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If we're allowed instrumental pieces that brings me to Pat Metheny's As Falls Witchita, So Falls Witchita Falls all 20 minutes of it.

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This calls for the rather handsome Glen Campbell singing Wichita Lineman.

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(I used Beethoven's Ninth)

Onward...

"Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell
ETA: DOH!

[ 23. July 2017, 06:51: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]

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Great Minds!

ETA: Beethoven's 9th has words!

[ 23. July 2017, 06:55: Message edited by: mousethief ]

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On the line theme, let's Drag it with Tommy James.

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Curiosity killed ...

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All the mention of the rain, sunshine and snow in Draggin' the Line brings me to Weather Report's Birdland

(it's draggin' the line, not diggin' it, dang it)

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From Birdland to Ignoreland by R.E.M.

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...to this land: "This Land Is Made for You and Me" by Woody Guthrie

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And the parody...

(I hadn't heard this one since about forty years ago, sung to me by another kid in a church basement.)

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Charming man. Has a Shotgun.

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Hey little sister...

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Clearly we need to go to A Black version

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One of the comments under that track: practically Taylor Swift at this point.

I understand that Taylor Swift is also a recording artist.

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Glee Cast: Here Comes the Sun I think this might be a crime against humanity.

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One of the sexiest songs I've ever heard: "Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite" by John Dowland, keeping in mind that "come" had the same sexual meaning in the sixteenth century that it has now.

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Ya make a dead man...

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I wonder where the Rolling Stones got that line from? Maybe Bessie Jackson.

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Oh my God, I think I'd better turn the heater down
[Hot and Hormonal]

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Archie Roach: Love in the Morning

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Love on the Rocks, Neil Diamond

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Neil Innes: The Idiot Song

(Possibly offensive to the mentally challenged, though it could be argued he's riffing on the Holy Fool archetype)

[ 24. July 2017, 11:56: Message edited by: Stetson ]

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Deny by The Clash

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Sharif don't like The Clash. But he does like to rock the Casbah.

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Then you can kick back (having sent your camel to bed) inder the stars around "Midnight at the Oasis".

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Oasis told me She's Electric.

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We're gonna turn it on...
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quote:
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We're gonna turn it on...

Boy did they like their green screen!

Still, you turn me on, ELP.

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Of course you turn me on, I'm a radio . Doesn't work otherwise.

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You had better do as you are told. You better listen to the Radio.

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Hang on! Wasn't it the case that video killed the radio star?

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But then Radio stars much be dead by now...

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Tell, you can turn on the radio and sing with the singer in the band.

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Well, Mama probably hadn't planned for her boy to land "On the Cover of the Rolling Stone".

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Or in the pages of a Blueboy magazine.

(somewhat risque)

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From She Bop to simply She: Charles Aznavour

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From She to She. (Monkees)

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She bangs - Ricky Martin
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She bangs what? A gong?

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T-Rex, Rex T.

Rex Tillerson's Fracking Song

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Country AND Comic Blues Brothers: Stand By Your Man

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Or, just stand.

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But -- but -- you didn't stand by me!

Train in Vain

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My article on the Virgin of Vladimir

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Train in the Rain

Maybe not in vain. By the inimitable Bruce Cockburn

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Maybe its a Runaway Train

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Run away, turn away...

Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat

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Or just Turn, Turn, Turn by Pete Seeger.

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OT Associations! Boney M: Rivers of Babylon

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And back to Babylon by Don McLean's route.

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Manfred Mann misheard the lyrics, but interpolates ol' Don in Road to Babylon.

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Is there a Dead Skunk in the middle of that road? (Loudon Wainwright)

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