Name that tune

Wolfmiester · Post by **Wolfmiester** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:12 am

Yay, well done Dave.

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:04 pm

"Count the headlights on the highway"

Wolfmiester · Post by **Wolfmiester** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:11 pm

I'm getting a 'country' feel?

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:26 pm

Not exactly - but a healthy guess. I was checking in to see if I needed to ad another line - so here goes...

Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:48 pm

OK - thought this might go very quickly with a couple of the whizzkids on here but alas not. So, additional clues to narrow it down:
Very early 70's
UK artist (still performing)

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:05 pm

Elton John? Not a clue what song it is though. It's not Rocket Man, Your Song, Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me, Candle In The Wind, Crocodile Rock, Daniel, etc. etc.

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:36 pm

You are correct in everything you say Paul. We just need the correct title now!

Post by **Peter_S** » Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:24 pm

Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza.

I mean, Tiny Dancer

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:04 am

That'll be the day, er, I mean - the one!!

Post by **Peter_S** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:11 am

Thanks Plummy.

How about this one?

"You're not a kid at thirty three."

Post by **Peter_S** » Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:15 pm

I am not sure that adding the line before that one is going to help, (it is "Ya know my heart keeps tellin' me,
'You're not a kid at thirty-three'") so here are some more lines:

"I got my pills to ease the pain
Can't find a thing to ease the rain"

Post by **Peter_S** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:09 pm

No responses!

It looks as if Everybody's goin' away
Said they're movin' to LA
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town
Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
They said this town's a waste of time
I guess they're right, it's wastin' mine
Some gotta win, some gotta lose

I just felt that that fit, even though I do not have much hope that it will jog anybody's memory.

The song was apparently written and recorded by Danny O'Keefe in the early 1970's, but I did not know that until I looked it up.

It was covered by various artists, including Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Charlie McCoy, Waylon Jennings, Dwight Yoakam, Charlie Rich, Conway Twitty, Leon Russell, B.J. Thomas, The Bards, Mike Farris, Chris Hillman, Earl Kluge, Rita Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis and Leon Russell, Holly Cole, Harry Manx, Mel Tormé, Nat Stuckey, Marco T, Shooter Jennings, and Gösta Linderholm (1973) with Swedish lyrics.

I do not know some of those singers, but maybe someone does.

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:57 pm

I've no idea Peter. But I can feel your frustration. I have a film posted that I was sure people would know. But I guess not.

Wolfmiester · Post by **Wolfmiester** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:20 am

Peter_S wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:09 pm The song was apparently written and recorded by Danny O'Keefe in the early 1970's, but I did not know that until I looked it up.

It was covered by various artists, including Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Charlie McCoy, Waylon Jennings, Dwight Yoakam, Charlie Rich, Conway Twitty, Leon Russell, B.J. Thomas, The Bards, Mike Farris, Chris Hillman, Earl Kluge, Rita Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis and Leon Russell, Holly Cole, Harry Manx, Mel Tormé, Nat Stuckey, Marco T, Shooter Jennings, and Gösta Linderholm (1973) with Swedish lyrics.

I do not know some of those singers, but maybe someone does.

Hi Peter, this is a toughy. I've highlighted the artists I've heard of

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:13 am

Peter, I posted lyrics from a song called Galway Girl a while back. It's so well known in Ireland that I figured it would be guessed fairly quickly. But I eventually realised that nobody on here knew anything about the song.

I think your song may fall into the same category.

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:44 am

My list of "heard of" artists matches yours almost exactly Steve - although Waylon Jennings is unknown to me...

paulgould · Post by **paulgould** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:45 pm

plummy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:44 am My list of "heard of" artists matches yours almost exactly Steve - although Waylon Jennings is unknown to me...

He is massive in Nashville - if I can misquote the Blues Brothers - he plays both types of music - Country AND Western.

Paul G

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 3:45 pm

I had heard of Waylon Jennings, but who the heck is Dwight Yoakam?

Wolfmiester · Post by **Wolfmiester** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:38 pm

Paul Victory wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 3:45 pm I had heard of Waylon Jennings, but who the heck is Dwight Yoakam?

With my limited knowledge of country, I think it could be the same guy

Post by **Peter_S** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:44 pm

Thanks guys, I was starting to think no one was out there.

The song was Good Time Charlie Got The Blues.

Danny O"Keefe https://youtu.be/-YP3pIPp8P8

Leon Russell https://youtu.be/apal3VnZpPo

I believe this next song charted in the UK and USA, as well as elsewhere.

"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E Lee"

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:58 pm

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by Joan Baez?

Post by **Peter_S** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:09 pm

Paul, your speed and accuracy make up for my previous pick!

Even though I was thinking about the original song, written and recorded by The Band.

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:29 pm

Peter_S wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:09 pm Paul, your speed and accuracy make up for my previous pick!

Even though I was thinking about the original song, written and recorded by The Band.

Of course - I'd forgotten it was a cover. It's just the version that sprang immediately to mind. I was going to go for another song that was originally recorded by a band, but is now better remembered for the version done by a female singer. But Proud Mary was asked about a year ago....

So here's something completely different:

Funny, but it seems I always wind up here with you

Wolfmiester · Post by **Wolfmiester** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:42 am

stalled Paul ...

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:28 am

Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:42 am stalled Paul ...

Another line so.

Funny, but it seems I always wind up here with you
Nice to know somebody loves me

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