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Title: Songs you like.... but damn you just can't remember the name of it... or who sang it?
Post by: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 03:04:36 am: ****slapping

Humm a few bars.
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Post by: Cripplecreek on December 02, 2016, 03:10:14 am: Dum da da dum dum dum
boom boom bam bam
dum da da dum dum dum

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bP6aVG6L1w
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Post by: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 03:23:13 am: From my childhood...
Comet!
It makes your mouth turn green.
Comet!
It's made of gasoline.
Comet!
It'll make you vomit.
So buy some Comet and vomit today!
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Post by: Cripplecreek on December 02, 2016, 03:25:04 am: Quote from: Scutter on December 02, 2016, 03:16:07 am
Angus! My friends and I used to joke that the reason Angus was such a great guitar player, but was barely intelligible when he spoke was that a huge percentage of his brain was devoted to guitar. We called it the "guitar lobe".

Very low tech back in the early days but Angus was the show. Everybody else on the stage stayed out of his way.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv6QJ2S9hrE
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Post by: jmyrlefuller on December 02, 2016, 03:44:26 am: It's especially tough when there are no lyrics! :silly:

Here's one of my favorites (by the way, it's called "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWX7rBV4Yx4
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Post by: Cripplecreek on December 02, 2016, 03:53:00 am: Probably one of the best closing scenes in television history and it had to be this tune.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=spnE1xRRamw
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Post by: roamer_1 on December 02, 2016, 03:53:46 am: Missed it by THAT much... I picked up this song when I was playing in bars, many years ago, having never heard the original, nor knowing who recorded it. But I DO know now, so your services are not required. But thanks for askin;, all the same :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGw-UzGnHLY-
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Post by: Sanguine on December 02, 2016, 03:54:10 am: Quote from: jmyrlefuller on December 02, 2016, 03:44:26 am
It's especially tough when there are no lyrics! :silly:

Here's one of my favorites (by the way, it's called "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWX7rBV4Yx4

Au contraire, mon ami, there are words:

Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue is my world now I'm without you
Gray, gray, my life is gray
Cold is my heart since you went away

Red, red, my eyes are red
Crying for you alone in my bed
Green, green, my jealous heart
I doubted you and now we're apart

When we met how the bright sun shone
Then love died, now the rainbow is gone

Black, black, the nights I've known
Longing for you so lost and alone
Gone, gone, the love we knew
Blue is my world now I'm without you

When we met how the bright sun shone
Then love died, now the rainbow is gone

Black, black, the nights I've known
Longing for you so lost and alone
Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue is my world now I'm without you
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Post by: roamer_1 on December 02, 2016, 04:17:59 am: Quote from: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 03:23:13 am
From my childhood...
Comet!
It makes your mouth turn green.
Comet!
It's made of gasoline.
Comet!
It'll make you vomit.
So buy some Comet and vomit today!

The tune is 'Colonel Bogey'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1GJtFULzyQ&feature=youtu.be
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Post by: Frank Cannon on December 02, 2016, 04:35:01 am: I got a song that I know a few words to that I just can't remember the name to:

Spring -------------- girl
It -------------------
------------ in ----- dance
---------striped pair -- pants

Oh no
No no
Oh No!
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Post by: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 05:09:03 am: 8675309?
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Post by: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 05:14:43 am: Quote from: Scutter on December 02, 2016, 05:10:38 am
@Frank Cannon

MacArthur Park?

http://tinyurl.com/hfxbjpg

He would never leave his cake out in the rain....
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Post by: Frank Cannon on December 02, 2016, 05:19:50 am: Quote from: Scutter on December 02, 2016, 05:10:38 am
@Frank Cannon

MacArthur Park?

http://tinyurl.com/hfxbjpg

I knew the "striped pants" was too much of a clue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRwYQgk05DY
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Post by: EC on December 02, 2016, 05:19:59 am: Quote from: jmyrlefuller on December 02, 2016, 03:44:26 am
It's especially tough when there are no lyrics! :silly:

Here's one of my favorites (by the way, it's called "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWX7rBV4Yx4

But it HAS lyrics:

New, new my heart is new,
Straight from a man in Kalamazoo!
New, new, my kidney's new!
They had a sale,
I could have bought two!

New, new, my liver's new,
If it gives out, a trade-in will do!
New, new, my stomach's new,
It's guaranteed till '72!

Late last year,
When I went insane,
I just shopped
For a slightly used brain!

New, new, my lungs are new,
So is my spleen, my pancreas too.
New, new, I've so much new,
I'm a new man,
But I'm not sure who!

(From MAD magazine, of course)
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Post by: RoosGirl on December 02, 2016, 07:30:19 am: I have a brain block when it comes to this song, even though I like it so much. I think of it every now and then and either can't remember who sang it or can't remember the name, usually both, which makes it really hard to find so I can remember it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AT7sJkBejc

Uhhh, yeah, I had to edit because I forgot to paste the link.
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Post by: Sanguine on December 02, 2016, 12:43:50 pm: Quote from: RoosGirl on December 02, 2016, 07:30:19 am
I have a brain block when it comes to this song, even though I like it so much. I think of it every now and then and either can't remember who sang it or can't remember the name, usually both, which makes it really hard to find so I can remember it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AT7sJkBejc

Uhhh, yeah, I had to edit because I forgot to paste the link.

There's no shame in editing, @RoosGirl.
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Post by: RoosGirl on December 02, 2016, 02:00:05 pm: Just thought it was kind of ironical. :)
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Post by: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 02:35:32 pm: Quote from: roamer_1 on December 02, 2016, 04:17:59 am
The tune is 'Colonel Bogey'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1GJtFULzyQ&feature=youtu.be

Now that is an ear worm!
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Post by: andy58-in-nh on December 02, 2016, 02:56:52 pm: Quote from: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 03:23:13 am
From my childhood...
Comet!
It makes your mouth turn green.
Comet!
It's made of gasoline.
Comet!
It'll make you vomit.
So buy some Comet and vomit today!
Ahhhh... the good old days. Used to sing that song on my way to school, and I likely had one of these in my lunchbox:

(http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/2nd_series/whitebacks/commie_white_front_small_smaller_images.jpg)
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Post by: Resp3 on December 02, 2016, 03:13:35 pm: (http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/marriedwithchildren/images/2/21/Wikia_MWC_-_Oldies_But_Young_%27Uns.png/revision/latest?cb=20120920132939)

Al Bundy - Hmm hmm him - YouTube (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj1rNmw5NXQAhUCqFQKHQvUDb0QtwIIKzAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAVK7IQGgXmI&usg=AFQjCNF7_YV5YnPNi2C6rrEqGr7LOpkDfA&sig2=6KkD6st85zrm1Fl_NCK7xg)
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Post by: geronl on December 02, 2016, 03:32:02 pm: I like listening to foreign-language songs that I do not know the words to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxqYInBDwss

(okay, that one wasn't serious)
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Post by: roamer_1 on December 02, 2016, 03:49:30 pm: Quote from: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 02:35:32 pm
Now that is an ear worm!

Sorry! I'll fix it: Here's a young Lucas Sestak doing Swanee River (boogie)

http://youtu.be/3ojt7e88g2I
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Post by: Wingnut on December 02, 2016, 06:11:52 pm: Quote from: Resp3 on December 02, 2016, 03:13:35 pm
(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/marriedwithchildren/images/2/21/Wikia_MWC_-_Oldies_But_Young_%27Uns.png/revision/latest?cb=20120920132939)

Al Bundy - Hmm hmm him - YouTube (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj1rNmw5NXQAhUCqFQKHQvUDb0QtwIIKzAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAVK7IQGgXmI&usg=AFQjCNF7_YV5YnPNi2C6rrEqGr7LOpkDfA&sig2=6KkD6st85zrm1Fl_NCK7xg)

Funny that was the inspiration behind me starting this thread.
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Post by: jmyrlefuller on December 02, 2016, 06:46:16 pm: Quote from: Scutter on December 02, 2016, 05:10:38 am
@Frank Cannon

MacArthur Park?
Now available in disco!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_o7aSjl_E
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Post by: geronl on December 02, 2016, 10:29:48 pm: My nephew plays Madden NFL 17 constantly, the music is mostly dumb. I can't figure out the words so my brain makes them up, I look up the words and mine were better. IMO.

Bishop Briggs - River

Shut your mouth and run me like a river
How do you fall in love?
Harder than a bullet could hit ya
How do we fall apart?
Faster than a hair pin trigger
Don't you say, don't you say, don't say
Don't you say it, one breath and it'll just break it
So shut your mouth and run me like a river

"Run Me Like a River"... ?? I don't even know what that is supposed to mean.

Shut your mouth and run me like a river
Choke this low till the veins start to shiver
One last breath till the tears start to whither

What is that?

It's bad but at least its not rap bad or Beyonce bad. :chairbang:
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Post by: Idaho_Cowboy on December 03, 2016, 12:08:47 am: Quote from: jmyrlefuller on December 02, 2016, 03:44:26 am
It's especially tough when there are no lyrics! :silly:

Here's one of my favorites (by the way, it's called "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWX7rBV4Yx4
wonderful melody. I didn't realize the song had lyrics until I heard it on a Marty Robbins CD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j010XZirhc
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Post by: Wingnut on December 05, 2016, 09:10:04 pm: THis one always gets me.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/You_Get_What_You_Give_audio_sample.ogg
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Post by: Ghost Bear on December 06, 2016, 12:24:18 am: Quote from: geronl on December 02, 2016, 03:32:02 pm
I like listening to foreign-language songs that I do not know the words to...

(okay, that one wasn't serious)

You know, there are a few anime series theme songs that I really loved to listen to, even though I didn't understand any of the Japanese lyrics. Then I read an English translation of the lyrics and thought... Dang, that's not a very good song at all, in English. But in Japanese it sounded awesome. :shrug:
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Post by: sneakypete on December 06, 2016, 12:40:18 am: Quote from: Cripplecreek on December 02, 2016, 03:25:04 am
Very low tech back in the early days but Angus was the show. Everybody else on the stage stayed out of his way.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv6QJ2S9hrE

He'd be ok if he could come out of his shell a little.
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Post by: geronl on December 08, 2016, 01:05:03 pm: Quote from: Ghost Bear on December 06, 2016, 12:24:18 am
You know, there are a few anime series theme songs that I really loved to listen to, even though I didn't understand any of the Japanese lyrics. Then I read an English translation of the lyrics and thought... Dang, that's not a very good song at all, in English. But in Japanese it sounded awesome. :shrug:

This Chinese-language song sounds pretty epic (this is Spanish subtitles n bottom, lol, and pinyin -Chinese written in English letters- at the top). I have no idea what the lyrics are in English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbw6f0PXne0
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Post by: Neverdul on December 08, 2016, 02:01:25 pm: Have you ever heard a song or song clip in a commercial and it either sounded familiar but you couldn’t quite place it or you’ve never heard it before and what to know what it is?

If found this website https://www.ispot.tv/browse

It is a subscription service to get the analytics but you can browse for free.

For instance, I’ve been seeing this commercial a lot and wanted to know who the musician/trumpet player was:

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AFZT/apple-iphone-7-dive-song-by-arturo-sandoval
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Post by: Wingnut on December 08, 2016, 03:24:16 pm: Quote from: Neverdul on December 08, 2016, 02:01:25 pm
Have you ever heard a song or song clip in a commercial and it either sounded familiar but you couldn’t quite place it or you’ve never heard it before and what to know what it is?

If found this website https://www.ispot.tv/browse

It is a subscription service to get the analytics but you can browse for free.

For instance, I’ve been seeing this commercial a lot and wanted to know who the musician/trumpet player was:

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AFZT/apple-iphone-7-dive-song-by-arturo-sandoval

bkmk'd that site! Thanks.
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Post by: Ghost Bear on December 08, 2016, 04:16:25 pm: Quote from: geronl on December 08, 2016, 01:05:03 pm
This Chinese-language song sounds pretty epic (this is Spanish subtitles n bottom, lol, and pinyin -Chinese written in English letters- at the top). I have no idea what the lyrics are in English.

Yup, that's a really good example of what I meant... catchy song even if you can't understand the lyrics!
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Post by: Wingnut on February 20, 2017, 09:13:13 pm: Found another one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0&ab_channel=emimusic
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Post by: roamer_1 on February 20, 2017, 11:36:11 pm: Quote from: Wingnut on February 20, 2017, 09:13:13 pm
Found another one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0&ab_channel=emimusic

Naw. This one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTvGJkv2MQw
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Post by: Ghost Bear on February 20, 2017, 11:46:23 pm: Quote from: roamer_1 on February 20, 2017, 11:36:11 pm
Naw. This one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTvGJkv2MQw

Are you sure you didn't mean this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnaavPxSmk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnaavPxSmk)
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Post by: roamer_1 on February 21, 2017, 12:01:27 am: Quote from: Ghost Bear on February 20, 2017, 11:46:23 pm
Are you sure you didn't mean this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnaavPxSmk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnaavPxSmk)

Don't make me pull out Jerry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=101YVDO0ZJk
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Post by: Ghost Bear on February 21, 2017, 12:18:21 am: Quote from: roamer_1 on February 21, 2017, 12:01:27 am
Don't make me pull out Jerry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=101YVDO0ZJk

So many different versions of one song... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Miles)
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Post by: Idaho_Cowboy on February 21, 2017, 12:29:06 am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdcNY3Fj1CI
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Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 21, 2017, 01:40:23 am: When I was a kid this was on the radio non-stop and I thought it was creepy as a kid and for the longest time did not know who sang it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZFUns38D_Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZFUns38D_Q)
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Post by: EC on February 21, 2017, 01:47:36 am: One of my favorite songs. Whole album is good.
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Post by: goodwithagun on February 21, 2017, 01:52:45 am: Any body else with young kids have random songs from Trolls running through your heads on a daily basis :shrug:
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Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 21, 2017, 01:57:27 am: Quote from: Wingnut on February 20, 2017, 09:13:13 pm
Found another one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0&ab_channel=emimusic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0&ab_channel=emimusic)

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2014/06/the_proclaimers_im_gonna_be_500_miles_lyrics_video_map_FULL/35a5e1ffa.jpg)
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Post by: Suppressed on February 21, 2017, 04:48:07 pm: Quote from: jmyrlefuller on December 02, 2016, 03:44:26 am
It's especially tough when there are no lyrics! :silly:

Here's one of my favorites (by the way, it's called "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat):

@jmyrlefuller @Sanguine

That one actually has lyrics beyond MAD...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4ib9-laGY (the original)

And in English...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqa9eVL67HQ

"Love Is Blue"

Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue is my world since I'm without you
Gray, gray, my life is gray
Cold is my heart since you went away

Red, red, my eyes are red
Crying for you alone in my bed
Green, green, my jealous heart
I doubted you and now we're apart

When we met how the bright sun shone
Then love died, now the rainbow is gone

Black, black, the nights I've known
Longing for you so lost and alone
Gone, gone, the love we knew
Blue is my world now I'm without you.