# What's on my MP-3 Player? (P-R) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906 "2006-04-23T23:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/1 "2006-04-23T23:04:21Z")
It’s time for round #9 or so of the ever-popular song-lyrics game. This time, all songs start with the letter P or R (sorry, no Q songs). Here are the clues: - all songs are in alphabetical order by song title - the first 12 begin with P - the final 15 begin with R - these are generally songs by popular artists of the 60s thru 90s, with exceptions - these are not necessarily all #1 hits - the name of the song will not appear in the lyrics given Please identify both the song title and the original artist. Good luck! 1. “Im up from Indiana, down to Tennessee.” 2. “Now I’m getting old, don’t wear underwear.” 3. “Passion killer, you’re too much.” 4. “Didn’t I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can?” 5. “Occasionally glancing up through th rain” 6. “I’m the number one fan of the man from Tennessee.” 7. “And I asked Henry, my bartending friend, if I should bother dating unfamous men.” 8. “And I just turned 22. I was wondering what to do.” 9. “So if you don’t rate, just overcompensate.” 10. “You want it, you take it, you pay the price.” 11. “Painted wings and giant strings make way for other toys.” 12. “Sometimes I’d like to quit; nothing ever seems to fit.” 13. “Knowing that you lied, straightfaced while I cried.” 14. “Love is a burning thing…” 15. “I swear you never looked so dog-gone pretty.” 16. “Do I love you? My oh my.” 17. “Maybe you’ll wonder where you are. I don’t care.” 18. “No serenade, no fire brigade, just a pyromaniac.” 19. “Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them.” 20. “Crazy Latin dancing solo down in Herald Square.” 21. “Guaranteed to blow your mind so high it won’t come down.” 22. “The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down.” 23. “I should get drunker than a monkey but I don’t like to drink.” 24. “Are these times contagious? I’ve never been this bored before.” 25. “Wishing you were here by me, to end this misery.” 26. “Working on a mystery, going wherever it leads.” ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/2 "2006-04-23T23:14:46Z")
1. **"Im up from Indiana, down to Tennessee."** Peaceful World, John Mellencamp That’s the only one I know. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/3 "2006-04-23T23:31:14Z")
1. Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart 2. Dave Loggins - Please Come To Boston 3. Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff, The Magic Dragon 4. The Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays 5. Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe 6. Cymarron - Rings 7. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town 8. Del Shannon (or maybe Bonnie Raitt) - Runaway ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/4 "2006-04-23T23:36:20Z")
1. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash ---
**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:** [April 23, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/5 "2006-04-23T23:39:17Z")
1. Pink Floyd, “Pigs on the Wing” 2. Johnny Cash, “Ring of Fire” ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/6 "2006-04-23T23:54:03Z")
11 out of 27 already solved in less than an hour. Not bad. Here is the updated listing, with solved songs in parentheses: 1. “Im up from Indiana, down to Tennessee.” (PEACEFUL WORLD) 2. “Now I’m getting old, don’t wear underwear.” 3. “Passion killer, you’re too much.” 4. “Didn’t I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can?” (PIECE OF MY HEART) 5. “Occasionally glancing up through th rain” (PIGS ON THE WING) 6. “I’m the number one fan of the man from Tennessee.” (PLEASE COME TO BOSTON) 7. “And I asked Henry, my bartending friend, if I should bother dating unfamous men.” 8. “And I just turned 22. I was wondering what to do.” 9. “So if you don’t rate, just overcompensate.” 10. “You want it, you take it, you pay the price.” 11. “Painted wings and giant strings make way for other toys.” (PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON) 12. “Sometimes I’d like to quit; nothing ever seems to fit.” (RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS) 13. “Knowing that you lied, straightfaced while I cried.” (REASON TO BELIEVE) 14. “Love is a burning thing…” (RING OF FIRE) 15. “I swear you never looked so dog-gone pretty.” (RINGS) 16. “Do I love you? My oh my.” 17. “Maybe you’ll wonder where you are. I don’t care.” 18. “No serenade, no fire brigade, just a pyromaniac.” 19. “Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them.” 20. “Crazy Latin dancing solo down in Herald Square.” 21. “Guaranteed to blow your mind so high it won’t come down.” 22. “The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down.” (RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN) 23. “I should get drunker than a monkey but I don’t like to drink.” 24. “Are these times contagious? I’ve never been this bored before.” 25. “Wishing you were here by me, to end this misery.” (RUNAWAY) 26. “Working on a mystery, going wherever it leads.” ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/7 "2006-04-24T00:23:36Z")
I don’t have an MP-3 player, but when I read the title of this thread, I thought of Gollum responding to Bilbo’s “riddle”: “What has it got in its iPodses?” ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/8 "2006-04-24T00:41:51Z")
1. _Rocking in The Free World_ Neal Young 2. “And I asked Henry, my bartending friend, if I should bother dating unfamous men.” This one is driving me nuts, know I’ve heard the lyric before. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/9 "2006-04-24T00:58:27Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > 1. _Rocking in The Free World_ Neal Young > > 2. “And I asked Henry, my bartending friend, if I should bother dating unfamous men.” This one is driving me nuts, know I’ve heard the lyric before. If you can remember Henry’s response to this question, you’ll have the name of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/10 "2006-04-24T01:06:06Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I don’t have an MP-3 player, but when I read the title of this thread, I thought of Gollum responding to Bilbo’s “riddle”: “What has it got in its iPodses?” > [@fishbicycle](#): > > 1. Cymarron - Rings heehee ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/11 "2006-04-24T01:20:02Z")
Is your version of “Rings” by Cymarron, Leo Kottke or Lobo? ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/12 "2006-04-24T01:59:30Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Is your version of “Rings” by Cymarron, Leo Kottke or Lobo? Lobo ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/13 "2006-04-24T06:51:01Z")
1. “Photograph” – Def Leppard 2. “Pigs on the Wing” – Pink Floyd 3. “Rock of Ages” – Def Leppard 4. “Runnin’ Down a Dream” – Tom Petty ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/14 "2006-04-24T12:00:40Z")
1. “And I just turned 22. I was wondering what to do.” Powderfinger - Neil Young & Crazy Horse. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/15 "2006-04-25T01:38:44Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > 1. “Pigs on the Wing” – Pink Floyd This is the answer to #5, not #9. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/16 "2006-04-25T01:43:23Z")
Boy, it’s now slow-going on this one. We still have 11 unanswered clues after a day-and-a-half. Let’s see if the updated listing will clarify the situation. Here is the updated listing, with solved songs in parentheses: 1. “Im up from Indiana, down to Tennessee.” (PEACEFUL WORLD) 2. “Now I’m getting old, don’t wear underwear.” 3. “Passion killer, you’re too much.” (PHOTOGRAPH) 4. “Didn’t I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can?” (PIECE OF MY HEART) 5. “Occasionally glancing up through th rain” (PIGS ON THE WING) 6. “I’m the number one fan of the man from Tennessee.” (PLEASE COME TO BOSTON) 7. “And I asked Henry, my bartending friend, if I should bother dating unfamous men.” 8. “And I just turned 22. I was wondering what to do.” (POWDERFINGER) 9. “So if you don’t rate, just overcompensate.” 10. “You want it, you take it, you pay the price.” 11. “Painted wings and giant strings make way for other toys.” (PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON) 12. “Sometimes I’d like to quit; nothing ever seems to fit.” (RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS) 13. “Knowing that you lied, straightfaced while I cried.” (REASON TO BELIEVE) 14. “Love is a burning thing…” (RING OF FIRE) 15. “I swear you never looked so dog-gone pretty.” (RINGS) 16. “Do I love you? My oh my.” 17. “Maybe you’ll wonder where you are. I don’t care.” 18. “No serenade, no fire brigade, just a pyromaniac.” (ROCK OF AGES) 19. “Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them.” (ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD) 20. “Crazy Latin dancing solo down in Herald Square.” 21. “Guaranteed to blow your mind so high it won’t come down.” 22. “The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down.” (RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN) 23. “I should get drunker than a monkey but I don’t like to drink.” 24. “Are these times contagious? I’ve never been this bored before.” 25. “Wishing you were here by me, to end this misery.” (RUNAWAY) 26. “Working on a mystery, going wherever it leads.” (RUNNING DOWN A DREAM) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/17 "2006-04-25T06:44:46Z")
Wild guess … is #18 “Road to Nowhere” by the Talking Heads? ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/18 "2006-04-25T09:36:38Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Wild guess … is #18 “Road to Nowhere” by the Talking Heads? A wild guess perhaps, but also a correct one. ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/19 "2006-04-25T09:47:17Z")
9 is “Pretty fly for a white guy” by Offspring ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-my-mp-3-player-p-r/353906/20 "2006-04-25T11:45:22Z")
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