# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/141 "2003-07-11T04:16:07Z")
100). \*Should I fall out of love, my fire in the light/To chase a feather in the wind \* [sub]I feel like such a dork, I wasn’t even born until after the 70’s were over.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/142 "2003-07-11T04:47:13Z")
Ast11- “See the girl who’s collecting broken hearts for souvenirs.” Ast12- “We’ve seen how love can grow, now we’ll see how it dies.” Ast13- “There’s a spotlight waiting, no matter who you are.” ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/143 "2003-07-11T12:31:45Z")
NCUN2–“Well if the wind of change comes down your way, girl” ---
**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, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/144 "2003-07-11T12:54:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*ast7- Ain’t got much, but what we got’s ours. > > _Draggin’ the Line_ Tommy James & the Shondells > > 5tc3- I don’t need all those things, that used to bring me joy \*\* The Spinners _Could It Be I’m Falling In Love_\* ---
**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, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/145 "2003-07-11T12:56:36Z")
Pretend I know how to code. Thanks. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/146 "2003-07-11T13:03:12Z")
NCUN2–“Well if the wind of change comes down your way, girl” – That’s Elton John’s “Love Lies Bleeding.” Gah, how did I miss this thread before? Thanks, **Biggirl** for starting it; it will be a nice thing to follow as I continue what looks to be like a not-very-exciting workday for me. I’ll go back over the thread, see if I can pick up anything that’s not been answered, and try to post some of my own. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/147 "2003-07-11T14:04:16Z")
Okay, got some of my own to post. I’ve lost track of the numbers, so I’ll number them as others have: SP01: There was blood and a single gunshot SP02: Lonnie Mack and Twangin’ Eddie SP03: Thanks for the ball, Dad; c’mon let’s play SP04: Her hair is kind of wild and free SP05: You say you’re gonna leave; gonna take that big white bird SP06: I can still recall the wheatfields of St. Paul SP07: You don’t find roses growing on stalks of clover SP08: But as if to knock me down, reality came around SP09: Why don’t we cross the bridge together? SP10: And if I can’t find my way back home ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/148 "2003-07-11T14:57:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spoons \* > \*\* > SP01: There was blood and a single gunshot > SP02: Lonnie Mack and Twangin’ Eddie > SP03: Thanks for the ball, Dad; c’mon let’s play > SP04: Her hair is kind of wild and free > SP05: You say you’re gonna leave; gonna take that big white bird > SP06: I can still recall the wheatfields of St. Paul > SP07: You don’t find roses growing on stalks of clover > SP08: But as if to knock me down, reality came around > SP09: Why don’t we cross the bridge together? > SP10: And if I can’t find my way back home \*\* SP01: “Copacabana (At the Copa),” Barry Manilow SP02: “Life Is A Rock (But the Raido Rolled Me),” Reunion SP04: “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes),” Edison Lighthouse SP05: “Don;t Pull Your Love,” Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds SP06: “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo,” Lobo Sp07: “Rose Garden,” Lynn Anderson SP08: “Alone Again (Naturally),” Gilbert O’Sullivan SP10: “Precious and Few,” Climax Also: Ast11- “See the girl who’s collecting broken hearts for souvenirs.” Ast12- “We’ve seen how love can grow, now we’ll see how it dies.” Ast11: “Sideshow,” Blue Magic Ast 12: “Touch Me in the Morning,” Diana Ross NEW: f8: “You think you’re going to take her away/With your money and your cocaine.” f9: “12:45/Headed for the subway home” f10: “He was strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre” f11: “For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight” f12: “No whiskey for sale/Get caught, no bail” f13: “Rulers make bad lovers/Better put your kingdom up for sale” f14: “Ain’t no smiling faces/Lying to the races” f15: “The question to everyone’s answer is usually asked from within” f16: “Brenda Lee’s coming on strong” f17: "If God was here, he’d tell you to your face, “Man, you’re some kind of sinner.” ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/149 "2003-07-11T14:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spoons \* > **SP03: Thanks for the ball, Dad; c’mon let’s play** **Cat’s in the Cradle** by Harry Chapin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/150 "2003-07-11T15:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fish42 \* > \*\* > NEW: > f8: “You think you’re going to take her away/With your money and your cocaine.” > f9: “12:45/Headed for the subway home” > f10: “He was strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre” > f11: “For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight” > f12: “No whiskey for sale/Get caught, no bail” > f13: “Rulers make bad lovers/Better put your kingdom up for sale” > f14: “Ain’t no smiling faces/Lying to the races” > f15: “The question to everyone’s answer is usually asked from within” > f16: “Brenda Lee’s coming on strong” > f17: "If God was here, he’d tell you to your face, “Man, you’re some kind of sinner.” \*\* f8) “Listen to Her Heart” - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers f9) “Games People Play” - Spinners f10) “Year of the Cat” - Al Stewart f11) “For the Love of Money” - O’Jays f13) “Gold Dust Woman” - Fleetwood Mac f14) “I’ll Take You There” - Staple Singers f15) “Jungle Love” - Steve Miller Band f16) “Radar Love” - Golden Earring f17) “Signs” - Five Man Electric Band Shoot… I nearly aced this batch, but I have no clue on F12! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/151 "2003-07-11T15:08:06Z")
f10: “He was strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre” “Year of the Cat” - Al Stewart f16: “Brenda Lee’s coming on strong” - “Radar Love” - Golden Earring "If God was here, he’d tell you to your face, “Man, you’re some kind of sinner.” - “Signs” - Five Man Electrical Band ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/152 "2003-07-11T15:22:01Z")
ast14- “Kojak, won’t you bring her back?” ast15- “We’re gonna leave sod-busting behind.” ast16- “And you won’t read that book again, because the ending’s just too hard to take.” ast 17- “There was voodoo in the vibes.” ast18- “I nearly died from hospitality.” ast19- “Stopping at her house is a neighbour boy with evil on his mind.” ast20- “And I was a dreamer, with only words to trade.” ---
**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:** [July 11, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/153 "2003-07-11T15:41:17Z")
Nice job, **Fish42** and **NCNU**. Guess I’ll have to find some harder ones. And I’ll have to check back sooner as well. I got a few of yours, but I was beaten to them. ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/154 "2003-07-11T15:57:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*ast16- “And you won’t read that book again, because the ending’s just too hard to take.” > \*\* Gordon Lightfoot, “If You Could Read My Mind” ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/155 "2003-07-11T16:06:02Z")
ast15- “We’re gonna leave sod-busting behind.” “Wildfire,” Michael Martin Murphey ast18- “I nearly died from hospitality.” 'Couldn’t Get It Right," The Climax Blues Band And from way back… 72) I don’t like what I think I see “Takin’ It To The Streets,” The Doobie Brothers And since we’re on a new page, it’s time for a new “What’s Unanswered” page: 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. Foot wrapped in an old rag, bottle in a brown bag. 4. “We didn’t get our 40 acres and a mule, but we did get you, C.C.” 5. When the cold wind’s streaming and the evening is still 6. Go sit at the bakery and watch the buns rise 7. 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. ast10- The world’s coming to an end. I don’t even care. 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 Ast13- “There’s a spotlight waiting, no matter who you are.” SP09: Why don’t we cross the bridge together? f12: “No whiskey for sale/Get caught, no bail” ast14- “Kojak, won’t you bring her back?” ast16- “And you won’t read that book again, because the ending’s just too hard to take.” ast 17- “There was voodoo in the vibes.” ast19- “Stopping at her house is a neighbour boy with evil on his mind.” ast20- “And I was a dreamer, with only words to trade.” I think this is accurate (barring simulposts, of course) ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/156 "2003-07-11T16:10:33Z")
And three new ones to replace the three solved ones: f18) “Though it’s part of the Lone Star State, people don’t seem to care.” f19) "I can sink a lttle drink and shout out, “She’s with me.” f20) “The drinks will flow and blood will spill.” ---
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ast16- If You Could Read My Mind-- Gordon Lightfoot ast-14- Everybody Is A Star-- Sly and the Family Stone. ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/158 "2003-07-11T16:18:49Z")
ast14- Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel-- Tavaris (I dunno how to spell the groups name, but back when I was 11 or so this was my favorite song ever) ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256/159 "2003-07-11T16:21:42Z")
f18) Takin’ to the Streets - Da Doobie Brudders f20) American Pie - Don Maclean ---
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ast19- “Stopping at her house is a neighbour boy with evil on his mind.” Angie Baby - Helen Reddy **Biggirl** this is my favorite thread since the halcyon days of **auntie em’s** missing coworker! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-song-name-that-tune-for-old-fogeys/187256.md?page=9)