Post a lyric from a song by an obscure singer/band & see if anyone knows the song or band without using Google - Part 3

[red dog 1]

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"Sometimes I get up sad when people treat me bad
I don't have time to think and so I get real mad
I pull my hair and find somewhere that I can be alone
But when I do I think of you and then I hurry home"
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More obscure song lyrics from Part 2
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[303squadron]

1. Try this one

Mass over distance
How they react
Funny how double stars
Always attract

[duncang]

2. First band

Let me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
Let me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
It can drive you out of your mind
Climb the ladder of your own design in my fire engine

Don't you tell it to go slow or stop
You've got to work it right up to the top
A piercing bolt of neon red
Explodes on fire inside your head

Second Band

I met a crazy man
The other afternoon
and you should have heard the things that he said
He said he knew some things that I couldn't know too soon.
And he spoke of other visions in his head
Crazy man told me you were telling lies
Said there were times where you tried to make me cry
Listen to that crazy man

Third band

Crossin' the highway late last night
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
He didn't see the station wagon car
The skunk got squashed and there you are

This one maybe the easiest.

[red dog 1]

5. 2nd one is "Dead Skunk" by Loudon Wainwright III

[duncang]

7. Yep

I saw him in Liberty Hall Houston.

[Tikki]

3. This:

Yes, I enjoy living life this way
Always a good show on somewhere, what more can I say.

Tikki

[TlalocW]

4. Here we go

my voice been gettin’ froggy
i’ve been smoking too damn much
singin’ songs through the sun that’s risin’
rhyming words i cannot touch

i’ve been wandering in circles
just a guitar in my hand
playin’ one too many bar rooms
and drinkin’ more than i can stand

[red dog 1]

6. "Isn't it better, didn't you know? Just sitting here by my radio.

I'm gonna make you worry none about your income tax
No there's no need to hurry, I gotta teach you how to relax"

[BOSSHOG]

8. Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbors

[quaint]

9. WooHoo! First one I've heard...Little Faces

but I don't know the song name

[BOSSHOG]

10. Very Close My Friend

THE SMALL FACES which at one time included Rod Stewart back in the 60s. The Song: Lazy Sunday Afternoon. Those old English Bands could generate the energy.

[quaint]

11. Thanks!

Oops, my age is showing.

[BOSSHOG]

12. No. Thank You.

I’m 70. Lived in Scotland and England 67 through 69. Got wrapped up in the music. Bought comic books featuring Reggie Dwight. Also known as Elton John. Our Age was awesome.

[Figarosmom]

13. Mr. Blunt and mr. Frank

Were standing in the hall of their 7 figure bank wondering what in the world they were goin to do for you aha. We've been raising the prices on the kiddies ices and the bedroom suites at the corner store and don't you think that they can go up some more

[red dog 1]

14. "Try, my friend, loving all....The things we used to love.

I realize there was not
Very much to love.
But that's no reason
To go on ____ _ the ___"


(Hint: Garage rock band that formed in Los Altos, CA in the mid 1960s)

[red dog 1]

15. "She's a devil in disguise -- You can see it in her eyes

She's telling dirty lies
She's a devil in disguise"

[Beausoleil]

17. Christine's Tune

Flying Burrito Brothers!

[red dog 1]

18. Ding!

[Silent Type]

54. That one I know, and Sneaky Pete on distorted pedal steel.

[Beausoleil]

16. That's a Gram Parsons lyric!

From "Blue Eyes". He first did it with the International Submarine Band.

You're in my wheelhouse now.

[red dog 1]

19. You got it - "Blue Eyes" is the song

I guess, technically, Gram Parsons was definitely not an "obscure" musician who played with The Byrds

But I'm such a huge fan of his, I figured Blue Eyes meets the criteria for this thread, since The International Submarine Band was an "obscure" band.......(I don't consider The Flying Burrito Brothers obscure)

Gram was from Waycross, Georgia...so was music writer Stanley Booth [The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones"]

[Beausoleil]

64. Big Gram Parsons fan here

"Blue Eyes" was covered by Son Volt on their Retrospective album, pretty good too.

[red dog 1]

20. "Footsteps on the stairway -- Bringing something my way

Post card full of sunshine
Telling me that she's mine"

(Hint: San Francisco band)

[red dog 1]

21. "Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes

I asked her for this dance, and she obliged me
Was I surprised? Yeah
Was I surprised? No, not at all."

[sanjermane]

56. Pretty Ballerina

The Left Banke.
Loved that song.

[red dog 1]

65. You got it!

Welcome to DU!

[red dog 1]

22. "I've been hungry all day long. . For that girl who's wastin' time.

She was here but now she's gone
I've got a taste for wine."

[red dog 1]

23. "I'm so happy - Aha! Happy go lucky me - I just go my way - Living everyday

I don't worry
Worrying don't agree
Things that bother you
Never bother me"

[red dog 1]

24. "The ice caps are melting...The tide is running in.

All the world is drowning
To wash away the sin"

[Jrose]

27. Tiny Tim?

[red dog 1]

28. Yes!

[Jrose]

33. I remember hearing that song back in late 60s-early 70s...

So prophetic!

[red dog 1]

38. Yes, I remember hearing it back then too, after I bought the album.

Tiny Tim was prophetic.

[Dr. Strange]

25. Alrighty then

Two sets of lyrics from the same artist (sort of)

You have your pride
You're standing your own ground
Your dignity will never go
And your mind is pretty sound
You stare at the sun
You screw up your face and
Then, you're done

You see, that's what I'm talking about
You can wash away the dirt
But you can't wash away the failure
You better take your meds
And get out of bed
And pay me some attention

Somewhat obscure artist (except to AZSkiffyGeek--he'll know who it is)

[Stardust Mirror]

26. "she put a Doobie Brothers tape on

I had a Roger Daltry cape on"

[JoseBalow]

30. But was this abject misery? No no!

Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy!

[Stardust Mirror]

31. is this something new

having people stomp on you?

Jose gets the correct answer!

btw I think the correct lyric is
"what was this abject misery?
don't you worry what it is
it is merely just a moment I can treasure"

or something like that

[JoseBalow]

32. What is this, a quiz? Don't you worry what it is!

It is merely just a moment I can treasure!

[JanMichael]

29. Sunlight on the lino, Woke me with a shake

I looked around to find her, But she'd gone

[ms liberty]

51. Goodbye Girl by Squeeze

I love Squeeze

[sakabatou]

34. In the darkness the dragon wakes.

[Dulcinea]

35. If I don't do it you know somebody else will...nt

[ms liberty]

52. It's Dr John and the version in my head is from The Last Waltz?

I think the title is What a Night?

[Dulcinea]

60. Close!

The title is Such a Night, by the late great Dr. John!

[ms liberty]

61. I knew it was something a night, Lol!

[Dulcinea]

36. It was better before, before they voted for what's his name... nt

[Dulcinea]

37. You got it easy, you don't know when you've got it good...nt

[Iris]

46. Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes?

No idea who!

[Dulcinea]

48. Wouldn't It Be Good

Nik Kershaw

[red dog 1]

39. "Things ain't what they seem...I'm gonna scream and shout it....This is just a dream.

A simple conversation
Every now and then
A touchy situation
Fascinates a man."

[red dog 1]

40. "Miami Beach! Yeah, yeah! What a beach! Yeah, yeah!

Everybody's goin' surfin'
At Miami Beach!



(Hint: This artist knew Frank Zappa)

[Dulcinea]

63. Wild Man Fischer!

Not sure what the name of the song is, though.

[red dog 1]

66. Ding!

It's from "New Kind of Songs for Sale"

[GReedDiamond]

67. Back around 1976-77, Wild Man used to sit...

...on the corner of Santa Monica Blvd and El Centro, in an area of Hollywood CA that tourists avoided.

I worked at an airbrush tee shirt studio on that corner, saw him there all the time.

On occasion, he would blurt out "my name is LAIR-eeee!"

Sometimes me or one of the other airbrush artists would buy Larry a taco or burrito from the Mexican joint across from the airbrush studio.

Apparently in later years his music career was resurrected and he recorded new stuff.

[JoseBalow]

68. The Wild Man Fischer Story

(5:40)

[jmowreader]

41. "You know that you don't like me and I don't like you."

[red dog 1]

43. Sounds like the exact opposite of John Prine's lyrics in "Day is Done"

"Do you like me?
Well, I hope you do.
'Cause if you like me
Then I think I'm gonna have to like you, too"

[jmowreader]

44. Close

It’s GG Allin’s “You Hate Me and I Hate You,” aka the official song of Trump-Vance 2024.

[red dog 1]

45. Perfect for the tRump campaign

[Dulcinea]

42. Another prop has occupied my time...nt

[Figarosmom]

47. We got time and it aint no crime

To want to hold your brothers hand
And it all depends on if you're feeling fine.

[VGNonly]

49. Not a lyric

In the Sam Cooke song Bring It Back Home who sang the response in the call and response fashion?

[Harker]

50. Was it Lou Rawls? n/t

[VGNonly]

59. Yes!

[surfered]

53. Do, Rey, Me

Do - the stuff I buy beer with
Rey - the guy I buy beer from
Me - the one I buy beer for
Fa- the distance to the store
So - I think I’ll have a beer
La -La La La La La La
Ti - no thanks, I’ll have a beer and that brings
us back to Do

[LiberalLoner]

57. Okay, here goes

Despair came knocking at my door
And I let her in for a while

She sat on the couch and began smoking
She said nothing
Suddenly I felt tired
I began to feel tired
And all of the sudden
The room seemed dingy and dirty

Despair came knocking
And I let her in for awhile

[Cartoonist]

58. I don't like dancin' with crazy Ted

He's always jumpin' on my head

[red dog 1]

62. "Baby, baby...I love you so...Give me money...Give me dough

Give me music, and a car with speed
And I'll give you...All the love you need"

[Dulcinea]

69. I been drinkin' and smokin' cigarettes, I been lookin' for a woman I have not met...nt

[Tikki]

70. "Green the sea that unfolds waves...Salty carpets flung on land...Foamy fingers seek out caves...

Where lovers lie upon the sand……”

Tikki

Hint..you might have heard this 60’s song this year.

[Dulcinea]

71. That rusty nail over our front door is where I hung our tears in the rain...nt

[red dog 1]

72. "Making my friends out of snow, it's Christmas and I'm all alone,

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But it won't bring me down
'Cause Christmas cheer is all around"

(Hint: It's a duo)

[red dog 1]

73. "I was in my apartment all alone when I heard a ring tingling on the telly-phone

I said 'Who's that at half past three?'
And a frightening voice came back at me"

[Dulcinea]

81. Tiny Tim

The Viper

[red dog 1]

82. Yes

[VGNonly]

74. Some rock trivia.

The father of this rocker was a graduate of The Naval Academy. He was onboard his ship when attack on Pearl Harbor took place. He shifted to Naval Aviation flying F6 Hellcats. Served in Korea, became the commander of an aircraft carrier in the Vietnam era, served until the mid 70's. Who was he?

[red dog 1]

75. Jim Morrison?

[VGNonly]

76. Yes!

George Stephen Morrison 1919-2008

He retired as a Rear Admiral

[legallyblondeNYC]

77. "I don't like Mondays..."

A silicon chip inside her head

And nobody's gonna go to school today,
She's gonna make them stay at home...

Tell me why...

[Tikki]

79. "I Don't Like Mondays"...Boomtown Rats....(1979)

We saW the Boomtown Rats a couple years later in So Cal.

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The Tikkis

[legallyblondeNYC]

80. Yesss!

[Tikki]

78. "...One comes over Then they all come over.....

......Then they party all around your house
One gets too romantic
One is kinda frantic
One stays quiet as a mouse....."

Tikki

[Brother Buzz]

83. When I take my baby home at night

When I take my baby home at night
I can't wait to kiss and hold her tight
But right then, the time begins to drag
When she starts searchin' through her bag