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red dog 1

(29,777 posts) Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:06 PM Nov 14

Post a lyric or two from a song by an obscure rock band & see if anyone knows the band without using Google -- Part 4

Last edited Mon Dec 30, 2024, 04:18 PM - Edit history (1)

(Feel free to include a hint or two)


"Why don't you open the door and let your soul through
Why don't you open the door to see what's real
Well if you open the door, you may become you
You'll know what you feel"
(answered)










Obscure Band Lyrics from Part 3:
https://democraticunderground.com/10182037766

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Post a lyric or two from a song by an obscure rock band & see if anyone knows the band without using Google -- Part 4 (Original Post) red dog 1 Nov 14 OP
"Other girls did it, you didn't think of nothin' new. You went out on me so other girls did it too" red dog 1 Nov 17 #1
Little Girl Doc_Technical Dec 29 #16
Ding! red dog 1 Dec 29 #17
"How can you steal a car, From such an unsuspecting cop? How could he make me run, a thousand blocks before he'd stop?" red dog 1 Nov 25 #2
"You treat me just like dirt, You have all the fun, I stay at home and hurt" red dog 1 Nov 29 #3
"Some people say that life is good, give thanks for what you have... jmowreader Nov 29 #4
"I deal with dreamers and telephone screamers" VGNonly Nov 30 #5
" I was a free man in Paris" Sea Cave Dec 29 #15
Joni Mitchell Old Crank Jan 12 #23
"And so on and so on and scooby, dooby do" VGNonly Dec 5 #6
Everyday People Mad_Dem_X Dec 5 #7
"Tax the rich, feed the poor VGNonly Dec 7 #8
"I'd Love to Change the World." Ten Years After. Harker Dec 7 #9
That tune was different than the blues-rock boogie VGNonly Dec 8 #11
He's still in the pantheon of fast, accurate players. Harker Dec 8 #12
"Escape from the sinking!" sakabatou Dec 7 #10
"Boys are boys and girls are joys...To you and me they're more than toys red dog 1 Dec 18 #13
The Monks. n/t FSogol Dec 30 #19
"I've run down VGNonly Dec 28 #14
Whipping Post-Allman Brothers Midnight Writer Jan 14 #52
That's the Sons of Champlin, a Tamalpais High School band (Mill Valley, Marin Co) - Here's lyrics from another Tam band Brother Buzz Dec 29 #18
You got it, Brother Buzz! red dog 1 Dec 30 #20
The Rowan Brothers were from Massachusetts (Wayland or Weston)... Brother Buzz Dec 30 #21
The band that backed Elvis Costello on his debut album was Clover. n/t Mister Ed Jan 12 #30
Yes! Clover was a grand Mill Valley band that never really connected outside of the SF Bay Area Brother Buzz Jan 12 #44
"When your rooster crows at the break of dawn" VGNonly Jan 12 #22
... look out your window and I'll be gone ... RandomNumbers Jan 12 #25
I thought that looked familiar! Mike 03 Jan 12 #29
Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, Its Allright"? red dog 1 Jan 12 #45
Yes you're spinning around and around in a car with electric lights flashing very fast. Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) ArnoldLayne Jan 12 #24
Ra Ra Ra / When all is said and done / We're not the first to be here / There's nothing new underneath the sun yourout Jan 12 #26
For I am the Mercury, light of the morning 303squadron Jan 12 #27
"The children of heaven are throwing their dollies away" DBoon Jan 12 #28
Well it's 6 AM I'm out on the job BOSSHOG Jan 12 #31
Taking care of business? DBoon Jan 12 #35
Good Guess My Friend but No BOSSHOG Jan 12 #36
I think I know the name of this song, but I Mike 03 Jan 12 #37
Good Shot Mike BOSSHOG Jan 12 #38
Thanks for the clue. This is a game that is fun even if you lose! NT Mike 03 Jan 12 #41
Hey Mike thought I'd share the answer with you BOSSHOG Jan 15 #58
"...touch of country in the city" Glorfindel Jan 12 #32
Doraville--Atlanta Rhythm Section Dulcinea Jan 18 #61
Absolutely! Glorfindel Jan 19 #66
Spitting in a wishing well Mike 03 Jan 12 #33
The Breeders--Cannonball Dulcinea Jan 18 #62
"I'd rather have my country die for me" DBoon Jan 12 #34
I'm having trouble defining "obscure' too. Mike 03 Jan 12 #40
I'd say the Jefferson Airplane aren't obscure to anyone who remembers them DBoon Jan 13 #46
"Help me please Mike 03 Jan 12 #39
You know I'm a super girl neeksgeek Jan 12 #42
You know old Ronnie Reagan Bok_Tukalo Jan 12 #43
"Somebody tell my father that I died VGNonly Jan 13 #47
"Mechanical World", Spirit. Harker Jan 13 #48
Yes! VGNonly Jan 13 #49
My older brothers threatened dire punishments were I to listen to their records. Harker Jan 14 #56
"To divide the cockeyed world in two, Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do. red dog 1 Jan 14 #50
Strawberry Alarm Clock ProfessorGAC Jan 14 #51
"Shake the hand of the man with a heart full of love. The one and only Jimmy Carter!" Midnight Writer Jan 14 #53
"Don't get no jizz upon that sofa, sofa" Basso8vb Jan 14 #54
I've got a better idea! JoseBalow Jan 14 #57
J.D. Vance? red dog 1 Jan 18 #63
You win the thread! nt Dulcinea Jan 19 #65
You only call me if you're feelin' blue.... Wiz Imp Jan 14 #55
"Wind blows the hair on my head. And I can't remember which bus to take. red dog 1 Jan 18 #59
Satisfaction oozes from her pores...nt Dulcinea Jan 18 #60
I was born lonely, down by the riverside...nt Dulcinea Jan 18 #64
"I've been in my mind VGNonly Thursday #67
"Heart of Gold" by Neil Young? red dog 1 Thursday #68
I've kind of drifted off the obscure label VGNonly Thursday #69
"Now you can take that dollar VGNonly Thursday #70
"As facts are few and far between, KatyaR Saturday #71

red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
1. "Other girls did it, you didn't think of nothin' new. You went out on me so other girls did it too"
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 06:35 PM
Nov 17

red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
17. Ding!
Reply to Doc_Technical (Reply #16)
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 03:31 PM
Dec 29


Good song, good band...we saw them once at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, CA.

red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
2. "How can you steal a car, From such an unsuspecting cop? How could he make me run, a thousand blocks before he'd stop?"
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Mon Nov 25, 2024, 02:39 PM
Nov 25

red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
3. "You treat me just like dirt, You have all the fun, I stay at home and hurt"
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 07:51 PM
Nov 29

(Hint: Group is a trio)

jmowreader

(51,755 posts)
4. "Some people say that life is good, give thanks for what you have...
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:30 PM
Nov 29

...When all you have is nothin', nothin' makes you glad."

VGNonly

(7,893 posts)
11. That tune was different than the blues-rock boogie
Reply to Harker (Reply #9)
Sun Dec 8, 2024, 02:43 PM
Dec 8

that TYA usually played; being more melodic and lyric driven. Alvin Lee passed in 2013, drummer Ric Lee (no relation) and keyboardist Chic Churchill still perform with the band.

An Alvin Lee story was that he had the MNPM of any guitar player! (Most notes per minute)

Harker

(15,405 posts)
12. He's still in the pantheon of fast, accurate players.
Reply to VGNonly (Reply #11)
Sun Dec 8, 2024, 05:07 PM
Dec 8

I remember getting a copy of "Cricklewood Green" from a record club as a kid.

red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
13. "Boys are boys and girls are joys...To you and me they're more than toys
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 02:48 PM
Dec 18

Gonna find one so I won't be lonely,
She'll be mine forever only"

Brother Buzz

(38,158 posts)
18. That's the Sons of Champlin, a Tamalpais High School band (Mill Valley, Marin Co) - Here's lyrics from another Tam band
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 06:53 PM
Dec 29
Look at that chicken butt going away
Come back, chicken butt, here to stay

Going into town to buy some whiskey
Going into town to buy some beer
Going into town to get some thrills
Ain't coming back 'til I get my fill


Clues:

Huey Lewis plays the kickass harmonica solo, and John McFee (Doobie Brothers) plays lead guitar and vocals

The band played backup for Elvis Costello's 1977 debut album - My Aim Is True

Brother Buzz

(38,158 posts)
21. The Rowan Brothers were from Massachusetts (Wayland or Weston)...
Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #20)
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 04:54 PM
Dec 30

although Peter Rowan played with another Marin County band, Jerry Garcia’s band, Old and in the Way.

My wife’s brother ran with one of the brothers way back in his banjo days.

Another band clue:

When the band recorded with Elvis Costello they were under contract with another label so they changed their name to The Shamrocks on the album credits. The Shamrocks is a really clever clue if you know what a shamrock is.

Brother Buzz

(38,158 posts)
44. Yes! Clover was a grand Mill Valley band that never really connected outside of the SF Bay Area
Reply to Mister Ed (Reply #30)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 06:38 PM
Jan 12


I’d forgotten Alex Call, founding member of Clover and composer of 867-5309/Jenny could yodel up a storm.





red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
45. Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, Its Allright"?
Reply to VGNonly (Reply #22)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 07:33 PM
Jan 12

"Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm traveling on"

ArnoldLayne

(2,185 posts)
24. Yes you're spinning around and around in a car with electric lights flashing very fast. Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:35 PM
Jan 12

Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:14 PM - Edit history (1)

yourout

(8,211 posts)
26. Ra Ra Ra / When all is said and done / We're not the first to be here / There's nothing new underneath the sun
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 03:10 PM
Jan 12

BOSSHOG

(40,786 posts)
31. Well it's 6 AM I'm out on the job
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 03:48 PM
Jan 12

Working like a fool for my pay



Gerald Ford was President

BOSSHOG

(40,786 posts)
36. Good Guess My Friend but No
Reply to DBoon (Reply #35)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 03:56 PM
Jan 12

Similar Sound, but band more obscure.

In the 70s they did a lot of work in a college town

Mike 03

(17,930 posts)
37. I think I know the name of this song, but I
Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #31)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:01 PM
Jan 12

don't know the name of the artist--so I'm abstaining for now. But I think it even inspired a movie of the same name. But I'm not sure...

ON EDIT: Nevermind, I was totally wrong. I thought it was "Take This Job and Shove It."

BOSSHOG

(40,786 posts)
38. Good Shot Mike
Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #37)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:05 PM
Jan 12

The group was pretty popular in a small part of the country but had a few songs make the charts 50ish years ago.

BOSSHOG

(40,786 posts)
58. Hey Mike thought I'd share the answer with you
Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #41)
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:00 PM
Jan 15

UNION MAN by the Cate Brothers of Fayetteville Arkansas. Very popular locally with a nice run. 1970s through the early 80s. They are worth a listen.

Glorfindel

(10,035 posts)
66. Absolutely!
Reply to Dulcinea (Reply #61)
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 08:54 AM
Jan 19

I've always been glad they didn't choose to sing about Snellville. Thanks for answering.

DBoon

(23,336 posts)
46. I'd say the Jefferson Airplane aren't obscure to anyone who remembers them
Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #40)
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:50 PM
Jan 13

But to someone born after say 1980 they probably are

Mike 03

(17,930 posts)
39. "Help me please
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:06 PM
Jan 12

Burn the sorrow from your eyes
Oh, come on be alive again
Don't lay down and die."

neeksgeek

(1,216 posts)
42. You know I'm a super girl
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:21 PM
Jan 12

Last edited Sun Jan 12, 2025, 05:33 PM - Edit history (1)

Yes I'm a punky girl
I never say die
No one can stop me

(Hint: this song was recorded as a tie-in to a popular cartoon in the 90s.)

Bok_Tukalo

(4,422 posts)
43. You know old Ronnie Reagan
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 05:22 PM
Jan 12

You know old Ronnie Reagan
He was a shoe salesman's son
He got himself in the movies
Yeah, he impressed everyone
He thought trial by fire
Was America's fate
He made a joke of the poor people
And that made him a saint

But he was tan enough, he was rich enough
He was handsome like John Wayne
And there was no one at the country club
Who didn't feel the same

But it's a, it's a little uncanny
What he managed to do
Got me to read those Russian authors through and through

VGNonly

(7,893 posts)
49. Yes!
Reply to Harker (Reply #48)
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 10:29 PM
Jan 13

Progressive Psychedelic Goth on that cut. I first remember hearing Spirit in 69. I was 12, it was good to have an older brother.



Harker

(15,405 posts)
56. My older brothers threatened dire punishments were I to listen to their records.
Reply to VGNonly (Reply #49)
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 02:52 PM
Jan 14

Naturally, despite plenty of opportunities, the idea never crossed my mind.

red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
50. "To divide the cockeyed world in two, Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do.
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 01:28 PM
Jan 14

Beatniks and politics, nothin' is new
A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view."

(Hint: "60s Acid Rock band from Glendale, still performing)

JoseBalow

(6,201 posts)
57. I've got a better idea!
Reply to Basso8vb (Reply #54)
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 03:33 PM
Jan 14

Stick Out Your Hot Curly Weenie.
Weenie... Weenie, weenie, weenie!

Wiz Imp

(3,113 posts)
55. You only call me if you're feelin' blue....
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 02:30 PM
Jan 14

You tell me I don't pay attention to you
But if you only knew just what I'm goin' through
You wouldn't phone those guys who mess around with you, girl

red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
59. "Wind blows the hair on my head. And I can't remember which bus to take.
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 07:12 PM
Jan 18

But I want to get back to the place
Where you can see the sun set on the sea and break
With the waves in the side of it all
I always feel like I'm ready to fall"


(Hint: San Francisco indie rock group)

red dog 1

(29,777 posts)
68. "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young?
Reply to VGNonly (Reply #67)
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 05:09 PM
Thursday

(Neil is certainly not obscure - but I think it's time to post a new song lyric thread anyway)

VGNonly

(7,893 posts)
70. "Now you can take that dollar
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:25 PM
Thursday

Get four cents on it, compound it quarterly at any downtown bank

So they can back some new hot tank or atom bomb"



KatyaR

(3,549 posts)
71. "As facts are few and far between,
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 08:28 AM
Saturday

hypothesis denies all logic as to what precisely led to her demise."

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