Lyrically Speaking Game 8

[elwoodblues]

Each of these is my favorite song by that artist.


1. Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

2. No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing
Happening to you

3. The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss

4. I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win

5. A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

6. I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex

7. Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end

8. And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee



Krox: Pick an artist, which may be one from this game or you can pick someone else, and tell me your favorite song by them.



Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?

[littlebeast13]

Spoiler

Each of these is my favorite song by that artist.

YAY! Lots of opportunities for me to pick up negative points! Oh, right.....


1. Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
Back in the USSR - Beatles (Definitely in my Top 10 for Beatles songs. Good choice. Hard to choose a favorite here, maybe "The Ballad of John and Yoko" or one of the Harrison songs like "Something"....)

2. No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing
Happening to you
Well, the last two lines are very familiar at least, so I probably know this.... actually, now that I think of it, it's probably a Rolling Stones song, since they're conspicuously absent from my answers. And now I think it may be "Paint It Black"

Paint it Black - Rolling Stones

3. The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen (This was practically a nightly Mecca earworm for a while, but not since they changed the format again. I'd pick "Cover Me," though if we're talking just pre-Born in the USA, then it's definitely "Tenth Avenue Freezout"...)

4. I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win
Dream On - Aerosmith (Not bad, no choices I vehemently disagree with, yet. I'd probably choose "What It Takes" here...)

5. A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John

6. I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex
You Better You Bet - The Who (Won't argue with this one at all. Also, bonus fact: This was the first music video to get played TWICE when MTV went on the air...)

7. Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues (Simply one of my least favorite songs ever.....)

8. And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (Oddly enough, probably my least favorite of their hits. Can't even give Knopfler ballsy credit for that second verse, because as horrifying as it sounds today, EVERYONE used that word in the 80's....)



Krox: Pick an artist, which may be one from this game or you can pick someone else, and tell me your favorite song by them.

I'll pick one from the game to keep it simple. For the Moodys, it would definitely be "The Voice." Their adult contemporary hits from the 80's were just flat out awesome....

Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?

I only know this because of the research I did when I skewered NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN on my blog eight years ago....


Listening to this garbage again, I had to seriously ask myself why I only put it at #7. Are there really six big time songs that are somehow worse than this? I think I probably under-ranked this one… not that it’s a threat to my Top 3, that triumvirate of evil muzak was a lock, but I certainly could have justified putting this a couple notches higher. This is the very worst of mellow rock and classic music mashed together into seven minutes of vinyl that could have better been used to record the ecstatic bleating of possums in heat for a sex education tutorial…

Normally when a group has a song that sucks this bad yet gets a lot of love from highbrow music fans, I hate most of the other crap they did as well… but that’s actually not true of the Moody Blues. “Tuesday Afternoon” was on that very same 1967 album, and it’s not half bad at all. A lot of their 70’s stuff is alright, but I really, really love their 80’s work.... this is a case of a decent band who suffered the misfortune of having their most unlistenable song become their signature tune, and about the only one the idiots who craft together radio station playlists will ever play anymore…

And while I’m on the subject…. people hate disco. I mean really, REALLY hate disco. I don’t really know why… the music is a lot of fun and can be danced to, even if you’re by yourself like Billy Idol. You know what genre of music is the antithesis of disco that was also big in the 70’s? Prog rock. Songs that are about as joyless as a Playboy full of nothing but articles, with the extra added torture that they go on and on and on…. and just when you think the ear torture is finally over and maybe they’ll play an awesome Bay City Rollers song, the orchestra band segues into some symphonic ass like “Late Lament.” There is nothing that made a dent on the Billboard charts that is more unfun and undanceable than prog rock, and yet it gets looked up to and admired, while disco records get thrown into crates in centerfield and blown sky high. The world is not a fair place…

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

1. BACK IN THE USSR- THE BEATLES
2. PAINT IT BLACK - THE ROLLING STONES
3. BORN TO RUN - SPRINGSTEEN
4. DREAM ON - AEROSMITH
5. SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING - ELTON JOHN
6. YOU BETTER YOU BET - THE WHO
7. NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - MOODY BLUES
8. MONEY FOR NOTHING - DIRE STRAITS


Krox: Pick an artist, which may be one from this game or you can pick someone else, and tell me your favorite song by them.

Blackbird - The Beatles
Seaside Bar Song - Springsteen
Just a Singer in a rock and Roll Band - Moody Blues

I couldn't decide. Pick one.


Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?

NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN

[kroxquo]

Edited to Add comments to songs I didn't know

Spoiler

1. Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

Back in the USSR - Beatles

My favorite - I Want to Hold Your Hand. Definitely not their best song, and maybe it's the luxury of knowing what comes after, but that guitar opener and the sheer joy you hear in their voices just screams that we are at the start of something special.

2. No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing
Happening to you

Paint It Black - Rolling Stones

Mine - Sympathy for the Devil.

3. The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen. I must agree. Quite possibly best arrangement of any song ever.

4. I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Mine - I've never been a big fan of Aerosmith, so I'd say anything that is not Love in an Elevator

5. A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

Is that what Elton is saying? Who knew? I'd go with I'm Still Standing, but this would rank up there.

6. I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex

You Better You Bet - The Who

Mine - Won't Get Fooled Again. I'm a sucker for big orchestrations.

7. Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end

Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues. I'll agree with you on this one.

8. And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits. I'd go with Sultans of Swing. Understated but brilliant



Krox: Pick an artist, which may be one from this game or you can pick someone else, and tell me your favorite song by them.

One More Minute - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament? Breathe deep, the gathering gloom/Watch lights fade from every room...Nights in White Satin

[jarnon]

Spoiler

1. Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
BACK IN THE USSR - BEATLES

2. No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing
Happening to you

3. The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss

4. I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win

5. A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

6. I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex

7. Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end

8. And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee

Krox: Pick an artist, which may be one from this game or you can pick someone else, and tell me your favorite song by them.
VINCENT - DON McLEAN

Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?

Image bonus:

[franktangredi]

Spoiler

[1. Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

2. No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing
Happening to you
PAINT IT, BLACK/THE ROLLING STONES

3. The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss
BORN TO RUN/BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

4. I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win
DREAM ON/AEROSMITH

5. A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

6. I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex
YOU BETTER YOU BET/THE WHO

7. Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end
NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN/THE MOODY BLUES

8. And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee
MONEY FOR NOTHING/DIRE STRAITS

Krox: Pick an artist, which may be one from this game or you can pick someone else, and tell me your favorite song by them.

GOD ONLY KNOWS/THE BEACH BOYS

Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?

NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN

[ShamelessWeasel]

Spoiler

1. Back in the USSR- The Beatles
2. Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
3. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
4. Dream on - Aerosmith
5. Saturday nights alright for fighting - Elton John
6. You Better You Bet - The Who
7. Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
8. Money for Nothing - Dire Straits



Krox: Black - Pearl Jam



Bonus: #7

[Hotseat Or Bust!]

Spoiler

1.) Back In The USSR - The Beatles, 2.) Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones, 3.) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen, 4.) Dream On - Aerosmith, 6.) You Better You Bet - The Who, 7.) Knights In White Satin - The Moody Blues, 8.) Money For Nothing - Dire Straits. Krox: She's A Rainbow - The Roling Stones. You Better You Bet is also my favorite Who song!! Bonus: #7.

[mrkelley23]

Spoiler

Each of these is my favorite song by that artist.


1. Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

Back in the USSR -- The Beatles

2. No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing
Happening to you

Nope

3. The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss

Born to Run -- Bruce Springsteen (Since my wife's name is Wendy, I'm a little more familiar with this one than most of the Boss's tunes.)

4. I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Dream On -- Aerosmith

5. A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting -- Elton John. That's the way it's spelled on the album, and it drives my little spelling Nazi's heart crazy every time I see it.

6. I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex

You Better You Bet -- The Who. If it hadn't had the T Rex lyric, I probably wouldn't have gotten it.

7. Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end

Nights in White Satin -- Moody Blues

8. And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee

Money for Nothing -- Dire Straits.



Krox: Pick an artist, which may be one from this game or you can pick someone else, and tell me your favorite song by them.

The Boss song is the only one we agree on as far as personal favorites. There are about 11 million Aerosmith songs I like better than the incredibly overplayed and overblown Dream On (Back in the Saddle may be at the top of my list). But I gotta recommend a couple of deep cuts from Elton, both off of the criminally underrated Caribou album: Ticking and Solar Prestige a Gammon.



Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?

Sounds like a Moody Blue thing, so I'll guess #7.

[Vandal]

Spoiler

1. Back in the USSR - Beatles

2. Paint It, Black - Rolling Stones

3. Born to Run - Bruuuuuce Springsteen

4. Dream On - Aerosmith

5. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John

6. You Better, You Bet - The Who

7. Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues

8. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits

Krox: Deacon Blues - Steely Dan

Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?
#7

[elwoodblues]

1. Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

Back in the USSR - Beatles

2. No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing
Happening to you

Paint It, Black - Rolling Stones

3. The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

4. I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Dream On - Aerosmith

5. A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John

6. I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex

You Better, You Bet - The Who

7. Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end

Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues

I'm not sure if this is really my favorite Moody Blues song, but I wanted to use that bonus question.

8. And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

From back when people wanted their MTV.


Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?

Nights in White Satin. Even if you didn't know about the poem it was reasonable to assume that out of the artists in this game, the Moody Blues were the most likely to do this.



LB 21
melly 21
kroxquo 17
jarnon 4
Frank 17
Weasel 21
Hottie 19
mrkelley 19
Vandal 21
BiT 17

[BackInTex]

Sorry to keep being late. I'm out of town on business and my schedule is whacked

1. Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

Back in the USSR - The Beatles

2. No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing
Happening to you




3. The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen


4. I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Dream On - Aerosmith


5. A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

Saturday's Alright For Fighting - Elton John


6. I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex




7. Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end

Nights in White Satin-The Moody Blues


8. And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee

Money For Nothing - Dire Straits




Krox: Pick an artist, which may be one from this game or you can pick someone else, and tell me your favorite song by them.

America - Simon & Garfunkle




Bonus: Which of these has a version in which the song is followed by a spoken-word poem called Late Lament?

#7, Nights in White Satin