# 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:** 6
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/101 "2008-02-01T18:59:57Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 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? [/QUOTE] All correct; forget the lyric writer question, I was thinking of something else. [QUOTE=Quint] [54F7. You went to school to learn . . .] Jackson 5- ABC [/QUOTE] Correct. [QUOTE=MadTheSwine] …boy,and the devil would call my name Paul Simon-Loves me like a Rock [/QUOTE] 42fish aleady guessed it (at least the song I meant when I posted it): “54F4) “My Ding-a-Ling” Chuck Berry.” [QUOTE=anyrose] …elevator man don’t work no … [/QUOTE] _One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor_, Paul Simon **Anyrose** , don’t forget your artists (I made that mistake!). 😃 ---
**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, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/102 "2008-02-01T19:03:59Z")
54F10. Tune me in to the . . . 54F11. Busted flat in Baton Rouge . . . 54F12. Baby, come as you are . . . 54F13. We are amazed but not . . . ---
**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, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/103 "2008-02-01T19:07:51Z")
> [@](#): > > 54F11. Busted flat in Baton Rouge . . . Me & Bobby Magee (either Janis Joplin or Kris Kristofferson; your choice) any4) …there’ll be dancing in the… ---
**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, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/104 "2008-02-01T19:09:39Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] 54F10. Tune me in to the . . . 54F11. Busted flat in Baton Rouge . . . [/QUOTE] 54F10: Elton John, “This Song Has No Title.” 54F11: Janis Joplin, “Me and Bobby McGee” ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/105 "2008-02-01T19:10:55Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Me & Bobby Magee (either Janis Joplin or Kris Kristofferson; your choice) [/QUOTE] Correct. [QUOTE=Spoons] 54F10: Elton John, “This Song Has No Title.” 54F11: Janis Joplin, “Me and Bobby McGee” [/QUOTE] Correct also. [QUOTE=Spoons] SP03: “Well, I don’t know why…” [/QUOTE] _I Don’t Know Why_, Billy Burnette. ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/106 "2008-02-01T19:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] _I Don’t Know Why_, Billy Burnette. [/QUOTE] Could well be, but not the one I’m thinking of. ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/107 "2008-02-01T19:31:19Z")
any5) …remember then, remember high school… ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/108 "2008-02-01T19:47:05Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] any4) …there’ll be dancing in the… [/QUOTE] Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest. I had to look up the artist…is that cheating? DB5: And they whirled and they ---
**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, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/109 "2008-02-01T19:48:58Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest. I had to look up the artist…is that cheating? [/QUOTE] Not what I was thinking of, but good answer. [QUOTE=Dung Beetle] DB5: And they whirled and they [/QUOTE] I want to say Muskrat Love by Capt & Tenille ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/110 "2008-02-01T19:49:34Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] DB5: And they whirled and they [/QUOTE] Oh, lordy. Captain and Tennille, “Muskrat Love.” (Almost ashamed to admit I know that.) ---
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/111 "2008-02-01T19:50:56Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Oh, lordy. Captain and Tennille, “Muskrat Love.” (Almost ashamed to admit I know that.) [/QUOTE] me, too :o ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/112 "2008-02-01T19:52:10Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Oh, lordy. Captain and Tennille, “Muskrat Love.” (Almost ashamed to admit I know that.) [/QUOTE] Hey, I felt terrible just throwing it out there! ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/113 "2008-02-01T20:24:40Z")
If it makes you feel any better Muskrat Love was also done by **America** - and they did originally IIRC. ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/114 "2008-02-01T20:27:25Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] any5) …remember then, remember high school… [/QUOTE] above not yet answered any6) “…what she had to do…” ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/115 "2008-02-01T20:28:30Z")
5TC 6 . . .don’t let life get me . . . 5TC 7 . . .love them and then I . . . ---
**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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/116 "2008-02-01T20:33:15Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 5TC 7 . . .love them and then I . . . [/QUOTE] “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” The Elvin Bishop Band 42L) “Give us any chance, we’ll…” ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/117 "2008-02-01T20:39:45Z")
> [@](#): > > 42L) “Give us any chance, we’ll…” it’s the theme from Laverne and Shirley, titled “We’re Gonna Do It” but I cannot find any reference to the artist(s) who recorded it ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/118 "2008-02-01T20:50:09Z")
any7) very nice, not very good any8) someone else to some giving any9) I got news for you any10) I can take any madness ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/119 "2008-02-01T20:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > 5TC 7 . . .love them and then I . . . Fooled Around And Fell In Love by Elvin Bishop ---
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[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] LS5: You live your life in … the songs you hear … [/QUOTE] Page 3 and still no correct answer. Or maybe y’all just don’t want to admit knowing [this](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/helen_reddy/angie_baby.html)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=7)