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Rock 'n' Roll Arithmetic

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  • deckerp
    deckerp Posts: 4,436 Member
    What A Fool Believes
  • bitxbit
    bitxbit Posts: 1,465 Member
    'Pinkie swears' / 1984 Patrick Swayze = song/artist
  • deckerp
    deckerp Posts: 4,436 Member
    1984 Patrick Swayze: Red Dawn?
    Pinkie swears: Promises, Promises? But that song was by Naked Eyes.
  • bitxbit
    bitxbit Posts: 1,465 Member
    edited November 2015
    https://youtu.be/1FpsLEdf0PU

    You got all the words right, just one Promises ;)
    You're up!
    (eta:) I went and listened to Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes. I'd never heard that song, or of them.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    bitxbit wrote: »
    https://youtu.be/1FpsLEdf0PU

    You got all the words right, just one Promises ;)
    You're up!
    (eta:) I went and listened to Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes. I'd never heard that song, or of them.

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  • deckerp
    deckerp Posts: 4,436 Member
    That's about the only Naked Eyes song I can name I think.

    Record of the Year + Album of the Year + Song of the Year + Best New Artist + 1979 - [artist]
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Google-cheated
    I'll check in from the penalty box :#
  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
    me too :(
  • deckerp
    deckerp Posts: 4,436 Member
    edited November 2015
    My first big concert I went to was this guy, Ambrosia, and Foreigner at the UNI Dome. Awesome, especially for a 16 year old.

    Our guy's album was self titled.
    Ambrosia's album was Life Beyond LA.
    Foreigner's album was Double Vision.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    In 1982 I saw Foreigner, Loverboy, .38 Special, Quarterflash & Triumph in the World Series of Rock at the old Milwaukee County Stadium.
  • bitxbit
    bitxbit Posts: 1,465 Member
    No idea. I keep wanting to say Billy Joel, but... Piano Man messes up 'new' artist. Also, not self titled.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    bitxbit wrote: »
    No idea. I keep wanting to say Billy Joel, but... Piano Man messes up 'new' artist. Also, not self titled.

    I confess I'm confused as well...
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  • deckerp
    deckerp Posts: 4,436 Member
    edited November 2015
    I guess I'm going by his Wikipedia page. Maybe that's not safe. As I recall he won 7 Grammy Awards for that debut album, but WP says 5. When I look on Grammy.com it says 1981.

    In my defense, the album did come out in 1979 and that's when I saw them. The Grammy Awards were on February 25, 1981 Radio City Music Hall, New York, but the eligibility was for a period of 1979 and 1980.
    Eligibility Year: Oct. 1, 1979, Through Sept. 30, 1980

    http://www.grammy.com/awards/23rd-annual-grammy-awards

    I'll fill in the blank and open it up.

    Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. His debut album earned him five Grammy Awards. He is perhaps best known for his US Top Ten hit songs, "Ride Like the Wind", "Sailing", and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", the latter recorded by him for the film Arthur starring Dudley Moore. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen).
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Good album, definitely reminds me of my early high school years.
    I don't have one right now.
    Someone else can jump in :)
  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
    Me Me Me!!!

    Artist / Song

    Biblical Fisherman + Biblical Trumpeter / To Suddenly surprise a simian
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Peter Gabriel/ Shock The Monkey
  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
    correct, @Mustang_Susie

    and the balls back in your court
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Okay, let's change it up a bit:

    Danke Schoen + Twist & Shout = movie soundtrack

    Easy Peasy! :D
  • bitxbit
    bitxbit Posts: 1,465 Member
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off B)
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    edited November 2015
    Oh Yeah
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  • bitxbit
    bitxbit Posts: 1,465 Member
    edited November 2015
    Yeah! My husband even got that one right.
    OK....Seattle grunge meets Leadbelly blues = artist/song, please

    The actual song is much older, but Leadbelly is famous for it ;-)
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    edited November 2015
    Ha! I just gave my husband my clues and he had no idea, even after I gave him the answer: "there's a parade scene?"
    Doh! Did I really marry this man?? :o:D

    But I have limited knowledge of grunge... :/
  • bitxbit
    bitxbit Posts: 1,465 Member
    edited November 2015
    Laughing so hard! ;)
    I'm not a grunge follower, either. Just a good song.
    Actually, my son shared it with me years ago! He was a fan.
  • deckerp
    deckerp Posts: 4,436 Member
    Ferris Bueller only took a minute. I'll be worthless on Grunge though.
  • GBrady43068
    GBrady43068 Posts: 1,256 Member
    Nirvana's cover of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" by Leadbelly is what @Mustang_Susie is looking for I think.

    Also known as "In the Pines" when bluegrass guys do it.

    I'll be out of office for the day though so if I'm correct someone else can start a new one...
  • bitxbit
    bitxbit Posts: 1,465 Member
    edited November 2015
    Yes, "Where did you sleep last night" is correct.
    My Grandpa Fox, Kentucky born & raised banjo player, always called it "In the pines".

    GBrady43068 has left the building :) so the floor is open.
  • deckerp
    deckerp Posts: 4,436 Member
    I'll throw out an easy one for Monday morning because it's playing right now.

    Dorothy's dog + the dark continent = [band/song]
  • GBrady43068
    GBrady43068 Posts: 1,256 Member
    edited November 2015
    Toto "Africa"

    @deckerp I'm assuming I'm correct..so I'll throw out:

    Solo artist...
    First Name= Not Tom or Dick
    Last Name= It makes the sound of Liberty (or faux Mexican food) + that monosyllabic noise speakers often make when they don't know what to say + French way to say "Fountain" + fifth letter in
    Song = Vertical movement in the 180 degree fashion
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    edited November 2015
    Harry Fontaine or Belafonte
    No clue on the song :/
  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
    edited November 2015
    TOTO / Africa (rains down in)


    ooops..disregard this..(late to an earlier post

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