Name that song
Yippee kai Yay a eh a ehhhhh....
Quote: FaceYippee kai yOOOOOooooOOOO
Yippee kai Yay a eh a ehhhhh....Ghoooost Riders innnnn the Skyyyyy
Winner! Winner! Beef for dinner!
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And from the category "Alternative Rock", name that song...
The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide
Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom!
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck
Right? Right!
Quote: GialmereQuote: FaceYippee kai yOOOOOooooOOOO
Yippee kai Yay a eh a ehhhhh....Ghoooost Riders innnnn the Skyyyyy
Winner! Winner! Beef for dinner!It's hard to pick a version for this classic. Let's go with the songwriter's release from 1948...
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And from the category "Alternative Rock", name that song...
The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide
Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom!
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck
Right? Right!
Could be easy, could be impossible, depends on your leanings I suppose.
Lady finger, dipped in moonlight
Writing, "What for?", across the morning sky
Sunlight splatters, dawn with answer
Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye
Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow
What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned
Several seasons with their treasons
Wrap the babe in scarlet colors, call it your own
Quote: MoscaR.E.M. End of the World
Ding! Ding! Correct!
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Quote: DogHandHow about a coal-mining song?
Oh the midnight, and the mornin', and the middle of day,
Are the same to the miner who labors away,
Where the demons of death often come by surprise,
One fall of the slate and you're buried alive.
Dog Hand
On "The Big Bang Theory" episode where Sheldon and Raj enter the steam tunnels below their university to simulate conditions in a coal mine, Sheldon sings the chorus and the final verse of the song.
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Also...
Quote: MoscaIt’s hard to think of songs that people might know. Or, it’s easy to think of songs that would stump people.
Could be easy, could be impossible, depends on your leanings I suppose.
Lady finger, dipped in moonlight
Writing, "What for?", across the morning sky
Sunlight splatters, dawn with answer
Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye
Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow
What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned
Several seasons with their treasons
Wrap the babe in scarlet colors, call it your own
I've got plenty to be thankful for
I haven't got a great big yacht
To sail from shore to shore
Still I've got plenty to be thankful for
I've got plenty to be thankful for
No private car, no caviar
No carpet on my floor
Still I've got plenty to be thankful for
I've got eyes to see with
Ears to hear with
Arms to hug with
Lips to kiss with
Someone to adore
How could anybody ask for more?
My needs are small, I buy 'em all
At the five and ten cent store
Oh, I've got plenty to be thankful for
What film did this song appear in?
For a bonus, which Vegas casino was originally going to name itself after the film's title?
Haven't Googled it.
No idea on the Casino, I'll guess Circus Circus.
Quote: GialmereGood guesses but no.
The film featured the debut of the song "White Christmas".
I'll say the Riviera, then.
Quote: MoscaWith that hint, I’ll say Holiday Inn. No idea what casino. Don’t know the name of the song.
Winner! Winner! Turkey Dinner!
The famous hotel chain grabbed the film title instead.
Quote: GialmereQuote: MoscaWith that hint, I’ll say Holiday Inn. No idea what casino. Don’t know the name of the song.
Winner! Winner! Turkey Dinner!The title is simply "I've Got Plenty to be Thankful For". It was the Thanksgiving song from the musical "Holiday Inn" starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire...The builder was going to name the casino "Holiday Inn" but, after visiting the construction site, decided to name it after the substance filling his socks.
The famous hotel chain grabbed the film title instead.
Aha! Sands it is, then.
Quote: beachbumbabs
Aha! Sands it is, then.
Winner! Winner! Turkey Dinner!
[I had planned on using that trivia tidbit for the next LV Jeopardy game but it fit this holiday so nicely.]
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Still in play....Quote: DogHandHow about a coal-mining song?
Oh the midnight, and the mornin', and the middle of day,
Are the same to the miner who labors away,
Where the demons of death often come by surprise,
One fall of the slate and you're buried alive.
Dog HandArtist = Merle Travis
On "The Big Bang Theory" episode where Sheldon and Raj enter the steam tunnels below their university to simulate conditions in a coal mine, Sheldon sings the chorus and the final verse of the song.
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Well, I guess I stumped everyone. The coal-mining song I quoted is "Dark as a Dungeon" by Merle Travis. Here's a link to a YouTube video of the song:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nwveFrwzFTE
The lines I quoted are the third verse of the song. The lines sung by Sheldon in "The Big Bang Theory" are the chorus and the fourth verse, which come immediately after my quoted lines.
When I hear this song, I can almost feel how difficult and dangerous the job of a coal miner is.
Travis also wrote and recorded many other mining-related songs.
Dog Hand
Quote: DogHandQuote: Gialmere<snip>
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Still in play....Quote: DogHandHow about a coal-mining song?
Oh the midnight, and the mornin', and the middle of day,
Are the same to the miner who labors away,
Where the demons of death often come by surprise,
One fall of the slate and you're buried alive.
Dog HandArtist = Merle Travis
On "The Big Bang Theory" episode where Sheldon and Raj enter the steam tunnels below their university to simulate conditions in a coal mine, Sheldon sings the chorus and the final verse of the song.
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Well, I guess I stumped everyone. The coal-mining song I quoted is "Dark as a Dungeon" by Merle Travis. Here's a link to a YouTube video of the song:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nwveFrwzFTE
The lines I quoted are the third verse of the song. The lines sung by Sheldon in "The Big Bang Theory" are the chorus and the fourth verse, which come immediately after my quoted lines.
When I hear this song, I can almost feel how difficult and dangerous the job of a coal miner is.
Travis also wrote and recorded many other mining-related songs.
Dog Hand
I looked it up, so I was out. But I wouldn’t have gotten that one.
Mine has been out there long enough for people to lose interest. “St Stephen”, by the Grateful Dead. Either you’re a Deadhead and it’s easy, or you don’t care and it’s impossible. (I’m not a Deadhead, but I’m a music guy and I’m old. So I know that stuff.)
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Quote: GialmereWell, if the board is clear, from the category "Tribal Love-Rock", name that song...
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Easy.
and I feel like a-lovin' you
Love, you're such a sweet thing,
Good enough to eat thing
And it's just a-what I'm gonna do
Ooh love to hold ya, ooh love to kiss ya
Ooh love I love it so, oh love you're sweeter
Sweeter than sugar
Ooh love, I won't let you go
Quote: gordonm888From the category "Worst Ever Lyrics in a Hit Song"
and I feel like a-lovin' you
Love, you're such a sweet thing,
Good enough to eat thing
And it's just a-what I'm gonna do
Ooh love to hold ya, ooh love to kiss ya
Ooh love I love it so, oh love you're sweeter
Sweeter than sugar
Ooh love, I won't let you go
I make Spotify playlists from ‘60s Billboard Top 40 charts.
It wasn't me who started that old crazy Asian war,
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore.
Dog Hand
Quote: DogHandHow about an easier Country song?
Quote: MoscaEasy.
Age of Aquarius
Ding! Ding! Winner!
Quote: MoscaQuote: gordonm888From the category "Worst Ever Lyrics in a Hit Song"
and I feel like a-lovin' you
Love, you're such a sweet thing,
Good enough to eat thing
And it's just a-what I'm gonna do
Ooh love to hold ya, ooh love to kiss ya
Ooh love I love it so, oh love you're sweeter
Sweeter than sugar
Ooh love, I won't let you goIt was called Bubble Gum music. In the 60s it appealed to what we now call tweeners: old enough to buy music, but not really old enough to understand it. These guys, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Archies, Tommy Roe, The Royal Guardsmen, Tommy James and the Shondels.... “Yummy Yummy”, The Ohio Express.
I make Spotify playlists from ‘60s Billboard Top 40 charts.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
That's why...
Quote: GialmereFrom the category "Sinatra Standards", name that song...
Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
That's why...
Dog Hand
Quote: Face
Winner!
Dog Hand
Now Dooley had a feeling we were going to war
So he went out and enlisted in a fighting corps
But he landed in the brig for raising such a storm
When they tried to put him in a uniform
Dog Hand
Quote: DogHandThe Lady Is a Tramp
Ding! Ding! Correct!!
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Still in play...
Quote: DogHandHere's an oldie from the 50's:
Now Dooley had a feeling we were going to war
So he went out and enlisted in a fighting corps
But he landed in the brig for raising such a storm
When they tried to put him in a uniform
Dog Hand
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And from the category "Classic Rock", name that song...
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound
Way on down south
Way on down south
London town
Quote: Gialmere
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And from the category "Classic Rock", name that song...
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound
Way on down south
Way on down south
London town
Quote: GialmereAnd from the category "Classic Rock", name that song...
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound
Way on down south
Way on down south
London town
Quote: GialmereQuote: DogHandThe Lady Is a Tramp
Ding! Ding! Correct!!These days I also hate California. It's cold and it's damp.
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Still in play...Quote: DogHandHere's an oldie from the 50's:
Now Dooley had a feeling we were going to war
So he went out and enlisted in a fighting corps
But he landed in the brig for raising such a storm
When they tried to put him in a uniform
Dog Hand
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And from the category "Classic Rock", name that song...
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound
Way on down south
Way on down south
London town
Quote: Gialmere
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And from the category "Classic Rock", name that song...
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound
Way on down south
Way on down south
London town
"Check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords"
Quote: JoemanHe knows that this is Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits.
Quote: MoscaSultans of Swing?
Quote: gordonm888Definitely Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits. One of my all time favorites.
"Check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords"
Ding! Ding! Ding! Three Winners!!!
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Still in play...
Quote: DogHandHere's an oldie from the 50's:
Now Dooley had a feeling we were going to war
So he went out and enlisted in a fighting corps
But he landed in the brig for raising such a storm
When they tried to put him in a uniform
Dog Hand
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And from the category "Show Tunes", name that song...
Why it's the Model T Ford made the trouble,
made the people wanna go, wanna get, wanna get,
wanna get up and go seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve,
fourteen, twenty-two, twenty-three miles to the county seat
Yes sir, yes sir
Who's gonna patronize a little bitty two by four kinda store anymore?
Quote: GialmereStill in play...
Quote: DogHandHere's an oldie from the 50's:
Now Dooley had a feeling we were going to war
So he went out and enlisted in a fighting corps
But he landed in the brig for raising such a storm
When they tried to put him in a uniform
Dog Hand
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And from the category "Show Tunes", name that song...
Why it's the Model T Ford made the trouble,
made the people wanna go, wanna get, wanna get,
wanna get up and go seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve,
fourteen, twenty-two, twenty-three miles to the county seat
Yes sir, yes sir
Who's gonna patronize a little bitty two by four kinda store anymore?
Sounds like...
Here's a hint on mine: "Dooley" was renowned for his outrageous fashion choices.
Dog Hand
What's the next line?
Quando sono solo
Sogno all'orizzonte
E mancan le parole
Sì lo so che non c'è luce
In una stanza quando manca il sole
Se non ci sei tu con me, con me
Su le finestre
Mostra a tutti il mio cuore
Che hai acceso
Chiudi dentro me
La luce che
Hai incontrato per strada
Quote: Gialmere[
And from the category "Show Tunes", name that song...
Why it's the Model T Ford made the trouble,
made the people wanna go, wanna get, wanna get,
wanna get up and go seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve,
fourteen, twenty-two, twenty-three miles to the county seat
Yes sir, yes sir
Who's gonna patronize a little bitty two by four kinda store anymore?
Quote: gordonm888Quote: Gialmere[
And from the category "Show Tunes", name that song...
Why it's the Model T Ford made the trouble,
made the people wanna go, wanna get, wanna get,
wanna get up and go seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve,
fourteen, twenty-two, twenty-three miles to the county seat
Yes sir, yes sir
Who's gonna patronize a little bitty two by four kinda store anymore?This is the opening song from the Music Man, on the train packed with traveling salesmen. The rhythm of the song is set to the rhythmic movement of the train. The song ends with "You Gotta Know the Territory."
Quote: AyecarumbaHere's a super hard one without the internet.
What's the next line?
Quando sono solo
Sogno all'orizzonte
E mancan le parole
Sì lo so che non c'è luce
In una stanza quando manca il sole
Se non ci sei tu con me, con me
Su le finestre
Mostra a tutti il mio cuore
Che hai acceso
Chiudi dentro me
La luce che
Hai incontrato per stradaMost are familiar with the tune, but don't know the lyrics to this song which is closely associated with an iconic LV landmark.
Quote: DogHandQuote: GialmereStill in play...
Quote: DogHandHere's an oldie from the 50's:
Now Dooley had a feeling we were going to war
So he went out and enlisted in a fighting corps
But he landed in the brig for raising such a storm
When they tried to put him in a uniform
Dog Hand
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And from the category "Show Tunes", name that song...
Why it's the Model T Ford made the trouble,
made the people wanna go, wanna get, wanna get,
wanna get up and go seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve,
fourteen, twenty-two, twenty-three miles to the county seat
Yes sir, yes sir
Who's gonna patronize a little bitty two by four kinda store anymore?
Sounds like...
Quote: AyecarumbaHere's a super hard one without the internet.
What's the next line?
Quando sono solo
Sogno all'orizzonte
E mancan le parole
Sì lo so che non c'è luce
In una stanza quando manca il sole
Se non ci sei tu con me, con me
Su le finestre
Mostra a tutti il mio cuore
Che hai acceso
Chiudi dentro me
La luce che
Hai incontrato per stradaMost are familiar with the tune, but don't know the lyrics to this song which is closely associated with an iconic LV landmark.
It seems Italian. With your hint I'm going to guess "O Sole Mio", a Venetian gondolier staple.
Quote: DogHand
Sounds like...a song from the Music Man
Quote: gordonm888This is the opening song from the Music Man, on the train packed with traveling salesmen. The rhythm of the song is set to the rhythmic movement of the train. The song ends with "You Gotta Know the Territory."
Quote: MoscaI don’t know the name of it, but the last line is, “When he calls the tune, the piper pays him.” Definitely from The Music Man. Edit: I looked it up, after seeing gordonm888’s spoiler. The one salesman says my line, and then the other says his. So, his last line is right. My daughter was in this (chorus) as her senior class play, abut 10 years ago.
Ding! Ding! Winners!
The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
Quote: MoscaQuote: AyecarumbaHere's a super hard one without the internet.
What's the next line?
Quando sono solo
Sogno all'orizzonte
E mancan le parole
Sì lo so che non c'è luce
In una stanza quando manca il sole
Se non ci sei tu con me, con me
Su le finestre
Mostra a tutti il mio cuore
Che hai acceso
Chiudi dentro me
La luce che
Hai incontrato per stradaMost are familiar with the tune, but don't know the lyrics to this song which is closely associated with an iconic LV landmark.Besame Mucho?
Quote: Gialmere
It seems Italian. With your hint I'm going to guess "O Sole Mio", a Venetian gondolier staple.
Good guesses... Gialmere is the closest so far...
I'll give it a little more time...
Quote: GialmereAnd, while we await some rulings, from the category "Post Punk", name that song...
The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
Quote: MoscaLondon Calling. I saw The Clash and Elvis Costello on back-to-back nights in 1980. It was as amazing as it sounds.
Ding! Ding! Winner!!
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And in the category "Country/Western", name that song...
They call me redneck, white trash and blue collar
But I could change all that if I had a couple million dollars
I keep hearing that money is the root of all evil
And you can't fit a camel through the eye of a needle
I'm sure that's probably true,
But it still sounds pretty cool
Dog Hand
Quote: DogHandEasy...
"But Me a Boat"
Dog Hand
Ding! Ding! Correct!!
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And from the category "Classic Torch Songs", name that song...
When he went away, the blues walked in and met me
If he stays away, old rocking chair will get me
All I do is pray the Lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more
Quote: GialmereQuote: DogHandEasy...
"But Me a Boat"
Dog Hand
Ding! Ding! Correct!!Yes, an easy one to compensate for all the hard ones. Heh.
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And from the category "Classic Torch Songs", name that song...
When he went away, the blues walked in and met me
If he stays away, old rocking chair will get me
All I do is pray the Lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more
Great song
Stormy Weather
