Fatty's "Hold the Phone" Lyric Quiz
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:49 amA bit of a theme with the lyrics - song title & artist please. Hints added
1. Somebody called me on the phone, Said “hey hey is Johnny home” :Chinese Rock - Ramones
2. Call me anytime. Just ring 3-6-2-4-3-6 :ACDC - Dirty Deeds
3. Telephone is ringing, You got me on the run :Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper
4. English girls they're so prissy. I can’t stand them on the telephone : Some Girls - Stones
5. When I phone you night and day, I get : No Reply - Buzzcocks
6. So she let the phone keep ringing and sat there softly singing :Ballad of Lucy Jordan - Marianne Faithfull
7. … keeps a ringing back : Girl on the Phone - The Jam
8. They would not leave a number but I know the place to call, cos my uncle took the number : Memphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry or george Thorogood or .....
9. Give me Jesus on the line :Operator - Manhattan Transfer
10. 40 cents more for the next 3 minutes :Sylvias Mother - Dr Hook
11. I stare at the phone on the wall and sit all alone :Ring Ring - ABBA
12. 8-6-7-5-3-0-9 :Jenny - Tommy & the Tutones
13. The telephone is ringing, I say “Hi it’s me, who is it there on the line” : Get off of my cloud - Stones
14. I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall :Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie
15. And offers coming over the phone :Rhinestone Cowboy - Glenn Campbell
16. Get on the phone and do a bit of stallin’ : Balwyn Calling - Skyhooks
17. I’ve been hanging on the phone, I’ve been sleeping all alone. :Miss You - Stones
18. I got a call from ………, My baby’s coming home today : I Gota call from Istanbul - Tom Waits
19. I cried to my daddy on the telephone :Saints are Coming - Green Day/U2
20. As I hung up the phone it occurred to me :Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
1. Somebody called me on the phone, Said “hey hey is Johnny home” :Chinese Rock - Ramones
2. Call me anytime. Just ring 3-6-2-4-3-6 :ACDC - Dirty Deeds
3. Telephone is ringing, You got me on the run :Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper
4. English girls they're so prissy. I can’t stand them on the telephone : Some Girls - Stones
5. When I phone you night and day, I get : No Reply - Buzzcocks
6. So she let the phone keep ringing and sat there softly singing :Ballad of Lucy Jordan - Marianne Faithfull
7. … keeps a ringing back : Girl on the Phone - The Jam
8. They would not leave a number but I know the place to call, cos my uncle took the number : Memphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry or george Thorogood or .....
9. Give me Jesus on the line :Operator - Manhattan Transfer
10. 40 cents more for the next 3 minutes :Sylvias Mother - Dr Hook
11. I stare at the phone on the wall and sit all alone :Ring Ring - ABBA
12. 8-6-7-5-3-0-9 :Jenny - Tommy & the Tutones
13. The telephone is ringing, I say “Hi it’s me, who is it there on the line” : Get off of my cloud - Stones
14. I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall :Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie
15. And offers coming over the phone :Rhinestone Cowboy - Glenn Campbell
16. Get on the phone and do a bit of stallin’ : Balwyn Calling - Skyhooks
17. I’ve been hanging on the phone, I’ve been sleeping all alone. :Miss You - Stones
18. I got a call from ………, My baby’s coming home today : I Gota call from Istanbul - Tom Waits
19. I cried to my daddy on the telephone :Saints are Coming - Green Day/U2
20. As I hung up the phone it occurred to me :Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
U2 and Green Day covered it 
Johnny was so anti drugs he didn't even want to record the song. That's why Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers did it first. Also Johnny Thunders and Dee Dee shared a common "health problem".