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Monday, August 25, 2008

Musical Monday #58

Welcome to the 58th edition of Musical Monday, the weekly quiz that Soccer Dad and I alternate hosting. As always, the challenge is to identify the title and artist of each song quote, as well as the common theme of the set of songs.

Today's edition is being posted just as the Rosenfeld clan leaves for a week's vacation, which will likely involve lack of internet connectivity for at least the first few days. So as that SNL character used to say: talk amongst yourselves, discuss, discuss! But here's a parting hint: you may quickly determine a possible theme, but look for something just a little more specific.

1) "I never had no money, I bought at the second hand store"
2) "Come back and make me your wife"
3) "If you believe in the power of magic"
4) "Miracle of miracles, look what the night dragged in"
5) "All the servants in your new hotel"
6) "I really love you baby, cross my heart"
7) "I'll let you know when she's come home; until that day"
8) "You got me crawling up to you everyday"
9) "Without no bridges she's trapped, so I sigh"
10) "Talk to me softly, there is something in your eyes"
11) "There was nothing left but sawdust and some glitter"
12) "I've given up, stop, you tangle my emotions"
13) "So you know you better watch your step"
14) "Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain"
15) "I might be great tomorrow, but hopeless yesterday"
16) "I've changed my face, I've changed my name"
17) "When I was down, I was your clown"
18) "I can't exist, I'll surely miss your tender kiss"
19) "What can I do, pictures of you still make me cry"
20) "And if it hurts when they mention my name"
21) "Oh baby, don't you know I'm human?"
22) "And if somebody loved me like she do me"
23) "I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free"
24) "I'm much too strong not to compromise"
25) "You were in a car crash and you lost your hair"
26) "Beware that hooded old man at the rudder"
27) "I'll just lay me down and cry for a hundred years"
28) "His car is warm and dry"
29) "It'll be, better than before"
30) "For a smile they can share the night"
31) "I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva"
32) "Power (ah power) is the force the vow"
33) "You're seeing some slick Continental dude"
34) "We can take the darkness and make if full of light"
35) "When I started to brag about my car"
36) "Ain't got not cash, ain't got no style"
37) "Slow change may pull us apart"
38) "Cause I'll be standing on the side when you check it out"
39) "You got that sand all over your feet"
40) "He's a pool-shootin' son of a gun"

Good luck and enjoy!

50 Comments:

At 8/25/08, 9:39 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

2 - Billy Dont' Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
5 - Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel
17 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
23 - Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me - Elton John
25 - Don't Pass Me By - The Beatles
28 - Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police
30 - Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
40 - You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce

At first glance it looks like the theme is things that we aren't supposed to do.

-- Clayton

 
At 8/25/08, 10:06 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

8) Don't Bring me Down - ELO

27) Don't pull you're love out - Hamilton, Joe, Frank and Reynolds.

What was their Record Label?

There's another Beatles song that's got to be in here, I'll leave it to Laura. I've got both cubes.

 
At 8/25/08, 10:54 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

12) Don't come around here no more - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (produced by ?)
13) Don't do me like that - Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker

"Don't" know what the theme is.

 
At 8/25/08, 11:13 AM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

14. Don't fear the reaper--BOC

 
At 8/25/08, 11:17 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

29 - Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac

Not an obligatory Tusk song (tm) but, I think, as close as we'll get.
38) Don't you worry 'bout a thing - Stevie Wonder

 
At 8/25/08, 11:40 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

33) Don't you forget about me - Simple Minds

I'm taking a wild guess here. I'm not familiar with the lyrics of the song but figure that it's included here. And these words fit the title.

 
At 8/25/08, 12:37 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

11) Don't cry out loud - Crystal Gayle

Another guess, a little less wild than the last one. Don't cry out loud had a circus theme.

 
At 8/25/08, 12:41 PM, Blogger LEL said...

13.Don't do me like that-Tom Petty
14.Don't fear the reaper-Blue Oyster Cult
25.Don't Pass Me By-The Beatles
28.Don't Stand so Close to Me-The Police

 
At 8/25/08, 12:53 PM, Blogger LEL said...

30.Don't Stop Believing-Journey

 
At 8/25/08, 12:59 PM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

6. Don't be cruel--Elvis

It's a Carl Perkins cover, but Honey Don't is a third Beatles song that could be here.

 
At 8/25/08, 1:35 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Don't pass me by is listed twice.

Honey Don't would be #2.

Don't let me down would be #3.

I'm waiting for Laura to sort them out.

 
At 8/25/08, 1:46 PM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

Speaking of Beatles songs, what about "Don't bother me"? Is that number 7?

 
At 8/25/08, 2:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

SD - Right song, but wrong number - "Don't You Forget About Me" is #37. -- Clayton

 
At 8/25/08, 2:26 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Clayton,
I knew I was guessing.

I figured that it would have to be in there someplace.

Thanks for setting me straight.

Don't sweat it. :-)

Yitz,

If it's a Beatles song Laura knows it. Though you beat her on Magical Mystery Tour (I think) last week.

 
At 8/25/08, 2:56 PM, Blogger LEL said...

6.Don't be Cruel-Elvis Presley

 
At 8/25/08, 3:27 PM, Blogger trn said...

22) Don't Let Me Down, The Beatles

 
At 8/25/08, 3:36 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

SD - I wouldn't have recognized it had you not said the title first - so, half point each? :)

-- Clayton

 
At 8/25/08, 3:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

26 - Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris DeBurgh - ?

Not sure about this one, but the lyrics seem to fit.

-- Clayton

 
At 8/25/08, 3:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

35 - Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys

-- Clayton

 
At 8/25/08, 3:48 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Clayton if you want to give me a half point, I'll take it!

Thanks. :-)

I remember seeing the "Ferryman" video a few times, I think you're right. Good catch.

 
At 8/25/08, 6:45 PM, Blogger LEL said...

22.Don't Let me Down-The Beatles
29.Don't Stop-Fleetwood Mac
31.Don't Stop Me Now-Queen

 
At 8/25/08, 6:48 PM, Blogger LEL said...

39.Honey Don't-The Beatles

 
At 8/25/08, 7:44 PM, Blogger trn said...

Not only do the titles contain the contraction "don't," but also so far they all -- with the possible exception of the last song -- use "don't" only in an imperative context, commanding what not to do. (Each title is a negative mitzvah?)

 
At 8/26/08, 2:28 AM, Blogger LEL said...

8.Don't Bring Me Down-ELO

 
At 8/26/08, 5:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

19 - Don't Let It End - Styx
24 - Don't Look Back - Boston

-- Clayton

 
At 8/26/08, 2:41 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

So trn, then
Don't it make my brown eyes blue?
and
Don't you want me? wouldn't be included.

Did anyone notice who was visitor number 50000?

Ah, I know who it is!

 
At 8/26/08, 2:43 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

trn, I just realized,

33 is Don't you want me? by the Human League.

so it also can be in the form of a question.

 
At 8/26/08, 3:28 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Actually now I think that 16, is Don't you want me? not 33.

I'm so confused.

 
At 8/26/08, 4:11 PM, Blogger trn said...

So trn, then
Don't it make my brown eyes blue?
and
Don't you want me? wouldn't be included.


Yes, exactly.

trn, I just realized,

33 is Don't you want me? by the Human League.

so it also can be in the form of a question.


Ah, well then.

Besides as an imperative commanding the second person, "don't" can be used in the indicative with all but the singular third person in either a statement or a question, and is also at times used in an informal fashion with the singular third person in place of the correct "doesn't" in both statements and questions.

Another non-imperative title is You Don't Bring Me Flowers.

Actually now I think that 16, is Don't you want me? not 33.

I'm so confused.


Aw.

 
At 8/26/08, 4:21 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Don't your realize that all this grammar is making me dizzy?

:-)

 
At 8/26/08, 4:33 PM, Blogger trn said...

Good one!

 
At 8/26/08, 5:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't shoot the messenger, but "Don't You Want Me" don't seem to be on the list. (Sorry, couldn't resist the last one... :)

-- Clayton

 
At 8/26/08, 7:34 PM, Blogger LEL said...

Yes,#7 is "Don't Bother Me". I missed that one.

 
At 8/26/08, 8:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

3 - Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project

-- Clayton

 
At 8/26/08, 8:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The guesses thus far:

1 -
2 - Billy Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
3 - Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project
4 -
5 - Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel
6 - Don't Be Cruel - Elvis
7 - Don't Bother Me - The Beatles
8 - Don't Bring Me Down - ELO
9 -
10 -
11 - Don't Cry Out Loud - Crystal Gayle
12 - Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
13 - Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
14 - Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
15 -
16 -
17 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
18 -
19 - Don't Let It End - Styx
20 -
21 -
22 - Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
23 - Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me - Elton John
24 - Don't Look Back - Boston
25 - Don't Pass Me By - The Beatles
26 - Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris DeBurgh
27 - Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
28 - Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police
29 - Dont' Stop - Fleetwood Mac
30 - Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
31 - Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
32 -
33 -
34 -
35 - Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
36 -
37 - Dont You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
38 -
39 - Honey Don't - The Beatles
40 - You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce

It appears that most of them are in roughly alphabetical order by the first word after "don't". Perhaps that will help fill in the blanks.

Is "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" there? I don't know the song well enough to recognize it, if it is.

-- Clayton

 
At 8/26/08, 8:41 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

33 - Don't Talk to Strangers - Rick Springfield

-- Clayton

 
At 8/26/08, 10:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

16 - Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel

-- Clayton

 
At 8/27/08, 10:04 PM, Blogger Elie said...

Wow, I should go on vacation more often! A record number of comments!!

You guys are great - thanks.

 
At 8/27/08, 11:39 PM, Blogger trn said...

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to have all this fun, Elie. You are, however, missed. Hope you are having an excellent vacation!

 
At 8/28/08, 10:22 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Clayton,

I was thinking of Don't Talk to Strangers but couldn't figure it out.

Also thanks for organizing as it rules out Don't dream it's over, and tells us that 21-22 both start with Don't Let also.

 
At 8/28/08, 10:26 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

whoops that should be 20-21

 
At 8/28/08, 3:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

20 - Don't Let It Show - The Alan Parsons Project

-- Clayton

 
At 8/29/08, 9:07 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

I guess Don't fall in love with a dreamer isn't there.

 
At 8/29/08, 3:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Since we may have an extra couple of days to play, with Elie on vacation, here is an updated list of guesses. Apologies to SD for leaving one out the first time around, and thanks to him as well for having the idea to do this the first time, a few weeks ago. I found it helpful and I hope everyone else does, too. -- Clayton

1 -
2 - Billy Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
3 - Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project
4 -
5 - Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel
6 - Don't Be Cruel - Elvis
7 - Don't Bother Me - The Beatles
8 - Don't Bring Me Down - ELO
9 -
10 -
11 - Don't Cry Out Loud - Crystal Gayle
12 - Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
13 - Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
14 - Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
15 -
16 - Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
17 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
18 -
19 - Don't Let It End - Styx
20 - Don't Let It Show - The Alan Parsons Project
21 -
22 - Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
23 - Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me - Elton John
24 - Don't Look Back - Boston
25 - Don't Pass Me By - The Beatles
26 - Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris DeBurgh
27 - Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
28 - Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police
29 - Dont' Stop - Fleetwood Mac
30 - Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
31 - Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
32 -
33 - Don't Talk to Strangers - Rick Springfield
34 -
35 - Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
36 -
37 - Dont You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
38 - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder
39 - Honey Don't - The Beatles
40 - You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce

30 down, 10 to go!

 
At 8/29/08, 4:03 PM, Blogger Elie said...

Still on vacation, but checking email this afternoon. However, Clayton is right, in that I won't have access to my answer list until Monday night. So keep going and see how close to 100% y'all can get!

And BTW, I do admit I missed a couple of good ones, as Soccer Dad points out. Oh well.

 
At 8/29/08, 6:23 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

36 - Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

-- Clayton

 
At 8/30/08, 11:37 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

18 - Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston

 
At 9/1/08, 9:40 PM, Blogger Elie said...

Once again, wow! Tremendous job, Gail, Soccer Dad, Clayton, Yitzchak, Laura, TRN, and Ral315! You ended up with by far the best MM results yet, correctly identifying a full 80% of the songs, or 32 out of 40! As you also jointly determined, the theme was songs that tell you not to do something (specifically, as opposed to other uses of the word "don't"). No special relevance, though historically, the last state to repeal Prohibition - our big "don't" of the Roaring 20s - did so 64 years ago this month.

Though you scarcely need it, here is the complete list of correct responses:

1) "I never had no money, I bought at the second hand store"
- "Baby Don't Go", Sonny & Cher
2) "Come back and make me your wife"
- "Billy Don't Be A Hero", Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods / Paper Lace
3) "If you believe in the power of magic"
- "Don't Answer Me", The Alan Parsons Project
4) "Miracle of miracles, look what the night dragged in"
- "Don't Ask Me Why", Eurythmics
5) "All the servants in your new hotel"
- "Don't Ask Me Why", Billy Joel
6) "I really love you baby, cross my heart"
- "Don't Be Cruel", Elvis Presley
7) "I'll let you know when she's come home; until that day…"
- "Don't Bother Me", The Beatles
8) "You got me crawling up to you everyday"
- "Don't Bring Me Down", Electric Light Orchestra
9) "Without no bridges she's trapped, so I sigh"
- "Don't Cross The River", America
10) "Talk to me softly, there is something in your eyes"
- "Don't Cry", Guns N' Roses
11) "There was nothing left but sawdust and some glitter"
- "Don't Cry Out Loud", Melissa Manchester is the version I know, but I guess also covered by Crystal Gayle
12) "I've given up, stop, you tangle my emotions"
- "Don't Come Around Here No More", Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
13) "So you know you better watch your step"
- "Don't Do Me Like That", - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
14) "Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain"
- "Don't Fear The Reaper", Blue Oyster Cult
15) "I might be great tomorrow, but hopeless yesterday"
- "Don't Get Me Wrong", The Pretenders
16) "I've changed my face, I've changed my name"
- "Don't Give Up", Peter Gabriel
17) "When I was down, I was your clown"
- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Elton John and Kiki Dee
18) "I can't exist, I'll surely miss your tender kiss"
- "Don't Leave Me This Way", Thelma Houston
19) "What can I do, pictures of you still make me cry"
- "Don't Let It End", Styx
20) "And if it hurts when they mention my name"
- "Don't Let It Show", The Alan Parsons Project / Pat Benatar
21) "Oh baby, don't you know I'm human?"
- "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", The Animals
22) "And if somebody loved me like she do me"
- "Don't Let Me Down", The Beatles
23) "I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free"
- "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me", Elton John
24) "I'm much too strong not to compromise"
- "Don't Look Back", Boston
25) "You were in a car crash and you lost your hair"
- "Don't Pass Me By", The Beatles
26) "Beware that hooded old man at the rudder"
- "Don't Pay the Ferryman", Chris De Burgh
27) "I'll just lay me down and cry for a hundred years"
- "Don't Pull Your Love Out On Me Baby", Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
28) "His car is warm and dry"
- "Don't Stand So Close To Me", The Police
29) "It'll be, better than before"
- "Don't Stop", Fleetwood Mac
30) "For a smile they can share the night"
- "Don't Stop Believing", Journey
31) "I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva"
- "Don't Stop Me Now", Queen
32) "Power (ah power) is the force the vow"
- "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough", Michael Jackson
33) "You're seeing some slick Continental dude"
- "Don't Talk To Strangers", Rick Springfield
34) "We can take the darkness and make if full of light"
- "Don't Throw it All Away", Andy Gibb
35) "When I started to brag about my car"
- "Don't Worry Baby", The Beach Boys
36) "Ain't got not cash, ain't got no style"
- "Don't Worry Be Happy", Bobby McFerrin
37) "Slow change may pull us apart"
- "Don't You Forget About Me", Simple Minds
38) "Cause I'll be standing on the side when you check it out"
- "Don't You Worry About A Thing", Stevie Wonder
39) "You got that sand all over your feet"
- "Honey Don't", Beatles
40) "He's a pool-shootin' son of a gun"
- "You Don't Mess Around With Jim", Jim Croce

Thanks again! MM #59 will be posted any moment now at Soccer Dad, and then tune back here on Sept 8th as MM turns the big 6-0!

 
At 9/2/08, 11:22 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Hmm.

Maybe it wasn't covered by Crystal Gayle, but I confused it with "Don't it make my brown eyes blue," which doesn't fit anyway.

:-(

 
At 9/4/08, 12:28 AM, Blogger trn said...

Welcome back, Elie! How was the vacation? Yes, this was a record-busting edition of Musical Monday, wasn't it.

 

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