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"I love how immediately after Butch gives this board's k-count, Benn loads it up even more with a lyric sheet! "

Well, I was in the midst of posting when K-Man made note of how big the board was. So I had no idea how much more damage I was doing.

Another "breath(e)" song:

"Smile Away" - Paul and Linda McCartney ("Man I could smell your breath a mile away.")

np - Standard Time Vol. 1 - Wynton Marsalis

Hey, it happens.

Oh yeah. I know.

Another "breath(e)" song:

"Breath Away From Heaven" - George Harrison

np - Mirrors - Blue Oyster Cult

"Any Road" - George Harrison
I've been travelling on a wing and a prayer
My the skin of my teeth and the breath of a hair

I almost forgot about this one:

"Cool Change" - Little River Band ("I know it may sound selfish/But let me breathe the air.")

Another "breathh(e) song:

"One" - Metallica ("Hold my breath/As I pray for death.")

And another year song:

"Down All the Days (To 1992)" - the Kinks

np - A Rock and Roll Band - Toto

Yet another "year" song:

"Working At the Factory" - the Kinks ("The music came along and gave new life to me/And gave me hope back in 1963.")

Another "moon" song:

"The Girl In the Moon" - Icehouse

Another "breath(e)" song:

"Little By Little" - Robert Plant ("Little by little/I can breathe again.")

np - Gangsta Paradise - Coolio

While playing some of my mp3s, I found this "breath(e)" song:

"Always Look On the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python ("Always look on the bright side of death/Just before you draw your terminal breath.")

np - State of COnfusion - the Kinks

Is it time for a new topic yet? How about songs whose lyrics/title contain the word "question"?

"The Thirteen Question Method" - Chuck Berry

"J.M.'s Question" - John Cougar Mellencamp

"I Couldn't Say No" - Robert Ellis Orrall and Carlene Carter ("Well there's another question you've forgotten to ask.")

"After Dark" - Blue Oyster Cult ("Of age there is no question.")


np- Def, Dumb & Blonde - Deborah Harry

"Question" by The Moody Blues.

...and then there's

"Jungle Love" by the Steve Miller Band. "The question to everyone's answer/is usually asprin with gin"

Whoops! That should be "is usually asked from within."

For about ten minutes, I tried to remember what song it was that had this line: "Laughing at the questions you once asked of me." All I could remember is that it was a song from the mid-70s. Then it finally came to me: The song was "Theme From Mahogony (Do You Know Where You're Going To?)" by Diana Ross. Whew! I feel so relieved to remember that! It was driving me crazy.

"Question" - Uriah Heep
"13 Questions" - Seatrain
"Questions Of My Childhood" - Kansas
"A Question Of Temperature" - Balloon Farm
"Erogenous zones, I question you" ("Counting Out Time", Genesis)
"The answer to every man's question/is it real or just deception" ("A Tab In The Ocean", Nektar)

Just thought of this one: If listen carefully to the end of Don Henley's "Them and Us", you can hear him sing, "Tell me, just what was the question anyway?"

np - Don't Tell a Soul - The `Placemats (Cookie for anyone who knows who the 'Mats are.)

Speaking of the `Mats, their song, "Asking Me Lies" has the line "Telling me questions."

np - Don't Tell a Soul - The `Placemats (I'm up to the classic hit, "I'll Be You". I love that song!)

Me again.

I just found a couple of songs that qualify for two earlier word topics. Both are by Adrian Belew. The first is for a year: "1967". The other is for the word "breath". It's in his song, "Oh Daddy". The line in question is "Don't hold your breath/'Cos it'll make you blue."

Some more questions:

"Don't Know Much" - Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
So many questions still left unanswered,
So much I've never broken through

"My Guernica" - Manic Street Preachers
Little someone in my own little Guernica
Sleep so heavy that it's out of the question

"D'You Know What I Mean" - Oasis
The questions are the answers you might need

"Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson
Power (ah power) is the force the vow
That makes it happen
It asks no questions why

"Never ever" - All Saints.
A few questions that I need to know
That line always irritates me...

"Forgotten Sons" - Marillion
I must fear evil, for I am but mortal and mortals can only die
Asking questions, pleading answers from the nameless faceless watchers
That stalk the carpeted corridors of Whitehall

"The Logical Song" - Supertramp
There are times when all the world´s asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man

"Emerald Lies" - Marillion
To don the robes of Torquemada, resurrect the inquisition
In that tortured subtle manner inflict questions within questions

Sigh. I discovered one more "year" song: "Dixie Flyer" - Randy Newman ("I was born right here, November 43.")

np - First Miles - Miles Davis

Another "breath(e) song:

"Breathe" - Collective Soul (I see they're playing at a Taste of Addison this year. I may have to journey down there to attend. Hey, I've got a three years streak with that event. I'd like to continue it.)

Another year song:

"On Saturday Afternoon in 1963" - Rickie Lee Jones (Y'know, it's funny how many songs I found has the year 1963, the year I was born, in them.)

np - The Piper At the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Another question song:
"Questions 67 and 68" - Chicago

And another year song:
"1849" - Lighthouse

Years, years, years..

"Sex Crime (1984)" - Eurythmics

Another "war" song from a while back:

"The Beat Goes On" - Sunni & Shia
And men still keep on marching off to war
Electrically they keep a baseball score

Two more "question" songs:

"I Lost On Jeopardy" - "Weird Al" Yankovic ("Art Fleming gave the answers/But I couldn't get the questions right.")

"Mommy and Daddy" - the Monkees ("My questions need an answer or a vacuum will appear.")

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Yet more year songs:
(the fantasy board prompted me to dig out Chris de Burgh's "Spanish Train and Other Stories".

This Song For You
Yes, I'm well but this place is like hell,
They call it Passchendaele,
In nineteen seventeen the war must be ending,
The General said this attack will not fail

Patricia the Stripper
And as the last piece of clothing fell to the floor,
The police were banging on the door,
On a Saturday night, in nineteen twenty-four...

Just ran across another "question" song: "Lord I Guess I'll Never Know" by the Verve - "I know sometimes I get lost/Been asking questions since the day I could talk."

np - "Bitter Sweet Symphony Original" CD single - the Verve

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Another question song:

"21 Questions" - 50 Cent

np - Casey Kasem's American Top 40 (#19 - "Picture" - Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow. This song is soooo overplayed! I hear it almost everyday at work - on the CMT cable station. It's a country hit! Kid Rock has nothing to do with country. Don't believe me? Listen to "Bawitdaba.")

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Going back to years, here's one by Joe Walsh I discovered while looking for one of his CDs on eBay (You Bought It, You Name It): "Class of '65".

np - another Concrete Corner Compilation - various artists

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Here of late, I've been going through all these free sampler discs I've gotten over the years. I just never play them that much. I decided to give 'em a spin. Anyway, on the one I'm listening to right now, I found another year song. It's by Nina Gordon and it's called "2003". This compilation, whateverturnsuon vol. 5 is copyrighted 2000. Talk about foresight.

Oh, and there's a "question" song on it, too. "Question Everything" by 8 Stops 7.

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Found another "question" song. It's a song by the Atlanta Rhythm Section: "When". The pertinent lines are

"They say love is the answer.
I say what is the question?
They say what's gonna matter
When time grows you old?
I say I never asked that question.
But I think you ought to know.

"I thought winning was the answer.
Love was out of the question.
My heart's the loser in the end.
Now I know love is the answer.
The question is when."

np - Eufaula - Atlanta Rhythm Section

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

And yet another "question" song:

"Why, Oh Why" - Woody Guthrie ("And why won't you answer my questions?")

And another year song:

"Homesick" - Atlanta Rhythm Section ("Where were you in '69?")

np - Quinella - Atlanta Rhythm Section

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

What these young 'uns need is a danm-good new word to start things up again.

If music be the food of love, how about the word "food"?

"Eat It" - "Weird Al" Yankovic ("You're playing with your food/This ain't some kind of game.")

"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" - Flatt & Scruggs ("And then one day he was shooting at some food/When up from the ground came a bubblin' crude.") (I may be wrong on that one.)

"Junk Food Junkie" - Larry Croce

"Dog Food" - Nudeswirl

"Divine Wind" - Blue Öyster Cult ("Fast food, fast cars/Fast women, movie stars")

np - Kasey Casem's American Top 40 (The countdown is up to #28.)

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

The only one I can come up with is:

"Country House" - Blur
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country,
Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country

"Food for Thought" - UB40

"Food, Glorious Food" - From the musical Oliver!

"Just Another Poor Boy" - Chis De Burgh
She saw that he was hungry and gave him food to eat

"Village Ghetto Land" - Stevie Wonder
Families buying dog food now
Starvation roams the streets

"Home In The Sky" - Cat Stevens
Music is a lady that I still need
Cause she brings me the food that I eat

Daria - Cake
When you tried to feed me, I only shut my mouth
Food got on your apron and you told me to get out

Almost forgot this one: "Devil's Food" by Alice Cooper.

np - "Pepper" - the Butthole Surfers

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Had to check the lyrics for this song, but I was reasonably sure it would work, and sure enough, it does. Ja is good, mon.

"Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" - Bob Marley and the Wailers ("A pot, a cook, but d' food no 'nough.")

np - Backstage Pass - Little River Band

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
How does it feel when you've got no food ?

Although "FOOD" is a somewhat fresh topic ... I feel a concurrent thread covering "Desserts" should be addressed, beginning with the word CANDY.
(please deplete my 60's - 90's memory before I must respond)
Other "dessert" topics such as "cake", "pudding", "bake(d)", "___melon" or ANY fruit/sweet vegetable (that if they aren't readily addressed in the forthcoming responses) are hereby resereved for future threads!!!

"Waitress" - Live ("She brought our food out on time and wore a funky barette in her hair.")

"Milkshake" - Peter Tork ("We could split a devil's food cake.")

np - Throwing Copper - Live

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

"Drive Through Girl" -- Mary Carves the Chicken

Reviving a long-dead topic . . .

Here's a category that's a little more diffiult than the ones in the past. It's easy enough to find songs that have colors in their title, but how many song titles can you think of that have color combinations in them? That is, more than one color in the song title?

Song titles I came up with that have two or more colors in the title:

"When Blue Turns To Grey", THE ROLLING STONES
"Silver and Gold", NEIL YOUNG
"Gold and Silver", QUICKSILVER MESSANGER SERVICE
"Silver, Blue and Gold", BAD COMPANY
"Blue, Red and Grey", THE WHO
"The Red and The Black" and "Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver", BLUE OYSTER CULT (beating Benn to the punch)
"Black and White", DEEP PURPLE
"Red, White and Blue", JUDAS PRIEST
"Scarlet and Gold", THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR ELEVATORS
"Voices Green and Purple", THE BEES
"In The Land Of The Grey and Pink", CARAVAN

"Blue In Green" - Miles Davis
"Early Morning Blues and Greens" - the Monkees
"Black, White and Blood Red" - the BoDeans
"Silver and Gold" - U2
"Silver and Gold" - Burl Ives
"Black and White" - Three Dog Night
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?" - Crystal Gayle
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" - Linda Ronstadt

That's just off the top of my head. More later as I think of them.

"The Red and The Black" and "Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver", BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (beating Benn to the punch)

Thief.

np - Which Way Is Texas? - Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets (Great Texas blues!)

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

All that comes to mind at the moment is:
"Black and Blue" - Van Halen
"Black or White" - Michael Jackson

Something else will probably pop into my head later.

"Red, White, and Blue" - Lynyrd Skynrd

Whiter Shade of Pale (a slight stretch, I admit)

How about songs that have something to do with writing? Like
"Take a Letter, Maria"
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours."

"Return to Sender"

"Please Mr. Postman" -- The Beatles (covered by the Carpenters).

"My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter" - Joe Cocker

"Letter to Spain" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Writing Wrongs" - the Monkees
"Note You Never Wrote" - Wings
"In Your Letter" - R.E.O. Speedwagon
"The Letter" - the Box Top (they were the original act to record "My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter", Scott. And it's entitled simply, "The Letter".)
"P.O. Box 9847" - the Monkees
"Shooting Shark" - Blue Öyster Cult ("I could mail a letter to you, but I still have my pride.")
"Billy Don't Be a Hero" - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods ("I heard she threw the letter away.")

"Please Mr. Postman" -- The Beatles (covered by the Carpenters). - ScottN

Originally by the Marvelettes.

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

Two more Beatles ones:

"She's Leaving Home" ("Picks up the letter that's lying there.")
"When I'm Sixty-Four" ("Send me a postcard/Drop me a line...")

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

Benn -- thanks. That was one of the Beatles' early ones, and I figured it might have been a cover.

No problem Scott.

Just thought of another song:

"Open Letter (To a Landlord)" - Living Colour

np - Vivid - Living Colour (I'm playing 'cos I thought of the song, not the other way around.)

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

I think there's a very,very old song called "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Right Myself a Letter."

Let's see, here's a few more:

"A Letter to the New York Post" - Public Enemy
"Mr. Webster" - the Monkees ("Then came a telegram from Mr. Webster...")
"Western Union" - the Five Americans
"A Tisket, A Tasket" - Ella Fitzgerald ("I wrote a letter to my love and on my way I lost it.")

Mertz, that song sounds familiar, but I just can't place it off hand.

np - Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy (my favorite rap album)

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

Okay, yet two more (surprised?):

"Message In a Bottle" - the Police
"Life During Wartime" - Talking Heads ("Can't write a letter/Can't send no postcards")

np - "Stealing Like a Hobbit" - the Great Luke Ski

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

Okay, one more:

"Gonna write a little letter/Gonna mail it to my local d.j." = "Roll Over Beethoven" - Chuck Berry! Gotta get that one in!

np - "Carnage Visors" - the Cure

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

"Soon I Will Be Gone" - Free
("Watch my hand / Writing this last letter")

"How You Gonna See Me Now" - Alice Cooper ("Dear Darling/Surprised to hear from me?")
"Is It Alright" - ELO ("Dear Jo/Can you believe it's been so long/Just thought I'd write to let you know.")
"Beach Party Vietnam" - the Dead Milkmen ("Frankie got a letter from his Uncle Sam.")
"Tomes From Home" - Blind Melon (Their other hit. Like anyone remembers it.)
"Pilot of the Airwaves" - Charlie Dore ("This is for the little girl who didn't sign/Guess she needs a dedication...")

np - "I Need You Like a Drug" - the Swans

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

Okay, thought of yet another one:

"Standard White Jesus" - Timbuk3 ("Then read the letters the children write to the standard white Santa Claus.")

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

"You Better, You Bet" - The Who ("Your dog keeps licking my nose/and chewing up all those letters")

"The Bells of Saint James" - KANSAS
"Her letters gave me purpose / Her letters gave me pride"

"Ain't No Lovin' Left" - FANNY ADAMS
"Got the Memphis morning / Sent to my new address / Had your name on the backside / In the hand I knew best / Opened the letter / Caused pain in my heart / Said my sweet darling / Can we make a new start / Read through the letter / So long I held my breath / Tears on the pages / From my emptiness"

Dagnabbit, Scott! I knew there was a Who song I was forgetting. Good catch.

Here's one: "Epistle to Dippy" by Donovan.

np - What Dreams May Come - Ennio Morricone (Morricone's rejected soundtrack to this film.)

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

From the late Randy VanWarmer's big hit, "Just When I Needed You Most": "I've written letters that I'd like to send." On the flipside is the Moody Blues' "Nights In White Satin": "Letters I've written, never meaning to send."

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

The old Christmas favorite "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" : He's making a list, and checking it twice.

From one of my favorite songs: "The Metro" by Berlin: "I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand."

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

Okay, thought of yet another one. "Strawberry Letter 23" by Shuggie Otis (the original artist), or if you prefer, the Brothers Johnson. Same song. Great one, too.

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

"'39" - Queen ("Write your letters in the sand/For the day I take your hand.")

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

"Send It In a Letter" - Planet P (the act famous for the 80s hit "Why Me?")

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

I think there's a very,very old song called "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Right Myself a Letter." - mertz

And you know, mertz, I just accidentally found out who did that song. I was looking through this list of demented 45s someone had posted on their website, when I saw that song listed. It's by F Troop's Larry Storch.

np - "Car Wash" - Rose Royce

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."

"Jamie's Cryin'" - Van Halen ("She wants to send him a letter/Just to try to make herself feel better.")

np - Live At CBGBs - Peter Tork (Yeah, it's a bootleg. Pretty interesting one for this lifelong Monkees fan.)

"Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand."