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Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:48 am**

In honor of Valentine's Day, mini's birthday, and, well, just the fact that it's Thursday... it's time for Theme Thursday! The 12 songs below can all be linked by some common theme. PLEASE NOTE: The answer to this week's theme is something a bit more specific than normal, and there is an easy way to answer this that will not be counted! You must hit on the specific part of the theme to receive the 3 bonus points!

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 3 points for the theme.....

1. The sailors and the pilots
The soldiers and the law
The payoffs and the ripoffs
And the things nobody saw

2. And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
Yeah 'n' he's holding her in his arms late, late at night

3. I call you on the phone
But I never get a rise
So sit there all alone
It's time you realize

4. You know, I'm not the little boy that I used to be
I'm all grown up now, baby can't you see

5. I met a fan dancer
Down in South Side Birmingham
She was running from a fat man
Selling salvation in his hand

6. And the operator says "40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Ple-ease Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye

7. I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
He was no one I had heard of

8. When you see me shed a tear and you know that it’s sincere
Dontcha think it’s kinda sad that you’re treatin’ me so bad
Or don’t you even care

9. Now, I belong to you
From this day until forever,
Just love me tenderly
And I'll give to you every part of me

10. Wake up and it´s still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wonderin´ to yourself
Hey what have I found

11. At the Houses of Parliament
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout the President
We all chip in for a bag of cement

12. And a cheesy little amp
With a sign on the front said
"Fender Champ"
And a second-hand guitar
It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar

Theme?

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:12 am**

Spoiler

1. All She Wants to do is Dance - Don Henley
2. Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
3
4
5
6 Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show(?)
7.
8
9
10.
11
12. Juke Box Hero(?)

Theme: Modern variations on a 17th century pattern of ancient ritual texts

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:43 am**

Spoiler

1.
2. Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
3. Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
4.
5.
6. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook
7.
8. Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers
9. A Lover's Concerto - The Toys
10. The Theme From Arthur - Cristopher Cross
11. Junior's Farm - McCartney
12. Joe's Garage - Zappa

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:04 am**

Spoiler

1.
2. Jesse's Girl, Rick Springfield
3.
4.
5.
6. Sylvia's Mother, Dr Hook
7.
8. Cathy's Clown, Everly Bros or Reba McEntire
9. A Lover's Concerto, the Toys
10. Arthur's Theme (the moon and NYC), Chris Cross
11.
12.

Theme? LB's possessives (for the obvious connection)
and it looks like they're all love/relationship songs as well -- at least the ones I got.

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:24 am**

Spoiler

1. pass
2. "Jessie's Girl", Rick Springfield
3. pass
4. "Stacy's Mom", Fountains of Wayne
5. "Jacob's Ladder", Huey Lewis and the News
6. pass
7. pass
8. "Cathy's Clown", the Everly Brothers
9. pass
10. "Arthur's Theme", Christopher Cross
11. pass
12. pass

Ummmm... they all have a singular possessive noun (_____'s)?

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:22 am**

Spoiler

1. The sailors and the pilots
The soldiers and the law
The payoffs and the ripoffs
And the things nobody saw
Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey

2. And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
Yeah 'n' he's holding her in his arms late, late at night
Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield

3. I call you on the phone
But I never get a rise
So sit there all alone
It's time you realize
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella

4. You know, I'm not the little boy that I used to be
I'm all grown up now, baby can't you see
Stacey's Mom - Fountains of Wayne

5. I met a fan dancer
Down in South Side Birmingham
She was running from a fat man
Selling salvation in his hand
Jacob's Ladder - Huey Louis and the News

6. And the operator says "40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Ple-ease Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye
?

7. I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
He was no one I had heard of
Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega

8. When you see me shed a tear and you know that it’s sincere
Dontcha think it’s kinda sad that you’re treatin’ me so bad
Or don’t you even care
Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers

9. Now, I belong to you
From this day until forever,
Just love me tenderly
And I'll give to you every part of me
A Lover's Concerto - The Toys

10. Wake up and it´s still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wonderin´ to yourself
Hey what have I found
Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross

11. At the Houses of Parliament
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout the President
We all chip in for a bag of cement
?

12. And a cheesy little amp
With a sign on the front said
"Fender Champ"
And a second-hand guitar
It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar
Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa

Theme?
All I see is a possessive noun followed by another word. Hopefully that's it, and the simple thing that doesn't work is people's names in the songs.

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:28 am**

Spoiler

2. Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield

6. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

Theme: Guys that didn't get the girl?

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:47 am**

Spoiler

1. Nope
2. Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
3. Nope
4. Nope
5. Not right now but it will be a duh! moment when I see the answer, I think
6. Sylvia' Mother - Dr. Hook? Dr. John?
7. Nope
8. Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
9. Lover's Concerto - The Toys
10. Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross
11. Nope
12. Nope

Something to do with movies? Lover's Concerto is Mr. Holland's Opus. No clue on theme.

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:12 am**

Have I told you lately that I hate you....?

Spoiler

littlebeast13 wrote:In honor of Valentine's Day, mini's birthday, and, well, just the fact that it's Thursday... it's time for Theme Thursday! The 12 songs below can all be linked by some common theme. PLEASE NOTE: The answer to this week's theme is something a bit more specific than normal, and there is an easy way to answer this that will not be counted! You must hit on the specific part of the theme to receive the 3 bonus points!

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 3 points for the theme.....

1. The sailors and the pilots
The soldiers and the law
The payoffs and the ripoffs
And the things nobody saw

Smuggler's Blues, an ex-Eagle. Can't keep them straight. Eeeny meeny Don Henley?

2. And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
Yeah 'n' he's holding her in his arms late, late at night

Jesse's Girl, Rick Springfield

3. I call you on the phone
But I never get a rise
So sit there all alone
It's time you realize

Nopers

4. You know, I'm not the little boy that I used to be
I'm all grown up now, baby can't you see

Stacy's Mom, Fountains of Wayne

5. I met a fan dancer
Down in South Side Birmingham
She was running from a fat man
Selling salvation in his hand

A Bruce Hornsby song. ACK!

6. And the operator says "40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Ple-ease Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye

Sylvia's Mother, Dr. Hook ([Buzz Lightyear]I don't believe that man has ever been to medical school![/BL])

7. I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
He was no one I had heard of

Tom's Diner, Suzanne Vega without the editorial comments I inserted into train's LS.....

8. When you see me shed a tear and you know that it’s sincere
Dontcha think it’s kinda sad that you’re treatin’ me so bad
Or don’t you even care

Familiar

9. Now, I belong to you
From this day until forever,
Just love me tenderly
And I'll give to you every part of me

And familiar

10. Wake up and it´s still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wonderin´ to yourself
Hey what have I found

And also familiar! ACK

11. At the Houses of Parliament
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout the President
We all chip in for a bag of cement

I know this is Wings and I can't think of a name that fits....

12. And a cheesy little amp
With a sign on the front said
"Fender Champ"
And a second-hand guitar
It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar

Nope

Theme?

The titles are all possessives.

And you are Mini's Thorn in the Side....

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:42 pm**

In honor of Valentine's Day, mini's birthday, and, well, just the fact that it's Thursday... it's time for Theme Thursday! The 12 songs below can all be linked by some common theme. PLEASE NOTE: The answer to this week's theme is something a bit more specific than normal, and there is an easy way to answer this that will not be counted! You must hit on the specific part of the theme to receive the 3 bonus points!

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 3 points for the theme.....

Spoiler

1. TiV's first bump in the road

2. Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield

3. TiV's second bump

4. Stacey's Mom - Fountains of Wayne

5. TiV's third bump (out of five that ain't good)

6. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

7. Tom's (Monk's) Diner - Suzanne Vega w/ & w/o DNA

8. Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers (Love that drumming)

9. A Lover's Concerto - the Toys

10. TiV's fourth bump

11. Junior's Farm - Paul McCartney & Wings

12. Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa

Theme? There seems to be a apostrophe showing possession in each of the songs.

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:59 pm**

Spoiler

1. Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
2. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
3. Nope
4. Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
5. Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis and the News
6. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook
7. Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
8. Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers
9. Nope
10. Arthur's Theme - Christopher Crosss
11. Junior's Farm - Paul McCartney and Wings
12. Nope

Theme - The obvious theme is that they are all possessive phrases. The not-so-obvious theme is, uh, dunno. Can't pull it

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:20 pm**

Spoiler

2. Jesse's Girl/Rick Springfield

7. Marlena Watches From the Wall (or whatever she calls it)/Suzanne Vega (the doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo song, anyway)

8. Cathy's Clown/Everly Brothers

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:02 pm**

Spoiler

1-Smuggler's Blues-Glenn Frey
2-Jessie's Girl-Rick Springfield
3-
4-Stacy's Mom-Fountains of Wayne
5-Jacob's Ladder-Huey Lewis & the News/Bruce Hornsby & the Range (Bruce wrote it)
6-Sylvia's Mother-Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (written by Shel Silverstein)
7-
8-Cathy's Clown-Everly Brothers
9-A Lover's Concerto-The Toys
10-Arthur's Theme-Christopher Cross
11-Junior's Farm-Paul McCartney & Wings
12-WOW! Joe's Garage-Frank Zappa (I myself had a Fender "Super Reverb and a Gibson SG with a whammy bar..anybody who ever played in a garage band has to love this song!)

Theme: well, sheesh, I know today is all about relationships, but these are a little too possessive, don'tcha think? Such nounsense.
Possessive Nounsense, get it?
Hey, YOU started it!

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:36 pm**

Spoiler

1. Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
2. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
3. Nope
4. Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
5. Jacob's Ladder - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
6. Nope
7. Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega (or about another 10 people/acts on an album called "Tom's Album")
8. Cathy's Clown? If so, it's the Everly Brothers
9. Lover's Concerto - The Toys
10. Arthur's Theme (I originally had "The Theme from 'Arthur'" here...) - Christopher Cross
11. Nope
12. Nope

Theme? I had a girlfriend who told me I was too possessive, once......To be specific, as asked, it's two word titles, the first of which is a possessive noun ending in apostrophe-s.

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:19 pm**

Spoiler

1. Smuggler's Blues -- Glenn Frey
2. Jessie's Girl -- Rick Springfield
3.
4. Stacy's Mom -- Fountains of Wayne
5. Jacob's Ladder -- Huey Lewis and the News
6. Sylvia's Mother -- Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
7. Tom's Diner -- Suzanne Vega
8. Cathy's Clown -- Everly Brothers
9. Lover's Concerto -- The Toys
10. To fit the category, this must be called "Arthur's Theme," by Christopher Cross, although I always called it "Between the Moon and New York City."
11. Junior's Farm -- Paul McCartney and Wings
12. Joe's Garage -- Frank Zappa

5 and 12 are fairly informed guesses, but I can't muster a guess for #3.

Theme had better be just Possessive Nouns. I can't think of anything more specific than that that fits all 11 I've listed.

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:09 pm**

Spoiler

2. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
6. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
10. Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross
11. Junior's Farm - Paul McCartney

Theme: Possessives

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:07 pm**

Spoiler

1.
2. Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
3.
4.
5.
6. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
7.
8. Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers
9. Lover's Concerto - The Toys
10. Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross
11. Junior's Farm - Wings
12.

I started out thinking the theme was being in love with someone who is out of reach, but don't know how 9 and 11 fit with that idea.

Oh, well. I'll go with Unrequited and/or Forbidden Love.

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:12 pm**

OK - so I just went back and looked at the other's answers, and all I can say is . . . well, duh!

I put it down to too much time reading 8th grade essays. My brain is beginning to atrophy.

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:25 am**

Spoiler

littlebeast13 wrote: 1. The sailors and the pilots
The soldiers and the law
The payoffs and the ripoffs
And the things nobody saw

2. And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
Yeah 'n' he's holding her in his arms late, late at night

3. I call you on the phone
But I never get a rise
So sit there all alone
It's time you realize

4. You know, I'm not the little boy that I used to be
I'm all grown up now, baby can't you see

5. I met a fan dancer
Down in South Side Birmingham
She was running from a fat man
Selling salvation in his hand

6. And the operator says "40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Ple-ease Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye
SYLVIA'S MOTHER -- DR. HOOK (AND THE MEDICINE SHOW)

7. I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
He was no one I had heard of

8. When you see me shed a tear and you know that it’s sincere
Dontcha think it’s kinda sad that you’re treatin’ me so bad
Or don’t you even care

9. Now, I belong to you
From this day until forever,
Just love me tenderly
And I'll give to you every part of me

10. Wake up and it´s still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wonderin´ to yourself
Hey what have I found

11. At the Houses of Parliament
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout the President
We all chip in for a bag of cement

12. And a cheesy little amp
With a sign on the front said
"Fender Champ"
And a second-hand guitar
It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar
JOE'S GARAGE -- FRANK ZAPPA

Theme?
BASED ON THE TWO I KNEW, IT APPEARS TO BE SONGS THAT HAVE A TITLE IN THE FORMAT OF "SOMEBODY'S SOMETHING." A POSSESSIVE FOLLOWED BY A NOUN.

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:00 am**

1. The sailors and the pilots
The soldiers and the law
The payoffs and the ripoffs
And the things nobody saw
Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Fry

2. And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
Yeah 'n' he's holding her in his arms late, late at night
Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield

3. I call you on the phone
But I never get a rise
So sit there all alone
It's time you realize
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella

4. You know, I'm not the little boy that I used to be
I'm all grown up now, baby can't you see
Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne

5. I met a fan dancer
Down in South Side Birmingham
She was running from a fat man
Selling salvation in his hand
Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis & the News (Didn't know the other Bruuuuce wrote this one....)

6. And the operator says "40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Ple-ease Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye
Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

7. I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
He was no one I had heard of
Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega (The song that plays on the endless loop in Hell....)

8. When you see me shed a tear and you know that it’s sincere
Dontcha think it’s kinda sad that you’re treatin’ me so bad
Or don’t you even care
Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers

9. Now, I belong to you
From this day until forever,
Just love me tenderly
And I'll give to you every part of me
A Lover's Concerto - The Toys

10. Wake up and it´s still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wonderin´ to yourself
Hey what have I found
Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross (Not to be confused with his sons Kris Kross... er, nevermind. BTW, a lot of people thought the secondary title of this song was some form of "Between the moon & New York City", but it's secondary title is actually "The Best That You Can Do"...)

11. At the Houses of Parliament
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout the President
We all chip in for a bag of cement
Junior's Farm - Wings

12. And a cheesy little amp
With a sign on the front said
"Fender Champ"
And a second-hand guitar
It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar
Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa (I heard this one for the first time just a few months ago, and had no idea at all it was Zappa until I looked up the lyrics for this game. When I think of Frank Zappa, all that ever enters my head is the video for "You Are What You Is"....)

Theme? - Possession! I was afraid a few people might get lazy and just say each song had a word with an apostrophe in it, which is why I added the warning to be a but more specific, but it looks like everyone who noticed the apostrophes also noticed that they were all possessives....

Oh dear me, I really, really hope fanny is playing this game as I type up these answers, otherwise, it may ruin the great spirited contst we had at the top....

Points:

Rexer 4
Sir G 16
mntetn 13
Nelly 13
TLITF 23
mikehardware 4
melly 10
mini 13
TiV 19
starfish 21
ghost 5
TBone 23
KT 19
mrkelley 25
elwood 11
hermillion 12
Confessor 7

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:48 am**

littlebeast13 wrote:
5. I met a fan dancer
Down in South Side Birmingham
She was running from a fat man
Selling salvation in his hand
Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis & the News (Didn't know the other Bruuuuce wrote this one....)

See, he's from around here, so he shows up just about everywhere. When Other Bruuuuce, was in concert, he came out and they did a duelling-piano-type deal, and it was great, even though I don't much care for his hits. I saw him at a W&M football game, and was trying to place where I knew him from (school? work?) before realizing who he was. He's pretty normal...

Theme? - Possession! I was afraid a few people might get lazy and just say each song had a word with an apostrophe in it, which is why I added the warning to be a but more specific, but it looks like everyone who noticed the apostrophes also noticed that they were all possessives....

Which is why I didn't have a title for #11--Let's Go had the requisite apostrophe, but not possessive, and I was blahblahblahing the lyrics and didn't get to Junior's Farm. Or Bar. Or whatever....

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:56 pm**

littlebeast13 wrote: Oh dear me, I really, really hope fanny is playing this game as I type up these answers, otherwise, it may ruin the great spirited contst we had at the top....

Everything's ruined and it's all my fault! It wouldn't have been my best effort, 8-10 points (maybe 2 more if I had thought about it instead of just answering right away as I've been doing lately).

My theme would have been "things that belong to people". Would that have been accepted? I know it's not accepted NOW, just interested on whether I would have gotten it.

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:34 pm**

fantine33 wrote:My theme would have been "things that belong to people". Would that have been accepted? I know it's not accepted NOW, just interested on whether I would have gotten it.

Looks like a 3 point answer to me....

lb13

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