# That 70's song-- Name That Tune for old fogeys **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256 "2003-07-09T16:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [July 11, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/201 "2003-07-11T22:44:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Suse \* > \*\*ast13) Rock N’ Roll Heaven - by ? > > BG5 - Lady Madonna - the Beatles (not sure about this song) > BG12 - After the Love Is Gone - Kool & the Gang > > \*\* Nope on BG5 and correct title but. . . you misnamed one of the best bands of the 70’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:** [July 11, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/202 "2003-07-11T22:45:54Z")
Jesus that last post didn’t make much sense, did it? Lady Madonna isn’t the song I was thinking of and After the Love is Gone was not made by Kool & The Gang. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/203 "2003-07-11T22:58:51Z")
BG12-What used to be happy is sad is _After the Love Is Gone_ by Earth Wind & Fire ---
**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:** [July 11, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/204 "2003-07-11T23:00:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*5tc 6 I will remember you Your silhouette will charge the view > \*\* Woo-hoo! “Roundabout” by Yes. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/205 "2003-07-11T23:04:27Z")
5tc 6 I will remember you Your silhouette will charge the view - **Roundabout** - Yes More: k5 - he grew so old, he decomposed k6 - My rosary has broken k7 - redlegged chicken stands ready to strike k8 - down on the sandflats, where nothing will grow k9 - through an open window where no curtain hung ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/206 "2003-07-11T23:07:15Z")
Earth, Wind, and Fire! Arggggghhhhhhh! I always loved their stuff, too - just seems I can’t remember their name! Hmmm…if I can remember the title, is it cheating to check the band on Google? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/207 "2003-07-12T03:35:15Z")
suse 4) is “I Love the Night Life” by Alicia Bridges. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/208 "2003-07-12T07:27:06Z")
k9 - through an open window where no curtain hung _Coming Back to Me_ - Jefferson Airplane This song is from the 1966, unless there is another song from the '70’s that has these words in the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/209 "2003-07-12T07:34:03Z")
M1) _For the last time he felt the light/And gave up his last fight_ M2) _Well, I’ve been haunted in my sleep/You’ve been starring in my dreams_ M3) _Frost had bit the ground below/Was a hundred degrees below zero_ M4) \*And did we tell you the name of the game boy/We call it Riding the Gravy Train \* ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/210 "2003-07-12T08:10:50Z")
M2) is “Miss You” by the Rolling Stones. M4) is “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/211 "2003-07-12T12:51:29Z")
> [@](#): > > M3) Frost had bit the ground below/Was a hundred degrees below zero “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow” - Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![Quadrophenia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47c2d/32.png) [@Quadrophenia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quadrophenia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/212 "2003-07-12T15:26:28Z")
1. Foot wrapped in an old rag, bottle in a brown bag. Carry Me Carrie–Dr. Hook NDP 5 - I was a pimp’s main profit Growing Up–Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/213 "2003-07-12T16:02:08Z")
Suse2) Spanish Stroll - Mink Deville ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/214 "2003-07-12T16:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > _Coming Back to Me_ - Jefferson Airplane > This song is from the 1966, unless there is another song from the '70’s that has these words in the lyrics. \*\* D’oh! That’s the 2nd (possibly 3rd) 60s song I’ve posted. :smack: Sorry! Er, those years do tend to run together though (in what’s left of my _my_ memory at least). Oh, and welcome to the SDMB **Quadrophenia**! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/215 "2003-07-12T17:03:26Z")
Suse5) Answer to all answers I can find - Sweet Melissa - I think by Barry Manilow (??) Suse3) I never really looked before but now you take my breath away - BeeGees - More Than a Woman ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/216 "2003-07-12T17:14:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by casdave \* > \*\*Suse2) Spanish Stroll - Mink Deville \*\* That’s not the one I was thinking of, but a good guess! ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/217 "2003-07-12T17:16:20Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by koeeoaddi \* \*\*Suse5) Answer to all answers I can find - Sweet Melissa - I think by Barry Manilow (??) You have the singer right, but not the title. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/218 "2003-07-12T17:18:11Z")
phooey, I hate it when I mess up the coding. But to justify wasting the bandwidth for this post, I’ll add another Suse6) Just someone his mother might know. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/219 "2003-07-12T19:25:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kunilou \* > \*\*52) It can’t be wrong when it feels so right \*\* I just read through Page 5 of this thread and didn’t see this one answered – it’s Debby Boone’s _You Light Up My Life_. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/220 "2003-07-12T19:48:24Z")
I cannot keep up with you guys. Good thing it’s the weekend. I am not as sure as **Fish** that this list is accurate, but here goes: 1. “Let’s call this song exactly what it is.” 2. “Your black and white power, is gonna be a crumbling tower. And we who stand divided, so god damned undecided.” 3. “We didn’t get our 40 acres and a mule, but we did get you, C.C.” 4. When the cold wind’s streaming and the evening is still 5. Go sit at the bakery and watch the buns rise 6. call all my reindeer to graze here 1. Somehow I knew it would be you, To change my gray skies to blue/…And it was strange when you called my name, Ever since that day I haven’t been the same 2. I played all my cards, and that’s what you’ve done too ddg-2. Mamma had the usual to say, that we should, please be good today ddg-6. Born already ruined, stone-cold dead as I stepped out of the womb ddg-11. The wound is so fresh you can taste the blood ddg-12. What good is spilling blood? It will not grow a thing ast2- I had a hole in the place where my heart should have been. f1) “We can deal with rockets and dreams/But reality, what does it mean?” f3) “One good thing about music/When it hits, you feel no pain” btw 2. Everyone’s feeling pretty, it’s hotter than July LD2: “Some people value fortune and fame I don’t care about 'em none” 100). Should I fall out of love, my fire in the light/To chase a feather in the wind SP09: Why don’t we cross the bridge together? ast19- “Stopping at her house is a neighbour boy with evil on his mind.” BG6- I feel I need you, baby k3 - tie me on her and turn her loose ast22- “Just feel the thunder as it warms your face.” ast25- “Needing me now is something I could use.” BG8- Take this handkerchief and dry your eyes BG10- People get lonely-- ain’t nothing new BG11- Trying to keep up his courage by applying booze btw12. There’ll always be sunshine when I look at you f23: “I was waiting for the Communist call” f25: “I don’t know if I should/Give my love to you when I know you’re no good” NDP 1 - I think I see my brother coming Suse1) Like corn in a field I cut you down k5 - he grew so old, he decomposed k6 - My rosary has broken k7 - redlegged chicken stands ready to strike k8 - down on the sandflats, where nothing will grow M1) For the last time he felt the light/And gave up his last fight Suse2) Ain’t no two ways about it Suse5) Answer to all answers I can find Suse6) Just someone his mother might know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256.md?page=12)