Bumper lyrics quiz - three left, now with clues
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Bumper lyrics quiz - three left, now with clues
All singles (naturally), all American and the sort of thing I like, most hits, none after 1974
1 The cryin' tyres, the bustin' glass,/The painful scream, that I heard last - J Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers, Last Kiss: Twang
2 Good to see you again, Rosie / I know I've changed a lot since then [singer-songwriter, title song of debut LP]
3 The next day, when they found them, Mary and Jimmy were dead - Shangs (or Paul Peterson) Give Us Your Blessings: Twang
4 She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard - Jan & Dean, Liltle Old Lady from Pasadena: pcqgod
5 She's a Rudolf Valentino fan, and she doesn't claim to understand - Phil Ochs, Miranda: Darkness Fish
6 It's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goody - Jan & Dean, Surf City: borofan
7 She had a picture of a cowboy, tatooed on her spine - Coasters, Little Egypt: Charlie
8 Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail - Peter Paul and Mary, Puff the Magic Dragon: Darkness Fish
9 Orang utang ring-ting-tong/ I'm related to old King Kong Neil Sedaka, I Go Ape - Dayodead
10 There's a jukebox playing / Just a half a block down / Saying I'm going to the river /Gonna jump right in and drown [soul single on Atco, 1964 B-side later a hit for PJ Proby]
11 Walking in the park, it wasn't quite dark Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Major Lance: TG
12 The angels picked her for their friend - Shangs - I Can Never Go Home Any More: Twang
13 It may have run into some turbulent weather Everly Brothers, Ebony Eyes: TG
14 With half a mind you laugh at me [early psych classic involving Vietnam draft-dodgers]
15 since the day I saw you / I have been waiting for you - Ronettes, Be My Baby: pcqgod
16 Owsley and Charlie, twins of the trade/ Come to the Poet's Room Jefferson Airplane, Mexico: Charlie
17 Their dicks droop like lilacs - Patti Smith, Piss Factory: Tom Waits for No Man
18 how ya gonna make some time / When all you got is one thin dime? Drifters, On Broadway: borofan
19 Grabbed her and I kissed her / Boy I was surprised when I saw her little sister Jerry Byrne, Lights Out: TG
20 The words you sang, I can't figure out / But you've got a sound, make me stomp and shout The Rivingtons, Papa Oom Mow Mow; Charlie O
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1 The cryin' tyres, the bustin' glass,/The painful scream, that I heard last - J Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers, Last Kiss: Twang
2 Good to see you again, Rosie / I know I've changed a lot since then [singer-songwriter, title song of debut LP]
3 The next day, when they found them, Mary and Jimmy were dead - Shangs (or Paul Peterson) Give Us Your Blessings: Twang
4 She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard - Jan & Dean, Liltle Old Lady from Pasadena: pcqgod
5 She's a Rudolf Valentino fan, and she doesn't claim to understand - Phil Ochs, Miranda: Darkness Fish
6 It's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goody - Jan & Dean, Surf City: borofan
7 She had a picture of a cowboy, tatooed on her spine - Coasters, Little Egypt: Charlie
8 Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail - Peter Paul and Mary, Puff the Magic Dragon: Darkness Fish
9 Orang utang ring-ting-tong/ I'm related to old King Kong Neil Sedaka, I Go Ape - Dayodead
10 There's a jukebox playing / Just a half a block down / Saying I'm going to the river /Gonna jump right in and drown [soul single on Atco, 1964 B-side later a hit for PJ Proby]
11 Walking in the park, it wasn't quite dark Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Major Lance: TG
12 The angels picked her for their friend - Shangs - I Can Never Go Home Any More: Twang
13 It may have run into some turbulent weather Everly Brothers, Ebony Eyes: TG
14 With half a mind you laugh at me [early psych classic involving Vietnam draft-dodgers]
15 since the day I saw you / I have been waiting for you - Ronettes, Be My Baby: pcqgod
16 Owsley and Charlie, twins of the trade/ Come to the Poet's Room Jefferson Airplane, Mexico: Charlie
17 Their dicks droop like lilacs - Patti Smith, Piss Factory: Tom Waits for No Man
18 how ya gonna make some time / When all you got is one thin dime? Drifters, On Broadway: borofan
19 Grabbed her and I kissed her / Boy I was surprised when I saw her little sister Jerry Byrne, Lights Out: TG
20 The words you sang, I can't figure out / But you've got a sound, make me stomp and shout The Rivingtons, Papa Oom Mow Mow; Charlie O
Have fun
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Number 5 is Phil Ochs' Miranda. Puzzled me for a second, as I was thinking it had to be from something more famous.
And 8 is Puff TMD - as he's known on da street.
And 8 is Puff TMD - as he's known on da street.
Like fast-moving clouds casting shadows against a hillside, the melody-loop shuddered with a sense of the sublime, the awful unknowable majesty of the world.
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Darkness_Fish wrote:Number 5 is Phil Ochs' Miranda. Puzzled me for a second, as I was thinking it had to be from something more famous.
And 8 is Puff TMD - as he's known on da street.
Yep, that's two of them. I knew you would be the one to get Miranda, the only Phil Ochs single I own
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4. "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" Jan & Dean
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pcqgod wrote:4. "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" Jan & Dean
Yep.
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Rayge wrote:pcqgod wrote:4. "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" Jan & Dean
Yep.
and 15 is "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes.
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pcqgod wrote:Rayge wrote:pcqgod wrote:4. "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" Jan & Dean
Yep.
and 15 is "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes.
You're on a roll
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1 Last Kiss
3 Give Us Your Blessings
12 I Can Never Go Home Anymore
3 Give Us Your Blessings
12 I Can Never Go Home Anymore
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Tom Waits For No One wrote:17 Piss Factory - Patti Smith
Yep
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Twang wrote:1 Last Kiss
3 Give Us Your Blessings
12 I Can Never Go Home Anymore
Orl Krect
Nice to see someone with an appreciation of death discs, especially J Frank's magnum opus
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6 is Surf City by Jan & Dean.
18 is On Broadway by The Drifters.
18 is On Broadway by The Drifters.
We're usually skipping around the function room in our long-johns by now...
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20 is "Papa-Oom Mow-Mow" by The Rivingtons
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And 7 is "Little Egypt" by The Coasters
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Is 16 JA's "Mexico"?
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Charlie O. wrote:Is 16 JA's "Mexico"?
Yep. And the other two are right Charlie, as I'm sure you knew
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borofan wrote:6 is Surf City by Jan & Dean.
18 is On Broadway by The Drifters.
Indeed.
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11-Um-Um-Um by Major Lance (I have no idea how many Ums are in the title)
19-Lights Out by Jerry Byrne
19-Lights Out by Jerry Byrne
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TG wrote:11-Um-Um-Um by Major Lance (I have no idea how many Ums are in the title)
19-Lights Out by Jerry Byrne
Yep. Five still to get, and not the ones I might have expected
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This one was driving me crazy -
13-Ebony Eyes-Everly Bros.
And 14 could be Sonny Bono but it would seem too obvious.
13-Ebony Eyes-Everly Bros.
And 14 could be Sonny Bono but it would seem too obvious.
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