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November 30, 2009
Musical monday #119
(Almost) Every week Elie and I switch of hosting Musical Monday. We provide the lyrics, you guess the songs and the common theme they share. No googling and have fun.
Elie still hasn't gotten all the answer for Musical Monday #118, so please check it out!
ps if the theme related lyrics don't appear in the title, feel free to add them!
1. Along with Col. Jackson
2. He said, 'Son, now don't be silly'
3. It's just a photograph of someone that I knew
4. And with the slap of a hand
5. I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
6. But Tschaikovsky had the news, he said
7. She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
8. Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
9. 'Til the man down at the bank took her from me
10. And Children drunk lemonade
11. I felt a rush like a rolling bolt of thunder
12. ... like so many summer fields
13. I have to put your flat feet on the ground
14. I would GLADLY lose my soul
15. You sang do-wop-diddy, wop-diddy, wop-doo
16. Thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp
17. I was the dandy of Gamm Chi
18. All you've ever been, is a call every now and then, from some old pay phone
19. Warm smell of colitas, ...
20. Man we were killin' time
21. Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying
22. She rocked out to Wham
23. Forgive me if it goes astray
24. From the bottom of a long glass tube
UPDATE:
Two I missed (that I meant to include)
25. Cat's foot iron claw
26. To give those who ain't got a little more
UPDATE II: (h/t to Benjie)
27) Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
28) Who poured in billions of dollars, and forgave other billions in debts (not a song, but made the top 40)
29) The fog was gone the seventh day and they saw the morning sun
30) They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold.
31) On that train all graphite and glitter
32) I get off on screaming guitar
33) By runnin' 'shine out outta Alabam'
Here are the answers to Musical Monday #117. Congratulations to Clayton for getting "easy and hard."
1) You see I begged, stole and I borrowed
Easy - The Commodores
2) Please stop pulling at my sleeve if you're just playing
I'm easy - Keith Carradine
3) Two that wanna stone me
Take it easy - The Eagles, Jackson Browne
4) No you'll never change her, so leave it, leave it
Easy lover - Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
5) No words of consolation will make me miss you less
Make it easy on yourself - Burt Bachrach
6) At a half past a heartache, quarter to four
Easy on the Eyes - Terri Clark
7) No fault no blame nobody done no wrong
Easy come, easy go - George Strait
8) You can even play them easy.
It don't come easy - Ringo Starr
9) Against your skin so brown
Peaceful easy feeling - The Eagles
10) Say sweet lovely things to him,
Easier said than done - The Essex
11) When I was broken in two it was all because of you
It ain't easy being easy - Janie Fricke
12) Who care about evil and social injustice
Easy to be Hard - 3 dog night
13) Darlin' in my wildest dreams I never thought I'd go
Harden my heart - Quarterflash
14) Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
The harder they come - Jimmy Cliff
15) Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
A hard rain's a-gonna fall - Bob Dylan
16) You can always sit down and watch the color TV
Hard Rock Cafe - Carole King
17) Wouldn't wanna be swept away, far away from the one that I love.
Hard to say I'm sorry - Chicago
18) It's a sad, sad situation, and it's getting more and more absurd
Sorry seems to be the hardest word - Elton John
19) So why on earth should I moan
A hard day's night - The Beatles
20) I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cos I get better looking each day
It's hard to be humble - Mac Davis
21) No not the same mistakes again
Taking it all too hard - Genesis
22) People tell me love's for fools
It's so easy - Linda Ronstadt, Buddy Holly
23) Don't you leave my heart in misery
Breaking up is hard to do - Neil Sedaka
Hezbollah in passive voice
A cynical and mistrusted offer
Wapo: peace process succeeding because of the great work of the administration
Council speak 100610
Nyt: peace process failing despite the great work of the administration
Do we have enough regulations yet?
Iranian General: "US, Mossad played roles in 9/11 event"
Absolving arafat, ten years later
Rahm can't run? antisemites!
The politics of peace
3 - new york mining disaster - bee gees
24 - in the year 2525 - zager and evans
could 11 be o what a night - 4 seasons?
Posted by: benjie at November 30, 2009 10:33 AM1 - battle of new orleans - johnny horton
Posted by: benjie at November 30, 2009 10:37 AMthe theme is songs with years
ie. 1. battle of new orleans - "in 1815"
3. new york mining disaster has the year 1941 in title
o what a night - december 1963
2. Pictures of Lily--the Who (Is "She's been dead since 1929" the thematic part?)
23. 1999 (I don't know how much of the chorus is the title)--Prince
The theme seems to be dates.
Posted by: Yitzchak Goodman at November 30, 2009 10:43 AM19) Hotel California, The Eagles
24) In the Year 2525, Zager and Evans (a song I personally associate with Thanksgiving!)
Nice job, Benjie and Yitzchak, on the theme.
Is a year mentioned in Hotel California, or do I have that one wrong?
Yitzchak, I believe you have it correct as is, that "1999" is the complete title.
Posted by: trn at November 30, 2009 12:27 PM8.Night Moves-Bob Seger
13.Mustang Sally-
19.Hotel California-The Eagles
13. Mustang Sally is by Wilson Pickett. Is "Running on empty" by Jackson Browne in there?
Posted by: Yitzchak Goodman at November 30, 2009 1:07 PM7 - love potion # 9 - searchers
techically ny mining disaster doesn't have the year in the lyrics
is summer of 69 here?
Posted by: benjie at November 30, 2009 2:39 PM4 - lonely boy - andrew gold
Posted by: benjie at November 30, 2009 2:48 PMGood thinking, Yitzchak, with Running on Empty.
There's at least one Springsteen song that fits the theme, no?
Summer of '69 is also a possibility.
Though, could it be that the theme is restricted to proper and not abbreviated years?
Here is a bonus:
The papers wrote about it every day for a week
Oops, Benjie mentioned Summer of '69 while I was composing my comment.
Isn't there a 1984 song?
Posted by: trn at November 30, 2009 3:15 PM21. All in a Dream - Neil Young (Contains the lyric: ...mother nature on the run in the 1970s...or something like that...)
Posted by: Gail at November 30, 2009 5:08 PMIsn't there a 1984 song?
By Spirit. There are probably others as well.
Posted by: Yitzchak Goodman at November 30, 2009 8:28 PMThere is also a Mott the Hoople song called "Born late '58"
Posted by: Yitzchak Goodman at November 30, 2009 9:06 PM10 - Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
12 - Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
15 - '65 Love Affair - Paul Davis
17 - Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan
trn: Hotel California has the line, "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969".
Posted by: Clayton at November 30, 2009 11:00 PMAlso - I think the title of #21 is "After the Gold Rush".
Posted by: Clayton at November 30, 2009 11:08 PM26 - The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Posted by: Clayton at December 2, 2009 11:28 PMHere's this week's summary:
1. "The Battle of New Orleans" - Johnny Horton
2. "Pictures of Lily" - The Who
3. "New York Mining Disaster 1941" - The Bee Gees
4. "Lonely Boy" - Andrew Gold
5. I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
6. But Tschaikovsky had the news, he said
7. "Love Potion #9" - The Searchers
8. "Night Moves" - Bob Seger
9. 'Til the man down at the bank took her from me
10. "Life in a Northern Town" - The Dream Academy
11. "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)" - The Four Seasons
12. "Running on Empty" - Jackson Browne
13. "Mustang Sally" - Wilson Pickett
14. I would GLADLY lose my soul
15. "'65 Love Affair" - Paul Davis
16. Thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp
17. "Hey Nineteen" - Steely Dan
18. All you've ever been, is a call every now and then, from some old pay phone
19. "Hotel California" - The Eagles
20. Man we were killin' time
21. "After the Gold Rush" - Neil Young
23. "1999" - Prince
24. "In the Year 2525" - Zager and Evans
Update:
25. Cat's foot iron claw
26. "The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Bonus: "The papers wrote about it every day for a week"
Something I noticed that might help fill in some blanks: The first 24 songs seem to be listed chronologically by the first year in the title or lyrics. (Two songs guessed so far have more than one year in them.)
Posted by: Clayton at December 3, 2009 1:05 AM32. Rock and Roll Heart by Eric Clapton? So years that are model years of cars count? That creates some possibilities. A song with a really cute usage of dates is Captain Beefheart's (really (Robert Pete William's) "Grown so ugly":
I left Angola
1964
Go walking down my street
Knock on my baby's door
My baby come out
She asks me who I am
And I say, honey,
Don't you know your man?
She said my man's been gone
Since 1942
And I'll tell you Mr. Ugly,
He didn't look like you
30 - might be North to Alaska by Johnny Horton
31 - I.G.Y. - Donald Fagen ("well by '76 we'll be A-OK")
Based on Soccer Dad's email, 16 must be "Riding with Private Malone" (but I still don't know the artist without looking) and 20 is "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams.
Posted by: Clayton at December 5, 2009 10:35 PM27) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Band, Joan Baez ("In the winter of '65/I was hungry, just barely alive")
Based on the reference to Wham and two separate clues from Soccer Dad, I'm guessing:
22) Prince, Little Red Corvette (1983 or 1985)
Posted by: trn at December 6, 2009 2:55 AM