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3825-87867

(1,516 posts)
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:20 PM 7 hrs ago

It is to enjoy - As I'm new to this forum, (I post a lot of toons on Humor) thought I might post something you may like.

It's a little deviation from just videos or audio items. This is a tongue-in-cheek music quiz for fun. (I hope!)
Here are some snippets of selected lyrics of popular songs of the 60s and 70s. The idea is simply to identify the song title from the lyrics. I did this 20 or so years ago for an old high school reunion but as a crossword puzzle then. It went over very well. Of course, the people were "closer" to the 60s and 70s then so it may have been easier for them than many today. But I hope you enjoy it. If you did live through that period or like the music from it, it may jog your memory or bring back some - good or bad!
This one has 52. If you can get 40 or more, that's pretty good. Less than that and maybe some vitamin B12 would be considered!
Of course, the net allows easy ways to find an answer, but that really isn't the fun part. Just pretend like Ike, JFK, Johnson, Nixon or Carter is president and you just left a dance or drive-in or turned off the AM/FM (maybe even early 8-track!) in your car on the way to, at, or from that special person's house (or were listening at some quiet, dark, secluded parking spot...ahem!)

I will post the answers in a couple of days.


Music of the 60s and 70s
Difficulty: Moderate to Hard (depending on age?)
Identify the Song Title from these snippets of the lyrics!

Sheet 01

01 ..a time of love, a time of hate, a time of war, a time of peace...
02 ..if you think you found someone you love for evermore; then it's worth the price you'll have to pay...
03 ..he's gonna buy me a diamond ring; and if that diamond ring won't shine, he's gonna surely break this heart of
mine...
04 ..I still feel the motion here at home in bed..I tell you it's hard for me to stay away; you ain't been till you...
05 ..you smiled at me and really eased the pain; now the dark days are gone and the bright days are here...
06 ..the smile from your lips brings the summer sunshine; the tears from your eyes bring the rain...
07 ..close your eyes girl; look inside girl; let the sound take you away...
08 ..people talking without speaking; people hearing without listening; people writing songs that voices never share...
09 ..I guess I'll go on home, it's late; there'll be tomorrow night, but wait..what do I see...
10 ..each time I saw him I couldn't wait to see him again; I wanted to let him know that he was more than a friend..
11..when she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed, with a word she can get what she came for...
12 ..is it just for the moment we live?
13 ..if you love her then you must send her somewhere where she's never been before...
14 ..It's right that I should care about you; try to make you happy when you're blue...
15 ..it's written on the wind, it's everywhere I go; so if you really love me, come on and let it show...
16 ..ooh never leave me, please don't deceive me, I want you only, you must believe me...
17 ..but you're my teenage queen; ooh you're the prettiest, lovliest girl I've ever seen...
18 ..with all the charms of a woman, you've kept the secret of your youth...
19 ..down by the river that flows by the coal yards; stand wooden houses with shutters torn down...
20 ..he drinks whiskey Pancho drinks the wine...
21 ..when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May...
22 ..tonight's the night we'll make history; honey, you and I...
23 ..don't you ever leave me sad and blue; don't you ever tell me we are through...
24 ..each time we part, my heart wants to die; darling hear my prayer...
25 ..so here's to the golden moon, and here's to the silver sea, and mostly here's a toast to you and me...
26 ..look around you; look up here; take time to make time make time to be there...
27 ..she stays, love grows, under my umbrella; all that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine...
28 ..paint your palette blue and gray; look out on a summer's day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul...
29 ..they think our love is just a growin' thing, why don't they understand, it's just a cryin' shame...
30 ..and the white knight is talking backward, and the red queen's on her head; remember, what the doorknob said...
31 ..I met her in a pub down in old Soho where you drink champaign and it tastes just like cherry co-la...
32 ..who's trippin' down the streets of the city, smilin' at everybody she sees...
33 ..and the woman that she was, drove her on to desperation, and I saw as she went, a most hopeless situation...
34 ..4 of them want to own me; 2 of them want to stone me; 1 says she's a friend of mine...
35 ..they say I'm crazy but I have a good time; I'm just lookin' for clues at the scene of the crime...
36 ..something happened to my heart the day that I met you; something that I never felt before...
37 ..make it simple to last your whole life long; don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear...
38 ..well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder...
39 ..well I'm New York city born and raised, but now days I'm lost between two shores...
40 ..everytime I see your face it reminds me of the places we used to go...
41 ..Oh say can you see my eyes if you can then my...
42 ..such a pretty face should be dressed in lace...
43 ..but how many times do I have to tell you darlin' darlin', I'm still in love with you now...
44 ..I rode my bicycle past your window last night; I roller skated to your door at daylight...
45 ..at last, we're face to face, and as we kiss, through an embrace...
46 ..down at the Jordan..John a-baptising..and savin' all sinners...
47 ..just listen to the music of the traffic in the city; linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty...
48 ..when I was younger so much younger than today...
49 ..when he got there the conductor told him one more nickle, Charlie couldn't get off of that train...
50 ..you don't know how many times I wished that I had told you; you don't know how many times I wished that I could
hold you...
51 ..she stood there laughing; I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more...
52 ..funny, I been there, and you been here; we ain't had no time to drink that beer...

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It is to enjoy - As I'm new to this forum, (I post a lot of toons on Humor) thought I might post something you may like. (Original Post) 3825-87867 7 hrs ago OP
01 is the Byrds, for sure BoRaGard 7 hrs ago #1
That actually comes from the Bible SCantiGOP 7 hrs ago #2
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8... ultralite001 4 hrs ago #7
8 is Sounds of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel JMCKUSICK 7 hrs ago #3
Lol, what if I know the band but not the title? JMCKUSICK 7 hrs ago #4
My responses : returnee 6 hrs ago #5
That's pretty darn impressive Returnee. JMCKUSICK 6 hrs ago #6

ultralite001

(1,937 posts)
7. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8...
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:36 PM
4 hrs ago

King Jimmy version...

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

returnee

(611 posts)
5. My responses :
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:27 PM
6 hrs ago

1)turn turn turn (a time for)
3) mockingbird
5) sunny
7) magic carpet ride
8) sound if silence
11) stairway to heaven
11) Alfie
13) words of love
14) because
20) Cisco Kid
21) My girl
27) bus stop
28) Vincent
30) white rabbit
31) Lola
32) Windy
34) take it easy
37) sing a simple song
38) hey Jude
42) Rag doll
43) go now
44) I got a brand new pair of roller skates
47) Downtown
48) help!
50) cherish

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