# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/61 "2008-02-01T00:24:00Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] 54F4) “My Ding-a-Ling” Chuck Berry [/QUOTE] Correct. ---
**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 1, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/62 "2008-02-01T00:24:32Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] 42G) “Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh” [/QUOTE] Now, if the name was Lisa instead of Steve, I’d know exactly what song this is. And if it was the '80s. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/63 "2008-02-01T00:25:08Z")
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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/64 "2008-02-01T00:32:30Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] 42G) “Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh” [/QUOTE] Sweet, “Ballroom Blitz” BtES1: “She was black as the…” ---
**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 1, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/65 "2008-02-01T00:33:58Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Now, if the name was Lisa instead of Steve, I’d know exactly what song this is. And if it was the '80s. [/QUOTE] Oh wait, I know this! In fact, I love this! Ballroom Blitz The Sweet (or just Sweet, I’m not sure which) B13) . . . Willie wears the crown, he’s ---
**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 1, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/66 "2008-02-01T00:35:59Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Sweet, “Ballroom Blitz” BtES1: “She was black as the…” [/QUOTE] Brother Louie by The Stories. Or Stories. . . I have a problem with the The (not the band). ---
**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 1, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/67 "2008-02-01T00:37:58Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] deleted. [/QUOTE] What? WHAT!!! I’m so nosy! I’m dying of curiosity here! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/68 "2008-02-01T00:55:46Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > LS5: You live your life in… [QUOTE=John Mace] _If I were u_, Boy George [/QUOTE] Nope, that’s '80s. > [@](#): > > LS5 ‘Jackie Blue,’ Ozark Mountain Daredevils No, that goes “ooh-hoo, jackie blue, lives her…” All others are correct. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/69 "2008-02-01T01:11:41Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] What? WHAT!!! I’m so nosy! I’m dying of curiosity here! [/QUOTE] It was a double post. It also had your “Happy Birthday, **Granny Biggirl** ”, in it but I knew I was going to repost that later. Also, I sent you a PM re a rules questions, so I was trying to save my number of posts until you answered. [QUOTE=Finagle] F1: All of her days have (easyish) [/QUOTE] **Fly Away** , John Denver? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/70 "2008-02-01T02:16:55Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] **Fly Away** , John Denver? [/QUOTE] Assisted by the lovely Olivia Newton John, yes. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/71 "2008-02-01T02:44:47Z")
LS3: _My Sharona_ - The Knack RICO1: She was a Jewish girl… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/72 "2008-02-01T02:48:04Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Too Much, Too Little, Too Late Denise Somebody and Johnny Mathis Seasons in the Sun by that guy who put that lame poem to music. [/QUOTE] ( **Biggirl** , check your PM again.) Deniece Williams was that name, but you had the right idea. Terry Jacks was the lame-o; when you’re an angsty, lonely, black-white, boy-girl, music like this becomes your friend. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/73 "2008-02-01T02:58:27Z")
F2:People going, coming Traffic always (tough. possibly ridiculously so) **Ball of Confusion by the Temptations?** F3:Love will abide, take thing (super easy) **Long Long Time by Linda Rondstadt** 42A) “Seventy-three men sailed up from…” **Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image** 42B) “I’m a friendly stranger in…” **Vehicle, by the Ides of March** 42C) “Someone’s knockin’ at the door…” **Let Her In, Paul Mccartney** LO1) “So many nights I sit…” LO2) “He was on his way…” ---
**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 1, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/74 "2008-02-01T03:03:07Z")
54F6. So I’d like to now where . . . . . . you got the notion. Rock the Boat by Hues Corporation 54F8. Look at me I’m as . . . . . . I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree. Misty by Johnny Mathis 54F9. I used to be rolling . . . (guess who wrote the lyrics) . . . rolling stone. Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John. lyrics by Bernie Taupin? ---
**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 1, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/75 "2008-02-01T03:12:24Z")
5TC1 when you see what’s goin’. . . 5TC2 hole in my heart where 5TC3 . . . bat, and tenderize her head. 5TC4 . . . kiss, to make the tide 5TC5 . . . working up an appetite looking ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/76 "2008-02-01T03:14:22Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] 1. Everyone can see we’re together [/QUOTE] Did no one get this or did I just miss it? _We Are Family_, **Sister Sledge**. ---
**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 1, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/77 "2008-02-01T03:47:16Z")
42H) “I’m coming home, I’ve done…” . . . my time. Tie a Yellow Ribbon by Tony Orlando & Dawn ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/78 "2008-02-01T04:26:44Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] 54F7. You went to school to learn . . . [/QUOTE] Jackson 5- ABC OK- easiest one yet: Q1- It was the third of… ---
**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 1, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/79 "2008-02-01T08:48:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] RICO1: She was a Jewish girl… [/QUOTE] _Ariel_ Dean Friedman, but the first five are [_Way on the other side_](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/dean_friedman/ariel.html)? B13) . . . Willie wears the crown, [_Little Willy_](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/detroitrockcity/littlewilly.htm) Sweet CMC +fnord! I thank you all for making my music folder even MORE unmanageable, and reminding me just how old I am 😃 ---
**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 1, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/80 "2008-02-01T12:39:14Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] LO1) “So many nights I sit…” [/QUOTE] You Light Up My Life, Debby Boone [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=5)