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Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:37 am
by Kahuna
Title and artist please. Mainly 70s & 80s.


1/ I'm not going to get too sentimental like those other sticky valentinesAlison - Elvis Costello
2/ Look out, look out your mama will shout ,you might as well go homeSee my baby Jive - Wizzard
3/ Out to pasture,Think it's safe to say,Time to open fire
And we don't need the ladies crying 'costhe story's sadRocky Mountain Way---Joe Walsh
4/ I can see your face still shining through the window on the other sideRosanna - Toto
5/ Some cat was layin' down some Rock n' Roll 'lotta soul, he saidStarman - David Bowie
6/ I'm not too hard but the sight of my card makes me some kind of supermanPart of the Union - The Strawbs
7/ You wouldn't even know a diamond If you held it in your hand
The things you think are precious I can't understandReelin' in the Years---Steely Dan
8/ Mail arrives in the morning I'm hoping for good news No Sense--Cold Chisel
9/ Man, man, your time is sand, your ways are leaves upon the sea...................
In the new lands of America three brothers now shall come to power
Two alone are born to rule but all must die before their hourNostradamus---Al Stewart
10/ Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace whose sounds caress my earKashmir--- Led Zeppelin
11/ A tombstone bar in a jukejoint car, he made a stopLido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
12/ Outside in the night, outside in the day
Lookin' back on the track gonna do it my wayLittle Green Bag---George Baker Selection
13/ All your seasick sailors are rowing homeIts all over now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan
14/ Still I wish you change your mind If I ask you one more time
But we've been through this a hundred times or moreFour Strong Winds---Neil Young
15/ Do dooten do doo-dooGonna See My Baby Tonight---La De Das
16/ You’re old enough to kill, but not for votin’Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
17/ We got all the friends that money can buy so we never have to be alone
and we keep gettin' richer but we can't get our pictureCover of the Rolling Stone---Dr. Hook
18/ I look for the light through the pourin' rainDrift Away - Dobie Gray
19/ If you covered him with garbage,George Sanders would still have styleCelluloid Heroes - The Kinks
20/ And as the gloom begins to fall,I see there is no, only all
and though you came with sword held high,you did not conquer, only dieConquistador---Procul Harum
21/ When the band plays "Hail to the Chief",they point the cannon right at youFortunate Son--CCR
22/ A war mongers laughin' loud, behind a painted faceHey Lord! Don't ask me questions - Graham Parker and the Rumour
23/ Now all the criminals in their coats and their tiesHurricane---Bob Dylan
24/ Belinda Mae Fender's got a Cadillac Bone
Jenny lost her cherry walking all the way homeI love to boogie - T Rex
25/ Take me for a trip upon your magic swirling shipMr Tambourine Man---Bob Dylan
26/ And I bet that you exploded into my heartRomeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
27/ I wonder how you're feeling,there's ringing in my earsShow me the way - Peter Frampton
28/ Well you started off with nothing,and you’re proud that you’re a self-made manStuck in the Middle With You---Stealers Wheel
29/ Now she can't be that warm with the wind in her armsValerie---Steve Winwood
30/ You and me Sunday driving,not arrivingTwo of Us - The Beatles
31/ Honey, got no money,I'm all sixes and sevens and ninesTumblin Dice - Rolling Stones
32/ If I spring a leak she mends me,I don't have to speak, she defends meCripple Creek - The Band
33/ What a change it's been from working that nine to fiveWay out West - Dingoes
34/ But I love them and I leave them break their hearts and deceive themWhereever I Lay My Hat--Paul Young
35/ Singing songs about the southlandSweet Home Alabama--Lynryd Skynyrd
36/ Jesus freaks out in the street handing tickets out for GodTiny Dancer - Elton John
37/ I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's worldOne bitten twice shy - Ian Hunter
38/ Women seem wicked when you're unwantedPeople Are Strange--- The Doors
39/ I went out for some candy along came Jim DandyLittle Sister - Ry Cooder
40/ Out of work, I'm out of my head,out of self respect, I'm out of bread
I'm underloved, I'm underfed I wanna go homeIt Never Rains In Southern California---Albert Hammond
41/ Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the timeIts too late - Carole King
42/ And as the days grow old, the nights grow cold I wanna hold her near to meEloise - Barry Ryan
43/ And you snatch your rattling last breaths with deep-sea-diver sounds
And the flowers bloom like madness in the springAqualung---Jethro Tull
44/ I was a diesel fixer, fixed a diesel, diesel fixed me,what a weasel
And baby was a workshop ownerAlbert Flasher---The Guess Who
45/ Pow,right between the eyes,oh,how nature loves her little surprises
Wow, it all seems so logical now it's just one of her better disguisesLife of Illusion---Joe Walsh
46/ He’s gonna give up the booze and the one night standsBaker Street---Gerry Rafferty
47/ All the eyes that watched me once will smile and take me in
And I'll drink and dance with one hand free,let the world back into meBack in the High Life---Steve Winwood
48/ In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time just to watch her walk on pastMainstreet---Bob Seger
49/ Son, he said, grab your things I've come to take you homeSolsbury Hill---Peter Gabriel
50/ The block is awkward,it faces westSounds of Then---ganGajang

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:26 am
by JK
8. No Sense, Cold Chisel

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:29 am
by JK
29. Valerie - Steve Winwood

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:31 am
by JK
34. Wherever I Lay My Hat - John Paul Young
35. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard
38. People Are Strange - The Doors
49. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:34 am
by Kahuna
Correct on all the above CP.

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:23 pm
by Hazbeen
21. Fortunate Son - CCR or John Fogarty

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:26 pm
by Kahuna
Hazbeen wrote:21. Fortunate Son - CCR

Correct Hazbeen

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:42 pm
by spell_check
9) Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
23) Hurricane - Bob Dylan
28) Stuck in the middle with you - Stealers Wheel
46) Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
For no.50, there is a golden thread here concerning one PhilG about this song
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=6850&start=40
This is Australia - Ganggajang

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:32 pm
by Kahuna
Kashmir is 10/ but all correct Spelly.
I wondered if anyone would comment on Sounds of Then ;)

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:32 pm
by Leaping Lindner
1/ Alison - Elvis Costello
2/ See my baby Jive - Wizzard
5/ Starman - David Bowie
6/ Part of the Union - The Strawbs
11/ Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
16/ Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
18/ Drift Away - Dobie Gray
19/ Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
22/ Hey Lord! Don't ask me questions - Graham Parker and the Rumour
27/ Show me the way - Peter Frampton
30/ The Two of Us - The Beatles
32/ Cripple Creek - The Band
36/ Tony Danza ;) - Elton John
37/ One bitten twice shy - Ian Hunter
39/ Little Sister - Ry Cooder (or Elvis Presley)
42/ Eloise - Barry Ryan

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:13 am
by Kahuna
All correct LL, as expected, although I had you pegged to get number 15! ;)

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:43 am
by godoubleblues
Q13 - Its all over now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan, Graham Bonnett
Q31 - Tumblin Dice - Rolling Stones
Q41 - Its too late - Carol King

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:42 am
by Footy Chick
4. Rosanna - is that Toto?
26. Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
33. Way out West - James Blundell :heart:

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:20 pm
by Kahuna
godoubleblues wrote:Q13 - Its all over now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan, Graham Bonnett
Q31 - Tumblin Dice - Rolling Stones
Q41 - Its too late - Carol King


3 from 3 GDB!

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:25 pm
by Kahuna
Footy Chick wrote:4. Rosanna - is that Toto?
26. Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
33. Way out West - James Blundell :heart:


2.5 out of 3 FC. James has proved unworthy of your affection.

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:01 pm
by godoubleblues
Kahuna wrote:
Footy Chick wrote:4. Rosanna - is that Toto?
26. Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
33. Way out West - James Blundell :heart:


2.5 out of 3 FC. James has proved unworthy of your affection.


way out west was by the Dingoes

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:17 pm
by Kahuna
godoubleblues wrote:way out west was by the Dingoes

Correct GDB

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:50 pm
by Leaping Lindner
Kahuna wrote:All correct LL, as expected, although I had you pegged to get number 15! ;)


Mmmm...the only thing that comes readily to mind is Walk on The Wild Side by Lou Reed...

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:03 pm
by Kahuna
Leaping Lindner wrote:
Mmmm...the only thing that comes readily to mind is Walk on The Wild Side by Lou Reed...


Think Oz/NZ band. Iconic track. Guitar legend.

Re: Nothing New Here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:38 pm
by Peterxtc
25. Tamborine Man - Dylan (also others I think)