Subject: A Song From Song Titles
Posted by: albtucker
Date: Dec 10 07
It has been suggested to me that i start this thread here,it may not be deleted, i hope not.
as one of the most popular threads on the boards i am compelled to keep trying(but i'm getting tired)this is a thread to test and enhance your musical knowledge thus helping you in the quizzes.
I know you will have fun so lets go fot it!
Posted by: albtucker
Date: Dec 10 07
It has been suggested to me that i start this thread here,it may not be deleted, i hope not.
as one of the most popular threads on the boards i am compelled to keep trying(but i'm getting tired)this is a thread to test and enhance your musical knowledge thus helping you in the quizzes.
I know you will have fun so lets go fot it!
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sadwings 
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My walk up song would be Delivering the Goods. Thank you, good night, everybody! Yeah, Mark, music is a universal language and it's all good here. Well, except for Elvis Costello. No, I'm only joking. I love to make fun of that guy but if someone else likes him and wants to talk about how great he is and write down his song lyrics and all that, that's okay by me. You may be older than me. Mark, but I don't see how you could be older than Elle. She is a 4700 year old Draconian from Zorba Din. No, actually Elle is just a young child compared to oldsters like us, right, Elle? :-p Yeah, we both love all kinds of music. I became fascinated with it by the time I was 5 or 6, which would have been the late 60s. The stuff I really liked the most in my early years was that Motown sound. Stuff like Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder and cats like that. Couldn't get enough of it. Well, then I discovered Three Dog Night and kind of turned into a rocker. Then I started liking that harder rock more and more until it eventually made me lose my good taste in music forever. :-( Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Shake down, rock 'em boys Crack that whip strap mean Pulse rate, air waves Battle lies in every place we've been Stealing your hearts ALL ACROSS THE LAAAAAAND Hot blood, doing good We're gonna load you with our brand You better watch out and hold on tight We're headed your way like dynamite UH! Delivering the GOODS YEAH! Delivering the goods........... Reply #2681. Dec 23 17, 4:59 PM |
Blackdresss
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I am not! I am a wee, young bairn of a lassie, you big, hairy brat! Just because I know ALLLLL the songs, doesn't make me old! "Sing us a song You're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Cuz we're all in the mood For a melody And you've got us feelin' alright!" Reply #2682. Dec 23 17, 9:39 PM |
terraorca
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Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you If you're young at heart For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind If you're young at heart Reply #2683. Dec 23 17, 10:51 PM |
| terraorca
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I'm a fan of that other Elvis. In my opinion he might have been the greatest entertainer ever. He wasn't the greatest singer. He wasn't the greatest dancer. He wasn't the greatest songwriter. He wasn't the greatest singer/actor. But oh man, could he put on a show. Reply #2684. Dec 23 17, 11:13 PM |
| sadwings
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Yeah, Mark, I agree with you about Elvis. He was quite popular before I was even born, but I have surely seen lots of his stage performances on film. He had the moves and the style that nobody else was doing at the time and certainly nobody before him. I've seen quite a few of his movies as well, and you are right about Elvis not being the greatest actor. What amazes me is how many crazy cats out there who can imitate Elvis very well. The way he sings, the way he moves, the way he talks, everything. Some of those guys are better than others, of course, but there are a lot of them who have Elvis nailed down pretty well. It really goes a long way to showing us all that if Elvis had not come along and did what he did and accomplished what he accomplished, someone else eventually would have. The same holds true for anyone who ever did anything. Hendrix, Sinatra, Pavarotti, Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison - there are no exceptions. It's like that awesome All You Need is Love tune when they say "There's nothing you can do that can't be done, nothing you can sing that can't be sung..." "Nothing you can make that can't be made..." All of that is so quite obviously true. Sad wings of destiny, my friend. I knew you were a youngster, Elle, and now you are even admitting it yourself, you young whippersnapper you! :-p Mark, I just don't know about these young whippersnappers these daze. Have you even hit 40 yet, Elle? I'm going to make a little playful bet of 5 big ones that you were born the same year I quit high school - 1979. You don't have to tell us anything since you are a woman, but just don't lie about it, you young child, you! Hot child in the city! Hee hee! So you just know ALLLL the songs, ay, Elle? Yeah, all the ones except for the ones by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Rush, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, Accept, Gun, Circus of Power, Living Colour, Pantera, Suicidal Tendencies, King Diamond, Death Angel, Pat Travers - just to name a small handful, and that is well over a thousand songs right there if you would ever care to investigate that. So just be careful when you say you know ALLL about this or that, silly girl! :-p Actually, Mark, Elle is quite remarkably knowledgeable about music and a lot of other things. She is also pretty fast on the ol' trigger when it comes to the time it takes to complete a lot of these quiz games around here. She has posted some pretty impressive scores and times around here. I'll tell ya something else as well, Mark, I'll admit that I am kind of partial to that loud, hard, obnoxious rock and roll - it fits my spirit very nicely - and the reason I haven't outgrown that stuff yet is because some of the cats who were making that stuff 40 years ago are still out there making it, for crying out loud! :-( After 40 years of rock solid loyalty to something, it's kind of hard to just turn your back and walk away from the new stuff that is being offered by the same people you have been so loyal to for all those years. I'm talking about guys who are creeping up on 70 years of age and are still actively recording and touring and belting out some of the hardest, loudest, most obnoxious music on the planet. As long as they are out there delivering the goods, I will be there to support them and to experience what they have to offer. Anyway, with that being said, one of my favorite singers in the world is, believe it or not, Neil Diamond, and I know you know who he is. That guy has got the most amazingly cool, smooth voice, and it isn't just his singing ability, I genuinely love his songs and just the whole package of what his work encompasses. Elvis Presley may very rightfully be the King of rock and roll, but I think Neil is the King of suave, brother! :-) Reply #2685. Dec 24 17, 6:35 AM |
| terraorca
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Neil Diamond was raised and I believe still practices Judaism. His father wanted him to be a Cantor in the synagogue. So, he was singing at a very early age. You and I have very different musical tastes. But that's OK. While you were listening to Judas Priest, I was listening to The Carpenters. I am a romantic at heart, still. By the way, you young whippersnapper, I graduated High School when you were in the 3rd or 4th grade. Reply #2686. Dec 24 17, 9:58 AM |
namrewsna
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Whoa...Les Paul preserve us, there is some hardcore fogeyism going on in here! ;) Tell me, when you two are porch sitting do you actually do the wave your cane and yell "get off my lawn!" to passing ruffians, thing? I kid I kid. It is all good. Of course we all have a tendency to most strongly associate (sometimes exclusively) with the music that was big when our ears were still in their formative years, and by extension, hold a blanket bias against anything and everything from other eras. I lucked out a bit growing up with some very musical will imposing older siblings and parents with good taste and so ended up centered on the best (or at least, my best) of 2 and a half generations of music. I am still "in the game" too, though I admit to some early onset fogeyism of my own as most of what is pumped out these days sounds like crap to me, but I still find plenty of diamonds in the rough if I dig a bit. Reply #2687. Dec 24 17, 10:50 AM |
| terraorca
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Really, "hardcore fogeyism." You surprise me with you attitude answerman, I had no idea you could be so....brusque. terraorca Reply #2688. Dec 24 17, 10:56 AM |
| sadwings
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Hmmmm....so you've got about 8 or 9 years on me. That's funny, I was going to mention something earlier about experiences I have had all of my adult life concerning music. I've talked about this music and that music and I have had people who were 10 or even 15 years older than me tell me "Nope. Not really familiar with them. They were before my time." My life is full of all kinds of strange ironies like that, some of it musically related, some of it not. By the way, I love the Carpenters and was listening to them a good 10 years before I had ever heard of Priest. I even own some of it. I even cried when Karen died. I wasn't sobbing but tears rolled down my face, yeah. You should read my Buddy Holly blog sometime, you might be a little surprised at some of the stuff that pops up. The reason I am partial to the harder stuff is because I have always gotten the kind of really intense adrenaline rushes from it that words just can't really describe. It still does that to me to this day just like it did when I was 15, but that doesn't mean that's all I like. I love to kick back and relax to a lot of the way mellower stuff. Brings back a lot of great memories and it's just very soothing and just very nice to listen to. Hee hee! I think it's kind of funny, most of the guys in Priest are a few years older than you are. Remember Joan Baez? Priest did a remake of one of her songs about 40 years ago. Diamonds and Rust - probably the biggest hit Joan ever had. They also did a remake of an old Fleetwood Mac tune as well as a cover of Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry. They have quite a few songs that could very easily be played on virtually any easy-listening radio station in the country and not one soul would question it or think twice about it. I had mentioned a few of these songs to Elle for her to check out many months ago but she never did, because if she would have, she would have said something about it one way or another. It's kind of funny sometimes how a lot of people will hear five seconds of a song, and they think they have got every little detail all figured out about that band just up one side and down the other. It has been a fascinating little source of amusement for me my entire life. Are you much of a football fan, Mark? The games are getting ready to start over here. Time to get ready to rumble! Later, bro! Reply #2689. Dec 24 17, 11:10 AM |
| sadwings
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Funny how just about every time I make one of these long, drawn out posts that take me about half an hour or more, someone will slip in a post or two that I will have to turn around and comment on. Hee hee! Y'all stop that! :-p Why you young whippersnapper answerman! How dare you make those young whippersnapper comments about yore elders, SON! Why, Mark and I BUILT this city! We built this city on rock and roll! I would come after you with my cane right now but I gotta round up my false teeth and then round up some grub for the football game that's a-fixin' to come on! You young whippersnapper! :-p Reply #2690. Dec 24 17, 11:27 AM |
| namrewsna
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I meant no offense earthen whale...just trying to wedge my foot in the door on this line of banter. As a for instance of my point though. Listen to a Diana Krall song or two if you have a minute. She seems very possibly up your alley despite being significantly post 1979.. Funny coincidence too...she is married to sadwings' "beloved" Elvis Costello. Reply #2691. Dec 24 17, 11:37 AM |
| sadwings
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Wow, that is a pretty funny coincidence. I guess I have never heard of her before. I honestly don't have anything against Elvis Costello or really any other musician at all for that matter. Music is a very cool thing and I figure if someone can actually make a living with creating and performing it, hey, more power to them, ya know? The thing with Costello is, of the few songs I have ever heard by him, I just thought it all sounded very goofy to me, and the guy himself is kind of goofy looking, and the combination of him being goofy looking and making goofy-sounding music is just pretty amusing to me, but I kind of have an abnormal sense of humor. Very often things that are funny to me don't seem to be very funny to other people and vice-versa. It's quite strange sometimes because I was always more or less considered the god of class clowns all the way through school, so it's not like there is something wrong with my sense of humor. So did Mark really take offense for real about what you said, answerman? I didn't see anything wrong with it at all. You even came right out and said you were only kidding. Anyway, it's the holiday season so let's all just be pals and have some fun. Reply #2692. Dec 24 17, 7:25 PM |
| Blackdresss
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Have you seen Bruno Mars do "The Elvis Sneer?" It's really pretty incredible. Apparently, he started out as an Elvis impersonator when he was four! Four! He did a Carpool Karaoke with James Corden, and he asked him if he could do "the sneer." That's a video worth watching, too! "Can I do the sneer..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdxr0z3SZ74 Reply #2693. Dec 24 17, 8:13 PM |
| Blackdresss
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"Can you do the sneer?" "Can I do the sneer..." This guy can definitely do The Sneer, even as a little tiny baby boy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxCO_DyzYM Reply #2694. Dec 24 17, 8:17 PM |
| Blackdresss
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I have that Joan Baez CD, Kebbin, you big brat. Mostly because I love the song "Jessie." She does a Bob Dylan song on that one, and attempts to impersonate him. It's not good... A Simple Twist Of Fate, I think? "Jessie, come home There's a hole in the bed Where we laid Now it's growing cold" Hey Jessie... It's lonely... Come home." That's another song that will just break your heart. Back when I was part of a famous duet, that's one of the songs we'd sing in coffee houses. Which is why I know allllll the songs. You need a big repertoire if you're going to keep everyone happy, and any song can be reworked to fit the crowd. Which is also why we learned "Play Me" by Neil Diamond. If you can add harmony, any song is gorgeous, I think. And no way am I a fogey, but I do sit on my porch and tell those neighbor kids to "Get offa my lawn!" No, actually, I'm teaching them how to build a proper snow fort for their snowball fights. It's a lost art, which also requires food coloring. Speaking of food, Timmy is yelling at me. Time for turkey liver -- blergh. Reply #2695. Dec 24 17, 8:27 PM |
| Blackdresss
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Wait... if Mark took offense, I'll go get him and bring him back. I hope he didn't -- I love that guy! Reply #2696. Dec 24 17, 8:29 PM |
| namrewsna
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I wasnt sure if Mark was offended or playing back but I decided to put out cautious feelers. You have it right though. No reason to cause trouble. Mark if you really were offended, sincerest apologies. If not, apologies anyway for making a mountain out of a molehill ;) Yeah I was more or less indifferent to Elvis Costello when he was big...but I saw him a few years back as the opening act for Sting/The Police at their inprobable reunion show and had to admit he put on a pretty solid show. He does seem maybe a tad sedate for your tastes though so maybe it is for the best he seemed clownish to you and you never invested anything there. Reply #2697. Dec 24 17, 8:38 PM |
| namrewsna
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Woah..I just got sadwinged ;)...I was slow with that response due to carolers of all things...and three posts popped up in between then and now. Sorry, probably obvious but my last reply was imed at his last post. Reply #2698. Dec 24 17, 8:41 PM |
| terraorca
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I was offended, but it was probably my fault, stress of the season and all. No harm done. Let's GET BACK, oh wait that was the Beatles To where you once belonged GET BACK.... Mark Reply #2699. Dec 24 17, 8:52 PM |
| Blackdresss
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Oh good! Mark is back! So, you know, we should probably move all of this to Kebbin's blog, "Thank God For Buddy Holly." This is the "Songs From Song Titles" Blog! We got a little carried away in here. And Kevin, I'm going to go back through every single post in both blogs, find the songs you want me to listen to, go find them in YouTube, and listen and watch very carefully. I'll do each one three times, just to be sure I know how I feel about it/them. But in the meantime? You do not want to ever, ever play "Name That Tune" with me! I can generally name that tune in three notes; sometimes in one. But I suppose if I'm going to completely relevant, I'm going to have to get down and dirty and listen to some Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. So, I will! Reply #2700. Dec 24 17, 9:08 PM |
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