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red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 11:09 PM Jul 22

Post a lyric from a song by an obscure singer/band & see if anyone knows the song/band without using Google - Part 3

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"Sometimes I get up sad when people treat me bad
I don't have time to think and so I get real mad
I pull my hair and find somewhere that I can be alone
But when I do I think of you and then I hurry home"
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More obscure song lyrics from Part 2
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Post a lyric from a song by an obscure singer/band & see if anyone knows the song/band without using Google - Part 3 (Original Post) red dog 1 Jul 22 OP
Try this one 303squadron Jul 22 #1
First band duncang Jul 22 #2
2nd one is "Dead Skunk" by Loudon Wainwright III red dog 1 Jul 25 #5
Yep duncang Jul 25 #7
This: Tikki Jul 23 #3
Here we go TlalocW Jul 23 #4
"Isn't it better, didn't you know? Just sitting here by my radio. red dog 1 Jul 25 #6
Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbors BOSSHOG Jul 25 #8
WooHoo! First one I've heard...Little Faces quaint Jul 25 #9
Very Close My Friend BOSSHOG Jul 25 #10
Thanks! quaint Jul 25 #11
No. Thank You. BOSSHOG Jul 25 #12
Mr. Blunt and mr. Frank Figarosmom Jul 26 #13
"Try, my friend, loving all....The things we used to love. red dog 1 Jul 31 #14
"She's a devil in disguise -- You can see it in her eyes red dog 1 Aug 1 #15
Christine's Tune Beausoleil Aug 2 #17
Ding! red dog 1 Aug 2 #18
That's a Gram Parsons lyric! Beausoleil Aug 2 #16
You got it - "Blue Eyes" is the song red dog 1 Aug 2 #19
"Footsteps on the stairway -- Bringing something my way red dog 1 Aug 2 #20
"Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes red dog 1 Aug 3 #21
"I've been hungry all day long. . For that girl who's wastin' time. red dog 1 Aug 5 #22
"I'm so happy - Aha! Happy go lucky me - I just go my way - Living everyday red dog 1 Aug 6 #23
"The ice caps are melting...The tide is running in. red dog 1 Aug 10 #24
Tiny Tim? Jrose Aug 12 #27
Yes! red dog 1 Aug 12 #28
I remember hearing that song back in late 60s-early 70s... Jrose Aug 12 #33
Yes, I remember hearing it back then too, after I bought the album. red dog 1 Aug 17 #38
Alrighty then Dr. Strange Aug 12 #25
"she put a Doobie Brothers tape on Stardust Mirror Aug 12 #26
But was this abject misery? No no! JoseBalow Aug 12 #30
is this something new Stardust Mirror Aug 12 #31
What is this, a quiz? Don't you worry what it is! JoseBalow Aug 12 #32
Sunlight on the lino, Woke me with a shake JanMichael Aug 12 #29
In the darkness the dragon wakes. sakabatou Aug 12 #34
If I don't do it you know somebody else will...nt Dulcinea Aug 17 #35
It was better before, before they voted for what's his name... nt Dulcinea Aug 17 #36
You got it easy, you don't know when you've got it good...nt Dulcinea Aug 17 #37
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes? Iris Thursday #46
Wouldn't It Be Good Dulcinea Thursday #48
"Things ain't what they seem...I'm gonna scream and shout it....This is just a dream. red dog 1 Aug 20 #39
"Miami Beach! Yeah, yeah! What a beach! Yeah, yeah! red dog 1 Aug 25 #40
"You know that you don't like me and I don't like you." jmowreader Aug 26 #41
Sounds like the exact opposite of John Prine's lyrics in "Day is Done" red dog 1 Wednesday #43
Close jmowreader Wednesday #44
Perfect for the tRump campaign red dog 1 Wednesday #45
Another prop has occupied my time...nt Dulcinea Monday #42
We got time and it aint no crime Figarosmom Thursday #47

duncang

(2,648 posts)
2. First band
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 11:45 PM
Jul 22

Let me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
Let me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
It can drive you out of your mind
Climb the ladder of your own design in my fire engine

Don't you tell it to go slow or stop
You've got to work it right up to the top
A piercing bolt of neon red
Explodes on fire inside your head

Second Band

I met a crazy man
The other afternoon
and you should have heard the things that he said
He said he knew some things that I couldn't know too soon.
And he spoke of other visions in his head
Crazy man told me you were telling lies
Said there were times where you tried to make me cry
Listen to that crazy man

Third band

Crossin' the highway late last night
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
He didn't see the station wagon car
The skunk got squashed and there you are

This one maybe the easiest.

TlalocW

(15,549 posts)
4. Here we go
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 12:21 AM
Jul 23

my voice been gettin’ froggy
i’ve been smoking too damn much
singin’ songs through the sun that’s risin’
rhyming words i cannot touch

i’ve been wandering in circles
just a guitar in my hand
playin’ one too many bar rooms
and drinkin’ more than i can stand

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
6. "Isn't it better, didn't you know? Just sitting here by my radio.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 01:30 PM
Jul 25

I'm gonna make you worry none about your income tax
No there's no need to hurry, I gotta teach you how to relax"

BOSSHOG

(38,665 posts)
10. Very Close My Friend
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 03:57 PM
Jul 25

THE SMALL FACES which at one time included Rod Stewart back in the 60s. The Song: Lazy Sunday Afternoon. Those old English Bands could generate the energy.

BOSSHOG

(38,665 posts)
12. No. Thank You.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 04:03 PM
Jul 25

I’m 70. Lived in Scotland and England 67 through 69. Got wrapped up in the music. Bought comic books featuring Reggie Dwight. Also known as Elton John. Our Age was awesome.

Figarosmom

(541 posts)
13. Mr. Blunt and mr. Frank
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:33 AM
Jul 26

Were standing in the hall of their 7 figure bank wondering what in the world they were goin to do for you aha. We've been raising the prices on the kiddies ices and the bedroom suites at the corner store and don't you think that they can go up some more

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
14. "Try, my friend, loving all....The things we used to love.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 12:18 AM
Jul 31

I realize there was not
Very much to love.
But that's no reason
To go on ____ _ the ___"


(Hint: Garage rock band that formed in Los Altos, CA in the mid 1960s)

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
15. "She's a devil in disguise -- You can see it in her eyes
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 08:12 PM
Aug 1

She's telling dirty lies
She's a devil in disguise"

Beausoleil

(2,905 posts)
16. That's a Gram Parsons lyric!
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 12:53 PM
Aug 2

From "Blue Eyes". He first did it with the International Submarine Band.

You're in my wheelhouse now.

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
19. You got it - "Blue Eyes" is the song
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 01:29 PM
Aug 2



I guess, technically, Gram Parsons was definitely not an "obscure" musician who played with The Byrds

But I'm such a huge fan of his, I figured Blue Eyes meets the criteria for this thread, since The International Submarine Band was an "obscure" band.......(I don't consider The Flying Burrito Brothers obscure)

Gram was from Waycross, Georgia...so was music writer Stanley Booth [The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones"]

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
20. "Footsteps on the stairway -- Bringing something my way
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 01:46 PM
Aug 2

Post card full of sunshine
Telling me that she's mine"

(Hint: San Francisco band)

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
21. "Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 10:56 PM
Aug 3

I asked her for this dance, and she obliged me
Was I surprised? Yeah
Was I surprised? No, not at all."

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
22. "I've been hungry all day long. . For that girl who's wastin' time.
Mon Aug 5, 2024, 05:19 PM
Aug 5

She was here but now she's gone
I've got a taste for wine."

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
23. "I'm so happy - Aha! Happy go lucky me - I just go my way - Living everyday
Tue Aug 6, 2024, 09:26 PM
Aug 6

I don't worry
Worrying don't agree
Things that bother you
Never bother me"

Dr. Strange

(25,978 posts)
25. Alrighty then
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 02:05 PM
Aug 12

Two sets of lyrics from the same artist (sort of)

You have your pride
You're standing your own ground
Your dignity will never go
And your mind is pretty sound
You stare at the sun
You screw up your face and
Then, you're done


You see, that's what I'm talking about
You can wash away the dirt
But you can't wash away the failure
You better take your meds
And get out of bed
And pay me some attention


Somewhat obscure artist (except to AZSkiffyGeek--he'll know who it is)

Stardust Mirror

(541 posts)
31. is this something new
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 06:14 PM
Aug 12

having people stomp on you?

Jose gets the correct answer!

btw I think the correct lyric is
"what was this abject misery?
don't you worry what it is
it is merely just a moment I can treasure"

or something like that

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
39. "Things ain't what they seem...I'm gonna scream and shout it....This is just a dream.
Tue Aug 20, 2024, 04:14 PM
Aug 20

A simple conversation
Every now and then
A touchy situation
Fascinates a man."

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
40. "Miami Beach! Yeah, yeah! What a beach! Yeah, yeah!
Sun Aug 25, 2024, 07:11 PM
Aug 25

Everybody's goin' surfin'
At Miami Beach!



(Hint: This artist knew Frank Zappa)

red dog 1

(28,764 posts)
43. Sounds like the exact opposite of John Prine's lyrics in "Day is Done"
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 01:10 AM
Wednesday

"Do you like me?
Well, I hope you do.
'Cause if you like me
Then I think I'm gonna have to like you, too"




jmowreader

(51,083 posts)
44. Close
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 02:27 AM
Wednesday

It’s GG Allin’s “You Hate Me and I Hate You,” aka the official song of Trump-Vance 2024.

Figarosmom

(541 posts)
47. We got time and it aint no crime
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 01:47 AM
Thursday

To want to hold your brothers hand
And it all depends on if you're feeling fine.

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