100). *Should I fall out of love, my fire in the light/To chase a feather in the wind
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[sub]I feel like such a dork, I wasn’t even born until after the 70’s were over.[/sub]
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.”
NCUN2–“Well if the wind of change comes down your way, girl”
The Spinners Could It Be I’m Falling In Love*
Pretend I know how to code. Thanks.
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.
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
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.”
Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin
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!
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
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.”
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.
Gordon Lightfoot, “If You Could Read My Mind”
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:
- “Let’s call this song exactly what it is.”
- “Your black and white power, is gonna be a crumbling tower. And we who stand divided, so god damned undecided.”
- Foot wrapped in an old rag, bottle in a brown bag.
- “We didn’t get our 40 acres and a mule, but we did get you, C.C.”
- When the cold wind’s streaming and the evening is still
- Go sit at the bakery and watch the buns rise
- call all my reindeer to graze here
- 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
- 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)
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.”
ast16- If You Could Read My Mind-- Gordon Lightfoot
ast-14- Everybody Is A Star-- Sly and the Family Stone.
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)
f18) Takin’ to the Streets - Da Doobie Brudders
f20) American Pie - Don Maclean
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!