Oh dear lord…Swedish television childhood memory alert!
I’m not sure which TV show used this music, but for some reason the face of Bengt Bedrup is flashing through my brain (not an entirely pleasant experience…)
It’s a little known fact that Fagen was originally inspired to write the song by a trip to Yorkshire, made more difficult by his younger companion’s lack of map-reading skills;
‘A 19,
That’s Cleveland Tontine.
She don’t remember the Topcliffe turn’
but subsequent rewrites obliterated these references.
@argo and @minibreakfast I was thinking of the Saints rather than All Saints but that works too. The Walker Brothers is a better answer than the one I was thinking of – a C list punk act, but I liked one of their records a lot at the time.
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Are we doing Fall song titles again?
hmm weird. do the emoji on an iPad keyboard not work here then? Not sure why none of my text showed up either. Oh well, it was 99 red balloons.
Let’s try those on Kindle: ????????
I’m guessing Madness – Night Boat To Cairo.
Well they work, but weirdly the post doesn’t show at all in ‘Updates’.
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Maybe my rows of balloons were too long ??
This got lost in the mix. Haircut 100.
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Where have all the flowers gone?
Tiny Tim – Tiptoe Through The Tulips
nope – it’s a new wave song by a fairly short-lived group, though two of the band went on to have global success under another name
Yep. Blind among the flowers – The Tourists.
correct!
Hmm … maybe they just don’t work in the first post.
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The Beatles – Drive My Car
Nope.
Note the twin trumpets, tig and remember who you’re dealing with! 🙂
Must be a Bob Dylan song, then….
*thwack!*
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I thought this one was really easy.
It’s not “Trumpets” by the Waterboys is it? And then we can just conveniently ignore the little car symbol after the two trumpets….
Good grief! No it isn’t!
*thwack!*
Herb Alpert – ‘Tijuana Taxi’.
Hurrah! You win, Argot! Here’s the magnificent tune in question:
Oh dear lord…Swedish television childhood memory alert!
I’m not sure which TV show used this music, but for some reason the face of Bengt Bedrup is flashing through my brain (not an entirely pleasant experience…)
?
Tijuana Taxi
Oh, just ignore me.
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Crying In The Chapel – Elvis Presley
Yes!
Nope. True to the disastrous nature of this thread, the first chap is an error.
Oh for ? sake. That was a reply to the cheshire ?
Message received and suitably humbled.
Special traffic sign emoji.
http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t449/GCU_Grey_Area/A-19_emoji-1_zps4a0lwes6.jpg
Ooh! is it “A 19 Road to the Sea” by Billy Bragg?
Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan ??
. . .is correct.
It’s a little known fact that Fagen was originally inspired to write the song by a trip to Yorkshire, made more difficult by his younger companion’s lack of map-reading skills;
‘A 19,
That’s Cleveland Tontine.
She don’t remember the Topcliffe turn’
but subsequent rewrites obliterated these references.
Three more- an album and two singles:
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First one is Kimono My House.
Ooh, ooh, second is Waterloo!
…and the other is Party Fears Two
#1 “Kimono in my House” by Sparks
#2 “Waterloo” by Abba
#3 err….
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Something by Yes ??
Kimono my house, Waterloo and party fears too are correct you won a fax machine ?
Album:
➕ ?? ??? ???
Single:
? ?
Manchester band:
♻️
More songs about Buildings and food (very good)
Tiger Feet
and … hmm…
Twisted Wheel?
Spot on on the album and single.
Not Twisted Wheel.
New Order, then.
Nope. The ‘Manchester band’ clue is more oblique than literal.
I just thought it was the symbol for recycling.
It is. ‘Recycling’ was a frequent criticism of the band in question.
Oasis?
Ta-dah!
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A band or a song?
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Paper Feed is the best I can do here. (Have we moved on to parts of a printer?)
is it Message ‘n a Bottle?
Well done.
? ? by ?
Something by Prince (Prints)?
Nope. If Twang were here, he’d get it straight away!
Two Trains by ver Feat
@argot A song. Phone won’t let me reply to you in the right place.
Easy ones, say what you see! All groups:
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Erm … well I presume that the first one is the Four Tops.
Sax (Sex) Pistols
Cars
Kiss x
Traffic?
Ah, that’s more like it.
@tiggerlion it’s something by Little Feat isn’t it!
Indeed it is. And Escher has got the tune!
??? – 80’s band name
cig cig sputnik
I love this thread 🙂
Gold star 🙂
Album/single:
♦️ ??
Single:
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Band:
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Diamond dogs, money for nothing and …
???? – group
??????? – group
?? – song
All Saints, for the first one?
… And Indigo Girls!
Full marks, badartdog.
Is the middle one the Walker Brothers?
? + ???
Mike and the Mechanics.
Yes!
@argo and @minibreakfast I was thinking of the Saints rather than All Saints but that works too. The Walker Brothers is a better answer than the one I was thinking of – a C list punk act, but I liked one of their records a lot at the time.
@disappointmentbob I think we need a further clue ?
And @badartdog, a bit of direction with ‘Engine Nose Syringe’ up there mightn’t go amiss either! ?
ok – what’s in the syringe and where’d you normally find it?
Ah, ok. It’s easy when it’s pointed out to you! ?
Train in Vain.
any thoughts on the C list punk act?
To be honest, I’m not sure my punk knowledge stretches that far down the scale.
Fair enough @argot – it was The Boys. As I said up thread, the Walker Brothers was a better answer. Only @disappointmentbob eludes us.
I’ll give you a clue. The band is ?. They’re one of ????, in fact. And this is off ⬛️.
looks like you stumped us @disappointmentbob – answer please?
A metal band. One of the Big Four. Off the Black Album. Sad But True (sad -> butt -> correct, geddit?)
Is there a consolation prize for ‘Glum – Tab – Yes’? ?
Yes. You can have the butt.