Pop Quiz - 1960s & 1970s

[Bumblelion]

Something a bit light hearted. I am only posting it on here because I could only manage to get about 4!

60's lyrics - name the song and singer

60.1 "You're everywhere and nowhere baby that?s where your at"
60.2 "We skip the light fandango"
60.3 I don't know whatit is that makes me love you so"
60.4 "There is a house in New Orleans"
60.5 "Ahh I love the colourfull clothes she wears and the way the sunlight plays upon her hair"
60.6 "I thought love was only true in fairy tales"
60.7 "The road is long with a many a winding turn"
60.8 "Oooh I bet you're wondering how I knew about your plans to make me blue"
60.9 "There may be troubles ahead"
60.10 "I'm just mad about Saffron"
60.11 "When the night has come and the land is dark"
60.12 "All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey"
60.13 "Please allow me to introduce myself"
60.14 "What you want baby I got it what you need you know I got it"
60.15 "Over bridge of sights to rest my eyes in shades of green"
60.16 "Was the third of June another sleepy dusty delata day"
60.17 "I see trees of green red roses too"
60.18 "If you see me walking down the street"
60.19 "Dearest darling I had to write to say that I won't be home anymore"
60.20 "What do you get when you fall in love"
60.21 "Try to see it my way do I have keep on talking till I can't go on"
60.22 "I saw her today I saw her face it was a face I loved"
60.23 "People try to put us down"
60.24 "Sittin' in the morning sun I'll be sitting when the evening comes"
60.25 "There she was just a walking down the street"

70's lyrics

70.1 "A long long time ago I can still remember"
70.2 "You walked in to the party like you were walking on to a yacht"
70.3 "No I can't forget this evening oh your face as you were leaving"
70.4 "The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload"
70.5 "In the deserts of Sudan and the gardens of Japan"
70.6 "Don't start the talking I could talk all night"
70.7 "I met a devil woman she took my heart away"
70.8 "She keeps Moet and Chandon in a pretty cabinet"
70.9 "She packed my bags last night pre-flight"
70.10 "A church house gin house a school house out house"
70.11 "Ooooh I would take the stars out the sky for you"
70.12 "Young man"
70.13 "Woooh All night long you've been looking at me"
70.14 "Why do birds suddenly appear"
70.15 "When I find myself in times of trouble mother Mary comes to me"
70.16 "You know that it would be untrue"
70.17 "I talk to my baby on the telephone long distance"
70.18 "Oh oh oh there she stood in the street smiling from her head to her feet"
70.19 "Out on the widey windy moors we'd roll and fall in grief"
70.20 "You've done it all you've broken every code
70.21 "Ohoho let me tell you now when I had you to myself I didn't want you around"
70.22 "I'm I'm so in love with you whatever you want to do is alright with me"
70.23 "You abondoned me "
70.24 "I used to think life was sweet I used to think we were so complete"
70.25 "Well you're dirty and sweet clad in black don't look back"

Bumbelion

Is there a prize for the most answers correct!!!!!!!
I shall try it later when the kids go to bed, I recognise some of the lyrics but can't think straight

The only prize I can think of is "peace of mind" because it is driving me crazy - as you say they ring a bell, I can hum them but I can't tell you the names or the singers.

THis is what I think so far of the 60's ones

may be wrong

4. House of the Rising Sun - Animals
5. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
6. Monkees - Daydream Believer
7. The Long and Winding Road - Beatles
8. Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
9. Donavan - Mellow Yellow 12 California Dreaming - Mummas & the Puppas 13 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
10. Walk On By - Dusty Springfield
11. Otis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
12. Manfred Man - Doo Wa Diddy

60.1 Hi Ho Silver Lining, By?

60.4 Rising Sun, Animals?

60.6 I'm A Believer, Monkees

60.10 Mellow Yellow, By?

60.18 Walk On By, By?

60.24 Sittin on Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding

60.25 Do Wa Diddy, By?

1. Hi Ho Silver Lining

2. Whiter Shade of Pale 3. Dusty Springfield - I only wanna be with you 9. Lets face the music and dance 11. Stand by me - Ben E King

Guessing these, off the top of my head:
60s

1. Hi ho silverlining (or something?!)
2. Whiter shade of pale
3. I only want to be with you
4. House of the rising sun
5. He aint heavy, he's my brother
6. Stand by me
7. California dreaming
8. Sympathy for the devil 14 Close to you
9. what a wonderful world 18 Walk on by 25 Do wah diddy

The rest will be bugging me!

Ahh, Bobbins pipped me!

23. The Who - My Generation

Sorry Bobbins, didn't see your post, b4 I posted!

70.4 Dont like mondays, Boomtown Rats

70.5 Hit me with your rhythm stick,
Ian Dury

70.10 Nut bush city limits, Tina Turner

70.12 YMCA Village People

70.14 Carpenters?

70.15 Let It Be?

70.23 Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Damn...I meant to have been off home by now...got to stop, how frustrating!

14. Aretha Franklin -RESPECT

right...thats enough

Damn...just started looking at the 70's ones

Carly Simon - You're so Vain

Tried to do this withot looking at other replies! There are some I just KNOW but can't hink what they are! DH would probably get most of them, he's annoying like that.

60.1 Hi Ho Silver Lining - ?
60.2 Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harem
60.4 House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
60.5 Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
60.6 Day Dream Believer - The Monkees
60.7 He Ain't Heavy - ?
60.8 Heard it Thru the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
60.12 California Dreaming - Mamas & Papas
60.13 Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
60.17 Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
60.18 Walk on By - ?
60.23 My Generation - The Who
60.24 Sittin on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding

70.1 American Pie - Don McLean
70.2 You're so Vain - Carly Simon
70.4 I don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
70.5 Hit me with your rhythm stick - Ian Drury and the Blockheads
70.6 Olivers Army - Elvis Cosello and the Attractions
70.8 Killer Queen - Queen
70.11 You to me are everything - ?
70.12 YMCA - The Village People
70.14 Close to You - The Carpenters
70.15 Let it Be - The Beatles
70.16 Light my Fire - The Doors
70.18 Alright Now - ?
70.20 Make me Smile (Come up and See me) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

70.1 "A long long time ago I can still remember"

American Pie Don Mclean

70.2 "You walked in to the party like you were walking on to a yacht"

Your so vain Carley Simon

70.3 "No I can't forget this evening oh your face as you were leaving"

Without you Neilson (writen by someone else tho)

70.4 "The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload"

I don't like Mondays Boomtown Rats

70.5 "In the deserts of Sudan and the gardens of Japan"

Hit me with you rhythm stick Ian Dury and the bockheads

70.6 "Don't start the talking I could talk all night"
Olivers Army Elvis Costello

70.7 "I met a devil woman she took my heart away"
Devil Woman Cliff Richard ??

70.8 "She keeps Moet and Chandon in a pretty cabinet"

Killer Queen Queen

70.9 "She packed my bags last night pre-flight"
Rocket Man Elton John

70.10 "A church house gin house a school house out house"

Nutbush City Limits Ike and Tina Turner

70.11 "Ooooh I would take the stars out the sky for you"

??

70.12 "Young man"

YMCA Village People

70.13 "Woooh All night long you've been looking at me"

??

70.14 "Why do birds suddenly appear"

Close to you The Carpenters

70.15 "When I find myself in times of trouble mother Mary comes to me"

Let It Be The beatles

70.16 "You know that it would be untrue"

Light My Fire The doors

70.17 "I talk to my baby on the telephone long distance"

Never let her Fade away ??

70.18 "Oh oh oh there she stood in the street smiling from her head to her feet"

All Right now Free

70.19 "Out on the widey windy moors we'd roll and fall in grief"

Wuthering Hights Kate Bush

70.20 "You've done it all you've broken every code

Come Up and see me (make me smile) Steve Harley

70.21 "Ohoho let me tell you now when I had you to myself I didn't want you around"

??

70.22 "I'm I'm so in love with you whatever you want to do is alright with me"

??

70.23 "You abondoned me "

Love dont live here anymore Rose Royce ??

70.24 "I used to think life was sweet I used to think we were so complete

We don't talk anymore Cliff Richards

70.25 "Well you're dirty and sweet clad in black don't look back"

Get it on Marc Bolan

Great fun, Please someone put me out of my misery on the missing ones

70.8 Killer Queen, Queen? Will look at others in a minute or later!

ks. I posted on the 'girly question...Mumsnet meet up thread.'

I loved Kate Bush I used to do faux ballet running up and down my parents front room to all her earlier albums...and Blondie.

I hate it when these songs are on the tip of your t...t...t...

60.2 Whiter Shade of Pale
60.2 House of the Rising Sun
60.6 Believer - The Monkeys
60.7 The Long and Winding Road
60.12 California Dreaming - Mamas & Papas
60.17 Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
60.20 I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Bobby V
60.23 My Generation - Rolling Stones
60.24 Sitting by the Dock of the Bay - Ottis Reading

70.1 American Pie - Don McLean
70.10 Nutbush City Limits - Tina Turner
70.12 YMCA - Village People
70.14 Close to You ?
70.15 Let it Be - Paul McArtney
70.16 Light My Fire - The Doors
70.17 20th Century Boy (?) T Rex

Sorry if I have repeated what others have said! This is great fun!!!

70.17 is Andrew Gold

60.1 is Jeff Beck (argh, too many parties with the First XV, what is it about stupid public schoolboys and this horrible song...)

60.25 is Manfred Mann

Haven;t had a chance to log on all evening - and you've done most of them! Anyway a few I didn't spot in the answers....

60.7 He ain't heavy, he's my brother - The Hollies
60.9 Let's Face the Music and Dance - Nat King Cole?
60.14 Respect - Aretha Franklin
60.15 Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
60.16 Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
60.19 Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
60.21 We Can Work It Out - Beatles
60.22 22 Needles and Pins - The Searchers

70.7 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
70.11 You to me are everything - Real Thing
70.13 Tiger Feet - Mud
70.21 I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
70.22 Let's Stay Together - Al Green

GillW> I thought it was 'Ode to Billy Joe' too but forgot to add it

I LOVE that song

awww - the 60s have all been got - no fair!

no 20 though - I'll never fall in love again - wasn't Bobby Vee, it was a girl, I can hear it but I can't remember!!!

18, Walk on By, was Dionne Warwick (and Cilla I think).