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Which song did I contribute to this game?

Kroxquo Bonus: Give me a song with artist that doesn't tell a story, or have a meaning, or have any redeeming value other than it's fun to listen to!

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littlebeast13 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:29 pm

Any other year, this would be the final game of the LSWE... but not in 2021 where you get six weeks for the price of five! And our fifth installment of the player's choice Friday games asked you for songs that told a story. And once again, you delivered without a single repeat request..... well, kinda! 12 players sent me a song, and as always, I added one of my own. One artist appears in this game THREE times, and it probably won't surprise you who it is given the theme...

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 5 points for picking my song out of the game...


1. So we got in the red VW microbus
With the shovels and rakes
And implements of destruction
And headed on toward the
Police officer's station

Alice's Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie

2. And she walked away in silence
It's strange, how you never know
But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for
Such a long, long time ago

Taxi, Harry Chapin. I bet he's the one with the three songs.

3. The ship was the pride
Of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot

4. And wasn't I talking to him
After church last Sunday night
I'll have another piece of apple pie
You know it don't seem right

Ode to Billie Joe, Bobbie Gentry

5. He ain`t gonna let
Those two escape justice
He makes his living off
Of the people`s taxes

Take the money and run, Steve Miller Band. Ah, the good old days, when I used to guess Steve Miller Band whenever it was a band and I didn't know the artist.

6. They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old

Dang, I was hoping to get them all. Oh well.

7. But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away

Cat's in the Cradle, Harry Chapin. I was right!

8. Well, he got mad
And he saw red
And Andy said, boy
Don`t you lose your head

I was looking for this one. The Night the lights went out in Georgia, Reba McIntyre

9. Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashing blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land

Big John, Jimmy Dean.

10. Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My love was deep for this Mexican maiden
I was in love, but in vain I could tell

El Paso, Marty Robbins

11. Well, I`m not the
World`s most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight
She nearly broke my spine

Lola. . . . Steve Miller Band.

12. The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw

Flowers are red, Harry Chapin

13. And with her head upon his shoulder
His young and lovely fiancee
From where I stood, I saw she was crying
And through her tears, I heard her say

Billy, Don't be a Hero, Paper Lace

Which song did I contribute to this game? Obviously, the one I didn't know -- #6.

Kroxquo Bonus: Give me a song with artist that doesn't tell a story, or have a meaning, or have any redeeming value other than it's fun to listen to!

I'm trying to think of songs that when they come on, I turn up the radio. Oh well. I'll just go with

Rubber Biscuit, the Blues Brothers

Image Bonus: Once upon a time.... The page I copied from is defective. They lured me in with this posted over the image in Google Images: THE STORY OF THE RAINBOW. Once upon a time, all the colours in the world started to quarrel; each claimed that she was the best, the most important, the favourite.

littlebeast13 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:29 pm

Any other year, this would be the final game of the LSWE... but not in 2021 where you get six weeks for the price of five! And our fifth installment of the player's choice Friday games asked you for songs that told a story. And once again, you delivered without a single repeat request..... well, kinda! 12 players sent me a song, and as always, I added one of my own. One artist appears in this game THREE times, and it probably won't surprise you who it is given the theme...

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 5 points for picking my song out of the game...


1. So we got in the red VW microbus
With the shovels and rakes
And implements of destruction
And headed on toward the
Police officer's station

Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie

Well, you almost had a repeat entry....this is always my first choice for a 'story' song. But I decided that it was too much of a spoken word thing, other than the chorus. This usually plays on my way home during Thanksgiving and, if I get home while it's still going, I'll sit in my driveway until they whole thing is done.

2. And she walked away in silence
It's strange, how you never know
But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for
Such a long, long time ago

Taxi - Harry Chapin

3. The ship was the pride
Of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

4. And wasn't I talking to him
After church last Sunday night
I'll have another piece of apple pie
You know it don't seem right

Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbi Gentry

5. He ain`t gonna let
Those two escape justice
He makes his living off
Of the people`s taxes

Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller

clap clap clap clap clap

6. They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

7. But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away

Cat's Cradle - Harry Chapin

All right, the two songs I know by Harry Chapin, except for the radio one which will be my guess the first third...

8. Well, he got mad
And he saw red
And Andy said, boy
Don`t you lose your head

The Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence

9. Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashing blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land

Big John - Jimmy Dean

10. Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My love was deep for this Mexican maiden
I was in love, but in vain I could tell

El Paso - Marty Robbins

Don't know what your contribution was (yet) but I know this is Sprots'....

11. Well, I`m not the
World`s most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight
She nearly broke my spine

Lola - The Kinks

12. The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw

This Don't Sound Like that Radio Song - Harry Chapin

13. And with her head upon his shoulder
His young and lovely fiancee
From where I stood, I saw she was crying
And through her tears, I heard her say

Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace

Take that, Bo Donaldson!


Which song did I contribute to this game?

Going with Lola Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald!

Okay, I know you wouldn't have added another Harry Chapin, I know you didn't clap five times, pretty sure Alice is Weasel (not sure why I think that) and Billy is Vandal. You don't seem like an Irish punk fan, so..... huh, now I'm thinking Sprots is Big John. Urgggh! Process of elimination says that when you have taken away the impossible what remains, no matter how improbable, Lola must be it although I think that's more of a TBone thing...wait a minute, wait a minute! I forgot about the Edmund Fitzgerald until I was going over my preview. And I seem to recall you being a Lightfoot fan....

Kroxquo Bonus: Give me a song with artist that doesn't tell a story, or have a meaning, or have any redeeming value other than it's fun to listen to!

Seaside Rendezvous - Queen

Image Bonus: Once upon a time....



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