New Game -- Name that Artist

[redwitch]

Now that we're back into relax mode for a bit, thought I'd start a new game that I've found to be rather fun.

So, guess the artist or band and THEN post your lyrics right below your guess.

BTW, googling the lyrics is cheating. :cop:

This is the one that has been stuck in my head for the last TWO days.


In the white room
With black curtains
Near the station

That one shouldn't be too hard.

[l2ridehd]

Cream

Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes.
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment.

[l2ridehd]

"It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark"

[redwitch]

Ah, one of my fave performers. Love, love, LOVE Clapton!

Not sure about your second one. Gotta think about it.

Won't post a new lyric until your other artist is named.

[redwitch]

But grn .. where's YOUR lyrics?

[l2ridehd]

I guess grn just wanted to answer. Thats Ok, try this one, real easy

Early in the evening just about supper time,
Over by the courthouse they are starting to unwind.
Four kids on the corner trying to bring you up.
Willy picks a tune out and blows it on the harp.

[villages07]

l2ridehd....

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Down on the Corner


.............

Don't want to step on Grn....but, here's another easy one:

It's a little bit funny
This feeling inside....

[redwitch]

Grn ... that be my man ... Da Boss aka Bruuuuuceeee! Tanx, haven't heard Tweeter and the Monkey Man in a long time. May just go put it on.

Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus
In his army greens

[l2ridehd]

I think that may have been the Dixie Chicks. Although someone else may have done it as well. Here is one from the greatest group of all.

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

[redwitch]

Yes to the Chicks. And you can't beat The Stones! We gotta start making these harder!

Try this one:

You're talking it all sounds fair
You promise your love how much you care
I'm still listening and still unsure
Your actions are lacking, nothing is clear

[l2ridehd]

Boy Red :o

That is a tough one. I asked everyone here, wife, kids, cats, UPS guy making a delivery, tried to catch the garbage truck, and no one knows. My daughter google'd it and now she knows but refuses to tell. Can you give us a hint?

[redwitch]

I like your daughter -- she has ethics! Hmm ... a clue ... how about think German?

[chelsea24]

Is the Stones sone Sympathy for the Devil? My all time favorite group. I love Mick!

How about:

Realms of bliss
Realms of light
Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to sweet delight

[l2ridehd]

Well so far there has been folk, rock, country, and I got one for jazz, but need to solve Red's first. And I think I got it. Just took everyone out to some vineyards and did a few wine tastings. Asked each place we went about her lyrics. Well when I mentioned German, someone said "of course, it's Berlin. And Sarah said "you got it". Personally I never would have, but that's what help is for. So is that right?

[redwitch]

Good job! No More Lies by Berlin.

Can't wait for your new one!

[villages07]

Barb,

Your namesake...barbra streisand...."Evergreen"...I think???

[redwitch]

07 .. You forgot step 2 .. posting your lyrics.

If you don't post new lyrics, the games dies cause there's nothing to guess.

[villages07]

OK, Red....I thought Hog still owed you one. Here goes:

An only child
Alone and wild
A cabinet makers son
His hands were meant
For different work
And his heart was known
To none --

[redwitch]

Nah, he finally got Berlin. :-)

[l2ridehd]

Now that one is easy, Dan Fogleberg (sp)

Now another easy one.

How can I just let you walk away
Just let you leave without a trace

[l2ridehd]

Forgot the name. "Leader of the Band"

[redwitch]

Probably the greatest American band -- The Eagles, I Can't Tell You Why.

In the magic of moonlight,
When I sigh, "Hold me close, dear,"
Chances are you believe the stars
That fill the skies are in my eyes.

[redwitch]

I could get cute and say Elvis since he did do a version but I'm going to assume you want Dusty Springfield's name (and the song is now going round and round in my head) and you Really don't have to say you love me. ;D

This will be easy, at least if you know me:

I remember every little thing
As if it happened only yesterday
Parking by the lake
And there was not another car in sight

[carole131]

That's Sir Elton John.

There's a story told of a very gentle boy
And the girl who wore his ring
Through the wintry snow
The world they knew was warm

[redwitch]

Someone is probably going to boo and hiss me for hiss for this but not one of my fave groups. Was much more into Janis and Jimi than the Beach Boys.

Okay, I'll take either of the two females that sang this:

Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
Autumn in New York, it spells the thrill of first-nighting.
Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds in canyons of steel;
they’re making me feel: I’m home.

[redwitch]

Prefer Billie Holliday's version better, but yes to Ella, too.

Andy Williams for yours.

As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May
Just as hate knows love's the cure

[redwitch]

So Rare and only version I know is by Andy. lol

[redwitch]

Okay, I'm ducking as I say this ... sorry, but Jimmy Dorsey is before my time (but I DO know who he and his brother are!).

[kregski]

:arrow: :arrow:barb me thinks rw cheats..hey red witch ,didnt I see you on name that tune?

[redwitch]

Awful at playing Name that Tune. Need more than a few notes. Don't cheat but will happily ask friends and neighbors for help if I'm seriously stuck. Most importantly, I was fortunate to be raised in a home that always had music and the music was never limited to one genre. :)

Now, I do admit that I will double check my lyrics either through a CD (which is not cheating) or google them to be sure I'm correct (again, not cheating cause you're not looking up the answer).

Okay, new one -- maybe it's time for a one-hit wonder:

Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now
Since you left me
You're always laughin'
Way down at me

[carole131]

[quote=redwitch ]
Someone is probably going to boo and hiss me for hiss for this but not one of my fave groups. Was much more into Janis and Jimi than the Beach Boys.

"Their Hearts Were Full of Spring", by The Four Freshmen. One of the reasons The Beach Boys became successful was by copying the Freshmen harmony.

[kregski]

? and the mysterions ,,,,96 tears :bigthumbsup: my turn---If you dont know me by now--you will never never never know me.....

[redwitch]

Kreg, I know the song -- been singing parts of it all morning but be danged if I can name whodunit. Driving me crazy!

[l2ridehd]

It was "something Melvin, or Melvin something" and the Blue Notes sometime in the early 70's. ere is another oldie but goodie.

You are always in my heart
Even though you're far away
I can hear the music of the song I sang to you
You are always in my heart

[redwitch]

l2 -- Dino!

Herman Melvin and the Blue Notes -- great Philly soul group (Teddy Pendergrass was a member). THANK YOU!!! Simply Red also did this song (had to go through about 500 CDs to find that version -- yes, my CDs are in alphabetical order).

[l2ridehd]

He might have done it at some point, but sorry, it was Dean Martin

[redwitch]

I forgot to post a new song. This one is probably a toughie, so I'll give some hints. This was written by Margaret Roche but not the Roches' version. The singer is a solo artist, female. Probably jazz/folk genre best describes her.

One in Louisiana
one who travels around
one of 'em mainly stays in heart-throb town

I am not their main concern
they are lonely too
I am just an arrow passing through

When they look into my eyes
I know what to do

[l2ridehd]

English your right. Guess Glen was before my time ;D whereas Dean was during it. Should have known though, as most of Dean's stuff was a remake of someone else's stuff. Will work on your post now.

[redwitch]

English, I hope that yours is Linda Ronstadt's version of "You're No Good," since she's the only artist I can remember off the top of my head although many have done this son.

[redwitch]

Think I'm going to have ask people about yours. And good luck on getting mine above (11:09 am post).

[redwitch]

No to the Roches. Read my comments carefully. I said Roches wrote the song but this version is not by them. But very good on getting the title of the song! Thought it would be a tad harder than that. :D

[redwitch]

Yours is Boston? That's what my neighbor said, anyway. (And, yes, you can ask friends and neighbors, just no puter searches for titles!)

[redwitch]

Yes to Phoebe.

Okay, here's mine:

Heavenly widened roses
Seem to whisper to me
When you smile
Heavenly widened roses
Seem to whisper to me
When you smile

[redwitch]

Have never seen Natural Born Killers, so had to look up the soundtrack. It is on there -- even by the group I'm thinking of. This version is very bluesy. Another artist made it more of a slow rock.

[redwitch]

Lou Reed. I love the Cowboy Junkies. The female lead singer has a remarkable voice. (Just don't see them live -- she has zero stage presence.)

Okay, English, your turn for a song. :-)

[redwitch]

Think someone else will have to get this one. Not one line seems even vaguely familiar.

[suziekew]

Now that we're back into relax mode for a bit, thought I'd start a new game that I've found to be rather fun.

So, guess the artist or band and THEN post your lyrics right below your guess.

BTW, googling the lyrics is cheating. :cop:

This is the one that has been stuck in my head for the last TWO days.


In the white room
With black curtains
Near the station

That one shouldn't be too hard.

[suziekew]

White Rabbit.............(and just a lil pot) :cop:

[redwitch]

Hate to say it but I still don't know the song. I used to know country a lot better but I seem to have lost control of my own radio. Been that way for about 8 years now. Think having a pre- to post-teen may have something to do with it?

Okay, a serious oldie:

Mr. What-ya-call-em what you doin tonight
Hope you're in the mood because I'm feeling just right
How's about a corner with a table for two
Where the music's mellow in some gay rendezvous

[redwitch]

I do love Foreigner!

There's trouble on the streets tonight, I can feel it in my bones
I had a premonition, that he should not go alone
I knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill
Everything exploded and the blood began to spill