W14) He was born in the… W15) I stopped sending flowers to… ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/222 "2008-02-12T17:29:57Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Not answered: 54F10, Hey, hey, hey. What ya . . . [/QUOTE] Oh yeah! :smack: _Hollywood Swingin’_ – Kool and the Gang ---
**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:** [February 12, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/223 "2008-02-12T17:58:34Z")
W11) There are times when a… _woman has to say what’s on her mind, even though she knows how much it’s gonna hurt._ – Mary McGregor, “Torn Between Two Lovers.” W12) No I can’t forget this… _evening, or your face as you were leaving, but I guess that’s just the way the story goes…_ – Nilsson, “Without You.” W13) Hey lady, you lady, cursin’… _at your life, you’re a discontented mother and a regimented wife…_ – Charlene, “I’ve Never Been to Me.” W14) He was born in the… _summer of his twenty-seventh year, coming home to a place he’d never been before…_ – John Denver, “Rocky Mountain High.” W15) I stopped sending flowers to… – Okay, you got me here. But four out of five ain’t bad. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/224 "2008-02-13T17:22:21Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] W11) There are times when a… _woman has to say what’s on her mind, even though she knows how much it’s gonna hurt._ – Mary McGregor, “Torn Between Two Lovers.” W12) No I can’t forget this… _evening, or your face as you were leaving, but I guess that’s just the way the story goes…_ – Nilsson, “Without You.” W13) Hey lady, you lady, cursin’… _at your life, you’re a discontented mother and a regimented wife…_ – Charlene, “I’ve Never Been to Me.” W14) He was born in the… _summer of his twenty-seventh year, coming home to a place he’d never been before…_ – John Denver, “Rocky Mountain High.” W15) I stopped sending flowers to… – Okay, you got me here. But four out of five ain’t bad. 🙂 [/QUOTE] W11-W14 are correct. Since this thread seems to be dying, I’ll tie up my loose ends: W3) Every time I see your…_face, it reminds me of the places we used to go._ – **Photograph** , Ringo Starr W6) Never, I never met a…_girl like you in my life._ – **Suavecito** , Malo W15) I stopped sending flowers to…_your apartment_ – **Don’t Expect Me to Be Your Friend** , Lobo ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/225 "2008-02-13T18:45:36Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] 54F5. Oh, it’s been such a, . . . [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Sir Prize] Long Time by Boston [/QUOTE] Maybe be a line from there, but not the song or artist I’m thinking of. [QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] 54F10, Hey, hey, hey. What ya . . . [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=want2know] Oh yeah! :smack: _Hollywood Swingin’_ – Kool and the Gang [/QUOTE] This is correct. I will clear up any of my outstanding lyrics tomorrow if they have not answered by then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=11)