Name that tune

[Wolfmiester]

aggghhh, that's got me going already!
Bowie, Simply Red and others doing my own head mix

[jhaveman]

Is it Let’s dance? Wolfie’s mention of Bowie got me thinking...


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[Paul Victory]

That's correct Jan (with an assist from Wolfie). Your turn.

[Wolfmiester]

Is it Let’s dance? Wolfie’s mention of Bowie got me thinking...

Yay pleased to know I'm not going completely mad

[jhaveman]

Thanks Paul, and Wolfie
Here's the next one:

Poets priests and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions

[Jill]

Jan, it's taken me a while to pin this one down, even though I was listening to it recently ( The Police - Greatest Hits ).

Had to double check the back of the CD to make sure of the correct title and spelling ( hope that's allowed? ).

It's that well known Geordie ( 2nd favourite regional accent ) and friends, singing De do do do, de da da da.

[jhaveman]

Well done Jill, played some old albums the other day and the song title stuck as a good tune option.
Your turn!


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[Jill]

Thank you Jan.

As far as I can tell, I do not think that this song has come up before.

I was dreaming when I wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray

[jhaveman]

I'm sorry to spoil the party, Jill, but I put that clue up last month

By the way, Sheena asks if that's you on the horse?

[Jill]

Jan, I can’t imagine you as a ‘ party pooper ‘.

Here are my excuses:

I did put Prince into the NTT search box but not 1999 …

October 27th was a long time ago … Wasn’t it …?

I’m 68 you know.

I have checked out this next one - as a little clue, the one word name of this group came up recently ( as a common noun ) on the Name That Film thread.

I'm pleading as you're leaving I'm begging you to stay
I'm not the man I used to be, I've changed

Yes, that's me Sheena - Bognor beach, 1953 - it's one of the very few photos of me that I like.

[Sheena]

Yes, that's me Sheena - Bognor beach, 1953 - it's one of the very few photos of me that I like.

Great picture Jill

I'm sure I recognise those lyrics but I can't get the song Not yet anyway.

[Jill]

I'm sure I recognise those lyrics but I can't get the song Not yet anyway.

Sheena, I wasn’t sure as to whether this was going to be a good choice or not but you have given me some hope.

More clues:

To be a little more specific, the name of the group is contained somewhere between Felton’s Full Metal Jacket quote and Plummy’s latest.

They were an American rock band formed in 1993 and they won several awards including a Grammy in 2001 for With Arms Wide Open.

[Sheena]

Jill, after checking the film thread I was still non the wiser and had to give up .


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[Jill]

Jill, after checking the film thread I was still non the wiser and had to give up .

I am sure that you are not the only one who is none the wiser.

It's Away In Silence ( Creed ).

I think it's only fair that I hand the baton over to Jan.

[jhaveman]

Jill, you caught me out here, for some reason I can only think of tunes by Dutch bands that most people probably never heard of
However I've found one that made its way onto some UK greatest hits albums, so good luck to all:

Where you can hear a country song from far
and someone plays the honky-tonk guitar

[paulgould]

Total flyer here -

Mississippi by Pussycat?

[jhaveman]

Correct, that was quick Paul!
Your turn, next time I'll have to pick a more obscure one

[paulgould]

Correct, that was quick Paul!
Your turn, next time I'll have to pick a more obscure one

Thanks Jan - I still have nightmares about a big blonde milkmaid with a gap in her teeth - it was one of the first music videos ever shown in South Africa(we only got TV in 1976!!) - another horror show was John Paul Young singing Yesterday's Hero in bell-bottomed sailor suit under the Sydney Harbour bridge .

On to the next one :

"Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection"

Paul G

[jhaveman]

I still have nightmares about a big blonde milkmaid with a gap in her teeth - it was one of the first music videos ever shown in South Africa(we only got TV in 1976!!)

Paul, you shouldn't complain, it could be a lot worse. Do I have to mention chart toppers like Father Abraham's "Smurf Song" or Dennie Christian's "Hoeba Hoeba Hop" (actually Dennie Christian is German, but he had quite a few Dutch language hits as well, so we can't escape all the blame for that ).
Unfortunately all the best Dutch music from that era is hardly known outside the Netherlands

Anyway, Mississippi is a far superior song to John Paul Young's (I didn't know that song at all, but Sheena found it on YouTube and it's pretty dreadful)!

As for your clue, it sounds familiar but that's where it ends for the moment ...

[plummy]

I don't know Jan - the Dutch gave us the wonderful Teach-in with Bing a bloody Bong or whatever it was...

[jhaveman]

And they won the Eurovision and got famous ... Point proven


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[Sheena]

And they won the Eurovision and got famous ... Point

What with a line that went - And you walk along with your Ding Ding Dong.......

Paul, I don’t know your song lyric either but I hope it’s better than this lot

[paulgould]

It sure is

[Peter_S]

Sorry, I could not follow all the comments about Dutch (I think??) music.

Anyway, one of my first thoughts was The Doors, but could not place the song. Our friend also immediately replied "the Doors" when I told him the lyrics, but did not know the song.

At first I thought this could "take a week, maybe longer", but listening to Doors songs now I will not wait for When The Music's Over!

[paulgould]

Right you are Peter - your go