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That's the one Steve - over to you. :) =D>
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cheers Jill.
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"I used to be a rolling stone you know"
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Wolfmiester wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:56 am"I used to be a rolling stone you know"
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it could be:

Philadelphia Freedom - (Sir) Elton John
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Great spot Ron!
First line, so should be "easy". But another one where the 'cadence' (correct term?) is so important...
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Wolfmiester wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:16 am Great spot Ron!
First line, so should be "easy". But another one where the 'cadence' (correct term?) is so important...
Exactly right, Wolfie; when I first read it, I had no idea what it was. As I reread it a couple of times, something shifted in the cadence, and it sounded familiar. Once I identified it as an Elton John song, I still had to hum several lines before I could remember the chorus... and thus the title... Brains are funny things... :)

Alright, here's the next one - somewhat randomly selected from my personal list of MP3's...

Take one step left and one step right
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I think that might be Mambo Number Five.
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Paul Victory wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 4:16 pm I think that might be Mambo Number Five.
That's right, Paul! A little too easy, perhaps, but I learned a little something prior to posting:

1. I was surprised it hadn't been posted before given its international popularity.
2. I was surprised to find that Lou Bega's hit was a cover (of sorts) of a 1950 Cuban artist by the name of Dámaso Pérez Prado - link to original: https://youtu.be/dKuvJ7zG9LI
3. Mambo No. 8 (also Prado) is pretty good, too... :)

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This also reminded me of one of my kids' and I's favorite parodies from their younger days. If you haven't seen "Combo #5", you owe it to yourself to take a look:

https://youtu.be/-WqSGL_mc54
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Thanks Ron. There was a parody version of Brand New Key that was a hit in the UK and Ireland, so I was going to put up some words from the original song, but a search of this thread revealed that it has already been asked. So here's another oldie.

He was walking along the road
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I thought that would be instantly recognisable! Here's the next line.

He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
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Paul, I am not going down to Masker's farm. I am sailing along the coast of South Georgia island. We got here much more easily than Shackleton!
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Peter_S wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:15 pm Paul, I am not going down to Masker's farm. I am sailing along the coast of South Georgia island. We got here much more easily than Shackleton!
That sounds like an amazing trip. Enjoy!

You clearly recognise the song, although it was Yasgur’s farm, not Masker’s. Are you going to leave it to someone else to name the tune?
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Another day, another line. The first one, this time.

I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
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Sill no idea, but possibly Bob Dylan?
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Paul, if Peter isn't going to take up the baton, then it's Woodstock.
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:D :D
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Jill wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:47 pm Paul, if Peter isn't going to take up the baton, then it's Woodstock.
Correct! Over to you Jill.
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Wolfmiester wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:32 pm Sill no idea, but possibly Bob Dylan?
It's Joni Mitchell. This live version gives me the shivers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjQCvfcXn0
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Paul Victory wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:44 pmIt's Joni Mitchell. This live version gives me the shivers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjQCvfcXn0
Embarrassingly enough, I didn't recognize the tune even listening to her sing. Then I queued up the Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young/etc. version and said, Oh yeah, I know that song! :D
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Draggon wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:06 pm
Paul Victory wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:44 pmIt's Joni Mitchell. This live version gives me the shivers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjQCvfcXn0
Embarrassingly enough, I didn't recognize the tune even listening to her sing. Then I queued up the Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young/etc. version and said, Oh yeah, I know that song! :D
I listened to the CSN version just now and it's very different - almost to the point of being unrecognisable as the same song. The version I was most familiar with was by Matthews Southern Comfort and this was fairly similar to the original, but without the incredible high notes sung by Joni MItchell.
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Thank you Paul.

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arrrggghh, I think I just about don't know this one!
next line finishes or has 'fall' in it?
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Wolfmiester wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:51 pm arrrggghh, I think I just about don't know this one!
next line finishes or has 'fall' in it?
Steve, you must be thinking of another song as the word fall doesn't appear anywhere in the lyrics.

I think this one would be familiar to everyone and comes under the genre, Power Ballad. Has a wonderful gospel choir as backing. Another line might help perhaps:

Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulder
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Jill wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:40 pm Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulder
It's giving me a very Jefferson Starship vibe...
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now I'm getting Mike and the Mechanics, Living Years ?
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