Name the song that these lyrics are taken from, then post another set.

No cheating! You can use Google to check your answer by searching for a song title, but no searching for the posted lyrics. Scout's honour!

We'll start with something easy...

...Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
while sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
oh but we never got the chance.
When the players tried to take the field,
the marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed, ...

Name the song that these lyrics are taken from, then post another set.

No cheating! You can use Google to check your answer by searching for a song title, but no searching for the posted lyrics. Scout's honour!

We'll start with something easy...

...Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
while sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
oh but we never got the chance.
When the players tried to take the field,
the marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed, ...

Thats easy? Is it some sixties american song?

Is it some sixties american song?

Jesus I just googled it and I got that much so right!:D

Name the song that these lyrics are taken from, then post another set.

No cheating! You can use Google to check your answer by searching for a song title, but no searching for the posted lyrics. Scout's honour!

We'll start with something easy...

...Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
while sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
oh but we never got the chance.
When the players tried to take the field,
the marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed, ...

American Pie - by Don McLean
Funny - when I was a kid I thought the thing was really about the devil taking over the world & putting a stop to all music.
LoL

'Ow 'bout this, then -

Clock strikes twelve and moon drops burst
Out at you from their hiding place
Like acid and oil on a madman's face
His reason tends to fly away

Like lesser birds on the four winds
Like silver scrapes in May
And now the sand's become a crust
Most of you have gone away, you have gone away

Oh, come Susie, dear, let's take a walk
Just out there upon the beach
I know you'll soon be married
And you'll want to know where winds come from

Well it's never said at all
On the map that Carrie reads
Behind the clock back there you know
At the Four Winds Bar...

American Pie

The sad thing is, young people these days probably think Madonna wrote it.

'Ow 'bout this, then -

Clock strikes twelve and moon drops burst
Out at you from their hiding placeHey, there's another Blue Oyster Cult fan here? From the days when they still played acid rock, before they sold out and got "Don't Fear the Reaper" on AM radio! Fabulous! I think it's "Flaming Telepaths" but I won't know for sure until I play the cassette. It's the only title that looks right with that lyric.

hee hee !

Close !

Those first 3 BOC albums were classics.

Still, there was some good stuff on Agents of Fortune...
The Revenge of Vera Gemini...
Sinful Love... (OK, so I work in printing, and I jes' like the line "printer's devil - evil" )
Tattoo Vampire...

Once they stopped letting everybody & his brother write the songs, though, they found their niche, became "rock stars" & then slowly faded away - creatively, anyway...

Time to give Tyranny & Mutation a spin, now that I'm on that vibe...
heh...

Mistress of the Salmon Salt, in-deed !
:cool:

Well if it's not that one then it has to be "Astronomy." I still haven't played my tape to check. I made my own BOC greatest hits collection and it's all from those first three albums. (I titled it "Career of Evil.") I'll never understand why they weren't as popular as Black Sabbath.

Astronomy it is (at least that's what Google says :))

Give us another one, Fraggle!

I've been run down and I've been lied to.
And I don't know why, I let that mean woman make me a fool.
She took all my money, wrecks my new car.
Now she's with one of my good time buddies,
They're drinkin in some cross-town bar.

Geeze, this one would be right at home on the "Most Depressing Song" thread.

I've got a bratty brother
Who bugs me every day.
This morning my own mother
Gave my last cupcake away.
My dad, he acts like
He belongs in the zoo.
I'm the saddest kid
In grade number two.

Need a hint? The singer is actually a character on one of America's most beloved and longest-running TV shows.





I wish I had a pony.
I wish I were eighteen.
I wish I had a dime
For every kid who treats me mean.
They tease me 'cause I'm different,
A little different from the rest.
Well, I'm down so low,
If I cheered up I'd still be depressed.

Need another hint? The next verse should help.





The saxophone's my best friend.
I play all over town.
But when I practice in my room
I hear, "[Father's voice yelling singer's name], keep it down!"
Although I'm only eight years old,
I've really paid my dues.
That's why I've got a case of
The [Song Title].

Need another hint? This CD is titled "The [family name]s Sing the Blues" and contains songs by all the members of the fictional family.





I wonder how I got here.
I wonder what I'll be.
I'm the saddest little twig
On this crazy family tree.
I feel like I'm a loser
With nothing left to lose.
That's why I've got a case of
The [Song Title].




Need one last hint? The characters are cartoons.

I made my own BOC greatest hits collection and it's all from those first three albums. (I titled it "Career of Evil.") I'll never understand why they weren't as popular as Black Sabbath.

Plenty to choose from on those first 3 !
I think their lyrics might be to "blame" for their "inferiority" to Sabbath.
Too complicated for most of your basic booze & narcotic cough-syrup swilling metal-head crowd.
Plus, they had a wider range of material - IMHO, anyway.
Sabbath had this sort of formula going on for a bit there where they put all crunchy tunes on their albums, plus one terribly sappy number (recall such positively cloying tunes as "Fluff", "Changes", & "She's Gone")
Don't get me wrong - I had every album Sabbath put out... with Ozzy, Ronnie James, and even that one with Ian Gillan singing. ("Disturbing the Priest" & "Zero the Hero" are nifty) Got a number of them on CD now as well.


As for this...
I've got a bratty brother
Who bugs me every day.
This morning my own mother
Gave my last cupcake away.
My dad, he acts like
He belongs in the zoo.
I'm the saddest kid
In grade number two.
I believe it's by Lisa Simpson - or whomever is doing that voice...
LoL

Can't recall the title for the life of me, tho'...
Lisa Simpson Blues ?

I've been run down and I've been lied to.
And I don't know why, I let that mean woman make me a fool.
She took all my money, wrecks my new car.
Now she's with one of my good time buddies,
They're drinkin in some cross-town bar.

Oh Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'....
;)

Whipping Post - by The Allman Brothers

I've got a bratty brother
Who bugs me every day.
This morning my own mother
Gave my last cupcake away.
My dad, he acts like
He belongs in the zoo.
I'm the saddest kid
In grade number two.



Moanin Lisa Blues