Help me relive my childhood! When I was a kid, I loved this song, which I always called "The 'No' Song"...but what is it actually called, and who sings it?
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posted by tomatofruit
on Mar 23, 2007 -
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Song lyrics filter: I'm looking for song lyrics that draw attention to the stupidity of following the predetermined life path that our parents or society tells us to go on.
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posted by names are hard
on Mar 4, 2007 -
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Last night I saw Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Scout Niblett was supporting. They sang a beatiful duet, a call and response about her love being like a pine tree, and then like a willow, and an oak etc. Anybody know this song? Thanks in advance.
posted by sann1657
on Feb 14, 2007 -
3 answers
The documentary
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul introduced me to the Turkish rap music of
Ceza (Bilgin Özçalkan). While I like the sound of it, I have no idea what is being said, and some of the song titles make me a bit nervous that I might be enjoying something dodgy (and exposing friends to it). Can anyone who speaks Turkish translate this?
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posted by sindark
on Feb 4, 2007 -
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Looking for a song artist name (may be Sanseverino) and/or translation and/or original French lyrics...
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posted by iamkimiam
on Jan 29, 2007 -
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Playlist filter: Songs TO children (not FOR children). I am looking for songs written to a child or children, whether in fact, or in your perception. What I am NOT looking for is children's music. NO Barney, The Wiggles, etc.
Example: "Fix You" by Coldplay
posted by clh
on Dec 12, 2006 -
90 answers
Elvis Costello fans, does anyone know the name of the following song? All I can remember (very vaguely) is that it's by Elvis & that the lyrics reference a closet upstairs where it's always Christmas, or something very similar to that.
posted by jonson
on Dec 4, 2006 -
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It is important that I know the lyrics to "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat" AKA "Hey Pete, Let's Eat Mo' Meat" by Dizzie Gillespie, Buster Harding and Lynn Peterson! The mysterious line can be heard twice
here.
posted by Arcaz Ino
on Nov 28, 2006 -
3 answers
What are the lyrics of the Metric song
Police and the Private about? Drug addiction? Prostitution? Post-9/11 security? I have listened to it 50 times and it's driving me completely nuts; I can't figure it out. The last lines seems to undo the above meanings.
posted by luriete
on Nov 23, 2006 -
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BluesFilter: A couple of years ago, a friend and I were flipping past the blues channel on XM radio, and stumbled across the one of the funniest songs I've ever heard. I want to find a copy for my friend for a Christmas gift. Of course, I have no idea what the song actually is. Help me, O HiveMind!
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posted by somanyamys
on Nov 6, 2006 -
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Help me find this rap song.. the chorus is something like "20% sweat, 30% tears, 50% ambition, 10% dreams.." and on the verses, each rapper talks about how great his co-rappers are, not about himself.
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posted by amethysts
on Nov 4, 2006 -
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A friend of mine and I vividly remember a slightly cheesy, late 80s song that had a chorus along the lines of "Please tell them not to cry for me, it's a personal decision...(insert forgotten words here)...I'm just an old man dying to be free." Is this ringing any bells with anyone? We are both perplexed and any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
posted by ChaoticIndustry
on Oct 11, 2006 -
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"Iowa, It's a Beautiful Name" by (I think) Meredith Wilson. Does anybody know the lyrics or a songbook that contains it? It was published around the time of WWII. Thank You.
posted by davereed
on Sep 29, 2006 -
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I'm looking for the lyrics AND possibly an MP3 or recording of a "dirty" (funny) song I heard once... Language warning. :) Lyrics go: "Aw f*** it, I've got better things to do..." "All the years I've taken s**t would fill a bucket" etc...
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posted by Vamier
on Sep 20, 2006 -
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I'm writing a puzzle for an online game, and trying to think of songs in which the lyrics include words being spelled out...
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posted by rifflesby
on Aug 7, 2006 -
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Looking for lyrics of the Siouxsie and the Banshees' song 'Metal Postcard'... the German version.
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posted by prolific
on Jun 27, 2006 -
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It's the name of a song on Tom Waits' album Alice, in which he repeats the word over and over. I assume it's German, but I can't find any translations. If it's not an actual word, does it at least sound like something in German?
posted by monsterhero
on Jun 22, 2006 -
14 answers
If you believe BonJovi, love is a
social disease. What other songs link love and infectious diseases, metaphorically or otherwise?
posted by obliquicity
on Jun 17, 2006 -
28 answers
I'm starting to gig out for the first time. Problem is I often forget the lyrics, even though I wrote them. Any suggestions for remembering one's own lyrics?
posted by Ironmouth
on Jun 12, 2006 -
14 answers
My friend had this really neat program on his windows computer that I'd like to have, but I have a mac. It was some kind of player that would show the lyrics of the song and actually scroll them while hilighting the appropriate line. Not quite like karaoke, since the individual words weren't hilighted, just the line, but close. It was pretty neat. He said it was ttplayer, but everything I google on that comes up in Chinese! I'm running the latest version of iTunes and Mac OS X Tiger. Suggestions?
posted by riverjack
on Apr 9, 2006 -
6 answers
Probably a long shot, but
Any one knows this song with lyrics something like:
"Band keeps playing..... on the radio....."
Sounds like Bryan Ferry or Tom petty. Kinda slow, moody. I remember knowing who did it b4, but for the life of me can't remember anymore. I was at Cosi eating lunch when i heard it..
Thanks a bunch guys...
posted by sprockett
on Mar 3, 2006 -
18 answers
I'm trying to remember a metal song with the lyric "I hate humanity and I wouldn't hesitate to kill." I'd have sworn it was Edge of Sanity, or Carcass, but no dice. Probably mid-90s vintage; almost certainly a growling vocalist; I'm pretty sure this was the opening line.
posted by Wolfdog
on Feb 27, 2006 -
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The only words I know are: "I'm in the money... I'm in the money" and then it goes doo-doo-doo etc.
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posted by ding3r
on Feb 14, 2006 -
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Please help me (re)discover the name of this (60s/70s?) song and the band that released it. They sang a momentarily popular song with the *chorus* "Up against the wall, Motherf**ker".
. . .Not the song by The Jefferson Airplane, in which the phrase is a single line in the song but another one alluded to in this previous but inconclusive askMeFi thread: http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/19527
posted by Fupped Duck
on Jan 7, 2006 -
13 answers
MOR-filter! I'm trying to find a Steve Forbert song released before 1991 featuring lyrics about being hung/washed out/up etc..
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posted by oxala
on Dec 22, 2005 -
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I'm bewildered by the fact that the Cat Power song "Nude as the News," which I always assumed was about the Jesse Jackson child-out-of-wedlock scandal, came out in 1996 when said scandal broke in 2001 (justmonths after the baby was born.) Am I an idiot? Help ease my fevered brain.
posted by juniper
on Nov 17, 2005 -
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Lately I've been fascinated by "smart" songs: songs with witty, intelligent lyrics, especially if the lyrics are literary. Can you recommend more music of this sort? [samples inside]
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posted by jdroth
on Oct 31, 2005 -
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Looking for the band/composer that created the songs on an old cassette tape I have from the early 90's. Song titles include "
We can Rearrange the World" and "
Goddamn the Empty Sky", "
The Lament of the Corporate President's Wife" among others. The tape had only a hand-written label on it calling it "Maestro Mix", and probably was copied 1991-92.
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posted by hincandenza
on Oct 21, 2005 -
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I am putting together a CD of "on hold" music for my law firm, and I want it to be made up of songs about lawyers and the law (e.g., "I Fought the law", "Send Lawyers Guns & Money", "Lawyers In Love", etc.). What other songs can you suggest?
posted by Carsey
on Sep 15, 2005 -
73 answers
I am looking for a phonetic transcription of the lyrics to the Japanese punk song "Linda Linda" by the Blue Hearts. An English translation of the lyrics would be great, too.
posted by 23skidoo
on Aug 24, 2005 -
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I'm looking for songs similar to Paula Cole's "Me." The best lines in that song are "me who is my enemy, me who beats me up." In other words, anything with introspective lyrics.
posted by madmath
on Aug 11, 2005 -
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Tears for Fears has a "b-side" instrumental song called Pharaohs. Does anyone know what the narrator is saying or reading from?
posted by edjusted
on Jul 27, 2005 -
7 answers
Name that tune!! It was used in commercials to advertise the HBO film "Empire Falls", and now to advertise a new show coming in the fall - E-Ring maybe? Anyway - it's kind of pop-rock sounding, male vocal. Lyrics: Something like - even when you cannot hear me ... I'll be right beside you dear.
posted by clh
on Jul 20, 2005 -
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