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red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 07:23 PM Dec 2019

Post a line from a song & see if anyone knows the song without using Google - Part 13

Last edited Sun Feb 16, 2020, 05:30 PM - Edit history (5)

1) "Early in the morning we'll be startin' out..Some honeys will be coming along" (answered)

2) "You can rock it you can roll it..You can stomp and even stroll it" (answered)

3) "Caught a loaded taxi paid up everybody's fare, flipped a $20 dollar bill & told 'em catch that yellow cab" (answered)

4) "The warden threw a party at the county jail" (answered)

5) "Said to the man at the railway station, I want a ticket, just for one" (answered)

6) "There's a man with a gun over there, telling me I got to beware" (answered)

7) "The joker ain't the only fool, who'll do anything for you" (answered)

8) "I got up this mornin' turned on my radio..I was checkin' on the surfing scene to see if I would go"

9) "Cross over the river, beyond every cloud..She's past the wind, blowing loud"

10) "If my words did glow, With the gold of sunshine"

11) "I sleep all night and I work all day" (answered)

12) "Well I'm past the boulevard, Out here underneath the stars...I've been flying past the houses, farms and fields"

13) "You got to know when to hold 'em" (answered)

14) "You make everything, groovy" (answered)

15) "and I dare not drown my sorrows in the warm glow of your wine" (answered)

16) "He walked up to me and he asked me if I wanted to dance" (answered)

17) 'When I take her to the track she really shines" (answered)

18) "Hey buddy how do you get this car..out..of..second ..gear?" (answered)

19) "Feed your head!" (answered)

20) "Better go home, son, and make up your mind" (answered)

21) "You know it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goody" *answered)

22) "We are caught in the devil's bargain, And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden" (answered)

23) "He's the envy of all the boys..It's just a matter of time" (answered)

24) "First gear, it's all right" (answered)

25) "Two girls for every boy" (answered)

26) "a-well-a everybody's heard, about the bird" (answered)

27) "but she was too young, to fall in love, And I was too young to know" (answered)


More song lyrics from Part 12
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181262115

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Post a line from a song & see if anyone knows the song without using Google - Part 13 (Original Post) red dog 1 Dec 2019 OP
3. Is Chuck Berry's "Nadine (Honey is that you?)" 1964 Tikki Dec 2019 #1
Nadine is correct! red dog 1 Dec 2019 #10
4 - jailhouse rock rampartc Dec 2019 #2
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! red dog 1 Dec 2019 #11
Okay I'll try LakeArenal Dec 2019 #3
26 is "Surfin' Bird" red dog 1 Dec 2019 #12
driving me nuts! justgamma Dec 2019 #4
Numbers 4, 13 & 14 are correct. red dog 1 Dec 2019 #13
19 white wabbit rampartc Dec 2019 #5
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! red dog 1 Dec 2019 #14
7. Queen of Hearts John Fante Dec 2019 #6
Ding! Ding! Ding! red dog 1 Dec 2019 #15
#2 "At the Hop" surrealAmerican Dec 2019 #7
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! red dog 1 Jan 2020 #41
25 is Surf City by Jan and Dean Wolf Frankula Dec 2019 #8
Ding! Ding! red dog 1 Dec 2019 #16
"When I was a child my family would travel red dog 1 Dec 2019 #9
11 is the Lumberjack Song by Monty Python Wolf Frankula Dec 2019 #17
You got it, Wolf! red dog 1 Dec 2019 #18
"He say one and one and one is three" red dog 1 Dec 2019 #19
Come Together, the Beatles yardwork Dec 2019 #24
Absolutely! red dog 1 Dec 2019 #27
"You gotta tell your story, boy, before it's time to go" red dog 1 Dec 2019 #20
"And he plays at stocks & shares, And he goes to the Regatta. red dog 1 Dec 2019 #21
Well respected man wnylib Jan 2020 #46
You got it! red dog 1 Jan 2020 #48
"I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door. red dog 1 Dec 2019 #22
Is it Mama told me not to come? wnylib Jan 2020 #45
Nope red dog 1 Jan 2020 #47
#10 is Ripple by the Grateful Dead yardwork Dec 2019 #23
You got it! red dog 1 Dec 2019 #25
"I've seen the beauty of a red red rose, seen the beauty of the sky so blue" red dog 1 Dec 2019 #26
15 Silver Threads and Golden Needles dpibel Dec 2019 #28
Yes red dog 1 Jan 2020 #40
#17 409? dpibel Dec 2019 #29
Yes red dog 1 Jan 2020 #38
#15 Silver threads and golden needles wnylib Dec 2019 #30
You got it! red dog 1 Jan 2020 #39
#17 Beach Boys 409 wnylib Dec 2019 #31
Correct! red dog 1 Jan 2020 #37
#21 Beach Boys - Honda wnylib Dec 2019 #32
# 23 is "He's So Fine" (Close enough) red dog 1 Jan 2020 #36
Got two switched around? Oops. I wrote wnylib Jan 2020 #42
All 3 are great songs, imo. red dog 1 Jan 2020 #43
"I needed money Cause I had none" MatthewHatesTrump2 Dec 2019 #33
I fought the law and the law won. wnylib Jan 2020 #44
The Law always wins! MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #64
"Rooster hits the washboard and people just got to smile" MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #34
"Down on the Corner" Creedence dpibel Jan 2020 #51
You're right! MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #65
"Stinkin' to high heaven" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #35
Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road), Loudon Wainwright III dpibel Jan 2020 #52
Absolutely! red dog 1 Jan 2020 #58
"Honey you shake, and I'll rattle, and we'll roll on down the line" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #49
"But the sound of your little heart, darlin'..is the sweetest sound I ever heard" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #50
"Do ya like boobs a lot?" calguy Jan 2020 #53
Boobs a Lot, Fugs/Holy Modal Rounders dpibel Jan 2020 #60
You GOT it!! calguy Jan 2020 #66
Knowledge is a deadly friend if no one sets the rules Martin Eden Jan 2020 #54
Gonna be a dental floss tycoon Martin Eden Jan 2020 #55
Montana, Frank Zappa & the Mothers dpibel Jan 2020 #61
I would have been disappointed if no one at DU got THAT one! Martin Eden Jan 2020 #63
#1 Let's Go Surfin, J&D? The Roux Comes First Jan 2020 #56
You got it! red dog 1 Jan 2020 #57
"I don't need nobody, to tell my troubles to" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #59
Blue, Bessie Smith dpibel Jan 2020 #62
Yeah, it probably does appear in more than one song red dog 1 Jan 2020 #67
Now I think about it... dpibel Jan 2020 #69
Good guess though. red dog 1 Mar 2020 #127
Since I Met You Baby Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2020 #122
"Wherever I wander, wherever I roam red dog 1 Jan 2020 #68
"When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you do" MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #70
"Only You" Leghorn21 Jan 2020 #76
Only You by The Platters MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #81
Yes! red dog 1 Feb 2020 #109
"His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #71
Lay Lady Lay Mendocino Feb 2020 #97
You got it! red dog 1 Feb 2020 #110
"Little darling, it's seems like years since it's been here.." MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #72
"Here Comes the Sun" Leghorn21 Jan 2020 #77
Yes MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #80
"Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #73
Me and Bobby McGee. yardwork Feb 2020 #104
Yes! red dog 1 Mar 2020 #126
"And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #74
Moonshadow Mendocino Feb 2020 #95
Correctamundo! red dog 1 Feb 2020 #111
"When that shark bites..With his teeth, Babe" MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #75
"Mack the Knife", baby!! Leghorn21 Jan 2020 #78
Yes MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #79
"I was burned out by exhaustion, buried in the hail.....Poisoned in the bushes MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #82
"I said 'you're on, buddy, my mill's running fine, let's come off the line now at Sunset and Vine'" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #83
"There's thirteen hundred and fifty two guitar pickers in Nashville" MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #84
Nashville Cats Mendocino Feb 2020 #94
"I've been down - I've been beat...I've been so tired - that I could not speak" red dog 1 Jan 2020 #85
"I'm gonna' take you girl and hold you..And do all the things I told you.." red dog 1 Jan 2020 #86
In the Midnight Hour yardwork Feb 2020 #105
Yes indeed! red dog 1 Feb 2020 #108
"When you looked at me I should've run....But I thought it was just for fun" MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #87
"That is where we always meet..Hiding in shadows where we don't belong.." red dog 1 Jan 2020 #88
10. "ripple" from american beauty? rampartc Feb 2020 #89
Ripple it is! red dog 1 Feb 2020 #90
"No phone, no pool, no pets" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #91
King of the Road Mendocino Feb 2020 #96
"They ought to take a rope and hang me..High from the highest tree.. red dog 1 Feb 2020 #103
"Some folks are born made to wave the flag...ooo they're red white and blue... red dog 1 Feb 2020 #92
Fortunate Son Wolf Frankula Feb 2020 #99
Correctamundo! red dog 1 Feb 2020 #102
"I'm lost on the river, the river of no return....I can't make decisions, red dog 1 Feb 2020 #93
"Round the squares Mendocino Feb 2020 #98
"Tell all the sands and every blade of grass..Please tell the wind to let my love pass" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #100
"If you tell me what you mean I'll tell you what I said" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #101
#5 is Destination Anywhere. yardwork Feb 2020 #106
Yes and yes red dog 1 Feb 2020 #107
"When the garden flowers...Baby, are dead, yes...And your mind, your mind... Is so full of red" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #112
"She touched my hand what a chill I got..Her lips are like a volcano that's hot" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #113
"I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue, than..." red dog 1 Feb 2020 #114
Spend one more minute with yooooooou uriel1972 Feb 2020 #123
"One More Minute" is correct! red dog 1 Mar 2020 #125
"I will get by...I will get by...I will get by...I will survive" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #115
"Everybody got the right to speak their mind. So don't shoot me for saying mine." red dog 1 Feb 2020 #116
"Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep, Turn, Turn, Turn again"" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #117
"I'll stand my ground, won't be turned around" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #118
I think the singer is Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2020 #121
You got it! red dog 1 Mar 2020 #124
"I didn't know what to tell her..I had a dizzy feeling in my head" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #119
"Wrap your chops round this stick of tea, blow this gage and get high with me" red dog 1 Feb 2020 #120
#12 City of New Orleans?-n/t Reader Rabbit Mar 2020 #128
Methinks #10 is "Ripple" - Grateful Dead DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #129
"I called my Congressman and he said quote: red dog 1 Mar 2020 #130
Yakkety Yak.. uriel1972 Mar 2020 #131
Nope red dog 1 Mar 2020 #132
Ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues? uriel1972 Mar 2020 #134
Ding! red dog 1 Mar 2020 #135
"But I'm like the Northwest Mounties...You know I'll bring her in some day.." red dog 1 Mar 2020 #133
10 is Ripple by the Grateful Dead Danmel Apr 2020 #136
Ripple it is! red dog 1 Apr 2020 #137
12 is City of New Orleans Danmel Apr 2020 #138
Nope red dog 1 Apr 2020 #139
"See she forgot all about the library like she told her old man now" red dog 1 Apr 2020 #140
He was a hard-hearted man, he was brutally handsome and she was terminally pretty. uriel1972 Apr 2020 #141
Life In the Fast Lane by the Eagles Wolf Frankula Apr 2020 #142
"I'm sorry my son, but you're too late for askin'...Mr Peabody's coal train has hauled it away" red dog 1 Apr 2020 #143
"Pick you up at eight, and don't be late?...I ain't got no money, honey!" red dog 1 Apr 2020 #144
This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 Apr 2020 #145
"Don't you know the sun's settin' fast, and just like they say "Nothin' good ever lasts'." red dog 1 Apr 2020 #146

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
1. 3. Is Chuck Berry's "Nadine (Honey is that you?)" 1964
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 07:45 PM
Dec 2019

I have one: from the very first album from a group and it was released this year...

...”She thought about her future didn't want it anymore. So she threw it in the river prayed it never came ashore....

Tikki

rampartc

(5,413 posts)
2. 4 - jailhouse rock
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 08:06 PM
Dec 2019

6 for what its worth (buffalo springfield)

12 city of new orleans

13) the gambler

14 wild thing

16 Norwegian wood

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
11. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 08:35 PM
Dec 2019

12 isn't City of New Orleans
16 isn't Norwegian wood

But 4 out of 6 ain't bad!

LakeArenal

(28,820 posts)
3. Okay I'll try
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 08:08 PM
Dec 2019

27. Only Sixteen
26. The Bird
24. Little GtO
22. Woodstock.
16 Lola
19 White Rabbit
14 Wild thing
13The Gambler
25,Something by The Beach Boys
6. Buffalo Springfield For What it’s worth
4 Jailhouse Rock

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
12. 26 is "Surfin' Bird"
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 08:41 PM
Dec 2019

24 is not "Little GTO"
25 is not a Beach Boys song

But you got all the rest of 'em.

justgamma

(3,666 posts)
4. driving me nuts!
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 08:09 PM
Dec 2019

I can sing half of these and can't think of the titles. lol

4. Jailhouse rock?

13. The Gambler?

14. Wild Thing.

16. Sweet Pea?

rampartc

(5,413 posts)
5. 19 white wabbit
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 08:10 PM
Dec 2019

20 did you ever have to make up your mind
22 Woodstock

26 the surfin bird? there was a whole family guy on this one

27 only 16

surrealAmerican

(11,362 posts)
7. #2 "At the Hop"
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 08:42 PM
Dec 2019

#11 "Lumberjack Song" - Monty Python
#13 "The Gambler " - I think that was Kenny Rogers
#14 "Wild Thing"
#19 "White Rabbit " - Jefferson Airplane
#27 I think is called "Only Sixteen " - can't remember who sang that

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
41. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:09 PM
Jan 2020

I think "Only Sixteen" was recorded by Dr. Hook & most likely written by Shel Silverstein

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
21. "And he plays at stocks & shares, And he goes to the Regatta.
Sat Dec 28, 2019, 08:01 PM
Dec 2019

He adores the girl next door, And he's dying to get at her."

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
22. "I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door.
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 05:20 PM
Dec 2019

They're demonstrating outside I think they're gonna start the third world war"

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
36. # 23 is "He's So Fine" (Close enough)
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:02 PM
Jan 2020

It was The Chiffons, I think.

You got the other 2 switched around, # 24 is "Honda, Honda" and # 21 is "Surf City"

wnylib

(21,490 posts)
42. Got two switched around? Oops. I wrote
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:17 PM
Jan 2020

them down since I had more than one to name. Must have switched the #'s when I wrote them. Funny how recogizing a single line will bring back the whole verse with the melody.

Martin Eden

(12,870 posts)
54. Knowledge is a deadly friend if no one sets the rules
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 11:03 PM
Jan 2020

The fate of all mankind, I see
Is in the hands of fools

Martin Eden

(12,870 posts)
63. I would have been disappointed if no one at DU got THAT one!
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 02:42 PM
Jan 2020

Knock the little jockeys off the rich people's lawns...

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
67. Yeah, it probably does appear in more than one song
Wed Jan 8, 2020, 07:34 PM
Jan 2020

"Blue" is not the song I was thinking of, though.

dpibel

(2,833 posts)
69. Now I think about it...
Wed Jan 8, 2020, 09:37 PM
Jan 2020

I believe the Bessie Smith line is "I ain't got nobody, to tell my troubles to." And even that may be off. Damn.

So a clean miss on my part.

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
103. "They ought to take a rope and hang me..High from the highest tree..
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:27 PM
Feb 2020

Woman would you weep for me?"

(I hope I remembered it correctly)

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
92. "Some folks are born made to wave the flag...ooo they're red white and blue...
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 08:38 PM
Feb 2020

And when the band plays 'Hail To the Chief' ..ooo they point the flag at you, Lord"

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
93. "I'm lost on the river, the river of no return....I can't make decisions,
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 06:58 PM
Feb 2020

I don't know which way I'm gonna turn."

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
120. "Wrap your chops round this stick of tea, blow this gage and get high with me"
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 07:44 PM
Feb 2020

(Hint: This is from a real song that was on the soundtrack of a Woody Allen movie)

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
134. Ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues?
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 09:23 PM
Mar 2020

And as to the artists I was born in '72 it's tough to remember all of musical history yeesh.

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