# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/61 "2003-07-09T21:55:07Z")
1. _Superstition_ by Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/62 "2003-07-09T21:56:57Z")
That should have been **NDP’s** 55. _Superstition_ by Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/63 "2003-07-09T22:00:31Z")
…And 48) “That night on our honeymoon/We stayed in separate rooms” is Band of Gold, but I can’t remember the artist. Okay, I’ll go home now… ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/64 "2003-07-09T22:04:06Z")
58 is Rock 'n Roll by Lou Reed/Velvet Underground (and I think technically belongs in the 60’s thread, or would if that thread existed). ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/65 "2003-07-09T22:15:28Z")
1. Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time It’s Too Late - Carole King Here are a few more: 1. Set me movin’ to your sweetest song 2. And haven for the elderly 3. But I know that he won’t stay 4. One day I met a girl named Sue ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/66 "2003-07-09T22:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reepicheep \* > \*\*Renumbering > > 1. End over end neither left nor to right > Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights \*\* Could this be the ever-popular “Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through the Goal Posts of Life”? (don’t remember who did it) And 1. We are your overlords Immigrant Song–Led Zepplin Type…faster…gotta…type…faster… ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/67 "2003-07-09T22:21:43Z")
A few more: 1. The family business thrives 2. When the cold wind’s streaming 3. Go sit at the bakery ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/68 "2003-07-09T22:35:58Z")
**mdf** , you’ve done an old man’s heart good. That was one of my favorites and you knew it! (Knew the song, that is, not that it was one of my favorites.) 1. “July is dressed up and playing her tune. And I come home from a hard day’s work, and you’re waiting there.” **Summer Breeze** by ??? 1. The family business thrives Is it called **Levon** (?) by Elton John (Jesus blows up balloons all day) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/69 "2003-07-09T22:44:19Z")
1. “July is dressed up and playing her tune. And I come home from a hard day’s work, and you’re waiting there.” Aurgh! It’s Seals & Crofts. ---
**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 9, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/70 "2003-07-09T22:51:40Z")
1. is “Night Moves” by Bob Segar. (Also, for the record, “Rock n’ Roll” by the Velvet Underground is off their “Loaded” album which came out in 1971.) A few new ones: 1. And when he died, all he left us was alone 2. But soon he started in dealing in slaves and something inside of him died 3. They smile in your face–all the while they want to take your place 4. I was a pimp’s main profit 5. Love and hope and sex and dreams are still surviving on the streets ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/71 "2003-07-09T22:52:02Z")
You got 63 right, NCUN. (I like the line you posted, too.) ---
**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 9, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/72 "2003-07-09T22:53:32Z")
1. And haven for the elderly - At Seventeen by Janis Ian And how about: 1. call all my reindeer to graze here 2. can you cook, can you sew? 3. the bed’s too big the frying pan’s too wide ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/73 "2003-07-09T22:53:40Z")
24)Some people think this town don’t look good in smow Ventura Highway - America 15) I said Hi, she said yeah I guess I am Ariel - Dean Friedman Didn’t think I would ever see that song quoted, it was such a minor hit. 1. “July is dressed up and playing her tune. And I come home from a hard day’s work, and you’re waiting there.” Summer Breeze - Isleys 1. “That night on our honeymoon/We stayed in separate rooms” Band of gold - Freda Payne 1. Set me movin’ to your sweetest song Loving you is the right thing to do - Carly Simon 1. And haven for the elderly At Seventeen - Janis Ian, She didn’t have much luck in the UK IIRC, just a few kooks like me listened to her. Additional lyrics for (46) I saw a falling star burn up Above the Las Vegas sands It wasn’t the one that you gave to me That night down south between the trailers ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/74 "2003-07-09T22:56:11Z")
1. Papa Was A Rolling Stone - by the Temptations 2. Backstabbers - by ? ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/75 "2003-07-09T22:58:56Z")
1. And when he died, all he left us was alone Papa was a rolling stone - The Temptations 68) They smile in your face–all the while they want to take your place Backstabbers - O’Jays ---
**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 9, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/76 "2003-07-09T23:01:12Z")
1. But soon he started in dealing in slaves and something inside of him died Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan The least I could do after simulposting my own 67. ---
**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 9, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/77 "2003-07-09T23:16:17Z")
Here I was all ready to post Papa Was A Rolling Stone and Backstabbers and ya’ll are just too fast for me. Oh and now I have to renumber my lyrics. 1. Colored lights hypnotize. 2. My house is dark and my pots are cold 71 I can see a tall dark stranger giving you what you haven’t planned. 3. I don’t like what I think I see 4. Once the rain starts falling on my face you won’t even see a single trace. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/78 "2003-07-09T23:16:20Z")
1. Somehow I knew it would be you, To change my gray skies to blue 2. Wanting just to stay awake, wondering how much I can take 3. She was terminally pretty 4. I played all my cards, and that’s what you’ve done too 5. Once a story’s told, it can’t help but grow old 6. Or a chinese dentist, or a british queen 7. Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours? ---
**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 9, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/79 "2003-07-09T23:19:56Z")
**bytheway’s** 71)Life in the Fast Lane-- Eagles 73)We’re All Alone-- Rita Coolidge (or something like that) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/80 "2003-07-09T23:25:34Z")
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