# We're all in the mood for a melody **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 19, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851 "2021-07-19T20:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/122 "2021-07-22T20:11:07Z")
The Boston Pops playing Neil Diamond? Don’t laugh, the slow build and awesome climax of this piece will probably give you chills. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BwY2e4DPz9k/maxresdefault.jpg "Diamond: Play Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwY2e4DPz9k) ---
**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 22, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/123 "2021-07-22T21:05:51Z")
Summer jam again. RIP Biz. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kc7SB0LpTL4/hqdefault.jpg "DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat Lyric (Orginal Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc7SB0LpTL4) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/124 "2021-07-22T22:27:43Z")
Yeah, they never got much attention when they were together, and even less afterwards, but there was some real talent there. I only found out about them about a year ago myself, and I thought I knew 70’s music pretty well. I like the camera angles on that shoot: it had one behind the drummer that also showed the piano player, and one behind the piano player that showed the drummer. Great angles that showed each of them just going mad on their instruments. [Here’s a thread about the band I started last year,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-the-music-fanny-or-so-you-thought-you-knew-70s-rock/850741/1) where you can read more, and talk about them further. I’m not contributing any songs to this thread today, since I posted too many yesterday 😃 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/125 "2021-07-23T00:47:56Z")
**beowulff’s** comment about lyrics got me to thinking about the Dresden Dolls: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j4gPZPKJc0s/hqdefault.jpg "The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy [OFFICIAL VIDEO]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4gPZPKJc0s) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/126 "2021-07-23T01:33:43Z")
Great song, I hadn’t thought of that in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/127 "2021-07-23T04:10:10Z")
Legendary Chuck Schuldiner (RIP), and his band, Death. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnJVcuUDnW4) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/128 "2021-07-23T11:57:23Z")
Not the best version, but apropos: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lLWtl0RkiAI/maxresdefault.jpg "Mark Knopfler - Going home - Local hero Live Montreal 2019") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLWtl0RkiAI) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/129 "2021-07-23T16:11:33Z")
Cover of a Bowie song from an 80s movie [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1JUTL2wAX9M/hqdefault.jpg "Girl In A Coma - As The World Falls Down") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JUTL2wAX9M) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/130 "2021-07-23T16:48:19Z")
Pardon the Mess… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/esoUbkZa4ew/maxresdefault.jpg "Barry Goldberg-Mess A Da Blues") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esoUbkZa4ew) ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/131 "2021-07-23T16:55:16Z")
This singer was on Obama’s 2016 playlist and I decided to give her a listen. YouTube says this video has been watched 2,231,871 times. Pretty sure, though, that I’ve watched it more than that. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Lz0PZuyDBPg/maxresdefault.jpg "Corinne Bailey Rae - Call Me When You Get This") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz0PZuyDBPg) ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/132 "2021-07-23T17:05:48Z")
Hey @Shoeless and @DCnDC: Stellar selections! (Candi Staton and the Sundays) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/133 "2021-07-23T17:50:55Z")
Caution! This gave me an ear worm for several years. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9ZEURntrQOg/hqdefault.jpg "Happy Together - The Turtles (1967)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEURntrQOg) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/134 "2021-07-23T19:15:13Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I agree with Ponderoid. By posting this song; maybe it will get it out of my head. For you young’ens out there; Dan Blocker was Hoss Cartwright on the tv show Bonanza. > > I present you with [The Dan Blocker Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2-zD5lj8Hg&ab_channel=pegasusmail)! Brilliant! The lyrics pretty much write themselves, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/135 "2021-07-23T21:45:51Z")
Just came across this on NME radio and was smitten. Gimme a motorik beat and a catchy unsentimental chorus (“you work all day and then you die/it’s hard to find piece of mind”) and you got me: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3DTRNtW90uo/maxresdefault.jpg "The Parrots - You Work All Day And Then You Die") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DTRNtW90uo) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/136 "2021-07-23T22:27:06Z")
Heard this in a commercial a few minutes ago. Oh, to be in fourth grade again! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLnf7rl846I) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/137 "2021-07-23T23:32:00Z")
I love Gal Costa. This one starts out slow but ends on a high note: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_IHYLaZni4Q/maxresdefault.jpg "India") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHYLaZni4Q) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/138 "2021-07-24T00:52:05Z")
I’ma whip a little classical your way: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fRL447oDId4/maxresdefault.jpg "Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber LIVE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRL447oDId4) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/139 "2021-07-24T01:20:34Z")
Friday night, how about a Night on The Town (With Snow White)? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KJdK7YRoHhs/maxresdefault.jpg "A Night On The Town (With Snow White)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJdK7YRoHhs) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/140 "2021-07-24T02:32:50Z")
This one’s been knockin’ around in my head for a while. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RGgRipOH0nY/maxresdefault.jpg "Was (Not Was) - Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGgRipOH0nY) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/141 "2021-07-24T03:09:28Z")
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