Name that tune
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Re: Name that tune
Scrap this one, as I only put it up May 2020 - ' mash potato brain ' strikes again.
A re-think is needed, hopefully sometime today.
A re-think is needed, hopefully sometime today.
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or, on a completely different tack, "the show must go on" by Queen?
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Hi Steve - right group, wrong song.Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:08 pm or, on a completely different tack, "the show must go on" by Queen?
I was going to put up another song but we may as well stay with this one now. For the record, when I put this tune up before, you came up with the correct answer.
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how funny, I didn't see your "mashed potato" post earlier.
I now know the correct title, but suggest you put up another ...
I now know the correct title, but suggest you put up another ...
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Thank you Steve - this time I have checked that this tune hasn’t been put up before.Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:09 pm how funny, I didn't see your "mashed potato" post earlier.
I now know the correct title, but suggest you put up another ...
There is a connection between the singers of this song and Lord of The Rings.
I can't believe
That she would leave me on my own
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I presume the LOTR connection is Steve Tyler and Aerosmith.
The only Aerosmith song I can think of is “I don’t want to miss a thing” although I don’t remember those particular words in that song.
The only Aerosmith song I can think of is “I don’t want to miss a thing” although I don’t remember those particular words in that song.
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Paul, that’s a very well thought out suggestion, especially as Liv Tyler starred in the LOTR trilogy - but alas, not the correct answer.
I’ll have to be more direct or otherwise, I don’t think anyone will get this. There’s a clue in there somewhere.
Beginning of the first verse:
Since she's been gone
I want no one to talk to me
Hugely famous 1960/1970 British group. When I watched them on the TV and heard my screaming, female contemporaries, I would always think, " Oh, for God's sake! Shut up! I can't hear the music! "
I’ll have to be more direct or otherwise, I don’t think anyone will get this. There’s a clue in there somewhere.
Beginning of the first verse:
Since she's been gone
I want no one to talk to me
Hugely famous 1960/1970 British group. When I watched them on the TV and heard my screaming, female contemporaries, I would always think, " Oh, for God's sake! Shut up! I can't hear the music! "
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From the description, it sounds like the Beatles. But I can't think of any connection between them and LOTR and I can't think of any Beatles song that contains those lyrics. It sounds like the type of wording that might appear in the song Girl, but I know it's not there.
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Thank you Paul and yes, it is by the Beatles - Don't Bother Me.
The connection is Peter Jackson - he has made a documentary about the Beatles titled, ' Get Back ' which will be released sometime in August.
I can't think of another suitable tune to put up, so will let someone else take a turn.
The connection is Peter Jackson - he has made a documentary about the Beatles titled, ' Get Back ' which will be released sometime in August.
I can't think of another suitable tune to put up, so will let someone else take a turn.
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I thought I knew pretty much all the songs released by the Beatles during the 1960s, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard that song before. Then I looked up With the Beatles and the only track I recognise that wasn’t a over of someone else’s song is all my loving. So I guess my knowledge of the Beatles stems from a year or two later.
As you have thrown it open, I heard this song on the radio the other day for the first time in a very long time.
I saw a welcoming light and stopped to rest for the night
As you have thrown it open, I heard this song on the radio the other day for the first time in a very long time.
I saw a welcoming light and stopped to rest for the night
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Re: Name that tune
Hotel California - the Eagles?
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I can see why you might think that Paul, as a lot of the words are the same. But the last 3 last lines of the first verse of Hotel California are as follows:
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
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Yes - I thought it was "shimmering light", but had a go anyway
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My song was somewhat earlier. I wonder was there some unconscious plagiarism going on when the Eagles wrote their song?
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Paul, this is up there with Wichita Lineman
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Correct. I'd completely forgotten about Gene Pitney until I heard that song the other day. Very distinctive voice.
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Thank you Paul - it was one of those rare occasions when I knew the answer straight away.
Even after all these years, it still makes me chuckle when I hear the last two lines of the first verse:
For something happened to me as I was driving home
And I'm not the same anymore
To the best of my knowledge, this one hasn’t come up before:
Now no one's knocked upon my door
For a thousand years or more
Even after all these years, it still makes me chuckle when I hear the last two lines of the first verse:
For something happened to me as I was driving home
And I'm not the same anymore
To the best of my knowledge, this one hasn’t come up before:
Now no one's knocked upon my door
For a thousand years or more
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arrgghhh I know this, I know this .... (goes away to listen the ear worm for the rest of the day!)
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" Teehee. Teehee. Teehee. " Jill gives her best Muttley the Dog mischievous, wheezing laughter impression.Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:00 am arrgghhh I know this, I know this .... (goes away to listen the ear worm for the rest of the day!)
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Shows I'm getting old, this would have been instant not so long back ...
One of my favorite bands, and my 2nd gig when I was 15, The Police with "So Lonely".
I even played the album this weekend
One of my favorite bands, and my 2nd gig when I was 15, The Police with "So Lonely".
I even played the album this weekend
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Although the words didn’t strike a chord, the song did and I’m pretty sure you’re right. Though I guess we should wait for official confirmation from Jill.Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:35 pm Shows I'm getting old, this would have been instant not so long back ...
One of my favorite bands, and my 2nd gig when I was 15, The Police with "So Lonely".
I even played the album this weekend
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Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:35 pm Shows I'm getting old, this would have been instant not so long back ...
One of my favorite bands, and my 2nd gig when I was 15, The Police with "So Lonely".
I even played the album this weekend
Steve and Paul, official confirmation coming up. Correct.Paul Victory wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:00 pm Although the words didn’t strike a chord, the song did and I’m pretty sure you’re right. Though I guess we should wait for official confirmation from Jill.
Ageing? What’s that then? Sounds more like a mild case of MPB - mashed potato brain.
Funny things our brains - we can easily sing along to a song but then, when we see some of the lyrics written down, we are temporarily ( or on some occasions completely ) stumped.
Over to you Steve for some possible stumping …
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Thanks, OK I'll try for another ear worm for you all ...
"To you I guess I'm just a clown"
"To you I guess I'm just a clown"
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Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:44 am Thanks, OK I'll try for another ear worm for you all ...
"To you I guess I'm just a clown"
.. "Who picks you up each time you're down"
You To Me Are Everything by The Real Thing.
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