That 70's song-- Name That Tune for old fogeys

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Enginerd’s 39. We can be in Kansas by the time the snow begins to thaw

Bob Dylan’s * Meet Me In The Morning*

42

  1. A man named Al Capone tried to make that town his own.

  2. Mama tries hard to petend things will get better again.

  3. You say you’re gonna leave, gonna take that big white bird.

  4. Could you relate to a demo tape where the band performs in the nude?

43
  1. “Compared to What?” by Les McCann
    You rock, Fish42!
44
  1. Across the sea there came a multitude, sailing ships upon the wave
    Filled with visions of Utopia, and the freedom that they crave
45

astorian’s 41 is * The Night Chicago Died* by Paper Lace

  1. I was 16, he was 21
46

  1. The night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

  2. Shannon ?

  3. Don’t pull your love

Couple for you to try.

  1. If her daddy is rich, take her out for a meal.

  2. I don’t care how much money I gotta spend.

  3. Starbright, starbright, you’ve got the lovin’ that I like,
    …turn this crazy bird around

47
  1. “Shannon,” Henry Gross
  2. “Don’t Pull Your Love,” Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
  3. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You,” Sugarloaf
  1. “They have everything for young men to enjoy”
  2. “That night on our honeymoon/We stayed in separate rooms”
  3. “Don’t need a sword to cut through flowers”
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Since someone else was posting, let’s renumber that:

  1. “They have everything for young men to enjoy”
  2. “That night on our honeymoon/We stayed in separate rooms”
  3. “Don’t need a sword to cut through flowers”

PS: 44B–“In the Summertime,” Mungo Jerry

49
  1. I don’t care how much money I’ve got to spend
  2. They have enerything for young men to enjoy

45 is The Letter by The Boxtops
46 is YMCA by the Village People

  1. There was a band playing in my head
  2. Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now
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Fish42’s 47 YMCA by the Village People

  1. End over end neither left nor to right
    Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
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  1. I don’t care how much money I’ve got to spend
  2. They have enerything for young men to enjoy

45 is The Letter by The Boxtops
47 is YMCA by the Village People

  1. There was a band playing in my head
  2. Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now
52

Renumbering

  1. End over end neither left nor to right
    Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
53

(reepicheep’s) 45.

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher

  1. It can’t be wrong when it feels so right
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  1. “You’re just hangin’ out at a local bar.”

“Keep On Smilin’,” Wet Willie

  1. Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now

“Badlands” Bruce Springsteen

And just to keep things semi-organized, the list of still unidentified (barring the inevitable simul-posts) lyrics:

  1. Nothing’s the matter with your head baby. Find it.
    Come on and find it.
  2. Darkness all around me blocking out the sun.
    Friends call me but I just don’t feel like talking to anyone.
  3. “Let’s call this song exactly what it is.”
  4. “I said ‘Hi.’ She said, ‘Yeah, I guess I am.’”
  5. “Your black and white power, is gonna be a crumbling tower. And we who stand divided, so god damned undecided.”
  6. “Some people say this town don’t look good in snow.”
  7. “July is dressed up and playing her tune. And I come home from a hard day’s work, and you’re waiting there.”
  8. “Maybe I think too much, but something’s wrong.”
  9. “I woke last night to the sound of thunder
    how far off i sat and wondered”
  10. Foot wrapped in an old rag, bottle in a brown bag.
    45A) Across the sea there came a multitude, sailing ships upon the wave/Filled with visions of Utopia, and the freedom that they crave
    45B) I was 16, he was 21
  11. Starbright, starbright, you’ve got the lovin’ that I like,
    …turn this crazy bird around
  12. “That night on our honeymoon/We stayed in separate rooms”
  13. “Don’t need a sword to cut through flowers”
  1. There was a band playing in my head
  2. End over end neither left nor to right
    Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
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And a pair of new ones to replace the ones I guessed:

  1. “Up all night with Freddie King”
  2. “We didn’t get our 40 acres and a mule, but we did get you, C.C.”
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Reepicheep’s #52 is “Dropkick Me Jesus Through the Goalposts of Life” by Bobby Bare

Here are some more:

  1. I’ve had enough of reading things
    By neurotic psychotic pigheaded politicians

  2. The devil’s on his way

  3. Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time

  4. We are your overlords

  5. She started dancing to that fine fine music

57
  1. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
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  1. I’ve Got To Use My Imagination Gladys Knight and the Pips
59

  1. “Up all night with Freddie King”

    We’re an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad

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Ooh! ooh! 45A) Song for America - Kansas

Why no, I don’t have anything else I should be doing…