# The "Name that Lyric" Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756 "2003-02-13T04:09:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![njufoic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@njufoic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njufoic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/41 "2003-02-16T01:19:31Z")
fizgig: Right on both counts. DynoSaur: Right band, wrong song… -Andrew L ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/42 "2003-02-16T01:34:23Z")
D’oh. Right. I’m extraordinarily stupid. But, if I buy you a new life, will you forgive me? ---
**Author:** ![njufoic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@njufoic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njufoic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/43 "2003-02-16T02:10:11Z")
DynoSaur- Maybe if you throw in the _big house way up in the west hills_ 😛 -Andrew L ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/44 "2003-02-16T04:43:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* > \*\*DS3: _I could feel at the time, there was no way of knowing…_ > \*\* “More Than This,” Roxy Music ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Fescue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Hank\_Fescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Fescue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/45 "2003-02-16T05:03:03Z")
PTR3 - The Light. Beard Spock’s HF1 - “when they pulled her from the wreck, you know she still had on her shades” HF2 - “You take Sally and I’ll take Sue” HF3 - “You can go the east to find your, your inner hemisphere” ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/46 "2003-02-16T06:16:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*“More Than This,” Roxy Music \*\* Huh. I’m surprised that this was the first one someone recognized. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/47 "2003-02-16T20:54:31Z")
> [@](#): > > HF2 - “You take Sally and I’ll take Sue” > > HF3 - “You can go the east to find your, your inner hemisphere” HF2 - _Cocaine Blues_ - **Dave van Ronk** HF3 - _Land of Canaan_ - **Indigo Girls** EN5 - Put the cow horns back on the Cadillac EN6 - He gave me his card, said call me if they die EN7 - You call it a scene, I call it disaster ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Fescue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Hank\_Fescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Fescue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/48 "2003-02-16T21:00:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enginerd \* > \*\*HF2 - _Cocaine Blues_ - **Dave van Ronk** > HF3 - _Land of Canaan_ - **Indigo Girls** > > \*\* Check on the Indigo girls. Cocaine was written by the Reverend Gary Davis and originally performed by Jackson Browne. Never heard the Dave van Ronk cut. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/49 "2003-02-16T23:21:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hank Fescue \* > \*\* > Cocaine was written by the Reverend Gary Davis and originally performed by Jackson Browne. Never heard the Dave van Ronk cut. \*\* Dave Van Ronk’s version 1972 Jackson Browne’s version 1977 Dave Van Ronk most likely learned this song right from the Good Reverend. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Fescue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Hank\_Fescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Fescue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/50 "2003-02-16T23:37:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dbygawdcapn \* > \*\*Dave Van Ronk’s version 1972 > Jackson Browne’s version 1977 > > Dave Van Ronk most likely learned this song right from the Good Reverend. \*\* I stand corrected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756.md?page=2)