Rock 'n' Roll Arithmetic

Mustang_Susie

I got nothing
I’ll open up the floor (@RunTimer)

deckerp

iHeart is playing the AT40 countdown for 12/5/81. That must be a sweet spot for me because I like almost every song in the list. Like this one.

Be like ____ + a fence ____ / Cop show theme = [artist/song]

Mustang_Susie

Mike Post/ Hill Street Blues
Distinctive song
Remember watching the original show in high school, especially since my older brother was a new cop back then.
Hubby & I have been watching the shows again recently.

deckerp

Correct. Mike Post has lots of TV themes. The Rockford Files, Magnum P.I., Simon & Simon, The Greatest American Hero, Theme from L.A. Law...

Go Susie.

Mustang_Susie

______ Rogers Nelson/ Song, Album, Movie with same title

Watching_The_Wheels

Purple Rain/Prince?

Mustang_Susie

That’s it

Watching_The_Wheels

4-way mash-up (see spoiler for definition). I'll provide the 4 artists (in order) and you have to provide the 4 connecting songs.

Definition:
Mashup: MA` sh * up: (n)
The would-be song if two artists mashed their titles together
Example:
Artist: George Gerswin and Elvis =
Song: I can't give you anything but LOVE Me tender

1. Dead Or Alive
2. Counting Crows
3. The Beatles
4. John Denver

Watching_The_Wheels

Watching_The_Wheels wrote: »

4-way mash-up (see spoiler for definition). I'll provide the 4 artists (in order) and you have to provide the 4 connecting songs.

Definition:
Mashup: MA` sh * up: (n)
The would-be song if two artists mashed their titles together
Example:
Artist: George Gerswin and Elvis =
Song: I can't give you anything but LOVE Me tender

1. Dead Or Alive
2. Counting Crows
3. The Beatles
4. John Denver

Ok, clue time. Here’s a clue for #3:
3. What one might say once the rain stops (after having rained for many consecutive days)...

corinasue1143

3. Here comes the sun
4. Sunshine on my shoulder

deckerp

corinasue1143 wrote: »

3. Here comes the sun
4. Sunshine on my shoulder

With some extra research.

1. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
2. Counting Crows - Round Here
3. The Beatles - Here comes the sun
4. John Denver - Sunshine on my shoulder

I vote for @corinasue1143 if that is correct. I started from the bottom up and tried to make Country Roads work.

Watching_The_Wheels

deckerp wrote: »

corinasue1143 wrote: »

3. Here comes the sun
4. Sunshine on my shoulder

With some extra research.

1. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
2. Counting Crows - Round Here
3. The Beatles - Here comes the sun
4. John Denver - Sunshine on my shoulder

I vote for @corinasue1143 if that is correct. I started from the bottom up and tried to make Country Roads work.

Correct! And as you suggested - @corinasue1143 - you’re up!

corinasue1143

3 very, very similar song titles, but different songs, different artists.
1. Dan Fogelberg
2. The Judds
3. Jose Feliciano

DifferentView

1.Rhythm Of The Rain
2.Rockin' With the Rhythm of the Rain
3.Rain (Listen to the Falling Rain)

And I DID google # 3.

corinasue1143

And you’re up @DifferentView

DifferentView

In 1971, the writer of this song and his mother became the first mother and son to each have written a number one pop single in the rock era. Song was #1 in 1971. The writer was NOT the singer.

corinasue1143

And I still hear it often in aerobics classes.

deckerp

I had to look it up, but know the song well.

My first thought for the writer, for whatever reason, was Paul Williams. That was incorrect, but oddly his mother's name is Bertha Mae Williams and the correct mother for this question also has a name Mae.

corinasue1143

I went straight to Mae Axton and Heartbreak Hotel when I saw mother-son, but Hoyt had so many songs about that time, I had to look it up. I never even thought of Joy to the World. I always think of him in relation to drinking, drug, and typical western songs.

DifferentView

You are up.@corinasue1143