Elie's Expositions

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Monday, November 23, 2009

Musical Monday #118

Welcome to the 118th 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 below, as well as the common theme of the entire set of songs.

Sorry I've been late in providing the solutions to my previous two MMs - I'll try to get to them today. Meanwhile, here's this week's:

1) "It shakes all over like a jelly fish"
2) "Hanging out shirts in the dirty breeze"
3) "Don't run and hide, just come on, come on"
4) "Now why ain't you playin' outside?"
5) "All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me"
6) "Anyway, it only really hurts you when you laugh"
7) "She belonged to that man, José"
8) "She left me with a broken heart and won her victory"
9) "And I want you to be my acrobat"
10) "And now you come collapsin' back"
11) "Somewhere we lost the key, so little left for you and me"
12) "See the man with the lonely eyes, oh take his hand, you'll be surprised"
13) "Talked out, let's have it talked out"
14) "Stars fading but I linger on, dear"
15) "And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar"
16) "But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right"
17) "Put on a ragged sweatshirt, I'll take you where you want me to"
18) "And lookin' in the mirror there were fools at either hand"
19) "I'm all confused, you must've put a thing on me"
20) "I remember the first time, I was lonely without her"
21) "But it's always me that ends up getting wet"
22) "The bigger the dog, well the harder the bite"
23) "I run for the bus dear, while riding I think of us dear"
24) "Our lives are made in these small hours"
25) "If I could turn the page, in time then I'd rearrange"
26) "Life without your Maserati is grounds for suicide"
27) "My love-a, I was wrong-a, to try to love two"
28) "Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time"
29) "Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag"
30) "Young girls they do get weary, wearing that same old shaggy dress"
31) "It didn't have much of a plot"
32) "The willow turns his back on inclement weather"
33) "Think that you know what to do, impossible, yes, but it's true"
34) "I'm gonna' keep my sheep suit on"
35) "Her wallet's filled with pictures, she gets 'em one by one"
36) "The pool's in but the patio ain't dry"
37) "Out of sight in the night out of sight in the day"
38) "Why leave the life I love here in the great state of Maine?"
39) "Another day goes by, and still the children cry"
40) "Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales"
41) "He's the king around town, dancing, glancing"
42) "Along came Jim Dandy, and they snuck right out of the door"=
43) "One told a lie about another's best friend"
44) "I'm like a helpless child left in a cradle"

Good luck and enjoy!

33 Comments:

At 11/23/09, 12:36 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

31 - little susie - everly brother
41 - little willie - suite

 
At 11/23/09, 12:38 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

2 - my little town - simon and garfunkel

14 - dream a little dream of me - mamas and papas

 
At 11/23/09, 12:45 PM, Blogger LEL said...

14.Dream a Little Dream-The Mamas and the Papas
20.Every Little Thing-The Beatles
21.Every Little Thing she Does is Magic-The Police
28.With a Little Help From My Friends-The Beatles
29.Mother's Little Helper-The Rolling Stones
30.Try a Little Tenderness-
31.Wake Up Little Susie-The Everly Brothers
32.With a Little Luck-Wings

 
At 11/23/09, 12:46 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Hmmm. I see a pattern.

7) Come a little bit closer - Jay and the Americans
12) Phil Collins / Genesis (?)
29) Mother's little helper - Rolling Stones
30) Try a little tenderness - Otis Redding
32) With a little luck - Paul McCartney and Wings

 
At 11/23/09, 1:10 PM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

40. Little Wing--Hendrix, Derek and the Dominoes

 
At 11/23/09, 1:11 PM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

16. Little Red Corvette--Prince

 
At 11/23/09, 1:18 PM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

Going out on the proverbial limb:

35. Little Queenie--Chuck Berry

 
At 11/23/09, 1:19 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

9) Little Jeannie - Elton John

 
At 11/23/09, 1:20 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

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At 11/23/09, 1:27 PM, Anonymous Clayton said...

1 - Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
12 - Give a Little Bit - Supertramp
15 - Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
18 - Shine a Little Light - ELO
23 - I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin
37 - Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection
44 - Take Me In Your Arms ("Rock me, rock me a little while") - The Doobie Brothers

 
At 11/23/09, 1:32 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Doesn't Supertramp sound like Genesis?

:-(

 
At 11/23/09, 1:37 PM, Anonymous Clayton said...

Well, "man with the lonely eyes" is kind of like "lonely man", so there's that...

 
At 11/23/09, 1:42 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Could be, but I had the tune & lyrics in my head and I just couldn't extrapolate.

 
At 11/23/09, 2:13 PM, Blogger trn said...

16) Little Red Corvette, Prince
28) With a Little Help from my Friends, The Beatles

 
At 11/23/09, 2:42 PM, Blogger trn said...

Could 3 be Piece of my Heart ("Take another little piece of my heart now baby") by Janis Joplin?

 
At 11/23/09, 3:24 PM, Anonymous Clayton said...

Is "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" here somewhere? (Possibly #39? But that's just a wild guess.)

 
At 11/23/09, 3:28 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

I think that you're correct Clayton.

 
At 11/23/09, 4:53 PM, Anonymous Clayton said...

Cool... now, does anybody know who sings it? :)

 
At 11/23/09, 5:15 PM, Anonymous Clayton said...

17 - Little Honda - The Beach Boys

 
At 11/23/09, 5:30 PM, Blogger Gail said...

34. Little Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

39. I think Put a Little Love in Your Heart was sung by Dusty Springfield.

 
At 11/23/09, 9:58 PM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

Isn't there a Monkees song called "A little bit you a little bit me"?

 
At 11/24/09, 12:27 PM, Anonymous Clayton said...

25 - Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

 
At 11/24/09, 12:52 PM, Blogger trn said...

Isn't there a song titled something like My Little Runaway?

 
At 11/24/09, 4:39 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Clayton, Gail - Put a little love in your heart was by Jackie DuShannon (sp?)

I do believe that she sounded like Dusty Springfield, though.

TRN,

The song Runaway was by Del Shannon. I don't believe that "Little" was in the title.

(In Running down a dream, Tom Petty sings "Me and Del were singing, "little Runaway..." Or something like that.)

 
At 11/25/09, 3:43 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

I forgot my bonuses from 114.

DB 1a) With all these hidden innuendoes
DB 1b) She was my baby, 'til he stepped in.

Bye, Bye Love - a) The Cars b) The Everly Brothers


DB 2a)And you think you're so clever and classless and free,
DB 2b) A callused right hand, holds a shiny gold watch

Working Class Hero a) John Lennon (Yitz got it) b) Alan Jackson

 
At 11/25/09, 3:49 PM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

Now that I caught up here are a couple of bonuses for this week:

db1)You got a little dish and you got a little spoon
db2) I drive a new Mercedes
db3) It's a lonely stretch of blacktop, out into the blue

OK, all three are country songs. Sorry about that.

 
At 11/25/09, 6:10 PM, Anonymous Clayton said...

So far we have:

1) Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
2) My Little Town - Simon and Garfunkel
3) "Don't run and hide, just come on, come on"
4) "Now why ain't you playin' outside?"
5) "All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me"
6) "Anyway, it only really hurts you when you laugh"
7) Come a Little Bit Closer - Jay and the Americans
8) "She left me with a broken heart and won her victory"
9) Little Jeannie - Elton John
10) "And now you come collapsin' back"
11) "Somewhere we lost the key, so little left for you and me"
12) Give a Little Bit - Supertramp
13) "Talked out, let's have it talked out"
14) Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mamas and the Papas
15) Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
16) Little Red Corvette - Prince
17) Little Honda - The Beach Boys
18) Shine a Little Light - ELO
19) "I'm all confused, you must've put a thing on me"
20) Every Little Thing - The Beatles
21) Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police
22) "The bigger the dog, well the harder the bite"
23) I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin
24) "Our lives are made in these small hours"
25) Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
26) "Life without your Maserati is grounds for suicide"
27) "My love-a, I was wrong-a, to try to love two"
28) With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
29) Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
30) Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
31) Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
32) With a Little Luck - Wings
33) "Think that you know what to do, impossible, yes, but it's true"
34) Little Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
35) Little Queenie - Chuck Berry
36) "The pool's in but the patio ain't dry"
37) Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection
38) "Why leave the life I love here in the great state of Maine?"
39) Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
40) Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix, Derek and the Dominoes
41) Little Willie - Suite
42) "Along came Jim Dandy, and they snuck right out of the door"=
43) "One told a lie about another's best friend"
44) Take Me In Your Arms ("rock me, rock me a little while") - The Doobie Brothers

db1) You got a little dish and you got a little spoon
db2) I drive a new Mercedes
db3) It's a lonely stretch of blacktop, out into the blue

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

 
At 11/27/09, 3:23 PM, Blogger trn said...

OK, all three are country songs. Sorry about that.

Looks like Soccer Dad is a little bit country this week.

 
At 11/29/09, 10:54 AM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

Is "Little Green Jug" in there somewhere?

 
At 11/29/09, 11:09 AM, Blogger Yitzchak Goodman said...

Oops, make that "Little Brown Jug."

My bonuses from 114:

YB 1a) "She understands/She's been before"--"Sweet Lorraine" by Uriah Heep
YB 1b) "When it's raining I never miss the sun"--"Sweet Lorraine" the standard (Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, others)

YB 2a) "People say you rule me with one wave of your hand"--"Easy Living" the standard (Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, others)
YB 2b) "Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find you"--"Easy Living" by Uriah Heep

 
At 11/30/09, 5:12 AM, Blogger Soccer Dad said...

My guess TRN is that Elie didn't include the Donnie and Marie song.

:-)

 
At 12/11/09, 11:53 AM, Blogger Elie said...

Thanks for playing all, and sorry to be so late with the solutions! The theme was song titles with the word "little". Just a little theme that little old me came up with in a little amount of time, during a very busy week! (Yes, not "working" turns out to be a lot more work than "working" – more on that in the future.)

The solutions:

1) "It shakes all over like a jelly fish" - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", Queen
2) "Hanging out shirts in the dirty breeze" - "My Little Town", Paul Simon
3) "Don't run and hide, just come on, come on" - "Little Child", The Beatles
4) "Now why ain't you playin' outside?" - "Little Children", Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas
5) "All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me" - "A Little Less Conversation", Elvis Presley
6) "Anyway, it only really hurts you when you laugh" - "A Little Bit of Abuse", The Kinks
7) "She belonged to that man, José" - "Come A Little Bit Closer", Jay and The Americans
8) "She left me with a broken heart and won her victory" - "Poor Little Fool", Rick Nelson
9) "And I want you to be my acrobat" - "Little Jeannie", Elton John
10) "And now you come collapsin' back" - "Little Too Late", Pat Benatar
11) "Somewhere we lost the key, so little left for you and me" - "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late", Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
12) "See the man with the lonely eyes, oh take his hand, you'll be surprised" - "Give A Little Bit", Supertramp
13) "Talked out, let's have it talked out" - "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You", The Monkees
14) "Stars fading but I linger on, dear" - "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", Cass Elliott
15) "And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar" - "Little Deuce Coupe", The Beach Boys
16) "But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right" - "Little Red Corvette", Prince
17) "Put on a ragged sweatshirt, I'll take you where you want me to" - "Little Honda", The Hondells
18) "And lookin' in the mirror there were fools at either hand" - "Shine A Little Love", ELO
19) "I'm all confused, you must've put a thing on me" - "Every Little Step", Bobby Brown
20) "I remember the first time, I was lonely without her" - "Every Little Thing", The Beatles
21) "But it's always me that ends up getting wet" - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", The Police

 
At 12/11/09, 11:54 AM, Blogger Elie said...

22) "The bigger the dog, well the harder the bite" - "I Know A Little", Lynyrd Skynyrd
23) "I run for the bus dear, while riding I think of us dear" - "I Say a Little Prayer", Dionne Warwick
24) "Our lives are made in these small hours" - "Little Wonders", Rob Thomas
25) "If I could turn the page, in time then I'd rearrange" - "Little Lies", Fleetwood Mac
26) "Life without your Maserati is grounds for suicide" - "Little Paradise", Pat Benatar
27) "My love-a, I was wrong-a, to try to love two" - "Little Darlin'", The Diamonds
28) "Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time" - "A Little Help From My Friends", The Beatles
29) "Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag" - "Mother's Little Helper", The Rolling Stones
30) "Young girls they do get weary, wearing that same old shaggy dress" - "Try A Little Tenderness", Otis Redding
31) "It didn't have much of a plot" - "Wake Up Little Susie", The Everly Brothers
32) "The willow turns his back on inclement weather" - "With A Little Luck", Wings
33) "Think that you know what to do, impossible, yes, but it's true" - "You're Lost Little Girl", The Doors
34) "I'm gonna' keep my sheep suit on" - "Little Red Riding Hood", Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
35) "Her wallet's filled with pictures, she gets 'em one by one" - "Sweet Little Sixteen", Chuck Berry
36) "The pool's in but the patio ain't dry" - "Little T and A", The Rolling Stones
37) "Out of sight in the night out of sight in the day" - "Little Green Bag", George Baker
38) "Why leave the life I love here in the great state of Maine?" - "A Little More Time With You", James Taylor
39) "Another day goes by, and still the children cry" - "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", Jackie DeShannon
40) "Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales" - "Little Wing", Jimi Hendrix
41) "He's the king around town, dancing, glancing" - "Little Willy", Sweet
42) "Along came Jim Dandy, and they snuck right out of the door" - "Little Sister", Elvis Presley
43) "One told a lie about another's best friend" - "Ten Little Indians", The Yardbirds
44) "I'm like a helpless child left in a cradle" - "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)", The Doobie Brothers

 

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