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Subject: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit)
Written By: Jarlnian_DelAxle on 12/14/03 at 05:54 p.m.
1) Now I'm dyin' at the bottom of a pit in the blazin' sun
Paul UK--Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf
2) Where the black water rolls and the crawdads play
3) And if you're lucky then the god's a she
Indy Gent--One Night in Bangkok, Murray Head
4) Ali dances and the audience applauds
Lesley--Zanzibar, Billy Joel (his ode to a Toronto strip cub)
5) Do it just the way we planned
Indy Gent--Smuggler's Blues, Glen Frey
6) I drank the potion she offered me
FussBudgetVanPelt--Devil Woman, Cliff Richard
7) Ridin' shotgun with the Texas Rangers
8) She had a brand-new laydown Rambler
Lanie--B-Movie Boxvar Blues, Blues Brothers
9) Turn to the left, turn to the right
Cornboy98--Wild Wild West, Escape Club
10) I heard she threw the letter away
CeramicsFanatic--Billy Don't Be A Hero, Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
11) Cause I drinks a bit
12) There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad
Lesley--Watching Scotty Grow, Bobby Goldsboro (I thought this would be the hardest!)
13) Sixteen Parkside Lane
FussBudgetVanPelt--Taxi, Harry Chapin
14) Maybe if I ask your dad & mom
Paul UK--Calendar Girl, Neil Sedaka
15) In the rooms of her icewater mansion
lebeiw15--Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot
(Not related, but 15 is one of the best lines EVER in a song.)
And we need some country fans here!
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: lebeiw15 on 12/14/03 at 06:04 p.m.
15. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald--Gordon Lightfoot
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 12/14/03 at 07:14 p.m.
Hello
# 6 Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
# 13 Taxi - Harry Chapin
FB :)
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/14/03 at 07:35 p.m.
3. One Night In Bangkok-Murray Head
5. Smuggler's Blues-Glenn Frey
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 12/14/03 at 11:11 p.m.
Hi! I like your music taste, BTW! :D
#10 is "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" by Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods. :)
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: Paul_UK on 12/15/03 at 05:52 a.m.
Quoting:
Hi! I like your music taste, BTW! :D
End Quote
Can't argue with that, CF...!
Two from here...
#1. Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf
#14. Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: maddog167 on 12/15/03 at 06:06 a.m.
Hi Jarlnian
#11 is Mr Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr?
I only know this as one of the contestants on "Pop Idol" (that's the UK version of "American Idol") sang it the other week....
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: Taoist on 12/15/03 at 06:35 a.m.
1. is "Bat out of hell" by Meatloaf
Tao
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: jaytee on 12/15/03 at 09:27 p.m.
Hi Jarlnian
#9 Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection (good song!)
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder)
Written By: Lesley on 12/17/03 at 02:18 a.m.
#4 Zanzibar - Billy Joel
#12 Watching Scotty Grow - Bobby Goldboro.
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder--5 left)
Written By: cornboy98 on 12/22/03 at 08:57 a.m.
9. The Escape Club "Wild Wild West"
---cornboy98
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder--5 left)
Written By: Jarlnian_DelAxle on 12/27/03 at 03:30 p.m.
Quoting:
9. The Escape Club "Wild Wild West"
---cornboy98End Quote
Bingo. 4 to go.
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder--4 left)
Written By: Lanie on 12/28/03 at 11:39 a.m.
8.She had a brand-new laydown Rambler
The Blues Brothers - B Movie Box Car Blues
8)
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (hopefully harder--4 left)
Written By: Jarlnian_DelAxle on 12/28/03 at 05:58 p.m.
Quoting:
8.She had a brand-new laydown Rambler
The Blues Brothers - B Movie Box Car Blues
8)End Quote
Not the title I'm familiar with ("Doin' My Best To Get Back To You"), but close enough.
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit
Written By: onaree on 12/30/03 at 10:23 a.m.
2. Leaving Louisanna in the Broad Daylight--Oak Ridge Boys
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit
Written By: Jarlnian_DelAxle on 12/30/03 at 04:27 p.m.
Uhh..........negative. In fact, I've never heard of that one.
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit
Written By: hesker on 02/10/04 at 01:43 p.m.
11. Mr. Bojangles, by Jerry Jeff Walker, also performed by, among others, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit
Written By: Sioux_Denim on 02/13/04 at 10:13 p.m.
#11 - "Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit
Written By: Gaylon on 02/16/04 at 09:30 a.m.
11. Mr Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit
Written By: onaree on 02/17/04 at 06:49 a.m.
Could you please give another hint for #2? It's driving me crazy! ;D Thanks!
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit
Written By: Gaylon on 02/17/04 at 12:49 a.m.
7. Shoulda Been a Cowboy - Toby Keith
Subject: Re: A better lyric quiz (3 left & a hint, no limit
Written By: Gaylon on 02/17/04 at 12:53 a.m.
2. if it was sawgrass swayin' instead of crawdads playin'
Seminole Wind by John Anderson