Name that tune

Post by **Peter_S** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:06 pm

Paul, I am not sure the Fox Sports reference will help much, but then I am not a NASCAR fan. Also, no hijacking involved.

To keep things moving, and at the risk of too much info, here are more lines:

This town is spinning every Friday night
They dance the greatest and they do it right
Well, here's the latest, it's a crazy sight to see

zootMutant · Post by **zootMutant** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:21 pm

Well, based on Paul's clues I figured it out, but I don't think I should get the win.

I looked up the Wikipedia article about music in 1961 and scrolled through the "Top Hits on Record" looking for a band I had not heard of with a song title that sounded like it might contain the lyrics. The first song I listened to on Youtube was the correct one.

I had never heard of the band, but I recognised the melody. Never listened to the words before, though.

I think I broke Paul's one rule:

Paul Victory wrote:Only one rule; no googling.

Post by **Draggon** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:47 pm

I am just as puzzled as an American as you all are...

Post by **Peter_S** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:57 pm

Gee, I thought you kids were sharp as a pistol!

It's got that groovy beat
That makes you stomp your feet
Come along and try
Gonna feel fine
And once you dance with me
You'll fall in love you see

Post by **CamiCrew** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:50 am

Some kind of dance? Was going to say Hand Jive but I think that's 1950s.

Post by **Peter_S** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:28 pm

I guess I stumped the band, again.

Most of the usual suspects have already posted, and rather than wait and hope Jan or Richard know the song, I will tell you it is the Bristol Stomp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POwJNsb7g64

I will try another song, and since many of the recent guesses came from earlier decades, let's try:

And the angels ask me to recall
The thrill of it all

(A few sources give the lyrics as "the thrill of them all"; not as I remember, but provided in the interest of full disclosure)

Jill · Post by **Jill** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 8:26 pm

Peter, you are making me show my age here:

I remember you - ( Frank Ifield )?

Post by **Peter_S** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:57 pm

Frank Ifield recorded it in 1962, 20 years after Dorothy Lamour first sang it.

Your turn Jill, but I take no responsibility for your age.

Jill · Post by **Jill** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:13 pm

Peter_S wrote:Your turn Jill, but I take no responsibility for your age.

Thank you Peter.

I don't want to take responsibility for my age anymore, either.

Here is my offering:

Well I feel so good, everything's getting high
You better take it easy 'cause the place is on fire

Peter_S wrote:Not me, it's that damn autocorrect.

Correct title please. Any attempts at blaming the vagaries of technology, will be discounted.

BigWaveDave · Post by **BigWaveDave** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:41 pm

Gimme some lovin?

Jill · Post by **Jill** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 7:41 pm

Spot on Dave - your turn.

BigWaveDave · Post by **BigWaveDave** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:06 pm

Let's try this

South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie, double four time

Post by **Draggon** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:10 pm

I believe that's...

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

BigWaveDave · Post by **BigWaveDave** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:32 pm

And you would correct Draggon

Post by **Draggon** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:43 pm

BigWaveDave wrote:And you would correct Draggon

Thanks, Dave!

I don't think this one's been tried here before, so have at it...

Here comes the big boss; let's get it on

Post by **Draggon** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:44 pm

Draggon wrote:I don't think this one's been tried here before, so have at it...

Here comes the big boss; let's get it on

Dang, I thought this one would be a slam-dunk. Here's some more info and some lyrics from a different part of the tune:

It's a one-hit-wonder semi-novelty disco song from 1974. It reached #1 in many countries including US, UK, Australia, Germany, etc...

Additional lyrics:

There were funky China men;
From funky Chinatown.

Jill · Post by **Jill** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 5:16 pm

Could it be Kung Fu Fighting?

Post by **Draggon** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:25 pm

Jill wrote:Could it be Kung Fu Fighting?

Yay! You are correct, Ms Jill!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0

Jill · Post by **Jill** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:30 pm

Thank you Ron - a lucky guess on my part.

Thank you also for the link - it might possibly have been a recording from a very popular BBC1 TV programme, called Top of The Pops???

Looking back, for me, the seventies will always be the decade of the most dated fashions and hairstyles. My son still finds our wedding photograph highly amusing and always says, “ Look at dad’s hair and sideburns. “

This is taken from a song that I think will never date - see how you go.

Baby, your mind done gone
Well, your mind done gone

Jill · Post by **Jill** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:24 am

More clues.

Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog

This is an old standard - my favourite, recorded by a group from Northern Ireland. Their lead singer went solo and was knighted in 2016.

paulgould · Post by **paulgould** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:46 am

Jill wrote:More clues.

Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog

This is an old standard - my favourite, recorded by a group from Northern Ireland. Their lead singer went solo and was knighted in 2016.

Really wild guess - something by the Undertones(Feargal Sharkey)?

Paul G

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:00 pm

If he was knighted in 2016, it has to be Van Morrison.

Gloria by Them?

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:02 pm

Paul Victory wrote:If he was knighted in 2016, it has to be Van Morrison.

Gloria by Them?

Actually, I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Baby Please Don't Go?

Jill · Post by **Jill** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:43 pm

Paul Victory wrote:Actually, I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Baby Please Don't Go?

And I'm pretty sure, young Mr Victory, that you were right, that you were wrong. =D>

Jill wrote: This is an old standard - my favourite, recorded by a group from Northern Ireland. Their lead singer went solo and was knighted in 2016

The group was Them and of course their lead singer was Van Morrison. BPDG is the A side of a 45rpm that I have stashed away in the attic somewhere - Gloria was the B side.

Your turn.

Paul Victory · Post by **Paul Victory** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:10 pm

OK - nice easy one (at least I think it should be relatively easy).

I don't want to leave her now

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