Post a lyric or two from a song by an obscure rock band & see if anyone knows the band without using Google -- Part 4

[red dog 1]

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(By "obscure" I mean not famous or acclaimed or very well known)


"Why don't you open the door and let your soul through
Why don't you open the door to see what's real
Well if you open the door, you may become you
You'll know what you feel"
(answered)










Obscure Band Lyrics from Part 3:
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[red dog 1]

1. "Other girls did it, you didn't think of nothin' new. You went out on me so other girls did it too"

[Doc_Technical]

16. Little Girl

by Syndicate of Sound

[red dog 1]

17. Ding!

Good song, good band...we saw them once at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, CA.

[red dog 1]

2. "How can you steal a car, From such an unsuspecting cop? How could he make me run, a thousand blocks before he'd stop?"

[red dog 1]

3. "You treat me just like dirt, You have all the fun, I stay at home and hurt"

(Hint: Group is a trio)

[jmowreader]

4. "Some people say that life is good, give thanks for what you have...

...When all you have is nothin', nothin' makes you glad."

[VGNonly]

5. "I deal with dreamers and telephone screamers"

[Sea Cave]

15. " I was a free man in Paris"

[Old Crank]

23. Joni Mitchell

Freeman in Paris

[VGNonly]

6. "And so on and so on and scooby, dooby do"

[Mad_Dem_X]

7. Everyday People

[VGNonly]

8. "Tax the rich, feed the poor

till there are no rich no more"

[Harker]

9. "I'd Love to Change the World." Ten Years After.

That was an evocative one.

[VGNonly]

11. That tune was different than the blues-rock boogie

that TYA usually played; being more melodic and lyric driven. Alvin Lee passed in 2013, drummer Ric Lee (no relation) and keyboardist Chic Churchill still perform with the band.

An Alvin Lee story was that he had the MNPM of any guitar player! (Most notes per minute)

[Harker]

12. He's still in the pantheon of fast, accurate players.

I remember getting a copy of "Cricklewood Green" from a record club as a kid.

[sakabatou]

10. "Escape from the sinking!"

[red dog 1]

13. "Boys are boys and girls are joys...To you and me they're more than toys

Gonna find one so I won't be lonely,
She'll be mine forever only"

[FSogol]

19. The Monks. n/t

[VGNonly]

14. "I've run down

I've been lied to".

[Midnight Writer]

52. Whipping Post-Allman Brothers

[Brother Buzz]

18. That's the Sons of Champlin, a Tamalpais High School band (Mill Valley, Marin Co) - Here's lyrics from another Tam band

Look at that chicken butt going away
Come back, chicken butt, here to stay

Going into town to buy some whiskey
Going into town to buy some beer
Going into town to get some thrills
Ain't coming back 'til I get my fill

Clues:

Huey Lewis plays the kickass harmonica solo, and John McFee (Doobie Brothers) plays lead guitar and vocals

The band played backup for Elvis Costello's 1977 debut album - My Aim Is True

[red dog 1]

20. You got it, Brother Buzz!

The Rowan Brothers?
(I think they were from Marin County)

[Brother Buzz]

21. The Rowan Brothers were from Massachusetts (Wayland or Weston)...

although Peter Rowan played with another Marin County band, Jerry Garcia’s band, Old and in the Way.

My wife’s brother ran with one of the brothers way back in his banjo days.

Another band clue:

When the band recorded with Elvis Costello they were under contract with another label so they changed their name to The Shamrocks on the album credits. The Shamrocks is a really clever clue if you know what a shamrock is.

[Mister Ed]

30. The band that backed Elvis Costello on his debut album was Clover. n/t

[Brother Buzz]

44. Yes! Clover was a grand Mill Valley band that never really connected outside of the SF Bay Area

I’d forgotten Alex Call, founding member of Clover and composer of 867-5309/Jenny could yodel up a storm.

[VGNonly]

22. "When your rooster crows at the break of dawn"

[RandomNumbers]

25. ... look out your window and I'll be gone ...

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

[Mike 03]

29. I thought that looked familiar!

Nice work.

[red dog 1]

45. Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, Its Allright"?

"Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm traveling on"

[ArnoldLayne]

24. Yes you're spinning around and around in a car with electric lights flashing very fast. Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)

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[yourout]

26. Ra Ra Ra / When all is said and done / We're not the first to be here / There's nothing new underneath the sun

[303squadron]

27. For I am the Mercury, light of the morning

Looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain

[DBoon]

28. "The children of heaven are throwing their dollies away"

[BOSSHOG]

31. Well it's 6 AM I'm out on the job

Working like a fool for my pay



Gerald Ford was President

[DBoon]

35. Taking care of business?

BTO?

[BOSSHOG]

36. Good Guess My Friend but No

Similar Sound, but band more obscure.

In the 70s they did a lot of work in a college town

[Mike 03]

37. I think I know the name of this song, but I

don't know the name of the artist--so I'm abstaining for now. But I think it even inspired a movie of the same name. But I'm not sure...

ON EDIT: Nevermind, I was totally wrong. I thought it was "Take This Job and Shove It."

[BOSSHOG]

38. Good Shot Mike

The group was pretty popular in a small part of the country but had a few songs make the charts 50ish years ago.

[Mike 03]

41. Thanks for the clue. This is a game that is fun even if you lose! NT

[BOSSHOG]

58. Hey Mike thought I'd share the answer with you

UNION MAN by the Cate Brothers of Fayetteville Arkansas. Very popular locally with a nice run. 1970s through the early 80s. They are worth a listen.

[Glorfindel]

32. "...touch of country in the city"

"It ain't much but it's home."

[Dulcinea]

61. Doraville--Atlanta Rhythm Section

It's a real suburb!

[Glorfindel]

66. Absolutely!

I've always been glad they didn't choose to sing about Snellville. Thanks for answering.

[Mike 03]

33. Spitting in a wishing well

Blown to hell--crash!
I'm the last splash.

[Dulcinea]

62. The Breeders--Cannonball

I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this reggae song

[DBoon]

34. "I'd rather have my country die for me"

not really an obscure band, though

[Mike 03]

40. I'm having trouble defining "obscure' too.

[DBoon]

46. I'd say the Jefferson Airplane aren't obscure to anyone who remembers them

But to someone born after say 1980 they probably are

[Mike 03]

39. "Help me please

Burn the sorrow from your eyes
Oh, come on be alive again
Don't lay down and die."

[neeksgeek]

42. You know I'm a super girl

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Yes I'm a punky girl
I never say die
No one can stop me

(Hint: this song was recorded as a tie-in to a popular cartoon in the 90s.)

[Bok_Tukalo]

43. You know old Ronnie Reagan

You know old Ronnie Reagan
He was a shoe salesman's son
He got himself in the movies
Yeah, he impressed everyone
He thought trial by fire
Was America's fate
He made a joke of the poor people
And that made him a saint

But he was tan enough, he was rich enough
He was handsome like John Wayne
And there was no one at the country club
Who didn't feel the same

But it's a, it's a little uncanny
What he managed to do
Got me to read those Russian authors through and through

[VGNonly]

47. "Somebody tell my father that I died

Somebody tell my mother that I cried".

[Harker]

48. "Mechanical World", Spirit.

A very diverse, worthy band.

[VGNonly]

49. Yes!

Progressive Psychedelic Goth on that cut. I first remember hearing Spirit in 69. I was 12, it was good to have an older brother.

[Harker]

56. My older brothers threatened dire punishments were I to listen to their records.

Naturally, despite plenty of opportunities, the idea never crossed my mind.

[red dog 1]

50. "To divide the cockeyed world in two, Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do.

Beatniks and politics, nothin' is new
A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view."

(Hint: "60s Acid Rock band from Glendale, still performing)

[ProfessorGAC]

51. Strawberry Alarm Clock

Incense & Peppermint
Didn't even have to think about it!

[Midnight Writer]

53. "Shake the hand of the man with a heart full of love. The one and only Jimmy Carter!"

[Basso8vb]

54. "Don't get no jizz upon that sofa, sofa"

[JoseBalow]

57. I've got a better idea!

Stick Out Your Hot Curly Weenie.
Weenie... Weenie, weenie, weenie!

[red dog 1]

63. J.D. Vance?

[Dulcinea]

65. You win the thread! nt

[Wiz Imp]

55. You only call me if you're feelin' blue....

You tell me I don't pay attention to you
But if you only knew just what I'm goin' through
You wouldn't phone those guys who mess around with you, girl

[red dog 1]

59. "Wind blows the hair on my head. And I can't remember which bus to take.

But I want to get back to the place
Where you can see the sun set on the sea and break
With the waves in the side of it all
I always feel like I'm ready to fall"


(Hint: San Francisco indie rock group)

[Dulcinea]

60. Satisfaction oozes from her pores...nt

[Dulcinea]

64. I was born lonely, down by the riverside...nt

[VGNonly]

67. "I've been in my mind

It's such a fine line"

[red dog 1]

68. "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young?

(Neil is certainly not obscure - but I think it's time to post a new song lyric thread anyway)

[VGNonly]

69. I've kind of drifted off the obscure label

A thousand pardons.

[red dog 1]

72. No problem.

[VGNonly]

70. "Now you can take that dollar

Get four cents on it, compound it quarterly at any downtown bank

So they can back some new hot tank or atom bomb"

[Dulcinea]

74. Hippie Boy

Flying Burrito Brothers

[VGNonly]

77. "He might have been

on the weed or LSD, if he was I couldn't tell".

[KatyaR]

71. "As facts are few and far between,

hypothesis denies all logic as to what precisely led to her demise."

[red dog 1]

73. "Love of two is one. Here, but now they're gone. Came the last night of sadness, and it was clear she couldn't go on."

[Harker]

75. (Don't Fear) The Reaper.

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Blue Öyster Cult.

One of my favorites from the 70s, and not obscure to me.

That line from Heart of Gold drove me nuts. I recognized it as familiar, but didn't apply the right voice to it.

Context has a lot to do with obscurity.

[red dog 1]

76. You got it, Hark

(Heart of Gold is one of Neil Young's best songs)

[VGNonly]

78. "A hippy drippy name dropper came to my door

He said I just bumped into Mick

He told me you know where to score"

[red dog 1]

79. "Mommy doesn't like him.. Because he's got long hair.. Daddy doesn't like him...Because he heard him swear"