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OK I admit it - I cheated on this one just 'cos i wanted another go!! :devil::devil::angry::angry:

 

It's a song called 'smile' by Dick Van Dyke and Brian Wilson Pickett... Now, the reason why I cheated...

Below are the lyrics to two completely different songs...

 

1 -

 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

2 -

 

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::rolleyes::rolleyes:

 

L&P

 

NO NO NO you're wrong so I dont know how you cheated.

 

You cannot push this song aside, someone must recognise it. You got Brian Wilson (Pickett????????) but the song isnt smile and I never heard Dick Van Dyke singing this tho it might be interesting.

 

Some more lyrics for it: -

 

A diamond necklace played the pawn

Hand in hand some drummed along, oh

To a handsome man and baton

A blind class aristocracy

Back through the opera glass you see

The pit and the pendulum drawn

Columnated ruins domino

 

Canvass the town and brush the backdrop

Are you sleeping?

 

Hung velvet overtaken me

Dim chandelier awaken me

To a song dissolved in the dawn

The music hall a costly bow

The music all is lost for now

To a muted trumperter swan

Columnated ruins domino

 

 

I'm going away for a week, hope someones got the answer by the time I get back. AND NO CHEATING!!!!!

 

As for the songs with YEAH YEAH YEAH in them well they probly something by Nirvana, beetles, REM or anyone else for that matter but putting lyrics like that up is just plain silly :P

 

SV

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SV - what BD was trying to say (but got wrong cos he was trying to be clever :P ) was Surf's Up by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks :notworthy: from the longest-awaited album ever - Smile :D

 

And seeing as BD cheated, I thought I'd google his 'yeah yeah's, and suprise, suprise he got that wrong too :P .

 

There aren't 2 songs with that many yeah yeah's but 753!

 

And I'm not going to list them all for no-one! :blink:

 

So here's another lyric (with real words in!):

Bad girl, Cutie, what have you done, uh huh huh

(baby don't do it)

Slippin' slidin' down-a Highway 31, mm mm mm

(baby don't do it)

The traffic lights changed from green to red

They tried to stop but they both wound up dead

(Death-cab for Cutie)

(Death-cab for Cutie)

Someone's gonna make you pay your fare

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Nemo - Death cab for cutie.....

 

Can't remember the singers name..... Argh!!! Put me outa my misery - or i'll cheat n google it! :P:P:D

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Argh!!! Put me outa my misery - or i'll cheat n google it! :P:P:D

 

OK - It was the Bonzos :P (as seen on The Magical Mystery Tour!). I was hoping someone would think it was the band Deathcab For Cutie :devil:

 

So here's something a bit more recent:

 

He was killed by a cellular phone explosion

They scattered his ashes across the ocean

The water was used to make baby lotion

The wheels of promotion were set into motion

Edited by littlenemo

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OK - It was the Bonzos :P (as seen on The Magical Mystery Tour!). I was hoping someone would think it was the band Deathcab For Cutie :devil:

 

 

:D:notworthy::notworthy::D

 

Thank you! It's been driving me crazy :wacko:

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He was killed by a cellular phone explosion

They scattered his ashes across the ocean

The water was used to make baby lotion

The wheels of promotion were set into motion

 

OK, so no-one knows Fountains of Wayne (shame on you, have none of you seen American Pie?)

So here's another (and if no-one knows this one, just ask Bid ;)

Einstein was not a handsome fellow

Nobody ever called him Al

He had a long moustache to pull on

It was yellow

I don't believe he ever had a girl

One thing he missed out in his theory

Of time`n space and relativity

Is something that makes it very clear he

Was never gonna score like you'n'me

He didn't know about...

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And seeing as BD cheated, I thought I'd google his 'yeah yeah's, and suprise, suprise he got that wrong too :P .

 

There aren't 2 songs with that many yeah yeah's but 753!

 

 

Now calm down, calm down...

 

I've followed this link and it doesn't list 753 songs with yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah etc in - it just lists 753 songs that have 3 OR MORE 'yeah's - like the beatles 'she loves you yeah yeah yeah'...

NO FAIR!! FOWL!! FOUL!!

:shame::shame::shame:;)

My two were:

 

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM : Yeah yeah yeah (crass version) &

Devo - uncontrollable Urge (which should have been got by everyone who got 'Gut Feeling')

Funnily enough, THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS (band) aren't there at all!

 

Now. back to Nemo's, which I don't know but given the boho ref would either be Hawkwind or Bob Calvert

L&P

 

BD :D

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Quark strangness and Charm.

 

One specially for BD

 

"Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are,

Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are,

Lost in summer, morning, winter, travel very far,

Lost in musing circumstances, that's just where you are."

 

Simon

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Hi Simon

 

Thats "Yours is no disgrace" by Yes or No :lol:

 

mine is easy peasy, need some more clues :P

 

Standing at the limit of an endless ocean

stranded like a runaway, lost at sea

city on a rainy day down in the harbour

watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay

looking everywhere 'cause I had to find you

this is not the way that i remember it here

anyone will tell you its a prisoner island

hidden in the summer for a million years

 

:notworthy::notworthy::dance:

 

wouldnt be a song about Australia would it :devil:B):rolleyes:

 

Yours truly

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Hi Simon

 

Thats "Yours is no disgrace" by Yes or No :lol:

 

mine is easy peasy, need some more clues :P

 

Standing at the limit of an endless ocean

stranded like a runaway, lost at sea

city on a rainy day down in the harbour

watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay

looking everywhere 'cause I had to find you

this is not the way that i remember it here

anyone will tell you its a prisoner island

hidden in the summer for a million years

 

:notworthy::notworthy::dance:

 

wouldnt be a song about Australia would it :devil:B):rolleyes:

 

Yours truly

 

Here is a clue, when the band was first formed they were called 'The Flowers' they changed the name when this song was released.

 

:)

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I guess this was too hard

 

It was 'Icehouse' Great Southern Land, very popular Aussie band writing about Australia.

 

Anyone know it :)

 

try this one its much easier

---------------------------------------

 

Found myself just the other day,

in the backyard of a friends place

thinking about you

 

thinking of the crowd you're in

what you're up to where you've been

just thinking

 

you know the clothes that you wear

and the colour in your hair

shouldn't change you

 

now you tell me why is it so

you're bigger than mighty joe

at least you think so

 

--------------------------------

 

:whistle:B) H

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I guess this was too hard

 

It was 'Icehouse' Great Southern Land, very popular Aussie band writing about Australia.

 

Anyone know it :)

 

try this one its much easier

---------------------------------------

 

Found myself just the other day,

in the backyard of a friends place

thinking about you

 

thinking of the crowd you're in

what you're up to where you've been

just thinking

 

you know the clothes that you wear

and the colour in your hair

shouldn't change you

 

now you tell me why is it so

you're bigger than mighty joe

at least you think so

 

--------------------------------

 

:whistle:B) H

 

 

My gosh I realise I keep choosing Aussie artists that you probably havent even heard of.....

 

Here is a huge clue, have any of you heard of 'Pete Murray' ??? its one of his..

 

that should make it easier for you.

 

:whistle:B)

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No KHK

 

Not sure about that :huh: hes in his late 20's early 30's I think.

 

H.

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My gosh I realise I keep choosing Aussie artists that you probably havent even heard of.....

 

Here is a huge clue, have any of you heard of 'Pete Murray' ??? its one of his..

 

that should make it easier for you.

 

:whistle:B)

 

 

Pete Murray 'So Beautiful' :whistle:

 

Does anybody know this.....

 

Look at the stars

Look how they shine for you

And everything you do

Yeah they were all yellow

 

I came along

I wrote a song for you

And everything you do

and it was called yellow

 

:whistle::)

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only just found this thread, took some catching up, i can tell ya.

 

coldplay- yellow

 

but things just get so crazy, living life gets hard to do

i would gladly hit the road, pick up and go if i knew

that some day it would lead me back to you

that some day it would lead me back to you

 

any takers? :D

 

kj

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Maroon Five - Sunday Morning.

 

I thought I was smart, I thought I was right,

I thought it better not to fight

I thought there was a virtue in always being cool

So when it came time to fight, I thought I'd just step aside,

And that the time would prove you wrong...

 

And That You...

 

And I don't know when the sun beams end and the star lights begin

 

it's all a mystery...

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Maroon Five - Sunday Morning.

 

I thought I was smart, I thought I was right,

I thought it better not to fight

I thought there was a virtue in always being cool

So when it came time to fight, I thought I'd just step aside,

And that the time would prove you wrong...

 

And That You...

 

And I don't know when the sun beams end and the star lights begin

 

it's all a mystery...

 

 

Aghhhhh! it's the flaming lips again, but i don't know the tracks name.... it's from yoshimi battles the pink robots, though....

 

 

Does love ever end

When two hearts are torn away

Or does it go on

And get stronger anyway

You loved me before......

 

L&P

BD

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come on baddad, give us a hint. you've deffo got me stumped! :blink:

 

Hint - I've been in eighties girl band mode all week

Bigger hint - two sisters and a one time bass player for the throwing muses with the obligatory 'blerk' on drums! :D

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Grrrr - goggle not playing now ...... off to have a moochy through CDs............

 

I will figure this out!! *wish i was this determined when it comes to the ironing......* :P:lol::rolleyes:

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Apparently it's a band called The Breeders, the two women were Kim Deal from The Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses!

 

Being only 6 at the time though, I'm afraid I had to rely on Wikipedia for an answer :D

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breeders

 

Ok, here's my effort....

 

There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard

No song that I could sing but I can try for your heart

Our dreams, and they are made out of real things

Like a, shoebox of photographs with sepiatone loving

Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart

Like why are we here? and where do we go?

And how come it's so hard?

It's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving

I'll tell you one thing its always better when we're together

 

Fairly recent song so shouldn't be too hard! Good Luck :D

 

Badonkadonk

xxx

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Jack Johnson - Better together from In Between Dreams. Perfect summer song :D

 

Ok - here's mine......

 

I love the tone that's in your laugh

Gasping for an extra breath

Waiting for the time to pass

I believe in days ahead

Don't spend another night alone

Cross and wishing you were dead

 

Mary, you should'nt let 'em make you mad

You hold the best you can

And Mary, after all the pain is gone

I'm always gonna live to be your man

 

I've had it easy now you see

When I'm down your'e always there

Standing by to comfort me

Someday we'll go round the world

I'll make the journey so sublime

I know you're not a travelln' girl

 

Mary, you should'nt let 'em make you mad

You hold the best you can

And Mary, after all the pain is gone

I'm always gonna live to be your man

 

Cause I'd give everything I have

Forget all the things that bring me joy

If you could have one day

Pure and simple happiness

Until that moment comes

I'll be here where I've always been

I'm gonna be your friend

Until the day I die

 

:D

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mary scisoor sisters, saw them at live 8 and was realy looking forward to them but they weren't brilliant

 

I drink good coffee every morning

Comes from a place that's far away

And when I'm done I feel like talking

Without you here there is less to say

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Apparently it's a band called The Breeders, the two women were Kim Deal from The Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses!

 

Badonkadonk

xxx

 

and Kelly Deal - don't forget Kelly!!

 

Been meaning to ask, Badonkadonk, is your nom de qwerty a musical reference? Anything to do with Missy Elliot lyrics?

 

sorry, back to the quiz and summertimes:

 

I drink good coffee every morning

Comes from a place that's far away

And when I'm done I feel like talking

Without you here there is less to say

 

 

L&P

 

BD :D

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Hiya,

 

I actually hadn't thought of Missy Elliott, even though I'm a big fan!

 

I really stole it from a child :( I know, how terrible, but I was having a conversation with them about the greatest word ever and they said badonkadonk :D

 

It is now my favourite word!

 

Ok so after a bit of digging I think I have this one....is it Colin Hay and called something like "I just don't think I'll ever get over you"?

 

I won't post more lyrics until I know for sure that I'm right because I'm probably very wrong lol.

 

Badonkadonk

xxx

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Hiya,

 

I actually hadn't thought of Missy Elliott, even though I'm a big fan!

 

I really stole it from a child :( I know, how terrible, but I was having a conversation with them about the greatest word ever and they said badonkadonk :D

 

It is now my favourite word!

 

Ok so after a bit of digging I think I have this one....is it Colin Hay and called something like "I just don't think I'll ever get over you"?

 

I won't post more lyrics until I know for sure that I'm right because I'm probably very wrong lol.

 

Badonkadonk

xxx

 

Yes, thats correct :clap::clap:

 

Artist: Colin Hay Lyrics

Song: I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You Lyrics

I drink good coffee every morning

Comes from a place that's far away

And when I'm done I feel like talking

Without you here there is less to say

I don't want you thinking I'm unhappy

What is closer to the truth

That if I lived till I was 102

I just don't think I'll ever get over you

I'm no longer moved to drink strong whisky

'Cause I shook the hand of time and I knew

That if I lived till I could no longer climb my stairs

I just don't think I'll ever get over you

Your face it dances and it haunts me

Your laughter's still ringing in my ears

I still find pieces of your presence here

Even after all these years

But I don't want you thinking I don't get asked to dinner

'Cause I'm here to say that I sometimes do

Even though I may soon feel the touch of love

I just don't think I'll ever get over you

If I lived till I was 102

I just don't think I'll ever get over you

 

 

Your turn 'Badonkadonk' :notworthy::notworthy::lol::lol:

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Woohoo!

 

Ok, here's another recent song.

 

"Now then mardy bum

I see your frown

And it's like looking down the barrel of a gun

And it goes off

And out come all these words

Oh there's a very pleasant side to you

A side I much prefer

 

It's one that laughs and jokes around

Remember cuddles in the kitchen

Yeah, to get things off the ground

And it was up, up and away

Oh, but it's right hard to remember

That on a day like today when you're all argumentative

And you've got the face on"

 

My boyfriend likes to sing this song to me whenever I sulk about anything :lol:

 

Good luck!

 

Badonkadonk

xxx

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I have no idea about badonkadonks post, but i just wanted to ask is colin hay the c0ck-eyed bloke from 'Men at work'? If so, HC, you're gonna have to come up with something less 'Australian' next time :lol::lol::lol::devil::devil::devil:

Whatever next: Goanna Band/Aussie Crawl?? :shame::shame::shame:

At a push, you can get away with INXS/Mental as anything/Midnight Oil/Rolf Harris ;)

 

L&P

 

BD :P

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I have no idea about badonkadonks post, but i just wanted to ask is colin hay the c0ck-eyed bloke from 'Men at work'? If so, HC, you're gonna have to come up with something less 'Australian' next time :lol::devil:

Whatever next: Goanna Band/Aussie Crawl?? :shame::shame::shame:

At a push, you can get away with INXS/Mental as anything/Midnight Oil/Rolf Harris ;)

 

L&P

 

BD :P

 

It wasnt me :lol::lol: it was Summertime. :devil: when I googled it I realised yeah. Someone else appreciates good Aussie music. :notworthy::notworthy::thumbs:

 

You know Rolf Harris :o I'm Jake the peg diddle diddle diddle dum, with the extra leg diddle diddle diddle dum, I remember him and singing this in primary school, I was about 6 I thought he was scary :o 3 legs these days that sounds obscene :ph34r::rolleyes:

 

H.

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You mean you don't get 'Animal Hospital' over there??

Rolfie's HUGE over here (he still got that place on the swan river?), but thankfully not for his music any more - diddle diddle diddle dum - Didgeridoo? DidgeriDON'T!!!!!!!

 

 

Oh some lyrics:

 

We look pretty sharp in these clothes

Unless we get sprayed with a hose

It don't hurt in the day

When they squirt it your way

'Cept in the winter when it's froze...

And it hurts as it hits on your nose

 

 

L&P

 

BD :D

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I think you've been a bit previous there baddad as you haven't guessed the previous song. But it is the Arctic Monkeys and Mardy Bum.

 

Now it's your turn . . .

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I think you've been a bit previous there baddad as you haven't guessed the previous song. But it is the Arctic Monkeys and Mardy Bum.

 

Now it's your turn . . .

 

oops I thought HC had got it!!! Have to look more carefully in future! No, Z... Now it's YOUR turn!

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OK then, if you insist. Here's one to cheer you up on a wet Sunday morning:

 

I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick on the cigarettes there in the ashtray

Lyin cold the way you left em, but at least your lips caressed them while

You packed

Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of coffee that you poured and didnt drink

But at least you thought you wanted it, thats so much more than I can say

For me

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I thought at first it was Abba - the day before you came (?) (If indeed that was by Abba and was titled the day before you came, IYKWIM) But why would that be in the past tense??

Either that or one of those awful C&W songs about Ricketts/Mine cave-ins/Lovers Lost/Vietnam/Being a boy with a girls name/A Girl with a boys name/Ham Radio Orphans/Grits/Convoys or Death :crying:

I know it, but can't put my finger on it (fnar fnar)...

 

L&P

 

BD :D

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