Answers & Points - Lyrically Speaking - 3/5/09

[littlebeast13]

Well, after two straight low scoring games in a row, maybe today will be more of a point bonanza, as there are lots of points to be had in this game. it is not only Theme Thursday, but it is a matching game as well! You will get the usual bonus points for indentifying the theme, but also will get bonus points if you can successfully match up the following 15 songs into 5 triplets based on the theme of today's puzzle.... which I promise you is not music heard on Mecca Radio. As usual, you are allowed to guess at the triplets even for those songs you can't get correct....

One other note just to be clear: the theme I am looking for in today's game relates to how the songs all match up into their triplets, and does not specifically refer to the individual songs themselves.... just in case anyone were to be confused on that point....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 3 points for the theme, and 3 points for each correct triplet you match up....



1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity


Theme?

[silvercamaro]

Spoiler

Aha! My pathetic lyric recognition is not just limited to show tunes, after all. Other categories include more recent songs that had their lyrics rewritten for satirical purposes in Gridiron shows, such as

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

which started life as "Breakfast in America" by SuperTramp;

songs that needed to be written --

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

The forthcoming "Arsonists work for the Department of Transportation," by Bic Lighter;

and songs I never liked because my mother played them on the car radio --

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

"Just a Gigolo," by somebody even older than me.

There also must have been five or six songs for which I knew all the words in high school, but I don't think any of them have been incorporated into an LS game yet.

Theme? I dunno. I'm still confused by the clarification you included in case anybody thought the instructions were confusing.

[silvercamaro]

So why does my type get smaller when I put stuff in spoilers?

[Vague Mini]

Don't be shocked!

I can do a credible job with this!

1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

Okay, so not off to a good start. Familiar

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Call Me, Blondie

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

Breakfast in America, Supertramp

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

Top of the World, Carpenters (We sang this in high school chorus--want me to harmonize it for you? Thought not...)

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

Iko Iko, dunno who. This is the song that set me on track to the theme, as you can imagine...

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

Must Have Been Love, Roxette

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

Familiar

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

Very familiar

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

OMG!! Smoking Gun, Robert Cray. I loved Strong Persuader....

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

We're an American Band, Guess Who

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

I didn't get this until the matchup: Take My Breath Away, Berlin

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

Just A Gigolo, David Lee Roth

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

Nope

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

In Da Club, 50 Cent

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity

Don't You Forget About Me, Simple Minds


Theme?

The songs form a pair to give a two-word movie title, then add a song from the movie to complete the triplicate:

10-12-2 American Gigolo, Call Me

3-14-15 Breakfast Club, Don't You Forget About Me

4-9-11 Top Gun, Take My Breath Away

Have to WAG here:

1-8-6, Pretty Woman (girl-song type lyrics), Must Have Been Love

13-7-5, Rain Man (first song sounds depressing like rain), Iko Iko

Surprised? Impressed? Want some peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat?

[mntetn]

Well, after two straight low scoring games in a row, maybe today will be more of a point bonanza, as there are lots of points to be had in this game. it is not only Theme Thursday, but it is a matching game as well! You will get the usual bonus points for indentifying the theme, but also will get bonus points if you can successfully match up the following 15 songs into 5 triplets based on the theme of today's puzzle.... which I promise you is not music heard on Mecca Radio. As usual, you are allowed to guess at the triplets even for those songs you can't get correct....

One other note just to be clear: the theme I am looking for in today's game relates to how the songs all match up into their triplets, and does not specifically refer to the individual songs themselves.... just in case anyone were to be confused on that point....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 3 points for the theme, and 3 points for each correct triplet you match up....



1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity


Theme?

[mntetn]

Spoiler

Well I don't know how THAT happened (previous post) but here are the answers I submitted:

1.
2. Call Me, Blondie
3.
4. Top of the World, the Carpenters
5. Eiko Eiko, the Dixiecups
6.
7.
8. Sweet City Woman, the Bay City Rollers
9.
10. We're an American Band, Grand Funk
11. Take My Breath Away, ________
12.
13.
14.
15.

Theme?
I had a WAG on the matchup, but don't remember what it was. Since I've seen the theme, I'll take a zero on that.

[MarleysGh0st]

It took me a while for the memory retrieval, but I think I finally got one!

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

Spoiler

Top of the World - The Carpenters

[Carmelo Anthony]

1.

Spoiler

"Let It Rain", Eric Clapton

2.

Spoiler

"Call Me", Blondie

3.

Spoiler

"Breakfast in America", Supertramp

4.

Spoiler

"Top of the World", the Carpenters

5. nope

6.

Spoiler

"It Must Have Been Love", Roxette

7. nope

8.

Spoiler

"Sweet City Woman", the Stampeders

9. nope

10. just heard this song yesterday...

Spoiler

"We're an American Band", Grand Funk Railroad

11.

Spoiler

"Take My Breath Away", Berlin

12. nope

13. nope

14.

Spoiler

"In Da Club", Fiddy Cent

15.

Spoiler

"Don't You Forget About Me", Simple Minds

Theme?

Spoiler

I see movie songs here, and it appears as though the other titles can be used to form the appropriate movies.

3, 14, and 15: Breakfast, Club, "Don't You Forget About Me"
4, 5, and 11: Top, Gun, "Take My Breath Away"
10, 7, and 2: American, Gigolo, "Call Me"
8, 9, and 6: Pretty, Woman, "It Must Have Been Love"
1, 12, and 13: Rain, Man, ?????

[Vague Mini]

I'm going Esto on you! :P

I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

This song was going through my head the whole time I was in the shower, and that line didn't make sense, because 2+1 is a pretty darned easy sum. But it's not an even sum. I still haven't fixed my computer so I can't do any Google research, but I bet that's the real word.

My copy of Strong Persuader was on a cassette tape in the 80's, so I wouldn't have it around and it wouldn't have had lyrics, most likely...

[littlebeast13]

I'm going Esto on you! :P

I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

This song was going through my head the whole time I was in the shower, and that line didn't make sense, because 2+1 is a pretty darned easy sum. But it's not an even sum. I still haven't fixed my computer so I can't do any Google research, but I bet that's the real word.

My copy of Strong Persuader was on a cassette tape in the 80's, so I wouldn't have it around and it wouldn't have had lyrics, most likely...

Spoiler

Like I said in my rules, I don't have time to dig through dozens of lyrics sites to verify the correctness of my lyrics. I only bust so much ass fo rmy LS peeps....

And BTW, I did go through and correct two typos I noticed after I posted the game last night, so I more than did my job to cater to the spelling police anyway.....

lb13

[megaaddict]

Spoiler

All I got is:

10. We're an American Band -- Grand Funk Railroad

I'll take a shot at Countries for a theme but either way I did infinitely better today than at Mecca.

[Hotseat Or Bust!]

Spoiler

1.) Let it Rain--Eric Clapton, 2.) Call Me--Blondie, 4.) Top Of The World--Karen Carpenter/The Carpenters, 5.) Iko Iko--?, 6.) It Must have Been Love--Roxette, 10.) We're An American Band--Grand Funk Railroad, 12.) Just a Gigilo--David lee Roth--I know he was not the original artist to do this song, but he's the only one whose name I know, 15.) Don't You Forget about Me--Simple Minds. Theme: At first, I thought it was Richard Gere, because out of the 8 songs I think I got right, I can link at least 4 to him. Then I realized that the theme you are looking for is probably movies. More specifically, a theme song to a movie, and another song or songs with the movie title in the title of the song. Groups: songs 2, 10 and 12--American Gigilo, songs 1, 5 and 8 (total guess)--Rain Man, the rest will be guesses, although I think the Breakfast Club may be in there somewhere. songs 3, 7 and 14, songs 4, 9 and 11, songs 6, 13 and 15.

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Spoiler

1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done
LET IT RAIN - ERIC CLAPTON

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough
CALL ME - BLONDIE

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do
BREAKFAST IN AMERICA - SUPERTRAMP. SUPERTRAMP WAS THE FIRST BAND I EVER SAW IN CONCERT. IT WAS 1982. THE FIXX OPENED. BRENDAN BYRNE ARENA, BACK WHEN THEY CALLED IT THAT. I THINK HE WASN'T GOVERNOR ANYMORE BY THEN. MY SECOND AND THIRD CONCERTS FOLLOWED CLOSELY. MEN AT WORK, WITH HAIRCUT 100 OPENING, AT RADIO CITY (THE CARGO TOUR). THEN THE CONCERT I'M MOST AND LEAST PROUD OF, THE WHO AT SHEA STADIUM WITH THE CLASH OPENING. ALL I KNEW ABOUT THE CLASH WAS ROCK THE CASBAH AND MY ATTENTION SPAN WAS SUCH THAT I DIDN'T REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MAN I WISH I COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND SEE THAT SHOW, KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW.

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me
TOP OF THE WORLD - THE CARPENTERS

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."
IKO IKO (OR AIKO AIKO) - THE BELLE STARS (THOUGH I'M MUCH MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE SONG FROM MY REGRETTABLE GRATEFUL DEAD DAYS)

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around
MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE - ROXETTE

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had
I'M YOUR MAN - GEORGE MICHAEL I HAVEN'T GOT THE THEME YET, BUT IF YOU JUST NEEDED THE SONG TITLE NOT THE ARTIST, I WOULD HAVE MUCH RATHER SEEN LEONARD COHEN'S VERSION HERE.

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons
BASED ON THE MY LOGIC BELOW, I NOW BELIEVE THIS IS KENTUCKY WOMAN BY NEIL DIAMOND

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum
SMOKING GUN - ROBERT CRAY. ANOTHER LYRIC I'VE APPARENTLY ALWAYS MISHEARD. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS AN EVEN SUM.

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight
WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND - GRAND FUNK RAILROAD. I LOVE OTHER POP-CULTURE REFERENCES TO THIS BAND. ON THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS' LIVE VERSION OF SHE'S ACTUAL SIZE FROM DIAL-A-SONG, THERE'S A DRUM SOLO NARRATED BY ONE OF THE JOHNS (I JUST DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WHICH) IN WHICH THE NARRATOR CALLS OUT THINGS AND THE DRUMMER PLAYS LIKE THEM - CLYDE STUBBLEFIELD, GENE KRUPA, STEVIE WONDER BEFORE 1980, STEVIE WONDER AFTER 1980, ANIMAL FROM THE MUPPET SHOW, AND "THAT ANGRY GUY FROM GRAND FUNK RAILROAD AS SEEN ON VH1'S BEHIND THE MUSIC". ALSO, THERE'S THE SIMPSONS REFERENCE TO "THE BONG-RATTLING BASS OF (PERSON WHOSE NAME I CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO REMEMBER)

NOT PROUD TO SAY THE FIRST VERSION OF THIS SONG I EVER HEARD WAS NOT GFR'S BUT WAS SOME UNFORTUNATE 80S COVER (I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AUTOGRAPH) ABOUT WHICH THE LESS SAID THE BETTER.

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - BERLIN. YET ANOTHER BAND OF WHOM I ONLY KNOW 2 OR 3 SONGS AND THE ONE I LIKE BEST (THE METRO IN THIS CASE) IS THE LEAST FAMOUS

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me
JUST A GIGOLO. THE VERSION I KNOW IS DAVID LEE ROTH. WHICH IS PAIRED WITH I AIN'T GOT NOBODY. AND IF CALIFORNIA GIRLS WASN'T THE VIDEO WITH THE LAXATIVE THING (AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT), THIS IS DEFINITELY THE ONE.

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive
PRETTY VEGAS - INXS

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!
IN DA CLUB - FITTY CENT

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity
DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - SIMPLE MINDS


Theme?
I THINK THESE ARE SONGS FROM MOVIES.
I'VE NEVER SEEN AMERICAN GIGOLO, BUT I THINK CALL ME WAS FROM THAT. SO YOU'VE GOT 10 (AMERICAN) AND 12 (GIGOLO) MATCHING WITH 2
RAIN MAN OPENS WITH IKO IKO. SO 1 (RAIN) + 7 (MAN) = 5
DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME WAS IN THE BREAKFAST CLUB. 3 (BREAKFAST) + 14 (CLUB) = 15
THAT LEAVES WHAT?
4 - TOP OF THE WORLD
6 - MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE
8 - WHO THE HELL KNOWS
9 - SMOKING GUN
11 - TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
13 - PRETTY VEGAS

OH. OF COURSE. TAKE MY BREATH AWAY FROM TOP GUN SO 4 (TOP) + 9 (GUN) = 11
THAT LEAVES 6 + 8 + 13 MUST MATCH. WISH I KNEW WHAT 8 WAS.
WELL, LET'S SEE
PRETTY VEGAS I'M ALMOST 100% SURE WASN'T IN A MOVIE. SO THAT LEAVES MOVIES WITH PRETTY OR VEGAS IN THEIR NAMES
PRETTY WOMAN
VEGAS VACATION (NOPE, DEFINITELY NOT THAT LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM SONG. AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE CONFUSING)
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW
THAT HORRIBLE MOVIE WITH DEMI MOORE AND JEREMY PIVEN. NO. VEGAS ISN'T IN THE TITLE OF THAT - IT'S SOMETHING LIKE VERY BAD THINGS

I STILL HAVE RICHARD GERE ON MY BRAIN. LET'S PRETEND THAT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE WAS IN PRETTY WOMAN. . SO WE'VE GOT THE PRETTY FROM 13, WHICH MEANS THE WORD WOMAN IS IN THE TITLE OF #8. DOES THAT HELP ME FIGURE IT OUT (PAUSE) WELL AT LEAST I'VE GOT A GUESS NOW.

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

VERY annoyed that I missed the Fine Young Cannibals' Good Thing the other day. I just forgot yesterday

1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Call Me - Blondie

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

Breakfast in America by Supertramp??

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

Top of the World - The Carpenters

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

Iko, Iko -- The Dixie Cups

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

Sweet City Woman -- The Stampeders

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

Take My Breath Away - Berlin?

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

Just a Gigolo - Louis Prima or David Lee Roth

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

Theme? Ok. Has to be something with movies.

American + Gigolo = Call Me
Top + Must be a Gun here someplace = Take My Breath Away
Breakfast + Must be a Club here someplace = Don't You Forget About Me

[astrnomr]

Spoiler

1.
2. Call Me / Blondie
3. Breakfast in America / Supertramp
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Sweet City Woman / Stampeders
9.
10. We're An American Band / Grand Funk (I think they had dropped Railroad from the name by that point)
11. Take My Breath Away / Berlin
12. Just a Gigolo / David Lee Roth
13.
14.
15. Don't You (Forget About Me) / Simple Minds


Theme?
Not a friggin' clue.

[ghostjmf]

1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Spoiler

Call Me/Blondie; uh, this is about the 3rd time you've used this song, this game. I don't think Deb Harry is ever going to call, but leave that answering machine connected. Unless of course she's got your cell.

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

Spoiler

Someone stealing lyrics from that "Pompetus of Love" Steve Miller Band song

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

Spoiler

Iko Iko/The Dixie Cups

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

Spoiler

darn I actually have heard that last line

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

Spoiler

Lady of Shalot on the Hit Parade

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

Spoiler

The Swearer

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity


Theme?

[elwoodblues]

Spoiler

1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Call Me - Blondie

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

Breakfast in America - Supertramp

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

Top of the World - Carpenters

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

Iko Iko - Dr. John

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

Sweet City Woman - Stampeders

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity


Theme?

[kroxquo]

Spoiler

You will get the usual bonus points for indentifying the theme, but also will get bonus points if you can successfully match up the following 15 songs into 5 triplets based on the theme of today's puzzle.... which I promise you is not music heard on Mecca Radio. As usual, you are allowed to guess at the triplets even for those songs you can't get correct....

One other note just to be clear: the theme I am looking for in today's game relates to how the songs all match up into their triplets, and does not specifically refer to the individual songs themselves.... just in case anyone were to be confused on that point....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 3 points for the theme, and 3 points for each correct triplet you match up....



1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Call Me -Blondie

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

I Go I Go - I know they use the song in Rain Man. Is it Bananrama, maybe?

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

Smoking Gun - Robert Cray (I thought the line was "That's not an even sum")

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

An American Band - Grand Funk

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

2, 5, and 15 were all used in movies so I'll guess that as a triplet

Theme?

[a1mamacat]

Well, after two straight low scoring games in a row, maybe today will be more of a point bonanza, as there are lots of points to be had in this game. it is not only Theme Thursday, but it is a matching game as well! You will get the usual bonus points for indentifying the theme, but also will get bonus points if you can successfully match up the following 15 songs into 5 triplets based on the theme of today's puzzle.... which I promise you is not music heard on Mecca Radio. As usual, you are allowed to guess at the triplets even for those songs you can't get correct....

One other note just to be clear: the theme I am looking for in today's game relates to how the songs all match up into their triplets, and does not specifically refer to the individual songs themselves.... just in case anyone were to be confused on that point....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 3 points for the theme, and 3 points for each correct triplet you match up....



1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Spoiler

Call Me - Blondie

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

Spoiler

Top of the World - Carpenters

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

Spoiler

Try my Scritches Sprotsie - ES

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

Spoiler

sweet city woman - Stampeders

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

Spoiler

Just a Gigolo - David Lee Roth

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity

Spoiler

DOn't you - Billy Idol

Theme?

Spoiler

get real!!

[starfish1113]

Spoiler

1. Nope
2. Call Me - Blondie
3. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
4. Top Of The World - Carpenters
5. Iko Iko - Belle Stars
6. Nope
7. I'm Your Man - Wham!
8. Nope
9. Nope
10. Nope
11. Take My Breath Away - Berlin
12. Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - David Lee Roth. Also, separately, a bunch of old guys
13. Nope
14. In Da Club - 50 Cent
15. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds

I didn't get the triplets until #15, so this is what I can get:

3, 14, 15 (Breakfast Club)
13, 7, 5 (Rain Man)
4, 8, 11 (Top Gun)
9, 12, 2 (American Gigolo)
1, 10, 6 (no clue, since these are all guesses)

The numbers in italics are guesses

Theme - Two word movies - One word mentioned in a song, the other word mentioned in a different song, a song from that movie

[PanicinDetroit]

Spoiler

1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done
Let it Rain - Eric Clapton

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough
Call Me - Blondie

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do
Breakfast in America - Supertramp

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight
We're an American Band

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity

I have no clue about the theme.

[Bob78164]

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Spoiler

Call Me, Blondie

--Bob

[T_Bone0806]

Well, after two straight low scoring games in a row, maybe today will be more of a point bonanza, as there are lots of points to be had in this game. it is not only Theme Thursday, but it is a matching game as well! You will get the usual bonus points for indentifying the theme, but also will get bonus points if you can successfully match up the following 15 songs into 5 triplets based on the theme of today's puzzle.... which I promise you is not music heard on Mecca Radio. As usual, you are allowed to guess at the triplets even for those songs you can't get correct....

One other note just to be clear: the theme I am looking for in today's game relates to how the songs all match up into their triplets, and does not specifically refer to the individual songs themselves.... just in case anyone were to be confused on that point....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 3 points for the theme, and 3 points for each correct triplet you match up....



1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

Spoiler

Let it Rain-Eric Clapton

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Spoiler

Call Me-Blondie

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

Spoiler

Breakfast in America-Supertramp

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

Spoiler

Top of the World-Carpenters

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

Spoiler

Iko Iko-Dixie Cups or Dr. John or take your pick of many others

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

Spoiler

I Gave My Molar To The Tooth Fairy But Bernie Madoff Stole the Quarter She Left-Bankrupt and Toothless

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

Spoiler

An Autographed Picture of Wilford Brimley-The Lousy Gifts

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

Spoiler

Sweet City WOman-Stampeders

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

Spoiler

Remedial Math-Danny & the Duncecaps

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

Spoiler

We're An American Band-Grand Funk

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

Spoiler

Take My Breath Away-Berlin

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

Spoiler

Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody-David Lee Roth

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

Spoiler

Another Bad Day at Work-The Disgruntled Employees

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

Spoiler

What the Amish Do When We're Not Watching-Mennonites Gone WIld

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity

Spoiler

Don't You (Forget About Me)-Simple Minds

Theme?

Spoiler

Nada Clue. 1-4-10, 2-11-15, 3-5-9, 6-8-12, 7-13-14???

[Sisyphean Fan]

You never heard of Nina Pretty Ballerina?

1. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun.
Until I found the way to love, it's harder said than done

Rain on Me and I'll Stomp a Mudhole in Your Ass - The Pissed Off Dirt Band

2. Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough

Call Me - Blondie (I was going to bust on you for this until I saw #12...ha!)

3. I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I´m a loser what a joker
I´m playing my jokes upon you
While there´s nothing better to do

Breakfast in America - Supertramp

4. Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

Top of the World - Lynn Anderson

5. My flag boy and your flag boy were
sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."

Iko Iko - Cyndi Lauper (have we gone through the entire True Colours album yet?)

6. Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around

It Must Have Been Love - Roxette

7. Call me good
Call me bad
Call me anything you want to baby
But I know that you're sad
And I know I'll make you happy
With the one thing that you never had

Man, I Feel Like a Woman - Billy Wayne and the Trinidad Three (isn't this the second time we've heard from them?)

8. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew
Ah she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new
And she sings in the evenin', oh familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons

Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders (Calgary's finest!)

9. Maybe you want to end it, you've had your fill of my kind of fun
but you don't know how to tell me and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum

Pretty Stupid at Math - Fanny and the 33 Arithmewhizzes

10. Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad (I always thought it was 'all those chiquitas')

11. Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid

Take My Breath Away - Berlin

12. There will come a day
youth will pass away
then what will they say about me

Just a Gigolo - Bing Crosby (seriously! It was one of his first movies and he was wearing some go to hell looking beret)

13. With everything that you do is wrong
And you feel like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

Janie's Got a Gun and She's Looking for a Little Beast - The Didn't Make the Cuts

14. Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
cause it's not your birthday!

In the Club - Fifty Cent

15. Don't you try and pretend
It's my beginning
We'll win in the end
I won't harm you
Or touch your defences
Vanity, insecurity

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds


Theme?

A word from each song makes a two word movie title and a third song was prominent in the movie.

As with most people (I bet), knowing that you previously used Call Me so it had to be that exact song along with Gigolo gave it to me right away. Of course I still had to drag out the old notebook to try and piece together the ones I didn't know....

American Gigolo - Blondie = 10/12/3

Breakfast Club - Simple Minds 3/14/15

Top Gun - Berlin 4/13/11

Rain Man - Iko Iko 1/7/5 Not sure on this one, but the only other movie I can remember hearing Iko Iko was The Big Easy. Which is three words plus I'm fairly certain that you would have used an Easy song like the Eagles or Ringo Starr. Plus I bet you included this one for Mini.

Pretty Woman - Roxette 9/8/6

[Sisyphean Fan]

ALSO, THERE'S THE SIMPSONS REFERENCE TO "THE BONG-RATTLING BASS OF (PERSON WHOSE NAME I CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO REMEMBER)

Mel Schacher!!1 People always forget the bass player......sigh.

Since I was a bass player myself, I pretty much know the name of every rock bassist between the 70s to the mid 90s. But I know my GFR, anyway. Mark Farner (I had SUCH a case on him) and Don Brewer were the other two.