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red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 10:09 PM Jul 2024

Post a lyric from a song by an obscure singer/band & see if anyone knows the song or band without using Google - Part 3

Last edited Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:30 PM - Edit history (2)

"Sometimes I get up sad when people treat me bad
I don't have time to think and so I get real mad
I pull my hair and find somewhere that I can be alone
But when I do I think of you and then I hurry home"
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More obscure song lyrics from Part 2
https://democraticunderground.com/10182014751

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Post a lyric from a song by an obscure singer/band & see if anyone knows the song or band without using Google - Part 3 (Original Post) red dog 1 Jul 2024 OP
Try this one 303squadron Jul 2024 #1
First band duncang Jul 2024 #2
2nd one is "Dead Skunk" by Loudon Wainwright III red dog 1 Jul 2024 #5
Yep duncang Jul 2024 #7
This: Tikki Jul 2024 #3
Here we go TlalocW Jul 2024 #4
"Isn't it better, didn't you know? Just sitting here by my radio. red dog 1 Jul 2024 #6
Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbors BOSSHOG Jul 2024 #8
WooHoo! First one I've heard...Little Faces quaint Jul 2024 #9
Very Close My Friend BOSSHOG Jul 2024 #10
Thanks! quaint Jul 2024 #11
No. Thank You. BOSSHOG Jul 2024 #12
Mr. Blunt and mr. Frank Figarosmom Jul 2024 #13
"Try, my friend, loving all....The things we used to love. red dog 1 Jul 2024 #14
"She's a devil in disguise -- You can see it in her eyes red dog 1 Aug 2024 #15
Christine's Tune Beausoleil Aug 2024 #17
Ding! red dog 1 Aug 2024 #18
That one I know, and Sneaky Pete on distorted pedal steel. Silent Type Sep 2024 #54
That's a Gram Parsons lyric! Beausoleil Aug 2024 #16
You got it - "Blue Eyes" is the song red dog 1 Aug 2024 #19
Big Gram Parsons fan here Beausoleil Oct 1 #64
"Footsteps on the stairway -- Bringing something my way red dog 1 Aug 2024 #20
"Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes red dog 1 Aug 2024 #21
Pretty Ballerina sanjermane Sep 2024 #56
You got it! red dog 1 Oct 1 #65
"I've been hungry all day long. . For that girl who's wastin' time. red dog 1 Aug 2024 #22
"I'm so happy - Aha! Happy go lucky me - I just go my way - Living everyday red dog 1 Aug 2024 #23
"The ice caps are melting...The tide is running in. red dog 1 Aug 2024 #24
Tiny Tim? Jrose Aug 2024 #27
Yes! red dog 1 Aug 2024 #28
I remember hearing that song back in late 60s-early 70s... Jrose Aug 2024 #33
Yes, I remember hearing it back then too, after I bought the album. red dog 1 Aug 2024 #38
Alrighty then Dr. Strange Aug 2024 #25
"she put a Doobie Brothers tape on Stardust Mirror Aug 2024 #26
But was this abject misery? No no! JoseBalow Aug 2024 #30
is this something new Stardust Mirror Aug 2024 #31
What is this, a quiz? Don't you worry what it is! JoseBalow Aug 2024 #32
Sunlight on the lino, Woke me with a shake JanMichael Aug 2024 #29
Goodbye Girl by Squeeze ms liberty Sep 2024 #51
In the darkness the dragon wakes. sakabatou Aug 2024 #34
If I don't do it you know somebody else will...nt Dulcinea Aug 2024 #35
It's Dr John and the version in my head is from The Last Waltz? ms liberty Sep 2024 #52
Close! Dulcinea Sep 2024 #60
I knew it was something a night, Lol! ms liberty Sep 2024 #61
It was better before, before they voted for what's his name... nt Dulcinea Aug 2024 #36
You got it easy, you don't know when you've got it good...nt Dulcinea Aug 2024 #37
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes? Iris Sep 2024 #46
Wouldn't It Be Good Dulcinea Sep 2024 #48
"Things ain't what they seem...I'm gonna scream and shout it....This is just a dream. red dog 1 Aug 2024 #39
"Miami Beach! Yeah, yeah! What a beach! Yeah, yeah! red dog 1 Aug 2024 #40
Wild Man Fischer! Dulcinea Oct 1 #63
Ding! red dog 1 Oct 1 #66
Back around 1976-77, Wild Man used to sit... GReedDiamond Oct 1 #67
The Wild Man Fischer Story JoseBalow Oct 1 #68
"You know that you don't like me and I don't like you." jmowreader Aug 2024 #41
Sounds like the exact opposite of John Prine's lyrics in "Day is Done" red dog 1 Sep 2024 #43
Close jmowreader Sep 2024 #44
Perfect for the tRump campaign red dog 1 Sep 2024 #45
Another prop has occupied my time...nt Dulcinea Sep 2024 #42
We got time and it aint no crime Figarosmom Sep 2024 #47
Not a lyric VGNonly Sep 2024 #49
Was it Lou Rawls? n/t Harker Sep 2024 #50
Yes! VGNonly Sep 2024 #59
Do, Rey, Me surfered Sep 2024 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author Island Blue Sep 2024 #55
Okay, here goes LiberalLoner Sep 2024 #57
I don't like dancin' with crazy Ted Cartoonist Sep 2024 #58
"Baby, baby...I love you so...Give me money...Give me dough red dog 1 Sep 2024 #62
I been drinkin' and smokin' cigarettes, I been lookin' for a woman I have not met...nt Dulcinea Oct 5 #69
"Green the sea that unfolds waves...Salty carpets flung on land...Foamy fingers seek out caves... Tikki Oct 6 #70
That rusty nail over our front door is where I hung our tears in the rain...nt Dulcinea Oct 12 #71
"Making my friends out of snow, it's Christmas and I'm all alone, red dog 1 Oct 14 #72
"I was in my apartment all alone when I heard a ring tingling on the telly-phone red dog 1 Oct 19 #73
Tiny Tim Dulcinea Nov 2 #81
Yes red dog 1 Nov 2 #82
Some rock trivia. VGNonly Oct 27 #74
Jim Morrison? red dog 1 Oct 27 #75
Yes! VGNonly Oct 27 #76
"I don't like Mondays..." legallyblondeNYC Oct 27 #77
"I Don't Like Mondays"...Boomtown Rats....(1979) Tikki Oct 27 #79
Yesss! legallyblondeNYC Oct 27 #80
"...One comes over Then they all come over..... Tikki Oct 27 #78
Are You Ready for the Sex Girls Dulcinea Nov 23 #87
Yes..that is it. T Tikki Nov 24 #88
When I take my baby home at night Brother Buzz Nov 2 #83
This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 Nov 5 #84
This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 Nov 9 #85
This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 Nov 14 #86
The morning after blues from my head down to my shoes...nt Dulcinea Nov 25 #89
Carefree Highway (Gordon Lightfoot) Mad_Dem_X Nov 25 #90
Winner winner turkey dinner! Dulcinea Nov 25 #91

duncang

(3,729 posts)
2. First band
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 10:45 PM
Jul 2024

Let me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
Let me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
It can drive you out of your mind
Climb the ladder of your own design in my fire engine

Don't you tell it to go slow or stop
You've got to work it right up to the top
A piercing bolt of neon red
Explodes on fire inside your head

Second Band

I met a crazy man
The other afternoon
and you should have heard the things that he said
He said he knew some things that I couldn't know too soon.
And he spoke of other visions in his head
Crazy man told me you were telling lies
Said there were times where you tried to make me cry
Listen to that crazy man

Third band

Crossin' the highway late last night
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
He didn't see the station wagon car
The skunk got squashed and there you are

This one maybe the easiest.

Tikki

(14,799 posts)
3. This:
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 11:05 PM
Jul 2024

Yes, I enjoy living life this way
Always a good show on somewhere, what more can I say.

Tikki

TlalocW

(15,632 posts)
4. Here we go
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 11:21 PM
Jul 2024

my voice been gettin’ froggy
i’ve been smoking too damn much
singin’ songs through the sun that’s risin’
rhyming words i cannot touch

i’ve been wandering in circles
just a guitar in my hand
playin’ one too many bar rooms
and drinkin’ more than i can stand

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
6. "Isn't it better, didn't you know? Just sitting here by my radio.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 12:30 PM
Jul 2024

I'm gonna make you worry none about your income tax
No there's no need to hurry, I gotta teach you how to relax"

BOSSHOG

(40,280 posts)
10. Very Close My Friend
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 02:57 PM
Jul 2024

THE SMALL FACES which at one time included Rod Stewart back in the 60s. The Song: Lazy Sunday Afternoon. Those old English Bands could generate the energy.

BOSSHOG

(40,280 posts)
12. No. Thank You.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 03:03 PM
Jul 2024

I’m 70. Lived in Scotland and England 67 through 69. Got wrapped up in the music. Bought comic books featuring Reggie Dwight. Also known as Elton John. Our Age was awesome.

Figarosmom

(3,306 posts)
13. Mr. Blunt and mr. Frank
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 01:33 AM
Jul 2024

Were standing in the hall of their 7 figure bank wondering what in the world they were goin to do for you aha. We've been raising the prices on the kiddies ices and the bedroom suites at the corner store and don't you think that they can go up some more

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
14. "Try, my friend, loving all....The things we used to love.
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 11:18 PM
Jul 2024

I realize there was not
Very much to love.
But that's no reason
To go on ____ _ the ___"


(Hint: Garage rock band that formed in Los Altos, CA in the mid 1960s)

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
15. "She's a devil in disguise -- You can see it in her eyes
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 07:12 PM
Aug 2024

She's telling dirty lies
She's a devil in disguise"

Beausoleil

(2,928 posts)
16. That's a Gram Parsons lyric!
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 11:53 AM
Aug 2024

From "Blue Eyes". He first did it with the International Submarine Band.

You're in my wheelhouse now.

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
19. You got it - "Blue Eyes" is the song
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 12:29 PM
Aug 2024



I guess, technically, Gram Parsons was definitely not an "obscure" musician who played with The Byrds

But I'm such a huge fan of his, I figured Blue Eyes meets the criteria for this thread, since The International Submarine Band was an "obscure" band.......(I don't consider The Flying Burrito Brothers obscure)

Gram was from Waycross, Georgia...so was music writer Stanley Booth [The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones"]

Beausoleil

(2,928 posts)
64. Big Gram Parsons fan here
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:00 AM
Oct 1

"Blue Eyes" was covered by Son Volt on their Retrospective album, pretty good too.

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
20. "Footsteps on the stairway -- Bringing something my way
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 12:46 PM
Aug 2024

Post card full of sunshine
Telling me that she's mine"

(Hint: San Francisco band)

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
21. "Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 09:56 PM
Aug 2024

I asked her for this dance, and she obliged me
Was I surprised? Yeah
Was I surprised? No, not at all."

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
22. "I've been hungry all day long. . For that girl who's wastin' time.
Mon Aug 5, 2024, 04:19 PM
Aug 2024

She was here but now she's gone
I've got a taste for wine."

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
23. "I'm so happy - Aha! Happy go lucky me - I just go my way - Living everyday
Tue Aug 6, 2024, 08:26 PM
Aug 2024

I don't worry
Worrying don't agree
Things that bother you
Never bother me"

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
24. "The ice caps are melting...The tide is running in.
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 08:45 PM
Aug 2024

All the world is drowning
To wash away the sin"

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
38. Yes, I remember hearing it back then too, after I bought the album.
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 10:19 PM
Aug 2024

Tiny Tim was prophetic.

Dr. Strange

(26,005 posts)
25. Alrighty then
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 01:05 PM
Aug 2024

Two sets of lyrics from the same artist (sort of)

You have your pride
You're standing your own ground
Your dignity will never go
And your mind is pretty sound
You stare at the sun
You screw up your face and
Then, you're done


You see, that's what I'm talking about
You can wash away the dirt
But you can't wash away the failure
You better take your meds
And get out of bed
And pay me some attention


Somewhat obscure artist (except to AZSkiffyGeek--he'll know who it is)

Stardust Mirror

(622 posts)
31. is this something new
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 05:14 PM
Aug 2024

having people stomp on you?

Jose gets the correct answer!

btw I think the correct lyric is
"what was this abject misery?
don't you worry what it is
it is merely just a moment I can treasure"

or something like that

JoseBalow

(5,655 posts)
32. What is this, a quiz? Don't you worry what it is!
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 05:18 PM
Aug 2024

It is merely just a moment I can treasure!

ms liberty

(9,882 posts)
52. It's Dr John and the version in my head is from The Last Waltz?
Wed Sep 11, 2024, 08:17 PM
Sep 2024

I think the title is What a Night?

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
39. "Things ain't what they seem...I'm gonna scream and shout it....This is just a dream.
Tue Aug 20, 2024, 03:14 PM
Aug 2024

A simple conversation
Every now and then
A touchy situation
Fascinates a man."

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
40. "Miami Beach! Yeah, yeah! What a beach! Yeah, yeah!
Sun Aug 25, 2024, 06:11 PM
Aug 2024

Everybody's goin' surfin'
At Miami Beach!



(Hint: This artist knew Frank Zappa)

GReedDiamond

(5,380 posts)
67. Back around 1976-77, Wild Man used to sit...
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:01 PM
Oct 1

...on the corner of Santa Monica Blvd and El Centro, in an area of Hollywood CA that tourists avoided.

I worked at an airbrush tee shirt studio on that corner, saw him there all the time.

On occasion, he would blurt out "my name is LAIR-eeee!"

Sometimes me or one of the other airbrush artists would buy Larry a taco or burrito from the Mexican joint across from the airbrush studio.

Apparently in later years his music career was resurrected and he recorded new stuff.

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
43. Sounds like the exact opposite of John Prine's lyrics in "Day is Done"
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 12:10 AM
Sep 2024

"Do you like me?
Well, I hope you do.
'Cause if you like me
Then I think I'm gonna have to like you, too"




jmowreader

(51,608 posts)
44. Close
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 01:27 AM
Sep 2024

It’s GG Allin’s “You Hate Me and I Hate You,” aka the official song of Trump-Vance 2024.

Figarosmom

(3,306 posts)
47. We got time and it aint no crime
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 12:47 AM
Sep 2024

To want to hold your brothers hand
And it all depends on if you're feeling fine.

VGNonly

(7,800 posts)
49. Not a lyric
Wed Sep 11, 2024, 06:03 PM
Sep 2024

In the Sam Cooke song Bring It Back Home who sang the response in the call and response fashion?

surfered

(3,748 posts)
53. Do, Rey, Me
Wed Sep 11, 2024, 08:20 PM
Sep 2024

Do - the stuff I buy beer with
Rey - the guy I buy beer from
Me - the one I buy beer for
Fa- the distance to the store
So - I think I’ll have a beer
La -La La La La La La
Ti - no thanks, I’ll have a beer and that brings
us back to Do

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LiberalLoner

(10,222 posts)
57. Okay, here goes
Wed Sep 11, 2024, 08:55 PM
Sep 2024

Despair came knocking at my door
And I let her in for a while

She sat on the couch and began smoking
She said nothing
Suddenly I felt tired
I began to feel tired
And all of the sudden
The room seemed dingy and dirty

Despair came knocking
And I let her in for awhile

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
62. "Baby, baby...I love you so...Give me money...Give me dough
Tue Sep 24, 2024, 04:25 PM
Sep 2024

Give me music, and a car with speed
And I'll give you...All the love you need"

Tikki

(14,799 posts)
70. "Green the sea that unfolds waves...Salty carpets flung on land...Foamy fingers seek out caves...
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 09:02 PM
Oct 6

Where lovers lie upon the sand……”

Tikki

Hint..you might have heard this 60’s song this year.

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
72. "Making my friends out of snow, it's Christmas and I'm all alone,
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 03:23 PM
Oct 14

Last edited Sat Oct 19, 2024, 04:43 PM - Edit history (1)

But it won't bring me down
'Cause Christmas cheer is all around"

(Hint: It's a duo)

red dog 1

(29,548 posts)
73. "I was in my apartment all alone when I heard a ring tingling on the telly-phone
Sat Oct 19, 2024, 04:54 PM
Oct 19

I said 'Who's that at half past three?'
And a frightening voice came back at me"

VGNonly

(7,800 posts)
74. Some rock trivia.
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 12:59 PM
Oct 27

The father of this rocker was a graduate of The Naval Academy. He was onboard his ship when attack on Pearl Harbor took place. He shifted to Naval Aviation flying F6 Hellcats. Served in Korea, became the commander of an aircraft carrier in the Vietnam era, served until the mid 70's. Who was he?

legallyblondeNYC

(56 posts)
77. "I don't like Mondays..."
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 04:05 PM
Oct 27

A silicon chip inside her head

And nobody's gonna go to school today,
She's gonna make them stay at home...

Tell me why...

Tikki

(14,799 posts)
79. "I Don't Like Mondays"...Boomtown Rats....(1979)
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 04:43 PM
Oct 27

We saW the Boomtown Rats a couple years later in So Cal.

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The Tikkis

Tikki

(14,799 posts)
78. "...One comes over Then they all come over.....
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 04:30 PM
Oct 27

......Then they party all around your house
One gets too romantic
One is kinda frantic
One stays quiet as a mouse....."

Tikki

Brother Buzz

(38,027 posts)
83. When I take my baby home at night
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 12:49 PM
Nov 2

When I take my baby home at night
I can't wait to kiss and hold her tight
But right then, the time begins to drag
When she starts searchin' through her bag

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