Guess the song

[hounddoghowlie]

Did'ja know that was a fluke?  The lead guitars didn't show up and they subbed it in.  Bam!!

Rafferty was another genius.

didn't know that, the sax sure makes the song for me.

look here, i had the baker street video playing and this was the next one, had lots of people play it for him through the years.



aw damn it says hill played it for him once, that just ruint the song for me.

read a little more it turns out hill played the solo on the arsenio hall show. what a relief

[Lumenari]

I really like the words in their song

Simon and Garfunkel put that song together, it flopped, they disbanded because they had some artistic issues....

Later the producer remixed it with electronic instruments and drums and re-released it without telling them.

When that version became an instant hit, they got back together to do a second album (The Sounds of Silence) and they went on to become one of the most known duos ever.

Fun conspiracy fact, This song supposedly was written after Paul Simon read an article about a woman who was murdered in New York City in 1964. She was attacked by her killer and stabbed once near her apartment building, and the killer fled.

Later she was in her building and still alive when he stabbed her a second time, where she proceeded to scream for help. He finally killed her with a third stabbing. Throughout the entire time 37 witnesses had seen her being attacked and had done nothing. It was only until a man in her building called the police, did they find out about her.

When asked about why they had done nothing, people responding by saying "It was too late," "I went to bed" and "if you don't get out of my face, I'll push you done the stairs." It turned out that majority of the people were immigrants from Germany who had survived the Holocaust and the war, and had tried to speak up about what Nazis were doing to people, and were in turn thrown into concentration camps themselves.

One person told police, "Last time I talked to the police about someone being murdered, it nearly cost me my life," Its the sound of silence.

I actually prefer this version...

[kdog]

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything

He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything

Baker Street? Uhm , steeley Dan? Just going by memory, not searching for it.

[MisterSpock]

"Now my helmet's on, you can't tell me I'm not in space
With the National Guard United States Enterprise
Diplomat of swing with aliens at my feet
Comin' down the rampart through beam on the street
Obsolete computes, compounds and dead sounds
As I locate intricately independent
Economic rhymer got savoury store food
In Capsule D my program is ability
For a reaction and response to a no-one
Identification Code: Unidentified
I got cosmophonic, pressed a button, changed my face
You recognised, so what? I turned invisible
Made myself clear, reappeared to you visual
Disappear again, zapped like a android
Face the fact, I fly on planets every day
My nucleus friend, prepare, I return again
My 7XL is not yet invented"

[guohua]

I really like the words in their song

Simon and Garfunkel put that song together, it flopped, they disbanded because they had some artistic issues....

Later the producer remixed it with electronic instruments and drums and re-released it without telling them.

When that version became an instant hit, they got back together to do a second album (The Sounds of Silence) and they went on to become one of the most known duos ever.

Fun conspiracy fact, This song supposedly was written after Paul Simon read an article about a woman who was murdered in New York City in 1964. She was attacked by her killer and stabbed once near her apartment building, and the killer fled.

Later she was in her building and still alive when he stabbed her a second time, where she proceeded to scream for help. He finally killed her with a third stabbing. Throughout the entire time 37 witnesses had seen her being attacked and had done nothing. It was only until a man in her building called the police, did they find out about her.

When asked about why they had done nothing, people responding by saying "It was too late," "I went to bed" and "if you don't get out of my face, I'll push you done the stairs." It turned out that majority of the people were immigrants from Germany who had survived the Holocaust and the war, and had tried to speak up about what Nazis were doing to people, and were in turn thrown into concentration camps themselves.

One person told police, "Last time I talked to the police about someone being murdered, it nearly cost me my life," Its the sound of silence.

I actually prefer this version...

WOW, 

[Snarl]

I don't know why I left
But I know I was wrong
And it won't be long
'Til I get on Back home

Mama Mama don't you cry
Your ol' boy ain't gonna die
No it won't be long
'Til I get on Back home

**Might be less than a fair submission.  But, it's a fine twist.  Let's see who gets it."

[Snarl]

Where did you come up with that?  LOL (Yes.  I cheated.  Why?)

[hounddoghowlie]

I don't know why I left
But I know I was wrong
And it won't be long
'Til I get on Back home

Mama Mama don't you cry
Your ol' boy ain't gonna die
No it won't be long
'Til I get on Back home

**Might be less than a fair submission.  But, it's a fine twist.  Let's see who gets it."

it sound like a cadence we use to sing in boot camp, but i can't quite put my finger on it. guess i'm gonna have to cheat.

[TheRedneck]

Can I play?

"Yeah, it's only gonna be about an hour or so
'Til they rip off all your mountains, boy,
And that one last tired old eagle bites the sand.
And all of that high-and-mighty scenery's
Gonna be leveled to the ground, boy,
By a bunch o' them mindless strip mines on the land."

TheRedneck

[hounddoghowlie]

Can I play?

"Yeah, it's only gonna be about an hour or so
'Til they rip off all your mountains, boy,
And that one last tired old eagle bites the sand.
And all of that high-and-mighty scenery's
Gonna be leveled to the ground, boy,
By a bunch o' them mindless strip mines on the land."

TheRedneck

oh oh i know but, i'll wait and see if anybody can catch this convoy clue.

[TheRedneck]

Can I play?

"Yeah, it's only gonna be about an hour or so
'Til they rip off all your mountains, boy,
And that one last tired old eagle bites the sand.
And all of that high-and-mighty scenery's
Gonna be leveled to the ground, boy,
By a bunch o' them mindless strip mines on the land."

TheRedneck

oh oh i know but, i'll wait and see if anybody can catch this convoy clue.

10-roger, I know you know.  

I've never understood why it didn't get more air time back in the day. It's one of my favorite rap songs.

TheRedneck

[hounddoghowlie]

well i love this so i gotta do another one, i would imagine some of the old crusty folks will know it.

One day this feller from Washington came by,
And he spied it and turned white as a sheet.
Then they dug and they burned,
And they burned and they dug,

[Snarl]

I don't know why I left
But I know I was wrong
And it won't be long
'Til I get on Back home

Mama Mama don't you cry
Your ol' boy ain't gonna die
No it won't be long
'Til I get on Back home

**Might be less than a fair submission.  But, it's a fine twist.  Let's see who gets it."

it sound like a cadence we use to sing in boot camp, but i can't quite put my finger on it. guess i'm gonna have to cheat.

I didn't really think I'd get that past you.

[Snarl]

well i love this so i gotta do another one, i would imagine some of the old crusty folks will know it.

One day this feller from Washington came by,
And he spied it and turned white as a sheet.
Then they dug and they burned,
And they burned and they dug,

Mr Stafford ... something about a weed ... LOL

[hounddoghowlie]

[TheRedneck]

well i love this so i gotta do another one, i would imagine some of the old crusty folks will know it.

One day this feller from Washington came by,
And he spied it and turned white as a sheet.
Then they dug and they burned,
And they burned and they dug,

That's another of those old rap songs I like...  

Like you, I think I'll wait and see if anyone else gets it. We seem to run in the same circles musically.

TheRedneck

[hounddoghowlie]

well i love this so i gotta do another one, i would imagine some of the old crusty folks will know it.

One day this feller from Washington came by,
And he spied it and turned white as a sheet.
Then they dug and they burned,
And they burned and they dug,

Mr Stafford ... something about a weed ... LOL

you are correct sir,

[hounddoghowlie]

That's another of those old rap songs I like...  

Like you, I think I'll wait and see if anyone else gets it. We seem to run in the same circles musically.

TheRedneck

[hounddoghowlie]

you know this thread reminds me of the old show, name that tune and then the most recent one the singing bee.

i use to be able to name that tune in one note lol

[hounddoghowlie]

I don't know why I left
But I know I was wrong
And it won't be long
'Til I get on Back home

Mama Mama don't you cry
Your ol' boy ain't gonna die
No it won't be long
'Til I get on Back home

**Might be less than a fair submission.  But, it's a fine twist.  Let's see who gets it."

it sound like a cadence we use to sing in boot camp, but i can't quite put my finger on it. guess i'm gonna have to cheat.

I didn't really think I'd get that past you.

got a mind like a trap, might not be able to recall it all right away but it's in there somewhere.