harry truman, doris day, red china, johnnie ray

[pres2032]

[WI_DEM]

1. I like your dancing penguins from "Mary Poppins"

[pres2032]

14. hehe, thanks!

they accompany my happy-go-lucky dog well

[DrWeird]

2. South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe Dimaggio.

[pres2032]

4. joe mccarthy, richard nixon, studebaker, television

[DrWeird]

9. North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

[tuvor]

3. "We didn't start the fire"? n/t

[pres2032]

5. yup

:D

[meganmonkey]

6. That's just what I need stuck in my head all day

Thanks a lot, buttwad!

:P

[pres2032]

10. hee hee, least now you'll be up with your recent american history

[tuvor]

8. Really? What did Doris Day do?

[pres2032]

11. 50s actress

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000013/

[tuvor]

18. No, I mean what did she do

to warrant being in that song about all sorts of bad things?

[imenja]

7. the hulahoop

if we're going for a 1950s theme.

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. Which was first that one or REM's end of the world?

I would be surprised if it wasn't REM.

edit: It was of course REM. Every single Joel song can be traced directly to somebody else's song or idea, be it Tom Chapin, The four seasons, John Lennon, or ELO. The guy sucks.

[unblock]

15. all rock is a rip. see "life is a rock (but the radio rolled me)" - 1974

Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)
Words by Norman Dolph-Paul DiFranco-Joey Levine (1974)
Music by Brandon MacInnis
©2003 Brandon MacInnis and Quirky Works. All Rights Reserved





B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers
Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy, here's my ring we're goin' steady
Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire
Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction
Baby baby gotta gotta gimme gimme gettin' hotter
Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story
Mahavishnu, fujiyama, kama-sutra, rama-lama
Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Rogers-Hart, Nilsson, Harry
Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and Fats is back and Finger Poppin'

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie

FM, AM, hits are clickin' while the clock is tock-a-tickin'
Friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations
Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin'
Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can't stop now, I got the shivers
Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary
Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper
Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter
Miracles in smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses
Mushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, Wilson Pickett, stop and kick it

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Life is a rock but the radio . . .

Arthur Janov's primal screamin', Hawkins, Jay and Dale and Ronnie
Kukla, Fran and Norma Okla Denver, John and Osmond, Donny
JJ Cale and ZZ Top and LL Bean and De De Dinah
David Bowie, Steely Dan and sing me prouder, CC Rider
Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Osmond Brothers, Johnny Thunders
Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, do-dah do-dah
Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda
Tighter, tighter, honey, honey, sugar, sugar, yummy, yummy
CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie
Listen (remember) they're playing our song

Rock it, sock it, Alan Freed me, Murray Kaufman, try to leave me
Fish, and Swim, and Boston Monkey, Make it bad and play it funky

[Lavender Brown]

13. Poor old Johnnie Ray...

(two earworms for the price of one). :argh:

[PennyK]

17. Okay, laugh if you want...

...but what song is THAT from? I have an idea, but it's so dumb I'm afraid to post it.

[Lavender Brown]

19. It's "Come On, Eileen"

by Dexy's Midnight Runners.

[PennyK]

21. Oh! So I'm not insane!

Thanks a lot for the answer...I was sure it couldn't be that.

[JVS]

16. BILLY JOEL SUCKS ASS!

[beyurslf]

20. Birth control, Ho Chi Min, Richard Nixon back again