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Name the song and the artist for these unusual words and phrases. Limit 3 to start.


1. blissfulness

2. I-Ching

3. welfare line

4. sleeping tablets

5. vodka and tonics

6. flickering shadow

7. skippedee-dooda

8. second show

9. fine machines

10. silk sash

11. Mariachi static

12. milky seas

13. holy alphabet

14. tiny cranium

15. metronome

16. shades of mediocraty

17. parade of tears

18. twilight train

19. diesel fixer

20. belltower

21. terraced house

22. frozen cheeks

23. swamps of Jersey

24. astral plane

25. clotheslines

26. dusky dawn

27. country hoss

28. nervous squid

29. red coal carpet

30. hula hoops
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23)Rosalita (come out tonight)-Bruce Springsteena dn the E street band (My favorite Brce song)

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23)Rosalita (come out tonight)-Bruce Springsteena dn the E street band (My favorite Brce song)

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Correct! :D

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Hi Meriadoc

#18  Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond

I'll have to think about some of the others.   :)
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Correct! :)

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16 is from homeward bound by simon and garfunkel i have a feeling some of the other songs are pretty obscure
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Correct on both counts! ;D

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Hello !

# 1  Love Hurts - Jim Capaldi (or the inferior Nazareth version hee hee  :P)

# 21  No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits

# 24  Dream Weaver - Gary Wright


FB  :)
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Correct on all 3 (unless you insist on Jim Capaldi's happy happy version of what is supposed to be a poignant song... ::) )

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#3 is "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby & The Range.  :)
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Never heard of it! :o

While I am sure you are probably right, it is not the song I was thinking of... I try to find phrases that I hope will not show up in another song, but sometimes I slip up... :P

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Got another...

#8 is "Superstar" by The Carpenters.  :D


And #5 is "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John.  ;D
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Both correct! :)

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I think I've got another couple :

#7   Happiest Girl In The Whole USA - Donna Fargo
#11  Carmelita - Linda Ronstadt
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Both correct, altho' I will credit the latter to Warren Zevon. I've never heard it by Ronstadt, but I know she has done several of his songs.. :)

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Hello Meriadoc, you tricksy hobbit you....

#10 is 48 Crash by Suzi Quatro (which also recently appeared in my Glam Rock quiz).

#14 (tiny cranium) is really familiar, it's got me thinking very hard
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Yes, 10 is correct. :)

Can you do another glamrock quiz? I missed the last one, or didn't get in till the very end - don't recall which... ???

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Yep! Difficult one alright, Meriadoc...

#6. Delilah - Tom Jones
#22. Jeepster - T Rex

...I thought I'd cracked a third with #15. David Bowie's 'Laughing Gnome' ('That's Fred - he's a metro-gnome!')...but I think that's pushing it a bit!

Thought about it for a bit, then came up with...
#15. (The mighty!) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins
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Perfect score; three for three! :)

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3.Blue Collar Man-Styx
4.Shooting Star-Bad Company
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Wow! I guess I should have known that the phrase 'Welfare line' was going to show up in more than one song. Still not the one I was thinking of. I will add a clue to that one, since I suppose it is going to show up in some Springsteen song also... ::).

#4 is correct. :)

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Hi!

Is #9 James Taylor's hit "Fire And Rain"?


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It certainly is! :D

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2. God-John Lennon
17. Doctor My Eyes-Jackson Browne
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Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! I guess I did a bad job on this, huh? "God" was not the song I was thinking of for #2 (there is actually another song that mentions I-Ching? :o Oh, wait, Lennon -- makes sense... ::) )

17. is correct :)

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Hi Merry !

Two of my favourites....

#22  Jeepster - T-Rex
#29  Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
and..
#30  We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel

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22 is correct, but Paul beat you to it.

29 is correct.

30 this is getting embarrassing - no, I was thinking of a different song...  :-[ :-[

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12. '39, by Queen.

And shouldn't No 1 be credited to Roy Orbison - or even the Everley Brothers?
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12 is correct! :D

As for 1, you are right in that many poeple have recorded it (I just found that out while doing this quiz) but I think my generation and younger mostly know the Nazareth version. ;)

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Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! I guess I did a bad job on this, huh? "God" was not the song I was thinking of for #2 (there is actually another song that mentions I-Ching? :o Oh, wait, Lennon -- makes sense... ::) )

17. is correct :)
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3. Why Can't We Be Friends-War
Mustve sang with it a thousand times (Maf I A) LOL
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Good job Mordor! :D

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Hi there !

# 19  Albert Flasher - The Guess Who

FB  :)
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Perfect! :D (I thought people would get this one right off...)

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Is it Gotta Love It by Aerosmith?
There are actually several songs with I-Ching in the lyrics. If this isn't it, can I have a clue or two? :-/

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Will do, Indy. I just have to go listen to the song... give me a minute or two! ;D

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Hope this is right....

#25  Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell
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Yep! :D

(you know #2, BTW.... ;) )

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Correct on all 3 (unless you insist on Jim Capaldi's happy happy version of what is supposed to be a poignant song... ::) )
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URL 8) 8) 8)  :'( :'(Well listen to the original by the Everly Brothers--at least they know how to do poignant!I don't think it was released as a single--that's why they never get the proper credit for this song >:(Cheers!

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Amanda the actress waits at the station......


#2  No Secrets - The Angels


I knew it would come to me ! ;D  ;)
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There ya go! :D

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Thanks for the PM, Meriadoc.

Number 13 is.... not one that only I would know, I trust... I do know it, thankfully!

It's John Prine's "One Red Rose"

Thanks for the message!
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No, you are the only person here that would have gotten it! I put it in just for you... :D

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URL 8) 8) 8) 8Well listen to the original by the Everly Brothers--at least they know how to do poignant!I don't think it was released as a single--that'zs why they never the proper credit for this song >:(Cheers!
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I'll put that on my 'to do' list, Marian... ;)

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#27 - "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" - Jim Croce (think that's the title - first line of the refrain is "You don't tug on Superman's cape")
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Correct! :)

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Question:

Is the band that did #26 American?
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Yep! :D

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28. Blue Oyster Cult (add umlauts wherever you wish) - Agents Of Fortune.
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You have the band right, but you just named the album, not the song... :o

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Grr. Put that one down to waking up at an unbelievably early hour.

For the same number, the same artist, but The Revenge Of Vera Gemini?

I can be a silly goose sometimes.
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That is correct Bobo! (not the silly goose part... ;) )

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#30. Hello Hurray - Alice Cooper

(and that's only because I've had the 'Greatest Hits' on tonight...!)
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Very good, Paul! :D

The hard ones are all done, leaving only the easy ones now... ;)

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With a little bit of luck, número 20 should come out as Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie.
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Yes, I thought 'fatherstabbers' should do it.... ::)

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Is #14 a David Bowie song?
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Yes it was. Any ideas, anyone? ;)

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Yes it was. Any ideas, anyone? ;)
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Yes !

# 14  is  "1984" by David Bowie    :)

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Yes !

# 14  is  "1984" by David Bowie    :)
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Correct! You get half-credit with Jaytee. :)

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O.K.! After hearing it on the radio, I checked it out and found...........................................

The words were dusk to dawnEnd Quote

I wasn't sure when I went to include it, but all the lyrics I googled said 'dusky dawn' so I went ahead and put it in.

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Arrowsmith should be AerosmithEnd Quote

Steven Tyler can't spell.... ;)

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The author of Arrowsmith is Sinclair Lewis. End Quote

You are absolutly correct. He also wrote the incrediby depressing "Winesburg, Ohio."  I was getting mixed up with Stevenson, who actually wrote "The Black Arrow."