Name a Song

[edna]

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets (1955)

Name a song where they speak about a fire sweeping my very street today.

[miamisammy29]

Why, "Gimme Shelter", of course!

Name a song that doesn't mention anything at all about fire OR street-sweeping.

[Farin]

The Passenger ~ Iggy Pop

Name a song about loneliness

Edited August 10, 2010 by Guest
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[phil]

Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis

Name a song that mentions Kentucky.

[Lea]

Kentucky Woman by Neil Diamond

Name a song that mentions a window.

[skybluesky]

Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)-ABBA

name a song that mentions a closet

[Lea]

In The Closet - Michael Jackson

Name a song about a broken car.

[miamisammy29]

"Ode To My Car" - Adam Sandler

Name a song that mentions a Cadillac.

[Brad_M]

"Willie The Wimp" - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Name a song that mentions a cigar.

[Uncle Joe]

Workin' At The Carwash Blues-Jim Croce

Name a song about an exotic woman.

[Jenny]

Island Girl - Elton John

Name a song about a plain Jane

[Uncle Joe]

Jen, that's exactly the song I was thinking of.

[edna]

Plain Jane Country (Come To Town) - Roy Orbison

Name a song aboout a bar

[Brad_M]

I Love This Bar - Toby Keith

Name a song that mentions an insect.

[Farin]

Mosquito Song ~ Queens of the Stone Age

Name a song about the hometown (or city) of the artist.

[edna]

Penny Lane - The Beatles

Name song about a man who walks into a room with a pencil in his hand

[Farin]

Is there more than one song with that topic?

[edna]

I don't think so... but if you know the song you can post the answer

[Brad_M]

Can't think of one and searching for one is coming up blank.

I know you said it's a song about this man but I have to ask to be sure, is it definitely a song about this man or is it a song that only mentions this man?

That makes a big difference.

[Farin]

I don't think so... but if you know the song you can post the answer

my point were the rules of this thread

Rules stay the same, just two notes:

1. Keep it music related (Name a Song, Artist, Album).

2. This isn't Jeopardy. Keep your 'questions' general enough so that there's more than one correct answer.

[edna]

Name song about a man who walks into a room with a pencil in his hand

Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan

It's a song about Mr. Jones, about what he thinks, he sees, he says, he hangs in, how many contacts he has, who's been with the professors, etc, and who knows something is happening here but he doesn't know what it is... and who walks into a room with a pencil in his hand.

Name a song about a man who plays the piano

[cyberjudge]

Piano Man-Billy Joel

Name a song about a man who plays his own instrument.

[Brad_M]

Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan

It's a song about Mr. Jones, about what he thinks, he sees, he says, he hangs in, how many contacts he has, who's been with the professors, etc, and who knows something is happening here but he doesn't know what it is... and who walks into a room with a pencil in his hand.

Sorry, Edna.

I wasn't doubting that there could be a song out there like that but since I never heard the song and an internet search brought up absolutely nothing, I thought maybe you stated it wrong.

I just searched again after reading your post and the song did come up this time.

I guess I typed in a wrong word somewhere for nothing to come up the first time.

Gotta start doing my searching when I'm wide awake instead of falling asleep.

I've listened to many Bob Dylan songs but only owned the greatest hits albums and Slow Train Coming CD.

I'll have to look on youtube for it and listen to it.

[edna]

It's the last song on the A-side od "Highway 61 revisited"... it's a quite well-known song, that's why I asked about it

It's not on youtube, I think, as CBS (or Sony) has removed all of Dylan's videos... you have it here:

"Ballad Of A Thin Man" - Dylan

Hope you can listen...

[Otokichi]

Name a song about a man who plays his own instrument.

Sounds like something Craig Ferguson did before he took up the harmonica!

"Leader of the Band" - Dan Fogelberg

("...his blood runs through my instrument...")

Name a song about teaching a cad a lesson...that ends with dumping him in the harbor for the sharks! (Hint: A Buena Vista Social Club singer.)

Edited August 21, 2010 by Guest