# 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:** 5
**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, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/81 "2008-02-01T12:42:56Z")
DB4 (?): Crying on my pillow, lonely ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/82 "2008-02-01T15:07:08Z")
> [@](#): > > 54F4. When I was a little . . . …boy,and the devil would call my name Paul Simon-Loves me like a Rock ---
**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, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/83 "2008-02-01T15:24:56Z")
[QUOTE=Quint] OK- easiest one yet: Q1- It was the third of… [/QUOTE] December. A day I’ll always remember. When Papa (who was a Rolling Stone) died, did he leave them alone or a loan? B14) Gonna find my baby, gonna B15) Once I was a funky ---
**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, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/84 "2008-02-01T15:27:11Z")
Still need a correct answer for LS5: You live your life in… [sub]Hint: '70s song, _very_ cheesy.[/sub] ---
**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, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/85 "2008-02-01T15:29:43Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] B14) Gonna find my baby, gonna [/QUOTE] Afternoon Delight, Starland Vocal 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, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/86 "2008-02-01T15:31:17Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] B15) Once I was a funky [/QUOTE] This one was already done and guessed correctly, only the other person heard that 5th word as ‘boogie’. ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/87 "2008-02-01T15:47:10Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] F2:People going, coming Traffic always (tough. possibly ridiculously so) **Ball of Confusion by the Temptations?** [/QUOTE] Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/88 "2008-02-01T15:49:10Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 5TC3 . . . bat, and tenderize her head. 5TC5 . . . working up an appetite looking [/QUOTE] 5TC3 is “Travelin’ Shoes” by Elvin Bishop (but I’m not sure I’d categorize it as “cheesy”- I always liked that song! Terrific guitar work, and a bunch of great Capricorn musicians!) 5TC5 is “Afternoon Delight” again. (Although you posted before **Biggirl’s** B14. Now THAT’S cheese! And since no one has come up with my piece of 70’s cheese using “I returned to my seat,” here are five more words: “…the dance floor acting strange” ---
**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, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/89 "2008-02-01T15:59:50Z")
Well now, both of the ones I posted were already posted. I’ll try again. B15) You might not ever get B16) One month ago today, I ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/90 "2008-02-01T16:14:59Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Yarbrough had a following, of whom I was one for a time. He put a lot of Rod McKuen’s “poetry” to music, and put out a respectable discography. I even saw him perform when I was in college. And yes, I AM an old fart. [/QUOTE] Hey, I’m 56 - I’ll bet you’re no older and fartier than me! 😃 Don’t get me wrong, I was a HUGE Limeliters fan. And Yarbrough’s tenor MADE their sound! I loved “A Dollar Down” “There’s a Meetin’ Here Tonight” and “Lonesome Traveler.” I thought their “Things Go Better With Coke” commercial was the coolest thing in the world at the time. I was in 6th or 7th grade at the time, had been taking guitar lesson for about six month, and wanted to play the Coke commercial just like them! But I never followed Yarbrough after he left the group. Until now, I never knew “Baby the Rain Must Fall” was written by Elmer Bernstein! No wonder it’s such a good tune. ---
**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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/91 "2008-02-01T16:17:51Z")
Okay, I’ll add more words to mine as well. LS5: You live your life in … the songs you hear … ---
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/92 "2008-02-01T16:33:30Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] And since no one has come up with my piece of 70’s cheese using “I returned to my seat,” here are five more words: “…the dance floor acting strange” [/QUOTE] Aha! Disco Duck, Rick Dees. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/93 "2008-02-01T16:47:57Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] B15) You might not ever get B16) One month ago today, I [/QUOTE] 15–“Car Wash” Rose Royce 16–“Have You Seen Her” The Chi-Lites I’ll do the new ones later… ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/94 "2008-02-01T17:27:05Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] Oringal posts by various people… DB3: Lovely is the feelin’ now, Fever … [/QUOTE] (Answered by 42fish as Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough, Michael Jackson.) Oh good, I’d thought that was a hard one. 42D: Danger in the shape of Okay, _now_ it’s Hot Child in the City, Nick Gilder. I guessed it already for something else! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/95 "2008-02-01T18:05:10Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] Hey, I’m 56 - I’ll bet you’re no older and fartier than me! 😃 Don’t get me wrong, I was a HUGE Limeliters fan. And Yarbrough’s tenor MADE their sound! I loved “A Dollar Down” “There’s a Meetin’ Here Tonight” and “Lonesome Traveler.” I thought their “Things Go Better With Coke” commercial was the coolest thing in the world at the time. I was in 6th or 7th grade at the time, had been taking guitar lesson for about six month, and wanted to play the Coke commercial just like them! But I never followed Yarbrough after he left the group. Until now, I never knew “Baby the Rain Must Fall” was written by Elmer Bernstein! No wonder it’s such a good tune. [/QUOTE] I turned 60 this year, ya durned whippersnapper. The other song I referred to in that post was “Ring Of Bright Water” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/96 "2008-02-01T18:24:46Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] I’ll do the new ones later… [/QUOTE] 42J) “See the curtains hanging in…” 42K) “L.A. proved too much for…” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/97 "2008-02-01T18:26:24Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] 42J) “See the curtains hanging in…” 42K) “L.A. proved too much for…” [/QUOTE] J - Summer Breeze K - Midnight Train to Georgia eta: any1) …got a brand new key any2) …elevator man don’t work no … ---
**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 1, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/98 "2008-02-01T18:42:09Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] any1) …got a brand new key [/QUOTE] Any1: Melanie, “Brand New Key.” Been watching this thread a while now. Everybody’s been too fast for me to get any answers in, but maybe it’s time to get involved anyway. Here are a few: SP01: “I remember to this day…” SP02: “Listen, children, to a story…” SP03: “Well, I don’t know why…” SP04: “How you doin’ out there?” SP05: “Blown 'round by the wind…” PS: **Biggirl** , thanks for starting the thread. You know I like these! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/99 "2008-02-01T18:46:33Z")
> [@](#): > > SP02: “Listen, children, to a story…” One Tin Soldier any3) “…friends and my family inside…” ---
**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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/100 "2008-02-01T18:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] SP05: “Blown 'round by the wind…” PS: **Biggirl** , thanks for starting the thread. You know I like these! [/QUOTE] Yay, I love spreading the like. This one was in the OP. Sky High by Blue Image. It is Blue Image, isn’t it? Dang, I’ve forgotten already. See what happens when you get old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=6)