# Songs identifiable from two or three words **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435 "2010-11-04T09:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/61 "2010-11-04T20:12:18Z")
I admit, there’s a bunch I’m not getting. But if I was told what songs they go to I would probably go :smack:. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/62 "2010-11-04T20:52:45Z")
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/63 "2010-11-04T21:17:56Z")
If you can identify a song at all, shouldn’t you be able to identify it by the first three words? ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/64 "2010-11-04T21:21:33Z")
I like big ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/65 "2010-11-04T21:22:05Z")
I want my Hello hello hello ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/66 "2010-11-04T21:27:49Z")
> [@arnesw](#): > > Hello hello hello That would be “The Hello Hello Hello Song” by Andy Breckman, right? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/67 "2010-11-05T00:26:28Z")
To every thing. . . Eight miles high. . . Let’s go surfin’. . . Tach it up. . . Monday, Monday. . . ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/68 "2010-11-05T02:39:05Z")
Wild thing, I A-well-a everybody’s heard Born under a Dig if you ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/69 "2010-11-05T03:51:18Z")
Many Christmas carols. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/70 "2010-11-05T04:14:16Z")
Crazy Georgia Dig if you will… My heart. There’s… Since we’ve been together… Sunday, Monday, … You take the good… Alright, stop. Collaborate… I believe the children… Cheated with the 4 word starts. ETA: Beaten to the punch by Hilarity on Dig if you (will). ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/71 "2010-11-05T04:25:31Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > So was I the only one who went to “I was born…In the USA”? I went with “I was born…a coal miner’s daughter.” My entries: 1. If I leave… 2. Big wheels keep… 3. Momma told me… 4. Busted flat in… 5. No one knows… ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/72 "2010-11-05T06:04:01Z")
I see trees… Is this the real… Sittin’ in the… There’s a lady… WAKEUP! GRAB… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/73 "2010-11-05T06:39:08Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > 1. I was born… …by the river in a little tent… (Alright, it’s not classic rock, but that’s what I thought with Jumpin’ Jack Flash out of the way) “Very superstitious…” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/74 "2010-11-05T08:11:51Z")
First thing that comes to mind for me hearing “I was born” is “under a bad sign.” “Fool for your Lovin’” - **Whitesnake** ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/75 "2010-11-05T08:24:57Z")
_Ziggy played guitar_ Incidentally, also the last three words of the song ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/76 "2010-11-05T09:45:12Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > …Uncle Albert > …in a crossfire hurricane Both correct > [@Leaffan](#): > > 1. She grew up… > > 2. They pulled in… to Nazareth (I thought it was “I” pulled in?) > > 3. We’ll be fighting… in the streets > > 4. Lights out tonight… > > 5. With a purple…umbrella and a 50 cent hat > > 6. Well, it’s eight…o’clock on a Saturday > > 7. Just got home… > > 8. Lines form on…my face and hands 4 & 8 are incorrect. 6 & 9 remain unanswered. Hints: 4: David Bowie 6: Bruce Springsteen 8: Lynyrd Skynyrd 9: CCR mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/77 "2010-11-05T11:20:49Z")
I think “Well it’s eight o’clock…” got confused with “It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday…” when it should be “Well it’s eight o’clock in Boise, Idaho”. Not the first song of theirs to come to mind though. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > 9: CCR Ah. Just got home… from Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/78 "2010-11-05T12:08:45Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > So was I the only one who went to “I was born…In the USA”? I was born in the wagon of a travelling show ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435/79 "2010-11-05T14:08:00Z")
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