Non-Googleable classic lyrics spotters quiz thread

[singlecoil]

Google has mean that it's no good posting the actual lyrics, so it might be amusing to try a paraphrase of a reasonably well known song, and see who can spot it.

I'll kick it off. Whoever gets it sets the next test.

A chap returns to his girlfriend's house having been away for a long time, and finds to his dismay that the lock has been changed. He realises that this means his girlfriend no longer loves him, but consoles himself with the thought that he is sure one of her siblings fancies him.

[GAjon]

Red house

[singlecoil]

GAjon said:

Red house

Good. Set the next one.

[GAjon]

A travelling man who's just tried a new vehicle and is particularly taken by the colour.

[singlecoil]

Sets the bells ringing, but nothing yet. Maybe someone else can name that tune?

[singlecoil]

doogz said:

GAjon said:

A travelling man who's just tried a new vehicle and is particularly taken by the colour.

Seasick Steve - Big Green and Yeller?

Doesn't quite fit, bit of a guess really.

I was thinking My White Bicycle, but I'm not sure about the travelling man part.

[GAjon]

It made him feel mean!

[singlecoil]

GAjon said:

It made him feel mean!

That'll be Silver Machine by Hawkwind then.





A chap tells of the goings-on in a busy street which includes a bank and a hairdressers. At one point it is raining.

[The Hypno-Toad]

singlecoil said:

That'll be Silver Machine by Hawkwind then.


A chap tells of the goings-on in a busy street which includes a bank and a hairdressers. At one point it is raining.

Penny Lane - The Beatles


According to this girl I know, theres a bloke at the local take-away who looks just like a dead pop star.

[Seeker UK]

[Fantuzzi]

Seeker UK said:

You've got to set a new one now, this is a good game!

[singlecoil]

Fantuzzi said:

Seeker UK said:

You've got to set a new one now, this is a good game!

I think maybe someone else better set the next one, whoever gets there first.

[Seeker UK]

The story of someone meeting a man heading for the border after he had killed his wife.

[singlecoil]

Hey Joe





Someone is besotted with the dancer in a club, accosts her and ends up being thrown out.

[singlecoil]

Have people lost interest, or is my last one too obscure?

[marcosgt]

singlecoil said:

Have people lost interest, or is my last one too obscure?

Copacabana, Barry Manilow?

M.

[singlecoil]

marcosgt said:

singlecoil said:

Have people lost interest, or is my last one too obscure?

Copacabana, Barry Manilow?

M.

Stop, Stop, Stop by the Hollies.

But I think you should set the next one anyway.

[2volvos]

Can anyone join in?

Solitary chap ruminating on his girl from South London and daughter who've left him for a military man after he started drinking too much.

[londonbabe]

Squeeze - Up the Junction




Two famous 60s actors meet up at dusk near a London mainline station

[GAjon]

londonbabe said:

Squeeze - Up the Junction




Two famous 60s actors meet up at dusk near a London mainline station

Waterloo sunset??